The Air Force's Black Ceiling by Ivan Thompson

Author:Ivan Thompson [Thompson, Ivan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: BookBaby
Published: 2020-09-02T00:00:00+00:00

THE FAILURE OF THE CREECH SYSTEM

The Creech System

The Creech model of development was ahead of its time in terms of its sophisticated system of grooming and mentoring general officers and targeting their development through greatly varying rotational assignments. The success of the General Creech system is proven in that “it produced some 21 four-star generals, including several chiefs of staff and a vice chairman of the JCS (Joint Chiefs of Staff)” who “went on to command at one time or another virtually all of the major commands in the U.S. Air Force.” (Edgar F. Puryear, 2003)

“Creech’s program for leader development involved the careful selection of officers for promotion, mentoring groups of them, and then grooming small numbers for specific assignments. Retired USAF Gen. Ronald R. Fogelman, Chief of Staff in the period from 1994 to 1997, commented that ‘Creech educated the next two generations of four-stars, people who came to lead the USAF in the late 1980s, 1990s, and in the opening decade of the 21st century.’ Included in those generations were such names as Joseph W. Ashy, Michael J. Dugan, Jack I Gregory, Hal M. Hornburg, Charles A. Horner, John P. Jumper, John Michael Loh, Merrill A. McPeak, Richard B. Meyers, John L. Piotrowski, Joseph W. Ralston, Robert D. Russ, Michael E. Ryan, Henry Viccellio Jr., and Larry D. Welch. All of who acknowledge Creech as much more than a mentor. These future commanders were taught and tested by Creech in a Darwinian process that let the most able reach the highest positions of command”. (Air Force Magazine, 2005)

The following extensive quote from “Creech Blue” gives some insight into the elaborate methods Gen. Creech used to develop those he selected:

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