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On 7/9/2020 at 8:23 PM, Danger41 said:
First step to fixing staff issues is to eliminate the Group staff. Single most useless organization I’ve seen. They exist to be middle men. I’ve actually been counting, and my last 7 interactions with them have produced exactly zero. Outside of the directorates, the number of execs they’re pulling from ops units to do nothing but forward emails and work on a rack and stack is a joke.
I’ve heard arguments for and against. For one, how is a Wing/CC supposed to manage 20 squadron CCs with no middle management? I heard back in the day there were two 0-6 Wing/DOs, one for ops and one for support. The respective squadron CCs would report to each
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3 hours ago, Sua Sponte said:
The MAF has always had boner for T-Tail airlifters in leadership positions. The running joke at the KC-135 FTU was if you’re the #1 tanker guy in the wing, you were #15 guy in the wing behind all the C-17 drivers.
Getting rid of Phoenix programs would be a positive in the MAF.
This. Phoenix is an absolute waste of talent management. If you are an expert in your craft (and you don’t need to go to the WIC to be so), you can probably figure out how to run the mobility machine without flying “other” missions.
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13 hours ago, LoveDumpster said:
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2020/07/07/heres-where-the-air-forces-pilot-shortfall-is-the-worst/
Interesting article out of AF Times.
"The Air Force has consistently been well over-manned among 11M mobility pilots, such as those who fly the Pegasus. In 2015, mobility pilot manning was at 125 percent. As the KC-46 came online, overmanning declined, hitting 108 percent in 2019. Jacobson said the Air Force has over-produced mobility pilots in the past, and is working on re-directing some of them to other pilot categories."Crossflow opening back up for fat boys to go fly other shit?
No shit, as a 38 guy who went through during the dark ages, I can only roll my eyes at AFPC’s incompetence at long range planning. If the Air Force were a business it would be bankrupt.
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17 minutes ago, brickhistory said:
If Trump wins the election, the violence on that night and for several nights after will make the recent riots look like a high school pep rally. The cities will light up.
If Biden wins, the internets will light up.
Quite a difference.
I hope state and city leaders are looking ahead and drawing up plans to protect life and property. This is an easy one to see coming (no sts).
There will be riots regardless of the outcome. Might be a good time to buy stock in pepper spray.
Maybe this thing will come back?
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13 hours ago, BashiChuni said:
How dare you? According to Kap you are celebrating white supremacy.
racist.
He has always been and will continue to be a attention seeking loser. Shitty athlete as well.
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15 hours ago, TreeA10 said:
I'm fluent with fighter pilot bar songs but what is this AF song you speak of?
Haha are fighter pilot bar songs even allowed anymore? Word is most units axed them after the great PC purge of 2012 under Welsh.
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12 hours ago, GrndPndr said:
I don't know, it seems alot like the Wall St. 99% thing from a few years back. The faces [sic] are the same. Here's an interesting take on it:
While their are similarities, our situation now is a lot more violent and nasty. Someone can maybe prove me wrong but I don’t believe anyone died from rogue “protestors” shooting up people; the occupy wall street, albeit full of loons, was mostly peaceful. OWS also didn’t have racial undertones to it which complicates matters. Antifa also didn’t exist in full force back then which is now a present day domestic terror threat.
Believe me I hope to god this dies down but I have a bad feeling this is going to get uglier before it gets better, especially based on the outcome of the election.
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5 hours ago, Prozac said:
Ok, so not necessarily something that’s happened recently. So here we may have an example of where many of us talk past each other when arguing for our causes. While there certainly are people making an argument for real socialism, I don’t think that’s the mainstream progressive argument in the United States. Let’s look at why so many progressives (and I consider myself one much of the time) like to point to Scandinavia. Sweden currently has a successful capitalist economy. Yet they also have a robust social safety net, high wages, massive union participation, universal healthcare, and a government funded education system that’s considered one of the best in the world, amongst many other “socialist” leaning policies. So it’s possible to have your cake and eat it too. Now, I realize that the Swedish economy has had its struggles and that the country is currently grappling with issues as varied as immigration and pandemic response. Not perfect. I get it. But.....when you hear the “lefties” argue for “socialism” in our country, take the time to listen to what they’re actually advocating. It’s usually not literal socialism. We most definitely do not have to agree with each other (Royal ‘we’, not necessarily referring to you and I specifically), but it helps to know what the other guy’s actual position is when it comes to good, constructive debate. Fox/CNN/Facebook, etc. have been extremely unhelpful in this regard.
Sweden, Denmark are able to do that for multiple reasons. Inherent wealth, low comparative population, and let’s not forget cultural factors as well, like a highly homogeneous** population. Easy to have a strong collective safety net when most individuals think the same. Also think about the lifestyle and health of your average Scandinavian compared to Americans, of course healthcare costs are manageable.
I can’t think of many conservatives that are advocating for removing our safety nets, but a Scandinavian type of welfare/healthcare system simply wouldn’t work in America. What has proven to work is robust capitalism, free markets, individual responsibility with a safety net for those who truly cannot provide for themselves.
Edit: words are hard
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17 hours ago, brawnie said:
Trying to character assassinate an anonymous person on the internet when you have no idea what they do seems risky, but I’ll allow it.
My point is that you can’t just say “deranged ... Marxism” or “socialism” and have everyone clap. If you want to engage on effects of specific policies, I’d be happy to talk.
For example, I’m not fond of socialism as a whole system of governance. But I feel like if I told you that I believe that top bracket marginal tax rates should be doubled from 37% because I think that the system in its current incarnation isn’t working as intended, you would call me a socialist. Even though we had 70-91% tax rates from 1950-1980, one of the greatest economic growth periods in US history.
The word is meaningless in discourse because it’s thrown around at everything that is even remotely progressive.
Not character assassinating, but to imply that the military = socialism and that military members warning about its’ historically documented failures because they live under a safety net comes from a place of ignorance, is intellectually dishonest.
Valid points on trying to frame everything as socialist or capitalist. Economic structures exist on a scale for sure. However, economies are more likely to collapse the closer they go to the left end of that scale. Scandinavia is learning that the hard way, their inherent wealth has prevented them from learning it in too hard of a fashion.
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2 hours ago, Lawman said:
I think the hardest problem operating in this whole thing from a Military Orders and Mission Command perspective is the people with Birds/Stars on shoulders/Sleeves that are supposed to be making the play calls for us to take guidance from have all backed away from any decisions that have to be made.
The reason they are doing that is the last great example of somebody with a Bird/Star sacking up and saying “this is my call as a commander and I’m making it,” got publicly fired out of a cannon and his Carrier taken away.
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkLeadership 101, make a damn decision, even if it’s not the best one. Unfortunately many CCs see their command as a checked box enroute to general starship so they can’t taint that by actually having to be a leader.
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13 hours ago, brawnie said:
Baseops, like most military social circles, is an echo chamber of people who have never had their views confronted.
You ever sit back and just let the irony that you all live and work in a socialist paradise wash over you? Once you're in, your job is secure (you face no chance of an immediate layoff, and the VAST majority of people can make it to 20-40 years if they want to), your healthcare is paid for, you get an affordable housing allowance based on your status in the system (oh and it changes based on where you are in America), you have a perception that budget doesn't matter (who cares how much that FHP or those TVs costs, just fly it and buy it so we get more money next year), you get basically guaranteed promotions that are based more on timing than on merit, you're handed a ridiculous retirement package that requires no self-involvement or contributions, the worst workers are paid the same as the best, you get paid when a pandemic causes you not to work at all for weeks, you get regular wage increases that keep up with or exceed inflation, you have 30 days of paid leave a year. The military organization keeps hundreds of thousands of people on payroll (in a money bleeding way) just in case they need them, paying them way more than the value we get out of them (the vast majority of the military is a self-licking ice cream cone when we aren't at real war). The military system is the antithesis to self-reliance, meritocracy, accountability, ROI, or profitability. But it sure is nice to be in it right now when the system out there isn't taking care of people.
Are you seriously comparing the military to socialism? Are you implying that military members can’t criticize the deranged narrative of Marxism because the military is socialist? You’re obviously a shoeclerk who sits at a desk all day because no one who understand the sacrifice that military members make, along with their families, would spout such new age BS.
“Never had their views confronted,” you don’t know what you’re talking about. Many of us are college or masters educated individuals, you might be too who knows. To say our views aren’t confronted displays your ignorance in full force.
If you are so fond of the failed experiment of socialism, I highly suggest you move to a country that espouses it, no one will stop you, I promise. Take your buddies on the street whining about capitalism and tax cuts with you. Otherwise get off your high horse and see the forest for the trees for once.
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2 hours ago, kaputt said:
Statue of Ulysses S. Grant torn down in San Francisco. The man who won the Civil War for the Union, freed the only slave he ever owned, and was eulogized by Frederick Douglas.
Our education system is a failure.
Also San Francisco is not America.
Neither is Seattle nor it’s conclave “Chaz.” Really sucks that the left has taken over some of the prettiest scenery in America.
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Coming from a pilot who can’t imagine doing anything else; I wouldn’t rule out CSO. Yeah, got it, jokes about back seat, whatever. CSOs play a critical role in many platforms. B-1s? The WSO is pretty much running the mission and putting ordinance on target. AC-130s? The CSO is running comms with the JTAC, not to mention the FCO is normally an experienced CSO. CSO on a tanker or AWACS? Probably not too exciting. The point is, flying is cool and all but the mission and reward for mission accomplishment definitely outweighs the joy of simply flying the plane at times.
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11 hours ago, herkbier said:
To pile on.. it’s my second- and third-hand understanding that there are some ANG and/or ARC units that are actively avoiding the J because of the loss of two crew positions.
While that is true, ultimately it’s not the unit’s choice. It is political and much higher than their pay grade. Having flown both the J is multiple times more capable than the H. There is zero reason to keep the H around.
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On 6/8/2020 at 9:16 PM, jrizzell said:
Damn it Guard/Reserves, that’s why we can have nice things...hopefully no one is seriously injured
In my experience, most guard/reserve bubbas are some of the best in the business. They are also generally more experienced. I’d fly into combat any day with them. I know you were probably trying to be funny with your post but it came off super douchey especially since our fellow aviators are still in the hospital.
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43 minutes ago, TurnHer4 said:
I don't post here a lot, so I'll say this and go back into hiding.
We literally fought a war about states rights...to own slaves. Right side won. Slaves are freed. Lincoln had a lot to do with that...he was assassinated. Now black folks have to pull themselves up by their boot straps. No education, no skills, don't own any of our inventions, nothing. Cool. We pulled ourselves up, and started to thrive. We had our own schools, churches, hospitals, banks, etc. Those that hate us, couldn't handle it. So comes the Tulsa massacre in 1921. Burned down schools, churches, hospitals, banks, killed the men, and raped the women in front of the children. This happened in other parts of the country as well. But pull yourself up by your bootstraps. We did it again. Those that hate us didn't like it. Lynchings and burnings came along, also Jim Crow. While blacks were in WWI and WWII when they returned home, they were not given those same freedoms they went to a foreign land to fight for. Returned home to racism and segregation. Most weren't recognized until they died. JFK comes along and tries to help, does some good work...assassinated. Desegregation comes along. But then the country is redlined so we can only live in certain pockets of the country. Well now we can vote and make things better in our community, but the voting lines are redrawn to lesson the black vote. Now the funding for schools, banks, etc go to the "other neighborhoods" Well this isn't right. Lets peacefully protest. Those that hate us didn't like that. My parents and grandparents were in the street when Bull Connor unleashed the dogs and fire hoses on peaceful protesters in Birmingham. We had a voice, MLK...assassinated. Malcolm X comes along and tries it a different way...assassinated. Then comes the crack epidemic, and guns flooding black neighborhoods. We didn't own anything. We didn't own planes or boats to get any of this stuff in, or even leave the neighborhood to go buy such things. But it showed up. How did it get there? Now we have rich drug dealers and poor addicts. Violence ensues over these things. War on drugs happens. Dads/Uncles (dealers) are sent to prison. Addicts are still in the street. Who takes care of the children? No one, they raise themselves...in that environment. That's all they know. No one was coming into these communities to shed light on other options in life or a way to make it out. You gonna go to school, or sell a dime bag so you can eat tonight? We are still recovering from that. Moving into the 21st century, it's no longer cool to be racist out in the open. Those people didn't change their views they just went into hiding.
I say this not to blame folks, but to shed light on a few of the things the black community has faced. Yet, we still overcome and thrive. BUT if you think racism no longer exist, you're sadly mistaken. If you think racist haven't infiltrated our Sqs, Grps, Wgs, etc you're sadly mistaken. They are still out there, my black bro's and I see it often. We're not playing victim, and we aren't weak, but they still try us. Example, at my last Sq there was almost 20 flights and shops. 3 black flight ccs and a black shop chief. Some one had gotten enough complaints from others and had enough balls to complain to the CC that there were "too many" of us in leadership. Thats just one example. If you want more examples of racism me and the bros have seen on AD, we can take it to the PMs.
I'm not saying you guys are wrong, I value your input and opinion. My issue is when we bring this stuff up, it gets dismissed and or downplayed. Having someone tell me my experiences didn't happen or "thats not what they meant" is ridiculous. If you can't see that black people have been oppressed and that those that oppressed us are still alive and or have passed those teachings down to their children, there's not a lot I can say. We just want a fair shake. I/We shouldn't be treated differently because of our skin color, that's it. I see a lot of you thinking of this as political, I don't see it that way. It's human rights. Conservatives/Leftist/libtards or whatever doesn't matter right now.
I went a bit long. I'll go back into hiding now. If I ever see you dudes in the real world, first one is on me.
You bring up some poignant points. Don’t go back into hiding..let’s talk about this like adults. If the racism you talk about exists, I’ll bet you a bottle of jack that 99% of us will fight tooth and nail to eradicate it because that’s what we do in the military, we take care of our own.
I do not think “systematic racism” exists in the sense that there is no law that prevents a POC from attaining any rank or position because of their skin color. Does racism still exist? Of course it does. How we confront it is how we differ.
Again don’t go back into hiding, let us participate in mature discourse. We may not agree on certain things but I’m sure we will all learn from each other.
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1 hour ago, Sim said:
Video that leftist should watch.
Mic drop. Love this woman. She has more courage than all the SJW victims combined. I would go as far to say she has faced more racism from her own race than virtually any other martyr the BLM movement glorifies. Finally, racism exists in every single country on the planet, and is espoused by every single race. It is wrong, however it is manifested or by whomever. However, the facts don’t suggest a “systematic racism” problem in America.
To quote Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: “You are all equally worthless!”
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6 hours ago, drewpey said:
I'm not sure anyone every considered Republicans to be silent, let alone a majority. We have seen that higher voter turnout generally benefits democrats, but most democrats don't give enough shits to actually vote, and just enjoy losing so they can keep whining about things not going their way. This is particularly seen in the younger vote, which has always been unreliable come election day, despite leaning heavily left. Republican voters will vote come hell or high water on election day, and are generally much more reliable. The battle isn't about the decided voters...people like me who think Trump is unintelligible, or people like you who think Biden is incoherent...it's about those in the middle gray largely deciding the race. That's where you see trolls trying to alienate Berniebros from the Democratic party, pushing people towards the green party, etc. all to whittle the left-leaning undecideds away from the primary democratic candidate until we get more widespread ranked choice voting to allow people to truly vote with their hearts without throwing their vote away. Incumbents typically strategize to expand their base to be more appealing to the middle, but Trump being Trump, never passes an opportunity to double down on a bad decision, and has slowly whittled away at those on his fringe to feed his core base. Will it pay off? Who the fuck knows, but in traditional politics it doesn't seem like he is doing himself any favors trying to win on hardmode. I'm personally waiting for Taylor Swift to save the democratic party by getting the youth out to vote. Come on Tay Tay!
Tay Tay should stick to shitty country music! I see your points...Trump is abrasive but you don’t win the republican presidency by being dumb. His tweets do make me cringe and just give so much ammo to his haters but, maybe it’s calculated? Maybe it does fire up his base more than it disenfranchises voters in the middle? They are just stupid tweets after all.
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1 hour ago, 17D_guy said:
Yea fair...don't know why I didn't write that, I knew it, stupid me.
Still...don't think you can call it the "silent majority." Hillary was the worst...everything ever. So, I do not expect the same thing unless Biden has a fucking stroke on stage and they forgot to tie his hand to a line so some staffer off stage can wave it up and down.
In a conventional “popular vote” sense, no, not “majority.” But we don’t elect presidents based off of that otherwise Cali and NY would heaven forbid decide every national election. However, silent majority is a generic term used for an unaccounted number of people that support something or someone (Trump) that isn’t blatantly obvious in the echo chamber of social media. Not to mention the social ramifications of speaking up in defense of Trump these days.
Joe “you ain’t black” Biden may not be as corrupt as Hilary but holy s$$$, the guy can’t put two sentences together. If his strategy is to just stay low and let Trump tweets get the best of him; he’s in for a rude awakening. One of the biggest mistakes Hilary made was refusing to put out ANY policy proposals and just play the “well I am not Trump” card. That doesn’t work. Like him or hate him, Trump is backed by action and policy and he will obliterate Biden in the primary if he continues his dementia plagued rants and/or fails to explain what his actual policies will be.
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1 hour ago, SocialD said:
Man there are going to be a lot of pissed off people when he is reelected.
No different than last time. There will also be a lot of relieved people; also known as the silent majority. They aren’t as loud because they get shouted down by the so called tolerant left and groups like BLM.
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So I guess we are allowed to openly bash the commander in chief now on Facebook as active duty officers? Or a sitting squadron commander? Asking for a friend..
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On 5/31/2020 at 3:36 PM, slackline said:
Nothing to do with toughen up. America needs to do away with systemic racism. Period. Dot.
Things about MLK not rioting are missing the point. Rioters are stupid, but the majority of people are peacefully protesting. White people love to dismiss the actions of racist bigots as not representative of the majority, but are quick to accuse an entire race of being guilty of something when it fits their narrative.
I’m a white guy.
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk“I’m a white guy” - good for you?
Systematic racism means that the system is inherently racist, it means that we have laws that are racist. Can you point me to a single law that allows discrimination based on skin color? I.e, being black.
Racism isn’t a problem unique to white people or Americans.
We should welcome peaceful protest and dialogue, from all sides. Rioters and looters deserve to be thrown in jail and I’m glad we have a President with the galls to address it and take action.
-Not a white guy
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2 hours ago, MechGov said:
Anyone know what the status of the schools board is? I wouldn’t be surprised if it slipped, because: COVID
Thought it already happened? Selectees matched with schools released in August.
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23 hours ago, Guardian said:
Haha. I’ve already told the story, half of it anyways, somewhere on this site.
Bottom line he doesn’t care about anyone other than himself and only when it helps him look good does he care about others. If it’s people he perceives don’t matter even if they are doing a large share of the work while other groups are getting ahead for not reason, then it doesn’t matter to him. We are all volunteers so that gives him the right to say pound sand for 5 years. He’s trash. Not worth of what the Air Force should be. I’d by far and large rather have that one AMC dude from a few years back. Schwartz. Don’t think that I’m advocating for that or that I liked him. Just that he is better than fingers. Schwartz isn’t a leader and has no spine. But at least he owned it. I can live with that. That’s integrity. Fingers has none. Wonder how he got his callsign.
Can you please elaborate once again? I know you “told the story on this site.” It seems Fingers is well respected across the Enterprise but it’s obvious you have some insider information. Honestly curious to hear the other side.
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What's wrong with the Air Force?
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Makes sense. For instance, when Dyess 317th was an Airlift Group it was the place to be for herks. It ran flawlessly, morale and training was never better.
Then it became a wing, and AMC flat out admitted it was to create more 0-6 billets. The first wing king was a toxic POS and was fired for it. Retention for O-4s went from high 80s to single digit percentages. The IP core was cannibalized to fill all the new positions.
To get rid of Groups, you first need to cut some of the bloat and red tape on the staffs. Otherwise the Wing’s won’t be able to keep up with the admin.