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.
The instructor asked if anyone felt they should not be there. I of course loudly replied “ME”
He asked me why. I stated: I am in charged of the training and supervision of 12 to 24 male students in combat skills in an all male career field. If I am sexually harassing my students, I don't belong here, I belong on East Houston St. with the rest of the Fags.
He was not amused. The class concurred unanimously. I was not allowed to leave.
That was the beginning of the end in my mind