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Sounds similar to a CC in the AMC structure taxiing A C-17 over a fire bottle in the tan AOR, immediately after stating that the next crew to hit a fire bottle would be Q3'd. If I recall correctly, she immediately did NOT Q3 herself.

Sounds like an encounter I had back in the early 90s with a certain CSAF who thought he could taxi a C-135B between hangers like an F-15. His Crew Chief who was marshalling gave the stop sign but CSAF ignored him until the copilot applied the brakes. He came down the crew ladder screaming at everyone , how dare you tell me how to taxi.

People that live paycheck to paycheck and can't pay their mortgage/rent will likely be the 1st ones to lose their shit. The fact that this is self imposed will make people even more angry. When there's enough anger, it'll get fixed.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/paypals-crypto-partner-mints-300-trillion-stablecoins-in-technical-error.html Paxos mistakenly minted the stablecoins as part of an internal transfer, before it “immediately identified the error and burned the excess PYUSD. Felix "The Error"

Clinton/Gingrich shutdown back in early 1990s lasted 30+ days. We survived. Since then, so many people and programs have been added to the "not affected by a shutdown" list, that it's not really a shutdown. The high viz ones like military and ATC were not, I suspect deliberately. Gets headlines/clicks. Having been through that one and numerous others, it sucks. Especially for younger troops who don't make a lot to start with and then don't live very smartly to be able to absorb life's curves. Despite the MSM's best efforts, this is a Democrat-induced wound. How many clean CR's did Shumer and company vote for in the past? This isn't a cut; it was funding at the exact same levels as last fiscal year, at least until something for the rest of this fiscal year could be hammered out. Pure theatrics, of which both sides play their roles. Trump firing 4,000 more GSs' had to have hurt (I believe a district judge halted that, but those have nearly all gone the Administration's way eventually) the Democrats who didn't think he'd do it. If this continues to drag on past the oh-so-useful "No Kings" protest this coming weekend, I expect more firings. For those government employees who decide not to show for work even without a current paycheck and it's part of your contract, bye-bye. For the uniformed, it's a bit more serious. The not so much discussed flip side and hugely precedent setting, IMO, is Trump paying troops for the next pay period from non-personnel accounts in DoD. Allocating funds is a strictly Congressional role and they are content to let Trump abrogate that role because the optics would look bad to sue to not pay troops. All fun and games until the next time somebody decides to move money arbitrarily.

B3 did that while he was 1SOG/CC, not a GO. Did he do it again as a GO? That seems what they’re implying. An absolutely shameful officer and indictment of the entire system.

Off the street guard heavy select. Here's what I have to offer. AFOQT: Nov 2023 TBAS: Dec 2023 Rushed squadrons all through 2024 and early 2025 Applied to unit that hired me: Dec 2024 Interview/Hired: Mar 2025 MEPS: Apr 2025 (needed waiver) SG Waiver accepted: June 2025 FC1: Aug 2025 FC1 Waivers Approved & FC1 Accepted: Sep 2025 Swearing in: Sep 2025 Packet sent in to NGB: ? NGB Approval: ? OTS: ? SERE: ? UPT: ? For anyone not hired yet, here were my scores for reference: P 99 CSO 99 ABM 99 AA 91 VERB 89 QUANT 86 PCSM 99 (4 flight hours at the time, but by the time I got hired I had my instrument rating + PPL, was working on CSEL) Anyone have any insight on how the gvt shutdown might impact timelines here?

Unqualified CV-22 Pilot#usairforce #militarylife #airforce #youcandoit #pushyourself #specialrec.mp4 Just one of his MANY transgressions.

Right now the only obvious enemy is China. Not only do they have enough people, they have a huge imbalance in the male:female ratio. Excess unmarried men are a societal risk. Additionally, the population hasn't fully appreciated that their life savings have been squandered building ghost cities that will never be occupied. That won't go over well as their boomers attempt to retire. Even without that, their demographics are terrible because their Baby Boomer generation was huge and the one-child policy created a much larger generational imbalance between the boomers and millennials than exists in the rest of the world. Last I saw the revised population estimates were 200-300 million fewer Chinese than we thought 10 years ago. Shrinking population = shrinking economy = social unrest. You know of a better way for a dictatorship to quell social unrest (with a bunch of excess males) than war? We're already in the early phases with the trade war. Think of it from their perspective, not ours. The US is forcing a reindustrialization in the West, which is a direct attack on China's wealth generation. And the primary pressure points against America (rare earths production being a huge one) are being identified and, at least rhetorically, mitigated in future plans. If we allow China to take over their half of the planet, particularly all the east Asian countries, then maybe there's no war. But we won't, so eventually everything will spill over into another global conflict. Honestly I'm amazed at how many people just operate on the assumption that humanity has evolved out of wars.

And who would this war be with?

Nope, not military specifically. Excepted employees like TSA and ATC who are not furloughed.

Are you asking if a military member should be expected to report to work if they're not being paid?

We get LESes with zeroes for pay next week. A couple of those…I don’t know how people will react, but what is a reasonable expectation for people to continue to report for work without payment? This admin already has broken trust from the previous shutdown. i am concerned.

Naw man. You won the nickname. Good job. That name will stick like Barney.

missed an incredible opportunity to call it the HAWK-TUA (transport, unmanned aircraft)

Should check out Chad Powers the new tv show. Think the coach is somewhat based off Kiffin at least appearance wise. Hilarious and worth the watch if you a college football fan.

Would guess that this would not be an overall cut of the force. More likely the opposite. Just a manning reallocation. Maybe the tech has improved, but at one point launching an RPA sortie was greater than the similar manned sortie in terms of manning and dollars.

If DeBoer can leave before Saturday, it would be great. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

Interesting to see a firefighting version.

Have you watched the special on Kiffin? You really should, I think you might have a different opinion after watching what his daughter did and his new sense of peace at Ole Miss. That funny, the real word is he replaces Norvelll (yes with three Ls), because after they buyout Mike they won't have the cash for a real coach.

It doesn't surprise me regarding Napier. I could see Kiffin taking the job - It has a higher ceiling than where he currently sits when things align. Absolutely no way Kalen DeBoer goes to Penn State. That is a lesser job. I'm hearing rumors of Napier to Miami...

RCAF getting a multi engine trainer, CT-145 Expeditor II, about 40 hours aircraft 55 hours simulator Sounds like they privatized most of their pilot training https://www.key.aero/article/canadas-new-trainer-aircraft-names-announced Just buy a ME trainer, earlier in this thread someone noticed that the T-7 buy would likely not meet the primary and continuing training requirements, you’re gonna need it. Fix the glitch early

Why does this make me think BQZip's mom is involved?

You know you’re going to have a great time when you have to hand prop!