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What is even more sad than that will be when they look back 30 years from now and say "$3.27 Trillion for stimulus handouts when the entire annual federal budget is only $2.6 Trillion." WTFF - what the fucking FUCK - were you idiots thinking?????
True, but they will be saying it in either Russian, Chinese or Spanish...
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Damn. Read Fox news much? Good thing Fox has never been accused of being biased or anything.
Dude seriously. Every news media outlet out there is biased because no one reports the news anymore. CNN, FOX, NBC...
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Here is another link if torrents aren't your thing!
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I know this is quite the thread revival, but do IFS hours count towards PCSM for CSOs who later apply for UPT?
As long as you have logged them in your book.
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any way to find out what your PCSM score would be without flight hours? dont really need to know, just courious what it would have been without my hours
No when you log onto the PCSM site it blocks out the other catagories of hours that you have already achieved. (i.e. if you have 6 hours you won't be able to see the 1-5 hour catagory)
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That was the cashier attempting to quote a customer. Whether or not a customer even said that is up to debate. Perhaps the customer said something different, which was then taken out of context. Who knows, really.
All I know is someone felt that the only president worth displaying on a "President's Day" sign was Barack Obama. None of the other historically significant presidents were displayed on the sign. I understand Obama is the President, but he just entered office a month ago and hasn't hardly done anything yet. But it seems that anyone who wishes to point that fact out is deemed a racist since they don't want to march in step with the "Obama is the greatest" crowd.
But... but... he IS the Messiah!
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Obama President's Day Controversy
"He said they're not going to have no black man on the window where he shops," the cashier said.
Now is this a direct quote of what the Retiree said or the cashier.
I think its funny how 90% of the time the first person to pull out the race card is usually the most racist person in the room.
This $hit just makes me want to throw up. Grow the fvck up, make your own sign and stick it in your yard. Oh what? You don't have a yard? Oh because you are still waiting for the Messiah to buy you a house? Well then tape it to your cardboard box.
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"Don't worry, it won't smell like urine and will be tasty too,"
Thats what she said...
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Do you think they will do that for me? I got the GWOT Service medal for fighting terrorism at ASBC... That's the same as deploying... right?
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Next time you think you have had a bad day... think of this dude. The Messiah's eloquent words sawed his face in half and then he healed him, but left his F'd up face as a rememberance of all who doubt the Messiah.
No wonder why none of the ninja's posted above made any kills... the legendary "BLACK/WHITE NINJA" was also in attendance, thus binding their top secret government ninja moves.
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OH MY GOD! IT'S A THREE EYED LADY... or is she morphing?
If you were thinking the whole inauguration was a circle jerk... here are two dudes who apparently took that to heart. So what could be so interesting that both of these guys are staring at the dude in the tan jacket's schlong while The Messiah is speaking?
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So when will the first UPT studs get selected to fly it? 2010, 2011? Any takers?
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Why is it worse in the Marines? Compared to the SF, the MP is in shape to kick your ass, and he knows how to use his gun.
From my experience, not trying to generalize two career fields, the Marine MPs took their job more seriously, and took their authoritile religiously, especially over officers. Maybe Jarheadboom can shed some light on this. Maybe they are both the same though.
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It is obvious that I am hopelessly out of the loop....but WHY would a Marine Col. hesitate to order a Lance Corporal into instant physical restraint for not only DISOBEYING him....but threatening HIM with arrest at the scene of a fatal military crash no less?
Herr Gott!!!!!
The MPs in the Marine Corps are just as bad if not worse than the SF of the Air Force. Imagine an 18 year old with a badge, a car, an M-16 and a sense of authority. All in all, it worked out. I doubt anyone wanted to get into a tussle with a dude pointing an M-16 at their head. You aren't going to physically restrain him. He did order him to leave them alone and to bring it up with his commander. Besides that, what would you have done?
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I have Nav friend at Randolph right now and he is EXTREMELY excited about the U-28 mission and his role as a Nav. I think everyone has already said it, but talk to some people who are doing the job, not some bitter O-6 Detachment Commander.
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Exactly. Never been there, but how do not just CRUSH SrA Happypants when he says this shit? Will leadership really not back you when you tell them to get lost? I think only in the AF would you have these people trying to order around groups of pilots, Marine officers would NEVER be questioned by lower ranking enlisted.
Late reply to this, but my Dad as a Marine Colonel, harrier pilot and SQ/CC, had a harrier crash in his squadron and the pilot didn't get out. He opened the access gate on HIS SQUADRON's property so that they could do recovery and some other stuff. Some Lance Corporal MP tries to arrest my Dad and his Capt for opening the gate. So my Dad told him that they had a casualty and he can pound sand. The Marine persists so my Dad says "Do you see who's name is on that building? That is my name, which means you can do whatever you want, but you aren't arresting me or my Marines. If you want to shoot me, go ahead, I just hope you have a damn good explanation to the Group Commander as to why you shot one of his SQ/CC." The MP sent in a formal complaint to his boss and my Dad's boss.
The difference between the AF and the Marines: The leadership backed my Dad for his actions and didn't monday morning quarterback what he did. The MP was told to STFU and do his job.
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Something like this happened with me for SABC. I clicked through the slides, but when I got to the test, I was going to get the questions wrong and then get the right answer and redo. Unfortunately, it just said I failed the test and didn't give me any of the right answers. I went out of the test and it said 100%... so I printed my certificate and moved on to more important things... like... MY JOB!!!
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New article about the 35.
Luke pilots selected for F-35 Joint Strike Force initial cadre
by Senior Airman TONG DUONG
56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
1/23/2009 - LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- Two Airmen of Luke Air Force Base's F-16 Fighting Falcon family were selected Jan. 9 to become part of the initial training cadre for the F-35 Lightning II.
Lt. Col. Stephen Pieper, 310th Fighter Squadron director of operations, was selected to be a squadron commander and Maj. Chad Lewis, 56th Operations Support Squadron assistant director of operations in weapons and tactics, was selected to be one of the first instructor pilots for the Air Force's newest fighter aircraft.
Since only a handful of test pilots currently fly the F-35, the Falcon duo will need to learn to fly the aircraft from them, Major Lewis said.
"This initial qualification training ... will take approximately two to three months," he said. "Once we're qualified, we'll be responsible for training the next pilot in line. The United States Air Force plans to buy more than 1,700 of these aircraft, so we have a lot of pilots to train."
The two aviators will be part of the 10 initial instructors in the F-35 training program and will be responsible for training all the subsequent instructors. Along with FTU instructor responsibilities, the initial cadre will develop tactics and assist with systems development in future F-35 variants. They will also be developing methods of force application that will revolutionize warfare, the major said.
To find suitable applicants to become initial cadre, the Air Force sought pilots with A-10 Thunderbolt II, F-16, F-22 Raptor and F-15E Strike Eagle experience. Colonel Pieper and Major Lewis submitted applications through their chain of command to be assigned a rank order number. Once the applications left the base, they were reviewed by a selection board chaired by Maj. Gen. Anthony Przybyslawski, Air Education and Training Command vice commander.
The selection board evaluated multiple criteria including flying hours and fighter experience. Major Lewis believes these areas gave him an advantage above other applicants.
"I am a weapons instructor course graduate with more than 1,500 F-16 Fighting Falcon and 500 instructor pilot hours," he said. "I also have combat experience in Operations Northern Watch and Iraqi Freedom. I think these are some of the biggest things that helped me get selected."
Along with Major Lewis' background, Colonel Pieper and the others bring similar combat experiences to benefit future Lightning II pilots they take under their wing.
"The combat experience that a number of us have will prove valuable as we attempt to marry the additional capabilities the aircraft bring and the tasking the Air Force has for us to fill and uphold," Colonel Pieper said.
Though Colonel Pieper will be filling a different position than his current job, he is confident his experience will transition well as an F-35 squadron commander.
"As a director of operations, I know how scheduling meshes with aircraft and airspace availability," he said. "The leadership skills that I also possess will come in handy down the road."
For Major Lewis, the opportunity the new assignment provides is two-fold.
"One is to be among the first pilots to fly the F-35," he said. "Number two is to be involved in the development of a program that will have a long lasting impact on future airpower application."
There are challenges associated with any new weapon system, he said, along with opportunities.
"This aircraft and weapons system is drastically different than any other in the Air Force," Major Lewis said.
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Yeah, I am in the military.
The Civil Air Patrol is not the military.
Sorry man, I couldn't resist. I appreciate your service.
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CAVEMAN, you are leaving your mark all over this forum! First the Obama thread then here!
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Want to know how to fight this kind of war? Read "Devils Guard". Unfortunately, policy won't let us fight like this.
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Here's the thing. We aren't R&D'ing and manufacturing for today's war. If that is the case we are too far behind to catch up. We need to be buying for the next conflict, the Iran, the Strait of Taiwan, the you fill in the blank where were are fighting 690 MKI's with PL-12 which are CAPing in a SA-20 JEZ etc, etc, etc. The conflict X years from now is what we need to be preparing for and frankly, our F-15's and F-16's are going to have more than a difficult time dealing with it. More Raptors? Yes. More -35's? You bet. Don't know what briefs you've seen on the -35 but it's A-G capes are incredible.
Doing R&D after the war starts is how the Army manages things (no dissing there, learned it during Army History back in college, taught by an Infantry Officer). They are always playing catch up. They get the job done, but it costs a lot of lives and money that way.
Taking Chance
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Just trying to help! Don't shoot the messenger!