10 USAF Officers implicated in drug probe

[Dame]

Something you never want to have to think about: whether the guy on the red button is high.

Air Force drug probe targets 10 officers in U.S., Britain
News of the investigation emerged on Thursday after the Air Force suspended the security clearances of two missile launch officers in a drug probe at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana. The base is one of three responsible for the United States' 420 nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014...EA0A00620140111?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

 

[Brill]

Something you never want to have to think about: whether the guy on the red button is high.



http://www.reuters.com/article/2014...EA0A00620140111?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

Where's NORAD and the command bunker?

 

[racing_kitty]

P.O.E. damn it!!!!

 

[Dame]

Where's NORAD and the command bunker?

Peterson AFB in Colorado I think.

 

[Brill]

Peterson AFB in Colorado I think.

Where weed is legal.

 

[Diamondback 2/2]

Federal law says weed is illegal anywhere in the USA.

For now anyways, I imagine we will see federal laws changed in the next decade or so.

 

[Dame]

Where weed is legal.

Who knows if it was even just weed? So far it's stating illegal drug possession.

 

[Diamondback 2/2]

Which could mean something as silly as sharing prescription meds...

 

[Raksasa Kotor]

Which could mean something as silly as sharing prescription meds...

I was typing up a response when you posted this, but yeah - since these folks are all on PRP, they are scrutinized at the atomic (see what I did there?) level.

Anything remotely hinkey that would garner a hand slap for the rest of us will get these folks relieved.

 

[DA SWO]

Which could mean something as silly as sharing prescription meds...

Spice or another designer drug is my guess.

Hope they enjoy Kansas.

 

[AWP]

It isn't like they're taking empty water bottles filled with rocks and money, tossing them to local kids, and reeling in "tootsie rolls" of hash while on guard duty....

 

[AWP]

Where's NORAD and the command bunker?

Nicely done.

 

[SkrewzLoose]

Damn Navy skippers and their...oh, wait. :wall:

 

[Raksasa Kotor]

Since they're almost all LT's and scattered across multiple locations, my bet is that they were all a clique at wherever they went for training. One of them got popped at some point and ratted out the rest.

 

[Brill]

Who knows if it was even just weed? So far it's stating illegal drug possession.

Valid point! We shouldn't discount roofies (or floories) as USAF officer drug of choice.

 

[Red-Dot]

I'm sure glad I wasn't taking bong hits while working with that B-52!!!

 

[DA SWO]

Now they uncovered a cheating scandal with 17 Officers cheating, and another 17 who did nothing.

Missile force is in disarray, wonder how the Navy keeps their guys happy.

 

[SkrewzLoose]

Now they uncovered a cheating scandal with 17 Officers cheating, and another 17 who did nothing.

Missile force is in disarray, wonder how the Navy keeps their guys happy.

Lady Gaga tickets and hookers...

 

[AWP]

Lady Gaga tickets and hookers...

 

[Karoshi]

Peterson AFB in Colorado I think.

Correct, NORAD moved most of the operations from Cheyenne Mountain to Peterson AFB around 2006 or so. There is minimal staffing at CMAS, with most of the work running out of the N2C2 (NORAD/NORTHCOM Command Center). Having interacted with a few of the officers working over at Schriever and Peterson AFB, I can actually say that I am not that surprised.