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Anybody else watch the congressional hearing and now wanting an invite to this closed door session that Grusch is going to spill all in? Show me the aliens bro.
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7 hours ago, HeloDude said:
True story:
There I was, while on a 365 and on my 4 day R&R at Camp As Sayliyah
The “Irish pub” there was always generous on the pour.
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26 minutes ago, Stoker said:
People spend years of their life pursuing the goal of becoming an Air Force pilot, and then the Air Force does its level best to make you regret it. It isn't the individual's fault that many (most?) people who go this route end up disillusioned with the bureaucracy they work in.
If you had a genuine, WW3 crisis that directly threatened the US, I think you'd have lines out the door of people willing to leave their airline jobs and put a flight suit back on.
Yes it is. Externalities undeniably have an impact on your outlook in life…but at the end of the day, YOU decide how YOU want to feel.
I want to believe this as well. Let’s hope it never comes to that.
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4 hours ago, Boomer6 said:
There’s a difference between anonymously saying you despised your time in your MWS because you didn’t like the style of flying and the life of a MAF pilot wasn’t for you, and making that known to anyone in your sq that will listen. Some of the most liked and high speed dudes I know did not like being in the CAF/AF for various reasons, but you’d never know it unless you were bros with them and specifically asked the question. Plenty of dudes crushing the flying hour program so they can get the mins for the airlines.
I don’t think I’m communicating effectively because you aren’t understanding what I’m saying.
1. I have not accused @Grabby of being a shit bag, nor have I questioned his contributions in service.
2. Becoming an AF pilot is beneficial to both the service and the individual.
3. Whether you believe it it not, hating your job does affect those around you…and it can be cancerous.
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16 hours ago, Boomer6 said:
None of that has anything to do with telling a guy that answered the call, was a presumably good pilot/officer, and then decided another 10yrs wasn’t for him that the AF is better off without him.
If you publicly state that you despised your MWS, and think your time spent in service was only worthwhile to build hours for an airline…then ya, the service IS better off with you not in it.
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47 minutes ago, Boomer6 said:
If not, then youngins’ take note of how to spot the Bob perspective.
It’s military service, not an airline or some fuck-fuck aircraft owners group. If you wanted more financial security or a bigger say in what you were flying, that’s fine…do it somewhere else. The AF doesn’t pass you a 10 year ADSC in a dark alley somewhere. In the same way that you’re aware of the ADSC, you acknowledge the existence of the phrase “needs of the Air Force.” If that doesn’t sit well with you, then don’t do it. For those who choose to gamble their fate against military service, I sincerely hope it works out. My career hasn’t gone the way I envisioned, but it is what it is.
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1 hour ago, Grabby said:
Possibly, but I think that’s arrogantly presumptuous of you to say.
I would be willing to bet there’s not a single person I served with who would think I had any pessimism or a poor attitude. Quite the contrary. Additionally, I am grateful for my time in but age has brought a certain perspective, for me, that does not exist within your sounding booth. I don’t think that warrants your need to make such a shitty personal jab.
It’s not a shitty personal jab. I’m glad you’ve gained clarity after service. You didn’t think it was worth it, and that’s fine. In the same spirit, I think it’s better for the service that you moved on. I haven’t discredited what you did, nor was I being sarcastic about the appreciation.
That being said: the institution doesn’t need people staying beyond UPT ADSC when they are clearly unhappy with their lot in life.
Bring on the downvotes folks. You know the rules when you go to UPT…nobody’s fault but your own if you get dealt a subpar hand. Not everybody gets their #1, and we can’t all be stationed at some tropical island in some flying club.
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49 minutes ago, CaptainMorgan said:
I must have missed it, what’s the 1 Apr thing?
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkSeparation and retirement orders in 2024 after certain dates won’t be approved due to a lack of available funds. I think the dates are 1 Jan and 1 Apr respectively.
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First it’s a back door stop loss (ref: stopping retirements and separations after 1 Apr), now this: WHarticle
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On 7/12/2023 at 4:36 PM, Grabby said:
Everyone will have their own take, but the only reason the flying was worth it for me was getting paid to build my time. I loved UPT but rather despised flying the C-17. So many bros loved it, so I’m sure many would disagree with my sentiment. Maybe I would have really enjoyed the CAF, but the absolutely ridiculous ops tempo and high % of flying in shitty places wasn’t, for me, the ideal way to spend my 20’s/30’s. I make a great living flying as a civilian, but there are so many other routes out there.
Did I fly with some great people? Of course. Did I fly missions that civilians will never get to experience? Yep. But my GF has travelled a metric shit ton with friends and co-workers, building meaningful memories, to consistently amazing locales while making WAY more than any mil pilot. She’s as close with her friends as I was with my SQ mates.
It’s definitely opened my eyes to what’s available to smart, hard working people, and over the long run I feel like I would have had a significantly better work-life balance while becoming financially secure much earlier had I gone a different direction.
Thanks for your service. That being said…it sounds like the AF is better off without you.
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1 hour ago, jice said:
This! And a lot of the skills military folks build and what gets them hired are not what shows up on the hiring announcement… I mean it could, but “ability to outmaneuver organizational stupidity and selectively admit to details of how something got done” and “comfort hurting feelings in order to win” usually gets scrubbed by HR before it goes out.
An aircrew friend went to work for Gulfstream. Said individual provided critical, pointed feedback to a coworker regarding substandard performance. Said individual was subsequently ‘counseled’ by HR. The quote: “Listen…this isn’t the military. You can’t verbally punch people, you have to pet them.”
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3 hours ago, dream big said:
What’s with all the Chang hate? You all know he is trolling right?
I think the downvotes are warranted. Yes, we know he’s trolling…but it’s very bush league. We know Chang is better than what he’s posted recently. Slipping in his old age.
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Recruiting is down? Astonishing given efforts like this:
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7 minutes ago, Pooter said:
?? How about noise ordinances. Would you be jazzed if your neighbor was discharging firearms outside all night? Or blasting music till 4am? or how about if they were burning trash in their front yard upwind of your home?
Yes HOAs suck because they tend to overstep, but the government absolutely has a role to restrict certain behaviors even on private property. Because unless you're on a ranch in rural Montana all the stuff I listed above will affect other people in a normal neighborhood.
I hope you don't have to experience truly sh!t neighbors. I have. And I assure you that after they blow you off in a face to face talk, you wouldn't hesitate to get the government involved.
Is this the same government that allows squatters to pirate someone’s home, and then forces the owners to endure lengthy waiting periods before eviction action…oftentimes without further reprisal to the criminals? Or is it the other government that forces me to spend exorbitant amounts of money for a pool fence to prevent trespassing kids from drowning on my private property? Or perhaps it’s the other, other government that wants me to gain their permission before cutting down dead trees on my land?
Loud music, gunshots in residential, trash burning…maybe you should stop being a tight wad and move out of the slums.
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5 hours ago, nsplayr said:
What you do on your property is between you, the government and God, I as a random neighbor should have zero say in that.
See, fundamental difference…the government shouldn’t really have a say either.
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19 minutes ago, Danger41 said:
Amen.
On that note, you all seem much more educated on this stuff than I. I’ve done some casual research on power generation and am genuinely flabbergasted why there isn’t a major push for nuclear. Any ideas?
The same reason why we don’t have a cure for AIDS, why most Wall Street brokers underperform the S&P yet remain propped up, and why bqzips mom hasn’t posted her OF for free to us loyal BaseOps patrons…it’s more lucrative not to.
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12 hours ago, BashiChuni said:
“No justice, no peace!”
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9 hours ago, CaptainMorgan said:
Only because your wife was on peopleofWalmart.com when you met, and now even they have standards.
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1 hour ago, artvandelay43201 said:
Someone likes that Walmart strange
Pooters challenge was to tell the wife we were going to Laughlin. I did that in 2017. No tears, no whining, no drama.
…I’m not saying I didn’t like the Del Rio Walmart though.
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23 minutes ago, Pooter said:
See how that conversation goes and then come tell me location isn't a big deal.
Location isn’t a big deal. Next.
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58 minutes ago, Danger41 said:
For those staying AD, why is the UPT enterprise so derided? Predictable schedule, not deployments (mostly), fly a lot. Admittedly locations aren’t great but based on the above, why is UPT viewed so negatively?
I think most dudes shit talk it because they haven’t actually done it. They’ve heard about it from their buddies friends sisters uncle and perpetuate lies. It’s a daily grind, but a lot of the MWS ancillaries simply don’t exist. There is no pre-deployment WSMR/NAWS/WSEP trip…no flag to participate in…nothing. Sure, you triple turn and fly XC, but you’re smoking crack if you think that keeps you TDY more than an MWS unit.
To take this one step further…I’d wager that 87.69% of the folks who drag XL through the mud couldn’t even find it on the map, let alone have been there. Is Del Rio a garden spot? Not even close. But there are people who complain that the sand in the FL Panhandle was too fine and difficult to wash out of their crusty ass cracks.
@UDEL09I know this is going to sound harsh, but allow me to play you a classical piece on the worlds smallest violin.
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26 minutes ago, Bigred said:
I don’t understand the rational behind that. 12 years would put an initial eligible dude on the hook till 21-22 years, if I’m understanding it correctly.
I’d say closer to 23-24…so essentially a dude gunning for O-6 or beyond.
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3 hours ago, TreeA10 said:
Children aren't allowed to drive until 14, get a driver's license at 16, vote or buy a gun until 18, and drink until they are 21 years old. Why? Because society does not believe that children have the mental capacity to make correct choices regarding those subjects.
Let us not forget that you can also enlist and die (assuming you were to complete basic and whatever MOS/AFSC training was required in time) at the age of 17…
Old enough to chop your fucking dick off and die for your country, but not old enough to bum a cigarette (or fag depending on your culture).
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1 hour ago, Boomer6 said:
What about ppl that de-transition? Were they confused, unbalanced, or what?
They were basket cases before, and will be basket cases after.
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The Congressman is back yo
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So you’re telling me I can become rich AND above the law at the same time? Count me in!