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Given how many Navy ships have caught fire the last couple of months the CNO might want to push out an MFR on the proper use of fire extinguishers….

Unless there was something very notable that you did outside of flying I would say no. Your achievements should be captured in your Air Medals.

The MC-130 community trains to this extensively; the 160th is one of our primary customers. I've worked Little Birds on both prepared strips and dirt LZs; the community as a whole is proficient at both. -130s get stuck from time to time, it happens even in training, especially at strips that haven't been used much. I had a colleague almost get stuck doing Little Bird Infil at Red Devil LZ in CO during a Bi-Lat, was a close thing. The CV discussion is a valid one but people are missing the most likely reason those guys weren't playing on this one (open kimono, I'm speculating). It's probably was a logistics issue. It takes quite a while to deploy Ospreys; they usually have to go by boat if deploying from CONUS. If you fly them any serious distance the TAAR requirement is significant. If you have them do gas and gos you'll leave a trail of broken -22s to your FSB; they just break a lot. Their logistics footprint is also quite large, read a lot C-17 flights to move their support tail. They also aren't a great fast rope/hoist platform and they have pretty serious weight limitations at high DAs.

Anyone have any friends at Pendleton hocking secondhand ammo and anti-tank missiles? Asking for a friend…..

That’s pretty wild to think about. Honest question, how could that happen?

Really glad they all got out, almost unbelievable result from a (assumed) Patriot engagement.

Cool, good to know. Now that we’ve established each other’s background and penis lengths, I’ll stand by my statement. Several of the guys I work with have shit on their records or are currently dealing with legalese that I’d have thought (at least when I was on AD) would be a clean kill/revocation or denial of clearance. Yet they’re still working in the cubicles near me. It’s almost like two things can be true at the same time……

I’m currently a contractor and know the difference between a background check and security clearance. I’ll say it again, you’d be surprised at at how some things get overlooked if the company needs a billet filled.

You’d be pretty surprised at some of the stuff contracting companies will look past if they have a position that needs to be filled.

Great book

A Perfect Storm for Taiwan in 2026? | Foreign Affairs Interesting article.

I bought a Ruger PC Carbine 5.7 a couple years ago and it’s an absolute blast to shoot. Probably not the most practical gun I own but sure is fun.