“Let’s Just Shoot This One in the Head”
By General Mark Welch At the annual Air Force Association conference:
Oh, and Welch made clear his view of those arguing we should get rid of an independent Air Force.
“By the way, I’m getting really frustrated hearing this, why do need an Air Force debate,” he said, flashing a slide that listed the number of “airmen” at other services: Army, 34,000; Marines 39,000; Navy 70,000; Air Force 690,000. Just how much does he respect this argument? “Let’s just shoot this one in the head.”
Bear in mind, Welch is a motivational leader willing to go to such marvelous lengths as wearing a sort of superhero mask in Air Force blue bearing a big “A” for airman while making some of his speech (see photo above). That’s right — a four-star general in front of more than 1,000 people exposing himself to possible ridicule and I haven’t heard a negative comment about it here today.
Welch could possibly use some PR advice from Loomis. In any case, I’m just happy to see that Captain America is on the case.
