Yeah, so a couple of misconceptions in there (which is driving the drama). If I am reading the tea leaves, he is going to the training unit on the books- I don't think there is any appetite to get him qualified as an instructor. It's more of a manning thing, but we can put dudes at units and massage the billet for what they actually do.
Non-deployable- yeah, got it, but if the plan is not to deploy him, then he falls into the bucket with like 20% of the career field that sits as "non-deployable" at any given time. Injuries, both mental health and bodily, keep dudes from deploying right now. I have more than one close friend that have been non deployable since their injuries and go to the Scout gig (exactly where Goggins fits).
It's hard for outsiders (and impossible for the dudes in the community) to wrap their heads around, but if you start from the premise- and this is my hypothetical assumption here because AF has been super tight-lipped about it- then it makes sense.
What if...
The AF (AFSOC) is doing this solely as a recruiting tool/PA move. They let him try, throw him in a billet at a training unit (if he makes it) with no intention of deploying, upgrading, doing the job, and only want to make him go to every dog and pony and the juice (for this considerable squeeze) is 10M eyeballs out of the box and everyone caring about AFSOC, good, bad, or indifferent?
Cause, uh... we are talking about it right? Online "experts" suddenly know age requirements, physical requirements, medical requirements, upgrade requirements, job duties... for Pararescue.
Now, I suppose there is a conversaton to be had about "is this good for the community"... but no one can explain what "good" or "bad" means for the "community". And since they can't even describe terms outside of "it makes me feel bad and I wore that hat so I am an expert and you have to make me feel better", we can't even have the talk.
