Posted on Mar 31, 2016
Lt Col Jim Coe
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Navy's top enlisted leader is wrapping up job title review. Intent is to remove "man" from job titles, such as corpsman, to make them gender neutral. All Air Force members are referred to as "airmen" and three enlisted ranks include "man" in their title. What would you suggest as an alternative to "airman"? (You can have fun with this, but serious alternatives also are appreciated.)
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SFC Pete Kain
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Posted 10 y ago
Wing nuts, problem solved. Your welcome.
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SFC Pete Kain
SFC Pete Kain
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TSgt Frank Shirley - Actually I was Army. So much for the Air Force being full of smart people.
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SFC Pete Kain
SFC Pete Kain
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TSgt Frank Shirley - A term of affection for our brethren in the Air Force, Wing Nut.
Geeze it's humor, lighten up Francis. (from the movie Stripes)
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SFC William Adamek
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Are we also going to have to change officer to officer and officmam or find some generic title? Yes I do know the actual root of the word officer but had go there anyway. Sorry!
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SFC William Adamek
SFC William Adamek
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Hurahhhhhh!
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Lt Col Jim Coe
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Thanks for all the responses so far. As a retired AF member I thought this would be a "just for fun" question. I'm proud of the active duty service members who believe this kind of politically correct exercise is a waste of time and money, because it is. However, the Navy apparently thinks it's worthy of their most senior enlisted person's time.

So far the closest answer to what I might propose is Sgt Aaron Kennedy's. He recommends "aviator" and restructuring the E grade titles. Not a bad idea. I could also get with PO1 Thomas Jenkins' input adopting the Army Air Corps ranks.
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Hi, LTC Coe.

I heard "airpeople" over the basewide PA system this month. It caught me off guard.
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Lt Col Jim Coe
Lt Col Jim Coe
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I have considered Airpeople or Airpersons, but it sounds just too made up. I can hear the Marines rolling on the floor laughing now.
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Capt Seid Waddell
Capt Seid Waddell
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Lt Col Jim Coe, the Marines along with all of the other adults in the room as well.
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Maj Deputy Director Nuclear Operations
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No, we don't have identity issues as a force.
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Posted 10 y ago
Perhaps aircrew or air support
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Capt Mark Strobl
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Posted 10 y ago
How 'bout "Airdale" --seems neutral enough...(?)
I was going to coincidentally suggest "Brownshoe" --but it's sort of already taken by the Navy.
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PO1 Tony Holland
PO1 Tony Holland
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Too bad Airdale sounds like a breed of dog.
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Capt Mark Strobl
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The Airedale... PO1 Tony Holland
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