Posted on 07/07/2012 2:43:27 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The U.S. Air Force is considering whether to revamp basic training for recruits, including separate training for women and men, following the worst U.S. military sex scandal in 16 years involving a dozen male drill sergeants accused of abusing women.
Twelve male military training instructors at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, the home of all Air Force basic training, are under investigation for seeking sexual favors from female Air Force trainees.
Six instructors have been referred to court martial on charges ranging from attempting to have a sexual relationship with a recruit to adultery and aggravated sexual assault.
The first of the court martials begins on July 16, when Sergeant Luis Walker will face several counts of aggravated sexual assault, attempted sexual assault, having an unprofessional relationship, adultery and obstructing justice. He could face life in prison.
The investigation so far has identified 31 victims of abuse by the trainers, according to General Edward Rice, the commander of Air Force training. "We are leaving no stone unturned," he said last week.
In the Air Force, women and men serve together in units, known as training flights, and they live either in separate barracks or across the hall from male trainees, with separate bathing and sleeping areas.
About 10 percent of the drill sergeants—known in the Air Force as Military Training Instructors (MITs)—are female and they command both men and women. …
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Exactly.
First its the DU troll Halfassed Conspiracy now half constipation...... LOL. You ain’t got ya two IDs do you? Just funnin ya, your posting are vastly different.
Maybe they didn’t need to give you Rainbos “extra salt”, but back in the day they sure did, got stuck on KP once or twice and the “Food Service Chefs” admitted it. We must have been hornier little SOBs.
Regarding the “Miles and not an inch”, I know what I heard in September 62, not from one of the TIs. More likely that bulldyke TI was still yelling the same thing at those poor girls.
Considering the sex scandal - maybe they SHOULD feed those Instructors some salt peter!!!!
And yeah - they use the same material since 1962.
“Where you from son?”
“SIR! Airman Allmendream reports as ordered - California Sir!”
“Well only fruits and nuts come from California - which one are you?”
“SIR! Given that choice - I would be a nut Sir!”
“Good answer!”.
Lackland was definatley a shite situation! AF has it mostly easy the rest of enlisment, but the crap at Boot makes up for it.
When my son came of age, I told him to never consider the AF, that Navy was the way to go and have been proven right.
AF hitech does not outweight AF horseshit.
Best thing AF did for me was March AFB Riverside during the 60’s “Let’s go surfin” days. Good thing the Lackland SP wore off just in time for SoCal’s start of Free Love!!!
and the Instructors all ate the same food....
why was there a sex scandal?
I mean you got it on good authority from the COOKS that they were slipping salt peter in the food - no chance that they were pulling your chain - no chance at all.
So how were the Instructors - after decades of ingesting salt peter - able to get themselves into a sex scandal?
Something simply defy explaination.
FYI, I never saw any TI consuming the same rations.
Trying to factually discuss a long previous situation neither of us have access to many fact on, is futile.
Lighten up dude. As long as they didn’t feed us plutonium, anything you live through makes you stronger.
What were they eating at “the Snake Pit” while you were there - lunches from home?
I am quite bemused that you still believe they were (or needed to) slip us salt peter.
It is apparently quite a persistent rumor.
But they no more needed to curtail our libido than they needed to make us constipated. Both were symptoms of the same thing - being in an animal state of fear with nothing of your own surrounded by strangers in a hostile situation where people kept yelling at you.
“I'm going to ‘recycle’ you so far back - your momma is going to suffer labor pains!”
Something simply defy explaination.
Lookie here! You learned something. Those things are called BS.
FYI, I never saw any TI consuming the same rations.
A twofer! You know now that they are TIs and not "Drill Sargents".
Way to go.
Get lost, troll. You are nothing but a troublemaker.
You and your buddie need to find something else to waste you lives on. Good day FRiends.
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