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From: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
Date: 02/24/2014 14:42 (GMT-05:00)
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Subject: [CBQ] Colonel Preemptively Fires Himself
Photo Credit: US Air Force
Air Force
Colonel Preemptively Fires Himself While Assuming Command
By Duffel Blog Staff | February 24, 2014 12 Comments
LANGLEY AIR BASE — Citing the alarming number of military officers who’ve had
their careers ended this year for sexual impropriety, Air Force Col. Nolan
Franscastle preemptively removed himself from leadership of the 1st Fighter
Wing just 30 minutes into the ceremony that marked his assumption of command.
“The numbers don’t lie,” Franscastle said to the capacity crowd right after
thanking the band and the color guard for being at the ceremony. “I’m an
otherwise stable forty-something male with no history of misconduct being put
in a position of moderate authority. I have to face the facts and get in front
of this thing.”
Franscastle addressed his family, saying, “I apologize for potentially bringing
discredit to you. Although I haven’t actually done anything, the most recent
statistics among my peers across the military show I could have done something
to embarrass you.”
The guest speaker for the change of command, Maj. Gen. H.D. Polumbo, commander
of 9th Air Force, left the dais immediately following Franscastle’s resignation
and was unavailable for comment. However, his public affairs officer, Maj. Beth
Meyerson, said, “It’s important to note that the general was unaware of the
thing that never happened. And he’s already ordered a full investigation into
it.”
“Command is a career killer in the 21st Century,” said James McKnight of the
New American Thing, a Washington, D.C.-based military think tank. “Smart
officers have learned to avoid it altogether.”
Note: This was a guest a post from a contributor who wishes to remain anonymous.
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http://www.duffelblog.com/2014/02/air-force-change-of-command/#ixzz2uGop0sbj
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