pawnman

They can't maintain this matrix for people still in the service. What on earth makes you think they're capable of tracking thousands of veterans?

70% of Americans got vaccinated and Omicron proved to be far less dangerous than the earlier variants. We moved on for the same reason you don't see people who believe earth is round constantly picking fights online about it.

I kinda expect "don't answer any questions" to be the default setting for all general counsel, in every organization, everywhere.

There's a wide gulf between "federal mandate for all citizens to get vaccinated" and "SECDEF ordered military members to get vaccinated"

It's all about the retirement pay. https://www.govexec.com/defense/2012/02/top-generals-admirals-can-make-more-retirement-active-duty-report-shows/41089/

Can't wait for the mandatory cyber training refresher for the rest of us.

Because most people got vaccinated, and it's not worth arguing with the holdouts. Along with the covid strains getting more mild, so there's a lot less urgency.

Isn't marijuana federally illegal? Isn't the Secret Service a federal agency and the White House federal property?

Congrats. Both on selection and retirement.

But will he actually? I would say he's starting 4 years behind the guy who got into an actual apprentice program in a trade. Tank driving guy may have some intangibles (self-discipline, ability to suck it up, respect for authority), but he has no actual transferable skills from that job.

Looks like they took your advice, Chang. That next star is in sight!

Ironically, his trolling is just the same mentoring any O-6 or GO would give a young aviator.

If you say so, Neville Chamberlain.

Not much call for tank driving in the civilian world, though...

They may not beat the GI Bill, but they beat tuition assistance. All three companies will pay 100% tuition to select schools with no annual cap. The military pays $4500 a year, in years where budget constraints don't turn it off early.

All of Bashi's accounts are troll accounts.

You need to fill out one of these if you have a complaint.

The problem is that the benefits don't look as good as companies are upping their own benefits. Target, Starbucks, and Taco Bell all have better tuition assistance than the military, for example. Congress is going to have to recognize that military pay and benefits are not keeping pace, especially for what we ask people to do.

I sure hope not. That's gonna be a really interesting security investigation.

Who is "we"? Countries on Russia's border felt threatened enough by Russia to ask if they could join NATO. We didn't force anyone to join. We didn't expand NATO by conquering territory and pushing out the local citizens. Democratic countries voluntarily decided to join.

Shit isn't hard to find, bro. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/red-forest-chernobyl-radiation-sickness-b2330067.html

Says quite a bit about his cabinet, right?

Yeah, about those desalination plants... https://www.reuters.com/world/us/california-regulator-rejects-plan-desalination-plant-2022-05-13/

Hey, you and Nsplayer finally agree on something!

He even said he voted for Trump in his last two sentences. No wonder this is the state of politics. People don't have the attention span for actual debate. They just see "X good, Y bad" and jump on it.