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What a fabulous way to spend the evening...clearly morale isn't a top priority Therein lies the problem. He'd be a BETTER pilot if he didn't focus on pointless, useless degrees. What you are really saying is that a master's degree is the best discriminator and you don't give a slightest bit of a damn what type of degree it is or how it benefits the Air Force. All you care about is box checking. I think we all hear you loud and clear, "We don't care whether what you learn is actually useful, only that the drive to achieve is present. As a matter of fact it ranks behind doing your job." I will wager $223 right now to anyone who believes this pipe dream will finish anything but over budget and behind schedule. 2019 delivery rates simply won't happen I call bullshit. Our Air Force is being gutted by bean counters and shoe clerks. They are only worried about efficiency, but our shortfalls will be showcased in the next big war (I'm betting Iran, North Korea, Syria, or China (in that order), I call bullshit again. We are currently overmanned by 1400 officers. Cuts are going to continue to happen. I'll take a $23 bet on this one too. This is the same guy who told us that the nuclear enterprise was one of the top goals of the AF and that "every single one of you is absolutely essential to get the mission done and we can't do it without you." Then, when asked about the upcoming personnel cuts, said, "We are going to have to cut some of you..." The guy's word/integrity is completely worthless and his leadership and inspiration is virtually nonexistent, IMNSHO. So the burden for that all-important (yet worthless) discriminator is now going to be shouldered more by our officers. Nice. One more expense that we don't need for something that's largely worthless. /rant off

Good luck at OTS. That's probably really tough to get into nowadays with the personnel spigot nearly turned off. That said, take your experience and teach both the enlisted that will work for you and the other Lts, and as you progress, the other younger officers how to lead. Practice what you preach. Be willing to take the standing up in front of your boss if one of your people takes a justified stand.