I’ll just leave this one here. You might want to read it when no kids are around.
US Military Cracks Down On Troop Masturbation In Afghanistan
I’m guessing this is a joke. If so, it’s good to see that the troops still have a sense of humor. (smile)
And if it’s not a joke: I think the author of this policy has just self-identified a billet – and an individual – that are prime candidates for elimination during the upcoming drawdown. They obviously don’t have a meaningful mission.
Yeah, well, maybe not so much. This one pretty much leaves me speechless.
Privately-Owned Parking Lot Seized By City So it Can be Used for . . . A Parking Lot
Well, it seems as if there have been some additional problems in the USAF’s Nuclear Kingdom.
Four USAF officers were disciplined recently. They were launch officers and/or assistant launch officers assigned to Minuteman units.
The issue? They failed to follow procedures regarding sleeping while on alert duty.
Per current policies, one of the two-person team manning an underground Minuteman launch bunker is authorized to get some sleep at any given time – IF the facility’s blast doors are closed and locked and only the launch crew is present. If the blast doors are open, or if anyone but the launch crew is present, either member of the crew sleeping is an absolute “No Go”.
The reason for this policy regarding blast doors and sleep should be pretty damn obvious.
Yeah, you guessed it. Some crews decided to cut corners – on at least two occasions this year alone, and apparently on multiple other occasions that weren’t caught. No compromises or incidents resulted, but still: “That’s not good”.
Fox News has more details.
I alluded earlier to a problem in the Arizona Air National Guard. It looks like the subject of this article was the reason.
It appears as if some of those assigned to the 214th Reconnaissance Squadron, Arizona Air National Guard and based in Tucson, were really enduring a hardship tour operating those remotely-piloted aircraft (RPAs).
How bad, you ask? As in drawing TDY allowances while living at home and flying RPA missions in support of deployed troops.
One of the indicted was an O6 – Colonel Gregg Davies. Ranks of the remaining personnel indicted were not immediately available.
Davies reportedly used his position “to circumvent measures that were supposed to prevent unauthorized temporary duty entitlements when military members are neither deployed nor away for training from their home.” The others apparently just raked in their unauthorized cash – to the tune of over $1 million total. Many individuals involved are thought to have pocketed upwards of $100,000.
I hope the justice system burns the hell out of these fools.
Hope I’m wrong, but it looks like there might be something seriously bad going on regarding the Arizona Air National Guard:
A formal announcement by the Arizona Attorney General is due at 10PM MST/PDT. I don’t know how long it will be afterwards before details might be available.
I’ll try to post an update later today if/as more info is released.
In case anyone’s forgotten: Lt Col Wilkerson is the former Aviano AB IG who was convicted of sexual assault by a General Court-Martial and was sentenced to 1 year of confinement plus dismissal (the equivalent of a Dishonorable Discharge for an officer). However, his sentence was set aside by his then-commander, Lt Gen Craig Franklin – ostensibly, in part because Lt Gen Franklin felt Wilkerson was a “committed husband”.
Lt Gen Franklin’s action caused huge amount of consternation at the time – IMO, rightfully so. I mean, really: what’s the point of holding a court-martial at all if you’re going to ignore the verdict?
Well, it appears Wilkerson will only be a Lieutenant Colonel a short while longer. Seems he got a “show cause” letter regarding his retention on active duty from the CG of Air Combat Command, Gen Mike Hostage, recently. Since he had 20+ years of active service, Wilkerson opted to retire rather than appear before a board of officers considering his retention.
However, the acting SECAF – The Honorable Eric Fanning – has determined Wilkerson did not serve successfully at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. (No joke.) He’ll thus retire as a Major, effective 1 January 2014.
Funny how a felony conviction for a morally reprehensible act – even if later set aside – causes most people to view the individual who was convicted, isn’t it?
No, it’s probably not adequate justice in this case. But it’s better than nothing.
It also appears that his GCM conviction wasn’t the first incident of sexual impropriety of which Wilkerson has been guilty. The USAF revealed in June that further investigation determined Wilkerson had had an extramarital affair and fathered a child out-of-wedlock some 9 years or so ago.
I wonder if Wilkerson’s wife knew about the earlier affair and kid – and if she will dump his ass after he retires?
Wilkerson was a Major at the time of his affair. Unfortunately, the statute of limitations for that misconduct is 5 years. I’m guessing the acting SECAF felt he couldn’t use that misconduct as justification to rule Wilkerson’s service as Major unsatisfactory due to said statute of limitations. I’m also wondering how Lt Gen Franklin feels about setting aside Wilkerson’s conviction now.
In any case: it certainly looks like this guy being “invited” to leave active duty is an example of “good riddance”. IMO, it’s a pity it had to be put off for nearly a year due to an ill-advised action on the part of one of his previous commanders.
Ditto the fact he’s being allowed to retire at all.
Title says it all: “Police: Man Sets Himself on Fire Displaying a Burning Cross”
Sheesh.
Sometimes people just don’t think ahead, or consider how what they do or say will be perceived by others That’s resulted in countless problems – including some hilarious ones involving names.
We’ve all heard of the, um, “unfortunately named” late NASCAR driver Richard Trickle. Well, turns out there are a fair number of others out there with a similar problem. This article lists a substantial number of such unfortunately-named individuals. Some are hilarious.
They missed my personal favorite, though. (smile)
So – what’s the most unfortunately-named person you’ve ever heard of?