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ACC does an excellent job managing and employing things that are pointy and fast.

It can, but it would have to change for everyone. I'll check with the design team to see how that design looks. Here's a photoshop rendering. Looking for feedback from those potentially interested. EDIT: Latest edition updated with graphic per discussion with interested parties. PM if you want in.

Thanks, I think so too. Sarcasm aside, I do think it would deter establishments from arbitrarily disarming their customers without cause, thereby denying them self protection without providing an adequate substitute. I agree. Hughes is part of the problem. I recommended repealing it in my original post.

I will add that one way I think attacks could be deterred (not prevented) would be to hold companies and local government entities liable for the security of people on their property if it's a 'gun free' zone. But that kind of legislation wouldn't have a chance of ever passing.

No law will prevent the next attack. Crazy people do crazy things. You can't stop crazy, but you can make it more difficult for crazy people to maximize damage. This last attack was exacerbated by someone that used a legal, off the shelf, modification that has zero purpose outside of novelty at the range and spraying a bunch of bullets randomly into a crowd.

Proactive legislation during the Republican super majority is different than ignoring the conversation until the Democrats regain their own super majority. I'd like to see the NFA updated to have the Hughes amendment removed, gat crank and bump stock classified as automatic modifications (not banned, but with SBR/silencer type restrictions), and national basic requirements for CHL with nationwide reciprocity.

Fixed it. Waiting on the official mockup from the Bremont, but here's a rough draft. Based on the Bremont Solo. Cost will be significantly discounted from the $3995 price for the standard watch. Includes custom 8 character engraving on caseback. 15 orders minimum for the build to start. PM me if you want the info to be on the list. Limited to current/former AFSOC only.

Sorry. Edit went bad. Waiting to hear back from Bremont.

I wouldn't call that an investment. You absolutely won't get your money's worth.

317th AW is AMC and at Dyess, in Central Texas.

When TACC confuses themselves with PIC, what do you expect?

https://www.dodbuzz.com/2017/09/07/air-force-taps-l-3-develop-future-ec-x-compass-call-gulfstream-550/

Sort of. The school has to make up the difference between your retirement pay (not including VA disability) and your Active Duty pay. Most pay that plus a little more.

JROTC=Getting paid the same as you did on active duty, usually with a kicker. And almost no accountability.

I wonder if their office symbol is AFPC/COWDFTAFTMIC

My guess is that they promote every single APZ and continued Captain that doesn't have derogatory information. Just as valid.

I want my shadowbox to be the empty casing of a Mk82, cut in half lengthwise with a glass tabletop.

One of the best sq/cc's I ever had refused to use his parking spot. Our lot was too small for all the cars, and he'd frequently park in the alternate 'park and walk' lot because he didn't see himself as better than his Airmen. That said, rather than let a prime spot go unused, he shared it as an incentive. Superior performers id'd by him or the shirt would be given use of the spot for a month. It wasn't much, but it was tangible and valued by the people in the organization.

To him. And prayers for his family. https://www.ktnv.com/news/one-dead-after-aircraft-crashes-during-training-mission https://www.youcaring.com/julieschultz-943161

Like always, we started the season strong and then fell off. Of course, this time, the fall happened in the third quarter of the first game.

Gig'em

I don't know if deployments or shift work after retirement are "where it's at" for me.

This morning, I was reading an interesting Kellogg study on military service and its influence on CEOs (https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/benmelech/html/BenmelechPapers/MilitaryCEOs.pdf). As I start planning for my enroute descent to retirement (it's inevitable at some point), I'm wondering what experiences and advice the grey beards have for the transition. The airlines thread is awesome, but that's not the life for everyone. What other options are out there for a pilot with some staff stink, a TS, and an online MBA?

Another round from the USAFA glee club.

A good friend of mine worked with McCain during his early political career. The stories he told were enough to swing my 2008 vote.