Posted on 07/24/2008 3:35:10 PM PDT by Fundamentally Fair
WASHINGTON (AFP) Members of a US Air Force nuclear missile crew face disciplinary action for going to sleep while in possession of an invalidated nuclear launch code component, the air force disclosed Thursday.
The breach occurred July 12 at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, the scene of two other recent high profile lapses involving nuclear weapons or nuclear-related components, according to the spokesman.
An investigation into the violation of procedures "concluded that no compromise of the classified material occurred," the air force said in a statement.
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Shoot, move, and communicate are lifelong lessons.
USAF damned sure doesn't need to be in the IT world, pretending to lead.
/johnny
What are they going to do to these guys, sent 'em to Minot? Oh ...
Vehicle dispatchers as convoy guards, Space Pigs (sorry, but I just gotta) as force protection (but not for USAF) and on and on.
And the personnel cuts / no promotions are killing any notion of service as career for a lot of folks.
So, ya, the Force is in the crapper right now.
But they still deliver beans and bullets worldwide....
Reagan was perhaps the only POTUS in recent history to understand that delegating responsibilities meant selecting knowledgeable and qualified leaders for key positions. Most appointments after Reagan by all POTUS to defense related key positions in the civilian sector have been corporate back scratching deals.
Unfortunately I don't see it changing even if by some miracle the GOP won both houses again because Stooges like Warner enabled Poppy and Clinton's bad ideas on cuts as well as Juniors. The chickens are coming home to roost and the bill for negligence is coming demanding payment in full.
Sigh....
I think it’s no coincidence that these problems started up right after I retired.
I’ll go find my bdu’s... I think they’ll still fit. Got any black Kiwi polish?
And freezin’s the reason!
I always liked Lincoln wax and buffed with my wife’s old nylons. Really put a shine on the low quarters!
You’ve got to have been there to know that!
I don't want to get down on the USAF Reserves, 'cuz they do get the job done. They do some things that are very different from the active duty though. One thing is calling everyone by their first name. You won't see a SSgt calling a Major "Pete" or "Willy" in the active. Promotions in the Reserves are different too. Basically, if there is a vacancy, you can move into the slot and take the grade. You have some folks that have little or no active time, and it shows.
True, but in this case, even with such a minor infraction in their record, they'll be on the list in the coming RIF as the DemonRats give us another "peace dividend", and cut the numbers yet again. Even McCain might cut the Air Force numbers, just as the Bush administration has (~40,000). (That doesn't count the numbers of folks who are off doing Army type work, escorting convoys instead of keeping 'em flying)
Nothing odd about it. This procedure is only done very infrequently. Normally the crew is only two guys. The Launch Control facilities are often a long distance from the main base. I don't know what the current schedule is, but back in the dark ages the crew would travel to the site, which might take several hours, then do a "tour" in the hole, then come topside to sleep while another crew manned the hole. Then they'd do another tour, after which they'd travel back to the main base. Weather and road conditions permitting.
At another time the tours were 24 hours, and one of the two could catch a few zzz's on a cot in the hole itself, once the basic tasks had been accomplished, and they were not on a heightened state of alert.
This was a special task, changing out the code device, not a normal day in the LCF.
Thanks for the info. I had gotten the mistaken impression that this was just a normal rotation of watchstanding sections (to use a Navy/Marine Corps term).
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