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Old 10-28-2009, 09:34 AM
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I feel pretty safe saying that guy most know somebody.

How would anyone that failed as a commander be allowed to fail again?
Quite right...I mean, this is supposed to be the one mistake AF!

His 24 years counts for nothing...be gone.
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Old 10-30-2009, 02:39 PM
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Quite right...I mean, this is supposed to be the one mistake AF!

His 24 years counts for nothing...be gone.
There's a difference there and you know that.

It is a one mistake air force for enlisted men, aren't officers supposed to be held to a double standard?

If we flipped that and had a master sergeant who had that many blemishes, they'd force him out real quick.

This guy is THE COMMANDER, he's responsible for everything beneath him. No one bitched when Moseley got fired, but now somehow it's ok for this guy to fuck up? Let's not turn into hypocrites, this guy needs to go.
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Old 10-30-2009, 02:51 PM
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There's a difference there and you know that.

It is a one mistake air force for enlisted men, aren't officers supposed to be held to a double standard?

If we flipped that and had a master sergeant who had that many blemishes, they'd force him out real quick.

This guy is THE COMMANDER, he's responsible for everything beneath him. No one bitched when Moseley got fired, but now somehow it's ok for this guy to fuck up? Let's not turn into hypocrites, this guy needs to go.
Didn't see any MSgts getting fired at Minot...did you?
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Old 10-30-2009, 05:06 PM
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Didn't see any MSgts getting fired at Minot...did you?
Actually I did.
Also the 5th Bomb Wing CC here just got the axe. Again, he was a great guy...
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Old 10-30-2009, 08:49 PM
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Really! Moving from Minot to Colorado Springs is a promotion!
Yeah, but have you ever tried to park in front of building 1 at Pete in the morning?!?!? He'll pay his dues by walking across that parking looking at the Pikes Peak and the beautiful mountains wishing he had the sweet spot in front of his old building in no time, and ask for that Osan assignment ASAP
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Old 10-30-2009, 10:44 PM
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So it seems that the new Global Strike Command and AFSPC will
be filled with fired Minot CC's:

Westa has been reassigned to the Global Strike Command at Barksdale, a new unit intended to consolidate control of long-range ballistic missiles and bomb wings that carry nuclear weapons.

The Minot base’s series of nuclear missteps were among the reasons cited by the Air Force for the creation of the Global Strike Command. Its commander, Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz Jr., was in Minot this week.

Komurek said Westa’s B-52 experience earned him a post at the Barksdale base.

“He has a lot of bomber experience,” Komurek said. “It will be a benefit to them.”
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