Cooks saved nuke missile crews from test failure

[unhappycamper]

http://hamptonroads.com/2014/03/cooks-saved-nuke-missile-crews-test-failure

Cooks saved nuke missile crews from test failure
By Robert Burns
The Associated Press
© March 14, 2014

WASHINGTON

Failings last spring by nuclear missile operators at an Air Force base in North Dakota were worse than first reported, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

Airmen responsible for missile operations at Minot Air Force Base would have failed their portion of a major inspection in March 2013 but managed a "marginal" rating because their poor marks were blended with the better performance of support staff - like cooks and facilities managers - and they got a boost from the base's highly rated training program. The "marginal" rating, the equivalent of a "D'' in school, was reported previously. Now, details of the low performance by the launch officers, or missileers, entrusted with the keys to missiles have been revealed.

"Missileer technical proficiency substandard," one Air Force briefing slide says. "Remainder (of missile operations team) raised grade to marginal."

The documents also hint at an exam-cheating problem in the making among launch crews at Minot, almost a full year before allegations of widespread cheating erupted this January at a companion nuclear base in Montana.

[Victor_c3]

1. In the Steven Seagal movie "Under Siege", wasn't it the cook that saved the day? n/t

[unhappycamper]

2. Cooks and supply types are your friend.

DON'T PISS THEM OFF.

[sarge43]

3. Make a friend at personnel, finance, supply and the clinic

The ass they save may be your own.