tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post2768074155166610735..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: Another Dismissal at MinotGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-5574892347494363992008-06-30T12:36:00.000-04:002008-06-30T12:36:00.000-04:00Good point Sam. Under the present USAF promotion ...Good point Sam. Under the present USAF promotion system neither Curtis Lemay nor Lesile Grove would have been promoted to Major.Jim Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18228368552972082442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-40861769291107502542008-06-30T12:31:00.000-04:002008-06-30T12:31:00.000-04:00One thing I have to wonder a bit about is how the ...One thing I have to wonder a bit about is how the USAF judges physical fitness.<BR/><BR/>I have a hard time believing that a major component of the USAF test is one's waist size! IIMU that in order to max the test, men require a 30-inch waist. Of course, distance running is an excellent way to achieve that. And I'm sure some high-ranking Pentagon USAF medical person has thrown up a blizzard of paperwork justifying this.<BR/><BR/>But it still boggles my imagination. If this guy was running marathons so he could max the USAF physical fitness test, it shows a real screwed-up sense of priorities within that service, IMO.Sam Damonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09955787319978754554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-51947076981452102352008-06-29T18:15:00.000-04:002008-06-29T18:15:00.000-04:00Sky:My e-mail is:ICSpook86@hotmail.comSky:<BR/><BR/>My e-mail is:<BR/><BR/>ICSpook86@hotmail.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712369389411084085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-87320596574688277832008-06-26T20:40:00.000-04:002008-06-26T20:40:00.000-04:00Spook,Thanks again for your excellent coverage of ...Spook,<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for your excellent coverage of this sad affair. Too many folks simply find reason to blame Gates for the house cleaning. I always ask them to read your columns when they do.<BR/><BR/>As you point out the remnants of SAC are no longer the prestige arm of the Air Force. The best and brightest aren't being assigned there.<BR/><BR/>Backwater commands get backwater commanders. Time to put some leaders in charge.Corky Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16363812378536729410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-78923209428255143712008-06-26T17:16:00.000-04:002008-06-26T17:16:00.000-04:00The fact is that in the USAF spending more time on...The fact is that in the USAF spending more time on the track and less with the troops is a better strategy for promotion than the reverse.Jim Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18228368552972082442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-74084263406284114992008-06-26T16:45:00.000-04:002008-06-26T16:45:00.000-04:00Spook, is there a way to send you an email...?Spook, is there a way to send you an email...?James Skylar Gerrondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15260399159775020336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-56156657536398128032008-06-26T15:51:00.000-04:002008-06-26T15:51:00.000-04:00Jeebus, I think you missed the point. A military o...Jeebus, I think you missed the point. A military officer is on duty, so to speak, 24/7. It doesn't matter whether he was a runner, a goat roper, or an amateur singer. The results were the same. He was not physically present doing his job preparing for that inspection perhaps because of a demanding hobby.<BR/><BR/>The inspections were extremely serious, but he didn't act as though they were.SwampWomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08395051552137680646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-4520118368216352832008-06-26T15:30:00.000-04:002008-06-26T15:30:00.000-04:00I don't see what connection you are trying to make...I don't see what connection you are trying to make with his running. Regardless of character, personality, and personal achievement, none would matter in view of unit failures. The leader is responsible for what the people do and fail to do. You obviously are not a marathoner. Three weeks before a marathon you are barely running. So should Patreus get fired we can say it is because he was a runner? I usually think your writings are spot on but this one stinks of tabloid journalism.jeebushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06209891734694867813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-74833594512475636052008-06-26T13:43:00.000-04:002008-06-26T13:43:00.000-04:00While, indeed, officers need to lead from the fron...While, indeed, officers need to lead from the front in all aspects, including physical fitness, the military has been too long in the grips of the "professional" runners and weightlifters.<BR/><BR/>If a commander is evaluating two mediocre officers, one a PT stud and the other w/ a mediocre PT score, guess who will come out ahead?<BR/><BR/>Again, this is an accountability problem, where commanders need to hold their people responsible for results, not on a tangentially related area like PT.Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824445966708680114noreply@blogger.com