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thedrifter
07-13-03, 09:48 AM
07-10-2003 <br />
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A Failure of Our Ethos <br />
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By Raymond Perry <br />
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Recent revelations of criminal behavior at the U.S. Air Force Academy are serious by themselves, but pose even more serious implications of...

thedrifter
07-13-03, 09:49 AM
I believe the President himself, acting as Commander-in-Chief, must take a personal interest in this panel. The recent revelations of the ineffectiveness of the Air Force Academy Board of Visitors calls into question the entire process by which the services monitor the academies.



There is no other way to ensure that the product of such a panel will not end up a whitewash. The ongoing investigation must also go beyond the Air Force Academy itself and contribute directly to substantial and longstanding changes in the professional ethos of our commissioned officer corps.



Lt. Raymond Perry USN (Ret.) is a DefenseWatch Contributing Editor. He can be reached at cos1stlt@yahoo.com

http://www.sftt.org/cgi-bin/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=DefenseWatch.db&command=viewone&op=t&id=130&rnd=716.1747901865907


Sempers,

Roger
:marine:

firstsgtmike
07-13-03, 10:40 AM
DAMN!

I wish there was SOMETHING in this article I could disagree with.

I'm going back and read it again. Perhaps I can find a spelling error.