I’m at a NAF now. Trying to get someone to make a decision is like pulling teeth. I can’t get someone to take responsibility to order a chair or software, let alone make any real decisions. The attitude seems to be, “If you don’t decide, you can’t be blamed!”
However, I’ve spent enough time with the Army to know they can be just as bad. One of my last meetings in Afghanistan was 2 hours long, discussing when the next BDE staff meeting should be held.
I made it a personal policy when I was in, to avoid any HQ work. I got too close to that when I went to one of the depots, and that was when I learned why AFMC stands for “A F-—n Million Civilians.”
Nothing but bunches of butt-covering, cowardly GS employees whose only talent lay in “how do I get my next bonus.”
No, I was a flightline animal and I am still full of resent towards the two Pentagon buttkissers who killed my career, with the open assistance of an E-9 who never earned the right to be called “Chief”