Airman Moves On
Blue skies
A USAF Airman meteorologist who had been given an Article 15 (reduction in rank) for passing out drunk snapped out of it and pulled herself together.
She redeemed herself by getting her act together and setting a good example for others.
More recently, she’s been commended for sending out a tornado warning a few minutes before the twister arrived, allowing 13,700 people to get to shelter quickly.
BZ to her for making positive changes on her own. I think she may go places.
Category: Air Force, Blue Skies, Bravo Zulu
Good on her. Perfect example of using a mistake as a teaching moment.
Who among us hasn’t done stupid stuff? ‘specially during a time frame where we might be overwhelmed by personal tragedies?
BZ to her for making lemonade. BZ for having the ‘nads to take a chance and not getting the “2nd opinion.” Being wrong on that may have had more serious repercussions than passing out drunk.
And BZ to higher, giving her a chance to show her right stuff.
Wanna bet she’ll make Chief one day? and find someone who will appreciate her and not make for a rocky divorce. She is kinda quietly smokey hot. Wonder if she can cook? (grin)
Good for her!
Good for you, Airman!
If a service member is falling apart from booze or whatever, if you step up and accept responsibility, I can almost guarantee you your career will not be hurt. Almost guarantee cause there are assholes out there who call themselves leaders who will flush you without a though, but I like to think the system will override their assholedness.
35 years ago, I was a young PO3 who could not stay away from the sauce. It was an obsession. Never knew how much I would end up drinking once I hit the bar. One drink could lay me out on my ass, or a fifth of scotch in a half hour just made me thirstier.
Many times I crawled to my car. I am so, so, so glad that I never hurt anyone. So glad and so grateful.
“Shipmates” covered for me, but eventually it just all fell apart and I went for help. And the help was there to get me through the shitty time of being sober for the first time. The Navy did help me by sending me to sea for almost ten months straight, crossdecking from one ship to another and I appreciate it. Don’t think I could have made it without that.
Bottom line though is that I ended my career as a LCDR. Nothing stood in my way except me. And I made sure to pass it on. My hand was always there for anyone who wanted to change their lives. Always there.
So, good job, sister. Make sure you pass it on.
The “sailor” part of Captain Paul Rinn’s TED talk “the nun, the sailor, and the suggestion box” is testament to mentoring and redemption. Glad to hear that you made it as well. Like you say “pass it on.”
Hmmm. Connecting the nun with the Sailor reminds me of a quote from “The Sand Pebbles.”
One of the Sailors talks about the “Monastic Brotherhood of the Sailor,” men who have taken the vows of “poverty, obedience, and unchastity.”
I told that to a chaplain who I was escorting around my base one time. He laughed his ass off.
It is a great quote from a great book.
Good to hear that she took her lumps and moved on. You find your true measure not by never falling, you find it by how high you climb after you fall. Sounds like she’s climbing. I’m reminded of the old saying about no one ever becoming a Sergeant Major unless they had at least 1 Article 15…I wonder if the bluesuiters have a similar quote?🤔
If you don’t stumble once in a while, you can’t get up.
I had an Article 15 and later made SGM. Alcohol involved.
BZ to the Airman for dusting off, picking up and driving on!