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The program costs $97. I say withdraw $100 from the nearest ATM. Pocket $50. Then head downtown and pay some homeless drunk $50 to kick you in the nuts. That should recreate the experience at a 50% discount and minimal time loss.

Well, whenever the govt raises the rates, the tuition costs go up by the same amount. So, I expect the colleges to lower their prices to keep the business. Right??

Here is a concept....how about demonstrated LEADERSHIP as a good indicator of future leadership potential! If someone has a Master's degree, and in your opinion that means they have good future leadership potential, then their "demonstrated potential" by just having a degree should take care of itself. Whether or not it is masked is irrelevant. Surely you can identify who in your squadron has a Masters just by simply watching their demonstrated leadership abilities. "That is a take charge kind of guy, he must have a Master's degree" See, it's that simple.... The real question should be: Who does the unmasked Masters really help other than the douche bag with absolutely no leadership or social skills who would never get promoted based on leadership and performance alone...works both ways. Performance should be your first indicator of potential...a Master's degree in basketweaving doesn't make a leader... Edited because I have a Master's degree but still can't spell worth a shit...

When you have that much testosterone, he probably shaved at breakfast.

Especially on Big Blue BAF. Walking on Disney or at the chow hall you're the property of the installation commander and by God if you're wearing something unauthorized you will be Chiefed at your earliest convenience. SOF ground ninjas included.

Not where they live it won't, chiefs don't exist in those parts, too dangerous for their health. Even at the main bases Chiefs know better than to pull that shit with those guys, they'll get asked to leave the living area politely, one time.

While sitting in my awesome deployed location, and after hearing for the 669th time that those who break even minor uniform regs obviously can't be trusted to do the bigger things like fly airplanes...my bros and I took note that all the SOF dudes here are ALWAYS out of uniform, even when off duty. No PT uniforms, beards, they can wear whatever the they want, and so on. So next time some damn Chief tells me he can't trust me to fly a ing airplane because my socks are the wrong color, I'm going to point out that our biggest ass-kickers basically blow off AFI 36-whatever on a daily basis and they still up the bad guys. Just sayin'...

IMHO, if a small group of SOF guys really want to (and are able to) go somewhere and turn some really evil dudes into a pile of chum, go for it. Even if we get nothing in return but a trophy for the case. As long as it's not Leeroy Jenkins style, why not? Just call it training; instead of going to the range we can practice on actual assholes. We waste a lot more money on dumber shit than this!

Ugh, fail. It seems like every SNCO wants to be back at BMT. They truly cannot distinguish between training to be in the military and actually being in the military. Military appearance standards, bearing, etc are part of an important foundation, but that's the extent of such things. These items are essentially all a trainee has to worry about and are stressed during BMT so one can quickly adopt the culture/sense of urgency/SA/attention to detail to be carried through out their career. Following BMT, the lessons learned should be - "Fixing this jet in a timely, flawless manner was sort of like making my bed perfectly each day at BMT..." NOT "I need to make my bed perfectly everyday and if it takes time away from fixing this jet then too bad..." All of these SNCOs and support leadership have a hard-on for stupid buzzwords and took the lessons at BMT/OTS/wtfever too literally. People need to realize that creating/enforcing ridiculous rules are detrimental to the actual mission because it takes duty hours away from it, distracts/confuses younger troops from their core skill set, and it degrades morale. If you are the best at your job, you ensure everyone around you is the best at their job, have mastered multiple other skills/hobbies/languages/etc, developing a cure for cancer, and still have free time, then go ahead and make your bed with hospital corners, but don't expect me to. I am not rebelling against standards; I am rebelling against assholes who suck at their job and waste everyone's time by trying to make the real warriors look bad by minute technicalities, ie minor uniform infractions. Example: CMSGT: "Excuse me Captain, your flight suit sleeves should not be rolled up even if it is 120 degrees out here..." Capt: "Noted." Later that day... CMSGT: "Sir, there seems to be a bit of rebellion out here with sleeve rolling..." WG/CC: "I'll address it." Later... WG/CC: "So, I hear you have a problem with the uniform regulations..." Capt: "No sir!" WG/CC: "I don't know anything about you or that you routinely EQ, but I now know your name and it is on the shitlist...you should be more like Capt ReachAround who spent his time finding a way to polish green boots and consequently Q3'd." Capt: "FML." All I ask is that everyone do their job, do it well, and not do stupid things like tattoo their face or wear their uniform inside out. They might ask, "How can we can expect you to fly a good jet if you can't even wear the correct color socks?" Simply reply, "Easily and skillfully because I took the time to study and perfect my skills rather than worry about stupid shit that has zero impact on ANYTHING." Enough of this crazy talk, taking things out of context, and mistaking a mission accomplishment concern for rebellion.