FLEA
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14 minutes ago, LiquidSky said:
Statement from EUCOM on the incident.
"At approximately 7:03 AM (CET), one of the Russian Su-27 aircraft struck the propeller of the MQ-9, causing U.S. forces to have to bring the MQ-9 down in international waters. Several times before the collision, the Su-27s dumped fuel on and flew in front of the MQ-9 in a reckless, environmentally unsound and unprofessional manner. This incident demonstrates a lack of competence in addition to being unsafe and unprofessional. "
Almost sounds like they were intentionally trying to bring it down without the public noise created by firing a missile.
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2 hours ago, FourFans said:
Genius! That would have been life changing for OPRs and awards back in my day!
AI is going to be life changing for so many people. There are a lot of admin task we do day to day in the AF that AI can solve in a matter of seconds. There are a lot of tactical applications that haven't even been investigated yet.
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6 hours ago, Pooter said:
Except the narrative has a character counter so now we just have to gnats ass the character count instead of the line spacing. I trust we'll find a way to make it awful too. At least there was bullet buddy for the previous OPR forms that would auto lengthen or shorten bullets for you. Now I have to think of actual English words to shack the character count? No thank you
As for the static close out, I'd personally prefer an even workload spread around rather than the all out shitstorm the captain close out is gonna be. Maybe it'll work out nice some orgs but in my experience flying ops squadrons are ~75% captains, none of whom ever lead turn their OPR with enough time.
Use chat GPT. It's pretty good at stuff like that.
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26 minutes ago, Pooter said:
Here's a fun evals update for you. Hopefully it will be transparent to most people but if you have a lot of subordinates or if you're blessed with a queep lord position like me, get ready for a reaming. All of these OPR changes coming down the pike this year.
-A new form
-narrative format
-Static close outs (ever wanted all your captains to close out on the same day?! What a great way to spread out the work)
but wait there's more!!
Stay tuned for the imminent relaunch of:
Myeval 2, electric horse abortion boogaloo
Can't wait to spend all year figuring out how to hit this moving target.. rather than actually getting better at hitting real moving targets.
/EndExecRant
Don't worry, youll just have to do a legacy AF707 and a new myEval report just to ensure a report is written on the closeout date. Man, glad I got my DD-214 this year =D
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2 hours ago, Smokin said:
How so? Military pilots go through a rigorous flight school and experience a wider variety of problems to solve before being ready to be hired by a major than most civilian path pilots. While most require some adjustment to the 121 world, very few former military pilots I know (including single seat fighters) have had any issue in training or on the line. This is the opposite of a DEI hire; hiring an individual that you know to be highly experienced, well trained, disciplined, and more potential than your company needs and with potentially no more training required than any other new hire.
Because your veteran status is a protected status and is reported along with other DEI statistics by your airlines HR to the Department of Labor. This is why veterans often have ERG's and specialized recruiters.
Companies don't hire DEI because its socially popular. They do it because there are certain advantages under the Work Opportunity Tax Credit and other programs that provide financial advantages to hiring a diverse work force.
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There's an irony here that every single military pilot who goes to fly for the airlines is a DEI hire.
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51 minutes ago, Polar Bear said:
How did a job posting turn into an airline debate.
You're new to Baseops arent you?
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I watched the movie Chicago 7 the other night, did some homework afterwards, and I realized there were a lot of nuances and similarities in how both of those events played out. The Chicago 7 were ultimately all acquitted where as most of the organizers involved in Jan 6 were convicted. I do not believe the Jan 6 organizers were quite as clean as the Chicago 7 though. The Chicago 7 specifically went to Chicago with an agenda item of not inciting a riot, and not making the police a target of the protest. I do not believe the Jan 6 organizers explicitly listed this as a goal, and because of that absence you could imply negligence.
Anyway, the movie is a good portrayal oh how nuances in language can be taken out of context in minor ways to cause large angry mobs to react unpredictably.
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5 hours ago, afaf said:
@tac airlifter hey man, I'm in a similar boat with a couple CJOs and separating this fall. I've been planning for this and amassed a big leave total since we were allowed with the COVID overages. I'm planning over a hundred days of terminal, but right now it's biting me in the ass because I can't get orders in a timely manner. If I'm lucky I'll have them less than 30 days before starting terminal. I was wondering if something like indoc on personal leave was possible, but figured I'd have to do that form allowing me to have a second job. How'd you get that all to work out? DM me if you'd rather message off the public forum. Thanks in advance.
So... Speaking from recent experience..... Did you know if you wanted orders earlier than the standard 60 days prior or whatever that you need to go into vMPF and request expedited orders for terminal leave/SkillBridge.....
Because I didn't know that and no one told me until almost too late.
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31 minutes ago, Standby said:
DoD acting like an abusive husband. “I know I hurt you, but I promise I won’t do it again…I’ve changed!”
I think they also realized the "oh shit" moment they are in with recruiting/retention.
Found out from a friend today that the Army is recalling parts of the IRR now as their recruiting plumetted to only 75% of their annual goal.
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I couldn't imagine giving a guard unit 8 days a month. That's a literal part time job at that point. But this sounds very much like a negative experience I had talking with a KC-135 unit that wanted all of their DSG's to live within 50nm of the base so they could be called in as DNIF coverage during the week.......
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Experts in Mobile Alabama have said the mysterious creature might also be a crackhead and provided an amateur sketch.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/mexican-president-viral-claim-photo-proof-mythical-woodland-elf
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1 minute ago, brabus said:
I feel similarly about college as I do K-12. It’s bullshit and exists almost entirely to push narratives and maximize profits, while dragging Americans into debt (which begets a lot of profit). The only thing nowadays that college “makes sense” for is specific career paths that require a degree, such as doctor, engineer, or lawyer. Everyone else should go get actual training/education relevant to their chosen profession instead of wasting time and money on useless degrees.
Yes but unfortunately there is a demonstrable correlation between higher ed and higher earnings, particularly among elite universities. BCG/Kirkland and Ellis/McKinsey, simply aren't hiring people who went to trade school or even state schools.
Everyone should perform an ROI estimate before attaining any higher education. And people need educated about the degree they are actually getting. An MBA can be enormously valuable but not if you get it right after undergrad.... You need to wait until you're about 30 before it has any value. Most people don't know that though.
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10 minutes ago, brabus said:
100%. School choice is the best and most viable solution that currently exists. Hopefully we start to see more traction, but holy hell the progressives are putting up a massive fight. Fucking teacher unions need to be destroyed.
What boggles me is its only K-12. In higher ed your top 25 institutions or so are upheld by a liberal fortress of control. Still great education and I don't regret it but I think it shows how the political interest is only in power and not whats in the best interest of students.
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1 hour ago, brabus said:
Well to be fully transparent I believe all public education is dog shit at this point. If you’re ranked #1, you’re simply just the best of the worst. Someone’s #1 at nav school…but they’re still a nav!
And it’s not difficult for me to personally fathom the problems, I’ve lived them first hand in a deeply progressive state that was sold as “great schools.” Turns out they’re horrendous schools from every angle you look at it. For example, the highly ranked high school in our previous district, which costs almost $19k per student, is producing less than 50% math proficient and less than 63% reading proficient. That’s an epic failure, but they’re still considered a “great” school district. Bottom line, the idea of moving to a specific area because of the “great schools” is a dead notion in our country, no such thing anymore in the public sphere…until we have a massive overhaul which will have to be nothing short of “burn it down” and build anew. Probably won’t ever happen.
I think this gets better by improving school choice for parents. Democrats would want you to believe that simply funneling more money to public schools fixes it but its not a total solution. Money does help but short of competition the schools have little incentive to improve. Teachers unions are a disaster and have completely become astray of any interest in the students. The bad thing about Chicago is the VAST majority of people there will never be able to afford private schooling. Mean private schooling cost is $25K/student and the average wage is still $60K/year.
The JROTC academies have the potential to be something "nice" but the DoD is poorly invested in them and CPS is poorly invested in them. There is also a culture of sending problem children to military academies and not actually painting pathways to college or trade for them. Its creating a culture/perception that you see common in Democratic circles that the military is a pathway "for people who can't make it in life." NOT a place of excellence and achievement. And while JROTC does not advertise itself as a recruiting farm for the military, the city and the public school system push that narrative while trying to get rid of their social responsibility to deal with said problem children. What I'm trying to say is..... you are not getting a crop of top actors in some of these programs. And giving them some sense of artificial authority/power is not the right place to start. The right place to start is humility and a healthy ego smashing. Understanding that power and authority don't make you a better person, "more of a winner", its a role on a team.
Like I've said, I'm not against JROTC at large. I think the program has value, but it should be built around the lowest common denominator, which right now, is unfortunately the inner city programs that account for 50% of all JROTC students.
I'm sure the program is great for CH's son.... but I'll be frank.... I think CH is probably a pretty stellar parent and his son is going to be alright with or without JROTC, whether it has ranks or not.
By the way, City of Chicago is hiring a lot of JROTC instructors right now if anyone is retiring soon and wants to help fix the problem.
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2 hours ago, brabus said:
Chicago alone has over 30 public schools that charge on average around $35k/yr tuition and 0% of the students are grade level math proficient. One charges $52k/yr! Yeah I’d say there’s some massive problems in CPS, and cadet rank isn’t one of them. Chicago is a great example of incredible failure in so many spectrums of society. But I guess that’s what happens when you clearly have so many stupid people living together in one area - they get what they vote for.
Not sure where you are getting your stats but this CPS school here is literally US news ranked as one of the top ranked nationally as a public school.
LOTS of Northwestern and UChicago students grew up in CPS.
But again, unless you've lived there it's really difficult to fathom the full spectrum of problems. You can't believe everything the media says about Chicago. Just like everything on the media it's always a bit off.
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7 minutes ago, uhhello said:
I could show you thousands of instances of people in positions of power abusing children. Should we get rid of doctors? Coaches? Teachers? Police?
You literally have not read a thing I said.
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6 minutes ago, uhhello said:
Not sure what anything you have quoted so far has to do with JROTC ranks? I cringe every time I see "woke" used as its usually someone who turns out to be exactly like the stereotype I have pictured in my head saying it but that's for a different thread. Evil people abuse their positions of power whether their power comes from a silly JROTC rank or an upperclassmen/woman "hazing" an underclass"person". Same with JROTC instructors and teachers. You aren't preventing ANYTHING by taking away a title.
You don't see how a quote from a 15yo girl who hid 9 months of sexual assaults out of fear it would endanger her ability to move through JROTC ranks might indicate that she was falsely fixated on the value of that rank over her own physical and mental well being?
I guess my position would be 1.) Children are more often probably not psychology equipped to responsibly handle authority. Noone has articulated how a rank structure makes JROTC cadets better equipped to participate as US citizens in society. 2.) The rank structures in JROTC are not where the value in the program resides. I do believe retired AD can be excellent mentors to HS youth. But they don't need a rank structure to do that. The fundamentals of discipline, physical well-being, social charisma, etc... Can all still be there. There still are and should be strict lines of authority between cadre and cadets. But kids on their own often go very Lord of the Flies very quick, is my concern.
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10 minutes ago, FLEA said:
Then one night in 2015 as he drove her home from rifle practice, she told investigators, Mr. Hardin pushed his hand into her pants and penetrated her with his fingers — the start of what she said was months of sexual assaults. Ms. Bauer, who was 15 at the time, feared that resisting him would jeopardize her shot at advancement through the J.R.O.T.C. ranks or a military career.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2022/07/09/us/sexual-abuse-jrotc.amp.html
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4 minutes ago, Lord Ratner said:
I'm always puzzled when people blame the construct for the behavior.
Rank is just a reflection of hierarchies, which are inseparable from humanity. You get rid of cadet ranks and they will be replaced by another construct, which will act the same way.
You have to structure the hierarchies in a way that promote stability. But acting as though they can be removed from the equation is like arguing that we should just remove hate, or fear, or greed. They are foundational components of humanity.
The failure was not the existence of rank. It never is.
Right but you don't need specifically hierarchies among children. It's a given that children are usually at the bottom of social hierarchies as they lack experience, competence and judgement. Doesn't mean you can't give them opportunities to lead. We still graduated thousands of ROTC cadets every year as officers that were never cadet wing commanders. Are they some how not qualified to be leaders because they never had the opportunity to do..... Squat and dick..... Like really I don't even know what our cadet wing commanders did.
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1 hour ago, slc said:
I wonder if there isn’t something deeper which is causing this “turmoil” in the Chicago public school system……
I dunno? What would you think it would be? Chicago Public Schools is a bit of a paradox. They on one hand, have hands down some of the best and most elite public highschools in the country. Then on the other hand, have some of the absolute worse. What gives CPS a bad name is the lack of equity and control in schooling. Your child can be straight As solid student, apply to a top school, but there is a lottery element that can force them into a lower performing school.
The lottery is weighted to favor lower income neighborhoods to some extent. It's a complicated beast of a system that's extremely difficult to understand and frankly most middle income families who move to Chicago don't event try and just pivot straight to private schooling.
It's hard to pinpoint it strictly on one thing (like democratic governance) because honestly school funding is voted in levies that are neighborhood specific but they get quite complicated because your child might not be able to even attend the school in your neighborhood.
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56 minutes ago, ClearedHot said:
Exactly...he was losing that argument so he did a pivot to "the entire system is corrupt" then invoked Hitler...right out of the playbook.
The recent report out of Chicago was about upper classmen using their false rank to exploit lower classmen in a sexual misconduct investigation. The largest publicity around that incident focused on the cadre and CPS staff members who were also complicit (either by participating or allowing) but the actual conduct of what occured, was that upper classmen or ranking cadets were involved in some brutal sexual hazing incidents.
I said that earlier but you guys were so "ermagosh someone disagrees with me they must be woke" that you all came off bent and stupid instead.
I'm not 100% certain those two things are correlated but there is a connection there.
Cadet ranks are stupid. Your rank is cadet. You learn to be a follower because your cadre have actual ranks and authority. You learn to be a leader because you don't need rank to do that, you just need to be a decent human being with good empathy.
Noone EVER got hired for a job because they were a cadet wing commander or some BS. Literally noone cares.
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3 minutes ago, BashiChuni said:
show me on the doll where JROTC touched you FLEA
between transgender/LGBTQ+++++ agenda and diversity/equity/inclusion woke agenda....JROTC is WAY down the list on any harm being caused to children.
left leaning people are castrating children in the name of trans acceptance. JROTC isn't the issue.
While I agree there are some problems with how transgenderism is handled in schools (mainly the schools ambition to keep such issues secret from parents) you clearly lack context on the scale of the problem. I would be hard pressed to believe that transgender issues effected a wider net body than the 100s of uncovered sexual assaults in the last year.
Or the tens of thousands of black and Latino students who were not allowed to register for prestigious charter schools because they were auto enrolled into academies.
That's a pretty big fucking failure and if as a commander you were told that you had 100 sexual assaults in your wing and tens of thousands of reports of racial discrimination, I would hope you would not think of that as a problem "far down the totem pole."
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3 minutes ago, FourFans130 said:
That's one hell of a broad brush. So if a program fails in one location we should change the rules everywhere? That doesn't check dude. You're willing to trash a whole program based on the outcomes of one section of society. What's your take on service academies? Ban those too? What about CAP? They've had scandals. Oh yeah, and Colonels. LOTS of sex scandals with Colonels. Get rid of those too.
Hyperbole aside, consider what the military will look like when these kids who started their military experience with no rank then become leaders. Casting aside rank the first step towards casting aside responsibility and accountability. I'm a history guy, and yes, there are 1000's (plural) of years of written history with ranks involved. There were periods when social status fed into that, but rank has ALWAYS been associated with responsibility. It's one of the first tiers that separates the professional military from a militia.
According to you. If it was so dumb, did you burn your rank in effigy about how you were being oppressed? I doubt it. It wasn't dumb, you simply didn't understand it. Just because you think a tradition or structure are 'dumb' because you don't see with a long vision, don't mean jack in reality. I have no doubt many people have thought you are dumb, that doesn't make you dumb. The facts of history don't give a shit about our emotions. Ranks structures have for 1000's of years created order, unity, cohesion, and a clear line of authority in military structure with members down to the age of 12...and younger if you're Greek.
Step back and look at the nearly 300 year tradition of the military in this country alone and you might grow some respect for rank, structure, and responsibility. You don't have to like it. You DO have to understand it, especially as an officer. Some failures in that system don't make the system bad. They mean that the system is populated by imperfect people. The system can be improved, but not by wiping away it's foundations. If we based our military authority structure solely on the moral success or failure of the individuals, we'd have cast it aside right about the time Benedict Arnold decide he didn't like how things were being run here.
1.) 50%. It has negatively effected 50%. That is how many programs are under inner city public school programming and are failing. That's not "painting with a broad brush." That's systematically failing at stated goals. CPS is just one of dozens of school districts like it that are problematic right now. They also have the most recent scandal and the one that I believe would have led to a recommendation of removing cadet ranks.
2.) I don't give a shit about a 300 year old military tradition. We are talking about children and whether the militarization of children is a net positive for society. Do we really need a Komsomol or Hitler Youth clone stewarding out young ones?
3.) You guys keep bring up some arbitrary shit like 300 years, 1000 years, whatever.... As if I hadn't already spent a significant portion of my life choking on this bullshit already. Yes we all get it.... The military has rank. You know when it didn't fucking matter? When my group commander was also my navigator. Authority, command, rank... They all mean things, they are all innate to service, none of those values are neccessary to be successful as a highschool student and US citizen though (which is all JROTC purports to do).
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The First Amendment, Freedom of the press.
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Noones talking about the fact that the CEO of SVB sold $200M worth of personal SVB stock from his equity plan the day before Moody's downgraded their credit rating. That's shocking to me.