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Posted on 11/20/2013 6:09:35 PM PST by markomalley
Trouble inside the Air Force's nuclear missile force runs deeper and wider than officials have let on.
An unpublished study for the Air Force, obtained by The Associated Press, cites "burnout" among launch officers with their fingers on the triggers of 450 weapons of mass destruction. Also, evidence of broader behavioral issues across the intercontinental ballistic missile force, including sexual assaults and domestic violence.
The study, provided to the AP in draft form, says that court-martial rates in the nuclear missile force in 2011 and 2012 were more than twice as high as in the overall Air Force. Administrative punishments, such as written reprimands for rules violations and other misbehavior, also were higher in those years.
These indicators add a new dimension to an emerging picture of malaise and worse inside the ICBM force, an arm of the Air Force with a proud heritage but an uncertain future.
Concerned about heightened levels of misconduct, the Air Force directed RAND Corp., the federally funded research house, to conduct a three-month study of work conditions and attitudes among the men and women inside the ICBM force. It found a toxic mix of frustration and aggravation, heightened by a sense of being unappreciated, overworked, micromanaged and at constant risk of failure.
Remote and rarely seen, the ICBM force gets little public attention. The AP, however, this year has documented a string of missteps that call into question the management of a force that demands strict obedience to procedures.
(Excerpt) Read more at stripes.com ...
IIRC male and female operators are forced to live together in the bunkers for long shifts, at least 48 hours.
Taking a few practice lobs at Mecca, Medina and Qom might provide some relief of tension.
We need to outsource our nuclear facilities to a more stable group, like some of the unionized paramilitary police forces.
Sounds like the missile forces are a career ending position. Didn’t used to be that way. We had some silo’s near where I grew up, and the officers all had the nice cars.
Then again it was a different Air Force back then.
Enter the WOPR
I worked in the silos in the early 80’s. EWO tests were always stressful. The only thing I can think of that would be stressful today is if the sites living quarters haven’t been upgraded.
Also, evidence of broader behavioral issues across the intercontinental ballistic missile force, including sexual assaults and domestic violence.IOW, it's really about pushing officers into retirement because they're men, in order to make way for more "diversity". Thanks markomalley.
Silos? Where were you stationed? I did missiles in Montana (Malmstrom AFB).
Expect two things:
1) the Purge will increase exponentially.
2) a mid-level Roman functionary will be here shortly to tell us there is no purge.
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Back in the 70’s when I was in nuclear field artillery, this was the rule then as now: “People who are even top performers, who are exceptionally good at their jobs, fear that they are going to make one mistake and that’s going to be the end of their career,”
One screw up on a annual nuclear inspection and the battery and battalion commander were looking for jobs on the outside, because their careers were over. And it was mostly in the hands of us enlisted/NCO nuclear assembly men and firing data manual computers.
Oh Gad, It has been 30 years since I saw the inside of a Bn/DivArty TacFire van. I was with 1st Cav DivArty when they did the original TACFIRE testing 1978-80.
I was 191st Combat Intelligence Company, 312th Military Intelligence Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division from 1979-81.
the O group sure seems to be doing that
S-2 section, HHB, 1st Cav DivArty. I was the 96B intel sgt.
I think this is a prelude and preparation for eliminating our ICBM force.
... just setting the stage to replace all of the nuke officers with hand-picked replacements. Am wondering whose orders the replacements would follow and whose orders they would ignore.
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