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Previous AFGSC commander tried the same, because (direct quote) "we get made fun of a lot in joint environments" over stuff like that....ok, so? I make fun of Marines for eating crayons and Navy guys for living on a boat for eight months straight. Why do we have to conform to them? Same idea with why we just changed ever Vice Wing/CC's title to "Deputy"....so we can "align better with the joint force"...sorry, what? It's that hard to understand Vice Wing Commander vs Deputy Wing Commander?

Have any of these people seen Navy flyer’s Thursday flight suits? Or the Friday ones with embroidery? FFS.

I honestly get it. It’s the same concept as squadron Friday patches, color tee shirts, squadron ball caps, etc. People (myself included) love that shit. I genuinely don’t understand the aversion to allowing squadron pride. Current AFSOC CC turned off squadron Friday shirts when he was 1 SOW CC in the name of not trying to stand out in SOCOM. Not sure how Green Berets, PJ/CCT unique headgear, etc fit into that or if it’s just an anti “fighter culture” thing for flying units but it’s a bummer.

Seriously though, someone should search sharepoint or whatever it is and find the GUPT (reference T-X) decision brief from circa 2014-2015 where MAF leadership talked about wanting more officership BS from pilot training and the CAF said they wanted more stick time and less sims. If MAF leadership wasnt a bunch of shoe clerks then we wouldnt have had this issue. Edit: The specific slide was a quad chart with inputs from ACC, AFGSC, AMC, and AFSOC

This is actually a root cause for a lot of our problems. Our leaders are chastised by Army generals for thinking that pilots are special (because theirs aren’t). Kills bonuses and morale.

And…if this thread isn’t evidence enough already…grow a thick skin and learn to take feedback unemotionally and without your ego in the equation.

Obviously Biden hasn't been fit to serve, but he didn't say he was dropping out for health reasons. That was very tactical and obvious. Nobody on the Democratic side, and hopefully the Republican side, wants him to drop out because no one wants President Harris. No part of that would be good for this country, and she is not going to be an improvement over the Obama staffers that have been running the White House for 4 years now. Yeah, the will of the people has been subverted, but we can go another few months and get an elected president with the capacity to fulfill the duties of the office. The last thing we need is President Harris with only 4 months to perform as many executive actions as possible to justify her presidency and position as the incumbent.

So, there I was in the chow hall in the desert. One of my LMs made comment that we should get arm bands like the SFs dudes had, because it would be cool. We kind of knock his plan, but he goes and does it anyway. A few weeks later when we meet for lunch prior to our mission, he's sporting a nice desert tan "LM" arm band like the SFs and he's feeling quite proud. I get a tap an the shoulder and it's Mr Wing King, and he pulls my aside and rips me a new one. He thinks load is making fun of it, I say no, he thought it was cool and wanted to play. I get the ass chew that he has a hard time motivating his SF group and the arm band was something unique for them and he thinks we're mocking it. I understood the point. CCs try to find ways to rally the troops. Some jobs are shitty and peeps in them are based on an ASVAB. I told Load that he was the shit and to know that if it took a fancy armband to be motivated, he was in the wrong job. Point? Kids these days love tags.

Recently had an unexpected, significant surgery. The day I got home my girlfriend's old man (RF-4 guy) pulled out this ancient bottle of weed and said 'looks like you could use some of this.' We took a shot, I was already high as a kite, immediately went to sleep. Good times.

Wasn't advocating for fraud...I guess I just figured we all had it. Happy that you don't, it fucking sucks.