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You know, you could have just agreed. It ain't that hard. As for my you internet life, judge away.

so only people that are employed get to vote? retired people? full-time students? disabled? what if you are laid off a month before elections?

I agree. Just saying it is not invalid to say the vast majority of women are not going to handle combat in the way men can. That’s not sexist, it’s a biological-driven fact. I’ve also flown with good female pilots and have a positive view of them.

Point of order - financial status has nothing to do with my proposition, having a job does. If you don’t work/pay taxes, I’m fine with you not having a say. Get a job at McDs if you want to vote, not too much to ask. Also to get ahead of the follow up question, it’s reasonable that your spouse can vote if you work (gender neutral statement). If you’re 20 and living in your parents basement without a job, you don’t get to vote.

This is why I don't think it's more nuanced. Has he broken the law in relation to women in the military, no? Does he hold an opinion contrary to common Western values, yes. Your Mormon example is apples to oranges. I'm talking about a leader that holds beliefs contrary to common western values. In your example an individual wouldn't do the job, easy kill. I'm talking about a commander with a specific set of values that doesn't align with common Western beliefs.

26-02 T-1 class patch, one of the last classes at Vance.

Yeah but here's the thing, no one gives a shit what you think it's time for. Or what I think it's time for. The simple reality is that people do not use social media that way. And the busier the person is, the more likely they are to repost something that they only watched or read 5% of. I don't have to like it, I just have to be intelligent enough to realize it. Or conversely, you can spend all day thinking that you're superior to everyone in power simply because no one deemed you worthy of the amount of attention or responsibility our leaders have. You of all people should be grateful that our internet lives are not the exclusive basis by which we are judged. I sure am.

I believe it is a bit more nuanced. Summarize it this way, believe what you want but obey the law. If in a position of authority or command and you openly express that tripe advocating to discriminate...you should be removed. Our system is not perfect and obviously hard to say what is in their heart. We had a pilot in the gunship community who was a devout Mormon. He made a big deal about flying with women a few times in training and they body checked him. He refused to fly with a female co-pilot in combat so he got sent home and was removed from the community with an LOR. Big Blue USAF of course kept him and sent him to be a UPT IP (I am sure the women that flew with him loved that).

F-15C Weapon School historical local callsigns: Rambo Conan F-15C 422 callsign supporting the WS Knife

Eating breakfast after noon=drugs

It's time to change this bullshit idea that reposting something gets you out of not actually saying it. You post it, own it. And the rest of your post is chaff/flare.

What about allowing devout Muslims or Mormons in command positions? Both of those religions view women (and non-whites for Mormons) in a way that is contrary to modern western thinking. I don't think the DoD is barring followers of those faiths from leadership positions.

Do you know how many times I have had that exact same conversation, my PTSD just kicked in, thanks bud.

The great thing about our country, we all get to disagree and still be friends. Also, we all get a voice....well unless as you believe you are poor and don't pay taxes. As far as women versus men in combat roles...two of the three best IPs I ever flew with were women and could fly circles around a lot of men. I prefer to have a standard rather than a gender test.

I did, twice. The one guy (not the main pastor) said he would support the repeal. The other guy (not the main pastor) gave an interesting take on one vote per household, which is in line with our representative form of gov. Interesting thought, not saying I support it, would have to think on that more. The interviewer was also very hostile towards them and tried to put words in their mouth constantly (shocking), and those “words” are being portrayed in media as the dudes’ words without any context/what their responses to correct those words were. On a quick voting tangent, I do think we need to put some better guardrails up. I’m not talking 19A repeal or only “white male landowners,” but things like you have to pay taxes and pay mortgage or rent could be good requirements (in addition to passing a basic civics test). Personally I think everything you quoted from Hegseth regarding dads vs moms and women in combat roles has merit. He’s not wrong about men and women being equally important humans, but with different strengths and roles. The real question is if he truly doesn’t support women even being in finance, ARMS, AFE, etc. That does not make sense, but he has not directly stated that - someone should ask him at a press conference.

Still haven't seen any reporting on this in the HAF/A3 Daily Current Ops Brief... 😕😕😕

I got it wrong, the pastor and Hegseth BOTH said women not serve in combat roles. It is actually Hegseth who in his book questioned if women should serve at all. On women in service, Hegseth wrote in his book that “women cannot physically meet the same standards as men” and that “Dads push us to take risks. Moms put the training wheels on our bikes. We need moms. But not in the military, especially in combat units.” With regard to the pastor, he also said women should not be able to vote. Have you watched the actual video Hegseth posted? Go to 3:26, the executive pastor in that video calls for the 19th amendment to be repealed. Pentagon chief spokesman Sean Parnell told The Associated Press on Friday that Hegseth is “a proud member of a church” that is affiliated with CREC and he “very much appreciates many of Mr. Wilson’s writings and teachings.” All better now, you guys are right, he sounds like a great guy to endorse, and bring to the Pentagon to lead prayers. Absolutely nothing wrong with SECDEF posting videos that call for the 19th amendment to be repealed.

hey springer! yeah, I fly in Kona right now and its great, but I think im gonna be flying on Oahu after college (where I live). I have looked at places on the west coast but some are just as expensive or even more. maybe im just not looking good enough, but from my experience in Kona, rent, groceries, etc. is no joke which is why im leaning more towards going to a school where I live so I only have to worry about paying for flight lessons.

dude id love to; ive heard that's also beneficial for UPT. maybe sometime in the future after I get my GA ratings ill look into that.

Out of curiosity where are you learning to fly? Hawaii?

Go fly aerobatics. Fly anything you can get your hands on.

Kamaka Air thankfully only requires up to CPL and a deal if you work at the front desk with them for at least 6 months, they will hire you. I am interested in flying for HA if I was a part-time raptor guy, but then again that's not my motive for all this. I do see where you're coming from though. I definitely dont want to go into a shitload of debt, but am willing to if it gives me a better chance at coming back. thanks for your 0.02 cents brabus. always appreciated sir!

I definitely dont have the funds but im hoping to got on the next 6 monther coming up so I can qualify for the GI Bill. thanks for the information brody. CFII just became more favorable.

Can’t find anything that supports that claim. He is opposed to combat roles and other certain areas (e.g. no women on subs). I watched the interview and searched around (but if I missed it in my googling, let me know).