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3 hours ago, FLEA said:
We are geographically the most secure country on the planet but have the largest standing army in history.
While large, we don’t even have the largest standing army in the world today let alone in history.
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We promote peacetime managers who make organizations numbers look good, for the most part. Sometimes we get lucky and those managers are also good leaders.
This isn’t new. There is a reason we fire a bunch of our senior leaders every time we have a major war. Luckily we haven’t had a major war in a long time. That also means we forgot what we want in a wartime leader.
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7 hours ago, Bender said:
After tanking pilot production for years at END, tanking pilot production at CBM last year, working its way through DLF this year…this monstrosity is up for a syllabus conference next month.
The draft already has a massive overhaul…shocking (for the better though). That syllabus, at this point, is like walking backwards and forwards at the same time.
Some revisions should help, but until there is real progress in artificial instruction and a learner-centric learning management system, things will only continue to revert back to where it started from (not that many would complain about that).
This T-6 syllabus has been such a mess and distracting, the actual 2.5 syllabus still isn’t done yet…not even close.
It took years, as is standard, right up to the wire, but the execution of the T-1 was stayed at the last hour by Congress. We’ll see how that plays out…
~Bendy
Sent from my iPad using Baseops Network mobile appCongress saved the T-1?
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On 10/8/2022 at 9:58 AM, Boomer6 said:
I guess. I’m pretty indifferent about the vax but some of y’all are just as bad attacking the vax as your meme about people defending it.
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3 hours ago, Boomer6 said:
The apologists did not disappoint.
Neither did the vax haters
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3 hours ago, ClearedHot said:
Except USAF doesn't want anymore C-130s, nor does the Army. FYI only 8% of the Army's rolling stock actually fits on the C-130, a problem Lockheed has known about for a LONG time and they don't care to fix.
We had the chance to make this right, then Lockheed forced the J on us and we just took it.
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15 hours ago, brabus said:
The UK has banned Covid vax for 12 and under, because they actually use logic and follow science. But yeah, you’re correct progressive white couple living in a million $ house, you do know better than an entire country’s scientific and medical community. Yay Bernie!
They also completely locked down there country multiple times, where all travel was illegal except to get food. Was that based on logic and science as well? I feel like the answer is there was more than one answer but nobody will admit anything but their answer was correct.
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5 hours ago, FLEA said:
So sort of spin back to hypocrisy here and what to do about it.
Ignore the fact it's fox and it's one sided, but the content of the tweets themselves. This is honestly a fantastic analysis of political press hypocrisy. It's not that Fox News doesn't use similar techniques, but when they are pointed out it is incredibly pointed at showing how language can alter the take away from an article. I'm wondering if a tool that scans and points out loaded press language would be useful at increasing the size of the first two standard deviations of the electorate.
I regularly flip between Fox and CNN to see the spin words each use in an article. It’s frustrating to not have a neutral main stream media, but it seems like most people just want to watch whatever confirms their own views.
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5 hours ago, dream big said:
Your wing execs should be fired. There are growing pains with the new system but at this point the wing execs are useless if they can’t at least help with basic processing. I’d reach out to your MPF, try to speak to an OIC. If they can’t help you (I hope not) then try to get a hold of someone at AFPC. I know how frustrating it is to be in your shoes.
You say that but depending on where you are Evals have ground to a haunt.
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6 hours ago, FourFans130 said:
edit: I went over to the money thread...time I'll never get back...and realized what Random Guy really is, so I'll stop feeding the troll.
I was surprised how many are feeding him.
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5 hours ago, precontact said:
C-17 was almost cancelled due to an array of designs issues but had emerged to be an excellent weapons system.
https://www.airforcemag.com/article/1113line/
“But the project was hardly an engineering milk run. The C-17 was being asked to do things a giant airlifter had never done before, such as land on unimproved airstrips, land on short fields, taxi in a tight space, and even back up on a runway, all while delivering superheavy, outsize cargo at strategic distances.
The C-17 had to overcome flight-control problems, wings that were unable to carry their designed maximum load, automation growing pains, and a crew size reduced to just two pilots and a loadmaster. There were also teething problems in using new computer-aided design methods.
The program’s early years were troubled. Several generals and a host of company managers were fired during development and initial production.
The C-17 was threatened with cancellation, and Pentagon leaders delivered an ultimatum that if it couldn’t be shaped up, some other transport aircraft—such as a cargo version of the Boeing 747—would be substituted.”
By excellent you mean an aircraft that is still dwarfed by a C-5 and is slow as a strat airlifter, and destroys the dirt airfields it lands on when performing the tac role. Good all purpose aircraft but not great at any one thing.
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5 hours ago, ClearedHot said:
Valid...I am biased. Know them both and I know how hard Welsh tried and what he was up against. I think I've posted the story before but I recall a conversation with Boomer about an ongoing ugly AF issue, he took a sip of his drink and replied "you would be surprised how little power the CSAF actually has." As per the design of our Constitution civilians get the final say and those "appointed" to be service secretaries often have other political agendas.
I've known Mini for 28 years but have not spoken with him in a few years. As a captain/IP he was a great pilot and a solid bro who took care of folks, I never saw a single act of careerism. When he was the Wing/CC at Andrews I reached out for helping hiring one of my former Flight Engineers and Mini went to great lengths to help the guy who was eventually hired. Others may have other data points but my observation so far is he is trying to break some of the dogmatic thinking.
Also, interesting Welsh and Minihan were at Moody at the same time (Welsh was the OG, Mini was an IP).
We shall see...at least it's not CZ or Rat.
My guess is some Capt WO had this as an idea for a deployment situation and wanted to try it now instead of when shit kicks off. Instead of just killing it, Mini said well let’s try this out of the box thinking and see if it’s feasible. I also assume they went into it knowing the answer may end up being no. However instead of just killing the idea he empowered the people to try it in a controlled environment, the stuff most of us want. But the memo leaked and we lost our minds because we all made assumptions about why the memo was created, the long term intent, and the classic “that’s not how we’ve always done it”. People read way too much into this. Maybe I’m just looking at this with my glass half full.
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6 hours ago, otsap said:
The judge in Doster v. Kendall just this morning certified a class action including all Air Force, Space Force, Guard/Reserve, Cadets, etc, and issued a Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting the AF from taking adverse action against unvaxxed members who filed a Religious Accommodation Request that is either still being processed or was denied. The TRO lasts 14 days, DoD has 7 days to respond and argue against class certification. At that point the judge either accepts DoD's argument, unlikely IMO, or more probably issues a Preliminary Injunction.
Curious how this works since for a lot of people the religious accommodation is acknowledged but then not having the vaccination is incompatible with service after the religious accommodation which is the reason for separation.
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35 minutes ago, tac airlifter said:
Hypothetical situation: someone is selected for O-5, but set to retire 1 May. Pin-on date works out as 1 Apr but they started terminal 1 Mar. Do they retire as an O-5? Not talking pay (high-3), talking rank only.
You have to hold your rank for 3 years to retire as that rank, so they would retire 1 May as a Lt Col and be a Major, retired the next day.
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2 hours ago, FLEA said:
I've listened to this. On a side note, I sometimes wonder if academics and analyst flex by just trying to put as many books on their backwall as possible. Like... I seriously doubt this dude has read all or even half of those in their entirety.
Anyway, he makes some credible arguments and some that are problematic. His biggest problem is he simultaneously acknowledges that it was irresponsible for NATO to offer membership to Ukraine in 2008 while also saying Russia is solely responsible for the situation in the Ukraine. That is sort of a logical fallacy. You can't be irresponsible for something but then at the same time not be responsible for it and I think it shows the black and white thinking so many people possess in terms of IR and geopolitics, that there must be a right and must be a wrong.
I don't think anyone wouldn't argue that Putin is "more" responsible for the situation in the Ukraine. But the question is how much more and how responsible was the US and NATO with their needless growth and lack of clear purpose. 49%? 30%? 5%? 0%? Obviously its difficult to put a number on it.
I think Ukraine is showing the purpose of the growth. Countries should be allowed to self determine. If Ukraine had wanted to be Russia’s bestie like Belarus, more power to them. But they didn’t want that, and it’s not Putin’s decision to force them to align the way he wants.
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26 minutes ago, brickhistory said:
I have GOT to get me a prescription for condescension. My over-the-counter stuff ain't hacking it here. Arguments are emotional, silly, false, etc, etc.
Or so I'm told.
Could be my opinion is just as valid as any other.
Or I could just be lectured by my betters...
ENDEX for me: I hope Ukraine continues to stack Russian corpses deep. I am sorry for the misery they are enduring as a result. I hope the rest of the world continues tossing weapons over the border to 'em.
I hope we don't get involved in a shooting war.
Especially one that escalates.
Without a valid reason that is worth the lives of our side - military or civilian.
The problem is, and the driving force behind all these arguments, is none of us agree on what makes a reason valid.
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18 minutes ago, HeloDude said:
Spin it however you need to man. If you think I’m immoral for not wanting the US to get involved with a war on the other side of the globe, then so be it.
I don’t think it’s immoral. It’s just some people value American values and ideas, freedom etc. more. Some people value US interests, money, lives more. It doesn’t mean people value only one or the other, just what they value more.
I don’t think either answer is right or wrong, but as a democracy we should go with the majority.
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20 minutes ago, Chicken said:
Officer.. I finally talked to someone at MPF. According to him if I receive orders I can just apply for retirement up to a year from that date. So if I got orders today.. according to him.. I can apply for retirement 1 March 2023. He also said that you can change that date up to 30 days prior? Seems like that applied to a DOS.. not sure on really changing retirement dates. If I found a great job on the outside would I be able to retire earlier?
You can change a retirement date but it has to be approved by commander and AFPC based on needs of the Air Force, so not guaranteed.
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4 hours ago, Dirty Herky said:
Let me know if this is in another thread but I couldn't find it.
Even as bad as USAA is being made out here, is it still worth having OCONUS for insurance/banking? Recently found out I'll be PCSing before the end of the year is out and was leaning towards moving things with USAA since they get the "military" thing and would be more understanding about overseas.
Biggest things I can think of needing is rental insurance for on-base housing and maybe car insurance.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated especially if I'm missing anything.
Depends on where you are going. They can’t provide service in some countries like Japan, but can provide more in most European countries. When I was in Japan they wouldn’t even talk to me on the phone, but a lot of that is local law. In Germany I had a direct line to the UK USAA phone center.
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1 hour ago, BashiChuni said:
was the post WW2 pax americana really all that great?
korea, vietnam, iran, panama, GW1, bosnia, GWOT etc...
seems to me we kept putting our pecker where it didn't belong. not too many great things to show from any of those places.
maybe we need to sit some out
Good points. There also hasn’t been a WWIII and war casualties worldwide have been relatively minimal post 1945 compared to pre 1945.
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34 minutes ago, brickhistory said:
Agreed.
But Dod's near blanket denial of any religious exceptions was yet another own goal to this bad, possibly illegal IMO, order.
DoD took/is taking nearly 10,000 casualty equivalents over a policy, not hard science.
In a time when the percentage of eligibles to join is ever decreasing.
How many of those 10,000 would recommend joining? How many people that know those 10,000 would recommend or consider joining themselves?
Many of us here are 2, 3, or more generations of serving. I wouldn't recommend anyone to enlist or commission. Would you?
There are 2 parts to a religious accommodation. The first is do you have a sincerely held belief, which actually has been yes more than people think. The second is can the service accommodate it without risking others or negatively impacting service. With the vaccine that part is what is getting denied. Not having it risks those around you and makes you non deployable from big AF perspective. The few approved are mostly people on terminal or teleworking prior to terminal.
Not saying it’s right or wrong but for SA.
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2 minutes ago, SpeedOfHeat said:
While ridiculous, it's no more ridiculous than the people I see on a daily basis wearing masks outside by themselves.
My favorite is the people riding bikes or, ...I saw this a couple weeks ago...., SKIING while wearing a surgical mask. --"Tell me you have a mental disorder without telling me you have a mental disorder."
It's no more ridiculous than the kid I saw at my son's baseball game two nights ago wearing an N95 while playing CENTER FIELD. His dad said he wished his son would take off his mask, at least outside, but that "he doesn't feel safe without his mask." Holy $hit.
It's no more ridiculous than my kids still being mandated to wear cloth masks all day in school, when the CDC has finally admitted (what anyone with a brain knew all along) that cloth masks do nothing.
WLOFMs
I wouldn’t do any of those things, and I’m against mandates. But who cares if someone wants to wear a mask on their own? I saw it all the time in Japan pre-pandemic and no one cared. I don’t understand the rage it causes. Just like I don’t understand the rage not wearing a mask causes.
Why can’t people just do what they want?
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6 hours ago, FLEA said:
Omg I about barfed in my mouth on career day in UPT where the dude with a 20# beer gut said "we are pretty much the Navy SEALS of the sky."
Special planes not special people. Although that guy sounds special.
Russian Ukraine shenanigans
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Some websites power index measurement is not a standing army. I’d agree we have the most powerful military, but it’s not the largest. Our Army in 1865 was larger than our army now.
Topic at hand, fund Ukraine, let them fight our near peer for all the reasons previously stated including doing the right thing. For your point on downsizing, we have to be careful deciding to drastically cut our military and use it to fund friendly militaries because not everyone may stay friendly forever, and we are giving them the say on what the appropriate use of the military is. I’m not against looking at our budget, but we need to know what we are getting ourselves into.