MombaBomba
5-Year Member
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- Jan 13, 2014
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Ok I was doing my daily where's waldo search on Web Guy and they had the following posted on the site!
First, please, please, please remember that our photos and video are snapshots in time. I know I repeat that over and over, but the reason for this is that every summer the Academy gets calls from anxious parents who perceive something about their child from their analysis of WebGuy photos and want reassurance of their well-being. Regardless of how your Basic or Cadet may look or seem in a photo, if something were truly wrong, the Academy would let you know. Remember that this is military basic training. It’s not meant to be fun. Basics do not smile while in formation. They are not happy all the time. Every non-emergency call you make to the Academy staff requires someone to stop their primary job, which is training your Basics, in order to research and respond to a non-emergency question. Multiply that by several hundred and that adds up to a lot of time away from the primary duty which is helping basic cadets successfully complete BCT. Keep in mind that out of the 61 classes to go through BCT at USAFA (including 2019), only 12 have been fortunate to have had WebGuy coverage. We want that coverage to continue at its current high level, but it is a delicate balance we have successfully maintained for those 12 years. If we are suddenly seen as a cause for increased workload to the Academy staff, it could have a detrimental effect on the number of events we are allowed to cover. So, I ask you all to continue to enjoy the coverage we provide and trust that everyone has your Basic’s best interest at heart.
I guess they have to deal with the outcome of helo parents too!
I was horrified when I read this. I found the entire thing mind boggling. Parents phoning the academy based upon a single snap shot in time. It's one thing to vent and share worry in social media, and it is another to call the SA. I thought 2018 parents were bad. Apparently not as bad as I thought, as we didn't get a web guy smack down regarding calls to the USAFA.