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What's happening to the active duty individuals who have defied the social media policy of the military in addition to the orders by the SECDEF/POTUS to not denigrate the assassination of Charlie Kirk? I am asking because on X (formerly Twitter), I just saw a third active duty member violate the policy and the orders by the SECDEF. There is a database on these types of individuals and they are being reported to the Pentagon and SECDEF. I opened up my timeline on X. Someone had screen captured a post made by a female MSgt and he sent the jpeg straight to military leadership. He also posted a picture of her in full service dress right beside her post. That post has been viewed 6.5M times! The MSgt has been on active duty for 17 years and said that she's looking forward to retirement in 3 years. She stated that she's not going to argue with anyone about her post. Everyone can essentially argue with their momma.

How many 1 Liter beers is "a few?"

VIDEO: U.S. Military Strikes 2nd Narco Boat in Southern Command - USNI News Didn't see this already posted but it brightened my day

Thanks. You could have just said that to begin with. My question didn't beget some political lean or stance, it was genuine curiosity because it was uniquely unprecedented. Your response was just a disappointing reaffirmation of why I don't engage in political discussions on the internet since, as we routinely see here on this forum, they primarily consist of both sides making nonsensical, tit-for-tat arguments more often than not. It is all rather banal. I will disagree with you on one point: I think this assassination has been significantly emotional for the majority of the nation. Till next time.

From some friends I know that have recently gone through and from a few FAIPs I know, you will still go through IPT regardless. I have all the way up to my CFI and if I’m selected I’ll have to go through IPT. I was also told if you have these ratings already, you’d just do the stage checks and not the checkrides.

Does anyone know/can corroborate the exemption criteria for IPT? This document from Columbus UPT states IPT earns the student an FAA single-engine private pilot license, instrument rating, and multi-engine [presumably private pilot, not commercial], but it doesn't say if you come in with those ratings you'll be exempt from IPT. I've heard of many cases when IFT was the standard that if you were selected for UPT through whatever selection process and already had a single-engine PPL when you arrived on station, you would be exempt from IFT, but I haven't heard confirmation of a similar practice for IPT and PP AMEL IR.

You gotta pound a few more beers. Works every time.

https://htxlabs.com/news/craig-wills-joins-htx-labs-as-senior-vice-president-of-defense-programs/ https://houston.innovationmap.com/htx-labs-air-force-ai-2671762577.html

Funny how they say the intersection has been "targeted" for vandalism, instead of stating that the community had been "targeted" for forced celebration of an idea held by a small mentally unwell minority of the population.

https://www.wlrn.org/south-florida/2025-07-16/delray-beach-pride-mural-vandalized-again-for-third-time-police-hunt-for-suspect-in-pickup-truck hate crime. arrest and charge him. that's what the left would do (reference article above)

Says it all

I think a lot of venues will start avoiding these types of events because of the risk nowadays. Especially if their insurance carrier says no to coverage. Governments regulate some things, but the insurance companies are the pseudo regulatory agency of many aspects of life.

i just had a Frankfurt layover in Mainz and NONE of the chicks looked like that. I'm obviously doing something wrong.

Dibs

When I was in my late teens and early 20s I worked in the rental car industry. The company wouldn’t call a vehicle in as stolen or missing until the 30 day mark because of the possibility of a clerical error leading to a felony stop. You can’t rent a car longer than 30 days on one contract because it becomes a lease after 30 days.

More buffoonery from the great state of Florida

Biff_T, You are gonna need a lot of Blue Pills! Even if you only get a few…. Need some of mine?

On 3 September 2025, China organized a large-scale military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War (“V-Day”). The parade displayed a wide array of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) forces, weapons, unmanned systems, and other equipment. As described by a state news broadcast, the featured “unmanned intelligence systems, underwater combat units, cyber and electronic forces, and hypersonic weapons,” as well as “the latest generation of conventional weapons,” highlight the “PLA’s growing capacity to harness emerging technologies, adapt to the evolving character of warfare, and prevail in future conflicts.” Notable features of the 2025 V-Day parade include: --- Longer but less dense format except in key areas (namely, unmanned systems) --- Personnel from the aerospace, cyberspace, information support, and militia forces --- Representation of forces for global power projection --- Cyber warfare, electronic warfare, and information support equipment --- Many newly revealed unmanned platforms, particularly for aerial operations --- China’s nuclear triad, shown together for the first time --- Prominence of laser weapons and (at least one reported) anti-satellite weapon In these and other ways, the military parade signals China’s rapid and ongoing investment in new military capabilities. These platforms very likely reflect perceptions among the leadership in Beijing that China must be capable of prevailing not just in homeland defense and regional conflict — such as over Taiwan — but in securing its interests worldwide when necessary. It is unlikely that China pursues state-of-the-art weapons systems (like aircraft carriers) and world-class military status mainly for prestige (though that is very likely a part of China’s motivation as well). However, the presentation of these platforms does not have particular value for assessing the PLA’s actual combat and joint operations capability now or in the future.

How is this thread only 13 pages? We need to bump up that rookie number, gentlemen!!

A little drama in my backyard. Pensacola has a small railroad bridge that is called the Graffiti Bridge where people paint murals and messages. There is a local artist who does some detailed work whenever a famous person or someone in the news dies. Last week he did one for Iryna Zarustska, the Ukrainian woman stabbed on the train in Charlotte. Yesterday afternoon he started one for Charlie Kirk and knowing the time he planned to finish the community planned a vigil for Charlie Kirk last evening at sunset and quite a few people showed up including a BLM activist who ran up and sprayed the mural just as the event began. The crowd didn't take to kindly and someone sauced pretty him pretty good. He ran away with a police escort (no one laid a finger on him which is shocking). He then "collapsed" in the street and they took him away in an ambulance. BLM went back out last night and defaced it again. And by midnight our wonderful friends on the left had done this.

Just adding for info on how the Brits still do it, contractor/mil mix… https://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/embraer-phenom-100-multi-engine-pilot-trainer-aircraft/?cf-view&cf-closed https://ascentflighttraining.com/aircraft-profiles-phenom-100/ From Google AI During multi-engine pilot training (MEPT) with the RAF, students receive a total of 67 hours of live flight time in the Phenom T1, along with 47 hours in a simulator. This training is delivered by 45 Squadron as part of the UK Military Flying Training System (MFTS) at RAF College Cranwell. The total flight hours for Phenom T1 students are split across two distinct phases of training: Phase 2 Multi-Engine Training: Students receive 14 live flight hours in the Phenom T1 and 14 synthetic (simulator) hours over six weeks. Phase 3 Multi-Engine Training: This phase, which lasts 35 weeks, provides students with an additional 53 live flight hours and 33 synthetic hours. https://ascentflighttraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/NFTE2024-Campus_Accreditation_Report-RAF_Cranwell-GBR-FINAL.pdf Only 5 jets but damn it if they can figure it out we can too

Seeing staunch liberals lament doxing by conservatives on social media is truly ironic. Whether I agree with doxing or not it's hilarious to see a group of people that collectively champion cancel culture getting canceled themselves. Fortunately, those currently on the receiving end of the movement they created will no doubt see the error in their ways and we can all move away from this retardation /s.