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With the new rules on flight suit zippers (top of the name tag...WGBSM), I've found I can successfully wear my three wolf moon shirt in uniform. Perhaps my new friday shirt... Edit to add: Win!

Love that shirt, actually got it as a gag gift last Christmas and now I use it on max effort days lifting. It's unnatural wolf powers really help you rep out the weight. The reviews on amazon are priceless.

I think we were moving in that direction anyways with the draw downs. Could Joe Biden be right on a foreign policy decision? That doesn't seem possible... Anyways, WRT the guys who shot at our boys, f em and I hope they're burin' in hell

M2, Have you shot the LCR? Anyone have thoughts on it?

Did that include 12S?

After living here for two and a half years I think I can finally credibly say that I don't know what the big deal is with traffic on 98. Growing up on the East Coast and going to school in a city, traffic here is laughable. I've been caught in no-shit, you're now late from work as soon as you hit the highway traffic maybe 4 times total. In two and a half years. This was a monthly occurrence in Northern VA/DC area. Yea it's bad down in downtown FWB or destin on a Friday or Saturday night during tourist season, but that's typical of anywhere where people want to be. Total sidetrack, sorry to ramble. I think it's a plus that dudes will get to enjoy HRT versus suffering out at Canon and it's a good sign that the AF realizes you don't have to co-locate control stations with actual UAVs. Opens the doors for even better assignment possibilities in the future.

+1 hobbitcid, do I have to repeat myself? Leave the tactics and speculation aside and use those brain bites to donate to the SOWF.

Where are your troops and may I count them?

Hurlburt Field preferred for MQ-1 remote split-operation unit. Wow, I almost can't believe this. Is the AF finally getting the idea that you can put control stations at non-shitty bases and have them operate UAVs physically based in other locations? Yet another good deal for reserve bubbas...come on down and enjoy the emerald coast.

Son of a bitch...what a loss. To the fallen

Portal, fitness and health links, Air Force Fitness Management System. Can view, print all your current and past scores there.

This is the attitude that is killing the AF; it's taking a Patton quote and using it to kill mission focus. "If you can't tuck in your shirt, how do I know you'll drop your ordnance on time and on target?" Because one is more important you idiot and most rational people can prioritize. If you can't prioritize whether it's more important to properly wipe your ass versus doing your job in combat then I feel bad for you. And if some airman or NCO tells an officer, "Take your sunglasses off the top of your head," as E-9 Randolph suggests, he should get his ass chewed; what are the chances our officers are aware of their responsibility in that area? The secondary problem with this whole message is that it has no mention of proper time, place, and tone for making any suggested correction and you end up with asshat enlisted troops who think they can tell officers what to do; great situation for military discipline.

Biggest-ever series of cyber attacks uncovered, UN hit. Check out our valiant Air Force cyber warrior pictured in the article...in a hoodie.

Government Losses to Top $1 Billion After Congress Fails to Reach Deal on FAA. I heard the government had tons of money so losing out on a billion bucks shouldn't be a big deal; not even worth a continuing resolution. Plus unemployment is almost non-existent, so I'm sure all the construction workers who can't work on airport projects will find a bunch of other stuff to build. Dysfunctional government, exhibit B.

Doesn't seem legit; why was this not news? Why does this unnamed "white house insider" contradict every other person who's spoken about the process? Gates: Why did you even bring this up here again? To the SEAL who put two in bin Laden

You mean I could wear blues everyday if I wanted! Booya, time to work that assignment to HAF!!! Fat f*cking chance sir, with all due respect of course. Anyone want an over-under on when this is implemented AF-wide?

Wait, what? You're saying your father wore a 4 inch by 6 inch flag patch on his uniform? Like it was hanging off the velco area? 4x6, like a common photograph? I challenge anyone out there to hold up a photograph to their shoulder in uniform to understand how ludicrous that would look. Great story...

BO.net, I noticed the eLearners distance learning ad is really slowing down load times when I try to access the forums homepage. Wondering if anyone else had this issue? Firefox tells me "looking up nexus.elearners.local" ~nsplayr

Bitter much hacker? I think spaw gets it as evidenced by his post that spells out that we all signed the contract and the AF owes us essentially nothing; you're preaching to the choir it seems. WRT his "watching TCAS over BAF" it was a saying man, not a comment on proper airmanship. Recommend more

Yup...realtor they found was great but I financed locally since it was cheaper.

Your example of local law trumping federal law is not the same at all. Local regs can be more restrictive and while sometimes they seem to violate the spirit of the AFI, that's the way it works. I'm not sure why you think MAJCOMs may not have the authority to order their members to all wear the same patch. You have no "right" to wear the flag patch whatsoever just like you have no right to wear black boots, a flight suit (unless flying) or anything else that the AF deems not proper to wear. Do I like wearing the flag patch, sure; that doesn't change the fact that my CC can tell me to take it off tomorrow and wear something else. That is f*cking brilliant! PM me if there's a way I can order a couple as well.

Oh really? Wanna cite something on that?

Exactly...tread carefully those who want to burn down the house cutting spending; to the average civilian voter, military pensions look like a really great deal (they are, although we sacrifice a lot to get them) and the are a potential target for cutbacks as made obvious by this debate. This is at least an intellectually honest position to take; it's' valid to be all for cutting spending and the size of government to the max (i.e. Ron Paul-style economic libertarian) but it's somewhat hypocritical to do so while you pick up the pitchforks so they don't cut your government benefits. I agree they're "earned" versus some other programs out there, but still, you have to admit that if you want the government to do almost nothing it makes sense that you are as independent of any government program as possible.

If you don't think it's in the contract that the AF can pretty much change anything at any time for any reason, maybe you should re-read the contract. Force shaping, short-notice deployments/PCS, 6-9 thousand random TDYs, changes to rules/regs, changes to benefits, etc. are all part of the game we play. Just ask some of your buds in the civilian sector if their companies change things on them like this. My father-in-law worked for a steel mill for 30 years, they were guaranteed a full pension with medical benefits after working for at least 25 years, and per their contracts they were forbidden from having a separate IRA or 401(k) if they wanted to get the pension. Steel mill goes bankrupt and they're left with nothing; guess he should have retired at 25 but he wanted to keep working... Does it make it right? No, I'm 100% for a grandfather clause for any member already in service and I highly doubt any changes would pass without such a clause. If you let current people be grandfathered in you do right by them while, IMHO, improving the system for the future. I just hope that any grandfather clause is optional because as someone highly unlikely to make it to 20 I'd love to try out any new system that will put money in my pocket. I don't even know what this means...the board that proposed this was non-partisan.

Agreed...let current troops choose either, all new guys get new system. Anyone seen any more written details other than the tabloid AF Times story?