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2 hours ago, daynightindicator said:
I'm not going to opine on this. Just wish people would trust their intelligence community before lining up behind conspiracy theorists and am avowed adversary of America with a long history of running influence operations in elections around the world.
Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network ForumsMy ramblings weren't meant to say that I think Russia/Putin > CIA/FBI. I've been skeptical of Putin ever since he won 140% of the popular vote in the election.
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12 minutes ago, daynightindicator said:
Anyone with SCIF access should get in there and do some reading. This thread is ridiculous.
Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network ForumsI don't think anyone wants to risk their career just to call me out on my bullsh!t. Never claimed to be an expert, but if someone with access to privileged information wants to claim that the info I get from the internet and Wikipedia isn't as accurate as their info just to look cool on a flying forum, be my guest....
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6 hours ago, nsplayr said:
Ok, y'all are focusing on a tiny piece of the argument here, the Lavrov quote about not denying it. Regardless of what the shifty Russians say...
The United States government officially, jointly, universally, and unequivocally said, via the joint DNI-DHS statement and numerous on-the-record discussions since then, that Russia is responsible for the hacks against the DNC and John Podesta. They said this on October 7th, well before the election was over. These are the good guys, our guys saying this.
The "why" is not a settled issue yet and may be not be knowable with certainty unless we have agents high-up inside the Russian government, but the "what" i.e. that the Russian government directed the hacking, is settled among the numerous US intel agencies.
You kind of either have to believe this is an Iraq WMD-level intel screw up, or you can accept the assessment as true. The former is always possible, but the later is much more likely. Is anyone willing to speak up about why they have doubts?
No doubts here about capability for the Russians, or anyone for that matter, to hack the DNC. But I honestly think that a 12-yr old from Bangladesh could hack the DNC, route the attack through a VPN server in Russia, and CNN would still be trying to prove that the hacker account Guccifer 2.0 isn't Romanian. The intelligence community hired a contractor to find out the identity of Guccifer 2.0 (the account that claimed responsibility for the DNC hacks), and found out that the account did an interview on the "dark web" that said he/she/they hailed from Romania. Regardless, the contracting agency that specializes in cyber attack analysis said the the tactics were familiar with those of Russian hacking tactics; also, the language that was used to obtain the Russian VPN was, wait for it, Russian. BUT what they failed to mention is that some independent analysts (aka cyber experts on the internet) called bullsh!t on the report, and said that the e-mails in Russian looked to be crude pieces of sentences that would appear if you typed the Romanian equivalent into google translate. Our cyber-related investigation operations can be laughable. We hire a company called "l337 h4ck3rb0yz" or an 'independent consultant' named "xXpu55ysl4y3r69Xx" to investigate the cyber attacks, and sometimes the findings are incomplete. Finally...
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12 hours ago, Kiloalpha said:
Everyone has to admit that something seems suspicious about the Intelligence Community straight up denying the legislative committee that supervises them... access to information that they allegedly have found or conclusions that they have supposedly reached.
"To be clear, this is not to suggest that in similar circumstances, a person who engaged in this activity would face no consequences. To the contrary, those individuals are often subject to security or administrative sanctions. But that is not what we are deciding now." - Comey on Hillary's e-mail abuse
That gave me all I needed to know about our intelligence community... Basically, if you're not a powerful politician, get ready to face the full extent of the law. Otherwise, just repeat "I didn't know" or "I don't recall"... Mention how smart phones and technology are scary and makes your head hurt, and be on your way with not so much as a "now, don't you do that again, you scoundrel you"
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21 minutes ago, ClearedHot said:
If you think that's bad, take a look at the Blue Angel crash report... Lost sleep over that one.
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2 hours ago, nsplayr said:
I point back to the DNI/DHS statement from October, back when Hillary was leading in the polls. That was the United States and the Obama administration officially accusing Russia of meddling in the election. The statement was put out when Obama's preferred successor appeared to be winning and wasn't a sour grapes maneuver as the election hadn't happened yet. The argument could be made that Obama wasn't nearly forceful enough in denouncing Russian interference at that time.
1. So if it's illegal Russian meddling, but it hasn't hurt our particular political party yet, we'll turn a blind eye?
2. Obama drawing a line in the sand and not doing sh!t when someone crosses it? Go figure.2 hours ago, nsplayr said:Russia is a geopolitical adversary and we should not accept their interference in our critical internal national affairs.
I would say Putin is our problem, not Russia as a whole... But then again, that's what you get when an ex-KGB guy takes control. And I expect the trickle-down will fvck us long term. Like ISIS, we'll be paying dearly for not nipping that problem in the bud.
2 hours ago, nsplayr said:...the integrity of our democratic process was hurt by Russian actions and that's a wound we shouldn't accept lightly.
We do a great job of muddying our own democratic process. In fact, the DNC did a great job of undermining their own party with the coin flips and super-delegates. Not to mention the Stein recount is showing that Detroit (I think we all know who won there) reported more votes than there were ballots cast. I wonder what would happen if we took a look at a couple sanctuary cities in California or perhaps even New York? If the true intent of the recount is to assure no voter fraud was committed instead of to punish traditionally liberal-leaning states for voting Republican, let's get this gigantic waste of resources started in the blue states!
2 hours ago, nsplayr said:I would hope those two statements would be agreed upon and agreeable to everyone...if not I'll show myself out and I wish you all good luck in thawing relations with Russia in a way that's beneficial to the United States.
I agree with a lot of what you say, and I disagree with a lot of what you say. Conflicting opinions are good, even if your opinion is wrong. :)
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Didn't Obama spend tons of money on propaganda and other dirty tactics trying to influence the election in favor of anyone except Netanyahu? I personally would like a refund from that failed effort. Also...
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45 minutes ago, viper154 said:
Our military acquisitions process needs a serious overhaul. The government is letting contractors stick in our ass without a common curtesy of a reach around. If we can get this asinine process we use un fcked maybe we get hardware that works, on time, and not 2-6x times the price we were quoted.
Trust me, I could name drop the big contractors on this forum, talk sh!t for the next 5 hours, and sleep like a baby... But right now, we need less Twitter posts and more of Trump saying "OK, Mattis, go pick off your favorite limb from that willow tree and apply corrective action the old fashion way -- to the offenders in the government or their contractor buddies."
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On 12/8/2016 at 3:51 PM, gearpig said:
Realize the fundamental error of regarding such functional notions with hatred is not quite equivalent to an important distinction in vocabulary use. A consequence of the approach you seem to be taking is that any associated supporting elements for your distaste are likely different from any abstract underlying order. In the discussion of presumptive confabulations, an important property of such with respect to the ultimate standard is the the accuracy of any proposed grammar. Comparing the earlier examples with their parasitic gap counterparts, we see that the speaker-hearer's linguistic intuition suffices to account for the strong generative capacity of your emotion. Note that the appearance of parasitic gaps in domains relatively inaccessible to ordinary extraction is, apparently, determined by nondistinctness in the sense of distinctive feature theory.
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1 hour ago, Kiloalpha said:
Trump is now taking aim at the F-35. Not going so far as to say it's cancelled (like Air Force One), but he's making it clear that it needs to be cleaned up.
Source (for people of the Republican persuasion):http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/12/f-35-program-cost-is-out-control-trump-says.html
Source (for @nsplayr): https://www.rt.com/usa/370014-trump-f35-save-billions/
Source (for everyone else): https://www.airforcetimes.com/story/military/2015/10/29/trump-wants-fire-f-35/74800906/
I knew I'd have to deal with the consequences of picking the wildcard eventually... One week he's appointing Mattis, and the next he's acting like a 17-year-old girl on Twitter. Maybe I'm a broken record, but regardless of your stance on the F-35, Trump needs to leave the military stuff to the guys who didn't defer the draft due to 'heel spurs' (no matter how accurate a diagnosis that was) and/or call out McCain because he likes "people who weren't captured." Get off of Twitter and deal with our economy - that's why I chose you instead of the butcher of Benghazi.
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Jeez, guys... Get the ruler out and measure already.
The words of course, not the other thing.
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22 minutes ago, nsplayr said:
I worked at a federal department all three summers during college and the 80/20 rule of who does what was absolutely true, as is the concept of "retire in place."
Was working a project where I, as a GS-4 intern, was supposed to help a GS-14 senior guy with some presentation. He literally asked me what we should be doing and I ended up doing all the work except signing the form at the end : /
Many truly worthless bumps-on-a-log people...and a few outstanding ones keeping the ship afloat. One office mate literally watched daytime TV all day off a bunny-ears TV set. Oprah, Judge Judy, etc. etc. YGTBSM.
Relevant to this discussion: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/pentagon-buries-evidence-of-125-billion-in-bureaucratic-waste/2016/12/05/e0668c76-9af6-11e6-a0ed-ab0774c1eaa5_story.html?utm_term=.8488516f032d
You're a Republican. I feel it in my bones.
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17 hours ago, sqwatch said:
My take on this whole election- unless you're celebrating Mattis as secdef, a republican lock on SCOTUS for a generation, an AG who will crack down on hippies who stop traffic or liberal anxiety in general, the rest will be more of the same.
Honestly, that might be enough to keep a grin on my face for the next 8 years.
As for the rest of you nerds, I'm not impressed by your sesquipedalian prose.
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7 hours ago, Astro_Rekt said:
It's the latter - my plan was to complete my PPL come Spring (weather will be more consistent and I'll have the funds saved) if I'm not selected, and reapply then. With a PPL I should have a 93 PCSM, scaling up from there.
And to clarify, I'm applying for the civilian OTS board - I was trying to differentiate between AD and ANG, guess it was a bit confusing.
Thanks for the feedback! Kinda nice after all the "OTS pilot applications are extremely competitive" to get some positive info.
OTS pilot applications ARE extremely competitive, but a 93 PCSM 2.0 at 40-60 hours is about as high as you can go. If you're looking at high 90s for your 200+ hours, I'm pretty sure you're about maxed out.
I don't know when you took the test, but PCSM 2.0 is brutal for low flight hours. If you ran those scores recently, you're in really good shape.
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2 minutes ago, BriannaNicole said:
@tk1313 If I had the 200 hours it would be an 82. So are you saying that they just look at the column for 200+ hours to see what the suspected score would be whether or not you have the hours?
Your scores are great! My pilot is a little lower, but I have talked to two or three ROTC recruiters as well as my own and they all said that I made higher than any of their students, and I don't have a technical degree or anything, so I was overall OK with my score. I wish I had time to take it again though, because not I know kind of what to expect!
OK, so you don't have time to take it again? I wasn't trying to pull you down about your AFOQT.. I just meant, given the choice of a retake between the TBAS and AFOQT, I would study more for the AFOQT and just retake that. I'm sure you could get in the 90s.
Good luck! And make sure you read what the recruiter lays in front of you before signing. Plenty of horror stories on the boards and elsewhere about signing away your life for something you don't want to do.
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On 12/1/2016 at 9:31 PM, Astro_Rekt said:
Hello everyone,
I'm submitting an application for the upcoming AD rated board. I've asked my recruiter what her thoughts are on my standing, but more opinions would be nice.
27 years old, Bachelors of Journalism from University of Oregon - 3.42 GPA
PCSM - 85; Pilot - 97; Nav - 97; ABM - 96 (Don't have copy of other scores, I think they're similar)
Flight Hours - 12
I don't have much leadership experience on my resume, which I think is my biggest downfall. I've done a lot of volunteering with youth, through after school programs, summer camps, and GED tutoring, but nothing very recent.
I've been looking at applying to ANG units as well - I live in Portland, and while they're hiring, I'm not going to get my hopes up with fighter units.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
Is that 85 your PCSM at 200+ hours or at 12 hours? If it's the latter, no need to be humble... Unless you held up a bank or have atrocious health you'd probably get a slot pretty easily. Just my $0.02
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10 hours ago, BriannaNicole said:
ATTN: Experts and Professionals that know everything about AD Rated Boards!
Here is my personal rundown:I am a non-tech major with a 3.6 GPA, I made a 78 on my Pilot and an 85 on my Nav. All of my AFOQT Scores are a 78/85/57/37/23.
I took my TBAS Friday and made a 40 for my PCSM with no flight hours. I really am confused about how I made a 40 or how it is scaled because I thought I only missed 10 or less. I have a lot of leadership experience, community service, managing positions, etc. I am worried that my PCSM is going to ruin my chances despite the other scores and my personal packet. I really don't know if I would even be able to get enough flight hours before boards for it to count, or if it would be worth it? Most of the posts I have seen are people with 200+ flight hours and so they make an overall 80 on their PCSM which would put their PCSM lower than mine to begin with.
How do my scores compare? Do you think I have a shot? Would it be worth it to show the board that I cared enough to shove some flight hours before boards to show that I really want this? Am I freaking out about this for no reason or should I just wait the 6 months, miss this board, and apply for the next one?Thanks in advance!
AFOQT pilot is a little low IMHO. My AFOQT scores: 99 pilot, 92 nav, 95 acad apt, 77 verbal, and 99 quant. My PCSM just went from 72 to 76 after I went from 34 hours to 40-50 hours. I was told at a recent interview with a fighter unit that I had "outstanding scores". I didn't happen to agree, but nonetheless smiled like an idiot and pretended to agree. The PCSM 2.0 makes flying hours count WAY more, and I guess I thought that the "sucks to suck" rule applied if you had a low score due to not enough hours. But then again they told me they look at the last column (i.e. 200+ hours), which for me would be low 90s. What's your PCSM at 200+ hours?
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Mono? That can take you from stud to dud in no time with hardly any symptoms besdies "fvck, I feel worthless".
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18 hours ago, ImNotARobot said:
Kaep getting donkey punched like the nation wants... nay NEEDS. Thank you for your service Miami Dolphins defense.
EDIT: I just can't stop watching it.
He's spent so much time on his knees it's not surprising that he was finally introduced to the ground by the good gents from Miami. Much respect to the Miami fans for booing his sorry ass off the field, too. Apparently Miami doesn't like Castro as much as Colin (GEE I WONDER WHY)....
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28 minutes ago, viper154 said:
I took advantage of this soon as a I moved here but I am a fan of having a required safety class to get a carry permit.
A couple times a month I hear people talk about how they want to get a gun even though they know nothing about shooting and immediately start conceal carrying and it drives me nuts.
This. If shit goes down and someone pulls a weapon in public, you don't want the guy who's carrying concealed but has never taken a safety course whipping that thing out and pointing it sideways while people are frantically running in every direction. That's an obvious gross exaggeration, but you get my point.
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2 hours ago, gearpig said:
I have a feeling when you're talking to Mattis, you can only listen, even if you are the President Elect.
As it should be. Trump's expertise only helps to bring back jobs, boost the economy, and end government meddling. As far as the military is concerned, there are plenty of good, strong leaders that Trump can put in high positions to take care of business on the military side so he can devote more time to the economy.
To help with the elimination process, I'm hoping Mattis has all the candidates sit Indian-style in a circle and runs his palm across the top of their heads saying "Weak...... Weak....... Boot!". Then he gets to chase one around the circle, and I think you know what happens if he catches them.
As far as the cigarettes and beers go...
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2 minutes ago, Kenny Powers said:
Define precisely. We'd did formation landings all the damn time.
I don't recall any difficulty going from -38 to the Viper. Stay on speed, put the thing on the thing, land airplane.
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Formation landings would definitely fall under the "precisely" category. Did you think hitting the touchdown point was harder or easier in the T-38 vice the viper/eagle/raptor/etc?
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T-38 is a pretty tough Aircraft to land precisely, though, isn't it? Ground effect doesn't like stubby wings.
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10 minutes ago, matmacwc said:
It's from a group called Tucson forward, bunch of socialist retards.
"Socialist retards." No need to repeat yourself.
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Obama scolds the media for 'unfair' coverage of Hillary leading up to the election: http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/16/media/obama-clinton-coverage/
HAHAHAHA YGBFSM