breakaway

... and back to the real discussion at hand. A toast to the fallen, but not forgotten. :beer:

I couldn't agree more that the guys on the sideline bear no right to feel deserved of the power to pass judgement on the actions of the guy getting shot at. That said, in a day and age when technology is so advanced and information can be taken and uploaded for the public world to see in mere seconds, we gotta be more careful of the shit we do...ESPECIALLY with the uniform on. The repercussions of these actions will reverberate throughout America's current foreign policy with its reputation and credibility that much more smeared. Noted.

Wondering if anyone else caught this. I don't know who's to blame more. The Marines or the guy taping this and leaking it out. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/12/panetta-orders-probe-video-showing-marines-urinating-on-dead-taliban/

Fvck yea!

Seriously? So this dude is getting hooked up then? Sure he would have known about UAVs, or RPAs or whatever they decide to call them this week, before starting pilot training, but unless he went to the academy (just kidding, but seriously) he worked his ass off for years before even getting to this point, well before they were getting dropped. And why does the date you started pilot training even matter? After busting your ass for that long, training to actually FLY aircraft, with the Air Force constantly ensuring you can meet the mental and physical rigors of manned flight, it's simply not right to make it all the way to graduation and know it was in vain and that you're going to be doing the same job that people without real flight experience, such as Army enlisted and Beta program graduates can do. And more than that, you're going to some of the s***iest locations to do it. Now don't get me wrong. RPA operators are doing one hell of a job and we need them. But students don''t go through +10 years of college/testing/endless nights of studying, planning on gaining the prestige, title and thrill of a medical doctor only to find out at the end that they are going to end up doing the same job a nurse can do...for their entire career. Does the Air Force have every right to do this to UPT studs? Absolutely. Is it still f***ed? You bet!

Can't cut the guy any slack huh? I mean, how bad was he that night really? If I had just found out that the last/hardest/worst 13 months of my life training to fly IN an aircraft were all to just sit in a box in a damn desert for the next 10 yrs, I wouldn't be all too cheerful either. Dude got f*****, plain and simple. Now he's got dudes "going off on him" to add to the night too? Now if he shows up to his assignment with the same attitude, that's a completely different story. You have to accept it and kick ass in it. But as long as this guy wasn't being ridiculously unprofessional (which I can't really tell from your post, and excuse me if I'm mistaken), can't the guy get some time to let that s*** sink in for a bit. Just my $0.02

CBM 10-14 Track Select 4 T-44's (1 Guard, 3 AD) 1 UH-1's (Guard) 7 T-38's (5 AD, 2 Japanese) 16 T-1's ((ME!), 1 Reserve, 2 Guard)

And 1 Saudi. 5 AD 38s total.

CB 10-08 6 x -38 (4 AD, 2 International) 2 x -44 1 x UH-1 Rest T-1s (Cant' remember the exact number)

2:30 to 3:02...so sick

CB 10-03 Track Select: 4 T-38s (All AD) 1 T-44 1 T-6 (Indian Air Force) Rest T-1s Kinda sucks there were no Helo drops when I heard that 5 dudes put it #1.

No one's posted the last Columbus track select? This isn't exact cuz...well it was a week ago and I wasn't exactly sober, but it was something like this. By the way, all Tones. 1 T-6 FAIP 2 E-3 2 RC-135 3 C-17 1 UAS 1 C-5 (Guard?) 3 KC-135 1 C-21 Im pretty sure those are all of them, but the numbers may be a little off. Anyone wanna verify?