June 29, 20241 yr On 6/25/2024 at 11:29 AM, Smokin said: I'd rather be led by a dude that slaps a guy for not fighting than led by a dude that thinks some lint on your uniform is indicative of your military ability. Patton was both those guys. We was fining troops in foxholes under active observation for not being clean shaven or not wearing a necktie. He had utter contempt for the citizen soldiers he was leading. If someone whose been wearing the uniform for 35 years can't understand why someone who was a baker's apprentice ten months before isn't as good at soldiering as he is, he isn't a good leader of Americans. Edited June 29, 20241 yr by Stoker
June 29, 20241 yr My first few deployments I didn't have email. DSN 1110...."I'd like to make an off base call". People were also waiting in line to use the phones. Felt like a prison scene. Same also you got the hook after 15 mins IIRC. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
June 29, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Stoker said: Given how awfully the Germans were at anything approaching strategic thinking, that isn't the compliment you think it is. I admit he had a great PR campaign, he definitely looked and acted like people thought a general should. MacArthur falls into this same category. Patton was just lucky compared to MacArthur in that he didn't have the opportunity to get publicly trounced (twice!) because his enemies actually had the ability to take the initiative. When your enemy is afraid of you, it is exactly the compliment I think it is. Please tell me more about what the cool, edgy, new professor at the zoo thought about the subject though. Edited June 29, 20241 yr by O Face
June 29, 20241 yr My first few deployments I didn't have email. DSN 1110...."I'd like to make an off base call". People were also waiting in line to use the phones. Felt like a prison scene. Am I remembering incorrectly, did AUTOVON precede DSN?Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app
June 30, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, Skitzo said: Same also you got the hook after 15 mins IIRC. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk The dreaded beep warnings
June 30, 20241 yr 48 minutes ago, uhhello said: The dreaded beep warnings If you got the timing right, it was kinda like nailing a game winning shot at the buzzer during phone sex though. Edited June 30, 20241 yr by O Face .
June 30, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, herkbum said: Am I remembering incorrectly, did AUTOVON precede DSN? Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app I never used or even heard of AUTOVON. You old playa! Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autovon#:~:text=AUTOVON used a numbering scheme,AUTOVON calls with operator assistance. Quick, somebody get General LeMay on the line. We need to launch the Hustlers! Edited June 30, 20241 yr by Biff_T Research
June 30, 20241 yr Back to what’s wrong in the AF: current ACC commander, if I’m not mistaken he’s the same cat back in 2013 when he was the 9th AETF commander in Afghanistan where he was complaining that the squadron’s floors were too dusty (in Kandahar, where poop and dust flies).
June 30, 20241 yr I was at CENTCOM HQ when he was the DO, in a position so low that he didn’t know I existed… but he seemed to make a lot of sense then. I am surprised that he is going through with these motions.
June 30, 20241 yr 6 hours ago, dream big said: Afghanistan where he was complaining that the squadron’s floors were too dusty Barely any dust in AFG, no excuses for not having sparkling floors! How can I trust you to fight a war if you can’t keep your floors immaculate?!
June 30, 20241 yr On 6/27/2024 at 6:59 AM, HuggyU2 said: Nice retro hour!! You might actually remember when the phone number to CBPO at most bases was x2276. More nostalgic phone numbers: 762-1401
June 30, 20241 yr 8 hours ago, dream big said: Back to what’s wrong in the AF: current ACC commander, if I’m not mistaken he’s the same cat back in 2013 when he was the 9th AETF commander in Afghanistan where he was complaining that the squadron’s floors were too dusty (in Kandahar, where poop and dust flies). 1 hour ago, brabus said: Barely any dust in AFG, no excuses for not having sparkling floors! How can I trust you to fight a war if you can’t keep your floors immaculate?! 😆 Dude, when a person said "How can I trust you to.....if you can't...?" I knew that they were a non combatant.
June 30, 20241 yr 4 hours ago, Magnum said: More nostalgic phone numbers: 762-1401 Nice one. It was usually the Nav who called for it on most SAC crews when I was at Pburgh. I'd call sometimes if the Nav needed an assist.
June 30, 20241 yr 6 hours ago, Magnum said: More nostalgic phone numbers: 762-1401 New guys don’t even know why we do it (or rather why we used to have to do it). Minds blown when they are told it didn’t use to be all GPS time!
June 30, 20241 yr New guys don’t even know why we do it (or rather why we used to have to do it). Minds blown when they are told it didn’t use to be all GPS time! Or that GPS is a fickle radio signal from thousands of miles away that can be denied.
June 30, 20241 yr I was at CENTCOM HQ when he was the DO, in a position so low that he didn’t know I existed… but he seemed to make a lot of sense then. I am surprised that he is going through with these motions. I thought he was great when I was there in 2014. Very calm and collected when ISIS kicked off, while everyone else in the JOC thought the world was ending. I’m guessing this uniform BS was suggested by his Chief. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
June 30, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, SurelySerious said: Or that GPS is a fickle radio signal from thousands of miles away that can be denied. Yeah, the time hack will save us… Irrelevant in modern aircraft (at least the ones I’ve flown). But I am all about maintaining a bit of history/tradition, and therefore will do it for that reason alone.
July 1, 20241 yr 11 hours ago, brabus said: Yeah, the time hack will save us… Irrelevant in modern aircraft (at least the ones I’ve flown). But I am all about maintaining a bit of history/tradition, and therefore will do it for that reason alone. Gets people to meetings on time and sets the tone. Meetings that ignore the hack and start by fading-in don’t usually go well.
July 1, 20241 yr Yeah, the time hack will save us… Irrelevant in modern aircraft (at least the ones I’ve flown). But I am all about maintaining a bit of history/tradition, and therefore will do it for that reason alone. I’m convinced from Top Gun Maverick that it will for sure.
July 1, 20241 yr 15 hours ago, brabus said: Yeah, the time hack will save us… Clock to map to ground. Q TOT +/- 30 seconds Q- TOT +/- 1 minute U TOT +/- 1.5 minutes Sometimes, your GPS will suddenly go INOP, especially on a MSN checkride.
July 1, 20241 yr Clock-Map-Ground…the good ol’ days! if you find someone under the age of 30 who can even read a map, you’ve found a unicorn! The next steps are intro a compass or plotter, then tell them to jump in a standard transmission vehicle for a beer run (unicorn status likely dissolves in step 2 or 3). Edited July 1, 20241 yr by brabus
July 2, 20241 yr 7 hours ago, brabus said: The next steps are intro a compass or plotter, then tell them to jump in a standard transmission vehicle for a beer run (unicorn status likely dissolves in step 2 or 3). Edited 7 hours ago by brabus I almost pissed myself!
July 2, 20241 yr 16 hours ago, brabus said: Clock-Map-Ground…the good ol’ days! if you find someone under the age of 30 who can even read a map, you’ve found a unicorn! The next steps are intro a compass or plotter, then tell them to jump in a standard transmission vehicle for a beer run (unicorn status likely dissolves in step 2 or 3). Mmm Yes, the transition to full on boomer mode is nearly complete.
July 11, 20241 yr On another note is Fat Tony/Cat 5 still going to the Zoo?News piece is still posted on the website announcing it, leadership page says awaiting confirmation/assumption of command.
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