JarheadBoom

[thread derail] Going on 25 years now, I've used the phrase (and the accompanying horrible accent) "It's an illusion, you're being tricked! You don't like it? Fuck you!" periodically, without knowing where the hell I heard it or who said it. Now I know... [/derailment]

Well, duh... [/sarcasm] After being involved with a couple Spouse Flights, I'm familiar with the process.

Game the system and call it something else.

Because he's a billionaire, and therefore smarter than everyone else. Duh.... [/sarcasm]

Been a Navy Fed member since 1993 (joined the day before I graduated from Parris Island). NEVER had a problem with them.

It ain't just the pilots saying that...

Yeah, but they lost their DFCs when they landed at the wrong field.

Urine (whether human or any other animal) is highly corrosive. One of the most labor-intensive areas during heavy maintenance checks on airliners are the structural elements under the lavs. I work with plenty of sheet-metal guys with airline MX experience; they've all got "horror stories" of finding ribs/stringers/skins under lavs that were basically powder under the paint, from piss-poor aim (pun intended), blue-juice leaks, etc. In one case, a guy pulled the lav floor in a 727, only to find the rib that was supposed to be under it had literally corroded to dust and was gone.

Rumor here at the Quagmire is that he went to bat for the crew in a BIG way... and hit a grand slam.

In these times of "I don't know if we'll have funding for the next UTA, so don't just show up and expect to get paid", that's probably a safe assumption for anyone in AFRC/ANG...

edit: forgot the beer. Shame on me...

Yep. Just happened for us; officially notified at the January UTA. Hell yeah. edit: additional clarity

In a wonderful break from the normal WTF?-ness that is McGuire, my SQ will be wearing our original patch later this year and next year, in honor of our upcoming 70th anniversary. Sure, it's a little thing, but I'm looking forward to thumbing my nose at the anti-heritage crowd while rocking some squadron history.

Christ, they even reverse-engineered the deck crew, down to who wears what color cranial & floatcoat...

The R-1820; same engine series used in the B-17, the T-28, and the H-34/S-58 helicopter (among others).

Guess that explains why I had to go to Harbor Freight to find a gas can recently. That sucks; my Blitz cans are far better than the shitty China-made HF one.

Kaman HH-43 Huskie. edit: add link & photo

I was in Rota for 4 days at the end of last month (Sandy mission delay). The M that was on jacks when we got there, was still on jacks when we left. Disclaimer: I've heard some of the horror stories about The Insurgency, so that may not be the jet's fault...

^This. C'mon, even I figured it out, and everyone knows Marines (former or current) can't read past the 5th grade level...

There may not be any on this year's "team", but a couple years ago they had an AFSOC loadmaster and an ARABIC LINGUIST on the team. Yeah, it's two drops in a fairly large bucket, but I'm pretty sure those two Airmen could've been doing things in their career fields that actually contributed to the overall AF mission, rather than the embarrasment that is TIB. Shoeclerky Oblivious Fucktard, you're a symptom of the disease that is rotting our Air Force from the inside out. Haze yourself until the noises stop.

I work with several folks using Post-9/11 GIBill; none (that I've heard about) have had this happen to them. My 2 cents...

Been seeing this on a billboard on my way to work for several weeks now. Finally checked it out... wow. Responsible Policies for Animals

Funeral for the oldest veteran of the Battle of Britain

Yesterday, BCM posted this on their Facebook page: