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I got demoted to E-5 from E-7 (KC-135 Boom) and my counterpart at work is a retired O-6 (KC-135/C-5 Pilot) . Our boss is a retired E-8 (C-5 FE). We all work great together. Thankfully, from what I've seen with retired O-6/E-9s who are douches eat some humble pie when they realize no one has to listen, or put up, with their bullshit post-military. YMMV

I’m gonna do it if mine is denied. I can retire in mid 2023, have passed my last AEF bucket, as not PCSing anymore and have zero TDYs on schedule. There is absolutely zero reason to deny mine based on operational needs....and my religious portion is genuine. if denied, I’ll keep appealing and then go the contentious objector route. Eglin just went to 100% no masks for the vaccinated. We have turned into a Marxist organization.

According to my rough math: Total Population 12+: 4.78M Vaccinated 12+: 3.94M (82.4%) Unvaccinated 12+: 0.84M (17.6%) Vaccinated Hospitalizations/Deaths (14 Aug - 5 Nov): 5493/1102 Unvaccinated Hospitalizations/Deaths (14 Aug - 5 Nov): 2293/195 So the 82.4% of the population which is vaccinated experienced 70% of the hospitalizations and 84.9% of the deaths between August and November. So yes, some protective benefits but at these levels, I'd argue that the basis for any widespread vaccine mandate is suspect at best. This is not a pandemic of the unvaccinated.

Fuck. If we could get the people we've still left in Afghanistan first, that would be great....

The irony, right? An VA has a massive turnout of white supremacists who elected a black, immigrant woman as Lt Gov...

With an old, white, dazed and confused male at the top.

It pushes their narrative that whites are evil and everyone else is oppressed. The left's whole strategy is building a pyramid of victims, with straight white men at the bottom.

There's a retired O-6 instructor at my current location who was in an O-6 leadership position when I was a captain. I kept called him sir or Col XX the first couple events we had scheduled (just felt normal). He finally laughed the next time I did it and said "hey, its just --insert first name-- now). Super down to earth and a really good instructor pilot.

You staging a comeback tour Huggy? 🥃

It was wild how many on Twitter were saying "he'll just claim self-defense and walk away". Until it came out that the suspect was a black man...now there's practically no coverage.

If he doesn't raise his weapon at me or any other innocent bystanders there is no way I'd take that shot. I'm sure as heck not going to shoot a dude that just shot someone who was attacking him...especially when that dude was being chased/knocked to the ground with a skateboard. He was running down the street with his weapon lowered, passing tons of people and not bothering them, I'm not sure I'd be in a hurry to engage someone like that. Even if I just rounded the corner as he shot someone, if he didn't appear to be threatening anyone who wasn't attacking him, I'm not shooting. I'll be prepared to respond from a position of cover, but no way I just start shooting. You don't need hours of analysis/videos/etc... to make that call.

So according to the left, Rittenhouse is a white supremacist for killing white guys trying to harm him, and found not guilty via due process, but this attack had nothing to do about race even though he killed all white people and is an actual racist…the silence from the left is deafening. https://nypost.com/2021/11/24/darrell-brooks-called-for-violence-against-white-people/?sr_share=facebook&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPFacebook&fbclid=IwAR3xmYB9ZvEcIhb3exArNvbdiEBGnQEjFrSoFk7n3oGPb-5SBHb-A_q9GrA

Stop spreading misinformation you Anti-vaxxer. Trust the science.

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.144.suppl_1.10712 About that "safe" part...

You are correct, I focused on 06s because that's what the discussion was about. I did mention some of them are good dudes. Same with retired E8/9s, some continue to think their clothes should be ironed for them. Some, like Rich, contribute to the mission. I've drank many beers with Rich, many war stories were shared and a good time was had. Wait until you meet Rich's replacement, E9 all the way. See above. I think I've mentioned this before but back in the day you could call an E9 Sergeant. We would call a Chief that deserved it a Chief but call an E9 Sergeant, some knew why. One retired E9 shoe clerk was belittling aircrew instructors and was promptly reminded who the "rock stars" were. A retired O6 site manager did that. I got to admit I felt kind of proud about that.

cartel front, def a cartel front.... /s (maybe)

You obviously don’t work with any E9’s or retired E9’s. Very rare to find a chief.

Meh, I've seen this go both ways. Some O-6s get out, get a GS-15 or contractor job, and are just happy to continue to serve/contribute (several great retired O-6s working as J model instructors here at ABQ). Others engage in the douchebaggery you described above. FWIW, I've personally witnessed similar behavior from retired E-8/9s. Some get out, get a GS-12-14 or contractor job, and are happy to serve/contribute (since you've been at CVS for a long time I'm assuming you know/knew Rich Lewis when he was out there, phenomenal dude). Others act like they still wear their stripes and treat junior enlisted/young officers like shit. There's always O-6s and E-9s that think they're god's gift to the AF, they're never wrong, and that those below them are somehow lesser beings that need to show subservience. Then there's O-6s and Chiefs that work hard to get the mission done, truly care about their people, and want to make things better in their respective corner. BLUF is that if someone was an ineffective twat on AD, the same behavior generally follows them into their post AF career.

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We must protect the protected from the unprotected by forcing the unprotected to protect themselves with protection that doesn't protect the protected in the first place. It's got what plants crave.

Concur Buy 150 LAAR. 50 for ACC, AFSOC and ANG (station at ANG MQ-9 Reaper bases). Use as an accumulator to absorb production pipeline from SUPT and keep warm till B courses open up for ACC, AFSOC establishes its own program, ANG gets the FTU and distributes as capable with MQ-9 wings, not a dual qual program but a component of the Attack Wing(s). Stateside mission is to train often with the JTAC / TACP / SOF community and keep the AF still primed for the LIC, COIN, Grey Zone fights we will get sucked into like it or not. File that under shit that ain't gonna happen but whatever, it's BO . net Look at the size of the beast, Calidus B-350

Yup. Expect this story to disappear from the national coverage. But it'll get (R)s elected in WI.

Repeat felon that got out days ago on $1,000 cash bail for charges including reckless endangerment, domestic abuse, resisting arrest, and bail jumping. Previous arrests include a felon in possession of a firearm.

I had to go thru at least 6 news links before I found the name, but no pic. Look up the name, and finally got the mugshot. It's fucked up how much the medias hides certain details or pushes something hard. Out

I guess another "mostly peaceful protestor?"

Are you speaking from experience?

The media is radicalizing Americans against each other for profit. It’s shameful

If you were talking about a disease that had low transmission rate, *maybe* you could justify a minor reduction as successful. But you would also have to have a massively high infection fatality rate. Covid-19 is exactly the opposite. "Unfortunately, the vaccine’s beneficial effect on Delta transmission waned to almost negligible levels over time. In people infected 2 weeks after receiving the vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, both in the UK, the chance that an unvaccinated close contact would test positive was 57%, but 3 months later, that chance rose to 67%. The latter figure is on par with the likelihood that an unvaccinated person will spread the virus. A reduction was also observed in people vaccinated with the jab made by US company Pfizer and German firm BioNTech. The risk of spreading the Delta infection soon after vaccination with that jab was 42%, but increased to 58% with time." So no, it does not meaningfully prevent transmission. Should we mandate things for "almost negligible" effects? You do have Google, right?

Perhaps not strictly for this forum but spare some thoughts for our fallen brother. A lot of us could be there soon. https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2021/11/20/laughlin-air-force-base-identifies-student-pilot-killed-in-t-38c-mishap-friday/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=Socialflow+AIR&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR3ORMNzwndIb4Rgt1CuqHMLV6mSfRkwFsBZ92HXlJ5NSLWE1XjLHPSsj2A

It is crazy to know that the selects are probably (mostly) selected at this moment. Been trying to apply for 4+ years now and finally got my app in so I’m grateful to be in the pool. Good luck to everyone!

Actually..I do feel pretty bad ..In any case If I had been there and watched him shoot a man with his rifle ..I think that it's probably 75-25 that I would have shot the kid if he didn't instantly comply..esp. if he turned towards me..No video..no hours of analysis....no goofy judges and lawyers...nothing but a kid?..with a rifle..that he just used to drop someone..with me possibly next...well that kid was found not guilty of anything...makes me feel kind of dumb..eh? I apologize for the digression..

So you cited something that says scientists use emerging data to refine hypotheses? As in, scientists follow the scientific method? Cool, we're in agreement. Calling someone a sheep - tell me you're a Southwest first officer, without telling me you're a Southwest first officer. Question: do you wait for the CA to go on break before you "Let's go Brandon" on guard, or just do it at the gate? 😂