AIR FORCE CORE VALUES:The Price of Admission

INTEGRITY FIRST

SERVICE BEFORE SELF

EXCELLENCEIN

ALL WE DO

Overview

• Definitions of Core Values• Impact of the Core Values• The Oath of Office

An unfaltering devotion to honesty, truthfulness,

doing one’s duty, and doing what is right.

INTEGRITY FIRST

Air Force Core Values

Moral Traits of Integrity

Courage Honesty Responsibility Accountability

Justice Openness Self-respect Humility Honor

The giving of self to provide for the welfare of others.

Airmen focus service on the defense of the nation.

SERVICE BEFORE SELF

Air Force Core Values

Duty

Respect Others

Self Discipline

Self Control

Appropriate Actions or Desires

Tolerance

Loyalty

SERVICE BEFORE SELF

The standard you should set for yourself above all else.

EXCELLENCE IN ALL WE DO

Air Force Core Values

• Personal Excellence• Organizational Excellence• Resource Excellence• Operational Excellence

Traits of Excellence

Impact of the Core Values

• The importance of Air Force Core Values to Air Force members.• Why do you need

consistency in personal, ethical, and Air Force Core Values

THE OATH

I, (state your full name), having been appointed a Second Lieutenant, in the United States Air

Force, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States,

against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any

mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, so

help me God.

THE OATH

I, (state your full name), having been appointed a Second Lieutenant, in the United States Air

Force, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States,

against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any

mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, so

help me God.

THE OATH

I, (state your full name), having been appointed a Second Lieutenant, in the United States Air

Force, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States,

against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any

mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, so

help me God.

THE OATH

I, (state your full name), having been appointed a Second Lieutenant, in the United States Air

Force, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States,

against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any

mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, so

help me God.

THE OATH

I, (state your full name), having been appointed a Second Lieutenant, in the United States Air

Force, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States,

against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any

mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, so

help me God.

THE OATH

I, (state your full name), having been appointed a Second Lieutenant, in the United States Air

Force, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States,

against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any

mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, so

help me God.

THE OATH

I, (state your full name), having been appointed a Second Lieutenant, in the United States Air

Force, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States,

against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any

mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, so

help me God.

THE OATH

I, (state your full name), having been appointed a Second Lieutenant, in the United States Air

Force, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States,

against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any

mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, so

help me God.

THE OATH

I, (state your full name), having been appointed a Second Lieutenant, in the United States Air

Force, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States,

against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any

mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, so

help me God.

THE OATH

I, (state your full name), having been appointed a Second Lieutenant, in the United States Air

Force, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States,

against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any

mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, so

help me God.

Significance of the Commission

• Service– To the country– To yourself–To your peers

• Responsibility– Mission– Superiors– Subordinates–Yourself

• Sacrifice– Life– Some freedoms– Family time

Summary

• Definitions of Core Values• Impact of the Core Values• The Oath of Office