Posted on 08/17/2010 10:08:04 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
There are others of us with first-hand experience, too — but with tighter lips. ;-)
FReepers know stuff.
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Gen. Franks is a great man. He’s also retired and in the private sector now. Correct me if I’m wrong. I had in mind someone currently in the Obama executive branch.
In other words, the perfect scumbag for the Ubama administration.
“It is obvious you have no idea what you are talking about.
Boeing in LA, perhaps?
Union, perhaps?”
No unions and no Boeing, sorry to burst your bubble. And yes the guys that go into combat related fields do not get as good a deal as the smart ones that go into acquisition. I still stand by my statement though. The US will not be able to afford these kind of benefits in the future so look to see downward changes to military benefits. You might not like it but reality sucks sometimes. Also look to see all those state retirees totally screwed when the States go bankrupt.
Is that you, John Kerry?
http://0.tqn.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/J/c/1/kerry_iraq_soldiers.jpg
Seriously, where do you think the majority of acquisition troops are drawn from? Requirements are established by the warfighter, flow up the chain to other warfighters in the acquisition staffs. Again, as so many others have pointed out to you, you have no idea about the subject.
Have a nice day.
PING to this comment in Post 65:
“And yes the guys that go into combat related fields do not get as good a deal as the smart ones that go into acquisition.”
A true John Kerry moment.
Yes I do know what I’m talking about because I see it happen around me all the time. And when I say that the acquisition guys are the smart guys it is because they are the ones that have the high paying contractor job lined up after retirement, these guys are usually the engineers that have been managing billion dollar projects and have plenty of industry contacts. Some grunt that’s been deployed to the sand box 6 times in 10 years isn’t going to have that kind of opportunity (and yes they are deploying the acquisition officers but usually the junior ones for 6 months and then they are done).
Also, I don’t think that you know what you are talking about, acquisition (at least in the AF) is a career field, they don’t put war fighters into acquisition. The War fighter may be the source of the requirements but once those requirements are defined they really have a rather limited role in the whole process.
You guys crack me up, you think that just because you’ve been in the military that you know all that’s going on everywhere in the DoD. You may know about your little corner of the DoD but I’ve been working in my little corner with the DoD for longer than most retired Lt Col.’s. I’ve seen what happens and what games get played at low levels and at higher levels since it is part of my job to be aware of that kind of stuff.
Have a nice day yourself.
Tell that to the ACC/DR guys that come from the warfighter ranks, as well as the SAF/AQ guys that are just off the line, as well as Gen “Shack” (in charge of them all). . .among hundreds more that are not AQ-rated but involved in the process of making requirements, validating them and making source selections and signing contracts.
The warfighters with experience in the field and the AQ staff are the ones most sought after. AQ guys are great for working the details, but credibility in the field is very valuable.
Yes, you haven't much of a clear idea about the subject.
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