It seems to me that for too long the Air Force have been more interested in the careers of the officers it posts in to manning, than the careers of those they are supposed to be managing. Are the “posters” given any specialist training for their new role as “HR”? Instead of having a new incumbent every couple of years who has to make his mark, why not employ a suitable retired officer who could do the job long term? As my boss once said to me, “how can it be fair that the man managing my career is in direct competition with me for promotion”?