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I think I've posted this story before but not too long ago I was in a meeting when this very subject came up and a then MAJCOM Commander turned to his senior staff and said "Stop Loss is a viable retention tool." What makes the current situation different from past peaks and valleys, the end of this "hiring cycle" could be ten years away...do we really think Congress will allow people to be held hostage for an additional 5-10 years? I can see an argument for a year or two... especially when some soulless mind f@ck like Chang helps build the argument that we are at war with groups like ISIS, but going beyond that has real legal issues. The 15 year commitment won't fix the problem, it still takes time to season guys...it will be interesting to watch from the sidelines as I pray for Chang to get ass cancer.

Bump.

Look at the big brain on Spoo...send him to war college and he becomes the acronym police...what's next, off to the Deid to measure socks?

SHACK! Results proven time and time again.

SAASS, SAMS, SAW (not SAWS), and JAWS MAWS calls itself ASG...but it is not.

So do I, but I am still an asshole. Call me jaded but I will not stand and clap for this one...not yet anyway. Probably unfair to bring up the association and situation with his brother, but within context it does have some bearing. For those that don't know his brother is a retired two star who was punished in the time of Moseley for unethically helping to steer a $49M contract to Gen Hornburg's company shortly after he retired as the ACC commander (well within the 1 year cooling off period). I mention it because Fingers wrote a book called Sharing Success and Owning Failure, in the book he uses and quotes his brother's leadership style as a shining example of "providing the vision and setting the environment" of command. A personal interaction with him a number of years ago also gives me pause...in short, while I working as a senior level exec in the puzzle palace then Col Fingers (who was at the time the Holloman Wing/CC), came into the office with his Codell delegation. In those glorious days we could still wear flightsuits even in the most senior offices. The congressmen went in for a private meeting with the boss before the formal meeting and Fingers stayed outside with me. I saw him look at my WIC patch and he walked up to make some chitchat because he thought he knew me from somewhere (in his defense I am a powerful and attractive man), he was asking how long I had been in the job and where I was before this assignment, I told him I came out of the ASG program and he was all smiles and asked about the program. After that he again looked at my patch and said what platform did you go through in? When I answered AC-130's his smile, disappeared he replied "oh", and he turned around and walked away...never spoke to me again. It was such an odd interaction that it stuck with me for the last nine years. Can't say I will care much after I walk out the door in a month, but for those still around I would check six.

It's about to be...

It will be Fingers...

The only thing that saved the Air Force from the late 1990's low bonus take rate was 9/11, the airlines stopped hiring and there was an obvious rise in patriotism. IMHO today is a perfect storm of intense hiring pressure from the airlines (partially do to increased demand but also a function of age 65 retirement kicking in), combined with a force that is fed up with the relentless ops tempo and constant trips to the desert.

If yesterday you could get out whenever you want and today you can't get out until November...that seems like a stop loss to me.

Not seeing any threads yet, but AFRC is instituting Stop Loss effective until November 2016. I would imagine Stop Loss on the active component is right around the corner.

As seen through a gunship HUD, tag team from hell.

I've been saying this for years...if they get details like this wrong, imagine all the other inaccuracies we read on a daily basis.

You are welcome to vote, but there is a $75.00 charge to do so.

History repeats itself.

For those that care I went with the S&W M&P Shield 9, a great fit for me. A bit shocked at how easy it shoots, right out of the box I put the first eight rounds in the center ring. A lot of luck on my part, but my office has a weekly shooting competition (one shot for the pot), I put four mags through the gun then onw shot to win the pot. Also, for those looking for a different kind of carry holster, I give the Sticky Holster very high marks.

Still amazed the pilot survived.

Crashed on the A27 highway...

7 fatalities

Very intrigued by the M&P Shield 9MM, I will be checking the BX this week, many thanks. Brick, your S&W Model 4566 looks identical to my S&W 6906 which I have had and carried for many years. Mine was also a police gun, my brother's duty weapon for a year before they switched over to the Glock. It fits well in my big paws and I can drive nails with it, but it is a bit too bulky as a concealed carry weapon.

Lots of 1911 talk as of late but I need a new concealed carry weapon, something light and small but I have big hands, prefer to stay 9MM so I could toss it to the wife in a pinch. Read good things about the Glock 42, but not a big fan of .380 for stopping power. What are you guys carrying?

Perhaps a setting on my part but videos are no longer embedded from my view. Check the "flying videos" thread. Also, when replying to a thread the previous ability to insert media is no longer active... i.e. the link button on the tool bar only allows an image URL and the "insert other media" allows a preloaded image or a URL.

Interesting story out of California about drones impeding efforts to fight the fire that swept across the highway yesterday. Five drones showed up in that short period of time, given this and a bunch of other stories I've heard in recent months I would expect legislation is coming.