Checklists and Life Lessons: How Military Aviation Teaches Us to Stay Ready in Everyday Situations By John Scott Wedemeyer
The Power of a Simple List If you’d told me early in my career that a piece of paper with a list of steps would become one of my most valuable tools, I might have been skeptical. After all, I was flying an F/A-18 Hornet—a supersonic jet fighter capable of some of the most complex […]
Flying Through Fire: A Veteran Pilot’s Perspective on Courage, Camaraderie, and Coming Home By John Scott Wedemeyer
A Life in the Sky—and in the Fire For two decades, I had the privilege of serving as a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 pilot. I flew over 4,700 hours, completed five combat tours, and led missions in some of the most demanding environments on Earth. Every time I strapped into that aircraft, I knew […]