Posted on Aug 27, 2015
Have you ever gotten a double-promotion? This chaplain is about to. Congrats, sir!
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Col Costin is about to be promoted from Colonel to 2-star General & placed as the chief of chaplains at AFHQ in the Pentagon. Have you ever heard of another promotion like this? I'm sure it has occurred, but this is the only one I can think of currently.
Congrats, sir!
Congrats, sir!
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This makes me seriously question what was wrong with the 1 star Chaplains available. Don't know the force structure for the air force chaplains are though. Perhaps there aren't any 1 star chaplains. Don't know. In general...this is not a good idea. The transition to general officer is a big one. Jumping above other 1 stars for a 2 star billet is bad news in multiple ways...but there may not have been an option.
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Well, there you go. Replacing both at the same time give or take then. Probably going to maintain the 1 star long enough for continuity, but that's a heck of a move. Bad on the airforce for letting that sort of thing happen, but sometimes it's uncontrolable.
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So, here's the scoop on that situation.
First off, for each service's Chaplain Corps there are only two AD General Officers--the 2-star Chief of Chaplains and the 1-star Deputy.
Next, in this case, both the Chief (Ch Stendahl) and the deputy (Ch Page) were at the mandatory retirement age. So Ch Page was not eligible for the second star.
This is similar to what happened with the Army's Chief of Chaplains earlier this year. He too got a double promotion.
I'm not sure, but I had been told that the retirement age for General Officers was lowered this year as a force-shaping measure. If that's the case, it would explain why Ch Page had been allowed to serve as deputy, even though he ended up "aging out" before he could become Chief.
This is unusual in recent history for the AF, but not unheard of. Before the outgoing Chief, there was a previous Deputy who retired as a 1-star.
First off, for each service's Chaplain Corps there are only two AD General Officers--the 2-star Chief of Chaplains and the 1-star Deputy.
Next, in this case, both the Chief (Ch Stendahl) and the deputy (Ch Page) were at the mandatory retirement age. So Ch Page was not eligible for the second star.
This is similar to what happened with the Army's Chief of Chaplains earlier this year. He too got a double promotion.
I'm not sure, but I had been told that the retirement age for General Officers was lowered this year as a force-shaping measure. If that's the case, it would explain why Ch Page had been allowed to serve as deputy, even though he ended up "aging out" before he could become Chief.
This is unusual in recent history for the AF, but not unheard of. Before the outgoing Chief, there was a previous Deputy who retired as a 1-star.
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Mike Borda was promoted from a one star to a three star one day. I got in trouble for asking him about it.
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MCPO Roger Collins - Me getting in trouble or me being dumb enough to ask about it Master Chief? At the time I was only an E-5.
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Admiral Zumwalt went from O-6 to O-8 prior to becoming the youngest CNO ever to serve. He was the epitome of the Sailors' Admiral - much hated by the rest of the brass, though.
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Funny sounds just like Adm Boorda's story and Zumwalt publicly came to his aid when they were criticizing him over hes combat "V"s
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And many career sailors. He turned the Navy into a permissive organization. See what we have today? A bit off topic, but not a fan of zoomie. As for the topic, it seems that it is unusual, but not uncommon.
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I have a few times, an Army nurse seems to be the last I heard of. Mostly, during time of war. Definitely not the norm.
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Seen it a few times, but it is almost always in the special service corps like Legal, Medical, and Chaplain and always at the GO level since they are driven by billet vs normal promotions.
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That's pretty awesome! First I have heard about it but I haven't been around the block as much as some have! I wish him good luck and to enjoy his promotion(s) and to lead from the front and continue to do it his way as it has been the right way so far it seems!
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Ben Moreell, the Father of the Seabees, went from O-5 to O-7 when FDR made him the head of the Bureau of Yards and Docks. BTW, Flag Officers two stars and above revert to two stars after their job. To retire at the higher rank requires Secretary endorsement and there's other bells and whistles for approval depending on the circumstance.
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The only other thing I can think of is when med students at USUHS graduate. They go from O-1 to O-3.
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