Sep 21, 2026 · 23 min · 11 segments
The Strategerist recently hosted Reggie Dickson, a man who dedicated nearly three decades to the United States Air force. For nineteen of those years, he served as a flight attendant entrusted with…
One of the things that I love is right at the start of that story, it started the same way so many military stories start.
It didn't necessarily happen a lot, but once I got into the job itself, you understand, I'm in a career now that your role is to make everything happen.
So regardless of what the circumstances may be, the opportunity to in my case on Air Force One, to provide the quality of service for the president, the responsibilities that came along with that to the president, his staff, their guests, as well as our crew.
You just find a way, you know, if something comes up that, you know, you kind of like, Well, I wasn't expecting that.
Well, how are we going to get around it? How are we going to do it? Because we got to get it done.
So that just becomes a part of who you are and just allows for success for everyone.
One of the things that I love is right at the start of that story, it started the same way so many military stories start.
It didn't necessarily happen a lot, but once I got into the job itself, you understand, I'm in a career now that your role is to make everything happen.
So regardless of what the circumstances may be, the opportunity to in my case on Air Force One, to provide the quality of service for the president, the responsibilities that came along with that to the president, his staff, their guests, as well as our crew.
You just find a way, you know, if something comes up that, you know, you kind of like, Well, I wasn't expecting that.
Well, how are we going to get around it? How are we going to do it? Because we got to get it done.
So that just becomes a part of who you are and just allows for success for everyone.
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