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So short-sighted, an absolute moron using a specious argument to play to the masses. It is sad that dolts like this make a living spewing nonsensical drivel.

Well, I do take it personally and I think a lot of others do too. I am constantly amazed at the character and dedication of the people that I serve around and they ARE better than the average person in this country IMO. I also love walking into the pharmacy on base and filling a prescription only to find out that the 80 year old volunteer handing me that prescription is a retired O-6. He doesn't have to be there doing that but he and most of those that I serve with are doing it for more than just themselves. They don't talk about entitlements and wanting the government to take care of their friends and families. They talk about service and things that are bigger than themselves, so for you to say what you said here is ignorant, offensive, and down right disgusting. You should be worrying about what you can do to help your family and friends and not what the government can do. That is nothing but a cop-out. The ideas and thoughts that you presented are the same as those that are hurting our country and gotten us into this mess IMO. I suggest that you apologize for what you have said on a forum full of people that have sacrificed a lot in the service of their country or else maybe you should just lay low for a while.

That's what happens when you let the Guard run the show.

I'm sure some of you youngsters may have never heard of him, but for those of us who did; he portrayed a quality long lost in today's society... For you young'uns, go out and see if you can find a copy of No Time For Sergeants (it's not on Netflix!). Godspeed Andy!

I very clearly remember watching the Andy Griffith Show on my grandmother's old B&W TV as a very young rug rat. He always struck me as a man of principle.

Please don't make blanket statements like this... He may be from the left, but does not speak for everyone. This is part of what is wrong with modern politics, in my mind. I am smart enough to know the difference between someone firmly implanted on the right and a "right-wing nut". You can't lump everyone in the country into one of two categories...

Yes?

That gold bond video was pretty irresponsible.

So you're telling me that 4 years ago Big Blue raped ACC for pilots to send to fill shipping containers, then they paid a bunch more to go during the VSP/RIF debacle, and now, all of a sudden we have a massive shortage for which the only solution is stop-loss? I find this hard to believe....oh wait....no I don't.

How can you say it's not "earned"? Is it because you're equating military retirement/benefits with social programs? Social programs require (generally) no action. You simply apply, and receive benefits (with some exceptions, I know). Hell, you don't even have to be a USC to receive some benefits! To get that military retirement, one has to sacrifice and "EARN" it. Whether it be your own physical health; stress on your family from missing b-days, births, anniversaries, or picking up and moving your family every couple of years to some armpit of the world, it's EARNED and it's a SACRIFICE. How often have you heard someone be given the option to "be there for conception or be there for the birth, but not for both" when pondering an activation and deployment? And no, I'm not bitching about it -- it comes with the job, but at the end, so does the retirement and benefits and the hope that I'll be able to take my kids trick or treeting while they're still young; that I'll be there on a Christmas morning when they're opening gifts and still believe in Santa Claus; that I'll be there when my son does whatever the hell he's going to do in the future that most parents take for granted! I can pretty much guarantee you that no one collecting social security disability (rampant with fraud) or TANF has spent Christmas day "earning" their benefit, as the post office is closed that day (and that's the most anyone of them needs to do to earn their benefits is walk to their mailbox and collect their check). Whatever happend to JFK's message of "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country?". It seems today few people do much for their country. Instead, many (around 40%) are looking for their next gov't handout instead of looking to improve their lives and make this a better place. Service in the military is something I signed up to do 25 years and about a dozen deployments ago. I wonder what you and others on the left have done? Sure, some of you have joined the military -- but what about the 90% of Americans (or more) that haven't ? What have they done for the USA? paid their taxes? I do that too. Voted? I do that too. Jury duty? I do that also. So, what sacrifices have they made? I'm not asking for some unbelieveable pension and GM style healh care package. Hell, even State employees (in NJ for certain -- I worked in State Gov't) have MUCH better plans than TRICARE for retirees. Yet,you're so quick and willing to take from those few who have served, and by serving, I mean more than our civic duties of paying taxes and jury duty -- I'm talking about real sacrifice. EARNING that retirement! Your're despicable.

2 weeks of in-place TDY + 8 weeks of SOS = NCMR upon return. Of course...CMR isn't nearly as important as your PowerPoint skills.

Actually, fighter pilots do say this.

What the difference between Navigators and homosexuals? Gays have a future in the Air Force.

It's called IFT now. I'm really hoping to do the sattelite vis-recce test again.