My old buddy Defense Contractor Guy writes in with his take on the differences in the way the two services do business.
Tim - just want to comment on the article showing the difference between the way the AF does things and the Army does things..... (from Saturday the 18th)
I'm sure you have heard this ... if not .. here it goes
When the AF builds a base they first build the Officers Club, then the Enlisted Clubs, then the Housing, then the offices, then the infrastructure etc, etc. until they run out of money ... then they can go back to Congress and say ... Wait - we don't have a runway! .. cant have an airbase with out a runway .. send us more money!
The Army would do it the opposite way .. with the soldier support systems last and anything like air conditioning and recreation facilities scheduled for "next year" when ever that is. (I think the Marines are even worse in their treatment of the soldiers)
This is one of the biggest complaints I had while in the Army .. when I had a very junior enlisted soldier in Los Angles stationed at Space Command - on food stamps (LA is an expensive place) .. living in poverty but doing his job. It took a year to get special permission for him to use the AF family housing.
Another clue as to the difference in mind set between the AF and Army .. their junior enlisted soldiers are housed on 'dormitories".
I wont even get into the AF Forward Air Controllers who worked with our Armor Battalion in Germany. They got TDY (extra money for expenses) while on exercise ... they needed it because at 5pm their war was over and they took their APC into the nearest town and slept in a Gasthouse. (No foolin') (versus the Army guys who slept in the Armored Personnel Carrier or in a tent).
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