tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post4861409516793030134..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: The AdmonishmentGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-80974419932799888482009-10-11T20:39:42.617-04:002009-10-11T20:39:42.617-04:00Dan--Couldn't agree more. This is another ste...Dan--Couldn't agree more. This is another sterling example of the double standard that exists in the AF legal system. <br /><br />Maj Gen Goldfein clearly tried to influence the contract selection process--and was successful. His activities quickly drew the attention of the IG, but Goldfein was allowed to keep moving up the food chain until it was obvious that his actions could not be defended. And he didn't move into backwater positions. Leaving Nellis, he served briefly as ACC/CV, then moved on to Vice Director of the Joint Staff. <br /><br />Let's see...who had to sign off on those assignments? General Moseley; General Keys (then-COMACC) and at the joint level, General Myers and probably, the SecDef himself. Moseley's endorsement is no surprise (birds of a feather, et. al), but the rest of these individuals have pretty good reputations (or at least, they did). They knew Goldfein was under scrutiny but allowed him to move, in violation of AF policies.<br /><br />Ditto for Moseley. What are the odds that Thundervision didn't come up during his visit to Ed Shipley's house--you know that weekend when Hal Hornburg just happened to show up? About the same odds that the sun will come up tomorrow morning. Besides, the final IG report (which has not been made public) found enough problems with Moseley's conduct to warrant that "admonishment in retirement." <br /><br />As you say, if the AF was serious about punishing wrong-doing at the highest levels of service, they would have kept Goldfein at Nellis and taken away a star when he was finally allowed to retire. Funny, but I thought steering a contract to your former boss and his partner was a pretty serious offense--certainly deserved more than the LOR Goldfein received. <br /><br />As for General Moseley, they could have easily appointed him as a special assistant to the SecDef and given him an office at Fort Meyer and a single airman to answer the phone. Let him sweat it out until the IG finishes his report, and then impose appropriate punishment. Again, the loss of a star would have sent a clear message to the senior officer corps: the era of accountability has finally begun.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712369389411084085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-28910555954636019762009-10-11T19:08:01.631-04:002009-10-11T19:08:01.631-04:00Another example of the AF double standard of justi...Another example of the AF double standard of justice between officers and enlisted.<br /><br />I'm a retired CMSgt (just over 30 years) and I'm willing to bet my retirement check that if I was involved in something like that the AF would not have let me retire. They would have easily found a "special assistant" position for me. Then when the investigation was concluded they would have court martialed me and put the conviction, prison sentence and forfeiture of my retirement on page 1 of the AF Times to serve as an example to the enlisted force. <br /><br />Letter of Admonishment -- what a joke! Hey SecAF, SecDef and C-I-C want to send a message about accountability? Bust his butt down to at least a 3 star. I know it's too much to expect him to get busted down to an Airman Basic and do hard time at Fort Leavenworth like a lowly enlisted person. At least take away that 4th star and the retired pay and that will get the attention of "the perfumed prince corps" as the late great Col David Hackworth would say.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06175262004802533589noreply@blogger.com