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Wait, a human can have multiple views on a variety of topics and other humans can agree with a subset of those views without endorsing all of them? Do better2 points
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That goes back to Rainman's mantra of never passing up the opportunity to keep your big mouth shut!2 points
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We're already at war with China, just not the kind we are prepared to fight. We are not winning.2 points
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He was a really good dude who was loved by all and the AFSOC community is justifiably upset. Being a cop is not easy, daily life or death decisions, and as in this case you will be judged for the rest of your life by the choices you make. That being said, training and leadership set the tone and this department is floundering at best. As mentioned above this is the same department that mag dumped a police cruiser with a handcuffed person in the back because a freaking Acorn fell and hit the roof. This community has crime but nothing like other areas of the country. In the history of Okaloosa County the department has lost five officers to gunfire, four of those were domestic violence situations, the last one happened 2.5 years ago. Everything about this call is odd and to some degree the officer was led down a very bad path. HE certainly had poor training and I beleive in most other areas of the country domestic calls get two officers. They won't say who called, but the lady who meets the cop MUST be investigated. She guides the officer to Fortson's apartment then says she heard "something that sounded like domestic violence TWO WEEKS AGO." That is NOT exigent circumstances, there is no warrant, there is only hearsay, no probable cause, but the cop starts pounding away and ordering the door to be opened...a complete fail. Roger has zero duty to open that door and to be clear the courts have ruled that repeated official commands to open a door without a warrant probable cause invoke the 4th amendment. As far as punishment, Roger did not deserve to die, but he was one of the few that stepped forward and swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution, I would hope all of us would honor his service and allow for the officer to enjoy the protections offered by that document. He deserves due process and if he is found guilty he should be held accountable, but should not be purposely thrown into the general population for "extra" justice. Rest easy Roger and thank you for your service.2 points
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Flying is the only “job” I had that never felt like a job. It never got old. I’ve never met a pilot in the military that regretted becoming a pilot.2 points
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I’ve been in the HC-130J for 6 years now, and flying is always awesome. At this point in my career routine sorties are a reprieve from admin duties and tasks. After making instructor I’ve found it extremely rewarding from brief, execution and debrief both homestation and deployed. There is a bit for the variety of mission events we accomplish and it is always different knowledge levels across crew positions and individual experience. Hopefully landing on unlit LZs or flying dissimilar formation at on NVGs will never feel like a job. If it does that would be my cue to leave.2 points
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Everything becomes just a job, not everything is as cool as flying. I spent lots of time not flying in the military and nearly 100% of the time I did not enjoy those duties. However, the flying I got to do was so fun/rewarding that it offset the mundane non-flying tasks for most of my career. Eventually the sting of those non-flying duties, paired with being gone (TDYs/Deployments), ever changing tactics/systems, it no longer offset it for me. This is when I knew it was time to retire. Do I wish I could still go hop in the jet and fly a High Aspect BFM ride, you betcha...do I miss all the other BS, not a chance. I would 100% say go for it, I can't imagine you'd ever regret it.2 points
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Last of flying F-4 Phantoms - 4K - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr_c-mfk4Ck1 point
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Sending millions to their death is more of a Russian tactic, although I wouldn't put it past the CCP. However, I still believe China is avoiding the armed conflict, preferring the softer approaches (information, economic, etc.)...1 point
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Springer Johnson is spot on! If the weather is nice tomorrow, I'll be stopping by the airport on my way from my airline trip, to go bounce around some local grass strips.1 point
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Agreed. Reading a book right now titled Blood Money. It researches how China has been pulling strings within our society to weaken America without truly confronting America, and the absolute silence it garners from bureaucrats and politicians in Washington. Highly recommend. Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans Peter Schweizer1 point
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20-25 days out of the month I loathe every second of my job. The other 5-10 days I'm sitting in the cockpit either flying to some place you've never heard of and am expected to just make it work or in a low level formation at the end of which I'm getting off a bunch of dudes cursing up a storm as we're stop to stop eating up leads wake like it's your favorite cousin. Those are the days I love my job. Flying is a drug and we're all a bunch of addicts.1 point
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If someone gets scared away because of anonymous online posts, then he was probably not gonna cut it anyway. This isn’t a USAF recruiting website. Yeah, a bunch of us are old and tired of some of the bullshit. However, I don’t think any pilot hates the flying part. Your posts are super weird. Are you a pilot?1 point
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The flying never got old. It was like sex. The other stuff certainly did. Go for it, you won't regret it.1 point
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The homestation flying definitely gets monotonous especially when combined with the environmental aspects but its still involved flying at low levels through the desert and shooting machine guns often combined with other airframes and missions. Like Danger said though, flying was probably 20-30% of my week. Sometimes more sometimes less. The office jobs have to get done. To top it off, we pretty frequently were involved in real world rescues. There isn't a better feeling in the world that hopping on board your aircraft and saving someone's life.1 point
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I'm getting ready to retire after 21 years and change AD; the flying never got old for me, loved every minute of it and would do it all over again in a heartbeat. Like Four Fans said, it's all about perspective. Anyone can find a reason to be unhappy in any location or career field, likewise you can almost always find the good in most situations. Best of luck to you.1 point
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Flying is the fun part but that’s also a small part of it. For example, if you want to fly fighters, you’ll fly for an hour or two but the brief, debrief, and planning for that is probably 10x that much. Heavy pilots aren’t as intense on that stuff (still do it though) but they have other things to deal with way beyond just blasting off. Same with helos, bombers, you name it. Having said that, it’s way better than having a real job. And if you’re looking at the Guard, why not keep the medical job and be a pilot? Quite literally why the ANG exists is scenarios like that.1 point
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Any and all occupations can feel like nothing more than a job after a given amount of time. How you view it is 100% up to you. If you're a pessimist at heart, you'll be pessimistic about it. Likewise if you're an optimist. It's all perspective. Choose yours, every single day, wisely.1 point
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The drastic rise in no-knock warrants (or apparently warrantless door busting in this case) is appalling. Also, a great reason to up-armor your front door. Shocking how easy it is to kick in a front door and it is relatively easy to significantly bolster most front doors. That would likely give the homeowner a minute to assess the situation a bit better. Problem is, with police acting like criminals and criminals acting like police, what would be the right thing do to? You have no idea if the guy kicking in your door is a gang-banger thug looking to rape your wife and kids or only an ATF agent looking for an excuse to discharge his duty pistol. Either way, there's a solid chance you die.1 point
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Jail. It drives me crazy that we put cops in jail for shitty situations like the George Floyd case, but cases like this slip by, especially if there isn't a race angle to sensationalize.1 point
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Dude, it’s so bad. Areas I used to go for a pleasant run in, on layovers just a few short years ago, have turned into absolute unrecognizable cesspools. It has done wonders for my mile time, however, as I’m running for my fuckin life.1 point