Originally Posted by
gsoltso
I know we are not part of the military, there is no way on this earth that I could ever confuse the two, nor would I want this to be the military (for one thing, I am too fat and slow to do the PT now). Some aspectes of the military would be nice to see here, but there are way to many differences between the two groups to make military styled leadership take a hold in TSA. I don't want a paramilitary type group to run the security either, we are here to do a job, not fight. I was merely pointing out that I think more in terms of see a problem, correct it now and do so head on. That is pretty much how most military members thought (when I was in anyway).
My apologies, I must have confused you with someone else
. My opinion is that a logical and proactive approach to problems is not an exclusively 'military' way of thinking, and I'll leave it at that.
The TSA, in its screening operations, does seem to have lost sight of the fact that it is a civilian security operation (assuming that ever was their sight). Attempts to aggrandize screeners, quasi-LE uniforms, barking of orders etc. is not how it should be done.