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Nope, we should kill them all. First off, you can't ever be sure they didn't participate in the acts of barbarity IS rejoices in. Secondly, radicals have been known for years to openly endorse lying as a means of maneuver so you can never trust that you aren't welcoming sleeper agents. Third, the european out briefs I've read from those who return indicate the deserters don't reject a caliphate or violence as a means to establish it but rather the particular ways IS has done business. This is important when considering reintegration because these guys still buy into the concept.... They just didn't like the way this one played out; so what's to stop them from returning later if/when appropriately inspired? Finally, for years I've been listening to folks say we can't kill our way to victory. But we haven't tried, and frankly I think it's a valid TTP. All the COIN talk and reintegration and hearts and minds, etc. In the right time and place may be appropriate, but we can't leverage those tools to our advantage unless we're first in a position of strength; one attained by killing enough enemy to stress their organization. They've absorbed our attacks better than we would absorb similarly porportional inflictions. I think with these guys, we can and should kill our way to victory. Kill everyone who deserts and trap the rest in NE Syria and let Assad deal with it. This isn't an impossible problem, we just need the stomach to execute at higher levels, because the line guys are willing and able.

Raptor has had it's day? We all get a chuckle when it checks in with its ridiculous SCL. It remains irrelevant in our current fight, even if shows up episodically, because we have no need for the specialized capabilities it brings. I'm sure it will kick ass doing what it was built for but cost/benefit validation won't occur until it goes against the threat it was built to face. If anything the current use of F22s proves we should have bought OV-10Ds.... Or at least ACC shouldn't have cock blocked commands that wanted them.

Don't speak for the whole AF bro; leading from the front, being an expert operator and killing the enemy is still a priority in SOF. Sorry you're in a bitch community.

That entire war was a clusterfuck from the start.

Concur. My corner is effects based: if you suck you aren't going to succeed.

I mostly agree, but remain optimistic that one day we'll be released from the ridiculous ROE and "near certainty" bullshit criteria.

Looking over the IS leadership spider diagrams it occurs to me that we have recent pictures of all these animals.... Who we captured in Iraq.... Then subsequently released. Lesson learned- we should kill them all when we have the chance.

Good article, thanks for sharing. The pictures don't look at all like the Sambisa forest, I wonder what's really happening there. It's also curious for Nigeria to buy UAVs, they currently won't pay for fuel or uniforms or other essentials their army needs to fight BH.

Looking at the percentages listed above regarding P/DP actually getting promoted, does it hold true regardless of IPZ, APZ, BPZ? I went to the link & couldn't figure out. Basically, does a APZ/BPZ guy with DP still have a 99% shot at being selected?

Open source is reporting the Jordanian pilot might be swapped for an IS prisoner.

I hope Houthis and AQAP kill each other off. Yemen has been rolling towards a major crisis for a while.

Yes, Ive done it & won. They give you a paper and medal. It's slightly less ridiculous than the qual course, but not by much.

You're right, I don't know what I don't know, which is why I asked. Thanks for the answers. I will say my SOIS/JWICS time is fully occupied by studying actual threats, not theoretical ones. And that's not meant as a jab either, I mention it because the JSF has drained funding we desperately need to combat current threats. We're running out of hellfires (the good ones) and SOPGMs. That has consequences now. Would be nice if we didn't have to sacrifice the current war IOT prepare for what might be the next one. Again, thanks for the answers, I have a very small niche world of F3 and am unfamiliar with other aspects of requirements. ETA: I havent been on BODN for a while, this is a good thread and reminds me of why I initially came here-- it's cool hearing POVs from other communities.

Brabus, what does the JSF do that is worth the cost? Cost being: not just monetary but also second order effects of no funding available for other programs more relevant to current events. I keep hearing "it's expensive, but we need it." For what?

Lack of sparkle & VDL is a big deal for some mission sets due to GFC requirements. Can the -35 push/receive CoT? Also, if it doesn't have a pod I assume no LST?

Concur with HD, it's not necessarily one or the other. Sometimes it is, and some MAJCOMs are worse than others (AMC vs AFSOC) when it comes to mission prioritization. But you're wrong to say strats go only to non-mission hackers.

That's a perfect example of the tomfoolery ASW SOS strats. Unless #1-4 were also selects, it's disheartening to see an SOS strat drive the entire machine. Yet it does. We frequently see guys rated higher by MAJCOM passed over for school slots by folks who are rated lower in every category except SOS.

You think gunships shoot more than MQ-9s?

I'm prepping for post-deployment ritual of ordering some great scotch to greet me when I return. Already have Glendronach 15 Revival lined up (I loved the Allerdice) along with Macallen Ruby, but I'm hearing I should try the Aberlour A'bunadh; anyone have experience with the various batches or a recommendation of which batch isn't worth trying? Thanks! Oh, follow up to previous conversation-- the Lagavulin 16 was a clear winner during a SQ side by side tasting against Laphroaig 18. Although the latter got better with some time out of the bottle, it's still too medicinal for my taste.

Not a gunship guy, but 6 years in AFSOC. Huge foul on anyone not ASW a community to speak about it. Yes you'll deploy, but there are worse OPTEMPOs and if you love your job life will be easier on the home front. I don't like being apart from my family either-- but it's manageable and I do get a lot of off time when I'm home and I get to lead in combat and kill America's enemies. If you have that itch, you'll regret not scratching it.

Yea it depends on who made them I think; when we were first issued Multicam in early 2012 they were a weird thick material and no Velcro for wings. That was the year of the rainbow--- guys in the same squadron during the same deployment wore the desert 2 piece, desert one piece, ABU 2 piece, and both versions of the Multicam 2 piece (which fade into very different colors after a dozen washes). Oh, and "issued" civilian clothes too, some of us still wore those to fly. I'm glad we've finally standardized with a decent incarnation of the Multicam 2 piece. The final step is dumping the green one piece at home and simply having one flying uniform. There is no practical reason to maintain both.

Everyone I see wearing the multicam flight suit has wings velcro'd on.

I was all set to purchase a Honda Ridgeline till I found out they would be discontinuing the line in 2015.

You really can't understand why people want a non-NFA SBR equivalent?