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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 

,,. UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE 

HEADQUARTERS SPACE OPERATIONS COMMAND 

MEMORANDUM FOR Major Jace R. Yarbrough, USAFR 

FROM: SpOC/S3/6R 

SUBJECT: Letter of Admonishment 

25 Aug2021 

1. An investigation has disclosed that on 11 June 2021 you delivered a speech in uniform during 

the military retirement ceremony for SMSgt Fish in a public setting on the U.S.S. Missouri 

where you made comments that you fear what is happening in the military relative to "radical 

political factions" and how the military is fostering a culture of "incompetence and cowardice." 

Additionally, you criticized DOD-wide extremism training as a "thinly veiled flex of political 

power." Furthermore, you delivered rhetoric exhorting the audience to "let the lie come, but not 

through me" and challenge the "cancel culture" being pushed down through the ranks. Military 

members are to remain apolitical and must respect the chain of command. Your comments were 

insubordinate, disrespectful, and unbecoming for an officer in the military. 

2. You are hereby admonished! Your lack of judgement resulted in several military members 

expressing displeasure with the content of your speech. This speech could have resulted in 

unwanted high profile media attention for you and the unit based on the content of the second 

half of your speech. As a military member you have the right and duty as an American citizen to 

voice your opinions concerning political matters, but you cannot imply those beliefs are 

representative of the Air Force, and your statements cannot be contemptuous. In the future I 

expect you to exercise better judgement and use appropriate venues for expressing personal 

views that align and comport with AFI 51-508 and AFI 1-1 for exercising your free speech 

rights. Your conduct is completely unacceptable and further deviation may result in more severe 

action. 

3. The following information required by the Privacy Act is provided for your information. 

AUTHORITY: 10 USC§ 9013. PURPOSE: To obtain any comments or documents you desire 

to submit (on a voluntary basis) for consideration concerning this action. ROUTINE USES: 

Provides you an opportunity to submit comments or documents for consideration. If provided, 

the response you submit becomes a part of the record. DISCLOSURE: Your written 

acknowledgment of receipt and signature are mandatory. Any other comments or documents 

you provide are voluntary. 

4. You will acknowledge receipt of this Letter of Admonishment immediately by signing the 

first indorsement. Within 45 calendar days from the day you received this letter, you will 

provide your response by signing the second indorsement below. Any comments or documents 

you wish to be considered concerning this letter must be submitted at that time, and will become 

part of the record, consistent with AFI 36-2907, Adverse Administrative Actions, paragraph 

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2.4.2.5. After receiving your response, you will be notified of my final decision regarding any 

comments submitted by you within 45 calendar I ' 

PETER J. SCHMICK, Lt Col, USAF 

Chief, Space Enterprise Operations Division 

Attachments: 

1. Text of 11 Jun 2021 Speech provided by Maj Yarbrough 

2. 2021.08.18 Responses to Questions for Jace Yarbrough 

3. Excerpt of complaints 

4. Statements from 6 witnesses 

1st Ind to Space Enterprise Operations Division, SpOC/S3/6R, 25 Aug 2021, Letter of 

Admonishment Maj Jace R. Yarbrough Date 

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Maj Jace R. Yarbrough 

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I acknowledge receipt of the final decision regarding disposition of this Letter of Admonishment 

on _____ at ____ hours. 

JACE R. YARBROUGH, Maj, USAFR 

Letter Recipient 

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Honoring SMSgt Duane H. Fish,

On the occasion of his retirement from the Active Duty Air Force

Welcome

Family, friends, distinguished guests. Welcome. As the past year has taught us, being 

physically present for milestones in the lives of those we love is a gift. Thank you for giving that 

gift to the Fish Family today.

Due to COVID regulations, a number of folks who have served with Senior could not be here, 

but we are grateful to have with us Col Richard “Renzy” Smith and Chief Master Sergeant Jason 

Farris. Gentlemen, thank you for coming.

We also have a number of proud family members here. Sgt Fish’s wife Ada, and their daughter, 

Josephine; aunts Sharon Moss, Tia Marcia and Tia Ana, Uncle Tio Freddy, cousin Daniel Garcia, 

as well as Adam, Veronica, Xierra and Xerenity Provence, and Johann Barajas. And of course, the 

woman who’s to blame . . . I mean, who is responsible for today’s honoree, Sgt Fish’s mother, Ms. 

Marjorie Stone.

The relationship between SNCOs and junior officers is a special one. The impact of a good 

SNCO on a young lieutenant cannot be overstated. It is not hyperbole to say that no good officer 

is made apart from the guidance and practical wisdom of good NCOs. SMSgt Fish was the flight 

superintendent for the first operational flight I ever commanded. When I consider my own 

formation, he looms large in my story, and I count it a privilege to call him a mentor and a friend. 

Senior, I was flattered when you asked me to officiate today, and it is my great honor to be here. 

Thank you.

And what a place to do this, huh? It was here, on the USS Battleship Missouri, in 1945, that 

General MacArthur accepted the unconditional surrender of the Japanese as WWII was drawing 

to a close. While my rhetoric will not match the significance of that event, it is appropriate to 

honor Senior and his distinguished career here, in this place.

I’m speaking of course, of Ada Fish.

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Though no successful career is made alone, we are here today mostly because of the 

dedication, selflessness, and resilience of one person. Life in the profession of arms, while a noble 

calling, is frequently unstable, often frustrating, and humbling. But the selfless service of the 

person we honor first here today, has—directly or indirectly—touched and strengthened each of 

us in our distinct but shared callings. The faithfulness of this individual has been on display 

through 18 years, 8 moves, and one deployment in the service of our nation and our Air Force.

I am speaking, of course, of Ada Fish.

[In Spanish] Ada, tu lealtad hacia el Sargento Fish, es de gran admiracion. Pues tu haz hecho 

a un lado tus deseos y metas por el bienestar de tu esposo, apoyandolo en sus responsabilidades 

y compromiso con su pais. Gracias por permanencer a su lado, a veces sin estar presente para 

darle un calido y estable hogar en el cual el puede descansar al final del dia y en el cual tu hija 

puede crecer y prosperar.

[Translation: Ada, your commitment to Sgt Fish, the years of laying down your own desires 

and goals regarding some of the most important aspects of life for you and your family for the 

sake of your husband and the country he serves, are to be highly commended. Thank you for 

standing with him, and sometimes without him, to provide a stable and warm home into which 

he can rest at day’s end, and in which your daughter can grow and flourish.]

[In English] Homemaking is a vocation that ought to garner the highest respect from all 

conrers of our culture. To quote C.S. Lewis, homemaking “is surely in reality the most important 

work in the world.” Ada, the men and women of the United States Air Force are in your debt for 

the great service you have given to Josephine, to Sgt Fish, and through him, to us and to a grateful 

nation. Thank you. [Applause]

Josephine, perhaps most blest of all, because you did not choose this life, but you were still 

asked to sacrifice for it. No doubt you have left dear friends, homes, and places you loved for no 

other reason than the Air Force said it was time to go. Such things are not easy, but I imagine they 

can be especially bitter for a young woman. But I know from your parents that you did not respond 

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to the pain of those partings nor the certain knowledge of future ones with anger, but instead built 

new friendships and loved new places. If you’ll permit me to offer a piece of advice, as you continue 

to grow into a lovely young lady, remember what you learned from the unique way in which you 

were raised; remember that it is often the unchosen obligations in our lives that, when we bear 

them with humility and love, yield the sweetest fruits. Thank you for giving your father to our 

nation and our Air Force. And, if I may say, as junior officer who was shaped and mentored by 

him, thank you for giving him to me for a time.

The high calling of the enlisted man/Sgt Fish’s embodiment of Courage and 

Competence

Senior and I served together at the USAF Honor Guard. I was a brand new first lieutenant, 

and had just been given my first operational flight. At that time MSgt Fish, was flight 

superintendent for Colors flight. He taught me that I was to expect two virtues from SNCOs: 

courage and competence. I think it fitting that those words should be my theme today.

Courage.

Together Sgt Fish and I led Airman who were on the marks everyday carrying and guarding 

the flags of our Air Force and our Nation in ceremonies honoring the POTUS, foreign heads of 

state, CSAF, and fallen heroes, among others. We were responsible for roughly 50 Airmen, 

straight out of basic training, getting a regular paycheck for the first time in their lives, in a city 

that offered plenty of mischief, all with the top brass just a stone’s throw away, and very interested 

in the optics of our unit. It was an intense time to say the least. The intensity was no doubt 

heightened by our office space, (or lack thereof?) which could not have been much bigger than a 

closet. What was it, 10’ x 20’? We crammed into that room two desks with chairs, two wardrobes, 

one hanging rack, two ironing boards, mountains of shoe boxes full of sand paper, pledge, heel 

and sole, hair spray, cotton balls, baby safety pins, and enough duct tape, probably, to rebuild and 

entire wing of an F-15. We got to know each other very well, and it was one of the best things that 

could have happened to me as a young O.

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I have mentioned that the nature of our mission was demanding, but our unit was challenged 

in other ways too. The Honor Guard is a historic unit, with many noble traditions, but for some,

those traditions were more important even than the mission. Favoritism was rampant at all ranks, 

and many insisted on holding our Airmen to standards they themselves did not meet. These 

fundamental issues made leading our flight difficult. But Sgt Fish was dealt a particularly cruel 

hand. Due to politics at levels well above our pay grades and for reasons I won’t explain here, 

before he even arrived to the HG, Sgt Fish was judged by our front office as a threat and was to be 

disfavored. As part of his “training” upon entering the unit, he was openly and intentionally 

disrespected by lower ranking Airmen, in front of troops he would one day be tasked to lead.

A smaller person who have folded under those circumstances, turned inward to nurse wounds 

and legitimate grievances, and grasped tightly to his bitterness, afraid and too angry to step out 

and lead in such an unjustifiably hostile environment.

Not this man. Not Senior. Our mission and our Airman mattered more to him than his 

righteous indignation. Than even his next promotion. He refused to be cowed even by those who 

held his future in their hands. It is no small thing to throw yourself into your work knowing those 

above you are ridiculing you unfairly, eager to take the tiniest slip up as confirmation of their preconceived judgement. Through this, Senior taught me to expect courage from my NCOs. Courage.

Competence.

But Sgt Fish’s efforts paid off in a big way. For 13 months I watched him propel our Airmen to 

achieved things that shocked everyone, us included. This despite the harm to his status within our 

unit. Sgt Fish earned the respect and admiration of our troops. He couldn’t and didn’t rest on his 

rank.

It would be too tedious for me to effectively recount the things our Airmen accomplished 

under senior’s guidance, the change he sparked in our flight. But perhaps there’s no better 

evidence of Sgt Fish’s impact than the Airmen who are coming after him. I’d like to briefly mention 

two of them. During our time together, Colors flight had two NCOICs: TSgts Quami King and Zach 

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Kuns. Each was, for a time, Sgt Fish’s right-hand man. And our ops tempo was merciless. No other 

Airmen in our flight received more of Sgt Fish’s . . . mentorship, than Sgts King and Kuns. It is no 

coincidence that both are now rock star SMSgts, doing great things for our Air Force. As a 

testament to Sgt Fish’s impact and influence, one of them is here today. SMSgt King! Am I right 

or am I right?

There’s a story, probably apocryphal, but it points a good truth, it’s about one of General 

Ulysses S. Grant’s responses during an examination at West Point. It was I believe a course in 

engineering, and the question was, given so many materials, of lumber and rope and tar, etc. etc., 

how would you build a bridge wide and stable enough to get so many troops across the Hudson 

River. Grant’s answer: “I’d find me an NCO, and I’d tell him to build me a bridge.” 

That story captures well the virtues of the NCO: realistic, sober, pragmatic, down to earth 

because his missions are measured by real world results, sometimes deadly serious ones. He earns

the respect of his Airmen because his successes or failures are obvious and evident in reality. Sgt 

Fish was respected by us because he delivered tough, practical results that could not be disputed.

He was utterly competent.

Courage and Competence

Especially needed now: We Practice/Encourage Fear

If our military can be compared to man, who is one part spiritual or head, and one part animal 

or belly, then NCOs are the heart of the American military. And the bedrock virtues of our NCO 

corp.—and therefore of our military as a whole—are courage and competence. The importance of 

these two virtues cannot be overstated. Our aim should be always to inculcate and foster them.

But I fear we aren’t. In fact, I am afraid we are simultaneously breeding their opposites: 

incompetence and cowardice.

The Air Force and the wider DoD are under threat, not only from without, but from within. 

Over the last decade, the totalizing claims of a radical political faction within our wider culture 

have broken into our military. This faction, time and again, has brought the culture war inside the

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DoD, knowing that if it can capture our top brass, the lower ranks will salute smartly and follow. 

Over the past 10-15 years, we have seen our service take sides on the most controversial issues of 

our times. Our service has been politicized. This, I fear, is a death knell for courage and 

competence.

This faction of which I am speaking, embodies a militant disregard for truth enforced through 

threats of professional and social excommunication. What matters to these culture warriors is not 

objective reality, but compliance with the party message. We have seen their enforcement tactics; 

they cow their opponents into participation in their dishonesty through fear of professional and 

social retribution. This tactic is so common and consistent that we’ve given it a name: “cancel 

culture.” Ordinary Americans, including our Airmen, are at risk of losing their livelihoods for 

saying things that, until yesterday, were matters of basic common sense and wisdom. Things like,

“men can’t birth babies,” and “boys should not be allowed in the girls locker room.”

These are intuitive, basic facts about the world. They cannot be avoided in everyday life, by 

everyday Americans. Denying them requires constant, maybe even continuous, self-deception. 

What is worse, this deception is induced by fear; when we submit to it, we are cowards. When we 

keep silent about the lies we see (whether to keep our jobs or merely to avoid uncomfortable 

situations), we bury the lie inside ourselves; we habituate ourselves to dishonesty. Our grip on 

objective reality slips and we are less capable and less effective in our world. By making the lie a 

part of ourselves, we become incompetent.

As I have said, this awful dynamic is not limited to our wider society, but has become 

a part of the DoD’s culture. Going through the recent DOD-wide extremism training 

confirmed this for me. I was relieved to see that my teammates recognized that training 

for what it was, a thinly veiled flex of political power. I think often about one comment 

from a senior non-commissioned officer regarding this training. He said, “It’s weird. 

Usually the generals and colonels would discuss this sort of issue and resolve it at that 

level. This feels strange that it’s being pushed down to the Airmen. It’s almost like they’re 

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sending us a warning.” “Warning,” is the appropriate word, and it is unsurprising to me 

that it came from the practical wisdom of a no-BS SNCO. The message from that training, 

though veiled, got through: if you are on the wrong side of political questions, we will label 

you an extremist and give you the option of conforming, or being “rooted out.”

So, what is to be done? Alexander Solzhenitsyn was soviet dissident and author. During his 

service in the Red Army, he was sentenced to 8 years hard labor in the gulag and internal exile for 

life in Kazakhstan for criticizing Joseph Stalin in private letters to a friend. While in the gulag, he 

came to understand that he was responsible for his abject condition. Not because he had been 

critical of Stalin, but because he had gone along with falsehoods and euphemisms that made such 

a brutal society as the Soviet Union possible. 

These are his words from “A Candle in the Wind,” a play he authored:

“To stand up for truth is nothing. For truth, you must sit in jail. You can resolve to 

live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, 

let it even triumph. But not through me. The simple step of a courageous individual 

is not to take part in the lie. One word of truth outweighs the world. In keeping 

silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the 

surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand fold in the future.”

For those Airman, and especially those NCOs, who will continue the mission once 

Senior moves on, decide now, today, what you will do when given the choice. Will you 

continue the work he started? Will you have the fortitude to insist on competence, or will 

you fold? If we are to get through this time of, and I know no better word for it, insanity, 

it will be because a critical mass of Airmen said, let the lie come, but not through me. And, 

God willing, when we look back on this period in our national history, we will see that 

many, perhaps most of those Airmen came from the ranks of our NCOs.

Senior, I wish I could say that by leaving the DoD and joining Microsoft, you would not have 

to live with the risk of being “canceled” for voicing unapproved ideas. Quite the contrary. The 

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choice will come to you too, and perhaps sooner than we think. I have know doubt you’ll meet it 

with courage and competence.

So, let’s do this, shall we?

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Response to Questions from Maj Law

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• What language did you use regarding the recent DoD extremism training?

Please see my attached remarks. I gave these remarks almost verbatim when I was invited to speak 

at SMSgt Fish’s retirement ceremony.

o Why did you feel this to be appropriate for SMSgt Fish’s retirement ceremony?

My goal in delivering my remarks was to honor SMSgt Fish, his service, and his family. I sought, 

through my words, to inspire and encourage him and those in the audience to continue their 

faithful and honorable service.

• Did you use language to express frustration with the current DoD civilian and

military leadership?

Please see my attached remarks. I gave these remarks almost verbatim when I was invited to speak 

at SMSgt Fish’s retirement ceremony.

o Why did you feel this to be appropriate for SMSgt Fish’s retirement ceremony?

My goal in delivering my remarks was to honor SMSgt Fish, his service, and his family. I sought, 

through my words, to inspire and encourage him and those in the audience to continue their 

faithful and honorable service.

• What language did you use regarding the civil rights of transsexuals and the rights

of transsexuals to serve in the US military?

Please see my attached remarks. I gave these remarks almost verbatim when I was invited to speak 

at SMSgt Fish’s retirement ceremony.

o Why did you feel this to be appropriate for SMSgt Fish’s retirement ceremony?

My goal in delivering my remarks was to honor SMSgt Fish, his service, and his family. I sought, 

through my words, to inspire and encourage him and those in the audience to continue their 

faithful and honorable service.

• Did you encourage other military members to exercise unrestricted free speech

despite repercussions?

No. I did not encourage other military members to exercise unrestricted free speech despite 

repercussions. I did encourage other military members to refrain from participating in speech and 

action they knew to be false and untrue. Please see my attached remarks, which I gave almost 

verbatim when I was invited to speak at SMSgt Fish’s retirement ceremony.

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Response to Questions from Maj Law

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• Did you think your views could be interpreted as an endorsement by the DoD

considering your appearance in a uniformed ceremonial position at a public

setting?

No. I do not think any person could reasonably interpret my remarks in that way. I traveled from 

my home in Dallas, Texas, to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, at my own expense. I 

personally paid for all costs including airfare, lodging, rental car, and food. I was not on orders or 

in any kind of official status. I received no compensation or public remuneration of any kind. I 

came on my own time at the request of friend, with whom I served on active duty, who asked if I 

would speak at his retirement ceremony. SMSgt Fish and I served together at a pivot time in his 

life. We have remained close since that service together. My goal in delivering my remarks, was to 

honor him and inspire those in attendance to follow in his footsteps of honorable and faithful 

service.

• Do you have access to, or currently have, any copies of a video recording of your

retirement speech?

I am not aware of any recordings, video or otherwise, of my remarks. The written speech I have 

attached is an exact copy of the remarks I read from that day. If there are any differences between 

the written copy I have attached and the words I spoke, those differences are slight, immaterial, 

and few in number. I read from the written speech I have attached almost verbatim when I was 

invited to speak at SMSgt Fish’s retirement ceremony.

• Would you be willing to provide a copy of your draft retirement speech used to

honor SMSgt Fish?

Absolutely. Please see my attached remarks. I gave these remarks almost verbatim when I was 

invited to speak at SMSgt Fish’s retirement ceremony.

• How do you think your message was received and how will this experience shape

future DoD related speaking engagements?

Based on the feedback I have been given, I can say with certainty that my remarks were very well 

received by most of the small party present at SMSgt Fish’s retirement ceremony. Immediately 

after the ceremony and at subsequent events that day, I received warm, sincere gratitude from the 

retiree, his immediate family, members of his extended family, members of his unit, another

SMSgt with whom SMSgt Fish and I had served, and others in attendance. In fact, the spouse of 

one military member present was so appreciative of my remarks that she asked, only half in jest, 

if I would speak at her husband’s retirement ceremony. These individuals thanked me eagerly and 

specifically for the words I offered.

In addition to this overwhelmingly positive feedback, I received no negative feedback regarding 

my remarks from anyone at the ceremony. I later learned that my remarks were, of course, not 

appreciated by the person(s) who complained about them.

I do not know how this will shape future DOD-related speaking engagements. I understood the 

reason for my presence was to honor SMSgt Fish and his service. I tried to do that through my 

remarks.

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“members were offended by the guest speakers comments”

“he definitely shared some personal view points that should not have been shared in the 

retirement ceremony”

“informed that there were some inappropriate comments made by the guest speaker at the 

subject event targeted at the LGBT community and other political issues currently taking 

place in our country”

“at this event feeling extremely uncomfortable and insulted”

“let you know that such comments are unnecessary and have no place in a ceremony like 

this”

“his comments were hurtful to a group of people”

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