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Colorado Springs is not too shabby. Schriever... once you get to the top of Trash Can hill, you're in Western Kansas. The only good thing is that the portals have been replaced. Not too much else to recommend that base, and God have mercy on those in base housing.

I honestly can't tell, was that a vote for shutting down all NAF's or justification for their existence? The forms said my sarcasm detector was intermittent today, so I'm just checking. After all, AOCs are a weapons system.

Aw come on. Two guys in a row? I hate being the grammar Nazi, but if she has no sole, buy her a new pair of shoes. If she has no soul, hammer a wooden stake (not a steak, those are at the DFAC) through her heart. Edit: NSPlayer got there first. Must be a new sensation for him.

You clearly aren't spending enough time studying boobs. Those aren't stretch marks, but a TMZ watermark on the picture.

Except Ray Odierno was just given the job of closing down JFCOM. This is the guy who wore down the Iraqi insurgency. I think he can take on the Virginia congressional delegation. If money wasn't so tight, I would agree with you. Some elements may remain, but I don't think they are going to get away with keeping all the pieces under a different name/label.

Now if only they could hire some Israelis to fly their hardware.

I haven't always been a fan of some of SECDEFs recent decisions, but there are a few here that seem like a good start. Has anyone here thought we were being held back by an OSD staff that was too small (STS)? Its not the size of the staff, its what you do with it. Similarly, is anyone here below the rank of O-6 complaining about a lack of GO's? SES's? This one probably will be the toughest to make happen. Are you going to make all IT Joint, all contractor (unlikely given #1) On the positive side, it might help provide a more coherent network defense across DoD, and it would be difficult to make the current support for the user worse. I have never seen a study that reached a surprising conclusion or improved the quality of my job/life. For #6, if the AF Uniform board is one of the boards and commissions cut, I'll buy the first round. Imagine the improvement in combat capability if we just quit redesigning the service dress jacket. All in all, it looks like it will suck to be a contractor at Jiffycom, but maybe we can buy a few spare airplane parts.

Not saying theres anything WRONG with it, but it appears that CBS 2 is being non-judgemental and Steven is meeting the standard stereotype for male flight attendants. Maybe he was just feeling a bit bitchy today.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. BQZip01 Johnson is right. OK, I was going to just walk away and take the high road, but for shit's sake, did no one notice the dudes name? Steven Cox? You could start a thread on that alone. I can't believe this guy is Cox bloxing all the other hard working fighter pilots who just need some free deoderant. Continue...

This next news story is for all the single seat guys who have ever claimed they would rather have 200lbs of gas than a Nav. It now appears (according to DARPA) that the A-10 can be dramatically improved by removing the pilot. WTF?

The same WOM was floating around when I did my last deployment in 2008. It was scheduled for 179, but I knew guys getting tagged again inside of 12 months. My replacement was delayed and I was in theater for 200 days. Everything I have ever seen still indicates 181+ is a short tour and will reset your return from overseas date. It worked in my case. Edit: the one trick is to take your paid travel voucher over to MPF to get your overseas return date reset. It doesn't happen automatically.

No mystery there. Just figure that female Neanderthals looked a lot like the male in that picture. You would have one really pumped arm too, and it wouldn't be from hunting.

This isn't a poster, but I think it is in keeping with the overall trend for this thread. Why does this never happen on any of my United flights?

Holy crap! I think my organization has been infiltrated. Is there a separate field manual for countering these insurgents?

Everyone has heard the jokes everybody tells about the AF guy in the BOQ complaining that "this sucks" because the cable TV is out. Be careful when you bitch about being limited to just three beers a day. I have not been to the Deid, but my last trip downrange was at a place where near beer was the closest thing you could get for six months. Yes it sucks, but keep in mind that everything is relative and it could ALWAYS suck worse.

I understand the RFP process and the idea of making this as cheap as possible, but you could also look at this and ask if UPT students might not be able to benefit from access to a radar equipped trainer (ie why would you have to remove the capability before giving it back to a UPT base?). I'm not advocating some sort of BFM in T-1s nonsense, but if CSOs benefit from exposure to radar fundamentals, why not pilots?

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.