Pretty much, standard across the board.
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Dear Boss, I quit! A letter to Air Force leadership....
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Pretty much, standard across the board.
Gracias.
Fixed it for ya...
Is that the same F-22 that the current SECDEF put restrictions on where it can fly?????
This is probably a bit of an oversimplified and cynical summarization....? If you're telling me that you can't empathize (even just a little bit) with a lot of what the dude has to say... Well, congratulations - you're officially part of the problem. Again, his delivery/execution is poor - however the sentiments are probably quite common.
I tend to agree with Brett, which I think officially makes me part of the problem around here. This guy seems to be pissed that he didn't get any AA kills and had to move mud and then pissed that his service can't buy him all the cool toys he wants. I don't know if he missed the budget cut memo, but all the service chiefs are in the unenviable position of having more problems than money.
If you read Punk's War you'll see the exact same sentiment as the "Dear Boss" author has.
Ward Carroll was just a wee-bit smarter, rather than release it on the internet, he published the sentiment and made $$$.
Ward Carroll was just a wee-bit smarter, rather than release it on the internet, he published the sentiment and made $$$.
Sad to say, but when money gets tight it makes more sense to just barely train and equip the forces you have--scraping that tactical hard deck but not quite letting them decay into "hollow forces"--rather than shrink your forces and spend the same money on much smaller but very well prepared forces. This all assumes that when the need arises, there will be money and time to quickly get them up to speed again, and that in the meantime that too many good people haven't quit.
Of course, figuring out exactly where that line is, now that's the trick, isn't it?
Of course, figuring out exactly where that line is, now that's the trick, isn't it?
I recently re-read this book and the fact that JOs from 10yrs ago have the same gripes as JOs today struck me. You read other Naval historical fiction like the Caine Mutiny and it seems to be a truism across the ages. Leadership is never perfect, the new guys always suck, there's never enough money, and there's always some sort of admin chcikenshit to deal with as opposed to war fighting.
I'm convinced that very little of substance changes in big institutions. It's the perspectives of people as they get older that change. Maybe it's because the organization places different expectations on them, or that they're exposed to aspects of the organization they weren't aware of when they were more junior. Perhaps it's just human nature to look back at one's past through the lens of nostalgia and remember only the good parts. When that doesn't jibe with the reality of the present, it's interpreted as everything in the organization going to hell in a hand basket. Might be an interesting research project.
//translation// I have no patience for jet guys who complain about ANYTHING. Now that I've kicked that over that wasp's nest, keep reading...
The parts of the letters that resonated most (with me) were the excerpts about fundamental leadership failures and community culture shifts - to the point where he may not sense that he and "his" organization share similar values and priorities.
Interesting you bring this up - one of the first slides of my mandated character and integrity training yesterday posed the question "isn't it hypocritical of us [retired admirals who profited from designing and convincing CNAF that this was needed] to condemn the same kind of behavior we embraced as JOs?" There really wasn't a good answer - except: tough shit - times change. Well done admirals, money well spent - eh hem, made.
phrogpilot73
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I want me to find out who this idiot is, and invite him to a typical Navy/Marine base. Then I'd show him our 20-40 year old aircraft. And our pathetic (in comparison) facilities. Then I would ask him, does it make sense why you guys had the most to cut? Maybe there's a lot of unnecessary fat associated with your service?
Then I read this sentence in that disgusting spew of "I'm so important":
Then I read this sentence in that disgusting spew of "I'm so important":
And I realized it would be lost on him. I guess the initial push into Afghanistan was impossible, because it was the 26th MEU and the 15th MEU with support from only organic USN/USMC assets that was able to establish the first US land base in Afghanistan. This guy was probably still discussing the finer points of 1v1 with the Taliban Air Force while we were failing to do our jobs without them. What a choad.