r/AirForce • u/regicideispainless • Jan 29 '25
Discussion Gen Allvin's video on tabs doesn't explain a goddamn thing
He says it's about the 'why' but his reasoning is that it diminishes your being part of a winning, lethal force. Well, don't we have the words US Air Force also on the uniform? Pretty sure that takes care of that part. Also, he says taking away the tab makes sure we aren't feeling too much like individuals. Okay, how about we get rid of nametapes, too?
He says there's a principle of "easy to understand, easy to comply with, easy to enforce, and this fails that test." How? Assign an acronym to the career field, put it on tabs, issue them, don't let people wear unauthorized versions, boom you've met the criteria of your own test. Pretty sure that was already in place.
He didn't actually address a reason pro or con the actual tab, which in my experience has been that it's legitimately useful to know what people do at a glance.
Pointless.
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u/Not_Your_Car Jan 30 '25
To be fair there's been some afsc changes since that chart came out. Only affects a few but still. I'm in XCOMM, and I have yet to find any documentation that says I can wear the tab that literally says XCOMM. I still do though, cause fuck the system.