disgruntledemployee

You said you didn't understand why people don't fight and I gave you a plausible rationale as to why. Your training wheels are barely off, which is why I said that its no surprise you don't get it, not that you think like that. Go write a few PRFs and you may start getting some ideas as to why people think like that. Watch some really good dudes get fucked over, then you will see the light. In rebuttal to your points A-C above: A. I don't care what is out there. You asked why people stay in and not fight the bullshit. B. That one went right over your head. Its not about just flying planes. Its about the military way of life vs the civilian way of life. Flying for someone else is not really the same as flying in the military. I'm fairly certain that most aviators are aware that there are companies in the world that fly airplanes. Some people may enjoy some of the things they do while flying for Uncle Sam and are willing to endure the bullshit that comes with it. Now you get the point? C. My last set of numbered points was some sad but true satire on many who get to be our senior leadership. Again, your greeness shows. Now if you want to flame on over spellings of screen names and any implied meanings, game on little one. I like my should chips right where they are and one day, you may too. Out

Not surprising that you don't get it. And you're not supposed to be showing everyone your dick these days, regardless of DADT. Jeez. Where else can you make Maj pay, be in charge of your plane and crew (for those that have one), fly something more challenging that getting ATIS and flying the ILS to a full stop, and drink beer with the crew afterwards while sharing tall tales? I have witnessed and heard of dudes in leadship positions try to buck "THE SYSTEM" and results varied from being put out to pasture in various BS jobs to retirement. Those that played along usually maintained climb-out to higher altitudes. I saw it right at the SQ CC level one day. One guy was the genuine article leader, working for the people and the other was the boss pleaser. Guess who moved up in the AF? This is what we lowerlings see everyday. So many take the guerilla warfare style. Unless you have some nice big daddy firepower to cover your ass, sticking your neck out has a track record of negative results. People keep trying though. Some are victorious, but I assume that as they climb, they will encounter the immovable object that shwacks them back down and they either get out or join the collective. Ah, AF leadership as the Borg. How enlightening. There is one recipe that has shown itself to work more often than not when it comes to getting promotion. 1. Know the game: Masters ASAP, PME when eligible ASAP, volunteer for each and every big additional duty from CFC to AF Ball. These are the elements of DPs and higher points on the promotion boards. 2. Be a boss pleaser and yes man. Always do what ever the boss wants. Never say no or can't. You'll be viewed as "True Blue." 3. Shit on everyone else as to why success didn't happen. Never blame your boss or higher. 4. When in power, be a dick to everyone under your charge so that you look good, and take credit for everything they do because your in charge of them. 5. Always volunteer for the exec jobs because that is where you get the number 1 strats as the boss can't have a #2 guy running the office. 6. Don't fly as much as everyone else because that takes time away from trying to climb the ladder in office jobs and everyone knows that the AF doesn't really care about flying performance. 7. Profit There are some variations on the formula, but you get the point. Out

I wonder if they will get rid of blues? The women wear these skirts and see-through blue shirts and that has to be distracting. There you go folks, I think I just made a case for getting rid of blues forever...they create a sexually inappropriate work environment. Out

Nope. Politics is all about power. Values are used as tools to wield that power, maintain that power, and grow that power. These are the real reasons behind the decision. But I guess our politicans and leaders don't mind a few more dead women to grow their power. No matter what the military units do, political pressures will win and women will move in to units where they probably shouldn't be. People will die and this will be a factor. I hope you are happy with your position on this issue. Out

No its not. Any dipshit knows the fighting military force is not the Post Office, the Welfare office of HHS, or your local sherriff's department. Why would any American want its women on the front lines? Perhaps you, like I did, visualized yourself on a Higgins Boat about to storm the beaches in Normandy as depicted in Saving Private Ryan, and thought Jesus H Christ, that was pure fucking hell. Now put 10 ladies in that boat with 40 other men. And before you get all Debating Debbie on me that we don't storm beaches anymore, the point is to visualize real war with women. War is tough enough as it is, I really don't think we need to complicate the issue with gender just so some people can get a promotion. I asked my dad (been in real war) what he thought. He said it was one of the stupidest things he's ever heard of. Out Lastly, if you feel that the leaders at the top didn't cherry pick the data to support what they were ordered to do, you're naive.

You don't get to choose. Since you don't get to choose, and there are politics in play, someone is going to get hurt. Hence the policy is not right. Extra resources, extra efforts by people, and extra dollar$ will put put towards trying to make this happen. Why? Do we really need our women on the front lines? Out

If any woman wants to join the infantry and fight head-on with the enemy, I suggest a test. I'm not young, I'm not in the best shape of my life, and I'd even go as far as to assume I represent a typical man in this world and something that our Army or Marines could potentially face. If said woman can kick my ass in a fight, she can join the ranks. Out

Oh, so your an asshole? Most people that agrue for the sake of arguing are, in my book, big fat stinking shit assholes. I don't believe you based on point A above. But I don't care about your point of view. Just don't go infecting those that serve around you with your spew. Lastly, I like my guns. I enjoy shooting them. Its my "golf." They are also my first and last line of protection, be it bears, coyotes raiding the chicken coop, or thugs. You and your kind don't seem to like that. They live in a bubble where they cannot imagine anyone inflicting harm upon them and thus cannot fathom why I want my rifle to hold up to 30 rounds of 55gr HPBT, or my pistol to hold 15 rounds of 185gr JHP. They see Hollywood portray Joe Citizen as dumb sheep and only the police or the A-Team can protect us. They also think that any self defense encounter should only require 1 shot because that is what TV/movies portray. Lack of proficiency and training, adrenaline, fog of conflict, darkness, etc. all lead to missed shots. Plus, not everyone has a vest or belt with multiple mags on their person at all times, especially in the middle of the night at home. The only guy that is well supplied with ammo is usually the bad guy. So, here are your take-aways. 1. There are bad guys in the world. 2. We don't have a personal police officer to protect us 24/7 from those bad guys. 3. I have the right to protect myself, wife, and kids. If I want 15 rounds in 1 mag to do so, I should be able to. Lastly, the Pres, VP, and any other shouting mouth politician (NY) can parade around all the victims they want. If I'm ever at the pointed end of a gun and I didn't have one to return the favor, I'll either blame myself for not carrying it, or the govt for keeping me from carrying it. I won't blame the police because of response time, I won't blame a mental health law, I won't blame a parent because they couldn't control their evil kid, and I won't blame an inanimate object. Disgustingly, Out!

Good luck finding powder and primers. Fucking politicians. Out

Then submit to the man and pop his pills. Or take action and black out your room and demand a decent bed. Or demand that beer be available as that help people sleep too, and that has been around for many hundreds of years. If you have to resort to taking sleeping pills to get quality rest, that is fucked up. Its funny in the sad way that the AF monitors how many pills you get and counsels you if you take the max, yet pushes you to get them. Short story, flight doc on the rotator into AOR announced via plane PA system, "I'll be dispensing Ambien to anyone that wants it since you need to start adjusting to the different time zone." I've heard folks say that they popped Ambien and were then alerted earlier than planned. I've also seen some whacky shit happen to people on the stuff. Flying like that is dumb. Out

Didn't some Herk pilot drop his Army brother paratrooper out at Pope a few years back? I seem to recall reading the article somewhere. Out

I'm all for it, just use Bill Gates' money, Angelina Jolie's money, and Bill Clinton's money, not taxpayer money. These people can do a wonderful job funding birth control. Mr Gates loves giving out innoculations. These guys should create a bunch of clinics targeting those neighborhoods with high crime rates. They can even make catchy youtube videos. Or, make welfare a nice big pain in the ass. There is nothing like tearing out orange $5 "food stamps" in front of the cashier to pay for "grocery only" items and while the cashier tells the person that it doesn't cover the cases of soda, bags of junk food, or the carton of smokes. BTW, I loved the rebuttal video someone make of all the Hollywood stars using guns in their movies. Now someone needs to make one about all the Hollywoods using drugs in movies and how that's created a culture glorifying drugs. Even better, I hope the autopsy of the Conn. shooter shows he was high on pot, promting people to call for a ban on pot and other dangerous drugs. Out

Maybe "The Market" knows something we don't. Maybe "The Market" doesn't care too much about sequestration tax rate increases because it thinks that they will be temporary. Maybe "The Market" is waiting for some other event to occur. Maybe someone forgot to tell "The Market" that its supposed to drop faster than Suzie Favor's underoos. BTW, who is "The Market," some energy entity blob? Out

Playr plans on writing a $192 check every month to the Govt to help pay for things until he PCSs to Cannon.

Biased, huh? OK, Mr Smarty Pants, what seems to be the big economic problem we have here? Not enough taxes or too much spending? Do I even care about political capital in the capitol, hells no. Would I prefer those elected get their hands dirty and solve the problem, hells yeah. What I mean by getting hands dirty is stop playing politics and do some actual work. This isn't a fucking basketball game where fans cheer for outdoing each other with political slam dunks. Dems are so falling all over themselves from Nov that they see that as a sign from the heavens that they can't be wrong, at least that is what they want you to think. I don't want the Dems to get what they want because they are flat out wrong. So, like I said, get out your poms and cheer them on. I expect no less from you. Out

I would prefer Democrats get off their high horse, stop playing games, and get their hands dirty. All Democrats are doing is looking for the deal that makes them look good and everyone else look bad. Show me a Democrat that is proposing the spending cuts that our budget requires. And that is why America should flush the Congressional toilet because the stagnant shit stinks. But if you want Deomcrats to fire up the spin machine, get out your pom poms and cheer for them all the way. So here is my spin on this mess, "Its the spending, stupid!" Disgustingly Out

I've always promised that if I find the golden FOD, I'm keeping it in order to create a flighline shutdown because the FOD went missing! Out

No I'm not. I sat there and heard it first hand from Safety Center reps. They teach that SIBs should not offer privilege to everyone (makes sense as not everyone needs it) and second that SIBs should try to conduct interviews without offering privilege at first. However, each SIB is different. So, if any of you get involved in a SIB sitting at the unfriendly side of the table, think about whether you need privilege. And if you think you want to talk to counsel before hand, tell them. True, SIBs don't care about counsel so don't be surprised if you ask for it first and they say its not necessary. There, fruit salad. Out

I've heard the same thing. Safety will not offer privilege buffet style. You need to order it off the secret menu. If they don't offer, you don't need to say anything. They will also say that you don't need cousel, but its your ass, get it if you need it. Which is why I've seen some entertaining ones. Not a full-blown real example, but here is the jist: Standard form 97 header (or whatever fighter dudes call it) info like the day and tail number, and a synopsis something like, "smoke filled the cockpit so we landed." Factual, to the point. Lastly, something I've seen over the last few years is CCs/DOs/Supervisors asking their peeps to make written statements after a situation. Sometimes its a manner to get the facts and fix things (the good boss that has your back) but often that shit is held against peeps (the boss in CYA mode and protecting his career). Watch out! The Herk world is the same WRT personnel training. Pilots and Navs qualified out of the schoolhouse/AC certification and LMs restricted until they complete an actual personnel training folder. However, since we are all airdrop qualified and I think we drop sufficient personnel, by the time a CP is an AC, they have dropped enough to learn the emphasis areas like the JM brief, DZ survey, chute types/restrictions, DZ coord, comms, formation considerations, wind analysis, and in this case off-DZ/AD malfunction protocols. A big point here is that we should also make sure ACs know that they should not be talked into putting their plane/crew into bad situations by people/entities like TACC/AMD/ATOC/APS/ARMY/USER/MX/crew chief/ATC/CP. Out

I'm guessing JAG can use the SIB for prosecuting crimes? Wow. If the AF makes an accident into a crime, then everything said under the guise of preventing accidents is used to lop off someone's head. Out

They got the SIB? SIB, not the AIB? The same SIB that is for safety reasons only? The SIB, where witnesses may be given privilege? The SIB? Thats fu cked up.

Mel Brooks had it right, Philosopher equals Bullshit Artist. I'm glad these kids are learning great things about our world. Out

FIFY Just a bunch of narcissistic prima donnas. Out

Movie sub-plot: The Lone Ranger is secretly fighting werewolves.

Dear Chief, Thanks for the censorship. Its nice to know that I am fighting to preserve the Constitution of the Great US of America, just not for myself or fellow comrades. The day there are zero sex crimes against women in the AF is the day there are no women in the AF. You think there were 7000 assaults back in the days of WWII when we had pin ups and sexy nose art on planes? There is a culture in this country, of which the AF has many representatives from, that have issues with women and probably lead to assaults. You cannot fix that, no matter how many pictures you take away, how many books you burn, how many movies you ban from the base movie theater, how many TV channels you ban in the dorms, how many girly mags you ban from the BX or shoppette, how many DVDs you ban for sale or rental, how many radio stations you ban from our radios, how many youtube videos you block, how many Netflix titles you delete from our queues, how many bikinis you cover up at the pool, how many low-cut shirts you cover up while we walk in the mall, how many short skirts you lenthen at the pub, how many cheerleaders you remove from all the colleges, or how many movie stars and musicians you kick out of Hollywood. Out