panchbarnes
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After following the FY14 fiasco, I am really looking forward to the FY15 Force Management Program.
Is it too early to start a thread just for F15 FMP? I kid I kid!
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I just read some crazy stories from the AF retirement facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/AirForceRetirement
I just called the AFPC MyPers hotline and the person I talked to said that this was in fact not a joke, they changed their mind on some applications, and mine went from approved to disapprove.
I just called as well and same story... I received an approval message last week. The date disappeared from my CDB. TFSC said that I no longer have an approval in the system and the they are working this weekend to send out all the disapproval messages.
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Same story, different link
The effort dubbed “Flight of the Lady Hawk” was accomplished by a flight and support crew of 50 women with the 69th Reconnaissance Group who decided to do it in recognition of Women’s History Month.
WHOA WHOA WHOA
How offensive! Does the base SAPR know about this? The AF dodged a bullet when the 50+ ladies completed the mission unassaulted (is this even a legit word?).
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was removed from his job in late March over a 2007 email exchange with the wife of a subordinate officer
An investigator was assigned to look into it,” he added. “No evidence of relationship was discovered.”
This is tough... 7 years ago and an investigation was closed...
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I understand that going to the IG is a ballzy move and you'd better bring your A-game...it is not something to take lightly. But I have a hunch that just a whiff of someone going to the IG with this would get management scrambling, at least in my neck of the woods. Especially if people like me (with a clean paper trail, no skeletons in the closet, a good reputation, and a strong performance record) launch the complaint if ultimately denied the chance to go in-res, it gives the complaint some teeth. It may blow up in the end and have negative consequences, but I will accept that. Better to fight the good fight than live my life succumbing to every absurd demand the AF makes--especially demands will no real reg or written policy to back it up.
Obviously your dream has not been crushed yet... j/k (sort of)
You don't have to go SOS in-res you know.
But I do think your IG suggestion brings up a good question:
Is SOS In-res really about training/professional development or is it really about a promotion indicator?
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The "requirement" by management to do correspondence before going in-res sounds like a slam-dunk IG complaint to me!
Just something to think about before you even mention the word IG. Have you exhausted all options to resolve the issue at the lowest level? And is this issue really worthy of an IG complaint? (How have you suffered as a result of this requirement?)
I agree this requirement is dumb but I don't think it's a "slam-dunk" IG complaint.
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I must say AFPC's PAO has been on-point in the past 48-hrs regarding educating/updating everyone about the FMP. They are updating the website as soon as something drops, even including the direct links to the different matrices!
Should have adopted this TTP from the start.
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Wing leadership here is saying that SOS cadre can say that as much as they want, but until they hear some official guidance, SOS in corres is required to show you want to go in residence.
This was the exact same message I received 3 years ago from higher level leadership when SOS was publicly touted as 100% in-residence.
I even called the civilian SOS director to confirm the 100% policy. He was frustrated then that commanders were not abiding by the guidance.
My current leadership still believes you must do by-correspondence to be considered for in-residence.
This is why unofficial guidance (for positive things) does not work in the military, no matter how cool it sounds.
"Inertia"
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Officials: Improvised explosive device found near Fort Hood detonatedI guess we better bring back the MRAPs for the streets of Kileen.Update: Police determined it was a fake IED.
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I didn't see any numbers on the matrix. Just blue or red.
11M '06 is still blue.
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Bad news if you are a 13N
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Thanks man, but now that it looks like I'm going to retire, I'm not going anywhere. I plan on coming thru the gate every morning at about 0715 and regaling the gate guard with long stories about my service overseas and lots and lots of questions and complaints about the pharmacy and PX.
Have fun waiting in the passenger terminal for your Space-A flight in your "Retired AF" baseball cap with pins.
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Talk about timing... I wonder who's the target audience?
Front page AF.mil
Core values are more than just slogans
/ Published April 02, 2014
WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Air Force senior leaders recently released a video as part of an ongoing effort to communicate the importance of living and adhering to the service core values.
“Our core values are our first principles, and they guide everything we do – on and off duty; at home, in the office, and on the battlefield,” Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James says in the video. “Integrity is the inner voice that leads us to do the right thing, even when it’s hard and even when no one is looking.”
“Service before self is the essence of our commitment to the nation … it’s what binds us as Airmen and our warfighting team,” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III says. “That commitment is found in the oaths we take, and is represented in large and small ways around our Air Force every day. Our core values are more than just slogans.”
“Excellence in all we do is all about passion,” Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody says. “As Airmen, we must have an inner drive for continuous improvement, a drive that propels us as individuals and as a force into an upward spiral of performance and accomplishment. Core values matter.”
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Congrats to the people who got approved. Good luck to the folks still waiting.
Thank you for your service. Your experience and knowledge will be sorely missed.
:beer: Edited: Time for beer(s)
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uh oh...
http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/02/world/europe/ukraine-crisis/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
Brussels, Belgium (CNN) -- NATO's military chief warned Wednesday that Russian troops could begin moving on Ukraine within 12 hours of being given an order, amid fears that Moscow could seek to invade its eastern region.
Gen. Philip Breedlove, NATO's supreme allied commander Europe, also told CNN's Christiane Amanpour that with 40,000 troops massed near the border, Russia has all the components necessary to move on Ukraine.
Fight tonight!
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Yup.
I have no dog in this fight (yet), but Big Blue has lost all credibility with me with the way they screwed over its people with the force management program.
These support organizations used to *try* to support the warfighters so they can focus on the mission. Nowadays, they don't seem to be even trying anymore. As a matter of fact, it's now the other way around. The warfighters supporting A1/FSS/AFPC, doing their work for them, and trying to execute the mission at the same time. This is just insane for a warfighting organization, and people in charge should be ashamed of themselves for not being held accountable. Instead of transparency, they've doubled-down and remained silent or continue to spin their screw ups. EVEN AFTER THE CSAF SENDS OUT A SERVICE-WIDE E-MAIL REMINDING US OF: INTEGRITY FIRST, SERVICE BEFORE SELF, AND EXCELLENCE IN ALL WE DO.
At a time when airmen are looking for guidance and vector (remember that?) from our "leaders" we get silence instead. At a time when the AF needs a culture change to address serious issues we get spins, unofficial suggestions, and cosmetic fixes instead.
Somebody (anybody!) from HAF/A1/AFPC please step up and own this mess. The taxpayers didn't pay you to go thru these fancy in-residence leadership/management schools and your nice salary (with the shiny ranks) for you to hide out in the comfort of your office. Your airmen are taking notes of your inaction.
Like I said, I have no dog in the FMP fight (yet), but I feel obligated to point out the facts (as I see them).
Sorry for the rambling.
Panch
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WTFO!
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Subject: Pandhandling by Military Members (crackdown by SAPD)Professionals,The ###SFS Operations Section received official word from SAPD thatpandhandling (soliciting money) on street corners is not permitted unless avalid permit is on file. SAPD will be cracking down on panhandlers and theydon't want military personnel to get caught up in the sweep. Getting apermit from the city is very expensive and must be bonded for $1M. Pleasepass the word that if any military entity is out soliciting for theirprivate organizations they will and can be arrested and cited. If you haveany questions, feel free to contact Officer @@@@@ @@@@@ at ###-####.Please pass to our Army and Navy brethren... -
Fellas,
On behalf of all decent females in the AF, I apologize.
Pics and we will accept the apology.
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Lots of gems in this article. Unfortunately, the AF leadership problems are not unique. I still hold our senior AF folks accountable for the recent issues, but the problems and the culture didn't develop overnight.
Dan Emmett, a former Marine Corps captain, retired Secret Service agent and former CIA intelligence officer, is the author of “Within Arm’s Length: A Secret Service Agent’s Definitive Inside Account of Protecting the President,” forthcoming in June.
Sound familiar?
The problem in the agency is not alcohol or debauchery, but weak leadership. There are too many incompetent managers who want the title, pay and perks of management while performing no duties of leadership. The problem is not bad Secret Service agents but bad leaders of Secret Service agents
The Secret Service may not admit it, but its promotion system is primarily designed to move the best-liked people, not necessarily the best-qualified, into managerial positions.
The Secret Service of today is awash in managers, not leaders. Many supervisors have little tangible or leadership experience, yet they are designated as managers on the basis of their titles and long lists of schools attended.
The tragedy of this horrid and ineffective system is that many highly qualified agents who would be superb leaders are passed over for promotion; they are not in “the club.” The result is evident in today’s embarrassing headlines.
And finally, Col Stanley this is for you.
The best leaders willingly take responsibility for the actions of their people. When I was a 23-year-old second lieutenant with the 1st Marine Division, my first company commander informed me that he would hold me responsible for everything my men did or failed to do. His hard lesson: It is the commander who bears the ultimate responsibility for subordinates’ actions. This lesson seems to be unique to the military, though it should apply non-uniformed government workers, too. If high-ranking officials were terminated or disciplined for the infractions of their wayward subordinates, rather than the wrongdoers themselves receiving all the punishment, perhaps there would be fewer incidents such as the ones haunting the Secret Service of late.
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That's kind of my point. Who is taking personal responsibility for AFPC?
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Fellow BaseOpers
Over the past few months, we have been forced to navigate through some of the roughest waters most of us have ever experienced professionally. We've seen the reputation of our beloved AFPC and America's Air, Space, and Cyberspace missions tarnished because of the extraordinarily selfish actions of officers entrusted with the most powerful personnel center ever devised by man. As you are now learning, the ramifications are dire. Many lives will be permanently changed as a result.
But this costly lesson must not be in vain.
The lesson? Had just one solitary airman spoken up for integrity, our leadership team would have been able to take action immediately.
Tragically, peer pressure and the fear of being an outcast prevailed. As a result, the misconduct had yet to be inadvertently discovered by OSI agents.
Think of how different the narrative would be had the silent Airman just come forward. That airman would now be lionized as a hero for casting aside his or her own fear of being made an outcast by a few inadequate peers.
That airman would have single-handedly preserved the honor and dignity of AFPC and all the wonderful people who make up this incredible organization.
But it didn't happen. Wrong won out over right ... the voice of integrity was silenced ... and the good guy lost at the end of the movie.
This is a wake-up call for everyone who has lost their sense of right and wrong, for those who have become cynical and for those indoctrinated by modern society to acquiesce when faced with bad behavior.
"All that is necessary for evil to flourish is for good people to do nothing." I highlighted this old axiom as the main point of my change of command speech a little over a year ago. I implored our formations of airmen that it never be said of AFPC that "we did nothing" in the face of evil. I can't imagine a more vivid reinforcement of that lesson than what we're going through now.
Edited: Just in case you guys/gals haven't read this letter...
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2014/mar/27/nuke-missile-base-commanders-resignation-letter/
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And here's the ever-so-inspiring resignation letter from the wing commander:
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2014/mar/27/nuke-missile-base-commanders-resignation-letter/
In classic missile fashion, instead of taking personal responsibility, he blames the crew force:
One would think the "leadership team" would be able to proactively ID and fix problems within their own wing without a BRAA point-out from a mystical "silent Airman," but I guess it's the crew force's fault for not diming themselves out.
And the "I told you so" part. The whole letter sounds more like one final admonishment from the WG/CC instead of a mea culpa.
Wow... People commenting on the article are saying what a great leader he was. Can't be that great of a leader if he is blaming "the silent airman" for not speaking up as the reason he had to resign.
Dear Col Stanley and other senior managers lurking around, people don't speak up because:
1. They don't trust that you care.
2. They don't trust that you will do the right thing based on the environment you have fostered.
3. # 1 & 2
That airman would have single-handedly preserved the honor and dignity of Malmstrom and all the wonderful people who make up this incredible wing.
But it didn't happen. Wrong won out over right ... the voice of integrity was silenced ... and the good guy lost at the end of the movie.
Wow, just wow. Good guy lost? And the "movie" is over? Whatever dude, get over yourself.
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I paid the 99cents for the one day subscription to AF times.
Per the AF times review of congressional budget documents for Force Management.
"Air force expects to pay $81.6 million to 560 officers taking TERA, or 15 yr retirements. Another 1,137 officers will receive $108.8 million in voluntary separation payments this year. The Air Force has not budgeted for officer TERA or VSP in 2015, suggesting the service does not expect to offer these programs again next year to officers."
Hopefully this means we will get an answer before the next fiscal year.
I just want to point out that at least one airman has resorted to paying a commercial media outlet to get clarity on the FY14 Force Management Program.
This makes me really sad.
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Question on the newish SOS In-Correspondence
in General Discussion
Posted · Edited by PanchBarnes
So has the SOS in-res slot allocation process been updated yet? I keep hearing from CCs that they only have 1-2 per year. Until more slots are available the CCs are forced to use some sort of discriminator.
I once had my sq/cc tell me in private that he does not consider you for strats until by correspondence has been completed. Had I not met with him for something else I would have never found out about this stupid policy.