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Actually: 1. Crush your enemies. 2. See them driven before you. 3. Hear the lamentations of their women.

So what you're saying is...... Your personal feces are not odorific. Roger.

I have always operated under the unwritten rule that if you are at a military base, you talk on UHF and monitor VHF. If you are at a civil field or in the enroute structure you talk on VHF & monitor UHF. I though this was common knowledge.

Update: Bought a Remington 870 Tactical (basic version without the door breaching choke, 18 1/2 barrel, 6+1) and could not have been more happy. Got it home, did an initial disassembly, cleaning, and assembly, and took it out to the range to get used it it. Shot both 2-3/4 and 3, and forgot how it was shooting a shotgun after a couple years. Needless to say, definitely happy I went with it vs. blowing straight into Semi-Autos. Can already appreciate the fact of learning the basics behind a pump and working on skill. Next on the list will be the S/W M&P .40

4. Never bring a camera TDY.

He is very passionate about his math and statistics....and is at least 8x angrier than the previous 69 posters on BODN.

Don't forget "Radar contact" when center gives you a point out. Or even better "Targeted"

I wasn't commenting on Helodude's links or his comment, just your statement. When you compare US violence to that with, say, 1990s Rwanda, it does make a guy wonder if you're just another gun ban proponent willing to spin any argument. One more thing, you might want to stop being so angry.

Not yet

This thread has the potential to be epic enough to bring Rainman back.

And just think, soon those who take the bonus will be getting their Acp pay as well as their stop loss pay!

After an interesting and less than respectful PM, this asshole has been put in a permanent time out. If anybody happens to run across a douchebag from Maryland with the email address pilotwannabe@outlook.com, kick him in the nuts for me.

Ugggg..... "clearance on request" IS A CONTROLLER PHRASE! I'm astonished how many people don't understand that. Building poor habit patterns...

Trust me, I've been there. I get it. I'm not shitting on the crew at all. I understand... "shit happens". My point is that the conditions in Afghanistan are not so unique that it is impossible for us to establish good habit patterns at home so that we are ready to do the Lord's work when we arrive in theater. Whenever our next adventure kicks off, we are not going to have the luxury of "over the shoulder" educational rides in a mature, uncontested theater like we enjoy right now.

Look dude, it's pretty clear you're way out of your lane. Hows about you just STFU and move on, mmmkay? We all bust each other's chops when shit goes sideways, but the fact is we aren't flying 180 pax +bags from MSP to DFW. No matter what we do or how much we prepare, sometimes our shit does, in fact, stink. It may surprise you to learn that there are a few platforms out there that are responsible for more than just an ILS 16 full stop when we zip up our pajamas. Maybe not. What I do know, is that this job isn't easy, and sometimes people fuck up. Sometimes with fatal consequences. There are far better pilots than I will ever be who now have an address in Arlington, VA. I've made my share of mistakes in this business and have come out clean, but I don't confuse my good luck with invincibility. I don't know what you do, FlyBoy, but it's pretty clear your experience in a tactical environment is limited to avoiding tipping the baggers at the commissary on a Tuesday afternoon. I am fucking tired of reading posts from whiny bitches passing judgement on their brothers without so much as a tenth of an hour in their shoes. Every single community has its challenges, and until you've been there, you just don't know what they are. Those B-1 guys didn't wake up thinking they were going to put their airplane on its belly in Diego Garcia. The guy flying the C-5 at Dover didn't didn't say, "Fuck it, I only need 2 motors for this landing." How many F-16 pilots do you think decided to roll & pull into terrain? As long as there are humans defying gravity with extreme prejudice, the lucky ones will ride out their golden years knowing they got away with one at some point in their careers. Some are not so fortunate. There is one thing that I can say with confidence: flying a tactical airplane in Afghanistan is not easy. Should these guys have been able to grease that airplane on with no problem? Sure, but I can think of dozens of times that I've landed on that very runway near the end of a max duty day on the backside of a trip turn out of OAIX. I dont care how many eyes you watered on your midphase check in UPT, that shit ain't easy. It's late, and God damn this Tullamore Dew is delicious, but how about a little perspective around here, eh? Fucking hell.

Yeah... guess I showed my age and too much Navy for this board. Headed off to a bourbon tasting iin SE DC as punishement. I'm out. ATIS

I can't have a picture of my wife and me? Now I'm fucking offended!

Get with someone in the 20th...their schedule is awesome. (some still complain, but really, they would complain with a 3hr on, 9 day off schedule) For the opposite of good, contact someone in the 33d.