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| DATE | 2013-05-10 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Oh come on, a little fraud isn't so bad...
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Readying our Rocket Weapons.... American Style...
OK - I'm been reading a lot of the NY Times of late .... but.
yah know
so sad ...
Catch this overtly canned fraud from MICHAEL R. GORDON
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17 Officers Removed From Nuclear Watch
By MICHAEL R. GORDON
WASHINGTON The Air Force removed 17 officers assigned to standing
watch over nuclear-tipped Minuteman missiles after finding safety
violations potential violations in protecting codes and basic attitude
problems.
The action which was taken in April was disclosed in a blunt memo by
Lt. Col. Jay Folds the deputy commander of a unit that runs the
launching control centers for Minuteman III missiles at Minot Air Force
Base in North Dakota.
We as an operations group have fallen Colonel Folds wrote in
the memo which complained about rot in the crew force.
The memo was first disclosed by The Associated Press. Air Force leaders
sought to put the best face on the disclosure casting it as an effort
by commanders to hold their subordinates to exacting standards.
The secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley told Congress on
Wednesday that the nuclear missile force was secure and that it was
important for commanders to ride herd on junior officers to
keep up standards.
But Bruce G. Blair a former Minuteman missile launch control officer
said that the conditions the memo criticized were indicative of a
decline of morale within the ranks of the missile force.
The nuclear missile crews know that there is no career future for
them in their field said Mr. Blair who is the co-founder of
Global Zero which advocates the elimination of nuclear weapons.
And that has led to low morale some loss of discipline and
sloppier performance including the intentional violation of nuclear
safety rules.
The memo by Colonel Folds was drafted after an inspection at the 91st
Missile Wing. The wing earned the equivalent of a D on
Minuteman III missile launching operations The A.P. reported.
As part of the units assignment two officers are on constant alert
inside an underground launching control center where they are supposed
to be ready to launch the nuclear missiles if ordered by the president.
The 17 officers who were removed from their posts will be given at least
60 days of refresher training. There are 150 officers in the unit.
Get back to the basics and crush any rules violators Colonel
Folds wrote. We are in fact in a crisis right now.
An Air Force spokeswoman said that the Air Force was determined to
maintain its standards.
The 91st Operations Deputy Group Commanders e-mail was
intended as an internal command communication to the units officer
crew force to re-emphasize the high standards expected in the nuclear
mission area said Maj. Shelley Laver of the Air Forces Global
Strike Command.
She said that the e-mail was prompted by a marginal rating in
one of 22 areas and that the missile wing received an overall
satisfactory rating
A marginal grade in one area although passing is less than
desired to airmen who are entrusted with the most powerful weapons in
our nations arsenal she said.
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OK - here is the paragraph with the EXTREMELY OBVOUS FRAUD.... where was
the editor???
"But Bruce G. Blair a **former Minuteman missile launch control
officer*** said ....."
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"(cont)...that the conditions the memo criticized were indicative of a
decline of morale within the ranks of the missile force.
The nuclear missile crews know that there is no career future for
them in their field said ***Mr. Blair who is the co-founder of
Global Zero which advocates the elimination of nuclear weapons.***"
<would a good idea to defend ourselves agaist 1.3 billion Chinese with
sticks and rocks and couldn't care less about the subject of the article
which is a lack of preparedness at the missile launch site.>>
What an IDIOT. BTW Idiot, Airmen are promoted in the Airforce based on
being AIRMEN. There posts and jobs constantly change. Nexttime do a
better job of hiding the fraud...
Ruben
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