[EvanPlaice]

Smells like BS. At most, the person may have acted as an ISSM (Information Systems Security Manager). Even then, I doubt the 'general purpose' config used by the majority of the Air Force is created by any one person.

By 'general purpose' I mean the baseline configuration that all non-POR (Program of Record) systems use. Ie, hardened Windows, MS Office, security monitoring, CAC authentication, and DOD certificates. There's no chance in hell that the 'general purpose' configuration will ever be changed to include OSS because it's intent is to be the 'lowest common demominator' of connected systems.

This person probably works as a grunt for the AF branch equivalent of G-6.

The COTS systems you're referring to are POR (Program of Record) systems created and supported by the product development branch. I think for the AF, it's the Air Materiel Command. They fall outside the scope of general systems support, therefore they require their own infrastructure for maintenance/support.

Source: I used to support a POR system.