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And young guys should take notice. Don't sacrifice your forever family for an organization that will drop you without a second thought. Work hard at your trade. Take care of your people. But remember none of your AF leadership will attend your funeral. It's not personal, it's just business. Treat it accordingly.

Agreed, CH will be intolerable if they do! 🤣🤣🤣 Same if a SEC team (UGA, Bama or Ol' Miss) wins it! 😁😁😁 I still can't believe they beat Ohio State, but I'm not unhappy about it! 🏈

I don't like being a hater, but please let anyone but Miami win the NC.

Indeed. It doesn't even have an internal ladder. And isn't stressed to be able to hang a ladder on the side, a la T-38. Nice job, Boeing. The T-50 was the obvious choice. But no... couldn't award another contract to Lockheed.

I agree 100% that pressure from on high is a factor. However, I've seen FAIPs of all ppl refuse to fold to this pressure and uphold the standard. If an Lt hoping for a fighter has the intestinal fortitude to do the right thing then I have little sympathy for O3-5s worried about their next assignment. These are officers we're talking about, not jr enlisted, they need to act like it. I agree UPT line IPs are younger/less experienced than ever. Which is why PIT has a large share of blame as well. PIT won't wash out IPs coming to their sq that have no business instructing young IPs, much less hold the line on UIPs they're sending to UPT. I have zero issue blaming leadership/congress/etc. for terrible priorities on retention and procurement. With that being said, how many times have I read dudes on here bitching about all these senior leaders that refuse to fall on their swords to make a point to leadership for the sake of their service, Wg, Sq, etc. Yet here we are making excuses for officers folding to pressure on grading standards. Hard to expect the Bobs to suddenly grow a backbone if it's never been required they have one in the first place.