Case Study: Sun Tzu, III/31

[Crusader74]

You're right! Good call.

I think everyone assumed the safe was empty hence Capt Faith opening the safe in front of the inspection team, as I don't think Capt Faith deliberately looked to undermine Maj Dud.. and why an entry log book for the safe would get the DTG it was last accessed and by whom...

 

[x SF med]

...and the safe incident is why we held 'burn parties' on the 1st and 16th every month... gasoline, diesel, paper and a 55 gallon drum in a secure location with access to a water hose... all documentation that had reached its use by date was bye-bye if 'destroy on or after' or sent to the designated secure storage if it was 'keep indefinite'... oh and if anybody had lost the combo to the safe at the office or SCIF ... there would have been a bunch of MSG, SGM, CSM, MAJ, LTC, COL's having that person for lunch with some fava beans and a nice chianti.... Now if an unnamed CPT had opened an old safe with CU using a default combo, and said safe with CU had been just sitting there for years, and nobody in an intel position had attempted that fix during a SOCOM inspection... well, young CPT would have been congratulated then summarily shot and his command would have had to schedule a massive number of Hails and Farewells concurrent with many many GOLRs and a few deeper CI/other department and agency investigations...

the whole safe thing was a fail of such proportion that it approaches that realm of infinite stupidity that cannot even be expressed in quantum physics nor mechanics...

How did that safe just sit there for so long? And how did it skate through other IntSec inspections? I am confused at this... If anything even looks like it is from or belongs in a SCIF... it must be secured or burned.

:ehh:

 

[SkrewzLoose]

...and the safe incident is why we held 'burn parties' on the 1st and 16th every month... gasoline, diesel, paper and a 55 gallon drum in a secure location with access to a water hose... all documentation that had reached its use by date was bye-bye if 'destroy on or after' or sent to the designated secure storage if it was 'keep indefinite'... oh and if anybody had lost the combo to the safe at the office or SCIF ... there would have been a bunch of MSG, SGM, CSM, MAJ, LTC, COL's having that person for lunch with some fava beans and a nice chianti.... Now if an unnamed CPT had opened an old safe with CU using a default combo, and said safe with CU had been just sitting there for years, and nobody in an intel position had attempted that fix during a SOCOM inspection... well, young CPT would have been congratulated then summarily shot and his command would have had to schedule a massive number of Hails and Farewells concurrent with many many GOLRs and a few deeper CI/other department and agency investigations...

the whole safe thing was a fail of such proportion that it approaches that realm of infinite stupidity that cannot even be expressed in quantum physics nor mechanics...

How did that safe just sit there for so long? And how did it skate through other IntSec inspections? I am confused at this... If anything even looks like it is from or belongs in a SCIF... it must be secured or burned.

:ehh:

Great movie!!

 

[x SF med]

Great movie!!

the movie borrowed it from the informal SF military justice system after somebody lost or misused classified material.... just so you know

 

[Ranger Psych]

...and the safe incident is why we held 'burn parties' on the 1st and 16th every month... gasoline, diesel, paper and a 55 gallon drum in a secure location with access to a water hose... all documentation that had reached its use by date was bye-bye if 'destroy on or after' or sent to the designated secure storage if it was 'keep indefinite'... oh and if anybody had lost the combo to the safe at the office or SCIF ... there would have been a bunch of MSG, SGM, CSM, MAJ, LTC, COL's having that person for lunch with some fava beans and a nice chianti.... Now if an unnamed CPT had opened an old safe with CU using a default combo, and said safe with CU had been just sitting there for years, and nobody in an intel position had attempted that fix during a SOCOM inspection... well, young CPT would have been congratulated then summarily shot and his command would have had to schedule a massive number of Hails and Farewells concurrent with many many GOLRs and a few deeper CI/other department and agency investigations...

the whole safe thing was a fail of such proportion that it approaches that realm of infinite stupidity that cannot even be expressed in quantum physics nor mechanics...

How did that safe just sit there for so long? And how did it skate through other IntSec inspections? I am confused at this... If anything even looks like it is from or belongs in a SCIF... it must be secured or burned.

:ehh:

I'd usually just take me, another private, and a 12 pack out to the burn site. That's if the super-shredder was down (or it was an oh-shit we need to clear out the classified trash prior to block leave HEY PSYCH YOU KNOW HOW grab a buddy and take care of this for me... here's all the keystone out of my fridge.... Roger that 1SG!)

Stir Stir Stir...

 

[Marauder06]

Faith is being a bit of an arrogant dick to someone who might have friends.

Yep. I have found that it's usually good to only be a dick to other people when you absolutely have to, no sense in generating more ill will if you can avoid it.

 

[SpitfireV]

I agree. Honey, flies, etc.

 

[CDG]

I think CPT Faith has started to feel a little too full of himself after being offered the MID job and finding out his old man was a close friend of Chief Michaels. He needs to remember that he is still a new guy.

The safe incident was just fucked all the way around. Maybe CPT Faith could have handled it differently, but the far larger issue is why the safe hadn't been dealt with long before this inspection.

 

[Chopstick]

As bad as it all seems at least there wasnt a dead body in the safe. ;)

 

[Marauder06]

As bad as it all seems at least there wasnt a dead body in the safe. ;)

...or, was there?

I wonder who Division is going to send down to do the inspection. Hmmmm....

 

[TB1077]

I think that after the tough love from Chief, Cpt Faith felt obligated to set the standard of doing the right thing. The Dud had every opportunity to deal with the safe yet did nothing about it. Sure Faith could have played the buddy by saying nothing, but he made the decision to try and open the safe trying to save the inspection after the Dud said it was empty. Why defend someone that doesn't deserve the responsibility that they have?

And something tells me that Chief Michaels will not let ego issues slide.

 

[CDG]

I think that after the tough love from Chief, Cpt Faith felt obligated to set the standard of doing the right thing. The Dud had every opportunity to deal with the safe yet did nothing about it. Sure Faith could have played the buddy by saying nothing, but he made the decision to try and open the safe trying to save the inspection after the Dud said it was empty. Why defend someone that doesn't deserve the responsibility that they have?

And something tells me that Chief Michaels will not let ego issues slide.

I agree to a point. As was recently mentioned in another thread, tact is a big part of things. Doing the right thing the wrong way is not the solution.

 

[TB1077]

I agree to a point. As was recently mentioned in another thread, tact is a big part of things. Doing the right thing the wrong way is not the solution.

Totally agree with that. My conclusion was based on my interpretation of Faith truly not doing it based on his feelings about the Dud. Now had our great author alluded to Faith thinking it would reflect badly on someone else, then that would be a dick move that would probably come back and bite him.

 

[Salt USMC]

I wonder who Division is going to send down to do the inspection. Hmmmm....

“Look,” his wife added, “there’s going to be an investigation. Division has CI responsibility for the installation, so they are sending a team over this afternoon. The lead CI warrant is squared away, she works down the hallway from me, she’ll be tough but fair.”
How many female CI warrant officers do we know from previous stories? Hmmmmmm indeed!

 

[x SF med]

...or, was there?

I wonder who Division is going to send down to do the inspection. Hmmmm....

CPT Mrs CPT Faith? or..................................................

Chief Rollins?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..........

 

[Marauder06]

Faith figured that the DCO and the S2 needed to know immediately about the upcoming investigation. Given the circumstances, Faith decided it would be best to deliver the news to The Dud in person, and let him pass it along to the DCO.

Faith found The Dud in his office, furiously pecking away at his keyboard. Faith knocked on the open door, and The Dud glanced up at him before continuing to type. After a couple of seconds of being ignored in this fashion, Faith cleared his throat. “Hey sir, I just heard that Division is sending down a CI investigation team,” he announced. “They should be here after lunch.”

The Dud stopped typing and looked contemptuously towards Faith. “How do you know that?” he demanded.

“I have a point of contact up at Division,” Faith replied, unsure why he didn’t just be up front with The Dud and just say, “My wife told me.”

“Well, isn’t that convenient,” The Dud said by way of reply.

“Look, sir, if you want I’ll meet the investigating team and take charge of our end of things,” Faith offered, “It’s the least I can do.”

The Dud considered Faith’s offer carefully. “Yes, why don’t you do that,” he said, his eyes narrowing.

“OK then, when the investigation team gets here, if you want to just let me know or send them down to my office or whatever, I’ll take it from there,” Faith said, a little uneasy about the way The Dud responded to Faith’s offer.

The Dud nodded and went back to his typing.

 

[CDG]

I wonder what the Dud is going to do in order to get back at Faith.....

 

[0699]

I wonder what the Dud is going to do in order to get back at Faith.....

Sounds like he's typing up Capt Faith's GOLOR...

 

[Marauder06]

After leaving The Dud’s office, Faith went straight downstairs to the SCIF, which was approximately a 20-second walk from The Dud’s office. With the investigators from Division coming, the last thing the Group needed was for them to find something else amiss. So, Faith had intended to find the NCOIC and have him start tidying, cleaning, and clearing everything inside the SCIF before the inspectors arrived. But he was surprised to see a flurry of activity already in progress when he reached the bottom of the stairs. The safe, still outside the doors of the SCIF, had been shut and Soldiers were coming and going from the SCIF, bringing cleaning supplies in and large bags of shredded materials back out. Faith stopped one of them, a young man with curly blonde hair who was wearing the “sham shield” of an Army E4.

((Army Specialist (E4) insignia, AKA "The Sham Shield"))

“Hey, Specialist,” Faith said, “What are all of you guys doing?”

“Oh, hi sir,” replied the Soldier, “Major Dudley called down about 20 minutes ago, he said someone from the MID screwed us over this safe,” he tapped the safe with his boot “so we needed to get the SCIF all cleaned up.”

“I see,” said Faith, a bit confused.

“Well this place was a dump, it needed to be cleaned up anyway,” the Soldier replied without being prompted. “Was that all you needed sir?” he inquired, clearly desiring to be done with the conversation so he could take out the large, clear plastic bags full of shredded documents that he was holding in each hand.

Faith considered the Soldier briefly. The specialist had a “surfer dude” look and manner of speaking, but Faith found himself liking the man. “Of course, carry on. Nice to meet you…” he paused, looking at the name on the Soldier’s uniform, “Specialist Bradley.”
Bradley smiled. “My friends call me Billie, sir, see you around.”

After Bradley trudged up the stairs with his load of shredded documents, Faith considered what had just happened. He had informed The Dud about the upcoming inspection about a minute ago, there was no way that all of this prep work had happened in the time that it took to exit The Dud’s office and walk down two flights of stairs.

“That means he knew about the inspection before I told him,” Faith said out loud to himself. But then why didn’t The Dud mention that when Faith told him about the inspection? Why would he act like he didn’t already know?

Faith chalked it all up to the weird way things worked here in Group, and followed a Soldier into the SCIF (since he STILL hadn’t received his access badge from the Group S2 shop yet) to see where he could help out with the preparations and cleanup.

 

[SpitfireV]

If he doesn't have an access badge he shouldn't be going in there at all?