What's wrong with the Air Force?

[CaptainMorgan]

It's hard to believe that the Air Force is facing a pilot shortage when promotes to major have been abysmal. My squadron was at 50%, a friend of mine in AWACS had 33%, and a friend of mine in a KC-135 squadron had 25%. Base wide, our promote rate for the guys hitting the board a second time was 0%. AFPC what are you smoking and can I have some? 

The Air Force forgets that to get those pilot wings in the first place you had to be in the top 69% (I’m sure the actual number is higher) of your ROTC class (or get into the Academy, or however OTS works). Bottom 1% of the 69th percentile is still the 69th percentile. When I got passed over for O-5 I was pissed but shrugged it off. I had figured I was a coin toss to make it. When I saw the list and saw some of my more deserving friends missing from it, I realized the whole system is fvcked. The Air Force does not value its pilots; Welsh and Goldfein made that much clear, and CQ has done nothing to reverse course.


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[08Dawg]

On 6/18/2023 at 8:17 AM, ClearedHot said:

Slife the non-combat knife now doing extreme damage to the Air Force Writ large instead of just AFSOC.

 

New Vice Chief: Slife Nominated for USAF’s No. 2 Job (airandspaceforces.com)

 

Saw this in the morning news blast

[SurelySerious]

What could go wrong?

[herkbum]

Is this the dude you guys from AFSOC have slammed here at bo.net?


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[Danger41]

1 hour ago, herkbum said:

Is this the dude you guys from AFSOC have slammed here at bo.net?


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He’s definitely not well liked/thought of by the majority of AFSOC.

[Danger41]

Slife to me is a textbook case of the importance of referential power and reputation. He was a hardass when he was the wing commander at HRT and didn’t make any friends. Fast forward when he came back as AFSOC CC, so many people that knew nothing about him had negative views of him based purely on WOM from his earlier tenures.

I understand the man in that everything is black and white and you need to follow those processes or face the consequences.  He handles business harshly which also doesn’t make many friends. He had some good ideas and some bad ideas but based purely on that reputation, it didn’t matter what it was the force was resistant. 

[Guest nsplayr]

To me he was like Emperor Palpatine. It's not that he wasn't smart, capable, committed, etc. It's just the small problem that he was evil 😂

[Trogdor]

5 hours ago, 08Dawg said:

New Vice Chief: Slife Nominated for USAF’s No. 2 Job (airandspaceforces.com)

 

Saw this in the morning news blast

I learned two things as a young CGO under his tenure. 
 

1. from his one slide PowerPoint, 10% of people need groomed, 10% need mentored, and the rest of the 80%… you’ll figure it out

 2. From one of his hand picked subordinate commanders, you’re an officer first and pilot second. Your time priorities should reflect that reality. 
 

Everyone loved it and his leadership. They all signed the bonus as soon as they could….. as long as they didn’t get RIFd after having their VSP denied 2 months prior. 

[ClearedHot]

12 hours ago, herkbum said:

Is this the dude you guys from AFSOC have slammed here at bo.net?


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Slife is one of two in AFOSC that provide slamdunk proof the supposed USAF interest in climate and culture is nothing but lip service. 

He is a well known narcissistic megalomaniac.  Many believe he is on the spectrum and it manifests in the way he treats people including his wife.  At a commander's event at his house his wife said something he didn't like so he took her down the hall and verbally ripped her in a tone and volume that the officers under his command could clearly hear.  I should be shocked that nothing came of that...but alas I am not given the dysfunction in AFSOC. 

His command philosophy was summed up to me by another three star...when it comes to Jim there are "DOJ's" (Disciples of Jim), and Clydesdale.  If he picks you as a DOJ you will be cared for and protected.  If you are a Clydesdale you are expected to work and pull the wagon until you fall over dead.  On a CSB he argued we should not put Lt Col's on the Eagle list unless they were BPZ...yes his metric for command was being below the zone.  He did it again for the O-6 CSB and argued against making Farrell the OG at Cannon because he was an on time guy and would never be a GO.  For the record Farrell was just nominated for his third star.

There are so many other incidents and stories but it doesn't matter.  Evil prevailed and sadly a lot of damage will be done.

[MechGov]

I'd never heard DOJ and Clydesdale, but the story checks out. Having worked for a few Disciples of Slife, they had their priorities in a much different place than the rest of AFSOC.

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[Dogs-N-Guns]

[BashiChuni]

"you guys wanna know the difference between a light bulb and a AFSOC CGO? there is none. we're gonna screw you in tight, you're gonna burn bright, then burn out...we're gonna screw you out and plug in another light bulb in your place"

- unknown HRT COL

slife is not well liked or well thought of. the only "compliment" i can give him is that he is "smart". how he treated people under his command was piss poor. the stories are almost endless.

[Danger41]

6 hours ago, ClearedHot said:

 

There are so many other incidents and stories but it doesn't matter.  Evil prevailed and sadly a lot of damage will be done.

Preview of confirmation hearing:

 

Edited September 7, 2023 by Danger41

[wikz]

 

[O Face]

1 hour ago, wikz said:

 

Probably had nothing to do with the guy being a douche. It’s way easier to say “nobody likes me because everyone is racist.”  Sad part is we’re all going to have to sit through more briefings because people are stupid enough to guzzle down this river of horseshit. 

[Danger41]

This came out a few years ago and then there were 3 subsequent article written by a black ENJJPT grad that claims he was targeted for wanting to fly heavies and being black (https://www.airforcetimes.com/opinion/commentary/2020/07/12/the-consequences-of-implicit-bias-at-euro-nato-pilot-training/).

https://www.drnathandial.com/
 

^Author’s personal page. Looks like he’s done very well.

I don’t think there will be any more “white people bad” meetings in the near term as a result of this video.

[Clark Griswold]

7 hours ago, Danger41 said:

This came out a few years ago and then there were 3 subsequent article written by a black ENJJPT grad that claims he was targeted for wanting to fly heavies and being black (https://www.airforcetimes.com/opinion/commentary/2020/07/12/the-consequences-of-implicit-bias-at-euro-nato-pilot-training/).

https://www.drnathandial.com/
^Author’s personal page. Looks like he’s done very well.

I don’t think there will be any more “white people bad” meetings in the near term as a result of this video.

Hmmm...

From the article:

Specifically, whenever students fail a ride, they should have the opportunity to pick their next instructor. This policy will help the Air Force ensure every student pilot who struggles does so because of a flying issue, not bias-based factors outside of flying.

I don't know about this... who's in charge at SUPT then?  IPs or Studs?  

[Dogs-N-Guns]

Selected to fly the most advanced fighter in the world, yet still a victim. Everyone must assimilate when they join regardless of race. I didn't find any of this exclusive to race. As a large male with a deep voice this is par for the course in the woke AF. You will intimidate people. I didn't notice it until my non-flying staff job with nonners that just stared at my wings. Glad I am retiring.

[di1630]

Oh this stuff is still alive and well and going on currently with an off the street direct to Fighters (go guard) hire. Poor flying performance and poor attitude to boot? Solution is to preemptively become the victim of the system. Basically untouchable at that point.


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[brabus]

I remember in 2008 this was happening in a buddy’s UPT class with a chick. She got about 69 mulligans before finally being washed out. This bullshit has been going on well before the rise of the woke mob.

[Biff_T]

I didn't get promoted because Im Irish Catholic from Donegal. I blame the English.. Everything is their fault.    Genocide is a bitch lol. 

[Lord Ratner]

On 9/7/2023 at 5:55 AM, ClearedHot said:

Slife is one of two in AFOSC that provide slamdunk proof the supposed USAF interest in climate and culture is nothing but lip service. 

He is a well known narcissistic megalomaniac.  Many believe he is on the spectrum and it manifests in the way he treats people including his wife.  At a commander's event at his house his wife said something he didn't like so he took her down the hall and verbally ripped her in a tone and volume that the officers under his command could clearly hear.  I should be shocked that nothing came of that...but alas I am not given the dysfunction in AFSOC. 

His command philosophy was summed up to me by another three star...when it comes to Jim there are "DOJ's" (Disciples of Jim), and Clydesdale.  If he picks you as a DOJ you will be cared for and protected.  If you are a Clydesdale you are expected to work and pull the wagon until you fall over dead.  On a CSB he argued we should not put Lt Col's on the Eagle list unless they were BPZ...yes his metric for command was being below the zone.  He did it again for the O-6 CSB and argued against making Farrell the OG at Cannon because he was an on time guy and would never be a GO.  For the record Farrell was just nominated for his third star.

There are so many other incidents and stories but it doesn't matter.  Evil prevailed and sadly a lot of damage will be done.

She's just not that into you.

 

The only fools are the ones who stay. It may suck to be a warrior in a time when warriors are not needed, but it sucks more to be a warrior in an organization that is openly hostile to warriors.

 

They court martialed Billy Mitchell.  Nothing changes, just the numbers on the calendar.

[dream big]

On 9/8/2023 at 6:21 AM, O Face said:

Probably had nothing to do with the guy being a douche. It’s way easier to say “nobody likes me because everyone is racist.”  Sad part is we’re all going to have to sit through more briefings because people are stupid enough to guzzle down this river of horseshit. 

Oldie, but can verify that the dude has always been an arrogant, narcissistic, self serving, attention seeking douchebag that will eff over his peers in a heartbeat to get ahead. Seems like he went to Harvard so now he’s someone else’s problem until he gets picked up for a USD position and joins the ranks of other affirmative action hires that have no business touching anything in our military’s decision making problem. 

[brabus]

17 hours ago, Biff_T said:

I didn't get promoted because Im Irish Catholic from Donegal. I blame the English.. Everything is their fault.    Genocide is a bitch lol. 

I thought you didn’t get promoted because of the discovered midget fetish you have? That’s “unbecoming of an officer” (only if you get caught!)

[Biff_T]

38 minutes ago, brabus said:

I thought you didn’t get promoted because of the discovered midget fetish you have? That’s “unbecoming of an officer” (only if you get caught!)

The midget was English!  That jealous little bastard... 

Lol

Edited September 9, 2023 by Biff_T