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Why can't the four star hire his own lawn guys out of his own pocket if he wants his yard taken care of for him?

The idea of a military dominated by warrior monks with absolute sexual self-restraint and a central preoccupation with the social and cultural idiosyncrasies of the female gender is a fuckin' pipedream . That concise enough for you, SARC lady? And that's talking about the ones who claim innocence as female members of the military. Let's not even get to the other politically incorrect assertion that the desert queens and squadron bicycles that are the preponderance of military females in deployable positions,do hold responsibility for the outcomes and risks of their sexual machinations when surrounded by a preponderance of sex starved and stressed males. You'll never hear that admission from the SARC lady either. After all we're all rapists and brutes with no conscience. Females are endemically sexually innocent....Fuck that post-feminist view of gender roles. The game is chess it ain't checkers.Caveat emptor.

Good thing it landed in that smoking hole, or someone may have gotten hurt.

I think you guys are taking this a bit too far. The only place I've lived in base housing was Sheppard and contracted landscapers mowed everyone's lawn during the summer. It was nice, but I didn't consider it a perk of being in the military.

No, in my experience, being AD qual'd does not make you more likely to stay in the C-17...although I think 5-10 years ago it could have and so a lot of new guys might hear that from their UPT instructors. I would like to say that currently it has almost nothing to do with it at all. I just got to my second C-17 assignment, as an airland guy at Charleston and timing and ranking has everything to do with if you get a follow on C-17. For example, while I was there I saw countless guys that were not only airdrop but also SOLL II, get sent to a non C-17 assignment or to a non-air drop C-17 base...even real stand up guys. Out of my year group, myself, and two of my friends who were all just airland guys all got another C-17 assignment. Then, the next couple of assignment cycles after that there were at least 4 to 5 airdrop guys that all got sent to MC-12s or T6s/T1s. I would say that the only thing that airdrop does for you is makes you slightly more competitive for some opportunities and awards while you are at that base, which in turn could potentially give you a higher ranking and then get you that coveted only C-17 that might drop as a second assignment to your base/squadron. Also, as an airdrop guy, you could be more marketable for places like Hickam if they just so happen to only want a lead airdrop pilot or something. However, you will also spend a shit ton more time at Altus, and not go on as many trips as just airland guys...and just because you are airdrop does not guarantee you a higher ranking if you just happen to also be a douchebag. So in my mind, it was not really a risk at all to not go airdrop since I did not want to. Currently there are three situation that will happen: If you work your ass off and are a stand up person, and your commander loves you, you should get a C-17 as a second assignment; if you work kinda hard, and you have the right timing, you will also get a follow on; and lastly if the timing is just horrible, or you suck, there is nothing you can do about it, and you will most likely go AETC, MC-12s or UAVs. Of course, that could probably be applied to any assignment...

Chuck Woolery...still kicking ass!

I want to know what sane person loops that shit for 5 hours?

I'm actually a little disappointed in myself for not getting mentioned in the complaint.

A place wear the beer flows like wine...a little place I like to call Hickam.

Any updates on -17 manning, flying hours for new guys, AMC/PACAF gripes, etc? If you were a young, single type hoping to go 17s in the next month or two, which base would be at the top of your list?

Don't worry, the moderators on here will move this if we feel necessary. Since it isn't specifically tied to the election, I don't see what it can't have its own thread...

WWII. Probably Vietnam. Ask Huggy.

There was a wounded warrior fund raiser across the bridge at KPIE. We were asked to bring over an aircraft for a display. Jill Kelly (along with other clones) was there introducing herself as a friend of GEN P’s (found that odd). The whole affair was something right off Real Housewife’s. I even went home and told my wife I thought I was on an episode of The Real Housewife’s of Tampa. One of the high heeled Barbie’s even told our FRG that we had to give them half of the money we made selling unit gear. That didn’t happen. The weirdest thing was, they were raising money for “new age meditation” for wounded warriors. Communicating with your inner peace kind of stuff. Well, there was a very very low turn out (go figure) and the ladies all started getting upset snipping each other. It was definitely worth the price of admission. As for the current drama, I think there is definitely more to the story.

https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123299279 T-1 (first C-17) immortalized in Dayton... we almost made it to retiring one before we lost one, an incredible record. Here's to the good folks that made it happen, and those we've lost along the way