AG Advice and Support was incorporated in Arizona in 2004.  "AGAAS" personnel (we tend to sound it out as ā-gaws but if you were alive during the 1960's you may prefer ā-gas) have had many years of experience in technical support, project management, and quality system certification, helping both very small and very large customers, and everything in between.  We have years of experience in emergency preparedness, working with private and government organizations, and have worked with several branches of emergency services such as law enforcement, fire departments, military, and search and rescue.
 

We like to teach, assist and build solutions.  We've started several businesses ourselves, and thrive on the challenge of starting a new venture or taking an existing one beyond anyone's expectations!

    
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If you've ever witnessed a car accident, or an armed robbery, or a three story building explode (all of which we have), you'll know how difficult it is to keep your composure and try to do the right thing.  We pride ourselves in keeping a cool head during a crisis -- emergency response has become routine.  And while we like to debate politics as much as anyone, when the time comes to solve a problem, we prefer to dig out the facts as they really are, not coloring them to support or diminish any given cause.  Nothing can truly be solved without understanding the actual facts of a situation.   

         
                      

 "Everything in moderation, including moderation." 

                     

Of course, we are not all about work.  And we don't generally recommend our clients should be either.  It is hard to brainstorm the best ideas or have the enengy to push through a long week if, well, if you don't have the energy to push through a long week.  The pictures shown on this page are all from different parts of Arizona, as you may have guessed.  From time to time, we'll change them to show you some of the places we like to go to rest and refresh.

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By popular demand:  A few more photos...and no, we won't remove the old ones.  While we do not represent ourselves as photographers, seeing some nice places can help give you a short micro-vacation, and maybe offer some ideas of a reward you can work towards.  These were from a very restful and rejuvenating trip to the Pacific Coast Highway, from southern California to Washington, and although interesting, the photos really don't capture the feeling of being there:

  





 Carmel Beach with Pebble Beach Golf Links in background

    Pacific Coast Highway - Oregon coast

    Cannon Beach - Haystack Rock

And here's a few more of our favorite inspirational quotations:

Details
It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.
                                                             - Muhammad Ali, boxer

Work
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
                                                             - Edward R. Murrow, journalist

Attitude
I am an optimist.  It does not seem to be much use being anything else.
                                                             - Winston Churchill, Prime Minister

Integrity
When you look to hire someone, you look for brains, energy and integrity.   If you don't have integrity, you've got to watch out because the first two will kill you.

                                                             - Robert Iger, Disney and Warren Buffet, Berkshire Hathaway

Objectivity
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
                                                             - Carl Sagan, astronomer

Responsiblity
Justifying a fault doubles it.
                                                             - Charles de Gaulle, French president

Risk Management
The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word "crisis."  One brush stroke stands for danger, the other for opportunity.  In a crisis, be aware of danger -- but recognize the opportunity. 
                                                            - John Kennedy, 35th U.S. president

Integrity
Always do right.  This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
                                                            - Mark Twain, author
 
Persistence
No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm.       
                                                            - Charles Kettering, inventor

Teamwork
If you have an apple and I have an apple, and we exchange these apples, then you and I will each have one apple.  But if you have an idea and I have an idea, and we exchange these ideas, each of us will have two ideas.      
                                                             - George Bernard Shaw, writer


Learning
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
                                                             - Will Rogers, humorist

Habits
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits -- and a lot more rewarding.    
                                                            - Harvey Mackay, entrepreneur