WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB — A U.S. Air Force report has identified more than one reserved parking space for general officers is likely too many.
The new study found the odds of two generals showing up to the same commissary on the same base on the same hour of the same day are roughly 1 in 117,000, and nearly reach state lottery jackpot odds. The same report showed the odds of three or four general officers arriving to shop together at a commissary as even greater.
Donna Michaels, the lead researcher and senior fellow at ResearchMatters.com, said the figures were a reminder of just how few general officers there actually are in the military. Michaels said the study also raised the question of how many times has one actually seen a general buying groceries?
Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) leadership expressed shock at the findings and some disbelief that parking spaces long reserved for the military's most senior officers and enlisted — and apparently also the most aggressive base shoppers — are underused and unnecessary.
