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Apparently he’s on Grindr if you want to find an empty barstool next to him. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Kinzinger is a hero and a patriot. He’s doing the right thing. As for Trump, how about the incident at Arlington yesterday? All that just for a cheap photo op. Disgraceful and just the latest in a long line. You guys should be asking yourselves why you still support a candidate who denigrated POWs. Why’d we even do SERE then? What was the point of all that? Return with honor? POW/MIA, you are not forgotten? Replace it with Trump telling us he likes people who weren’t captured. Eff John McCain I guess. He was only a republican presidential nominee. But that doesn’t matter. Nothing matters, apparently, besides support for the dear leader. I look forward to the day the republican party is a serious party again. I really do. That hasn’t been the case for the last 9 years and it won’t be the case until Trump and MAGA are gone. Kinzinger’s doing his part and he’s not alone. More members of the military are stepping up and need to continue to step up. Thanks for freeing up the seat at the bar, I’d proudly sit next to him.

To be fair no military academy, or college for that matter, really ever has a “meat” shortage.

Nope, cops are trained to shoot that way. It's intended to stop a threat, not kill. The fact he shot him multiple times will not be a factor nor does it make this premeditated in any manner. What it comes down to is the deputy overreacted to the site of the handgun. I have had several LEO buds defend what he did, but the video clearly shows there wasn't justification to shoot him as having a weapon in your hand does not automatically make a person a threat. However, let's be clear and the terms and what they actually mean in the State of Florida Penal Code... Homicide is a blanket term that describes any event in which one person causes another person’s death. Anytime someone is killed by the action of another person, it is deemed a homicide. Murder is defined as an act of intent, which means that an intentional act was carried out, and someone died as a result. Murder is the intentional and unlawful killing of another person. In the courtroom, establishing a charge of murder requires proof that premeditated planning took place (first-degree murder) or an act in the heat of the moment urged a person to intentionally kill another person (second-degree murder). Florida law differentiates two types of murder: first-degree murder and second-degree murder. First-degree murder is premeditated and occurs when the intentional act of killing another person takes place. It is also used to describe murder that occurred in conjunction with certain other felonies, such as kidnapping or robbery. In Florida, first-degree murder is punishable by life in prison and may even elicit the death penalty in some cases. Second-degree murder is not premeditated or planned out in advance, but it still involves the intentional killing of another person. It occurs when one person causes the death of another person in the heat of the moment but intentionally. This can happen within a fight or argument that just happens to escalate so far that it leads one person to make an intentional decision to kill the other person. It was not premeditated, but it was intentional, nonetheless. Second-degree murder in Florida can get you a sentence of life in prison. Manslaughter is the unintentional killing of someone else. It involves the unlawful killing of another person without premeditated intentions and/or an intent to kill. If someone means to harm someone else and happens to inadvertently kill them instead, it is manslaughter. A conviction of manslaughter does not require the prosecution to prove that there was an intent to kill or an intentional cause of harm. Instead, it must simply prove that the defendant killed the other person. Manslaughter is also divided into two categories: voluntary and involuntary. Voluntary manslaughter occurs when someone unintentionally kills another while they are committing another felony. It can also arise within a fight or argument, like second-degree murder. However, there is no intentional act of killing when manslaughter occurs. There may be an intention to harm but not to kill. Florida voluntary manslaughter charges will garner a maximum of 15 to 30 years in prison for anyone convicted of these charges. Involuntary manslaughter, on the other hand, involves someone killing another person unintentionally, not while committing another felony, but due to their own negligence, recklessness, or lack of responsible behavior. Involuntary manslaughter can carry a penalty of up to 15 years in prison in Florida. This was involuntary manslaughter, it doesn't meet the burden of proof for second-degree murder.

Like the title says, the former Congressman is back yo Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

I have seen more than one guy get FEB'd for non-flying related actions. It sounds like whatever you did to receive an LOR is bad enough they don't want you flying, and that's their prerogative. Really do some introspection here and determine if this is something worth spending a ton of money and stress on. It's very possible you really fucked up something in life/officership, and if that's the case, I'm not saying incriminate yourself further or not lawyer up, but also I wouldn't burn yourself out and drain your bank account to fight a losing battle. If this hypothetical is hitting close to home, then learn from the past, do what you need to improve, and move forward on a new path in life...flying is not everything, despite what we all think in our 20s.

FIFY

That is a waste of a human body. Fuck those weirdos. They (woke morons) openly don't like Christians so can I just say I don't like the woke nerds either? Yes, I can. I've never met a single woke person that I like. Not a single one.

Sir, this is a Wendy's.

Sorry, who are you again?

When you shoot someone multiple times in the upper torso, they will likely die. The cop was using lethal force intentionally. Killing someone intentionally, without proper justification, is generally "murder." I'm sure that the cop thought he was justified in that moment, but the film doesn't seem to offer any reasonable justification for lethal force...aka he was not justified in his intentional use of lethal force. I'm not saying he wanted to murder, but any charge based on unintentionally killing is probably the wrong charge to bring. He killed the guy because his judgement was wrong not because the gun accidentally went off a half dozen times.

I'd love these guys to crash the debate (wait, is it gonna happen?) and just jump to the chorus. You can listen to a live version here.

Who told you nobody was going to pursue one against you?—the convening authority, ie most likely your wing commander? Because that’s who officially sends you to an FEB. Did you write a response to the LOR? If you want more info on an FEB, you need to read the regs and talk with an ADC. But unless the LOR is completely bogus, then it sounds like you messed up and now the AF is wanting to make the case that you shouldn’t be flying because of your lack of judgement, character, etc. Without knowing the exact details, it’s kind of hard to give you advice from the peanut gallery…and as others have mentioned, it’s smart to just keep your mouth shut and away from social media. My only general advice is (if you haven’t done so already) to seek out a couple close friends/family members who you really trust, can give you honest feedback, and who can keep an eye on you to make sure you don’t allow this take you into dark(er) places. Even if the AF takes your wings away and involuntarily separates you, this doesn’t mean that you can’t live the best life possible from this day forward. But that will take ownership of what you did, and realizing why you did it, etc and how to right the ship in your life. Good luck and please be safe.

See above...

this is probably where they're gonna go after you...as was mentioned, lawyer up ASAP (ADC or paid), document everything that happens, and keep your mouth shut.

Air Force Academy restricted all cadets to base as classes started, leading to meat shortages The fact that this horrible human has not been fired MANY times is the perfect indicator of the toxic cancer that flows through some of our senior leadership.

Two things can be true; both of them are dudes that wear eyeliner.

There sure are a lot of replies to a rumor started by a 2Lt casual student. Of note, the nephew of a guy I know just showed up to his Navy/Marine F-35 RAG... 5.5 years after starting on active duty. We aren't the only ones Accountability: I've always been impressed that the commander and executive director of AFPC weren't both fired by the CSAF for their inability to manage the rated force. For you airline guys, I heard some really crazy shit recently about another merger. I heard it on the crew bus from a flight attendant and...

The T-38 like it did for decades

Recently discussed here. Save for the UCT studs, the T-1 is a gonner.

RIP to Matt, if y'all can, please donate to help his family out. Luckily I just saw that the Special Operations Warrior Foundation will be taking are of all of his kids' educational expenses from here on out. SOWF is one of my absolute favorite charities to donate to and support, and I encourage you to do that too if you can.

My wife and I had been dating for about 1.5 years. As my UPT date approached, we weren't sure what to do. She was still in college. I was going to be in BOQ in Columbus. How was she going to visit and how often? I proposed on a Thursday evening. We went to the courthouse Friday morning and got married. Then we called our parents and I called CBM and said I needed a house on base. Arrived there a week later and got to work making some kids. That was 26 years ago. Now we have grandkids. I wanted to fly and I wanted a family. There is absolutely no reason why someone can't do both. Granted, you gotta choose wisely, but going home to a house after flying, having a dinner at a table every night, getting laid, and having someone to be with... I wouldn't do it any other way. That said, I sympathize with you. The quality of women available to men of your generation is absolute shit. good luck.