Identity of 'Ned Stark' Anonymous AF Promotion Process Critic Revealed & Interviewed

[Wishful]

Yes he's a real Colonel & after reading his criticisms Gen Goldfein offered him a job.

• Captains are chosen for promotion fast-tracking which for some is too early in their careers.
• There is no process in place for late-blooming leaders.
• There is no off-ramp to remove those who were fast-tracked & didn't work out (toxic leaders for ex.).

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/...-i-had-no-idea-i-was-setting-off-a-powderkeg/

 

[Devil Doc]

Love those guys. The colonel and Ned Stark.

I'm looking for a venue to air observations on public education, government, and other topics. I think I'll use a female pseudonym from the Game of Thrones. Not the dead ones though.

 

[Jcleppe]

I think the Colonel's articles could easily represent all the branches of the military.

 

[Tbpxece]

I wonder if this had anything to do with the OPR and PME changes that Gen Goldfein emailed to all AF officers this week. Very interesting.

 

[UHBlackhawk]

I think the Colonel's articles could easily represent all the branches of the military.

I think other branches normally have different issues. An issue I see now in the Army is "helicopter" leadership where higher level officers use technology to micromanage subordinates, dubbed for the practice of higher leaders flying around Viet Nam in helicopters and telling platoon leaders how to fight. I saw a little bit of it even as late as the 1990s when Corps commanders were getting so involved in lower levels that they were telling company commanders how to run their physical training programs. Heck, now technology has gotten to the point where a Corps commander can see the location of every vehicle on the battlefield. Good information that can help cut through the fog of war... but not if they start telling battalion commanders, company commanders, and even platoon leaders how to fight.