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A real man isn't concerned about "inquires from his spouse".

That's the entry level technique. The discreet gentleman doesn't withdraw from the ATM, he makes purchases with a debit card and gets cash back spread over time so as to not invite unwanted queries from his spouse.

They didn't know about the Army's warrant officer program.

Better leaders.

He wasn't quite so lucky, or careful, in all his endeavors: https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3249472.stm Technique only.

DFC rules are kinda funny anyway. Heck, I know a guy who got one just for flying from New York to Paris!

I could see getting a DFC for landing with the gear down, but a transponder? Meh.

just watched the second episode on youtube...while the first episode left me feeling pumped up about my job, the second episode had a downer effect. Great episode, but when I was done watching it, it was like "fuck." And it brought back some memories of similar missions I've had over the years. My Js had to dart a guy in the back of my helo to reinflate a lung, and now I know what that looks like, and of course that mission was the worst brownout I have EVER experienced, and my FE and gunner agreed.

Drew the short straw = Among your peers, I like you the least. I just don't have the balls to say it to your face.

I didn't see any in Ireland or Spain, but we do spend $15M-$25M per year in foreign aid to China. So in other words, we borrow money from China that we then give to China and later pay back with interest to China. https://foreignassistance.gov/countryIntro.aspx

If you want to talk apples to apples then you should probably do that. I must have missed that day in civics class in high school or that day in my college PoliSci class where Congressional rules were completely thrown out the window. POTUS simply proposed $1 Trillion in "proposed" spending cuts over a 10 year period. 1) cutting proposed spending doesn't cut anything. If you spent $50 million on a program this year, but proposed spending $100 million on it next year... actually spending only $75 million on it is what POTUS claims is a $25 million budget cut instead of the reality where it is a $25 million increase. 2) Since all money is appropriated by Congress then the President can propose all he wants and it means nothing. So when did the Congressional rules change that says the sitting Congress today can dictate the budget/appropriations of future Congresses? I'm only a pilot, therefore I'm not too smart. When you take what the Federal Government spent this year and then take what the Government is going to spend next year... if the number for next year is bigger then you didn't cut spending. Only in Washington would that make sense...

Cool story bro...

I'll repost the wise words of a then-Major (now a Brig Gen) who had similar critiques about the way the USAF handled medals during ALLIED FORCE in '99 (posted to David Hackworth's website back in the day). Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose: