I've always felt that we identify our leaders too early and then anoint them for grandeur without paying attention to their continued performance enough. How many times have we all seen a douche bag CC that is a swinging dick that couldn't lead his way out of a paper bag? Then because said CC is anointed he continues on up the ladder regardless of performance and his toxic leadership because he was an "SDE select" at his O-5 board. I'm frankly tired of it. I've seen so many great dudes who are just as smart and with better tactical and leadership skills brushed aside because they didn't go to school. Ridiculous.
Maybe if the AF cared more about the environment it is creating and actually putting THE best guy up for DO or CC instead of the guy who was anointed for it at his majors board then we might not have so many retention issues. But, no we've got to groom the in-res guys to be CSAF of the AF someday and we've got to beat out the other services for senior officer positions.
Thanks guys, I feel so loved. The reason they hate me is I ask lots of questions. When I first joined way back when, I was a little over zealous. But that was a long time ago. It's okay, I'm not sensitive.