Once again the Duffel Blog meets real life because this article almost seems like satire:
Lt. Col. Paul Goossen, shown at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, in December 2017, has been relieved as commander of the 69th Bomb Squadron at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Patrick Evenson)
A commander of a B-52 Stratofortress squadron at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, was recently relieved from duty after sexually explicit and phallic drawings were discovered inside the bomber’s cockpit screens during a recent deployment, Military.com has learned.
A command-directed investigation anticipated to be released by Air Force Global Strike Command in coming weeks will show that Lt. Col. Paul Goossen was removed from command of the 69th Bomb Squadron Nov. 27 because penis drawings were discovered on a moving map software displayed on the nuclear-capable B-52’s Combat Network Communication Technology (CONECT), according to a source familiar with the incident. [Military.com]
You can read more at the link, but if people are offended by this, they would be terrified by the things I have seen in porta-potties while deployed.
This is kind of bullish*t. Thought the PC madness had run its course. His boss must be a d*ck (unless there is a lot more to this story).
guitard
5 years ago
Since it was the “69th” Bomb Squadron, I think having dick drawings on the map displays was perfectly acceptable. What I find unacceptable is the blatant marginalization of female airman, as evidenced by not also having snatch drawings on the displays.
setnaffa
5 years ago
As a former B-52 gunner, I need to point out that during the time I was in, the Strategic Air Command policy about jokes was that anything not issued was forbidden. Given my sense of humor, I was fortunate to end up with an honorable discharge. Several of my friends were given letters of reprimand, Article 15s, and even less than honorable discharges. The fact that SAC was disbanded, gunners (and their guns) were removed, and women were added to BUFF crew rosters ought to have enlightened this LTC that the neo-Pharisees were back in charge…
“Why not Minot” has its own culture, and unless it has drastically changed, “the drawings” are just the cover story for why he was replaced.
Liz
5 years ago
Lol Guitard 😆 “Why not Minot” has its own culture, and unless it has drastically changed, “the drawings” are just the cover story for why he was replaced.
Yeah, I was thinking the same.
When my spouse was stationed in Saudi, they had a game where anyone who left their hat laying around would get pranked. Someone would draw a penis inside it…that called it “getting d*cked”. A General was visiting one day and left his hat laying somewhere and sure enough, someone drew a penis in it. He was not happy, but no one was fired over it.
As a side note, do a phenomenal job and no one knows your name, but get fired or something and everyone knows who you are. So great to be a civilian now! Didn’t let the door hit us where the good Lord split us.
Flyingsword
5 years ago
wonder what the chain of custody is on the “moving map” computer? How many ground crew or others can service it, load data in etc? Like to know the real story.
JoeC
5 years ago
Part of the lore of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) was that those assigned to it, over time, lost all sense of humor and became completely intolerant of the slightest variance from rules or regulations. This personality change was called being SAC-cumcised.
Ole Tanker
5 years ago
What cockpit isn’t complete without a “Joystick”? We all know every tank come with 2 “Donkey Dicks”. They are in the BII.
setnaffa
5 years ago
JoeC is right. I was only there 1.5 years and after nearly 40 years still can’t tell a joke…
A man is sent to prison for the first time.
The first night there, after the lights in the cell block are turned off, he immediately sees his cellmate going over to the bars and yelling, “twelve!”
The whole cell block breaks out laughing. A few minutes later, somebody else in the cell block yells, “four!” Again, the whole cell block breaks out laughing.
“Why are you guys just yelling numbers?” He asks his cellmate. “What’s so funny about random numbers?”
“Well,” says the older prisoner, “They’re not random. It’s just that we’ve all been in this here prison for so long, we all know all the same jokes. So after a while we just started giving them numbers and yelling those numbers is enough to remind us of the joke instead of telling it.”
Wanting to fit in, the new prisoner walks up to the bars and yells, “SIX!” But instead of laughter, a dead silence falls on the cell block. He turns to the older prisoner, “What’s wrong? Why didn’t I get any laughs?”
“You didn’t tell it right.”
ChickenHead
5 years ago
So he yelled, “748!” and the who cellblock erupted in frenzied laughter.
His cellmate, wiping tears from his eyes, said, “Ha! We never heard that one before! Got another?”
This is kind of bullish*t. Thought the PC madness had run its course. His boss must be a d*ck (unless there is a lot more to this story).
Since it was the “69th” Bomb Squadron, I think having dick drawings on the map displays was perfectly acceptable. What I find unacceptable is the blatant marginalization of female airman, as evidenced by not also having snatch drawings on the displays.
As a former B-52 gunner, I need to point out that during the time I was in, the Strategic Air Command policy about jokes was that anything not issued was forbidden. Given my sense of humor, I was fortunate to end up with an honorable discharge. Several of my friends were given letters of reprimand, Article 15s, and even less than honorable discharges. The fact that SAC was disbanded, gunners (and their guns) were removed, and women were added to BUFF crew rosters ought to have enlightened this LTC that the neo-Pharisees were back in charge…
“Why not Minot” has its own culture, and unless it has drastically changed, “the drawings” are just the cover story for why he was replaced.
Lol Guitard 😆
“Why not Minot” has its own culture, and unless it has drastically changed, “the drawings” are just the cover story for why he was replaced.
Yeah, I was thinking the same.
When my spouse was stationed in Saudi, they had a game where anyone who left their hat laying around would get pranked. Someone would draw a penis inside it…that called it “getting d*cked”. A General was visiting one day and left his hat laying somewhere and sure enough, someone drew a penis in it. He was not happy, but no one was fired over it.
As a side note, do a phenomenal job and no one knows your name, but get fired or something and everyone knows who you are. So great to be a civilian now! Didn’t let the door hit us where the good Lord split us.
wonder what the chain of custody is on the “moving map” computer? How many ground crew or others can service it, load data in etc? Like to know the real story.
Part of the lore of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) was that those assigned to it, over time, lost all sense of humor and became completely intolerant of the slightest variance from rules or regulations. This personality change was called being SAC-cumcised.
What cockpit isn’t complete without a “Joystick”? We all know every tank come with 2 “Donkey Dicks”. They are in the BII.
JoeC is right. I was only there 1.5 years and after nearly 40 years still can’t tell a joke…
So he yelled, “748!” and the who cellblock erupted in frenzied laughter.
His cellmate, wiping tears from his eyes, said, “Ha! We never heard that one before! Got another?”