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    MC-12 Liberty info

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Wichester, speaking of FOB Cannon, I understand MC-12 and U-28 bubbas will be getting a lot closer in your neck of the woods. Or scrub brush. Any rumors on your end?
    . Not really, I'm not the best source for that kinda thing we are pretty busy making gunshipery happen and handling our own rumors, I'll ask some of my NSA bros though.

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    WTF? (**NSFW**)

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    You guys are right, that was inappropriate. I was going to try and post a video of some kind of retarded northern person, as an apology or something, but they just all seemed pretty much normal to me when I watched them...

    :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer:

    Yeah...normal like a football bat.

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    Last Beer You Drank and Rate It

    in Squadron Bar

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    Lone Star Bock - good beer, smoother and slightly sweeter than Shiner with more Bock like qualities I.e. flavor.

    On the same note, St Arnold Bock is an excellent easy drinking bock with a crispness unlike other Bocks, doesn't sit as heavy as Shiner or Lonestar while drinking. No sweet after tone like LS but not as full bodied either.

    both beers are born and bred in Texas. Anyone try different Texas beers recently?

    Why Can’t the U.S. Military Grow Better Leaders?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Winchester

    Ask them because they'll tell you don't sell yourself short, which is exactly the big picture point I'm trying to make.

    Not sure why you wanna have a real post-AF career path discussion for a nav since, like you said, you're not a nav. WRT what you said, anyone have real data on that claim that more navs stay in? I don't, but my anecdote is that I've seen just as many dudes punch from both 11S and 12S, timing is a little different due to different initial commitments. YMMV.

    Anyone who thinks the only thing they can do for money is fly is an idiot. That applies especially to navs who think they'd better stay in because they have no prospects on the outside.

    . Dude I totally agree with you. It makes me tired trying to explain to folks to not sell themselves short when it comes to post military life. The opportunities are endless. Even for shoe clerks. Military experience with a clearance is cash money, you just have to look.

    Edit: I know because I've looked and been recruited, like I'm sure many have on this forum.

    Panetta to Lift Ban on Women in Combat

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Winchester

    Guess we just disagree then.

    "Violating societal norms" has been done several times in the past within the U.S. military and there has yet to be the "unit cohesion-pocalypse" that had been predicted before each change. Women, blacks, female pilots, women on submarines, open homosexuals, etc.

    There will be problems, as Mr. Smith points out, and we'll have to find ways to mitigate them. Hell, there are problems the AF is experiencing now with crating a "professional work atmosphere" and women have been in the military since 1948. Some of it is BS and some of the problems in the future will be raised by BSers who in reality can't hack it, no doubt.

    So while I don't dismiss Mr. Smith's example (that sounded like it was horrible BTW), in my view the problems that will arrise are not so great as to preclude equality of opportunity. Pretend you wanted to do a job in the military, you thought you could hack the requirements, but were barred from doing so because you were a man. Imagine that job is really 240,000 jobs, many of which are the best tickets to reaching the top (i.e. combat arms in the Army), assuming reaching the top is your goal or maybe you really just have a hard-on for that job.

    The Golden Rule applies...put yourself in the other person's shoes and tell me how you would feel.

    This is shocking. Makes me wonder why there aren't any women in the NFL....

    Ahem...I don't wonder that at all because NFL football is close to as physically demanding as you can get to comparing physical combat demands. (My speculation only). And guess what...even through the progressive lens of hurt feelings, equality, and standing up for the minority...women are not physically capable of a profession of those physical demands. Equal standards will prove this but chances are there won't be equal standards. Equal opportunity is cool and everything but we always ###### it up and tilt the table to the minority at the detriment of performance. Which is exactly why the NFL doesn't play such games. Performance is the true measure of ability I'm told.

    Restoration of Thunderbird Memorial

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    Back in 1964, Captain Eugene J. Devlin, Thunderbird Two, was killed when the fuselage of his F-105 broke up, The memorial of this was misplaced but recently found. Here is the story of the restoration.
    . Badass. I'm not crazy about the Tchickens but thrilled to hear they are honoring Devlin and the sexy 105. Thanks for the link.

    Blues on Monday

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Welsh had the ability to squash this entire thing, without any of this stupid ambiguity. But he didn't.

    Perhaps we need some more USAFA speeches!

    . He did the right thing. If your command chooses otherwise, that's on them. He left it open for LEADERSHIP. Weird I know.
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    F-15C Sniper pods?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Winchester

    Sure you did.

    So you completely missed the fact that I put the most outrageous comment in quotes under the link? Did you miss the part where i explained where i found it and who posted it for ACSC? That stroke is getting to ya.

    F-15C Sniper pods?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Super. Another thread that started out with what what should be considered great news has executed the standard degrade to an emotional pissing contest about CAS, COIN and gun employment.

    I really like the new technique of adding an article from the AFJ (scoff) about CAS aircraft requirements written by an Army Guardsman and a Navy Reserve JAG.

    That article is so chock full of stupidity I think I had a small stroke after reading it. Although, to be fair, the stroke might've been going to happen anyway....

    Easy there grandpa. I put the article out there because of how ridiculous it was. Particularly the authors. The article came from an ACSC shoe clerk instructor for OLMP.

    Even from your ivory tower rain you know light greys shouldn't strafe.

    Latest Movies

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    Really? I was ready to hate Daniel Craig but I thought the last two films were great. Definitely better than anything Roger Moore or Timothy Dalton (or that Lazenby guy) ever did. Looking forward to the new one and the rest of Craig's career as Bond.

    Roger Moore films were my baby growing up! Love him.

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