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Agreed. One hull loss and another near loss. Pretty impressive for over 20 years of rugged service. Prost!

The dead horse has been thoroughly beat. In over five years in my current squadron, I've been summoned to the auditorium to hear the sitting CC's take on an in-house alcohol related incident no fewer than 7 times. If additional guidelines are needed by certain individuals in the organization, they need to be removed immediately. The responsibilities placed upon us on a daily basis in our duties suggests to me that those unable to make correct decisions with alcohol have no place operating a 500K lb aircraft or dropping bombs or guarding the wire etc.... Despite the weight Big Blue thrusts upon us in our mission, we are continually treated like small children because of the actions of a few people who do not understand how to responsibly function in this system. This contract is another disgusting attempt to cover the asses of the leadership who would rather try to protect these "bad apples" rather than booting them out the door upon due process.

No way in HELL I would sign something like that. If it looks/sounds/smells like a binding contract, there better be a damn good reason why I am signing it. Your leadership is really grasping at straws with this one. As a Flt/CC, all of my dudes know they can call anytime if they need a ride. When one of them decides not to (God forbid), I will have no part in the consequences they face outside of meeting with the boss about it and the sh!tty OPR I'll have to slap together. This contract seems to further tie you (and/or me) in to the idiot decisions other people make outside of the workplace. I want no part of that. We are adults. When we decide to make stupid decisions, we alone should face the consequences. Unfortunately, the AF sees otherwise. So how does this work? When a signer gets a DUI does the Wing CC pull this "contract" out and try to spread the responsibility to the accused supervisor? This sh!t makes me furious.

Well if that's the case then good for him. (The speech still sucked IMHO).

He did speak in January. I really want to know what his going rate is. Glad to see the DOD is slashing the budget but somehow SOC can continue to justify flying his ass into MGM 4 times a year.

Unfortunate. He obviously doesn't do this engagement for free. His speech is a giant insult to those who have served in combat, and is a tremendous waste of Air Force funds. I sat for an hour and a half with my ears plugged as he yelled a bunch of loosely related stories into the microphone. The worst part was when he received a standing ovation. I understand he has seen some hardships, but do a bunch of wartime CGO's need a Matt Foley-esque speech to "motivate" them at Shoe Flag? Apparently my extensive feedback to the leadership had zero impact (edit... not that I thought my feedback meant sh!t anyways).

Did they bring back the motivational speaker for this class? I believe his name is Dan Clarke.

Saw an interview with a retired "rescue" guy on Fox News this afternoon. He described helping one of the pilots to safety from his ejection seat. Now I haven't flown anything with an ejection seat since the Tweet, but doesn't the seat-man separation happen in a matter of seconds for most of these things? Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you don't leave the seat for some reason aren't you pretty much toast?

Hearing rumors of a "strongly-worded letter" from a student in the most recent SOS class to the leadership that is making its rounds. No details as to what it's about, other than it's a doosey. Anyone see this yet?

It surprises me you are just learning of this...

This bio is making its rounds to the 800+ at SOS. Good luck un######ing yourself, bro.

JESUS CHRIST! Oh... sorry, Tim.

Looks legit. E-mail from Sq/CC today indicates this affects "several of us." By my count... 4.

Yeah, I'll get right on that... More "work for the sake of work."

I'm glad to see that keying the mic and passing 6 digits is the biggest problem we face in today's Air Force. Welp, back to updating my RRF for the next RIF coming down in '12.

The boom operator passes the offload to us upon completion of AR. That amount is recorded on the AF 664 along with the date, tanker tail number and home-station, and the fact that it was in-flight refueling. The 664 is usually in the back of our aircraft forms binder which is turned in to home-station maintenance upon return.

So how's life up there right about now? CHS ORI in progress... God help us all....

Whoa whoa whoa... let's slow it down. Has anyone checked with to see if this guy is legit?

That was your 69th post... you've got nothing to be worried about, my friend.

I heard it was intentional and in protest to the repeal of DADT.

I think that e-mail is from Ali... But you are 100% correct. There are too many people deployed if anyone has time to even THINK about memorizing anything other than Bold Face, Tech Orders, or Job Guides while over there.

Shack.

It's change for the sake of change. It's what the Air Force is all about.

Analyst: Military bands to cost Pentagon $50B over next 50 years I guess sparkely bowties aren't cheap.

What's an 8-roper? Edit: Legitimate question... and yes I do know what a desert jellyfish is.