Commanders are dropping like flies this year

[Bigred]

On 9/27/2025 at 5:17 PM, StoleIt said:

 

Edit: I also predict no extra money for PT testers even though the amount of tests a year will nearly double...and each test will take longer to administer.

The Navy has done command wide pt tests twice a year for damn near forever. It honestly was pretty easy, everyone counted for their partner and we all would run together. Took maybe 3 hours on some random morning. It’s actually a lot easier to coordinate than worrying about random dates throughout the year for each individual person. 
 

 

[ClearedHot]

1 hour ago, Sua Sponte said:

When is Fat Tony retiring from USAFA?

Look at this slob...those poor buttons.

 

[Biff_T]

The gathering of the Juggalos. 

[LookieRookie]

6 hours ago, Sua Sponte said:

When is Fat Tony retiring from USAFA?

getting fired would be better

[Sua Sponte]

First one to punch out post meeting.

[Snoopy59]

Would Stormin Norman  Schwarzkopf be on the chopping block? 

[arg]

Would Stormin Norman  Schwarzkopf be on the chopping block? 

I hope he doesn’t go after fat contractors


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[SocialD]

8 hours ago, Sua Sponte said:

First one to punch out post meeting.

 

 

After only 40 years of service, what a quitter!   

Edited yesterday at 02:12 PM by SocialD

[Lord Ratner]

10 hours ago, Sua Sponte said:

First one to punch out post meeting.

Is he fat?

Edit: He just lost the contest for CSAF. Or doesn't like the winner. Bleh.

Also I wish they would stop acting like getting paid millions by joining a Defense Contractor for their military connections is somehow "finding new ways to support our Air Force, our national defense, and the incredible people."

 

No speech required. Thank you for your service. Next.

Edited yesterday at 03:16 PM by Lord Ratner

[ClearedHot]

11 minutes ago, Lord Ratner said:

Is he fat?

Edit: He just lost the contest for CSAF. Or doesn't like the winner. Bleh.

Also I wish they would stop acting like getting paid millions by joining a Defense Contractor for their military connections is somehow "finding new ways to support our Air Force, our national defense, and the incredible people."

 

No speech required. Thank you for your service. Next.

Bussiere is a different cat, he was never up for CSAF.  Worst kept secret was him being next VCSAF...it was a done deal.  Maybe he had enough....maybe Trumps driveling speech about cardstock and paper weight probably pushed him over the edge.

[Lord Ratner]

2 minutes ago, ClearedHot said:

Maybe he had enough....maybe Trumps driveling speech about cardstock and paper weight probably pushed him over the edge.

Oh please. The only sword these guys fall on is the fleshy kind that gets you promoted if you don't gag too hard on it.

His plan fell apart, so he's leaving. Same as it ever was. 

Edited yesterday at 03:26 PM by Lord Ratner

[ClearedHot]

Just now, Lord Ratner said:

Oh please. The only sword these guys fall on is the fleshy kind that gets you promoted if you don't gag too hard on it.

His plan fell apart, so he's leaving. Same as it ever was. 

Perhaps you are talking to different people than I am.  I had nothing but good interactions with him.

[Lord Ratner]

3 minutes ago, ClearedHot said:

Perhaps you are talking to different people than I am.  I had nothing but good interactions with him.

I'm sure he's great. It's not like we have a cadre of purely sociopathic generals. But the nature of the system is such that only "yes men" are going to make it to the top. There's no real metric for effectiveness or success when we aren't in a global war of existential magnitude, so ass-covering and knob-polishing are the prerequisites. 

How many shitty bosses with toxic leadership did this guy serve without quitting? How about the first time his commander in chief babbled nonsensically on the global stage from 2017-2021? No, because there was still runway ahead for his career. 

These are the same chumps that spent their youth in the O-Clubs with strippers, drove back to their dorms drunk, then 20 years later told us with a straight face that if you have more than 3 drinks in a night (0-0-1-3) you are a bad officer, while neglecting to mention they have a bottle of Scotch in their Wing King desk. There was never a cause-of-the-day they wouldn't support, whether it was the drunk-sex-is-rape crusade of 2003, the great heritage room massacre of 2012, the Covid firings, or the transification attempt only recently squashed.

They love their country, and they served it more than most Americans could ever fathom. But they were not, are not, men of principal and backbone. They are the ones who could best morph into whatever the next boss wanted from them, and the idea that an All-Call would be the last straw is laughable. 

[17D_guy]

On 9/27/2025 at 10:40 AM, disgruntledemployee said:

If this FOGO All Call is just a speech on bullshit, what an epic fucking waste.  That's like a Wing/CC holding everyone hostage at 5pm on a Friday to bitch about sideburns.  

For Pete's sake, Pete, if this is all it is, cancel it now before you embarrass yourself/USA. 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/hegseth-self-centered-reason-calling-221749640.html

"A White House official separately told CNN that the meeting is meant to be a show of force, demonstrating what the military looks like under Trump."

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PS, it'll cost millions and govt is facing a shutdown situation.  Bravo, Pete.

So...you were right. Could have just been an email. 

[Sua Sponte]

4 hours ago, ClearedHot said:

Bussiere is a different cat, he was never up for CSAF.  Worst kept secret was him being next VCSAF...it was a done deal.  Maybe he had enough....maybe Trumps driveling speech about cardstock and paper weight probably pushed him over the edge.

Rumors he hated Wilsbach when he was the ACC/CC, so he would really hate him as CSAF.

[dream big]

6 hours ago, 17D_guy said:

So...you were right. Could have just been an email. 

You’ve led people before I’m sure. You are about to roll out a massive change in your organization’s culture and direction. For argument’s sake let’s say most of your minions are geographically separated. You’re saying you would do it over email? 

[bfargin]

No, like all the other “never trumpers” he’ll take extra Tylenol, even if it shuts down his liver, just to prove he hates orange man.

[brickhistory]

On 9/30/2025 at 12:24 PM, StoleIt said:

So did anyone get fired from the big meeting? I was told there would be drama...

Two.

Very disappointed there weren't two lines - one for those returning to their jobs and one for those retiring.

However, good speech by Hegseth, certainly not sugar-coated political correctness.

Also, despite the non-culling of the herd, still like the idea of various minor princes(ess') being returned to the mother ship and seeing that they are not special; that there's actually a bunch of them.  And that here are the direct, to your face, expectations.

Hope the coming fat and PT tests start taking out the hippos.

 

added:  Air Force Downgrading USAFE Commander Job to 3 Stars

Not a firing but certainly a loss of bloat.

 

Edited 1 hour ago by brickhistory