{"id":28853,"date":"2018-01-16T22:04:45","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T22:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/01\/16\/fired-1-star-blasted-for-unhealthy-command-climate-excessive-travel\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:44:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:44:49","slug":"fired-1-star-blasted-for-unhealthy-command-climate-excessive-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/01\/16\/fired-1-star-blasted-for-unhealthy-command-climate-excessive-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Fired 1-star blasted for &#8216;unhealthy command climate,&#8217; excessive travel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his two years as a leader in Air Combat Command, Brig. Gen. Carl Buhler repeatedly demeaned and micromanaged his staff and erupted at them when he felt they fell short, an inspector general investigation found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also traveled excessively \u2015 once spending an entire month away from the office \u2015 while matters requiring his attention and approval piled up in his absence, the IG said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And not even an attempted intervention from another one-star general could push Buhler to address the morale problems threatening to sink his command, the IG found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buhler was removed from his position as ACC\u2019s director of engineering, logistics and force protection on Nov. 27, 2016, after the IG report found he, \u201cthrough neglect, was derelict in his duty to establish and maintain a healthy command climate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investigation also found he misused his subordinates\u2019 official time, abused his authority to reassign staff duties, and violated official travel rules and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The September IG report, a partially redacted version of which was provided to Air Force Times by Air Combat Command, details the problems that led to Buhler\u2019s removal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As ACC\u2019s A4, Buhler oversaw nearly 300 personnel across 12 divisions, and was responsible for the budget, policy and oversight of ACC\u2019s maintenance, munitions, supply, transportation, civil engineering and force protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buhler said it was an honor to serve alongside his fellow airmen and civilian Air Force employees during his 28-year career, according to a statement provided to Air Force Times by his lawyer, Larry Youngner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy goal has always been on increasing readiness and developing leaders and teams, by focusing on people, processes and resources,\u201d Buhler said in the statement. \u201cAs the Air Force engages across the globe and the demands on the Air Force increase, the need to increase readiness and lethality grows each and every day. I look forward to continuing to help ensure our Air Force is ready to face these demands if we are called upon to deploy and fight.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2017\/11\/30\/accs-brig-gen-buhler-fired-after-ig-investigation\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Buhler_Carl_BG.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">ACC\u2019s Brig. Gen. Buhler fired after IG investigation<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Brig. Gen. Carl Buhler, the director of engineering, logistics and force protection for Air Combat Command, was removed from his leadership position Monday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Youngner said that during his time at ACC, Buhler improved mission readiness while taking care of the maintainers and logisticians required to keep the command\u2019s aircraft operational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He worked at \u201ca Herculean pace\u201d to serve as the president of a high-profile accident investigation board, searching for the cause of a maintenance problem that led to $4 million in damage to an Air Force One aircraft, Youngner said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under his watch, ACC flew 7,900 more flight hours during the first two-thirds of fiscal 2017 over the same period one year earlier. And he created a program that dramatically increased the flow of spare parts to wings, Youngner said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBrig. Gen. Buhler was actually doing real, tangible things to increase readiness,\u201d Youngner said. \u201cHe made real, tangible, positive differences across ACC and the Combat Air Forces.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ACC spokeswoman Maj. Stacie Shafran said that appropriate administrative action has been taken against Buhler, and no additional disciplinary actions or legal proceedings are under consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Stallions or mules<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Multiple witnesses testified that while Buhler was \u201cbrilliant\u201d and a \u201cvery hard worker\u201c who \u201cloves the maintenance community,\u201d they said he often treated them disrespectfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Witnesses told the IG he would become angry with them when something happened outside of their control, and assumed or implied they were incompetent and didn\u2019t know how to do their jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve never seen a general officer treat his staff as bad as he does,\u201d one unnamed witness told the IG. \u201cAnd it\u2019s not just the front office, he treats his colonels just as bad.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buhler told the investigator that he had to make \u201csignificant changes and improvements\u201d to \u201cwhip the unit into shape,\u201d which may have led to the unhappiness of some of his airmen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou\u2019ve got to understand the state of the organization when we got there and what they weren\u2019t doing,\u201d Buhler said in the report. \u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate that the organization was in the state that it was when I got here, and it required so much work and so much effort on many people\u2019s parts, but I think the Air Force is better off for it now.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buhler also told the investigator that he grew up in the \u201cdebrief culture\u201d of the maintenance and operations community, and spoke directly and succinctly to airmen when he felt they had fallen short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you call it chewing out two or three times, I call it feedback and living in a debrief culture,\u201d Buhler said in the report.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But nearly every staff member who spoke to the IG described an organization with extremely low morale. They also felt that Buhler \u201cwas a poor leader and\/or that they would not voluntarily work for him again,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buhler also regularly told staffers that he didn\u2019t want \u201cmules,\u201d who \u2015 as he told the investigator \u2015 worked themselves until \u201cthey break their back or their heart explodes.\u201d Instead, he wanted \u201cstallions,\u201d who would be able to multitask and delegate duties to efficiently handle workloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019ll compare everybody to a stallion and a mule,\u201d one witness said. \u201c\u2019I hired a stallion, but I got a mule.\u2019\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are all the mules, and he rides us hard until he\u2019s done with us and then he moves us on,\u201d another staffer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several witnesses also said Buhler regularly made excessive demands on their off-duty time. One airman said Buhler once demanded he immediately respond to an email as the airman and his family were about to attend church, and he berated the airman when he said he would respond after church was over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou\u2019re on weekend duty,\u201d the witness said Buhler responded. \u201cI saw your name on the calendar. Did you think that was just a joke?\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Multiple witnesses said Buhler would become visibly upset with his staff \u2015 he would begin speaking rapidly and raise his voice, his face would turn red, and veins would start to pop out of his neck, they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s times where he seems just like his anger is just barely in check,\u201d one witness said.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report said that when Buhler talked with the investigator about one unidentified staffer he felt was particularly disloyal and partly responsible for the IG investigation, he \u201cbecame visibly angry and agitated; his voice became louder and more intense, he spoke faster, his face reddened, and his posture became more tense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Extensive travel<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IG also found Buhler traveled extensively during his time at ACC, going on more than 50 trips between Sept. 2015 \u2015 when he arrived at ACC \u2015 and March 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During one eight-month span between August 2016 and March 2017, the report said, Buhler was in the office less than 40 days, and spent only one complete work week in the office. Buhler was also TDY for all of September 2016 for an accident investigation board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Youngner said that was the month Buhler was heading the board investigating $4 million in damage caused to an Air Force One aircraft by faulty maintenance. Buhler also served as an instructor at the first Advanced Sortie Production Course that month, among other requirements, Youngner said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But most witnesses told the investigator that they felt Buhler chose to travel more than was necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some also told the investigator Buhler\u2019s heavy travel schedule meant he wasn\u2019t on top of day-to-day issues, finishing performance reports, or making decisions, which created a work backlog and made it hard for staff to determine his priorities and check in with him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staffers also felt micromanaged by Buhler. He added several new processes to the front office staff that were intended to save time and increase productivity, the report said. But the staff who had to carry out those new processes felt they actually made things worse and resulted in inefficiency, frustration, lower productivity and \u201cconstant chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI can tell you the administrivia and other things generated probably tenfold since Gen. Buhler\u2019s been in,\u201d one witness said. \u201cIt\u2019s like he\u2019s adding more monkeys to his back when he already can\u2019t do with what he\u2019s got.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He rarely took time to recognize the work of personnel in A4, the report said, and morale events such as birthday celebrations and Christmas parties withered, which worsened the loss of cohesion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Things got so bad that Brig. Gen. Maureen Banavige, the mobilization assistant to ACC\u2019s A4, tried to talk to him \u201cas a wingman\u201d about the morale problems in a December 2016 phone call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt didn\u2019t go great,\u201d Banavige said in the report. \u201cI think General Buhler\u2019s [more] concerned about who had &#8230; come to talk to me about it. &#8230; In the end, maybe he thought that people were complaining and being too soft and not willing to work hard.\u201d<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During his two years as a leader in Air Combat Command, Brig. Gen. 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