Guest guest Posted July 26, 1999 Report Share Posted July 26, 1999 Dear List, Pilots have an old saying, " There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are very few old bold pilots. " My feeling is that the officials in the Department of Defense that are responding with arrogance in response to the informed professional dissent of the troops should take that axiom to heart. Especially with the legislation from Congress, the truth is finally being told. If they boldly fight this one to the end it may be the end of more than simply our careers. The officers that are standing up against this immunization policy are acting on the example of BGen , the father of the US Air Force. He did not bow to pressure or courts-martial when insisting that the Air Force should become a separate service. Incidentally, he was court-martialed, and ultimately was vindicated as we are being now. We have no intentions of being posthumously vindicated though -- we just want to fly again! Similarly, the folks in the ANG and AFRES are not bowing to the unfortunate coercion of senior military leadership. The anthrax policy is wrong on all foundations of safety, efficacy, necessity, and doctrine. Pilots, who face risk assessment on a daily basis are evaluating their training over the years, and their professional obligations, and are deciding this one is worth it, because it's right. I hope in conclusion to remind you all of who we work for ----- the AMERICAN PEOPLE. It is only the readiness of our nation's armed forces, and therefore our country's defense that may suffer. I am most inspired by the courage I sense from both a variety of military leaders as well as the troops from all levels! Your friend, L. " Buzz " Rempfer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 1999 Report Share Posted July 27, 1999 You got that right! Saw the Dan Rather report last night - good report as far as it went - now we need more in-depth reporting and more facts to the public - also some of the people who are suffering from the shot and GWS need to be talking on TV for the world to see what's going on!!!! Your Friend, Barbara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 1999 Report Share Posted July 27, 1999 This is a truely bold statement on the part of DOD considering that they have only begun to innoculate the reserve pilots. n Randice1@... wrote: > From: Randice1@... > > I thought the CBS Segment was really good. Provided some interesting info. > for those who have or haven't kept up with the story. I particularly liked > the closing comments: " Pentagon officials state no matter how many pilots > quit, the vaccine will continue " . > I can see it now.... " I'm sorry, we haven't enough pilots for the aircraft to > support the overseas mission, but, rest assure in knowing that if we get > bombed with biowarfare here in the US, our personnel remaining in our > dwindling service is protected against anthrax..... " > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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