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Subject: AF never gets the word!!!!
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The Navy and the Air Force decided to have a canoe
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race on the Potomac River. Both teams practiced hard
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and long to reach their peak performance before the
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race. On the big day, the Navy won by a mile.
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Afterwards, the Air Force team was very discouraged,
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depressed, and frustrated. The officers of the Air
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Force team decided that the reason for the crushing
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defeat had to be fund. A "Metrics team," made up of
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senior officers, was formed to investigate and
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recommend appropriate action. Their conclusion was
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that the Navy had 8 seamen rowing and 1 officer
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steering, while the Air Force had 1 airman rowing and
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8 officers and NCOs steering. The senior officers of
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the Air Force team hired a consulting company and paid
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them incredible amounts of money. They advised that
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too many people were steering the boat and not enough
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people were rowing. To prevent losing to the Navy
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again next year, the Air Force Chief of Staff made
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historic and sweeping changes: the rowing team's
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organizational structure was totally realigned to 4
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steering
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officers, 3 area steering superintendents and 1
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assistant superintendent steering NCO. They also
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implemented a new performance system that would
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give the 1 airman rowing the boat greater incentive
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to work harder. It was called the "Air Force Rowing
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Team Quality Program," with meetings, dinners, and a
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three-day pass for the rower. "We must give the rower
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empowerment and enrichment through this quality
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program."
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The next year the Navy won by 2 miles. Humiliated,
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the Air Force leadership gave a letter of reprimand
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to the rower for poor performance, initiated a $4
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billion program for development of a new joint-service
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canoe, blamed the loss on a design defect in the
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paddles, and issued career continuation bonuses and
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leather rowing jackets to the beleaguered steering
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officers in the hopes they would stay for next
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year's race.
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Meanwhile, the Army team is still trying to figure
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out why their oars keep making divots in the grass.
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The Marine Corps lacked funding for a boat.
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