Side note....is it only me wondering, but what do you think the atmosphere at the Pentagon level AF PA office is like today?
I would say like most of us, they really hate MONDAY, but especially this week!
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I disagree with you. Like I said earlier, if you have nothing to hide than you are not looking over your shoulder every second of the day. It would not be in your character to distrust others. It is a realm/sphere/circle that does not touch your life. You will be secure, and wouldn't care.
I state this because like I said earlier anyone in the AD world knows that there are undercover agents in the military, and I don't see them distrusting their peers when it comes to covering their 6.
That is just me talking, and I am just a wife of a retired officer, and a Mom of an ADAF officer, so my opinion is just an outsider.
I would also point out that these busts have been going on for decades. Again, check out the link I posted which occurred in 01. It happened again in 03.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/02/us/3-at-academy-are-charged-in-drug-cases.html
I am too lazy to look further. These 2 incidents were ecstasy, and there have been the sexual assaults, spice, etc. The one item they have in common is they usually have more than 1 cadet involved. To me, that means this was more than got caught with it. It always looked like to me that it was a deep investigation, and people fessed up others when interviewed by OSI.
Yet, for decades the majority of AD members still work side by side and trust each other. (The 1st link was 01, the 2nd was 03) those cadets went onto serve ADAF, and many, especially rated are still in ADAF. Like I said, if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.
We ask them to live at a higher standard than the avg person., and we must believe that it is in all of their moral fiber to do so when raising that right hand. We must believe they want them out of the military too, and do not see it as big brother, but respecting the law.
~ If you knew your neighbor was cooking meth in their garage, would you report it to the police? If so would you fear that your neighbors think you are a nark, and not trust you?
~~~ Or would you believe they respect you for making your neighborhood safer?
Isn't that what they are doing? Making the military safer by reporting? Think about it. For the AF, basically 50% go rated. Do you want drug dealers, rapists, etc. flying an aircraft that cost millions, and more importantly responsible for someone else's 6 when it comes to doing their job.
~ My answer is NO. My DS is at UPT now and tracked T-1, aka heavies. I don't want him flying the right or left seat with a person that does drugs off duty. I am sure Stealth doesn't want his DS (16s) to have a wingman that does drugs.
Is it harsh? Yes, but the fact is this is life, and in the military it may also be death. Nark away if it means they are safer. I think that those left will appreciate their 6 more than worrying about trust.
Again, I am not trying to be antagonistic. Just trying to say, that most of the cadets, military members care more about the mission than some fear that maybe someone is recording them when they have nothing to hide in the 1st place.