US Air Force - Obama Presidency Oral History Back US Air Force Index / Organizations Transcripts William McRaven ...was, we had, you know, folks from the Air Force supporting us, folks from all element... ...chief of staff of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force , and the commandant of the Marin... ...with the chief of staff of the Air Force , with the chief of staff of the Army... Jeremy Bash ...have the chiefs of all the services, the Air Force , the Army, the Navy, and the Marin... ...secretary of the Navy, the secretary of the Air Force , trying to figure out, where are th... Samuel Locklear ...the Army, in the Marine Corps, and in the Air Force , and a big part in the Coast Guard a... Heather Linebaugh ...the story that precedes you joining the Air Force , which is just to ask what part of th... ...all the other offices were closed, but the Air Force —I guess they were off for lunch o... ...lunch or something, I don't know. But the Air Force guy was talking with me, and he wante... ...like, “Oh, I actually wanted to join the Air Force . Like, I'm—” because the Army will—... ...like, “Oh, I'm going to go do this with the Air Force .” So then I switched over to trying t... ...I switched over to trying to get into the Air Force . It was then, after that—the Ai... ...Air Force. It was then, after that— the Air Force , of course, also does the same thing... ...candidates. So it was something with— the Air Force was kind of like, “Okay, we want t... ...exactly with all the branches, but in the Air Force —I think it depends, also; I'm no... ...is what you expected in enlisting in the Air Force and even working on this program i... ...about during the time that you were in the Air Force . And you left the Air Force in 2012—w... ...you were in the Air Force. And you left the Air Force in 2012—we are not going to discuss th... ...ends in March of 2012, that you leave the Air Force ? Yeah, so I left the Air Force—I'... ...leave the Air Force? Yeah, so I left the Air Force —I'm okay with saying what happened... ...to clarify my honor. [Laughs] I left the Air Force a few months early—I think it wa... ...involved in missions, when you're in the Air Force until 2012. Is there anything—we'r... ...you've spoken up about after leaving the Air Force ? I just wanted to take my directio... ...were people that I served with in the Air Force . And sorry if I get a little bi... ...point, like, “I thought about joining the Air Force to try to do something like this, an... ...years removed from when you joined the Air Force , and so, as you said, some of what wa... ...get through the rest of my time in the Air Force . Now, is it a cure-all? Does it fi... ...actually talk to people. And I think the Air Force has made some pretty good moves to tr... ...and self-harm and things like this in the Air Force . I don't know if it's linked directl... Show more... Nancy-Ann DeParle ...included the Communications Office, the Air Force One, all of his schedule an... Betsey Stevenson ...I've read that your father served in the Air Force and you moved around a lot growing u... ...father's experience. My father joined the Air Force because of Vietnam. He was going to b... Jim Messina ...everyone was worried about. I was on the Air Force One with the president when we flew ou... ...So I ran back, and it was when the Air Force One guy had flown the Air Force On... ...when the Air Force One guy had flown the Air Force One past the Statue of Liberty, an... ...get-out-the-vote. They called me from the Air Force One, and everyone said hi, and I spen... Joanna Rosholm ...and I felt the history of flying on the Air Force One support plane going over there. ... Alan Fitts ...in Jordan for commercial airlines. The US Air Force planes that we were traveling on ha... ...it. We couldn't get to a place where the Air Force would allow us to travel, and so sh... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Education Education go to the Obama in the Senate Obama in the Senate go to the Elections and Campaigns Elections and Campaigns go to the Supreme Court Supreme Court go to the Black Politics Black Politics