Chuck17

Or.... He took the time to demonstrate to those making the decisions at the board that they were focused on the wrong things, in an effort to show the next generation of leaders that they need a course correction, thereby establishing his credibility via example - which would have been impossible had he kicked in the door and started telling people they are wrong. Think bigger. Chuck

Just so we are clear - are we collectively saying a massive shift from inbred toxicity is expected to occur rapidly because of all the bad press lately? And yet, the same clownshoes commanders who WERE IN CHARGE previously are still in charge...? No one was fired? I won't hold my breath. When you have to be told by someone who's been SECAF for five seconds that your shits in the street for you to realize it, you have insurmountable SA problems and nothing short of wholesale leadership cleansing followed by crew force reeducation and will fix them. Chuck

Given some of the other words I've heard from the A3 recently, this should surprise no one. Chuck

FIFY. Chuck

Isn't that what the leave form is for? Ahhh, good ol' red tape! Army CGSC requires you to be on a pass if at any time you will spend the night anywhere other than your residence, and they back up the policy with a threat against line of duty determination if anything should somehow happen to you. Wanna go have a night in KC or stay at a friends place after boozing? Fill out that pass form, son. This is only offset by the equally liberal pass policy that I can go anywhere in the conus on a pass over the weekend without having to take leave, so long a I am ass in seat come Monday morning. It's bizarre. Chuck

I think this has much bigger impact than we've thought. This could potentially change the dynamic in a big way - in the squadrons, wings and across the force. This is how the AF closes facilities and avoids pressing to test on the BRAC that Congress won't allow anyway. Places like Grissom, March, etc. - Gone, closed. Whole squadrons folded into other whole squadrons in places like CHS and McChord... This destroys the previously known Reserve system, and potentially (if well executed), makes the "Reservist" into something much more along the lines of what the Canadians do with their old active duty guys who just want to fly.... only with Reservists. Want to just fly? Go Reserves and stay where you're at. Lots of guys would jump at that kinda stability. The shitty part is the Reservists may lose the ability to play their "Reserve Card" with as much success. Under this plan Reserve dudes don't go off to staff, Active guys do. Under this plan the reserve guys become the continuity in the units, and most if not all units are associates. Is that a terrible idea? Maybe not. But they also become much more like Active Duty - same BS, no PCS. It sucks. It is a fundamental shift in how the Reserves work, and it will take time and gnashing of teeth to complete. It's going to be painful. Interesting ideas. Not sure of the feasibility yet, but if this is being floated publicly, it's probably further along in the collective conscious of Congress and the Pentagon than previously thought. Chuck

Shack. This report is stunning for what it means for the future. Like it or not, the AFRC was designated as a soft-target this time around. If this goes into effect, there will be repercussions no one saw coming, and they will affect each and every one of you, active or not, sometime in the future. I had to read it twice to make sure I was reading it right. Chuck

Shark is good shit, should be quite enjoyable. He did good work as the boss at the WIC during a very dismal time, and made some huge gains in the process. I wish he had stayed active duty, but he's a great family man, and I respect his decision to pasture-out in Texas! Cheers - Chuck

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/pentagon-investigations-point-to-military-system-that-promotes-abusive-leaders/2014/01/28/3e1be1f0-8799-11e3-916e-e01534b1e132_story.html?hpid=z4 Jesus tap-dancing Christ. The GO's are batting a thousand this month! At least cutting those numbers will be easier when you have a list of volunteer slappy's like this line up. Holy hell. Chuck

Holy shit, guy. Uninformed, flippant, blowhard comments are what young aviators are all about. It's our (more senior guys) job to sort them out, and explain the WHY. You don't do that by popping off yourself.... Grow up. Missile dudes in a hole in Wyoming aren't saving the world and single-handedly protecting Americas national security. That's the kinda hubris and believing your own press that got the community where it is right now. Scoffing the work should be expected from someone on the outside.... Kinda like you did at the end of your post there. Personally, no matter your tribe, I think these guys are all too good to suffer under garbage leadership in a micro-managed unthinking enterprise. The missile community needs an cleanse more than any other, IMHO, and until you lost your fucking mind I actually agreed with a lot of what you were saying. If you can keep your cool and remove your drawers for your b-hole, you could be useful here, teach a thing or two. Or, you could continue use the nuclear option most inappropriately... Chuck

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If I was an E-9, I'd be scared for my personal job security. What will they do now?! Maybe this is a force management tool in disguise... Harumph. Chuck

Dudes, you just have to do the math backwards. This guy was Gen. Selva's exec at McChord when Selva was the wing king. He's one of Selva's boys. Just like the current CHS wing king is as well. It ain't rocket surgery... Chuck

Exactly. Believe it or not fellas, the Army (of all services) is way ahead of us on this one. It's been on their forms for a while, and just like the AF version, is nothing more than window dressing... The appearance of action. In reality, it means the square root of f*ck all on their forms and is never looked at or considered unless there is cause... Don't lose sleep over it. This is how some people justify their existence/job/oxygen theft... Notch and proceed as fragged. Chuck

"Retired 1 Oct 2013" Try this one instead: https://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/Display/tabid/225/Article/108712/major-general-margaret-b-poore.aspx Not saying anything, just saying... Chuck

For the life of me I can't figure out why missileers aren't taken seriously.... Chuck

Whoa partner, this is the internet after all. Didn't you know? Research, knowledge, history, accuracy - be damned! Opinion reins. If I type louder and more often than you, I win. Chuck

I have seen it and lived it, on both sides of the Class-A investigation - I agree that crews don't need all the private tab-access personal information stuff, but they do need to be able to read an SIB report (and some of that stuff is usually included - photos, transcripts, video, etc). If the SIB is out, crews have every right to come to safety, sit down and read it. All of it, at least what is released... And if safety can get the tapes, they should play them. I'm not saying start handing out SIB reports. I am saying be up front with info for the crews, and show them what you can if you are asked. That being said, MOST dudes want the cliffs notes version. They want to know what happened and why, how it effects them, how they can use the findings to make themselves safer pilots. But when a guy comes to safety and says "I want to read the SIB", it is not the safety officer's job to pass judgement on what the lowly crewdog gets to read. If you can read it, they can read it. Brief them on privilege, document that you gave them a copy of the SIB and follow up to get it returned. Or if you still dont trust them, let them read it in your presence. This hyper-control of information, fear-of-god bullshit comes straight from the AF Safety Center. I disagreed with it when I went through the courses, and I still disagree with it. "Toe-ing the line" and deciding who "needs to know" what information is garbage, and safety offices continue to hide behind it. And that's why people are angry - it is a continued lack of trust in people and aircrew. The comparison between TS-SCI and AFSAS access is spot on. As is the assertion that privilege or protection is out the window... If some general wants to burn you, they will. Chuck

If the safety offices aren't doing this... what ARE they doing? I was the safety guy for a weapons squadron - an additional duty on top of being an ADO and Phase Manager - I built countless SIB-related briefs to keep the bros informed on the safety issues/incidents/investigations in our little corner of the AF. It wasn't all that difficult, and was always well received. So what gives? Are safety shops too busy with other safety-related taskers that they can't do one of their primary jobs - keep the fliers informed? Are they deployed? Not an accusation, just a question... Troubling to hear stuff like that. Chuck

Last year it was December...? Chuck

This one is straight from the top dudes, and it is a breath of fresh air in the form of direction that promotion boards WILL understand and weigh what it means if a dude has a gabazillion combat hours and deployments and zero community involvement / party-planning bullshit OPR bullets. This is the parity that the mission hackers have been dreaming about for years. Hopefully it continues, because common sense breaking out is not all that common.... Chuck

Sounds like a good war story... I'd like to know which MAJCOM we are talking.... it's good to have friends and it's easy to make inquiries. I'm just saying... MAJCOM - level evaluators know when and how to do cross-command checkrides. It is not cosmic, we've been doing it a while now and it is clearly spelled out in the regs, as is it clearly briefed to them upon their appointment. That being said, there are some colossal dopes made into evaluators, so it is not impossible that this guys was clueless. Q-3 for not having fully charged iPads? GMAFB. There's more to the story... I once saw a boom-turned pilot try to Q-3 a loadmaster for not reading verbatim from the pre-flight checklist with a MAJCOM Vice CC on board. The Q-3 got a lot of attention at the wing because it was being driven by an idiot with the bosses ear and an axe to grind... Right up until the SQ/CC shredded it and told everyone to get back to work. I'm sure today they'd crucify that guy on the highest local hilltop. Commanders have a lot more power over that kinda stuff than you'd think, should they decide to use it. Dudes, want to fix the AF? Fix your corner of it. In the aggregate, the whole will get a lot better. Your choice. You have a lot more power than you think, you just have to be smart about using it. Chuck

Awesome. Cheers! Chuck

Source of the article (top-left under the pic) says this is from May 13'. This stuff is circulating the net now, and highlights why we shouldn't be acting on assumptions or bombing whomever we think did it.... not yet anyway. Tough to be all red liney and righteously judgemental now, when there have been reports of these kinds of attrocities circulating all summer. Nothing has yet to be confirmed, no matter what leaderships confidence level is currently. We will continue to delay, they will move and harden stockpiles, we will not supply any weapons or fire on any targets and the entire world and both sides will continue to hate us for doing nothing for different reasons. This is why you stay out of other peoples civil wars. Chuck

Yes. Kinda. The internets reveal both title 10 and title 14 authority... For a short synopsis, I used wikipedia, the smartest man alive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_coast_guard Edit: spelling is hard. Chuck