Morgan O'Brien's WiGO 01.22.08

May or may not have been getting his haircut Wednesday

I was searching for something to write about today, and was going to write about the obnoxious guy that showed up at the barber shop when I was getting my post-military wig lopped off. The guy's material wasn't that good--he looked like Uncle Teddy from Rescue Me and kept saying stuff like, "If sheep could cook, I would marry one," in his really loud, NY accent. I don't even know what that means.

Anyway, I have a cure for writer's block: thank God for the Air Force:

First is the case of Micah Henry, a former Kirtland Airman that just pleaded guilty to killing two folks:

Ex-Kirtland airman pleads guilty in DWI case
The Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A former Kirtland Air Force Base airman accused of killing two people in what police say was a drunken driving crash has pleaded guilty to two charges of vehicular homicide.

Micah Henry, 24, entered his pleas Wednesday.

He will be sentenced in March. He faces up to 12 years in prison for the 2008 New Year’s crash. (link)

Only 12 years? All I can say is that it's a shame Henry didn't end up in Nassau County. Maybe we should ship Kathleen Rice to Albuquerque...


Send Her to Albuquerque!

An excerpt from an interview "60 Minutes" reporter Bob Simon conducted with Nassau District Attorney Kathleen Rice:

SIMON: Why did Heidgen fit as a murder case?

RICE: The statute under which he was charged required us to prove that, through his actions, he had a completely depraved indifference to human life. ... His actions made the deaths of Katie Flynn and Stanley Rabinowitz inevitable. It was as inevitable as taking a gun and firing it at an individual who's standing 5 feet away from you.

SIMON: You really believe that?

RICE: I do believe that. I do.

Source: "60 Minutes" transcript

And then there's this terrifying news:

Retirees, reservists to be tapped for empty jobs
By Bruce Rolfsen - Staff writer

The Air Force is turning to retirees and reservists to fill 1,600 empty flying and staff positions — a strategy that could eventually have 58-year-old lieutenant colonels flying alongside officers half their age.

If you are a retired rated officer or a rated officer on traditional reserve status, the Air Force wants you back on active-duty status to fly or serve in staff positions for up to four years.

For retired officers, the program is open to aviators who retired at the rank of lieutenant colonel or below and will not be older than 60 when their service starts.

(link)

As it looks, I'm safe for now but I'll continue to keep my antenna up. If they start looking for stud PAO's that are only a couple years removed from service, well then the race is on, Gen. Schwartz.

As always, With my greatest respect,
xOxO
Morgan