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Post by LBer1568 on Jul 20, 2021 1:28:49 GMT 9
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Post by LBer1568 on Jul 20, 2021 1:36:45 GMT 9
Shaving waivers for blacks has been sour point for over 40 years since they started. I had many sharp black NCOs working with/for me. They all agreed, young blacks simply need to learn how to shave and they won't have medical issues with ingrown hairs. It was all about direction of shave. I believe it's not just shaving waiver that slows promotion. WAPS was created to end the bias in promotions, making the Tests more important than all other items combined. It is now as it was then...the cream rises to the top. I live close to WPAFB and have neighbors who are active duty mid level NCO's. They are mostly fed up with the woke chit. Lorin
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Post by Diamondback on Sept 29, 2022 22:45:13 GMT 9
I think this thread needs a bump.
Well, I guess it was about 1990 and a few jets were coming in for the weekend. This F-16 landed and TA parked it. We had some wicked looking clouds blowing in. I was the Squadron Production Superintendent and had our maintenance supervision pick-up truck.
The F-16 pilot climbed down out of the cockpit, so I drove over, asked him if I could radio in and get him a crew-bus to take him to base ops. He quickly lashed out at me & says, "I'm an pilot not a crew and don't want a bus!" I replied respectfully, "Yes sir, as you wish." As he walked away lugging his flight gear the TA worker and I looked at each other and just shook our heads.
Then all of a sudden the clouds opened up with a down pour. I drove off in the opposite direction and so did the TA worker and his vehicle.
I know that pilot was soaked to the bones before he got to base ops and shelter. And people say God doesn't have a sense of humor...
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Post by Bullhunter on Sept 29, 2022 23:18:26 GMT 9
Shaving waivers for blacks has been sour point for over 40 years since they started. I had many sharp black NCOs working with/for me. They all agreed, young blacks simply need to learn how to shave and they won't have medical issues with ingrown hairs. It was all about direction of shave. I believe it's not just shaving waiver that slows promotion. WAPS was created to end the bias in promotions, making the Tests more important than all other items combined. It is now as it was then...the cream rises to the top. I live close to WPAFB and have neighbors who are active duty mid level NCO's. They are mostly fed up with the woke chit. Lorin I remember the "STEP" program designed to help great technicians that had trouble taking tests. Most of the ones that got STEP Stripes were the girls who showed up for all the BBQ's, Sq Picnic's, parties, & played sq sports. Getting a stripe for cooking hamburgers & hotdogs at sq functions and doing other BS instead of their real jobs.
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