March 10Mar 10 2 hours ago, GrndPndr said: Sorry to just throw this in here, but here's what the RAF is getting up to: RAF facing pilot shortage after diversity scheme backfires Island of white people surprised to find out they have a white military. Ridiculous
March 11Mar 11 18 hours ago, GrndPndr said: Sorry to just throw this in here, but here's what the RAF is getting up to: RAF facing pilot shortage after diversity scheme backfires Color me shocked. Another datapoint to put a nail in the coffin to racist and sexist affirmative action processes in our military. Save that for your Ivy leagues, no place for that in our business.
March 13Mar 13 On 3/7/2025 at 7:15 PM, disgruntledemployee said: I just noticed that nsplayer's profile shows as guest. Did he take his ball and go home? Yup, He tapped out.
March 13Mar 13 1 hour ago, ClearedHot said: Yup, He tapped out. When people delete their profile, it's because they don't trust themselves to stay away. Good for him. When I was helping administer our Union website, I would occasionally have pilots ask me to ban them because they couldn't keep themselves away. Their internet rage was literally affecting their relationship with their spouses and kids. I don't think anybody is really "suited" for internet conversations, but some are particularly ill-suited for the medium.
March 14Mar 14 20 hours ago, BashiChuni said: he's a good guy IRL wish he wouldn't have left. we disagreed, but the debate was fun. Agreed. Pretty sure I could have great conversation over a bourbon with NS...probably learn a few things.
March 15Mar 15 That memo looks like it was written by.... a saint. I would rather have seen a memo like, "I just order 10 billion rounds of ammo. Get to the range. The standard is expert."
March 19Mar 19 On 3/7/2025 at 7:15 PM, disgruntledemployee said: I just noticed that nsplayer's profile shows as guest. Did he take his ball and go home? I’m still here. Sigh.
March 19Mar 19 9 hours ago, General Chang said: I’m still here. Sigh. Unlike a certain large segment of today's society, I don't think most of us here care to silence/remove/censor those with whom we don't always completely agree. I hope you stick around.
March 19Mar 19 On 3/18/2025 at 10:29 PM, General Chang said: I’m still here. Sigh. Might as well spill it. How did you come up with Chang? He’s funny. Edited March 20Mar 20 by arg
April 9Apr 9 It's legit. Hey acting SECAF, tell me your were a douche bag missileer who never deployed and never felt the impact on families without telling me.
April 9Apr 9 I'm trying to figure out how giving a Friday or Monday off in conjunction with a three-day holiday weekend does not "support executing the mission with excellence?"
April 9Apr 9 To be fair there is nothing stopping MAJCOMs and subordinate units from establishing family days. I guess sucks for you if you’re in ACC with Wilsbach.
April 9Apr 9 Instead of giving heavy deployers more time with their families I think ACC should use that day for full Class A open ranks inspections...with demerits.
April 9Apr 9 If you're active duty, you are essentially on retainer. If nothing is going on at the squadron, don't be there. If you're a supervisor and your folks aren't busy, send them home. Depending on the organization/mission, that mentality can be more/less tricky to implement...but in my life AD life flying the tanker, there were plenty of times I was called or my bros got called last minute to go into crew rest. Going home when the squadron is slow means you're making up for the time when you're gone short notice for an indefinite amount of time. Acting SECAF is either a clown or a puppet directed by clowns. Bad policy put out at a bad time.
April 10Apr 10 On 3/19/2025 at 11:29 AM, arg said: Might as well spill it. How did you come up with Chang? He’s funny. Greatest Star Trek villain in history (with all due respect to Ricardo Montalban’s Khan Noonien Singh, of course).
April 10Apr 10 On 1/29/2025 at 4:44 PM, M2 said: God bless the dirty heathens of the US Army, nothing says "I don't give a shit about anything!" than dropping cases of MREs at 100' AGL!! Army MRE Air Drop.mp4 2.46 MB · 0 downloads Again, God bless the dirty heathens of the US Army! When it comes to morale, they simply don't give a shit! Army to Recode 20,000 Parachutist Jobs in Major Airborne Restructuring BLUF: In an attempt to "improve readiness," the Army is recoding nearly 20,000 paid parachutist positions that, although remaining as "airborne billets," the affected soldiers will no longer be required to maintain jump status or receive jump pay. Of course, the Air Force is being blamed. "Limited aircraft availability, especially C-17s and C-130s, has contributed to an overall decline in collective airborne proficiency,” according to LTG Gregory Anderson, CG of the 18th Airborne Corps. Per Anderson, “This is not about saving money; it’s about getting readiness to where we need it.” 🤣🤣🤣 Jump pay is $150/mo or $1800 a year; so this "not about saving money" effort is saving the Army $36M a year. To maintain jump status, a soldier must qualify four times a year.
April 10Apr 10 Again, God bless the dirty heathens of the US Army! When it comes to morale, they simply don't give a shit! Army to Recode 20,000 Parachutist Jobs in Major Airborne Restructuring BLUF: In an attempt to "improve readiness," the Army is recoding nearly 20,000 paid parachutist positions that, although remaining as "airborne billets," the affected soldiers will no longer be required to maintain jump status or receive jump pay. Of course, the Air Force is being blamed. "Limited aircraft availability, especially C-17s and C-130s, has contributed to an overall decline in collective airborne proficiency,” according to LTG Gregory Anderson, CG of the 18th Airborne Corps. Per Anderson, “This is not about saving money; it’s about getting readiness to where we need it.” [emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787] Jump pay is $150/mo or $1800 a year; so this "not about saving money" effort is saving the Army $36M a year. To maintain jump status, a soldier must qualify four times a year.It isn’t the jump pay that is costing, it is the associated tax on unit readiness to facilitate taking something like Brigade HHC full of non jumping MOS people to do their mandatory jumps. We don’t have a flying hour program funded to support a bunch of cooks and Hr clerks doing Hollywood jumps, though god knows I’ve burned useful blade hours supporting them.The crap the guys on jump status do for essentially drinking money and the misappropriation of unit training calendar time to facilitate is criminal. It is the Army of stuff like the Greywolf guys always coming down with a fully loaded Dornier full of “crew” every month to Zambo and providing the actual mission their with less seats than the C-12 for AMRs. We know why you’re here, and don’t pretend it’s to support for a critical mission. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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