the secretary of defense is investigating serious morale problems & snafus with the usaf techs who hold the keys & are poised to hit the red buttons of our nuclear missile arsenals. nuclear missile duty has lost it's luster for duty in what was once an elite corp w/ esprit de corp, but is now reduced to new era dominated security threats. it's rarely the 1st career choice for young officers these days. to realize that these airmen are using drugs / dealing in them, cheating on proficiency tests, sleeping on duty, & other derelictions of duty is beyond dangerous. training gaps, leadership lapses, inspection failures, deliberate violations of security rules, & domestic violence incidents are rife in what was once an elite corp & responsibility to the united states defense of it's citizenry. long 8 x 24 hour shifts per month of monotony in underground bunkers is taking it's toll. bottom line they must execute any order given to them by presidential order to launch icbm's at a moments notice. a coked or cracked out tech is holding the fate of our nation in their wasted, stoned hands & minds. the secretary of defense has proposed salary increase incentives, but that is only a "band aid". the soviet vs u.s. "madd" philosophy is long over, but we still need these determents in an entirely new era of self defense, shrinking defense budget cuts etc.
_________________ tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!
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