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So after serving 20 years pretty much doing nothing but working in an office, you retire. 15 years later, and after over a decade of war, you decide to pen an article where you feel the benefits are too lavish because you personally didn't do enough to merit earning them. The guys returning from Iraq and Afghanistan in pieces disagree with you. The people who've spent 3-4 years of their lives (or more) deployed to various shit holes and missing birthdays and anniversaries over the past decade also disagree with you. If you feel guilty that you're getting nice perks for basically doing nothing, that's fine. Take that retirement and other monetary benefits and donate them to the Wounded Warrior Project. But to try and axe benefits for future generations who actually did deploy and face imminent danger while you've managed to enjoy those benefits for well over a decade is shameful. Not everyone (and in fact, very few) are able to enjoy a 20+ year career avoiding deployments and danger. The mere fact that we sit ready to give our lives, even if we're a cook, supply tech or what have you, is worth having those benefits. And I find it baffling that people such as this guy will attack benefits given to people who, at a minimum, sat ready to serve, but they are mute when it comes to benefits being paid to people who haven't given anything to this nation.

Headline: old fart who mysteriously made LTC while a reservist fully behind cutting benefits for the younger generation coming home from Afghanistan. Feelings of guilt for his sham of a career he deflects onto other people.

As the article mentions, quite the leap indeed. The irony being, that the A-10 has the most numbers of killed and wounded of friendly personnel of any allied CAS aircraft, in the most number of incidents.....nearly 20 troops KIA since Desert Storm and an equal number wounded. What does that mean? That frat can and does happen with any platform at any time. This isn't the first, isn't the deadliest incident, and won't be the last. Heck, it's not even known (or at least revealed yet) where the fault lies on this one.

It's not debating legal definitions. It's a fundamental aspect of our legal system.

Oh, good. That was definitely worth our $3 trillion visit over there then.

law enforcement has long relied on your lack of knowledge of your constitutional rights in order to perform searches, perform interrogations, etc. It wasn't till the 1960s that law enforcement was even required to inform you that you actually had rights (wikipedia tells me that Miranda v Arizona only passed 5-4, btw). law enforcement is just doing their job, I know, but in the course of just doing their job I have certain rights that I demand be protected. No, I don't have cocaine in the trunk, but no you may not search my vehicle either.

Warning for those with triggers, he is sitting in front of five decapitated craniums. A little nuggets up next time please.

The AH-56 was killed from being too complex and too expensive. A prototype crashed as well, and with the A-10 being developed, the Cheyenne was canceled. The A-10 was not developed to kill off the AH-56. This guy is a tard. Chastising the Hog for not being survivable enough and then crowning the AC-130 as King of CAS. Ironic.

That's hardship duty pay.

Man continues road trip after girlfriend dies in passenger seat I wonder if her name was Edna...

On the other hand, corporate America could really not give a shit what I do away from work, in most cases including a DUI.

Gotta love a tanker bro fight

Yeah, I didn't actually want an answer, I was just soliciting snide remarks. Actually, I wasn't sure if everyone followed both posts or if people dropped off once their VSP was approved and only us late submission sad souls were left...