Papa Herk

By getting "drawn" into a war with Iran, I simply meant that I don't think our current administration has the nerve or determination to go into a strike with Israel. No way that our administration would launch a unilateral strike on their own, so by default if Israel attacks Iran, and then Iran launches Scuds at US bases in the Middle East, we'll get "drawn" into the war. It seems that Netanyahu, according to reports, will attack prior to the November elections if he does indeed decide to strike. I know nearly every one of us would rather be doing the mission than training around the flagpole for massive airdrops in the next Normandy invasion. That is, unless the dudes in Washington let sequestration happen, and then we'll all be at the VFW in January talking about the good ole days when we had jobs and flew actual aircraft during OIF.

Like I said, this is just a question for the forum, not a gripe. If I thought it was hard and decided to punch, I'd have VSP'd back in '06. Don't shoot the messenger, just asking people to think about some geopolitics and how it may affect them over the next decade or two.

This is not to debate the merits and/or lack of merits, of a possible war with Iran. If we get drawn into another war this fall, with Afghanistan still ongoing, is it worth it to you to keep pushing toward the 20 year mark in your career, or would you pull chalks?

Yep. Norty, Gen Welsh, and CMSAF were all wearing the band uniform.

So is Norty's new legacy that we will not only be wearing blues every week, but now we'll be wearing the USAF band dress uniform? Discuss amongst yourselves...