AF Medics Role in CSAF/SecAF Firings?

Most of you by now have read or seen the remarkable news about Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynn and AF Chief of Staff Michael Moseley being fired by Defense Secretary Gates. There are plenty of undercurrents to the situation, but the one that the public is primarily focused on - and the one getting the most press - is the two high-visibility incidents involving nuclear weapons and equipment. There is some speculation that the zero-defect standards (and adherence to same) that Strategic Air Command (SAC) was famous for have become somewhat degraded in the years since SACs demise.
One mil-blogger’s analysis of the situation involves the Personnel Reliability Program (aka PRP)…and where there’s PRP, there’s Air Force medics:

3) The Medical Corps Takes a Pass. In many cases where medical conditions should have prevented PRP certification, the Chief tells us, Air Force medical officers refused to take a stand. “They complained a lot because it put the monkey on their backs to do their duty,” he remembers. “I had medical folks tell me: ‘Chief, your standards are too high.’…The mental health folks were the worst. I can count on one finger the number that did their duty. It was both the officers and the NCOs.

Naturally, I’m a bit biased in favor of the AF medics (docs and all). Yes, it’s possible that the AFMS plays a role in this, but if so, it is a VERY small piece of it. I work directly with medical PRP folks, and I am continually impressed with how diligent everyone is when it comes to PRP. Everyone knows the rules and the reasons, and I have never witnessed any AF medic compromise on PRP. Of course, my direct knowledge is limited to my experience at my base; I know that other bases have their own quirks and culture, so of course PRP might be an issue elsewhere, albeit a very small issue as I noted above.

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