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I agree that his sexual orientation or the sexual orientation of anyone serving is irrelevant. The problem I have is how we not only identify, but glorify a group of people based on any "sexual" orientation, yet we seem to have a problem with "sexuality" of the heterosexual kind in the workplace in DoD. So, homosexuals come to work identifying themselves as "homosexual," we call it diversity and tolerance. If I, a flaming male lesbian, were to come to work bragging about how much I love women, they call it sexual harassment or inappropriate talk in the workplace. With all the news in the media today about sexual abuse, sexual harassment, sexual assault, why is anyone's "sexuality" being celebrated as if it is ok to say "I love cock" in the workplace. Gay people are (mostly) only identifiable because they tell you they are gay. Why is that ok, but it is not ok for me to celebrate my love of boobies by telling people at work?? THAT double standard is what I have a problem with.... Edit: I have problems with the grammers...

Reposted from the WTF thread...more appropriate here: I agree that his sexual orientation or the sexual orientation of anyone serving is irrelevant. The problem I have is how we not only identify, but glorify a group of people based on any "sexual" orientation, yet we seem to have a problem with "sexuality" of the heterosexual kind in the workplace in DoD. So, homosexuals come to work identifying themselves as "homosexual," we call it diversity and tolerance. If I, a flaming male lesbian, were to come to work bragging about how much I love women, they call it sexual harassment or inappropriate talk in the workplace. With all the news in the media today about sexual abuse, sexual harassment, sexual assault, why is anyone's "sexuality" being celebrated as if it is ok to say "I love cock" in the workplace. Gay people are (mostly) only identifiable because they tell you they are gay. Why is that ok, but it is not ok for me to celebrate my love of boobies by telling people at work?? THAT double standard is what I have a problem with....

Rusty - Just printed off this B.S. Like you, I just found out I wasn't eligible. Don't know if I was going to sign or not, but my TAMFS date is 7 Jan 1997.... I'll be talking to the CC tomorrow, giving back my deployment to AFPC, and living the good life....

Had our SAPR day today. The CSAF and COMPACAF videos were pretty standard, as was the discussion led by the experts. Exactly what you'd expect to hear, but underwhelming and nothing really new. I wondered if we had wasted the day until I heard from leadership within the OG later at a separate session. I'm lucky to have some old balls in my chain of command that don't talk like they're reading from a script or a press release. The words might have been lost on some, but it was refreshing to hear honesty from some fighter pilots I respect. Worthwhile. Leadership makes all the difference, guys.

Sounds like a SAPR briefing topic.

That's my biggest problem with the whole "everyone is a wingman" concept. Even the greatest wingman in the world can't save the day if he's in the middle of a bad tactical plan. Wingmen go along with the plan and keep their mouths shut until they can't stand it and need to speak up for safety of flight. I'd say we need more flight leads, but the nuances of what that means to non-aviators would be lost.

You should have heard the response when someone suggested we talk less about bystanders preventing bad things happening to other people and more about not putting yourself is a compromising situation. There was some uproar at the very thought of someone being responsible for their own actions.

Welcome to the thread, fellas.

I've seen 2+ Gs on more than one occasion before rotate. Let the Kyrgyz keep that shitty runway, the shittier radar, and the most worthless controllers on the face of the planet. Hell, they can even keep a few of the Tower/Radar liaisons. The only thing I'll really miss is the humor provided by the give-a-shit, drunk ass Dushanbe controller as we flew over his head. Oh, and BTW, the chili was never that good.

You're mistaken. Has to be a Mil-Comp DPE, so it does narrow the pool a little bit. The guy two posts up is MilComp for the LR FSDO. You can find a mil comp guy here: https://av-info.faa.gov/DesigneeSearch.asp - just choose MCFPE and your nearest FSDO office to find the list.

As I line pilot, my impression is that ACC's support has been pretty good. They don't understand helos, but don't need to. They understand the "air war" and what each player brings. They value CSAR for obvious reasons. I was there under AFSOC. It was a bunch of -130 guys who thought they understood helos and liked to get in everyone's shit. The "USAF" hates that we have helicopters? I dunno, but I do know they stood down multiple fighter squadrons and cut flying hours for numerous other units. Helos haven't been touched yet. Not saying that it won't happen, but it hasn't yet. You guys look like a couple of sissies in a slap fight when you go back and forth about how unsupported and unappreciated we are.

Do you need help to your fainting couch?

PT Testing.

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All of the core function teams at ACC are led by a colonel. PR is no different than any other core function in that regard. And show me a single mission set in the AF that is "adequately supported" right now.