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All right Senior NCOs... Those who have followed my previous posts already know what direction this one is going, so pop the popcorn and let's light the fireworks. I vehemently despise careerism...especially in our enlisted corps. First and foremost, we do not have careers. We have terms of enlistment, and a few of us are fortunate enough to collect enough of them to become eligible to apply for retirement. Second, my mission is to enable our pilots to put warheads on foreheads, provide close air support, or move troops and material. It even says so in our Creed and our Little Brown Book. Quit pushing the block checking. We are weaker for it, and we owe our Nation, and the next generation of Airmen better.
How Mandatory Careerism is Killing Airpower
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SMSgt
Professional Development
Posted 8 y ago
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You want to help the enlisted force. Get rid of the politically correct Army (oh I mean) Airman's Creed and the Little Brown (idiots guide) Book and get back to pushing jets into the sky. Oh and speaking about "Careerism" did you see that General Welsh, who retired less than 6 months ago has been hired by...drum roll please...Northrop-Grumman! If you don't remember it's been less than a year after Gen Welsh pushed for the DoD to award of the B-21 bomber contract to...second drum roll please... Northrop-Grumman. Now that's "Careerism".
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SFC Jim Ruether
Now that's a position. I know a lot of AF and Navy guys working for Northrop-Grumman doing much the same jobs they did in the military only they make four times the pay. Rocks are smart enough to know a good deal when they see one. If its(a civvy Job) there in front of you and you don't take advantage of the job offer or they aren't trying to hire you away from the AF that's when you stay an E-8 or E-9 and retire
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MSgt Peter Lettkeman
The difference is that he influenced a decision worth BILLIONS, most of those guys you know didn't have that power.
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Always cared more about the job than thever "career". Do a great job, take care of your troops, make sure they are prepared to take my job when the time comes. Don't get me wrong, I was/am proud of what I achieved, and yes I probably could have gotten a couple more promotions. I just loved my job and my troops and wanted to continue what doing, if had I been promoted it would have menno realignment, more office, less flying, so I chose the job and damn proud of it.
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MSgt Mike Briney
No disagreement from me there. I sincerely hope that the force turns a 180 and redirects our focus where it really counts. We are stretched too thin to be as effective as we should be...
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MSgt Ronnie Kelly
MSgt Mike Briney - I agree, when getting promoted is more important than the mission, something has got to give!
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"Stuff" like this happens when they're downsizing and can be picky about who remains. The problem with a career in the Air Force is that it's always in flux. They should quit making constant adjustments to requirements, unfortunately, those in charge all want to leave their fingerprints on the enlisted force.
Personally, I can't speak for other career fields, but in Maintenance, they need to do away with "promotable positions" and hire the best airman for the job.
Personally, I can't speak for other career fields, but in Maintenance, they need to do away with "promotable positions" and hire the best airman for the job.
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MSgt Mike Briney
I've seen it as well... Growing up through the ranks I was well aware that the game changed when one promoted to MSgt. It was a different playing field, with different requirements (PME, CCAF). Now those are being levied on our youngest Airmen, with 1/5th of the time that we had to get it accomplished. Not to mention having to lead the base events, etc. When did Service Before Self get redefined? It means that you put the mission ahead of your personal desires (school, volunteering, etc), not the other way around.
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MSgt (Join to see)
Mike, I saw CCAF and had to comment. I am hugely pro education but if you will pardon me, CCAF can eat a D!@#!!!!. I've held a BA Degree from Indiana University since SSgt. I took a sebatical from the Air Force to do it. Had to. Deployments disrupted my chances at education but I can't complain, it was fun. So, year later, and having declined OTS, I found myself a MSgt in near record time. Still, didn't have the CCAF degree. I refused it as thanks to University of Pheonix and other on line courses it has outlived it's usefulness. My refusal to get the degree cost me two MSMs (by the way, I didn't write the packages) and a 4 EPR. Not until I was threatened with an Administraitive Demotion did I transfer the credits to CCAF. Once I received the document I looked at my supervisor and said: "Duck them, it's a jobs program" and stuffed my degree certificate into a shreader. That earned my second 4 EPR. I retired less than six months later. Lets give the SrA and SSgts time to grow into their jobs first. ALS should be adequate.
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