Posted on 11/04/2014 4:08:38 AM PST by Timber Rattler
The US air force has fired two more nuclear commanders and disciplined a third, fresh evidence of leadership lapses in a nuclear missile corps that has suffered several recent setbacks including the removal of its top commander.
The most senior officer to be relieved of command was Colonel Carl Jones, second in command of the 90th Missile Wing at FE Warren air force base, Wyoming, in charge of 150 of the air forces 450 Minuteman 3 nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles. He was dismissed on Monday for a loss of trust and confidence in his leadership abilities and reassigned as a special assistant to the wing commander.
At the 91st Missile Wing at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, which also is responsible for 150 Minuteman 3 missiles, Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Keith Brown was relieved of command because of a loss of confidence in Browns ability to lead his squadron, the air force said.
Lieutenant Colonel John Sheets a spokesman for Global Strike Command, which is in charge of the Air Force Minuteman 3 force as well as its nuclear bomber fleet said an investigation substantiated that Brown engaged in unlawful discrimination or harassment. He added that the probe found that Brown made statements to subordinates that created a perception within his squadron that pregnancy would negatively affect a womans career.
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cruelty and maltreatment of a subordinate —
like being made to look at Col Hayes.
Yah, we’re screwed.
Where’s that gif of Putin laughing?
PING!
Say whah? Man or woman?
Yeh, loss of confidence that those commanders will follow orders to help Barky declare martial law and take over.
450 underground missiles with 5 launch locations...I’m surprised they didn’t give the locations...
They went down to one warhead for each missile during Bush 2.
Technically what he meant (I think) was that women who choose to have children and drop out of the work force for years are giving up years of experience, pay raises, promotion opportunities and they shouldnt have to choose between having children and advancing in their careers.
So what he was really saying was women should be able to leave the workforce when they are low level grunts and when they return years later they should do so as senior vice presidents, as they presumably would have been had they stayed. Anything else would be unjust and no doubt the fault of republicans.
And before business owners object "but they won't have the right experience! They were out of the office for years!" you must remember, they didn't build that business. Besides, who better to take up the cause of advancing the unqualified than Barrack Obama?
I do not know what your grandson does there but I am in contact with a lot of the Combat Crew Members there and in the other two Wings and Jones was not a good leader. The article in the Air Force Times related he went to the Airmens' Attic,a sort of second hand shop for poor enlisted families, and started to yell at the people working there. It should be noted all the people working at those places are unpaid volunteers. He pounded the counters and even threatened to shut them down even though he was not in command of them or that shop. He supposedly did more things to his troops and other people around the base.
People like that should not have command or authority over others.
Actually it is a total of 450 missiles with 45 Launch Control Centers, LCCs. Each LCC has direct responsibility for ten missiles (called a Flight) and five of those LCCs are connected together via underground cables allowing each LCC to "see" all 50 missiles. The five connected LCCs are called a Squadron. There are three squadrons at each base, 150 missiles, and that is called a Wing. There are three bases for the total of 450 Minuteman III missiles and 45 LCCs.
You can find the LCCs and the Launch Facilities, LFs, on Google Earth and thus get their exact geographical location. Heck, the Soviets had their exact coordinates from the time they were built, they just needed accurate enough missiles to destroy them.
The Government does not give one plugged nickel if women work or not. They want the payroll taxes from them having jobs.
Every choice Obama’s made about defense or the Military - has been make to weaken our position in the world.
Why would you think this is different?
Just continued purging of conservatives by liberals in the military. Now that the Generals have all been replaced, the ranks of O-6 and below have been taking major hits.
I suppose but I think more important to them is having an issue election after election. Women have been pay dirt for the democrats for a long time. War on women, equal pay for equal work, rinse...repeat. Works with unmarried women every single time.
This is just a nuance, trying to get married women to sign up finally. "Just because you stopped working for 10 years shouldn't mean you ought to make less than if you'd stayed! Your experience as a mom are worth more than any 10 years in a law firm or a bank, or whatever, you should be paid accordingly!" Look for it more in upcoming elections.
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You can really get lost over there. Thanks. Nice...
What did he do, admire her tits?
Why, here it is!
Thanks for the info...Didn’t know all that...
I remember Strategic Air Command. It was a different world back then, but there was a high turnover of Wing commanders.
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