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Got to dip your toe in the crazy pool every now and then to check the temperature.

I'm not an engineer but those things kinda need to stay attached, at least in flight.

Progressives politicians: We need to give Ukraine tens of billions of dollars (money that we don’t have on top of the other tens of billions we have already given them), and if we don’t, Ukraine will fall to Russia and the US will have the blame. Oh and additionally we many have to send our own troops to fight in eastern Europe. Non-progressive politicians: Ok, well, as long as we can also add funding/make significant changes to our own border security and tighten illegal immigration rules/laws, then we’ll fund that and money for Ukraine. Progressive politicians: No

Ima just interject here for a moment and reiterate my belief that the coasties are the smartest among us. Went through the USVI on my way to a BVI for vacation and noticed 4 or 5 CG helos there. I just saw a post of FB for coastie promotion while they were "deployed" to the Bahamas. They get to do their mission a lot more than everyone else. The few coasties I've known have saved quite a few people in their day and none of them had to spend a day in CENTCOM (though I know some do). A squadronmates brother retired from the CG as an O-5...dudes assignments sounded like one vacation hotspot after another. Also, there is a CG station in my city and they have the best booze selection of any exchange I've ever seen lol. Anywho, back to your regularly scheduled programing, hoping the C-27 tail doesn't fall off.

Exactly! Me "dipping my toe" in to check the temp:

That chick looks crazier then a bag full of cats.

That's gay!

Ein Prosit!

Politicians are such pieces of shit. The best fix is remove 100% of them, enact term limits, then start over. Everyone does 8 max and done. One can dream…

Secretary Austin is a disgrace.

I’m assuming you want to hear some honesty, so here it goes: Hard “NO” at my squadron. And I assume every other ANG base too. I’m not telling you not to apply, but you need to realize that an ANG pilot slot is extremely competitive, much more so than AD, not some sort of plan B or consolation prize. Regardless of your family situation and whatever else led you to SIE, you will never be viewed as anything but the guy who bailed out of UPT. And there’s going to be plenty of applicants who are younger, possibly already enlisted in the unit, and who have deployed with them, and none of them have quit the very program we’re sending them to. I’ve never heard of someone getting an ETP due to prior SIE and that’s more than likely because nobody’s app, with an SIE on it, ever made it past the first glance, even if it’s possible. I’d say your only snowball chance in hell, type of shot is to get in to a guard unit, in some other career field, and make so many pilot friends, particularly commanders, that they can’t envision life without you as a pilot there. If you want some unsolicited career advice, take you GI Bill and go get your civilian ratings and head to the airlines ASAP. Sorry for the shit news.

Draco has done many incredible things through the years, much of it unrecognized. A toast to them for some much deserved recognition.

So many stories beyond what is in the write up for that. I’m very proud to have been a member of that squadron back in the day.

God damn did this Covid narrative absolutely collapse. You Covid freaks are backpedaling so fast!