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I saw this picture on Facebook: As much as I would like to see OBL dead, I think this is the best image to come out of this story.

Chuck Norris tweet: "Long layover in Islamabad"

Marco .... Marco .... Marco .. Polo BLAM!

I haven't been a big fan, but that was the Presidents best speech ever - no competition. They should have played the Team America song as he departed.

I won't believe it until I see a death certificate /sarcasm

Geraldo's mustache has claimed responsibility for the kill....

Perhaps it has something to do with the security level increase at all bases... Edit: CNN just said it has nothing to do with Libya, which would have been my first guess after Gadahfi's son was killed by NATO strike. Edit 2: now trending on twitter: bin laden has been confirmed dead.

Maybe he accidentally let his jihad app "Allow us to use your current location". Edit: that was my 69th post so I had to think of something...

Whoever it was will have a one-line PRF for the rest of his career.."Killed UBL, Terrorist #1"

To those who took the risks to get the intel, to those who died trying to get it, just to find that bastard...

I was at a rated manning conference last week. We got a briefing on VSP and the RIF from AFPC and HAF/A1PP, Personnel Policy. This is just a reporting of what was said. A1PP is the OPR for the force management initiatives, the VSP, RIF, and the rated recall, among others. At the start of the brief, the A1PP O-6 admitted that it was not made clear that not everyone who applied for VSP would be approved. She said she takes the blame for not making that clear. On the difference between the VSP and the RIF, approvals for VSP were based on what "best met the needs of the AF." VSP was objective, using numerical criteia. The RIF will be subjective, giving "special consideration to critical skills," applying the whole-person concept, and looking at quality. It's a reverse promotion board, taking those with Article 15s and other issues off the bottom. The reason they didn't know how much ADSC they'd be able to waive for VSP approvals beforehand was that it was based on who, and how many, applied. If very few applied, but they all had large ADSCs remaining, the amount waived would have been greater. If lots of people applied, and many had little or no ADSC remaining, they wouldn't have to waive much. The cost of the ADSC waiver (in lost man-days) was one of the numerical criteria mentioned above. As it ended up, they waived about 6 months of ADSC for VSP approved rated members. There were a total of about 900 airmen who applied for VSP, about 850 of which had their CC's concurrence. About 540 of the total were rated. About 300 total airmen were approved. 69 of those approved were rated. Most of those not approved had larger ADSCs remaining, long DEROS' remaining, or other quantifiable reasons. The RIF will separate about another 300. No, 300 + 300 doesn't equal 2200. But there are other, ongoing programs, including (but not limited to) the other Force Management boards, Blue to Green, Palace Chase, Limited ADSC Waiver, and the coming O-5 and O-6 SERBs. You may possibly see a targeted Palace Chase for certain rated AFSCs. Rated are currently excluded from Palace Chase, but there are certain areas that the Guard and Reserves are really hurting in, and in which the AD is overmanned. A1 is looking to balance the manning between the AD and ARC within those career fields. More to follow after further detailed analysis.

Bin Laden and his followers. those that still intend to join is pursuit. Let us start rapidly pulling everyone back home. That place is a shit-hole and we don't deserve to waste anymore lives. We can leave a small force of Predators and SPECOPS to continue the work of blowing the hell out of the shit-hole. to all those that were responsible for this. And to those operators on watch tonight still engaged in the fight.

I'd love to see the back and forth between our diplomats and Pakistan. Pakistan: "WTF? You put American troops into Pakistan, miles from the capital, and started a firefight?" US: "WTF? You let Osama Bin Laden camp out on your front doorstep in a mansion and didn't call us?" Good work, fellas. If we ever meet, beers are on me. Lastly, am I the only one that thinks we should enshrine OBL in NYC, in such a way as to encourage passersby to tea-bag his corpse?

Not a heavy dude, so the nonchalant talk of Q3's is extremely odd, but this: May explain something. Edited to add, is a ######ing foul dude. Make your point without pissing on someone's grave.

Hell yeah. It's about time we stuff that poor bastard with some American lead. I'm a little bummed that we have his body, and didn't blow him to bits instead. Oh well, feed him to the pigs.

I hear Donald Trump is very proud of himself for the role he played in bringing OBL to justice.

I'm sure 99.9999% of the American population will never know who pulled the trigger... but they should never have to buy a drink for the rest of their lives.

Been waiting for a good thread to make my first post in... Hell yes! Man, I wish I could shake the hands of the guys involved in this victory.

. . . while drinking starbucks and listing to Lady Ga Ga on his iPod.

If it was a RPA driver who got him, he/she should be automatically sent back to a manned aircraft or VSP approved (if they want).

Shit, that's great news! I only wish I was the one responsible...

Party in the streets!!! I hope Porkchop got''m!!! This will probably be one hell-of-a story. Cheers

No, because you said any evaluator that gives them should not be evaluators, thus you are encouraging they disregard the Vol 2. That does seem to tie your hands a bit, however it appears to be an AETC attempt to remove some decision making from the EPs. Maybe because AETC does not know how to handle the outcome of a Q2? Come back operational and purge the AETC bong water from your system, their rules exist for a purpose and they do not translate well operationally. I think that is the key distinction (AETC can always afford the training). Q2 means training, Q3 means training, another pre-check and another check ride. Imagine the difference between a Q2 OME and a Q3, maybe one ride versus 3 locals, and 2-3 trips... That's an expensive distinction. Must be nice to be in a community with no mistakes and where all your friends are still alive, that must make you correct.

I was referring to this order: COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY on the reg... "Get over myself"? because I choose to follow a written order? No, not to predict, but to judge their performance, based on your own experience of other pilots ICW the reg. I would like to know that I judged them based on the reg; I think it is "ridiculous and grandiose" to judge someone without reference to the reg, as though I know more than all those that came before me who wrote it. Not my intent to imply check ride scores are dependent on financial concerns, rather AETC has the resources to demand their EPs give Q3s and not Q2s. I was offering the outcome differences between the two, a blanket Q3 for every unsat grade costs everyone more. Not sure how we got here. I thought the discussion was "should Q2s be allowed?" based on the original statement that an EP should not be an EP if he gives one. I am not sure how you jumped to the conclusion that I have to always give Q3s to fix a situation, when in fact, I am trying to justify the use of a Q2 when it is necessary INSTEAD of a Q3. Most people associate a Q2 as the same as a Q1 with downgrades, I see it as similar to Q3 but for non-critical areas. I don't think they are justified very often, but I can see situations when they are. I have yet to hear a single argument for EPs not to give Q2, except for the AETC V3 from Crew Report that says "serious consideration" should be given for a Q3. I am just giving my side, and I know I have been wrong on occasion [/sarcasm], but I would like to know people's rationale for not using them.

Hitler reacts.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8A2unABbtA&feature=youtu.be

Man, I hate to be the a-hole in the room, but has anyone seen a body? How about a photo with a 7.62mm hole in a forehead? I'm not near a SIPR or an intel brief, but we had pics of Uday and Qusay within hours. Why not this time? No disrespect to our brothers that probably killed his ass dead, but does anyone else have a wierd feeling about this? SC

I don't follow rules because I don't give Q-2's? So what's the difference between a Q-1 with downgrades and a Q-2? Nothing, they both passed with areas they need to work on that they showed a deficiency. Thanks for the reading Vol 2's, however my world (AETC) here's what the AETC Supt says about Evals under the Q-2 section. Which I agree. And if someone shows a U in an non-critical area, they need corrective training. And 99.69% of the time on evaluations when you need have been identified needing corrective training you're going to be Q-3'd in my community. Speak for your own, which last time I checked had problems with airshow demos and running Approach & Landing checklists. It was a figure of speech, lighten up Francis.