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Destroy that officer.....that's an order.....find something.....even a 7 year old e-mail....or whatever.....I don't care if he never even had an affair......get rid of him....
Posted on 04/05/2014 8:22:57 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
The vice commander of the Air Force's 12th Flying Training Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph has been relieved after investigators learned he exchanged emails with the wife of a subordinate officer.
The messages were sent in 2007 while Col. James Gifford Jr. served at Vance AFB in Oklahoma, where he was director of operations with the 8th Flying Training Squadron. A major at the time, he rose to lieutenant colonel in October of that year and was the squadron's commander from 2009 to 2010.
He left the base to become military assistant to Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
“The internal investigation found no evidence of a sexual relationship between the two people involved,” the Air Education and Training Command said in a statement. “However, the correspondence sent between them was determined to be unprofessional and Colonel Gifford showed poor judgment as an Air Force member, leading to his commander's decision to remove him from his post.”
The Air Force said the 12th Flying Training Wing's commander, Col. Gerald Goodfellow, relieved Gifford, a fighter and tanker pilot with more than 3,500 hours in the air, on March 24.
The action was taken because of a “loss of confidence in his ability to lead” the wing, but the statement did not explain how the emails were unprofessional. The Air Force did not elaborate after the San Antonio Express-News sent a list of questions asking about the nature of the messages, citing “privacy rights and concerns.”
The Air Force also wouldn't say how many messages were exchanged and said it has not been determined why the email relationship ended. An AETC spokeswoman, Amy Bartholomew, did say that Gifford did not review the officer's performance evaluations.
Gifford was reassigned to AETC's headquarters. His abrupt exit apparently marks the first time a vice commander at the wing has been relieved. Bartholomew said she did not know of an incident like it.
A relationship involving commanders and the wives of their subordinates - even by electronic mail — would be highly unusual and strictly prohibited.
“Unprofessional relationships, particularly by Air Force leaders, stand to undermine our entire team, damage good order and discipline, and threaten the trust people have in us,” the AETC statement said. “They simply aren't tolerated.”
A graduate of Rutgers University, Gifford came to the 12th Flying Training Wing in June 2012 after graduating from the Marine Corps War College, where he was honored for submitting the best thesis.
The Randolph-based wing, with 1,456 military and civilian workers, trains instructor pilots, combat systems officers and those who will fly drone aircraft. It also screens Air Force officers who enter pilot, combat systems and drone aircraft training, and has an average of 745 students a day.
7 year old e-mails, I would be curious to know,as a non-AF guy, what is his command and what is its most important function in the USAF . Thanks Jet just trying to get context.
yep... same thing happening in the army...
Clowns. One would think after all that has happened around JBSA ‘they’ would get squared away.
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The putative (electronic) fraternizing offenses occurred at Vance — some seven years ago.
Possibly the only “clowns” in this story are the ones doing the purging (perhaps, with a little help from friends in the NSA).
A vice commander at wing level handles the day to day operations for the the Base Commander. He is responsible for the Group Commanders, then the Squadron Commanders.
If this happened seven years ago, the guy was probably a Major.
The responsiblities he has currently are considerable.
Not any more.
He’s quite responsibility free now.
In totalitarian regimes, moral reasons are always the reasons given for eliminating somebody.
7 years ago? That’s absurd. That’s just an excuse.
Commanders have been being relieved since the dawn of the Republic. Given the size of the military bureaucracy, a few dozen isn’t that large a number. I remember during my time in the Air Force commanders being relieved, and that was nearly 30 years ago.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
The Coup D’e Tat continues. Never seen this kind of a purge. Get more freaks and sub humans in charge.
With the Air Force official and explicit hatred for Christianity, it would not surprise me if these Emails related to prayer.
I get OFA emails all the time. Does this mean Obama will resign?
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Destroy that officer.....that's an order.....find something.....even a 7 year old e-mail....or whatever.....I don't care if he never even had an affair......get rid of him....
I don't post here much any more and I recognize your name from way back....this place is a little nuts once in a while when it comes to never liking anyone who isn't Ted Cruz. Yet this stuff....this purge is real and it's dangerous to America.
Cheers
irish guard
Yep. The years of the long knives!
The Commander and I met several times after this incident. I served with some pretty hard core officers that were hard drinking high testosterone types but knew they wouldn't do anything to sell out our Country. They would not make Major in today's USAF.
Good guess as any. Seven year old e-mail. Cyber sex, I gather it wasn't actually physical. Yeah, something weird going on here. Someone, somewhere said, "get this guy".
Take a close look. These guys,the regime, are doubling down on everything anticipating a huge loss in Nov. And,a big question mark two years after that. They are taking out and challenging everyone they can while they still have power.
IRS intimidation has not stopped,Yellen still printing money,budget deficits still there,march towards socialism /communism accelerated if anything. They know they are about over and are trying to kill everyone and everything they possibly can before they are gone.
After digging a bit I can’t find anything on the net that explains what he did as assistant to Gates but my guess is while there he pissed someone off in the regime, then the Gates book comes out, investigation starts on all connected to Gates still in the service, NSA help, and you are gone.
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Another one bites the dust. His email prolly said “sorry the missus and I can’t make it to your barbeque on Sat Hon.”
It was the “Hon” that got him. :-)
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