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A T-1 with a simulated radar seems like a step back from a T-39 with an actual radar. When you look at the cost of a T-1, does throwing a radar on the front jack up the price that much?

This gives me a new idea. I can hardly wait until St Patrick's day next year. We Irish are sick of the Man holding us down - you better stash your culture and wear green or I'm calling the ACLU.

All I can really say to that is... Surely you can't be serious? (anyone, anyone...)

In order for the MQF and boldface to solve this problem, the scenario must have been like this... MP: (while taxiing) Hey Co, is the abort boldface throttles idle, brakes apply or brakes apply throttles idle? MCP: Its the first one. MP: Are you sure MCP: Yeah, see here, its on page 3-69 CLUNK MP: What was that?

Over Macho Grande?

DEERs was actually easier than most of the other paperwork. Our adopted kids were no harder to add than the ones that we had at the hospital. I just went to MPF with a copy of the paperwork we got from their home country, and a copy of the US citizenship paperwork. Once they are in DEERS and listed as your dependents, it should be fairly simple to cut an amendment to your orders.

I understand that your calling attention to an existing poll on the internet, but the title "Rate the POTUS" on a military website is probably not a great idea. Its somewhat funny that it currently appears directly beneath the pinned topic "Fair warning on political posts." I recommend a name change for this thread. Something more along the lines of "Internet Poll."

So rampant pork barrel politics and corruption is ok as long as you get something out of it. Once again, we will have to agree to disagree. It wasn't about helping the military, it was about helping John Murtha get re-elected.

I flew for a long time with an Inova X5. It uses LEDs so the batterys last forever compared to my old mag-lite. My door prize for my last trip to Iraq was a Surefire U2. If price is no object, this flashlight can't be beat. Its variable power (5 settings) so you can use it to read something in the cockpit or dial it up to check out the top of the tail. It runs on 2 CR123 batteries.

He was good at one thing - spending money. Other peoples money. Spending money? Check. I wish we had more F-22s personally, but this wasn't about anything but money. Refer to this conservative propaganda site, the Huff Post Spending money? Check. Nice things about dead guy, thats a given. Spending money? Check. His other notables include being just short of indicted in the Abscam sting. Quotable quote - "The FBI videotaped Murtha responding to an offer of $50,000, with Murtha saying, "I'm not interested... at this point." He was cited by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) as one of the most corrupt members of congress. Most of the allegations surround his dealings with defense contractors. Some good may have come to the military, but I don't think that excuses outright corruption. Oh, and yes, he did turn on his fellow Marines in Iraq. This is not the kind of "friend" I look for in the military or government.

Thinking about this a little longer, Randy Cunningham would be the poster child for a great military career that was left behind. He didn't bring any lessons learned with him to his second career. John Murtha was mentioned previously and is another example of an anti-military "veteran".

I know a lot of guys in uniform that I wouldn't trust to watch my house over a long weekend, let alone make decisions about the future of our country. I consider military service a definite plus. All other things being equal, they have a better shot at understanding leadership and have probably been outside the CONUS (seeing the rest of the world tends to open ones eyes). I've voted for Democrats who politically lined up with what I believe (Charlie Stenholm in TX) but the Republicans tend to represent my views more consistently.

I am well past 10. I have to say I really don't understand the urge to get out when you are 4/5ths of the way to getting paid for the rest of your life. If it comes down to your marriage or your career, I can respect that decision, but I will say that the 4 or 5 times I've heard about that ultimatum, the dude gets out and then the divorce happens 6 months later. Honestly, unless Big Blue hands me a pocket knife and tells me to start clearing mine fields, I can't think of a reason to quit that close to the finish line. Not even if the Airlines needed me to sit behind the pilot and ask if we are over St Paul yet.

Before you get to the 10 year commitment, you should have passed through some form of officer training, and several months of waiting for your flight training to start. Once it starts, you have a year (or more if the Navy is involved) of flight training. There was a guy at Sheppard when I was there who SIE'd because he just didn't like it. He was an Academy grad who didn't have to fight for the slot and just went to try it out. I had to fight back the tremendous urge to throat punch the dude for wasting a slot. I don't think you accept the commitment until the end of training - the peanut gallery will correct me if I am wrong.

I'm glad you weren't one of the guys bashing Marines for their literacy. That would just be embarrassing. No, in this thread, it would be ######ing embarrassing. Some problems spell check just won't fix.

When I did my last deployment with the Army, it was taken as gospel that the AF gave AF dudes deployed with the Army "Substandard Quarters Allowance". The ALO and I got this from just about every Army guy we worked with. When we said it didn't exist, they just told us we were missing out on big bucks.

In the fiftys, the big talking point was when we would become an "all jet" Air Force. Nice goal at the time, but we still aren't there and since our most recent acquisitions (MC-12, U-28, MQ-1,9, AT-6) are all prop driven, I don't think we are going to get there. Somebody probably put together a white paper about an all UAV/UAS fleet by 2047, but it will be a cold day in hell before I get on a C/KC anything without a pilot. I know this has been discussed under other threads previously, but there is no benefit to removing the aviator from an aircraft loaded with people.

Yeah, the pilots helmet makes it hard to see shit off the nose.

Jarhead, that is gross. Who wants to see a 99 year old ass? Oh wait, you meant the pistol.

Is it just me or is this thread beginning to look alot like another one on this page? I vote we change the name of this thread to "Should ROTC cadets be allowed to serve openly?"

M2 I will start by agreeing that Ralph Peters is an f-ing tool. He did an article in 2005 while I was deployed that said the Air Force was doing nothing for the war. He is a highly opinionated asshole. Where we still disagree is on Hasan. You have repeatedly stated that he was nothing but a disgruntled office shooter. The typical office shooter is responding to a perceived injustice. The folks at work have wronged him/denied advancement/stole his tuna on rye. Maybe he is just listening to the voices in his head. The office shooter typically goes to a location where he knows the victims and shoots those people. What is a terrorist? The government defines it as ... (d) Definitions As used in this section— (1) the term “international terrorism” means terrorism involving citizens or the territory of more than 1 country; (2) the term “terrorism” means premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents; Hasan went to a public place and attacked people he did not know personally. He struck out against a group (soldiers deploying or returning from deployment)as a form of politically motivated violence. Most of your arguments site that Hasan was not a member in a recognized terrorist group. Tim McVeigh was never linked to any group other than loose affiliations with Aryan groups - kind of like Hasan. But he was absolutely a terrorist. He was also striking back at "the government" by attacking the Murrah Federal building. I don't think that Hasan's failure to attend group meetings, have a PLO Union card or dress in an IRA T-shirt means that he was not a terrorist. Like you said, that is just my opinion.

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I'll put in a vote for Military by owner. We sold our house in Abilene without a realtor and saved ourselves a bunch of money. That was our second sale by owner, so I would say to talk to someone who has done an FSBO previously.

Well, since you mentioned it - I think I saw this somewhere else on Baseops, but it seems to fit the current discussion. Its in Italian, so I'm not sure but I think he says they make him wear a reflective belt.

Tripilot, I have worked three jobs in my life. I worked at a drug store as a cashier/stock clerk/everything else. I've worked at a state University running computer labs, and I have worked for the Air Force. I don't know if you have ever seen the movie Office Space, but that movie reminded me of the crappy points of every job I have ever worked. No matter what you choose to do, there will be somebody in the office who bitches about it, there will always be a boss who "doesn't get it", there will always be changes that seem arbitrary. It is the same for trash truck drivers and AF Thunderbirds. Ask yourself this question - will having to put on a reflective belt in broad daylight (what the hell, even clown shoes and a rubber nose) really detract from flying a jet, blowing stuff up, traveling around the world, etc. Everyone here will tell you that putting on a bag (flight suit) entitles the wearer to bitch about anything and everything under the sun. A few folks get tired and get out, but those folks probably feel the grass is always greener somewhere else. In my experience - it isn't. Thats my 2 cents.