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When you are incapable of solving real problems, focusing on unsolvable or imaginary problems is a viable diversion tactic.

I’ve never seen or met a Nazi in my entire life. I don’t know any blood and soil radical nationalists. If I’m around bigots, they don’t say anything out loud. I’ve also never met a white supremacist. I have known countless people who completely stood behind BLM from the very start. They gave them money and marched in the streets. I’ve known people who’ve bought into the hands up don’t shoot scam and went with the bashing of cops. I watched 6 or 7 trans kids walk the stage at my youngest daughters HS graduation. I watched the vast majority of our society fall for the Covid lockdown power grabs. It sure seems to me that the radical left is actually and tangibly destroying our society while we chase some invisible boogey man on the right… Im not talking about AOC or MTG. I’m talking about in my community.

0.375 that of Earth - really helps when you run the fuel and return calculations. SpaceX and Musk have a very iterative process that is paying dividends as they outpace the traditional "experts". Amazing to watch their progress.

The left can’t even define what a woman is, so how can they be expected to vote in favor of protecting women’s sports. What the House should really do is put a bill ending Title IX and see how the left votes…they won’t know what to do at that point.

like showing vax cards to enter businesses, work, or school? hmmm

I generally agree with you. But I pivoted into the tech space after the Air Force when it became clear an airline career wasn't going to work well for me, my family situation, host of other factors. I work in a big data and AI space now for a major firm in the US--and I work with some REALLY REALLY BIG BRAINS. One of my new Bobs is a former quant and has a PhD in Data Science and a MSCS in AI/ML. He was the one that told me one day that AI by its nature learns exponentially. Two years ago he was at a University lecture everyone thought the capability of ChatGPT 4 was 10 years away. They were all stunned this year when the latest language model dropped. Its going to come faster than we are ready for because we cant actually grasp in our human minds how fast the exponential learning curve is. This is why you have technophiles like Elon Musk warning that we need to slow down until we can actually understand what that curve looks like. Crazy insights.

Here's Fox's for comparison. Notice the difference in presentation with size and language. Fox also placed Tucker's story higher on the page above the first ad-line which is also telling.

New Crossfire series on Newsmax? 🤣

+1 what most of the other folks already said. Adding to it, it greatly depends on the type of non-flying civilian employment you want. In my case, the FDNY (City of New York actually runs the Mil rules, so other agencies get the same) is absolutely stellar for being a part-time Mil meatbag and continuing my career there while being a gameful participant at the squadron. Sure, there are lots of pieces of the USERRA law/applications through the FD that aren’t necessarily geared to us non “one weekend a month/two weeks a year” type part-timers, but I haven’t hit any serious speed bumps. Because there are 10k+ firefighters, I’m not even the only Mil pilot/firefighter out there (a small handful, but still). So, as stated, it will vary greatly what type of job you are talking about, the hit to you not being there while you’re playing pew pew man (an org as big as the FD it’s a blip; some it could be devastating), how your unit/airframe operates (do you deploy for months and have long stretches home/lower duty reqs or very rarely deploy for months but take intermittent trips of days/weeks monthly/quarterly on the reg), and what your participation rate is (usually higher when younger/newer/upgrading and less as you become more experienced or busy on the outside). Last clarification on USERRA and the 5 year limit: a good portion of your SCHOOL orders (OTS-UPT-FTU-Seasoning pipeline/future upgrades/etc.) DO NOT count toward your 5 year USERRA limit. Some of my orders from these timelines have a line stating they are exempt from the 5 year USERRA limit per U.S.C. 4312 (C)(3). I’ve never actually read that code, but the orders say you’re solid. So, theoretically, you would have longer than 5 years of total protection with a single employer you work for before you started. They don’t all say that and not sure whether they should and that line wasn’t added or just certain school orders are exempt, but it probably specifies in the code listed above. All that said, see above paragraphs/posts whether it actually would play out like that, but the law provides for longer when training is involved. TL;DR: Non-airline life can be just fine, with the right employer. It’ll depend on a lot of factors, though. Seems like you’ve come around to airline life, which is probably the best move. It’s not for everyone, for sure, and your family/living situation may change/dictate another path, but it’s an absolutely amazing job opportunity presented down the line. It also won’t help having your squadron mates drizzling that cash money/chill life airline honey in your ears all the time. Haha. Good luck, whatever you choose! The adventure is fun regardless!

Valid but I don’t think DM is really a good example of this problem. If the A-10 evaporated tomorrow, there are still EC-130s and plenty or rescue iron there. DM also houses an ACA Det, the 214th RG, an AOC, border patrol and this little thing called the boneyard - which has expanded its scope to essentially become a full-up maintenance depot. The town is also 1.3M+ and growing, tough comparison to some ~40K sh!thole remote NM dustbowl. Taking our busiest operators and cramming them into Clovis was always a big FU to them and their families, and the perfect example of your point.

I think the first and second stages are meant to stay in orbit once launched, or return to earth. Refuel from an orbiting tank and continue on. Only the actual starship lands on the moon or Mars, and that has considerably less destructive force. On the moon that's easy, not much thrust required to get off the moon. I don't recall the gravity on Mars. I heard spaceX has already made 1,000 changes to the next test rocket, before getting the data from this launch. I remember how quickly the space industry went from laughing at the failed dragon landing attempts to shitting their pants. ULA is already dead, they just have a warm corpse. And no one is even close to catching up. Starship should be able to launch 10-20x the number of starlink satellites per launch, so Elon will have a total monopoly on LEO Internet service. Who will be able to put up a competing constellation if SpaceX just refuses to launch anyone else's satellites? No one. This was the first launch of the biggest rocket ever made, and it made it through Max-Q with 5 failed engines. Let's just hope Elon can avoid becoming the next Howard Hughes.

What a cool time to be an American.

Man we've come full fucking circle.... https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/23/entertainment/lilo-and-stitch-live-action-colorism-cec/index.html None of these people bitched about the casting in the Little Mermaid..... but holy shit did they bitch about this....

I always liked simulators because i didn’t have to worry about dieing. I think sims have their place, but there's no simulation for having your ass strapped in for real.

Checkmate! Send the man his bottle.

You mean like the airline captain including his fighter hours and number of traps in his announcements? I bet you could even find a USAF Vet hat to wear.

And I’ve seen it in the military. I’ve had a sitting squadron commander shame her squadron for not wanting to read White Fragility, I’ve seen 1206s and strat lists get kicked back because “too many white men.” The sitting head of DEI in the DOD is an open racist who still has a job. I really wanted to believe that these were isolated incidents and that my fellow conservatives are propping these up as boogeymem, heck I wish that was the case…but it is sadly not.

You must have been some kind of sponsor!

KEND 23-09 T-1 Sim Only EC-130H Tucson KC-135 Mildenhall KC-135 Fairchild U-28 Hurbie x 2 C-17 McChord x 2 C130J Little Rock x 2

I’m retiring right at O-6 pin on. I also was never interested in the airlines, although I’m doing it now. Turns out it’s better & more interesting than expected, and way better than what I was doing post SQ command. I have zero regrets. There was only one job I wanted as an O-6, which I actually landed, but after taking a genuine assessment of the impacts to my family it exceeded their tolerance threshold. Also it wouldn’t have been as fun in my 40’s as it would have been in my 30’s. I know that’s vague, sorry, but hope it helps.

Ahem … PART TIME retirement job.

Get some!!!

The "intelligence community" has about as much credibility left as the post-COVID NIH. They weren't pressured into anything, they willingly signed up for it. Look at the country the Democrats have made: our institutions are illegitimate, the government limits free speech, crime is through the roof, borders are a mess, China is stronger and belligerent... nothing is better now than 2019, everything is worse. Vote them all out.

I recommend sticking around. At O-6, you can make changes to better the organization in tangible ways for the future. Follow your core value of “Service Before Self” and you can never go wrong.

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Was at some AF school and we had a consultant in tech come talk to us. It was about 3-4 years ago when "innovation" was the Air Force buzz sauce. Dude just laughed and said the DoD is one of the least innovative enterprises on the planet. He talked about how innovation cost money, and Elon Musk will blow up a $30B rocket just to figure out why rockets blow up. The DoD is too conservative and isn't willing to do that. He basically said if you're not the type of person that can burn a $100 bill without even blinking, you aren't ready to innovate, and that's why private sector software, tech and space are moving so far beyond DoD capability. Thought he made some really good points about that.

The first dude that was indispensable in our unit, showed up on his first Drill after being “retired” for about 4-5 (I.e. 6-9) months, and was handed a C-bag with all his Chem gear in it for an exercise we were having. He looked at the OG and said, I’m not doing this. Quit that weekend to never come back and has forever lived in infamy.

You pretty much answered your own question. Because it’s California, that’s why. You think they would win anywhere else? Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

Bro it’s global warming stop being a conspiracy theorist

Either you are pro vax and the rise in heart attacks is because you hate science and caught COVID, or you are anti vax and anything negative that’s happened in the last 2 years is because a vax exists. No chance COVID being in the world on its own made heart attacks go up regardless of anyone’s actions. No middle ground allowed on this forum. Get your logic out of here.

A FAIP assignment does not affect your career in a negative way. My advice: Do your best and work your ass off as a FAIP. Seek out and get first hand knowledge from the IPs coming from the CAF. If you work hard and do well, the rest will work itself out and you should get something pointy nose after your FAIP assignment.

In addition to the many valid comments already posted, I would say the amount of preparation that needs to go into each sortie is far, far greater than anything I experienced in the civilian world. If you show up and can't talk your way through each maneuver, precisely, you're doing it wrong. If you don't know the sequence of what you're going to do ahead of the brief, you're already behind. Civilian instructors will probably take you up and treat the cockpit as a classroom. Mil instructor may no-step you. My approach in UPT was to treat the every sortie as a time when I was going to "demonstrate" maneuvers to my IP, not expect they would walk me through the things I hadn't adequately prepared for - there's not the luxury of time on any given UPT sortie.

If I had the money prior to joining the Air Force (I didn't), I would have spent it on getting an instrument rating. Much of what you're going to do in UPT is completely different from what you'd do in civilian flying. What doesn't change ... an ILS approach is an ILS approach. Knowing the concepts before starting UPT would be a big help IMO. We had a guy who was a CFII and he cruised right through the instrument phase (and everything else). I cannot even comprehend showing up to UPT with literally no flight time. Just my two cents as a guy who showed up to UPT with a PPL.

Like @moosepileit said. Another thing that helped me is I would sit down with a white board and break things down by drawing out each step. This simplified things for me and I would then piece them together. CAP isn’t a bad thing as it lets you fly with the more experienced IPs. However, you don’t want stay there forever. Also, don’t be afraid to speak to your Flt/CC if you’re not meshing with an IP and you learn more from another. I was on CAP in 38s and learned a lot from my designated IPS.