Lt. Gen. Michael A. Hamel, the former commander of the Air Forces Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., is one of the generals who has been punished in connection with the services nuclear lapses. Hamel was reprimanded, according to a source who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue. He is retiring effective Oct. 1, according to the official Air Force web site. Hamel was responsible for managing the research, design, development, acquisition and sustainment of space and missile systems, launch, command and control, and operational satellite systems. The formal announcement of the punishments will be made at 3 p.m. today by Acting Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz.
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The responsibility falls on leadership of the potential incident, However the Air Force is not the only service with issues. The radiation leaks in the Japanese port and also a Nuclear sub wher check list procedures were over looked and by bassed bothe were posted on Military.com and in the news around the same timeframe. I’d venture to say the spotlight on this incident caushioned other leaders to tighen up before they had issues also.
He reminds me a similar crisis of economy!
His actions and others causes a style sheet….
Just like using up money without paying it back!
They are lucky nothing happened with any nukes.
I hate those “space wings” he’s wearing on his chest. It’s like something from Star Trek.
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