What's wrong with the Air Force?

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14 hours ago, HeloDude said:

Well, to be accurate, he’s an 11S, but I get your point.  Slife the knife.

HeloDude coming in defending the upstanding honor of 11Hs everywhere like...😂

 

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12 hours ago, DirkDiggler said:

Slife has (at least IMO) a long list of flaws.  I personally know a couple guys that flew with him, and, to his credit, none of them said he was a shitty pilot.

His apprentice however...

[dream big]

On 12/30/2023 at 10:36 PM, Sua Sponte said:

Stop rewarding social activism in the military. If that isn't done, then the service academies will continue down this wokeness path. Oh yeah, the dipshit former Macdill Wg/CC who wrote that "Dear White Colonels" article is at USAFA, figures.

Soon to be Brig Gen…enough said 

[FourFans]

3 hours ago, Danger41 said:

*I applied to and got appointments to all 3 service academies and was really wrestling between being a pilot, SEAL, or SF officer (I even took 4 years of French to prepare). I ended up going to my state college to play football and OTS but I’d be lying if I hadn’t thought “what if” about going to an academy. If that doesn’t prove that I was a dipshit 18 year old, I don’t know what does.

Along with the rest of the post...in all sincerity, we throw a lot of shit around here when in reality we were all highly motivated, highly excitable teenagers who wanted to go do cool shit and serve our country.  Turning 40 only helps us lose sight of that perspective.

Thank you for doing what you're doing in AFMC.  I've heard that can be a dodgy place to be in leadership.  I've also heard things like "if you can dream it, we've figured out how to do it"   Yeah, AFMC does some really cool shit.  But I digress

I'm no academy apologist.   USAFA is currently ALL KINDS of fucked up.  But the idea it represents to America's young bright and shining warriors hasn't faded a bit.  The warrior mentality will always be attracted to hardship and challenge.  It's the job of we sage warriors to make sure the institutions don't drift.  Thankfully, that impulse is not provided in the realm of internet discussion forums.

We gain a lot of perspective as we get older with one bold exception: We often fail to remember what the world looked like when we were 18 and making life impacting decisions.  

That insight should inform our vision as we get older.  Elite institutions should always be upheld regardless of how imperfect we find out that they are (and always were) as we gain the perspective of age.  America's youth should always be challenged to do difficult things for the fact that difficulty cultivates character, and in real eye-gouging, life altering combat, character is critically important.  Designing those preparatory challenges and environments is what being old is all about.  Sadly the vast majority of our sages have decided that retirement and golf is more important.  Regardless, I stand by the fact that elite American institutions still do push that button quite well, and I'll continue to challenge the vision of those who see those institutions as worthless.

Edited January 1, 2024 by FourFans

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22 hours ago, Danger41 said:

I want Officers with a warrior mentality produced there, not big brain nerds

This.  Fo sho 

Edit: Or a warrior with a big fucking brain.  I'll take a few of those please.  

Edited January 1, 2024 by Biff_T
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[Biff_T]

On 12/30/2023 at 1:55 PM, HU&W said:

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Yeap.  Lol.  Piss, shit and fell down reading this. 

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[Biff_T]

12 hours ago, nsplayr said:

HeloDude coming in defending the upstanding honor of 11Hs everywhere like...😂

 

@HeloDude is 100% correct.  Thank you Sir!   Biff 11H

[LookieRookie]

Was CAT-5 the OG that scraped the CV-22 on tree canopies on approach and made it go away for himself?

[DirkDiggler]

28 minutes ago, LookieRookie said:

Was CAT-5 the OG that scraped the CV-22 on tree canopies on approach and made it go away for himself?

Yes

Technically he didn’t make it go away, he was Q3’d for it by the 1st SOW/CC, then Col Slife.  Obviously it didn’t impact his career any.

[Boomer6]

Idk if it’s funnier if he was named CAT-5 before or after he knocked down all of those trees 🤔

[HuggyU2]

How did he get the Cat5 callsign?

[Danger41]

5 hours ago, DirkDiggler said:

Yes

Technically he didn’t make it go away, he was Q3’d for it by the 1st SOW/CC, then Col Slife.  Obviously it didn’t impact his career any.

That’s how I remembered it as well. He then said something how everyone needs a Q3 for some reason since he’d given out dozens.

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1 hour ago, HuggyU2 said:

How did he get the Cat5 callsign?

Isn’t a call sign, it’s a nickname coined by some guys in the 15th when he was the DO & CC.  Came from his habit of rolling into offices in the unit, completely upending/wrecking everything and leaving nothing but destruction in his wake.  See Danger’s above comment as an example, when he was a Sq/CC he gave out 34 commander directed Q3s.

[SocialD]

8 minutes ago, DirkDiggler said:

 See Danger’s above comment as an example, when he was a Sq/CC he gave out 34 commander directed Q3s.

 

WTF is with all the command directed Q3s?  I've gathered that the heavies seem to use them as punishment, but I know we didn't have a single one in my career at my squadron.  A keg/equivalent booze and stand up in front of the squadron to brief the fuck up.  Why put so many black marks on your people, when there are better ways to get your point across?  I feel for these dudes who have to explain a Q3 in an interview when they can't say that their boss was the lead rower in the douche canoe.  

[brabus]

Seen one Q3 in 17 years of flying, and it was deserved. The heavy world blows my mind on how they wield Q3s. 

[Biff_T]

13 hours ago, SocialD said:

 

WTF is with all the command directed Q3s?  I've gathered that the heavies seem to use them as penis.....  I feel for these dudes who have to explain a Q3 in an interview when they can't say that their boss was the lead rower in the douche canoe.  

Maybe they do this so they dont bounce to the Majors as easily?  Or it at least throws a small pebble in the road........ if you're at the interview, they want you. 

Not a lot of Q3s in my dirty little end of the 11H community. Usually given if you crashed (at fault) or blew up an engine, etc...

When I was a boom (man 😢 tear), Q3s were given quite often.. in all crew positions.  I think it was all those GD left over SAC Warriors!

 

Edited January 2, 2024 by Biff_T
Spelling bee failure

[HuggyU2]

28 minutes ago, Biff_T said:

I think it was all those GD left over SAC Warriors!

Make sure you say "SAC Warriors" with some respect. 

Edited January 2, 2024 by HuggyU2

[HuggyU2]

On 12/31/2023 at 9:22 AM, ClearedHot said:

Screaming at his wife.  
... he is a sociopath lunatic and proof the system is completely broken.

Other than that, would you say he's an ok guy?

[hindsight2020]

yeah, it's one of two biggest lessons in Leadership I've learned the hard way early in my USAF career, at the hands of one of these toxic communities and their approach to Q3s. It really shaped and informed my future evaluation philosophy when I left for greener pastures and into the SEFE role in later life.

I take great personal investment in being as objective as I can, and bring that holistic training opportunity into every evaluation debrief that doesn't warrant a chat with the commander. I can't fix the past, but I can influence the future of the young guys in a productive way. I'm willing to say we do a better job at that than my predecessors in said community. As such, my experience as a SEFE tracks closer to the experience of the 11Fs on here. It's a shame that punitive/quota-driven nonsense persists in the heavy world.

Edited January 2, 2024 by hindsight2020

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2 hours ago, SocialD said:

 

WTF is with all the command directed Q3s?  I've gathered that the heavies seem to use them as punishment, but I know we didn't have a single one in my career at my squadron.  A keg/equivalent booze and stand up in front of the squadron to brief the fuck up.  Why put so many black marks on your people, when there are better ways to get your point across?  I feel for these dudes who have to explain a Q3 in an interview when they can't say that their boss was the lead rower in the douche canoe.  

Pressure from your OG/CC, sometimes even Wing/CC. The BPZ types were the most notorious for dishing out Q3s…got to hold the line and can’t take any risks on your way up. Caveat: AMC only, can’t speak to other communities. 

[ClearedHot]

17 hours ago, Boomer6 said:

Idk if it’s funnier if he was named CAT-5 before or after he knocked down all of those trees 🤔

Having personally talked to a few folks that were on said CV-22 when it happened, they are lucky to be alive, one thought for sure they were going to roll over into the trees.

Yes he was Q-3'd but Daddy Slife stepped in and assured Fiel, "I can fix him."

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12 hours ago, Danger41 said:

That’s how I remembered it as well. He then said something how everyone needs a Q3 for some reason since he’d given out dozens.

As the CC or DO, you (CAT 5) should be taking a long hard look in the mirror at your own leadership style if you feel like you need to hand out dozens of Q3s in your own damn squadron.  I can’t imagine looking at my section and seeing a single Q3 let alone dozens. 

Edited January 2, 2024 by lloyd christmas
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[Sua Sponte]

On 12/31/2023 at 11:27 PM, dream big said:

Soon to be Brig Gen…enough said 

Except a senator is currently withholding his promotion. 

[Biff_T]

11 hours ago, HuggyU2 said:

Make sure you say "SAC Warriors" with some respect. 

Yes sir!

They were still wearing little SAC (sts) patches under the AMC badge..One thing about flying with all those old SAC dudes, is I knew how to make my 69 pounds of paper pubs flawless.  They really liked looking at those write in changes.  They also made sure I knew my shit.. I think the MAC dudes that are still left in AMC are wanna be SAC and they give out Q3s for personal reasons and not because your pubs or you suck as an aviator.

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13 hours ago, DirkDiggler said:

Isn’t a call sign, it’s a nickname coined by some guys in the 15th when he was the DO & CC.  Came from his habit of rolling into offices in the unit, completely upending/wrecking everything and leaving nothing but destruction in his wake.  See Danger’s above comment as an example, when he was a Sq/CC he gave out 34 commander directed Q3s.

This