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Charleston was doing Sat flights to Sato Cano AB, Honduras for a long time. I also used to see a fair amount of flights to the Virgin Islands....
Soto Cano runs are now primarily flown by Jackson, but they do stop in CHS. The shuttle runs once a month, second Tuesday every month if I remember correctly.
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If you think I don't know much about the C-130 world yet, youre right. I absolutely dont.
So, you're saying you don't know about the mission, but you would rather do something else. In a former life I flew as a load on C-130s, it's an awesome mission. Don't wish you could do something different when you don't fully understand what the differences are. And don't whine like a little bitch when you don't like the advice, it makes you sound like a nav and you're not fully qualified yet.
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"To: Sgt. Devin A Snyder and her family; community members; Alfred State College
"From the active brothers of Kappa Sigma Epsilon Fraternity, we are deeply sorry. In a brief moment of self-gratification, we thought of no one else but ourselves, and for that we were wrong. Our actions and lack of empathy have caused the family of Sgt. Devin A Snyder (A fallen solider from Cohocton, NY) additional unnecessary grief, as well as the local communities and Alfred State College. We take full responsibility for our actions and we will do what we can to right the wrong, and return a sense of appreciation back to Sgt. Devin Snyder’s name and family.
As an organization with alumni that represent active and retired veterans in all branches of the United States military service, our actions have dishonored all of their sacrifices and the memory of Sgt. Devin A Snyder. We are sorry to have jeopardized our evolving reputation among our community, our school and our peers."
Our deepest apologies,
The active brothers of Kappa Sigma Epsilon"
Kids do dumb crap all of the time. The difference here seems that this group is owning up to their mistake. Let's hope they follow through and do the right thing.
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Hope that guy never has to drink through a straw.
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Been noticing that a fair amount of T-38 studs in the last couple of classes that got C-17s are mostly going to Charleston/McChord more than any other base (however T-1 studs seem to be spread out more evenly amongst the bases)...any idea as to why that could be? Just purely an observation...
My guess would be that CHS/TCM are the only CONUS airdrop bases. No promise of airdrop for a new FPQ, but the opportunity is there.
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Really? You don't think a computer running two subway cars packed full of passengers into each other while they're going 100 MPH is comparable, safety wise?
No, I think it's completely different. Subways are operating in two dimensions. What happens if the train goes degraded? Stop the train. What happens if a jet goes degraded? There's no mechanical backup. So, even if the pilot is along for the ride 99% of the time he needs to be there for the 1% when the automation doesn't work as planned. The pilot is a 1 percenter. As a passenger I'll pay a little extra for pilot to be onboard. I'll avoid a pilotless aircraft at all costs.
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Ummm, what the absolute actual ######?!?!?
Pepsi using flesh from aborted fetuses for flavor enhancer testing in new products...
I don't fully buy in to the internets.I found this on Snopes. Sounds to me like Coke is trying cut the legs out from their competition. Take it for what it's worth. http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/pepsi.asp
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Just closed on our refi with Dave Devine at NBOKC. 3.0% for 15 years, closing costs were way low compared to the competition. Dave did an awesome job. Highly recommend giving them a call if your in the market for a new mortgage.
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Has anyone received the "prove you were in a combat zone" letter from the IRS? It states "Please include a copy of your military orders showing your deployment dates for the combat zone or contingency operation." Do you think the DTS orders along with a paid travel voucher will be enough proof for the IRS?
Interesting, I haven't seen a letter yet. How long ago did you file?
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What are the chances of making O-5 without completing PME?
No PME corr/in-res = 0% promotion rate.
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Interesting, it seems like these things are handled in accordance with the hiring unit, so it's probably going to depend on how the unit has always done things. I ask because in a conversation with two pilot selects, one AD the other Guard, this varied. I wasn't sure if you could just skip it all together until you were done with UPT?.. but then I guess that wouldn't do much good, learning the weapon systems and other sensitive material, or whatnot.
There really shouldn't be a difference. Just fill out the paperwork when asked. Unless there is something you are worried about that happened about nine years ago that will fall off the radar in the next year. If that's the case then I don't know what to tell you, except tell the truth and good luck.
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I can hear the bar pickup line from the band now. Yeah, I'm a warrior, I worked with combat controllers during OEF.
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Look at the slideshow. He titled it "Ronnie's Rules" and presented it at an introductory commander's call. He could have easily titled it "What I Believe" and we are not having this discussion. I think the General was pretty naive to think this was appropriate for an introductory CC call.
I agree with you. I think these generals love their catch phrases Lorenz on leadership-Ronnie's rules. It failed miserably in this case as soon as he injected God and rules.
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Maybe because it is offensive to women and to American citizens who are asked by their government to defend a totalitarian theocratic monarchy? As for respect for their culture, I have been coming to the Middle East since 1990, there is very little that I respect about their "culture". It appears that you have swallowed the big-blue kool aid in regards to appeasement of 13th century tribesmen. Do you really want to go in this direction? Just asking...
An add...they already know that we are Westerners and/or Americans. An abaya does not conceal that. Neither does wearing a polo shirt and Dockers, we are still targets. Would you suggest "out of respect for their culture" that we prostrate ourselves 5 times a day towards Mecca while in their country? Their official religion requires this, all other religions are forbidden. How about killing atheists in our ranks who are deployed to their country? After all, their law requrires death for atheists and apostates.
Oh, I see, we only have to hide who we are when we are off the installation. Got news for you...they know who and what we are. The best thing that ever happened was when we left PSAB. Too bad we are still here in the Middle East but that is what a lack of political leadership and political will gets you, not to mention failed military strategy.
Where's that dislike button?
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personally, I've had a better experience with HR block's Software. it handles all the complicated situations really well!
And it's free thru military one source.
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It is a great deal. Turns out that they only require an appraisal for refis from certain banks. Chase, where my original loan is, is one of the banks that they require an appraisal.
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Don't be a dumbass. The point is the same as having Eagles or Vipers sit alert. Are there other fighters at Elmendorf you'd recommend sit alert instead of raptors? And do you even understand what super cruise is used for?
And you can always punch the tanks off if you need to. That's why they're called "drop tanks"
Why dont you not be a dumbass. That's the point I'm making. Why waste the fvcking money on raptors to do something that an eagle or viper is quite capable of. Holy shit, thanks for the education, wow "drop tanks" now it all makes sense!
OBTW, my original comment was an off the cuff joke about the drop tanks being there in the first place. Not really intended to be a capabilities pissing match.
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I'm curious why you think anyone needs super cruise to intercept a Bear.
That wasn't really the point of my question. I'm not too familiar with super cruise really, for me it's exceeding .74M. However, I would think the extra drag might make higher cruising speeds harder to attain. Do you need super cruise to intercept a Bear? Maybe, probably depends on the situation. If you have F22s sitting alert, do you want the ability to intercept any threat at a further distance from the ADIZ? I thought that was the point of the capability. If F22s are sitting alert with drop tanks and can't attain super cruise whats the point of having the Raptor sit the alert?
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Well dude we typically don't wait to intercept Russian bombers until they are over our own bases, so it takes a bit o' gas for any fighter--stealth or not-- to get to a location where we'd prefer to intercept anyone.
I'm curious how well super cruise works with the drop tanks.
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What kind of closing costs associated? Appraisal required?
1/2 percent VA funding fee plus a total of 1,550 in fees which I'm including in the loan 3.125% APR. NBOKC requires a $500 deposit which is credited at closing. So the bottom line is that I had to pay $500 to reduce my rate by 2.5%. I looked around before I decided that this was the best deal I could find. USAA would only offer a 30 year VA at 4%.
And yes an appraisal is required, included in the closing costs I posted above. I haven't completed that yet, so I'm not sure how that's going to go.
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I pulled the trigger and am working with Dave Devine also. 15 year VA refi at 3%! I'm also deploying next week, so I'll keep everyone posted as how this works with a special POA. So far so good.
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Anyone catch the Pro Bowl's F-22 flyby? Terrible...
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Don't they get a c-17 all to themselves or something ?
Yep, I've had the opportunity to drive these clowns around the AOR. What a waste...
WTF? (**NSFW**)
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