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Duke Leaders Share Stories of Things They Got Wrong
One night, General (Ret.) CQ Brown Jr. just wanted to get home. An experienced fighter pilot, he was leading a flight of ten F-16s flying from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas to Shaw AFB in Sumter, S.C. Although it was getting dark, and there were storms in the forecast, he pressed on. “When you go on a deployment and you’re away from home for a couple of weeks, you have what we call ‘get-home-itis,’” Brown, now executive-in-residence at Duke, explained. “You’re ready to get home, and you'll probably push a little harder than you normally would.” Brown…
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