Herk Mafia

Beat me to it. I was just about to write in saying that D-bag was a sure bet for chief. He will be shipped off to the AOR ASAP to pull this sh1t in the chowhall somewhere.

It does when you're the one in charge.

This is one of our tails. Our pilots that have flown the thing say its quiet enough in the cockpit that you can take your headset off and have a normal conversation.

Sometimes I cant believe the AF is considered military. This is embarrassing.

I know a douche bag at Pope that wears a Combat Action Medal just because he thinks he deserves it. Seriously.

Let him tell that to the guard guys I work with.

Our CC was telling us the green boots werent authorized in the desert anymore because they were changing color.

I thought the food was OK. I really didnt think the LSA was any better though. They did have a better selection of desserts though. I left in June and they had just gotten in new weight equipment and the WiFi was up and running pretty much everywhere on the hill. It really wasnt too bad. Bring your own twin sized sheets and when the hajji flea market rolls through buy one of the faux-mink blankets for your bed. The bedding they give you sucks serious ass. Bring you own pillow too. Bring as much PT gear as you can fit in your suitcase, a bunch of DVD's, and a bunch of books. Its actually a pretty good time.

I was an element leader during SERE. I had a CRO SSgt that was shit hot at out-doors stuff and putting his boot in the ass of a slacker airman we had. A good NCO in the field is indispensable. The E's will keep you out of trouble up there if you let them.

I dont know but it probably isnt even close to what the weather shop says it is on my -1.

It would be nice if C-17 folks would be given a copy of this before they show up in the AOR. Somehow they always seem to sound like drunken monkeys on the radio. Here are a few helpful hints: Stop saying UMM or UHH before you speak. Figure out what you are going to say before you key the mic. Be brief for chrissakes. There are enough issues with the army jamming radios over ORBI without the Reach's coming in there and jamming up approach with their incessant UHH's. Sounding like Lumberg on a busy approach freq pisses people off. As a side note it sounds really cool when at the Died, you tell command post you need a mx troop out to your plane because, and I quote, "our computer wont let us take off." Now that is pure radio awesomeness. Ive been here too long.

I dont think a team sortie has any bearing on a persons ease of transition from co-pilot to AC. 800+ hours in your MWS and a couple deployments under your belt make for an easier transition to AC.

My question still stands. Why do people care about this crap?

Maybe these dudes are more worried about flying than cutting a flap off of their flight suit. But really, who cares.

I love Lohrer 1878. I have one left. Saving it for my birthday.

We had a guy at Salem (a 1LT) that was gettin sh*t on by our squadron chief about wearing his glasses around his neck without a REAL glasses strap. He had a piece of string instead. Together they both approached the DO about the problem and the DO backed up the LT. The chief gets pissed and stomps off. Said LT goes out in the hall and tells the chief to "get back here, Im not through with you yet" and proceeds to let the chief know he doesnt care how many stripes he has, he outranks him and he is going to stand there and listen to what he has to say. This is the only time I have ever heard of an LT pulling rank on a chief and not get his peepee shwacked for it.

Who was asking you anyways? Just wondering...

I was wondering how you go about getting into a gig like that? Anyone on here know? Sounds like it would be pretty chill. And living in San Antone wouldnt be too bad either. Beats the hell out of Iraq.

This will make me sleep well tonight. Screw this guy.

Here is some feel good info about the prison from the SuperMax website. Its great he will be here for the rest of his unnatural life rather than being put down like a rabid dog. This will be much more painful. In the arid, remote high desert, the triangular, two-story, high-tech ADX is almost invisible, as are its 417 male inmates. Many spend 23 of every 24 hours double-locked in an 8-by-12-foot cell behind a steel door and barred grate. Some spend the day's remaining hour alone as well, exercising in a small concrete recreation area and subjected to strip searches upon leaving and re-entering their cells. Except for the guards, there is no direct human contact. Unparalled in America, it is the only prison specifically designed to keep every occupant in near-total solitary confinement, rarely allowing inmates to see other prisoners. It is spent, typically, in a 12-by-7- foot cell. Beds, desks and stools are made of poured concrete. Toilets have a valve that shuts off the water if an inmate tries to flood his cell by stopping it up. Sinks have no taps, just buttons -- inmates used to unscrew the taps and use the plumbing parts as shanks. A 42-inch window, 4 inches wide, looks out on a one-man concrete recreation yard, which prisoners with good behavior can eventually use. The ADX goes to great lengths to bring everything into the cells -- books, food, television -- so that inmates never need to leave. A 12- inch black-and-white TV in each cell shows closed-circuit classes in psychology, education, anger management, parenting and literacy. Religious services of numerous denominations are piped in from a small chapel, where prison officials display for the videocamera the religious objects appropriate for a given faith. Haney, the Santa Cruz psychologist who has testified as an expert witness in cases involving supermax confinement, said the effect of isolation in places like Florence is dramatic. Prisoners ``become extremely depressed and lethargic -- sleeping, lying on their bunks, staring at the ceiling, declining to go out and exercise,'' he said. They begin to lose memory, can't concentrate and suffer severe panic attacks, he said, or become uncontrollably enraged over insignificant things.

I think this falls under the "when in doubt, keep your mouth shut" category.

no. just get a decent one with a timer on it.

I sure love aviation questions.

This is the sh*t that other services make fun of us for.

It wont start until '08 and the 41st and 2nd should be shut down around '09. This is the last I heard about it around a month ago from an 0-6 during the wing inprocessing meeting.