Years ago, my AF years....I had to do a plans update for the unit, and went through the plans book (this was 1992). I came to a SAC regulation...from 1969, which was still current, valid, and intact, with only forty lines of text. Over twenty years had passed, and that forty lines of text had not changed one single bit. At the time, I was in ACC...where regulations were entirely rewritten every two to three years and no one could ever remember what the current procedure or process involved.
I agree on the extreme dedication to SAC regulations....but they were awful simple and short. In this case, I’d be wondering just how complicated they’ve turned these nuke officer regulations into, and if they were asking for trouble with highly complicated material.
Dumbing down everywhere
And, please don’t discount the chances of ineptitude, poor performance, and, bad leadership in cases like these. It happens within our military just as much as it does within any private organization. People would be surprised just how much illegal drug use their is in the military as commanders look the other way and don’t want to address the issue. Don’t want stuff going on the record, you see.
Have our ethics really fallen so far that complex regulations are cause for widespread cheating?