Great example of true leadership
 

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Agree.

Direct.

Unambiguous.

That's how it's done.

I knew what this thread was about before I even clicked on it :).

I suppose it would have been foolish to ask the cowards to come forward.

Agree totally. This is how you lead.

FWIW I heard the General say that based on the handwriting they believe it to be one coward.

He did ask the perpetrator(s) to just leave, as there is no room for that sort of thing in this organization.

Not the same as asking them to step up, but a coward would refuse to step up and take responsibility anyway.

Why bother.

The Air Force Academy is one of the finest universities in the world and one of the hardest to get into. Even with such high standards there is always the opportunity for a fool to present themselves. Amazing.

This was not at the Academy it was at the Academy prep school. Big difference. look it up.

General Silveria gets my vote wish, we had this type leadership in Washington.

That man is what makes America great!

The racial slur incident happened at the prep school, but I believe the General is
speaking to the academy students and staff of 4000 plus in the room.

Great speech, but at this time my hunch is that it's a hoax.

There's no datapoints that would suggest a hoax. Never underestimate the ignorance that people are handicapped with.

Sounds like this one from 2013:

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No datapoints? WTH does that mean? I suggested no datapoints - merely that I had a hunch.

And while I'm happy that the speech was well received, it would have been appropriate 60 years ago. Today it borders on insulting to the AF corp today - beginning in the second half of the 20th Century the military has had a stellar record of incorporating and respecting all races.

Much more likely it was a speech he had to give.

Very moving speech. Thanks for sharing.

He's a graduate of Syracuse University I just found out. My neck of the woods...

^^^Well, well, well.....:rolleyes: