Women Dispute Ex- Air Force Officials (before Cong. Panel)

[Nambe]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. July 12 (AP)

Four women who say they were sexually assaulted while cadets at the Air Force Academy praised the panel investigating the scandal, but had a "jaw-dropping moment" when former administrators said they never punished the women for reporting rapes.

The four were among 146 women who have reported being sexually assaulted at the academy in the past 10 years. They met Friday with an independent panel appointed by Congress to investigate how the assault allegations were handled. ---

"I am deeply concerned, not only for the victims, but that we're sending predators into our Air Force," Fowler (R/FL) said. ---

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[TahitiNut]

1. No question that female cadet victims were 'punished'.

In the military, as in all authoritarian organizations, subordinates are obliged to do what they're told -- to be "part of the 'solution,' not a source of more 'problems.'" In virtually every such organization "No Whining" is, at least effectively, posted on the door of every manager. (I've worked in companies where this sign was literally posted.) This is one of the highest "general orders" -- one that's inviolable. The autocrats in such organizations, the military being the archetype, view any subordinate who adds to their "to do list" as a de facto 'outside agitator' and will act expeditiously to actualize this perception.

"Love it or leave it!" Authoritarian organizations are addicted to ad hominem mythologies, whether those myths are hypocritcally meritocratic ("the best and the brightest") or political cults of personality (Bill Gates, Henry Ford, Larry Ellison, Steve Jobs, Steve Forbes, Jerry Sanders, Ken Lay, Martha Stewart, Warren Buffet, Ben & Jerry, Lee Iacocca, Donald Trump, George Steinbrenner, and a plethora of religious and political cults). I call these "ad hominem mythologies" because they ultimately abdicate diligence and integrity, elevating the actors in lieu of evaluating their acts.

Criticism is regarded as antitheitcal to "love it." Total allegiance to organization "leadership" allows no allegiance to continuous improvement. It's "win-lose" instead of "personal best."