HR is never your friend in the business world. Appears that maxim is the same in the military.
And 9/11? That was a man-caused disaster.
We just filled out our “command climate” surveys here at Fort Carson. When it asked if you’ve “ever experienced discrimination” in your current unit I responded “YES” and told how I felt discriminated against through the exclusion of an observance for my race (white). I’ve complained about this before but nothing ever came of it except for my being “looked into” by the command.
Its just “work place violence” in maj Hasan’s case because he is a “believer” like the resident of the White Hut!
I am SOOO glad I retired when I did. Entered the AF in 1976 and retired in 2004. I don’t even recommend patriotic young people to join anymore.
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/johnny
Reminds me of my AF diversity training.
It might be time to leave it to the younger XBox generation.
My Husband knew it was time to retire when they announced that women would be allowed on submarines, the smoking lamp was going out on submarines and gays could be more gay on submarines.
He retired last August after 27 years. It wasn’t his Navy anymore. And he’s a little pissed about that.
I’m with ya on that!
The term “human relations” is in itself aggravating.
What else are you guys dealing with? Dogs? Cats? Martians (Groom Lake personnel only)?
I popped smoke in January 2005 after 23 1/2 years, and at that lamented at how much the Air force had been destroyed by Political Correctness and the Clinton years.
The last 7 years as a Government Contractor has just deppened those feelings of sadness and resentment as I have watched what is left of the Air Force degenerate in to a PC joke where everyone is afraid to say anything about anything and everyone just tiptoes around all subjects.
GOne are the days of Friday afternoon ‘beer calls’ at the ‘alternate command post’, smoke em if you got em, etc etc.
Today you have to have JAG approval and fill out 4 gazillion forms just to have a squadron picnic, and you are not allowed to have any alcohol or anyone smoking and people are not even allowed to bring their own beer. Now they have even prohibited alcohol at the softball fields. (SIGH!) But they continue to ask all our great airmen to be deployed constantly, put up with silly PC regs, etc etc.
And then the powers that be scratch their heads over why retention rates have plummeted and send out ‘surveys’ to find out why morale is at an all time low.
In my career I worked for 3 large organizations in management positions and ultimately as Corporate Director of Engineering with responsibilities for 70+ plants world wide.
NEVER, NEVER, NEVER believe for a nano-second that HR has any concern for you. They do their best to make you believe this but they are doing their job and that is keeping the troops in line for the least amount of money. If they are good at HR then they are doing a good job for the company. They are not your friend.
This is not sour grapes as I still have an affinity for my former employers and left on good terms. But, I know from being in Corporate management, HR is simply doing their job.
Hey! Hey! Hey! Even “traitorous murdering coward”s have a Mom! It’s just that Hasan’s Mom has four legs, barks and wears a flea collar.
Check the HR policies on how to deal with workplace violence. Many places flag “gun owner” and some flag “inappropriate criticism of company policies”.
This one implies that terrorism is indeed workplace violence:
“Violence in the workplace ranges from threats, intimidation, coercion, harassment, assault, hostages, suicide or
homicide. These violent or potentially violent situations may develop internally among the existing workforce or
externally, i.e., former employees, spouses, associates, civil unrest, terrorists, etc. Recognizing indicators of
potentially violent behavior or situations will be a part of every manager’s and supervisor’s core training. Ideally,
potentially violent individuals or volatile conditions will be recognized, defused or contained before the situation
escalates. The Gruntwell Corporation Violence Team’s responsibility is to ensure these situations are recognized, reported, and to the extent
possible defused, contained or brought under immediate control, and all infrastructure is in place to deal with
situations that may develop.”
A few weeks ago I saw a “double-block-filler” with her hair a full six inches out of regulations (mass protruding beyond the head). It was the most blatant physical symbol of outright disrespect and defiance I've seen in over 30 in and around the military. And I wondered to myself how many hundreds, and perhaps thousands of more senior enlisted troops and officers have shrunk from their duty to correct her out of fear of being accused of “offending” her...?
I've seen many females who wear their hair well outside of the guidelines in AF regulations. But this was the most incredibly gross display of that kind I've ever seen. She must have been doing this for many months, if not years. And don't think for a second that there is an officer in the AF who doesn't know that wearing 9 inches of hair mass behind your head (triple the AF limit) is ridiculously out of regulations. And while this is the worst example I've ever seen, I've seen many women in an AF uniform who display complete disregard for AF dress/appearance standards.
My interpretation of word “leadership” tells me that by not enforcing regulations on EVERY member of the service, military leaders (both officer and enlisted) are not just being “lax” or “tolerant”...they're being disrespectful and defiant their own leadership chain, and to regulations.
It's painful to watch. But this PC stuff is a “cancer” for the military...and it's a growing trend.
One mujahideen’s jihad is another man’s workplace violence spree!
We are going to continue to see more one-man jihads, per the Koran and hadiths, that will be minimized by Left.