Leadership can be toxic (catch all)
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Five threads merged today. There maybe others but I only searched using toxic.(ends)
The CO of 2/508 and his CSM have been relieved in Afghanistan. And the former CO is asking for a lawyer.
Link: http://www.fayobserver.com/Articles/2010/01/22/970220
I feel for the soldiers in the unit most of all.
They may be better off, may not be.
No way to tell from that article. Could be a deserved relief, could be totally flaky. Interesting that they hit both the CO and the CSM; I'm not at all sure that treating those two as a package as the Army seems to intend is really very smart. A good CSM gets paid to keep his Boss out of trouble; pack 'em together and the incentive to do that is diluted.
Maybe it's just me but that 'Army Values' foolishness is suspicious... :confused: :rolleyes:
Take a while for the real story to come out. :(
Not good: CO and CSM relieved
Lots of speculation out there but we'll all know in the days ahead. I for onr simply hope that the CoC got this one right, and its not something that we'll be hearing about a year from now
While I agree that the poster is pathetic
obviously, the poster maker printed it and knowing what passes for humor in airborne infantry units, I suspect the allegedly black soldier who inserted it in the slide packet though it was off the wall funny -- or, conversely, he could've wanted to get someone in trouble by doing exactly what 'they' told him to do (that, too is an old airborne attribute... :wry: ).
If what apparently occurred is the case -- and we still do not really know for sure -- the message is "Screw up tactically and you may get a bad OER; screw up politically and you WILL be relieved." That's not a message that should be sent.
If used, the slide was wrong and the result will be more wrongs due to the Chain of Command's massive overreaction:
1. The desire to micromanage will be enhanced and slide sets will be checked by five people including at least one Field grade. Co/By/Trp will submit slides to S3 two days prior...
2. Commanders at Bn level, already significantly over managed and showing it, will become even more gun shy...
3. Already unnecessary and overlong briefings will become even more boring.
4. All Staffs will be authorized one additional SFC for slide checking and certification. Accordingly, the senior Scout Squad Leader will serve as Scout Platoon Sergeant and the SFC space formerly allocated will be used to resource the new position on the Staff for Infantry Bns as the pressing need obviously is in that branch. Bns from all other branches will have a space identified for transfer in due course...
5. The rumor that a panel similar to the West - Clark panel which 'investigated' the Nidal Hasan incident at Ft Hood will investigate the use of any 'humor' slides in professional briefings is false (we hope...).
6. Anti-Virus Software maker SlammNTech will announce availability of 'PP Chekist,' their new product that uses data mining to search slide sets for offensive words and phrases. The new software will sell initially in AAFES Exchanges worldwide. :eek:
The first three are real. :mad:
P.S
Tequila is right -- those Commenters are sordid. Embarrassing, too...:rolleyes:
Pitchforks are troublesome but the
Axe murderers are really sad...
Brigade commander's wife barred from the brigade
LTG Frank Helmick has barred COL Drinkwine's wife from brigade functions:
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/0...gg_bct_061110/
http://fayobserver.com/articles/2010...06135?sac=Home
Sounds like she was an estrogen bomb in a constant state of explosion. :wry:
So, I'm guessing this doesn't help COL Drinkwine's chances at getting a star? :rolleyes: