Download or read book Always Leave An Airman Behind written by Ellis Franks and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-08-02 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Always Leave An Airman Behind: A Real Story of Surviving The Crab Leadership Culture is a story about one Airman's journey from the being poor and homeless to becoming an international award winning top performer. The story details the journey of this Airman as he climbs the ranks and discovers the leadership lapses that are prevalent in the service that created a toxic culture of retribution, bullying, and pettiness that is a contributing factor to the growing military and veteran suicide epidemic.The author was a poor recruit from a family that was devastated by drug abuse and was saved by joining the military and he went on to achieve high levels of success in the service. His journey details the "crab leadership" he faced at every assignment and how the average leaders in units across the service. The story follows the evolution of this young recruit into a seasoned leader that made a positive impact on 10,000s of Airmen across the world and his eventual excommunication from the service due to bullying from high ranking members in his unit.The author integrates the leadership lessons he used to become an international award winner to including leadership lessons required by the Air Force for promotion to the highest ranks in the enlisted tier. He weaves the Air Force core values into each story he tells to explain how each leader that influenced him compared to the Air Force standard of leadership.This book is a must read for any supervisor or leader who wants to look at life from the perspective of an overachiever and gives insights on the thoughts a high performing individual maintains about situational leadership. It is also a valuable read for anyone who is struggling with the perils of poverty and looking to change their personal mindset to overcome the challenges and barriers to success that being poor creates.The author tells the challenges of each journey he faced as he is selected for several special duties that less than 1% of the Air Force was qualified to attain. His story is one of looking for something bigger than himself and the challenges his peers created to attempt to limit his successes.Finally, this book is about how the Air Force at the lowest levels has completely diverted from the leadership culture it promotes on paper and replaced it with a culture of favoritism, bullying, and nepotism that greatly contributes to the suicide crisis in the service. The book details the leadership lapses the author experienced and how they create the culture that pushes Airmen to committing suicide due to the lack of support from the leaders who were charged with protecting them.