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How exactly do you aim for chests and heads with an IED? And my buddy that is missing both his legs and the countless other soldiers i have met that are missing limbs from IEDs in Afghanistan would care to disagree with your asinine statement.

Could not agree more. The enthusiasm for Welsh seemed to be, and continues to be just like the President's meteoric rise as a candidate - tons of cheerleaders who have since continuously apologized or made excuses of why all that promise hasn't been fulfilled. Yeah, take ownership of your shit at a local level and hope it spreads, because you just can't expect much to come from the top down.

Huggy, Remember that time they wouldn't let you do solo or night flying?

Cyber warfare! (Giggety)

And I'm sure this was in conjunction with the Andrews Field Airshow as well. THAT'S how Huggy rolls.

Spoo, you obviously don't know the whole story. That letter was published on May 22 and didn't come over the teletype until May 24. On May 25, Huggy was flying night solo cross country to go have a counseling session with Hap. Letter was rescinded on May 26. That's how Huggy rolls!

Extreme drunkenness and being asleep at the time of the thing you are witnessing are major credibility issues.

You're right -- because it never would have even gone to trial in the civilian system due to the lack of supporting evidence. The civilian court system is so burdened as is that they won't bother wasting time and money on a trial where a conviction isn't a slam-dunk. The rest of the US criminal justice system doesn't have the same hair-trigger attitude toward anything remotely sexual assault related as the military -- and the USAF in particular -- does. BTW, citizens on trial are not "found innocent"; they are presumed innocent, and "found guilty".

Blow me, Spoo... Old guys rule. And you know it.

I get the "culture" argument, but the problem is that the ability to truly LEAD really has been taken back up to the highest possible level. There is a definite feeling of always having to ask "mother may I" for just about anything. This isn't just a "culture" thing either. If a guy sticks his neck out to change something, and it doesn't work the dude is HAMMERED for not getting "permission" first. The concept of centralized control/decentralized execution is dead. The strategic level of leadership is DEEP into the tactical level of execution, and I'm not just talking about combat ops. You just about need MAJCOM guidance just to figure out which cheek to lift when you have to fart. If you guess wrong, you're on the hook for "speeding" and not getting the thumbs up from the "appropriate" level of leadership. Your punishment can come in many forms, perhaps as simple as falling down the strat list, which sounds painless until you realize that the strat list is apparently the most important "leadership" tool out there. Most guys are content being a faceless middle third guy because taking a gamble and losing can drop you to the bottom third because the only thing the boss knows you for is your "bad" idea. THIS is what needs to change, but it is easier said than done. Until there truly is a "no harm/no foul" culture, guys will be content being graymen.

About half a cookie dropped right out of my mouth when PP questioned if I should be eating a cookie..... I was never less than 200 lbs. I always viewed the weight issue under the auspice that I was TAMI'd there and was just doing my part to fill the needs of the Air Force. I was never going to be less than 195, but always did my best to stay as low as I could. The weight limits weren't a huge deal for a long time until the aircraft kept growing in weight and fuel loads became more critical to meet station time. I guess its a big deal again.

Y'all do understand that culture change takes a lot of effort from more than just a leader, right? Yes, the leader sets the tone, but the rest of us need to do our part to fix the broken shit. Every one of us has far more power to fix things than we think. Focus on making things better for your bros instead of what makes you look good. If you see a problem, come up with a solution that solves it in the simplest way possible. Take the time to document how you solved the problem so when the next dude takes over your additional duty from you, he can continue what you started. It takes real work from each of us to fix things within our areas. That might mean you have to stay late some nights. It might take you several months to get to the root cause of the problem. More than likely, it is a cultural problem...the most often problems I've seen are: "I'm just a Lt/wingman/copilot/fill-in-the-blank"; "It's not my job to fix that"; "We don't have the resources/manpower/knowledge to fix that." Guess what? Every last one of those problems is an excuse and a deeply-seated cultural problem within our units, commands, and entire force structure. And cultural problems are devilish to fix. "Leadership is all around you on the ground. Pick it up and do something good with it." -- former Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Paul W. Airey.

I know this may be hard for some people to grasp but in our justice system you aren't supposed to be "found innocent". You are innocent and it's the prosecution's job to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you're guilty. Given media reaction and other comments I've seen in various cases in the media, it doesn't surprise me that many people see it the other way around, which is why despite the conviction by a jury, there is still a process of judicial review....to ensure our justice system was followed correctly. I am fairly confident that reversing jury findings by a GCMCA is pretty rare and only exercised in cases that have substantial doubts. I know enlisted troops feel that officers get away with stuff...I was enlisted for a while. But I know for a fact that officers can get f$cked over too, it's just rarely ever publicized.

Beaver, I'm not even an AR guy and I like that! On a separate note, with the Senate voting down the Gun Control Bill (54-56), I gotta plug this AK morale patch but even more so as I am its creator! NameTags4U has 'em available for only $3.50/each plus shipping.... 1"x2" AK-47 morale patch Cheers! M2

Wow...that was infuriating. That guy showed a lot more poise than I would have. I hope those cops get fired and/or he gets a hefty settlement.

When some ones on fire do you teach them about fire safety first and then put the fire out? No, you fix the problem and debrief accordingly. Welsh could do the same thing here, overturn all the dumb policies and debrief the leadership accordingly. Allowing the AF culture to fix itself as he guides it won't make a big enough impact in his 4 years and as soon as he's gone all the show clerks will come out of the woodwork.

My gun porn. The one I lost in the flood looked like this. Simplicity defined and made in 1967. Edit, pic stole off the interwebs edit again because I would never have carpet like that

https://www.tps06a.com/multimedia.htm Well documented, well laid out. Some of the videos are pretty amusing. A good way to kill an hour.