Meet our next TOP GUN COMMUNICATIONS instructor:

 

1.    Meet Scott “GAK” Gallagher, our newest TOP GUN COMMUNICATIONS team member.  Scott is a fully-qualified US Navy F/A-18 Hornet Strike Fighter pilot and TOPGUN graduate. He is also a member of TAC AIR. Scott brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and leadership to TOP GUN COMMUNICATIONS. As a member of our team, he’ll share with you and your business colleagues his diverse experiences in managing challenging situations. Welcome to TOP GUN COMMUNICATIONS, Scott!  

 SCOTT R. GALLAGHER
Scott is a self-described “team-oriented operational leader, financial manager and solutions provider.” He has 5 years of executive experience and 15 years of management history directing diverse, cross-functional teams in dynamic, challenging situations. He is adept at both strategic business planning and tactical execution, and his award-winning performance across multiple disciplines has come while part of several organizations. Especially skilled in high-pressure, multi-leveled environments, Scott is a polished communicator with two decades of public speaking experience at myriad venues.

Most recently, Scott was the commanding officer/chief operating officer of the VFA-94 in both California and Japan. There, he directed and guided all aspects of day-to-day operations, financials, strategic and tactical business direction and risk management for a $30,000,000 aviation operation. He expertly managed 5 diverse departments, including Operations, Aircraft Maintenance, Safety, Logistics and Training, with over 100 direct reports. (To give this some perspective, only 10% of eligible officers are ever chosen for Aviation Command-At-Sea).

Before this, Scott directed award-winning operations for US Navy aviation squadrons from 1999-2004. He expertly managed the daily, weekly, long-range plans and high-tempo operations for two F/A-18 squadrons. During this time, Scott garnered two major organizational awards and two US Navy-wide individual awards, including the Navy’s Top Carrier Aviator and Exceptional Pilot trophies. One of his key accomplishments during this time was reducing overall costs by 10% while simultaneously eliminating a four-month production backlog.

As an advanced combat-tactics instructor with over 3600 hours of flight time, Scott has some 600 aircraft carrier landings to his credit along with numerous Iraqi combat missions. He has also garnered  a multitude of individual medals and awards: the Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, US Navy Achievement Medal and 9 other awards for excellence in operations from US Navy aircraft carriers around the world.

Meet Our Newest Team Member

    Come meet our newest TOP GUN COMMUNICATIONS team member from Tac      Air. TAC AIR provides a wide range of aviation services: commercial air services for the government, aviation consulting and adversary air support. Virtually all of Tac Air’s members are former US Navy TOPGUN pilots. They bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to TOP GUN COMMUNICATIONS.  As members of our team they share with business and organizations this same level of professional expertise. Meet our newest team member “RC” Thompson.  We’ll be posting more team members in this ongoing series, so stay tuned….

Rolland C. Thompson

 RC comes to us by way of Tactical Air Support, Incorporated; TAC AIR for short. TAC AIR is a  veteran-owned small business incorporated in August of 2005. They provide a wide range of  aviation specialties: commercial air services for the U.S. Government, aviation consulting,  adversary air support and aviation-related systems engineering. RC currently serves as their  president. 

He previously served as Senior Director of Midwest Operations and Aviation Services for Ocean Systems Engineering Corporation (OSEC). There, RC’s division provided support to the United States Strategic Command in many areas, he built a division focused on tactics development, concept design, training programs and engineering and analytical-support services.

During this time, he built a division focused on tactics development, concept design, training programs and engineering and analytical support services.

Prior to joining OSEC, RC served 25 years in the Navy and 4 years in the Army. Some of his many assignments and positions included: “Exec” to the Commander, U.S. Strategic Command; Commander of Operational Carrier Air Wing; Strike Warfare Commander for Operation Enduring Freedom; Commanding Officer of TOPGUN; Director of Training at the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NSAWC); Operational Command of an F/A-18 squadron; and Deputy Director on the Navy Staff dealing with requirements and budget process.

His aviation experience also includes two instructor tours at TOPGUN and over 6500 hours in fighter aircraft, achieving full qualifications in the F/A-18, F-14, F-16N, A7, A4, and AH-1 with additional experience in the Mig-17/21 and Mig-29. RC was designated an Army Aviator at the age of 19 and has completed 3 combat deployments since that time.

RC holds a BS degree in Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, an MS in National Security Strategy from the National War College and an MBA from the University of Nebraska.

RC ,Welcome to TOP GUN COMMUNICATIONS

WELCOME TO TOP GUN COMMUNICATIONS!

 

This is the first in a continuing series of newsletters addressed to a select group of business leaders.

We’re interested in you and, as you learn more about TOP GUN’s people, programs, and principles, we’re confident you’ll be interested in us.

But first, a few questions:

• When you turn the lights off at the end of the day, is your organization better than it was yesterday? Are you?

• Is mediocrity your company goal? Is it yours?

• Are you managing time or are you managing tasks?

• Someone, somewhere, is changing the game. Are you prepared to play?

• Do you know the difference between core belief and corporate belief?

• Do your people spend a lot of time in the “comfort zone”? Do you?

• Is training a dirty word? Or is it the wrong word?

• Whatever you do, is it the best you can do?

We don’t have the answers. You do. But they are questions worthy of thought, aren’t they?

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ABOUT TOP GUN COMMUNICATIONS

The US Navy Fighter Weapons School was born in the midst of the roar of war. Its mission was to win the sky by fighting better, smarter, and more creatively then the enemy. The school was not planned, organized, or directed by high- ranking brass wearing braided epaulettes.

No. In its wisdom, the Navy gathered the best of the best, the absolute top-notch pilots who were actually flying hazardous combat missions, and charged them with training other pilots. The success of the school, now widely recognized as the gold standard of training, was enormous and complete… and its name, TOPGUN, became legendary.

The founders of TOP GUN COMMUNICATIONS, Mark Dahl and Tom Glass, know what matters in the life and death world of combat…and in the win or lose world of business. Today’s TOP GUN COMMUNICATIONS program is based, word for word, on the Eight Principles developed by the best of the best thirty-five years ago. They comprise a template that gives business a constant compass with which to succeed.

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The proper application of these principles has helped many companies and organizations change, adapt, and create a vibrant culture of success. TOP GUN COMMUNICATIONS can help you build a foundation committed to excellence. The skills we teach, when applied to an organization’s management and sales teams, have yielded impressive results.

NOW, MEET THE FOUNDERS OF TOP GUN COMMUNICATIONS:

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Mark E Dahl
Mark is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. He fulfilled a lifelong dream and entered Naval Aviation in 1980 and served for nine years. In 1984, he graduated from the Navy’s TOPGUN school. He saw service on the USS Mid-way in the Western Pacific, Sea of Japan, and the Indian Ocean. He’s logged more than 1500 flight hours and is credited with 250 carrier landings. After leaving the Navy in 1989, Mark continued his education and received his MBA from Pepperdine University.

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Tom Glass
Tom built a noteworthy reputation and career with Dow Jones and Company. In his thirty-five years of service he touched multiple facets of the business world… from sales, marketing, and advertising to creating and conducting national and international sales and training seminars. He is credited with the development of The Wall Street Journal’s sales and marketing training programs and the introduction of Sports and Events marketing initiatives.
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In the future issues of this newsletter we’ll introduce you to business leaders who have benefited from TOP GUN programs. You’ll meet other TOP GUN teachers and instructors and learn how they apply the Eight Principles to both business and daily life.

We look forward to our dialogue.

COME SOAR WITH US

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FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TOP GUN COMMUNICATIONS, PLEASE CONTACT:
www.topguncommunications.com
topguncommunications@gmail.com