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I am not saying I disagree with you but what does that say overall about the United States. When the FSU fell apart we convinced Ukraine to give up their nukes (which most certainly would have deterred Putin), in hopes of providing more stability. In convincing them to give up the nukes we made assurances with regard to their security. A few months ago we sent a strong message to the world about our resolve when we left Afghanistan and screwed all those who helped us for so many years. If we stand by and watch Russia take Ukraine what does that say about us? Horrible game to be playing.

Russia shelled a reported Kindergarten on the border a little while ago.

Ukrainian winters are rough, maybe they are just cold.

‘You are the reason I drink’ — Airmen bid adieu to decrepit aircraft dubbed ‘Lucifer’s Chariot’ “four terrible and terrifying years that aged me well beyond where I should be.” “You are the reason I live to forget.” “582, you’re a real nasty lady,” said Markham. “I had some great memories, but most of them involved getting off the aircraft and sprinting away from you.”

Reports of artillery being exchanged across the border. More importantly, the Russian Embassy in Kyiv has white smoke as they are likely burning secret material and preparing for combat.

NASA X-59 undergoing tests No sonic boom, interesting looking bird.

Canada and the Democratic Party said nothing when BLM rioted and burned government buildings and businesses. Now a mostly peaceful demonstration is being labeled as a group of extremists. I get it, they are blocking streets and that needs to end but the tactics are unreal. Seizing bank accounts...seriously Canada?

In some ways their play book is the same in others it has evolved and is in fact far more complex than the Cold War days. If you want a better understanding of what they are doing and what is driving their decision process you should read up on the Gerasimov doctrine which is actually an extraction of the "Primakov Doctrine" is a whole of government concept that fuses hard and soft power across many domains and transcends boundaries between peace and wartime. Russia should strive toward a multipolar world managed by a concert of major powers that can counterbalance U.S. unilateral power. Russia should insist on its primacy in the post-Soviet space and lead integration in that region. Russia should oppose NATO expansion. There are numerous think tanks that have published papers warning Russia would continue to pressure Ukraine and likely invade again but this administration seems oblivious. We are playing reactionary checkers while Putin plays three dimensional chess better than Spock.

Russian SAYS it is pulling troops back. Fixed it for you. Google Maskirovka

Wait...this isn't worse than Watergate? Breaking in to the political headquarters of a rival is despicable, banana republic type crap, and Nixon paid for it (well, he paid for lying). This is worse, Clinton paid to hack WHITE HOUSE servers, the communications of a sitting president. When they didn't find anything they made up a story and inserted into the press which led to an impeachment. There isn't a separation of liability and responsibility just because they hired a law firm. The imported the very people that tried to overthrow a sitting president and they are now in power! Look no further than the dude that led this effort, he is now the sitting National Security Advisor...you don't seen the nexus and how this is far worse?

I believe it is part of an ongoing DOJ investigation. Speaking of investigations this was released yesterday "a new court filing by Special Counsel John Durham, alleges the Clinton campaign paid a technology company to "infiltrate" servers belonging to Trump Tower and later the White House to link Trump to Russia. How is this not breaking news on every station. She tried to rig the American Presidential election, then she tried to illegally overturn it ans seize power. Liberals don't care, she is now expected to speak at the NY Democratic Convention. I know I know, at least the mean tweets are gone.

And I believe all three Mirages were returned to service by the same company...

Conflict seems inevitable at this point. A few minutes ago the White House advised all Americans to leave Ukraine within the next 24-48 hours. There are approximately 32,000 Americans in Ukraine (7,000 registered and estimated 25,000 unregistered). The White House announced there will be no evacuation once hostilities commence. Biden said if any Americans are harmed that would be a red line...this is going to get ugly.

Shocked people don't see why these platforms need to be manned. Have you heard of China and their capabilities?

Ok who forgot to disable Chemtrails on the Dream Six? Mysterious Liquid' Falling From The Sky In Las Vegas And No One Knows Why

100% agreed, if that happened it should be investigated and those responsible should be punished...regardless of political affiliation. Do you share the same sentiment on the topic of the Hunter Biden Laptop or do you just hand waive like the liberal hate machine, the mainstream media and the tech oligarchs?

DoD lessons learned report is out and it is brutal, so ugly Biden rejected the findings during an interview on NBC last night. At one point the top commander appealed to the White House to keep Bagram open, it took three days to get an answer and the answer was CLOSE BAGRAM. Among the other findings: The top U.S commander on the ground during the evacuation, Navy Rear Adm. Peter Vasely, told Army investigators that service members would have been "much better prepared to conduct a more orderly" evacuation "if policymakers had paid attention to the indicators of what was happening on the ground." "The top Marine was not permitted to discuss the possibility of a mass-evacuation with anyone other than British officials the report noted." Some State Department personnel were “intoxicated and cowering in rooms,” and others were “operating like it was day-to-day operations with absolutely no sense of urgency or recognition of the situation,” the officer said. During an Aug. 6 meeting, a National Security Council official, who is not identified in the report, appeared to lack a sense of urgency and told others involved that if the United States had to execute an evacuation, it would signal “we have failed,” Sullivan recalled. “In my opinion, the NSC was not seriously planning for an evacuation,” he said. The White House declined to comment.

That was pre-pandemic. Knowing the hiring wave was coming numerous schools and training facilities opened up and ordered simulators. Asia in particular was surging to meet the demand. Unfortunately policies in several countries, most notably Australia caused many of those school to shutdown. As hiring ramps back up I think the training backbone will be extremely strained. Hopefully the U.S. airlines are factoring this into their calculus.

The training issue is universal and global. Several overseas simulator and "school house" operations have been shutdown down by COVID. It is going to take the system a while to rebuild capability.

Don't be a chickenshit, at least say my name. This forum is not the only place I've heard the story, which is exactly what I said. I have no idea if it is true and we have not heard the entire PLAT tape, we don't know what led up to this. Hopefully it is just a made up story. Someone else sent me that link so I shared it, just another data point to use for your own due diligence. Next time I will only post CDC/DOJ approved information.

It is crazy how one idiot can ruin it for everyone. Sadly, his comment is still used to the detriment of the community today. The U-28 and the community changed the fight in many regards. Fing heroes and extreme professionals in my book...still carrying the mail to this day, but one idiot made a comment that left a stain. Awesome to see those in the community grow up and take big leadership positions. There are a few on here whop have done great things for the community. We need more of that less Pavelow/Talon II Mafia.

Yup, OSI convicted, NSAv guy helped...there were several who got in trouble and few who got away with it. I was very close to the story, not all of it came out and I won't air all the dirty laundry.

Brother...you have not been paying attention. The Biden administration has actually made this a strategy...THEIR Strategy. I am NOT trying to be flippant on a web forum. I would invite you to read a paper that came out of CSBA called Deterrence by Detection. It did not get a lot of traction under Trump but for some reason Biden's folks have latched on to it. Very long story short, this paper was published in 2020 and on the surface is operational concept to put a large network of long endurance RPAs in key areas to watch China and Russia, then use the constant flow of information and intel to shape our adversaries in public. Think back to our withdrawal form Afghanistan and how they answered questions about continuing the fight and how it would impact our ability to fight. The answer was "over the horizon". The Ivy League mushmellows in the BIden administration shaping DoD policy have decided this concept is the answer to all our problems and they are FUNDING it as a strategy (there is an RFI on the street right now). A couple of key statements that show how they are building the case. “Deterrence by detection,” based upon the idea that our adversaries are less likely to commit opportunistic acts of aggres-sion if they know they are being watched constantly and that their actions can be publicized widely." Follow on DoD and policy articles have referenced the strategy, they believe they can and I quote "SHAME" Putin and Xi Jinping into stopping a certain behavior. Another thought piece went as far as to say that using this approach we could cohere China and Russia in to "cow to our demands" They point to the U.S. releasing sources and methods in the past to achieve these effect. in the 60's the U. S. government publicly released highly classified U-2 reconnaissance photographs to demonstrate that the Russians had missiles in Cuba. They reference Colin Powell presenting pictures and voice intercepts of the Iraqis talking about mobile WMD labs leading up to Gulf War II. The also discuss the United States releasing satellite and other intel on Iran...nuke facilities and actions on the oil platforms. My assessment and just an opinion, they are taking a risk averse tactical view and are willing to disclose sources, methods and technology to achieve political goals that are probably unachievable as our top two adversaries are not as vulnerable to the press as a free nation like America is. If you listen closely we are already signalling we know what Putin is doing with a false flag operation and a video. We likely have the video and they are trying to get the word out...will it stop Putin?

Probably depends on region, I have been very pleasantly surprised and have received all of my post military medical care on base. I go off base for Dental (obviously), and was going off base for yearly eye exams. Recently had a small procedure on one eye and now they want me to do yearly exams on base.

Agree and had not given it much thought until I heard some of the negative electrons. Honestly I am shocked and disappointed at the response. I learned in a J-3 Super Cub and never thought it was that big of a deal. Taxi ops were different but an easily learned skill (again if a bone head like me can do it in a day, anyone can do it.) Seriously, it is surprising to hear the continued pushback given the majority of austere operations done around the world are accomplished using tail draggers. The HQ guys must think all those bush pilots in Alaska are lunatics. Agree here as well, this is not a pick up game and will demand more than basic brain stem power. I think there will also be a maturity requirement, collapsing the stack and the projected operating environment removes a lot of support (Intel/JAG/Command), and places even more decision authority on fewer shoulders. I liken it to the NSAV folks flying around Africa and operating out of remote dirt strips with with money belts. The vast majority of those folks did well but a few went rouge and started dealing in strippers, smuggling and even blood diamonds (yes that really happened). We (America/SOCOM/AFSOC), can't afford some stooge slinging LGBs or rockets into a crowd of children. In other words people like Danger41 are going to have to LEAD...Develop Solid TTPs and TRAIN until it hurts. Sadly, I don't have a lot of hope. It takes more than a single road show to a UPT base to make the case.