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    Track Selects and Assignment Nights

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    On 7/17/2022 at 10:38 AM, the g-man said:


    Nah. It was just tossed in there.

    No way it’s a placeholder for Whiting. The AF hasn’t sent a student there in over 7 years


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    Well shit...now I feel old.  I've been stuck in the CENTCOM version of hell for a few years and missed that decision.

    It's also a bummer, I enjoyed my time as a UPT stud there.

    Track Selects and Assignment Nights

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    15 hours ago, Bode said:

    CSO school house


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    Was there a Joint Spouse or something else influencing that decision?  Obviously, CSO IPs don't have the same instructional skill set...hell, the student doesn't even get to land the plane, much less get prepped to go fly a solo.  I'd hazard a guess that the PNAS location is a placeholder for Whiting field where UPT is at.

     

    Regardless, yes...either way a FAIP assignment to Pensacola has to be the best thing going!   

    WTF? (**NSFW**)

    in Squadron Bar

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    I'm not arguing the merits of your position, but the reasoning you're using.

    41 minutes ago, Negatory said:

    First, it’s rich to say that the left should reconsider the meaning of democracy when a very unpopular, anti-democratic, opinion was passed. Almost all polls show 60-65% of Americans support Roe - nearly 2:1. Now if you wanna make some bullshit argument about how the Supreme Court represents our republic or something, go for it, but I’d recommend you look up what a democracy is supposed to be.

    1) We aren't a Democracy, we are a Republic, with democratic elements.  The majority opinion that matters is the majority of States...not population.  Without looking at the cross-tabs and the sampling methodology of the un-named polls you're referencing, I'm assuming most of your top-line number here is concentrated in CA and NY and not representative of the country as a whole.

     

    19 minutes ago, Negatory said:

    Yeah, actually, beyond all your other fallacies, let’s address whether government has an obligation to the American people to maintain a court that accurately represents the will of the people.

    2) The Supreme Court isn't designed to factor in popular opinion, it only uses the Constitution as it's grading criteria. Its apolitical, and as such, does not have a charter to reflect the 'will of the people' directly.  It only reflects the 'will of the people' through deciding the constitutionality of specific cases before it.  It also does not advise elected officials on possible constitutionality prior to policy/statute enactment.

     

    There may be an argument to pass some sort of Right to Privacy act that was used as the foundation for the original Roe case in the 1970s.  But regardless, it's an issue that needs a legislative solution, not a court driven one.  

     

    Call your Congressman, both locally in your state of residence, and in D.C.

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    COVID-19 (Aka China Virus)

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    1 hour ago, BashiChuni said:

    And Pooter, yes it’s not beyond the realm of possibility that masking is harmful to people. Doesn’t take a fucking rocket scientist to figure that maybe kids need to see facial expressions. It’s definitely possibly that masking is very harmful to peoples psyche. 

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    Bashi, do you need a weighted blanket and a nap?  Not that I don't agree with some of your points, but damn son...impressive rant.

    Personally, my own kids (elementary to college senior) have shown vast improvements with a) getting back to in-person school, and b) getting past the mandatory masking.  It's the little things that make them more receptive to education.

    It's my opinion, so YMMV.

     

    Also, thought that kid was expressing himself appropriately...had to do a doubletake.

     

    The Congressman is back yo

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    1 hour ago, Prozac said:

    Hadn’t given it all that much thought to be honest.

     

    Same here...but it begs the question: if military service is allowed, why can Kinzinger (and others) in the Reserve serve in Congress and Airmen on Active duty not?

    I'm sure there's a valid reason, I'm just too tired to look it up.

    WTF? (**NSFW**)

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    Posted · Edited by GKinnear
    Minor grammar edits

    8 hours ago, 17D_guy said:

    Was there a response from leadership you found particularly egregious?  Most were, "I disagree, women/my daughter/my partner are doing great things in our Services, we'll keep winning."

    Add the II MEF Information Group to my informal list of official DoD PA Twitter accounts overreacting.

    https://meaww.com/us-marine-corps-under-fire-for-saying-they-messed-up-after-pregnant-remark-to-tucker-carlso

    If I had seen the DoD IO enterprise act in a similarly coordinated effort against Iran shenanigans when they were planting mines and boarding vessels in the AG, or firing drones/cruise missiles against allies in the the area, I might not have such a large soapbox right now. This was a constant source of agitation with CENTCOM leadership at the highest levels.

    I try to keep a principle that the DoD (and all Federal Gov agencies) shouldn't single out a private US citizen on purely political stances. We have Congress to do that and they ultimately have to answer to the voters.

    Again, on the topic of saying "we've got our female Airmen/Soldiers/Sailors/Marines back" is fine and admirable...but this ain't it Chief.

    Exit thought: give credit to the II MEF IO Group for acknowledging that they act in a manner that fell short of the standard professionalism...although I may keep "get right before you get left Boomer" in my arsenal with some contractors.

    WTF? (**NSFW**)

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    18 hours ago, 17D_guy said:

    https://twitter.com/NikkiMcR/status/1369463184978042881?s=20

    https://www.newsweek.com/army-personnel-hit-back-tucker-carlson-calling-pregnant-soldiers-mockery-1575320
     

    Fuck this elite, pandering piece of trash.

    Let me say this first: I support diversity & inclusion. Some of the best officers and commanders I know aren't white males. Pick a race & sex combination and I've served with them. Personally, I'm also an advocate for girls in Boy Scouts of America and had all three of my daughters in BSA programs for the last decade...nothing against Girl Scouts, I just like the BSA programs (Boy Scouts, Venture Crews, Explorers) better.

    Now...I think both sides have missed the point. POTUS was at the ceremony for the 2x women 4-Star Combatant Commander. Of course his speechwriter, like all speechwriters, was going to throw in something with wide-spectrum relevancy, so highlighting the pregnancy flightsuit and other uniform changes was on there. Based on the speed of government efficiency, I'm assuming that development started under the Trump administration. If you watch the entire segment, not just the Twitter clip, Tucker was making a comparison to China, which is going through the same issues the US is...and in a potential response, built up their navy to over 350 ships.

    So Tucker, an opinion show, missed the point and tried to connect two data points that aren't directly obvious to fit his particular narrative. Who at MSNBC, CNN, print media hasn't done that?

    But...so did SecDef and the rest of the Senior Military Leaders who commented. Or at least over-reacted IMO. It seemed like thy were punching down to me, and I'm not sure they would have been better off keeping their powder dry...but the reaction above "Fuck this elite, pandering piece of trash" seems to be the GO#1 for both sides of the aisle. Everyone has their Ego involved and no one is willing to realize they aren't 100% correct. Critical thinking has been abandoned. 

    Again, this is just my opinion, but by responding so aggressively to this Tucker story, it's made it emotional on both sides of the argument. Every advancement for diversity in the ranks will be met with comparisons to China's growing military power. Every question will in-turn be viewed through the lens of regressive, "Neanderthal" thinking and disregarded and attacked.

    A question for the SecDef, @17D_guy, and every one who agrees with him...did you have as much vitriol over RPA crews being called "baby killers" when they were listed as killing 1,700 civilians/400 kids? 

    https://www.afsc.org/blogs/news-and-commentary/us-has-killed-thousands-people-lethal-drones#:~:text=According to the Bureau of,400 of whom were children.

     

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    Promotion and PRF Information

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    14 hours ago, 14N Guy said:

    So why does the AF currently offer this program if promotion boards/senior leaders don't feel they are worth the effort they ask folks to put into them?

    This and what @MCO said about getting little out of it...I'd actually take it one step further and completely revamp PME and form a partnership with a 3rd party university (brick-and-morter school or online). Have some core classes to learn AF history/strategy planning applications, but the rest would be a list of elective classes under several umbrella topics...leadership, counseling, strategic writing, etc.

    The idea is to make the experience beneficial to the USAF and the Airman, vs the forced hazing and stat padding for the chosen few.

    Oh, and if forced to keep in-residence PME...you should only go once in your career. We currently lose 2+ years for HPO Patches for glorified admin. Not the best use of our talent.

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    Promotion and PRF Information

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    If I were king for a day, I'd cancel all in-res PME and move to a purely online/correspondence system. The cost-benefit analysis supports that decision from a pure financial one (no more PCS, TDY, travel costs) and a manpower one (uh, Pilot Shortage anyone?), as well as break the strangle hold of the self-licking ice cream cone that are the "selects" and "DGs".

     

    I think COVID lockdowns are exposing the paradigms society at large have been stuck in and we need to re-evaluate what fits in a new "internet of things" reality.

     

    Unfortunately, I think it's self-licking that gets all the attention from Big Blue. That's an intentional word choice, btw...

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    What's wrong with the Air Force?

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    15 hours ago, SocialD said:

    Words

    Maybe my own bias got me. When I see "deployment" and "CT" in the same sentence, I immediately assume the sandbox.

    I'll add a caveat that the AF fights the JS on CENTCOM deployments...sometime successfully, sometime not. Why are they fighting going to the desert, so they can go to Europe and Asia. I guess the things change, the more they stay the same.

    What's wrong with the Air Force?

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    17 hours ago, SocialD said:

    I'm talking sending full up fighter squadron aviation packages to go fly CT on the other side of the globe

    You'd be surprised about how much HAF/ACC actually pushes back against the Joint Staff...but we all have a boss, even at that level. JOINT is spelled ARMY so we're fighting a cultural battle in some regards.

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    COVID-19 (Aka China Virus)

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    2 minutes ago, dream big said:

    I am personally terrified that someone that deranged and devoid of logic is allows to be a nurse and work with other’s health. 

    Do nurses also take the Hippocratic oath? "Do no harm" is an overly simple summary of the oath, but the post in question seems at odds with the professional standards.

    What may have been at first well intentioned is giving people delusions of grandeur. 

    WTF? (**NSFW**)

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    34 minutes ago, Scooter14 said:

    How did the fuel truck not blow up? Even with the warhead not exploding I’m surprised that the exhaust didn’t ignite the fuel fumes that had to have been present in the tank.

    It's the watered-down JP-8 they're  selling...surprised the engines can achieve ignition

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    COVID-19 (Aka China Virus)

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    Here's the Stripes article on it:

    https://www.stripes.com/news/us/stop-movement-orders-for-troops-civilians-to-extend-past-may-11-esper-says-1.626069

    Money quotes:

    "However, the defense secretary said travel restrictions and other measures implemented to mitigate the virus’ impacts would be reviewed every 15 days.
    That will allow him “to see if we can curtail it sooner or if we need to extend it further,” he said."

    “June seems to be about where we’re going to level, and then July and August look to be — potentially — recovery months,” Goldfein said April 6. “I could be totally off, but that’s what we’re planning for right now.”

    We're all trying to pace ourselves at my location...I've got an Airmen who's single luckily caught up in his PCS to a NATO assignment. All his goods were shipped the day before the STOP MOVEMNT order dropped. At least we're in a small housing market so his house hasn't sold yet and he's banking per diem. 

    Promotion and PRF Information

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    Posted · Edited by GKinnear

    6 hours ago, drewpey said:

    O-7 by 24 years 

    We skipped the O-4 board for an entire year in 2014 or 15. Command selections may have to be rethought, but we've already set the precedent to delay a pole-year milestone.

    Also...I think it's now at 28 years

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