Oct 13, 2021,08:28am EDT|1,207 views
Applying The Navy SEAL Operating Formula To Keep More Military Aircraft Mission Ready
By Admiral Patrick Walsh, USN (Ret.), and Dennis Santare
Admiral Walsh, an Oliver Wyman senior advisor, is a former Navy pilot and four-star admiral who served as the Commander of the US Pacific Fleet. Dennis Santare, a former Marine Corps pilot, is a partner in the firm’s aerospace and defense practice.
Few organizations function as seamlessly as the US military’s high-performance operations teams. Well-known models include such warfighting groups as Delta Force and the SEALs, flight demonstration squadrons such as the Thunderbirds and Blue Angels, and of course, the strike fighter tactics school popularly known as TOPGUN.
What distinguishes these elite, relatively small units are long histories of unfailing adherence to time-tested internal processes that together create a sustainable formula for delivering consistent, top-drawer performance. Team members — whether operators, maintenance techs, logisticians, or outside contractors — have a clear understanding of what’s expected of them at any point in a mission and are held accountable for fulfilling those tasks according to an agreed-upon playbook. Coordination down to the smallest detail can be a matter of life and death, which makes the ability to replicate sought-after results mission after mission — often with extensive team turnover — a criterion of the job, not merely an aspiration.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliverwyman/2021/10/13/applying-the-navy-seal-operating-formula-to-keep-more-military-aircraft-mission-ready/?sh=3da72fbc6df6
