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Not sure if anyone else see this as "the problem" but I see this as where the problem (leadership with no conern for the mission or common sense) starts, it is that we pre-select our leaders WAY too early in their careers and put them on the enivatble path to command before we know what we've got... been both AD and now Guard and the Guard is by no means perfect but they seem to observe their folks several years prior to picking who will eventually be in charge and from my perspective have a much better filter for stopping DB's from getting command... There are other problems but that to me seems where they all start, you don't know who you've got but you start giving them min time upgrades, school selects, cross-flow programs, etc.... and you may have the right guy but may not but you have already invested heavily in them as a "leader" and then the AF just accepts what it has got....

TIB 3-1 is a great read. Starts with BFM, Basic Fabulous Manuevers, for individuals. Stuff like jazz hands. The moves to more advanced concepts like ACM, Assembled Cast Manuevering, which covers singing and dancing as a group.

Depends...

I don't understand this issue. Are you guys not allowed/able/willing to just tell the culprits to stop sending you redundant and unimportant shit? Through the many years of reading this site, I have continuously tried to figure out why things like this and reflective belts and pushed up sleeves and unzipped pockets and sunglasses on foreheads and the like were so heavily enforced at flying bases. I have decided it is because of two things: 1. Pilots don't lead troops until too late in their careers 2. Support people at flying bases are jealous. It just blows my mind that the vast majority of you guys are pilots and officers stationed at bases commanded by pilots, in groups/squadrons commanded by pilots, yet you don't have the power to squash the queep. It's honestly unbelievable. MOTHERFUCKERS YOU'RE IN CHARGE. When we went from wearing flightsuits to ABUs last year, some new MSgt came on the ops floor and told all of the crewmembers to take off their fleeces indoors because it was not authorized. The mission commander (a Capt) then told the MSgt "no." The next week the Sq/CC sent out an email saying that members should wear their fleeces indoors if they were cold per Wg/CC direction and to exercise common sense on similar issues in the future. That was it. Not a word has been spoken of it since. Cool story, I know. My point is maybe the Air Force at large and particularly where you work doesn't have to suck so much. It really is a shame to see so many good people opting out because of shit that should be a non-issue. To compound that, if the climate is what it is now, what the hell is it going to be like with the good/sane people leaving? Freightening.

they're actually measured in units of NBh (Nav Butthurt) on a scale of 1 (the pilot let me fly today!) to 10 (i'll never be a general)

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Lame

Quick, someone get her number for nsplyr.

You guys deserve the Distinguished Warfare Medal for being able to watch that whole thing. You know those people who compulsively post way too much superfluous BS on Facebook that's just so amazingly insignificant it infuriates you that you spent 0.69 seconds reading it? Well, that's just a much longer video version of that. For everyone who hasn't seen it, I'll summarize: Inherently annoying girl with 80s hairstyle that pre-dates her birth whines/rambles about not making the government version of the high school band and dog-sitting on a Saturday night. It is apparent the dog also hates her and fakes sleeping to be left alone. She also seems completely oblivious that her company's primary job is killing and undoubtedly annoys said war fighters by screwing up their travel vouchers and PCS orders. That's all I could stand, so if something really entertaining happened after that, then I missed it.

I've been on leave since Mar. 1 so I'm rocking a beard. Lumberjack March in the Marco house. There should be. For your wife-fu skills must be strong to be able resist repeated razor attacks by the enemy for that long a time period.

The problem is that a large majority of Commander's are not actually pilots. Yeah, they have pilot wings, but they have less hours and experience than 90% of the rest of the Squadrons and only flew when they "had to". They checked the boxes, planned the Christmas party and went to all their schools in residence while the rest of their Squadron bros were fighting the war. 20+ years later they are an IP, with 1500 hours and a Group/Wing Commander who never really liked flying in the first place, but loved being attached to their Commander's piss hole.

You can to a point, but when the emails aren't sent directly to you (i.e base all distro, then sq all distro, then sq officers distro), there is not much you can do except tell the ADO "Hey numbnuts, thanks for sending me the FSS slides for a 3rd time". But as my mustache as my witness, for every multiple-forwarded email I get next week, I'm moving my beer time on Friday back by 10 minutes. I figure I'll be able to start drinking before 0800.

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Good technique by the E-dub, 3 hours of pattern work is enough dammit, especially after that last one by the co-pilot where we bounced 50ft off the front tires!

The goal is equal opportunity, not equal outcome.

Great post, Spoo! I believe we are the oldest squadron in North America,... uncontested. I seem to remember claiming we were the oldest in the world, but Steve Davies said the British had a balloon squadron before us. A "balloon squadron" is a silly claim, and doesn't count. So, we still win. (No offense, Steve!)

http://www.jqpublic-blog.com/?p=133 Well written, valid points, and no attempt to rip off Drew Carey.

Easily BODN post of the year, contender for top 5 ever.

It could be the military discipline and structure: Or the Personnel Flight. Without them charging me for leave out of the blue, that I cancelled 2 years ago, I wouldn't have stayed: