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oh no, not your Flt/CC

I'm not 100% sure that AFPC knows what's going on from A1 yet. I am sure our Wg and Sq CC's don't know what's going on. The chances your Flt/CC has it figured out are zero.

I think we can close the thread now. When flying is #18 of 19......that's what wrong with the Air Force.

The missile world has, historically, had a strong tendency to discourage questioning of the status quo. Someone questions whether we really need to do things a certain way, and they get told some variation of "it's that way because it's always been that way" or "stop complaining and suck it up, you're in the military" and now they've got a reputation for being a troublemaker. Point in case: a few years ago at the club, someone raised a concern to a local commander about a certain new policy that had been implemented, that was widely seen as unnecessary and cumbersome to the crewforce. Rather than address the concern, his response to this was to ask everyone at the table how long they'd been in the Air Force, then told all of us that he had more time in the AF than all of us combined and that he thought it was a good idea, so deal with it. And, over time, the people who have bought into the status quo get promoted, get command, and perpetuate the cycle, and the people who questioned it get disillusioned and get out. (There's exceptions, but that is largely the way it goes.) As a result, we have numerous leaders that don't listen to or address our concerns, but instead tell us to shut up and color and report up the chain that everything is fine. So if I were LtGen Wilson and I really wanted to know what was going on with the ICBM crewforce... I'd be bypassing the chain too, because nobody's going to say anything honest if they think there's any chance their commander will find out they said anything negative to a higher-up. It's going to be interesting to see what people end up saying when the fear of retribution is removed. When the CSAF/SECAF were making the rounds a couple weeks ago, they met with the junior CGOs separately from our leadership - and from what I've heard, the junior CGOs gave them some very candid opinions about certain commanders and the cultures they promulgated.

ALLEGATION, that Brig Gen Kevin B. Wooton The preponderance of evidence supported the conclusion that Brig Gen Wooton engaged in an inappropriate intimate and/or sexual relationship with Ms. [REDACTED]. ALLEGATION 1, that Brig Gen David C. Uhrich, from on or about 28Jan13 to on or about 15 Feb 13, engaged in an inappropriate relationship with Ms. [REDACTED], Brig Gen Uhrich engaged in a romantic relationship with Ms. [REDACTED] ALLEGATION 1 that Brig Gen Robert Givens, from on about Sep 2010 to on or about Aug 2012, engaged in an inappropriate relationship with Mrs. [REDACTED],. ALLEGATION 2. That beginning on or about April 2011, Colonel Scott C. Long engaged in an unprofessional relationship with Ms. [REDACTED] Wow, that Ms Redacted is a whore!

"Craft" is defined here. Clif Notes version: less than 6 millions barrels per year brewed, not owned by a larger non-craft brewery, and produced by a brewery that primarily produces beer. Examples include Abita, Rogue and Sierra Nevada. Smaller batch beers produced by larger breweries are unofficially designated "crafty"; examples include Leinenkugel and Blue Moon (both owned by MillerCoors). Here are a couple of articles on the subject.

Don't forget the 29B with a turn-by-turn instruction attached or it will get rejected. The LOR reminds me of a story of a Lt who safely landed a Cessna in a field (bad fuel gauge). Informed the class leader and class instructor of the incident and was told not to worry about it. SQ leadership later found out about the incident in the town newspaper and got pissed. The Lt was then given paperwork and washed back.

^This. Worse is that the only thing below flying on that list is something they are expected to do anyway...integration...why would that even need to be a priority? It is your fucking job! UFB is right. That list is going to bite someone in the ass the next time ANY level of mishap occurs with bent metal. ...and from the Reserve side too. Time to go...

That is still my favorite AIB report.

WTF? Why is the hearing on the bill to repeal the COLA cuts cancelled?

From my perspective as a non IFS guy with a PPL when I started UPT, there is literally no difference between the dudes who went and those who didn't. Seriously, none. Nobody even speaks of it. I'm sure it helps (or not) for those who have never flown though.

Only 29 ambulances and two EMS vans? That's only 6 more than there were people on the jet.

You fuckstains need to chill out, I was told by my CC while on AD no pilot, especially an 11F, was getting VSP. I got it, it was the end of my commitment, but still. If you want it, apply. BTW, your separation date in vMPF will show up before the official email and CC notification.

Guess what UPT will do for you...start you over and teach the Air Force way. Your logic is flawed my friend.

I really hope LtCol TaterTots is escorted to the door when all this force shaping is said and done. It's mind-boggling how clueless she was/is, and how rampant her POV seems to be in the AF nuke world.

Deaddebate, I gotta thank you. No matter how hard I try, I just cannot force myself to read through (or watch) all that political shit and find the "good stuff", even though I am well aware of how important it truly is. Thanks for doing it.

Considering the committee hearing was 3 hours long with 6 different witnesses and 60 pages of written statements, I think I was somewhat brief.

"Somewhat" brief?

You do realize that your constant CSPAN tl;dr spam is pretty annoying, right?