February 25, 20241 yr On 2/23/2024 at 10:56 AM, Sua Sponte said: KC-135s out of ENJJPT? He was a bitter dude. Well damn. Hate hearing that. I lived down the hall from him in college and he was a good guy. We were all stunned when he got tankers but he was also the only guy from our ROTC det to go to UPT for a 3-4 year span so we all thought that was better than nothing. Edited February 25, 20241 yr by Bergman
February 25, 20241 yr 12 hours ago, McJay Pilot said: 320th STS/CC fired at Kadena and there’s a data dump on FB here, that reads similar to the 27 SOG/CC’s rebuttal from awhile back. I know a lot of the names mentioned, it’ll be interesting to hear what all they have to say. Also, that’s the second Sq/CC fired from the 353rd SOW in 4 months. 1st SOS commander was fired back in November with no cause or details that were made public. Must be something in the water over there.
February 25, 20241 yr 13 hours ago, McJay Pilot said: 320th STS/CC fired at Kadena and there’s a data dump on FB here, that reads similar to the 27 SOG/CC’s rebuttal from awhile back. I know a lot of the names mentioned, it’ll be interesting to hear what all they have to say. This sounds like the O6 leadership at every base I was stationed at. At some point people are going to realize that the corporate, academic, and political rot within the leadership class has completely infiltrated the military as well. It's a bummer, but it should not be surprising.
February 25, 20241 yr Latest RUMIT on Cat-5 is this all started after a shouting match with SOCOM/CC who told him to resign or be fired...Next AFSOC/CC should be a calming influence.
February 25, 20241 yr 6 hours ago, Lord Ratner said: This sounds like the O6 leadership at every base I was stationed at. At some point people are going to realize that the corporate, academic, and political rot within the leadership class has completely infiltrated the military as well. It's a bummer, but it should not be surprising. Amen. I actually read all of that and if a GS-11 civilian can do this, that is such a massive failure of so many people it’s hard to fathom. I don’t care if they have a strong union or not, you fire that chick immediately (assuming all his allegations are true).
February 25, 20241 yr 10 minutes ago, Danger41 said: Amen. I actually read all of that and if a GS-11 civilian can do this, that is such a massive failure of so many people it’s hard to fathom. I don’t care if they have a strong union or not, you fire that chick immediately (assuming all his allegations are true). You'll notice this dude was shit-canned as soon as he started hinting that the disappearance of expensive equipment would need to be reported. As soon as his "antics" transitioned from obnoxiously advocating for his unit to potentially tarnishing the reputation of his leadership, he was toast. You don't get to the top in today's military (college, government, etc) through competence, results, and successful leadership of your subordinates, you get there by protecting those above you. When the consequences for failure are restored, the institutions will resume filtering for and rewarding competence. It's going to get a lot worse before that happens, I fear.
March 1, 20241 yr On 2/17/2024 at 1:48 PM, DirkDiggler said: words Man I got stories for days from my time in AFSOC HQ....but now is not the time. I will say that there are always a valiant few fighting the good fight, but they are mostly beaten down by entrenched civilians with agendas, company men keeping their noses clean, incompetent staffers, and indecisive/weak/toxic leadership (take your pick).
March 1, 20241 yr Exactly this. There aren't many uniformed MWS guys in HQ AFSOC left (maybe a half dozen/MWS). It's a struggle between the bureaucracy, lots of change, and CC pet projects/good ideas. It doesn't help when the boss threatens to fire anyone who doesn't quickly implement his 50% more BS, 50% less FTU product. Ironically, it really seems to take a while to implement all this change when there's no uniforms left in the building to staff all these "priorities."Also, I feel it for the 'favored' community getting kicked in the teeth with more with less taskings, picking up FTU training, and one of the core mission events considered non-essential.Sent from my SM-G781U1 using Tapatalk
March 1, 20241 yr 13 hours ago, MechGov said: Exactly this. There aren't many uniformed MWS guys in HQ AFSOC left (maybe a half dozen/MWS). It's a struggle between the bureaucracy, lots of change, and CC pet projects/good ideas. It doesn't help when the boss threatens to fire anyone who doesn't quickly implement his 50% more BS, 50% less FTU product. Ironically, it really seems to take a while to implement all this change when there's no uniforms left in the building to staff all these "priorities." Also, I feel it for the 'favored' community getting kicked in the teeth with more with less taskings, picking up FTU training, and one of the core mission events considered non-essential. Sent from my SM-G781U1 using Tapatalk I've got some buddies up there that are trying to effect change/do the right thing where they can, but agree with everything you wrote above. I've never seen this level of thrash/the HQ reaching into line units directly. I honestly think the only thing that would satisfy the guy is every -130 and person in the unit fully committed 100% of the time. On an another fucked up note, CAE just laid off 100% of the MC-J CIs at Kirtland two days ago. That's really gonna do wonders for PFT production/shortening the pipeline like CAT 5 was adamant about.
March 1, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, DirkDiggler said: I've got some buddies up there that are trying to effect change/do the right thing where they can, but agree with everything you wrote above. I've never seen this level of thrash/the HQ reaching into line units directly. I honestly think the only thing that would satisfy the guy is every -130 and person in the unit fully committed 100% of the time. On an another fucked up note, CAE just laid off 100% of the MC-J CIs at Kirtland two days ago. That's really gonna do wonders for PFT production/shortening the pipeline like CAT 5 was adamant about. CAE is trash when they took over the KC-135 ATS.
March 1, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, DirkDiggler said: // CAE just laid off 100% of the MC-J CIs at Kirtland two days ago // Only to hire them back? Who else is qualified!? What news...
March 2, 20241 yr 44 minutes ago, Swizzle said: Only to hire them back? Who else is qualified!? What news... They’ll probably hire them back part-time, then work them 29 hours a week so they don’t have to pay any benefits.
March 2, 20241 yr 51 minutes ago, Swizzle said: Only to hire them back? Who else is qualified!? What news... Contracting issues/protest. They got laid off because there is no contract in place.
March 2, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Swizzle said: Only to hire them back? Who else is qualified!? What news... CAE currently has the contract; it was just re-bid and awarded to a company called ATC. Someone protested, so the ATC can’t do anything until the protest is resolved. Government asked CAE to bridge the contract until the protest is resolved. CAE said sure, give us X number of dollars to do it. Government said we’re not gonna give you anything, CAE said great, dueces, and laid everybody off.
March 2, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, DirkDiggler said: CAE currently has the contract; it was just re-bid and awarded to a company called ATC. Someone protested, so the ATC can’t do anything until the protest is resolved. Government asked CAE to bridge the contract until the protest is resolved. CAE said sure, give us X number of dollars to do it. Government said we’re not gonna give you anything, CAE said great, dueces, and laid everybody off. The best part is that’s the first time I’ve heard that explanation since the Bobs here have yet to address it.
March 2, 20241 yr Same contract issue happened at CVS a couple of years ago. CIs were laid off for two weeks.
March 20, 20241 yr Tinker O-6 died while in command. https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-03-19/air-force-death-tinker-oklahoma-13361472.html
March 21, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, Sua Sponte said: Tinker O-6 died while in command. https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-03-19/air-force-death-tinker-oklahoma-13361472.html Out of respect for Munch and his family I won't elaborate, but it was from natural causes. Great person, father, husband, leader and Weapons Officer. The world (and Air Force) is a lesser place without him in it. To Munch... Edited March 21, 20241 yr by abmwaldo clarity
March 24, 20241 yr https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-charleston-fired/ A couple of 628ABW kills at CHS with the standard reasoning… What was bad enough to take out SEL, Sq/CC, Grp/CC?! Chuck
March 24, 20241 yr 1 minute ago, Chuck17 said: https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-charleston-fired/ A couple of 628ABW kills at CHS with the standard reasoning… What was bad enough to take out SEL, Sq/CC, Grp/CC?! Chuck Gang bang?
March 24, 20241 yr 6 hours ago, Chuck17 said: https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-charleston-fired/ A couple of 628ABW kills at CHS with the standard reasoning… What was bad enough to take out SEL, Sq/CC, Grp/CC?! Chuck Toxic leadership and uppity HPOs that don’t listen to direction/guidance and don’t know what followership means. Sounds like a slam dunk when it comes to getting rid of the wrong type of leaders.
March 24, 20241 yr On 3/23/2024 at 12:27 PM, whiskeychevelle said: So when is Fat Tony getting fired? his next assignment will tell us everything
March 26, 20241 yr "From the Inbox: "Col Albertsen micro managed the MXG staff incessantly. Under his leadership, he made the Mx Training Facility at Holloman work extra hours, implement redundant training courses, and would routinely insult commanders at the monthly training meeting (which were only required by AFI quarterly). He was stuck in the past and was the epitome of toxic leadership. Holloman had one of the highest mishaps /accidents rates in AETC if not the AF (that is documented). Finally, he was the type of leader who held down the throttle to "ludicrous speed" at all times. He even attempted to cancel min manning for Christmas two years in a row, even when the wing CC announced no flying. We are glad to see him fired."
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