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I think there is a problem, in some corners of the Air Force, that everyone has become so busy supporting the bureaucracy that the proper time can't be given to brainstorming sessions and idea development. Guys are treading water in the office while min-running mission knowledge. The only active idea soliciting going on is the "anybody got anything for me" part of the weekly CC call. Guys may have good ideas or bad ones, but they'll never be asked in the first place. Fixing tactical problems is priority #22 in a lot of places. Leading an open, honest, and non-retributional "bitches/gripes/complaints" session once every couple of weeks might help open things up a bit.

Personally, I love country music.

I just want a budget...

Today's "Billy Mitchell" can never exist. He scored an 80% on a PT test in 2009 as a 250+ day deployed O-3 crewdog. Or he didn't 2 below BTZ to O-5, thus will never see GO. Or he spoke up against The Man who therefore didn't stratify him. Being a maverick today at any level of authority at most means being "a character" who can tell a good story, not someone who truly bucks the system. The system is a vindictive b1tch who does not like past boyfriends talking smack.

Meanwhile, 140 Joes crammed in the back of a C-17 for 11 hours while wearing body armor because SgtMaj said so have zero fucks to give. Tops in Blue, living out all the High School drama club/band stereotypes well into adulthood.

I am not a fan of flashdance, but I thought this was actually very good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cKE8pyfcZc

He was absolutely NOT washed out of WIC for writing this paper or contacting the AFSOC/CC. To preserve what little dignity this chucklehead has, I will leave it at that.

I'm scheduled for CAS in a few days, and these fuckers just showed up to put on a performance that same day. "This is 9 line Tango India Bravo - type 1, bot..."

People also seem to forget that Billy Mitchell's reward was a court martial. One in which he was found guilty and suspended for five years without pay, which the convening authority declared was "lenient". You can't have a Billy Mitchell until you have someone willing to put their career and well-being on the line for what they believe.

I hear one or two of his WIC instructors violently disagree with that assertion...

He was my best friend. Here's to you Will, you goofy SOB. You are already missed by 1000's and the world is a lesser place. A nickel on the grass...

The View New Content issue is related to the cache change I've made to the site. Although some random pages may require a manual refresh (until I find them all and write code to prevent it), the way the caching is built now provides much faster site access overall on all platforms. But thanks for the data point, and I'll see if I can't fix that up to go with the new data caching scheme. Also, the double-tap may randomly show itself while we do some mx functions on the site. The IPBoard staff is working on stuff that goes above my nugget right now.