Everything posted by DirkDiggler
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HRT OG/CC
Not a rumor, happened a couple months ago. Some of your details are wrong, the crew (included said OG/CC) elected to continue the mission after the strike. When they got back to HRT they discovered the damage was far more extensive than previously thought. From what I understand (not 100 percent on this part), the WG/CC Q3'd the OG/CC, not the OG/CC giving out Q3s to the crew. Understandable on the confusion due to the fact that said OG/CC gave over 25 commander directed Q3's during his time as a SQ/CC.
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Chris Christie lowers NJ flags to half-staff for Whitney
Sad, but not really suprising. In today's day, it doesn't seem like any politician has any shame if there's some political gain involved. There's a flag in a compound in Bagram that isn't at half staff right now (hopefully) and thats the one I'm really concerned about, cause that means that none of the guys I support are going home in a box today.
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I think they TOTALLY get it (Suicides)
2, I was pretty happy that my explaination of why thats ok left him with nothing intelligent to say.
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McChord-Lewis Crash
Rest easy brothers...
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Remains of 274 US troops dumped in landfill
Condolences to the families, I really hope whoever is found responsible is swiftly fired.
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What's wrong with the Air Force?
Not where they live it won't, chiefs don't exist in those parts, too dangerous for their health. Even at the main bases Chiefs know better than to pull that shit with those guys, they'll get asked to leave the living area politely, one time.
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What's wrong with the Air Force?
Not always a good thing, as evidenced by the new 1st SOW/CC, although most former Pave Low guys I know are good dudes.
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Red Arrow Accident
Every time I've worked with the British military they've been the epitome of professionals, condolences to the family, rest easy brother.
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31 U.S. Soldiers die in Afghanistan Helicopter Crash
Rest easy bros
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Boss, I quit...
Glad I skipped out on that CC call at half time, not to say the first part wasn't a waste of time as well
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Combat Shower Enforcement in Iraq
That was epic, haven't laughed that hard in a while
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Bin Laden dead!
Geraldo's mustache has claimed responsibility for the kill....
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Huey down at Kirtland
Glad they're all ok
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Most Heavily Decorated Soldier
Great section about him and his exploits in the book SOG: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam by John L. Plaster. Its an excellent book overall, the section about Howard reads like something out of a Hollywood movie. Howard was nominated for the MoH 3 times inside of 13 months, the says that most of the men who served with him felt he deserved all three. Pretty humbling stuff.
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Air Force: Pilot yields wings after low flyover
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Apologies for the poor quality, all I had was my Iphone. My EWO got some better shots, I'll post those when I get them. Missions into both Sendai and Matsushima are continuing, hopefully we'll be able to start pushing a serious amount of supplies into both and get it to the people that need it.- Earthquake/Tsunami in Japan
My link We opened up Sendai yesterday. Field is an absolute wreck, they've got about 4200ft available but STS is working to clear more. They've got a big pile of cars, vans, and mud bulldozed into a pile about 5000ft down the runway. I'll post some pics I took when I get the chance.- C-17 Down on Elmendorf
Rest easy brothers- Pavehawk down in Afghanistan
Rest easy brothers- Woodward to Command 17AF
I was at EWO school when she was the OG commander at Randolph. She seemed like a real solid leader, held students to standards but never came off as someone who had drank too much of the Kool-Aid- CV22 Crash in Afghanistan
Rest easy bros- I Hate Reflective Belts
Just got back from an exercise where, on the board in the mayors tent right alongside the MOPP and FPCON level, they had posted a reflectivecon level, I shit you not. I almost fell over when I saw that, thought my command didn't generally adhere to that kind of gayness. Pretty sad really.- T-Bird mishap pilot receives CSAF safety award
Second T-38 was a bird strike during a LL, sometime end of '06 beginning of '07, both guys got out. The two T-6's were a mid-air over the aux field pattern entry, happened either Nov or Dec 2007, all four guys got out.- The Bronze Star
The whole process, as the AF runs it, is horseshit, regardless of the with valor or without. Some army/marine PFC gets a BSM for pulling his buddy out of a burning HUMVEE under fire with shrapnel lodged in his back; some shoe clerk O-5/6 f%&k puts himself in for one after 4 months of "managing and directing" assets inside the wire at Balad. Its disgusting and it cheapens the value of the people who actually earned the medals the hard way.- The Rise and Fall of Captain Holly Graf (USN)
She probably wears underwear with dick holes in them - Earthquake/Tsunami in Japan