Excerpt from a relayed conversation between two captains:
"This is bullshit that they're not counting AAD anymore, I spent X hours doing that, now it's all wasted. All the guys that drug their feet on it, now it's paying off for them and not for me - and I worked harder. Our records are the same? No they're not! How is that fair?"
THAT is how I know this pendulum with swing - Because of the butthurt and lack of focus that we grow in our junior officer corps.
Job performance DOES mean something. It always has. The rest is indicative but ancillary, so focus on what you want to, just be aware of the pendulums swing. The only way this careerist weed will get stamped out is if the SQUADRONS enforce the CSAFs directive. The squadrons are the key to all of this - and yet we continue to erode the trust in our squadron commanders...
Chuck
Edit: because iPad typing without morning coffee is hard