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I saw they put something like 200 rounds into the truck... where the driver was still being held hostage. Also, check out the sight lines these guys had... Taking cover behind occupied civilian vehicles, firing through the truck into civilians, hell, some of them are pointing their weapons at other cops with zero awareness about what is behind their targets. This kind of shit is why people don't trust the police.

What happens when the Dets are left to be run by mostly non-rated bubbas. As a rated bubba, my cadets come in not necessarily wanting to be rated but then I convert them! Moohahaha!

Agree 100%. This stupidity has got to change. The fact that military bases are soft targets is criminal.

The Washington Post weighs-in this morning with "The Afghanistan Papers," a broad look at the war in Afghanistan. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/afghanistan-war-confidential-documents/ The article also contains links to all the source documents (interviews, memos, etc). Quite the rabbit hole to go down. This interview with BGen Brian Copes, Indiana Army Guard, was just three pages, but hit on a lot of the major topics (too much money, too much in-fighting between DoD, DoS, etc, too much "top-down" thinking, etc). https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/documents-database/?document=copes_brian_ll_05_c15_02252016

Why? Taking leave in conjunction with official travel shouldn't be a problem, just need to make sure the accounting/expensing is done right. Don't receive per diem for leave days, pay for your rental car on leave days, and pay any additional cost on airfare incurred by the delayed return. Easy.

How we leave....as soon as possible!

Or Madison

Most of the guys I know had no language, no prep, and were a bit surprised to get Overseas IDE. The majority did however put those schools somewhere on their list and had been GOs’ Execs and such. Maybe times are changing.

I never really thought I would disagree with a MOH Recipient but in this case I do. https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/navy-base-shootings-pensacola-pearl-harbor-revive-debate-myths-about-ncna1097656 That said in this case he's an NBC analyst so there's little doubt who signs his paycheck. I would guess it's probably a sizable amount to make sure he toes the network line. Maybe limiting the concealed carry to NCOs and Officers active/reserve/retired would be viable. When you realize the armed SF Airman at the gate was still coloring in elementary school when a lot of us who aren't allowed to carry on base were doing missions downrange it sends you to a new level of pissed off. I do know of at least one off installation Reserve Center that allows members to discreetly carry and have for quite a while now. I've said this before. How safe are the people off base either coming or going when a bad guy knows 99 percent of them are unarmed due to policy? Most higher leaders probably figure if it happens off base it's not their problem and their retired pay/post retirement employment aren't in jeopardy is what matters to them. It's not like the bad guys can't come along in a van and spray the long line of cars (made even longer by the new "security measures") waiting to drive on base. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_shootings_at_CIA_Headquarters

F that, I’d throw them in Gitmo and they can have fun with “Big Bob.”

“Here, we got your jewelry back. Only had to kill the robbers and two bystanders to do it!”

Anybody hear back from Boise yet?

No kidding. Why would anyone do that if they weren't in on the plan in the end. Hopefully the FBI got a hold of all of them. If I were in charge I'd send every single one of the Saudi students home from all UPT bases.

Looks like there might be an opening up at Beale for anyone looking for a airframe change. https://taskandpurpose.com/u2-pilot-fired-cocaine-drug-test

Someone please remind me why the fuck we continue to spend billions of dollars and send thousands of troops to defend their catbox shithole of a country?

I'm surprised this has taken this long for this to happen. When I went to nav school at Pensacola in the 97-98 time frame seemed like half of the Saudis were like, "This is great. Allah can't see me here so I can drink, eat pork, party, etc." But the other half, you could tell, were like, "Ima give all my pay check to Osama Bin Laden."

Special Ops Fighter Pilots probably.

That statement tells me everything I need to know. What a piece of shit.

He is a personal friend of mine. Please leave the bad jokes as the sole property of the author of the article.