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    Today in hypocrisy...

    in General Discussion

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    Some hypocrisy In light of recent events..
    The "lock her up" crowd suddenly not caring at all about mishandling of classified documents. 
    The "but her emails" crowd suddenly caring so much about mishandling of classified documents. 
     
    It's wild that people are so mentally broken by political polarization they can't even recognize a standard and apply it equally. Either classified documents matter or they don't. 

    I’d be very surprised if Obama, Bush, and Clinton didn’t have some classified docs in their possession after vacating the office.


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    AF Deserter found 35 years later in San Francisco

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    https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/mysterious-disappearance-of-william-hughes-17351393.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight
    In June 2018, US Department of State special agents traveled to Daly City on a passport fraud investigation to interview a man living as Barry Timothy O’Beirne.
    “After being confronted with inconsistencies about his identity, the individual admitted his true name was William Howard Hughes Jr., and that he deserted from the U.S. Air Force in 1983,” the Air Force news release read.
    Things must have been wild before the digital age, when you could just go start a new life somewhere even if you're a wanted criminal.
    It also brings to mind this tragic story about the drone Captain who went AWOL and died in a shootout just north of San Francisco a few years back.
    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/us/drones-airstrikes-ptsd.html

    He didn’t die in a shootout.


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    WTF? (**NSFW**)

    in Squadron Bar

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    DSM 5 removed the word “disorder” from gender dysphoria in 2013 to remove the “stigma” associated with disorders. Though almost every other syndrome is listed as a disorder, including Body Dysmorphic Disorder.
    I can’t quite figure out how to account for America’s 180° turnabout in the perception of transgender people in the last decade, nor can I quite figure out what entity pushed so hard for the change.

    DSM still stands for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. It may not be a “disorder” but it’s still in the textbook on disorders. Not arguing with you at all, it just indicates that the controlling body is slowly bowing to woke pressure.

    I would guess that Body Dysmorphic Disorder is still classified as a disorder, and while it certainly has ranges, I’m sure there are many diagnosed with BDD who don’t want anything as extreme as gender affirming surgery.


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    Whither the Shoe Clerk?

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    All ranks can be shoe clerks. I think I posted this here before. A LtCol saying that SOS was Red Flag for shoe clerks. I stole that and said the same thing at the NCO Academy at Tyndall. I was not voted class president. CPBO(remember that?) guy asking me why I had so many Air Medals and only one Commendation medal. My answer was I wasn't much for shoe clerk awards. Strangely enough him and myself wound up being pretty good buds.

    At least they stopped using StarCraft as the wargaming sim.


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    WTF? (**NSFW**)

    in Squadron Bar

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    can we all just grow the up and be done with this woke virtue signaling nonsense? this is the ing military take your bull shit to some other government organization.
    i dont care if you're a gay pilot, woman pilot, trans pilot, they/them, just be good at your job. is that too much to ask?
    do whatever you want in your private life i don't care but stop pushing what sexuality you prefer/ in public JFC. rant over.

    I do care about “trans pilot, they/them.” I sympathize with their plight, but I do not believe that anyone with gender dysphoria should be allowed to serve, especially in any role where others’ safety is concerned (such as aircrew). Last I checked, it’s still considered a mental disorder in the DSM (I’m sure that will change when our woke society demands it).


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    WTF? (**NSFW**)

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    World War II nose art is generally forbidden because some think it objectifies others or celebrates violence. Is not the emblem below equally problematic because it reduces people to simply a set of sexual proclivities?
     
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    Guessing that plane can’t deploy to the Middle East anymore.


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    WTF? (**NSFW**)

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    Precisely my point. Apologies if my one word post was misleading - I am sighing at the apparent overreaction to this.

    And of course the lawyer is good old Mikey Weinstein, champion for
    justice.
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    SOS/ACSC information

    in General Discussion

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    Had the drinking competitions been graded our flight would have finished at least top third! 

    Best was at ASBC. One Lt in my class failed the first test, so our flight/cc asked me to share my study habits. My response was “Ma’am I don’t think a 12 pack of Heineken and not doing the reading is going to work out for her.”


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    SOS/ACSC information

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    My flight was great; flt/cc not so much. We had 4 DGs, 2 deserving (but one didn’t want or need it because he was prior E and was going to retire ASAP).

    The most eye-opening experience was the fake promotion board. The nonners in my class picked a guy with a referral OPR for a felony, but then great strats on his following OPRs over an F-16 WIC grad with fair to good strats.


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    SOS/ACSC information

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    SOS is a joke. I was in the “married” flight, and we placed #2 overall despite nobody giving a shit. Flight got 4 DGs and two went to nonners (In a majority pilot flight) because our nonner Flt/CC despised pilots.


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    Track Selects and Assignment Nights

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    At any rate, the RUMINT is this was done to walk the 11B recipients (who largely still view themselves as the losers of the lottery, good bad or indifferent) off the ledge of making career-chucking decisions.
     
     

    How does this do anything for 11B recipients? It seems it’ll just cause more 11Bs to drop at UPT down the road, once the current FAIPs with 11F follow-ons complete their FAIP assignment and fill all the fighter B-course slots.


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    USAA

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    I’ve always walked in with my dealer check from USAA, told them I was pre-approved at USAA-.5 (they don’t know) and they would always find a lower rate.


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    Promotion and PRF Information

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    The Air Force doesn’t care about anything other than the strat on your OPR. I can guarantee that every aircrew member has done more and made more sacrifices than any nonner out there. We got into this mentality that everyone is the tip of the spear thanks to that tard Welsh, and won’t recover anytime soon.


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    Promotion and PRF Information

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    I would say f it (the promotion) Focus on flying, they aren’t kicking out passed over pilots anytime soon. Get the upgrade and continue crushing checkrides. Get all that A code time you can for your ATP mins. Do what you got to do to make yourself competitive for the airlines. Depending on the timing you might need to take a regional gig for a year or two.  Start networking now for guard/reserve gigs. If you have trouble getting a flying gig you can easily get a non flying job or a staff gig that gets ya that tricare. My buddy got a staff gig, only goes in a couple times a year, only does it for the tricare. 
     
    If staying on AD is more your gig take the bonus when you are eligible. 

    No A-code time required for an ATP. SIC on an airplane that requires 2 pilots counts in the FAA’s eyes.


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    USAA

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    I’d suggest splitting up your business. Charles Schwab is great for checking/brokerage. I also have Morgan Stanley, which is actively managed, but I only made the min deposit. Both CS and MS have cobranded Amex platinums if you want more Uber Eats and United Travel Bank! GEICO and AllState have been fine for insurance, but I’ve never had to file a claim with them.


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    COVID-19 (Aka China Virus)

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    [mention=77334]Waingro[/mention] Cutting off the nose to spite the face is all that is. This wasn’t a refusal to go to war and do their jobs. Leaders and problem solvers don’t blindly think in black and white, but that’s exactly what this line of thought is. “Leaders” who are incapable of critical thought  and just “read the teleprompter” are a bad thing.

    Being potentially not deployable to certain locations is an issue.


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