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I’m sure these guys truly believe in the cause and want to make a difference; it has nothing to do with toeing the line with the diversity & inclusion narrative of the brass at the top. Not at all. Curious to see how rapidly these talks dissipate when Trump’s memo makes its way down.

Thank god. About time when you have a sitting squadron commander forcing her squadron to read “White Fragility” and openly posting Atlantic articles bashing the sitting CINC.

The democrats were probably stroking each other in glee as they thought they hit gold with this hit piece. Perhaps another “grab her by the pxxxx” October surprise which Trump has apologized for many times (cmon gents.. you have said worse and don’t BS me into claiming you haven’t, right or wrong.) Unfortunately, this is just that, a hit piece devoid of any evidence, logic or fact. Much like the hit piece with Russia or Kavanaugh. It will fall flat...and add it to the reasons why I will laugh so hard when the mass tears flow from the leftists 3 November. You reap what you sow.

You speak a lot of truth. This is why Trump is so hated amongst the establishment, and so revered by many. He’s not a politician. He’s not a RINO. He’s not a puppet. I don’t care about his personality; his policies are exactly what America needs. I’d rather take a loud mouth New Yorker than an empty suit who can read a teleprompter. Heck, Biden can’t even do that.

You have nothing to lose. Give it all you got, just don’t be an ass about it. I know academy grads with a GPA less than yours that are squadron commanders now.

I was a minority in a UPT class, I had zero issues. I know many minorities in UPT classes, they all did just fine to include 5th gen fighters. What invented issue is the Air Force trying to solve now?

Going to stop you right their. Aerial Delivery, or rather “Air Drop,” cannot be taught to proficiency in a sim. Add in RF threats and other real world factors...forget it. Anyone who advocates for such is asking for numerous mishaps. AMC at large is not fucking airline training. It is no wonder most of the CAF scoffs at us.

Because we all trust big Air Force to be 100% objective and act with integrity and not undermine the standards for metrics or “diversity.” Nope, not at all.

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Wouldn’t surprise me. Our priorities as a service and DOD is putting us on a clear tragedy our to lose the next major war. I wish I was saying that jokingly but I’m genuinely concerned about our time honored capabilities to fly, fight and win.

Federalism, 10th Amendment, these are all good problems to have! I don’t want Trump or anyone in the federal government have that much power. You guys give him and the position way too much credit. I’ll take decentralized federalism over the false security of centralized control found in other countries any day. This is bigger than Covid with a less than 0.1% mortality rate.

As they should be, that’s the worst idea ever. Who is going to train these T-1 wonders at the FTUs and ops squadrons? When Rona dies the mass exodus of IPs will continue.

You completely missed the point. Trump didn’t mishandle Covid. My point was that Covid is an international pandemic and blaming Trump for its’ effects is next level stupid. Further, besides Covid, the country has been doing extremely well during his tenure. So I fail to see why that should change besides your feelings.

Anyone remember sequestration in 2013? Flying hours cut, mishaps skyrocketed down range. I 100% blame Obama for that. Yeah..I’ll take Trump any day of the year.

Has your life worsened between 2016 and now? Apart from Covid, which is a global pandemic, how has Trump hurt your life? A lot of good changes between his election and now. Lower taxes, ISIS eliminated, strong economy. Not bad things at all. Biden? He won’t make it more than a few months past the election. Which means Kamala Harris as your POTUS. A radical California politician who stands against everything American. Higher taxes, open borders, gun grabber...you name it. Trump’s “dumpster fire” is much more palatable. Questions?

It used to be funny but now it’s not. Those same idiots running away bring their politics with them. Hence why there is a growing liberal enclave in Austin TX and Houston.

So the real question; they are obviously trying to increase throughout on the input side (UPT). What the hell are they doing to decrease output and increase retention of your 12 year Majors? People will eventually chill out about Covid (most likely after the election,) and all indicators show that the airlines will recover. Is the Air Force doing anything to address retention?

There will be more mishaps if they go this route. We will then get a fancy CSAF flight discipline video and the cycle will continue.

Tankers are your best bet if you don’t want to spend much time in the vault. Virtually every aircraft in the inventory requires time in the vault; that is if you want to operate the mission well.

“Previously vetted.” You sure about that? By whom? What’s to say the Trump campaign doesn’t have a surprise skeleton to reveal about her come October? Sure would be karma after the Kavanaugh debacle.

This! Ultimately the O is in charge. While a good O will listen to their senior enlisted, they are by no means obligated to take their recommendation. Take any toxic SNCO, specifically Chiefs..the buck stops with their commander. Toxic SNCOs? That is 100% the fault of the commander for allowing such buffoonery to go unchecked. Chiefs being chiefs and turning people away at a deployed DFAC for sweaty flight suits? Blame the Wing King. The buck stops with us.

Weird because the nonners are always taking off work at 1430 to go “PT.”

I do. Some of my good friends are Mx Os. MX is a tough career field, and they tend to eat their own. At Yokota, multiple suicides in the AMXS that got MAJCOM level attention. Here at Dyess, the MX morale can’t be better nor can the OPS/MX relationship, but that may be a product of having a Wing with only OPS and MX. I think part of the problem was separating MX from the flying squadrons into its own Group. When MX was part of the flying squadron, there was more of a sense of belonging and pride in the mission. Also, I can see a flying squadron commander applying the “debrief culture” to maintainers...ie, it’s okay to make mistakes. That is how we learn, instead of crushing a dude for a minor mistake which is a cultural issue in many MX groups. Anyways, I always try to converse with my maintainers on locals and loop them into the mission, and I treat my flying crew chiefs as part of the crew. Most of the maintainers I know love their jobs. They love turning wrenches and get great pleasure out of seeing the mission happen. Seeing the 33 ship (largest C-130J formation) takeoff out of Dyess last month put a smile on every maintainer’s face. Totally worth the weeks of planning we put into it.

I tried reading your post with an open mind... but you lost me at “all racists are Trump supporters.” Most ignorant and naive comment for the month goes to you. (Albeit it was your “friend” who said it but you clearly support such a notion.) Congratulations. As a brown/south Asian guy, I went to HS post 9/11. I faced my fair share of racism. I don’t hate them, they were ignorant teenagers. But when I look back at many of them, they turned out to be some of the most staunch/vocal SJW democrats. So I know your “all racists are Trump supporters” is utter BS. Trump is a polarizing figure, but it is dudes like you that create more Trump supporters. I didn’t like the guy at the beginning of his campaign but it is pompous folks like you that actually drew me too him. So keep it up!!