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Love the hypocrisy of Fox News for outing this guy's real name when earlier they were slamming the Obama administration leaking info on the raid and risking the lives of the SEALs who were involved in the op.

Nothing about an Aaphid up the arsehole or having their bollocks shot away?

Pretty sure this aired Sunday after supper so morale was high.

Stripping him of his Tour De France titles must've been too much of a strain.

Thanks, Neil.

XL 12-14 38 drop: A-10 B-52 F-16 F-15E MC-12 T-6 F-22 T-1 drop was equally glorious. I think they got a gunship. Didn't even know that was possible..

80's Datsun? More like trading in a Ferrari for a rock crawling Jeep. Horses for courses my friend.

I wonder if the first half of this book will be about Buds like every other SEAL book ever written.

Why not? It's their career, let them decide. Does it effect the way they perform their job? Granted, there should be some minimum standard obviously but I don't think there is anything wrong with letting someone decide whether or not they are ready to promote, within reason. Some of the best Mx dudes I worked the flightline with back in the day were 20 year staff types. They liked working the jet and, typically, after making Tech you start getting pulled from the flightline, no longer turning wrenches but instead filing papers. They enjoyed what they were doing, didn't care about promotion and pay, and did a hell of a job doing it. I know this doesnt apply to everyone, but the guys I have personally seen in my time that were following this career path were usually not doing it just because they were slackers and didnt care about their job.

Yep, I am one of the 157 who got booted last year and am now a 0-5 select in the Guard. Getting a twice passed over waiver was a non event. I know of 4 others from the 157 in the same boat who are now all 0-5 selects - 3 pilots who went reserves, 1 space guy who was in my Guard unit, who now landed an AGR gig as a DO of a space squadron. I'm a 12R nav in an AOC unit as a traditional Guardsman. Nice thing is I'm currently TDY on 120 day AD orders with a 1 year PCS that will start in Oct. When I'm done with that next year I will have just over 2 years left of AD time to acheive to get a full AD retirement. I hope to get that wrapped up within 5 years of bumming it. Nice thing is I will be able to retire as an 0-5 vice 0-4 had I been continued in the AD. I think that I'm playing the game well. It is curious that there hasn't been much word on what happened with this years twice passed over dudes. Maybe its back to continuation as usual in the AD. Perhaps cutting 157 majors last year was all Big Blue needed to do to get the manning back on glide slope. By the way, my unit would hire a few 11F, 11B, 12F, 12B types in a heartbeat. We are hurting for kinetic guys.

nice! looks like a modern take on this guy

A great photo posted by Beale AFB's Facebook... Beale AFB Facebook

Just be a good intra-mural athlete at your pilot training base and the FAIPs will draft you come assignment night.

"Sweet mother of God, what the fuck are those idiots doing?" Never thought I'd say this, but those two clowns make McPeak look like a sartorial genius.

First of all, have all nga flip on the device plus Foreflight, Wingex Pro, and a Garmin aps on it as well. My assessment after having used it for a couple months is viable and highly effective. Filed twice from the iPad without talking to FSS without a problem. That's with minamal effort, exposure and (admittedly) knowledge on the capes of the device. Looks like a lot more posibilities that are yet untapped. Those of who have flown/fly acft that are less than 40 years old have compatible outlets on the ACFT...also, if you use common sense, you'll charge it up before each flight you plan on using it on. Seems like a no brainer. Flew last sortie using it exclusively for checklists, pubs and approach plates. Up until Dec 2011 I didn't see the point...now I'm a convert...