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To: Eric in the Ozarks

“”Does the Navy have no inspector general system ?””

If not - that’s good! IMO IG’s are a total waste of our money. They appear AFTER the fact and never are on top of anything - much like the TV commercials - “we just monitor, we don’t actually do anything.”

I can’t for the life of me see any need for the expense of an IG in every agency - the cost of salaries, pensions and the like - NONSENSE!

Don’t forget one poor IG in CA actually tried to do something but he made the mistake of “picking” on one of obozo’s buddies so he got fired - Walpin...Poor guy.

Can’t say that’s the reason none of the rest of them do anything worthwhile as we never hear about them until the horse has already been stolen...


25 posted on 09/18/2017 9:45:15 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Thank You Rush
The Lt. Colonel said he and a team would show up at an Air Force base unannounced and review procedures and operations for everything from the PX to the commissary to battle preparedness. His job was definitely not "after the fact."
27 posted on 09/18/2017 9:49:25 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Thank You Rush

I should add, the Lt. Colonel joined the Air Force as an enlisted man. He progressed to Crew Chief (right seat) on a B-26 bomber during the Korean conflict. His airplane was shot down and he was taken prisoner. He served nearly three years in a NK prison camp where efforts were made to break him by forcing him to dig a grave and get in it. he never broke. Finally repatriated at the end of the war, his first move was to re-up in the USAF. His next assignment was in a Florida rescue team. There, his CO asked if he was interested in pilot training and he said he thought he would just retire as a Master Sgt. His CO then reminded him that if he passed all the training and tests, he would receive a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant. He passed and married a girl friend the same day he received his lieutenant’s commission. The guy is in his late 80s today. He told me his final assignment would have been to the Pentagon but chose retirement to the Lake instead. He’s one of America’s unsung heroes in my book.


46 posted on 09/18/2017 12:22:56 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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