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Valid, but there's more nuance: some of us volunteered not because of promises on the back end but because being at war (in whatever capacity)was the objective. I did 18 deployments, including a year as flying advisor (not a hand though), and volunteered for them all. I'd do it again; being relevant (even when dealt a losing hand) is the draw for some people. Losing was a tragedy I am still processing, but I would hate myself had I acted differently. Certainly not judging anyone else. The Hands program was garbage; by the end they hid their status from GIRoA who deeply resented PAK. Lol, pentagon is full of idiots. My takeaway from 21 years: figure out who you are and what you like, then do that. The best way to serve is in a capacity suited to your personality and innate characteristics. Pretend to be other than as you are: you'll be miserable & your team will know.

How dare you people?! She is a respectable elected official and a nice lady… like Adam Kinzinger.

You don't read enough Dale Brown 🙂

I only need to buy one bottle if I get it at Costco.

Diddy’s bottle of baby oil: Biff’s “bottle”:

On 24 Sep 1919, McCook Field chief test pilot Maj Rudolph W. “Shorty” Schroeder set an altitude record of 30,900 feet for an airplane carrying a passenger—besting his own record made earlier that month by 1,900 feet in the same Packard-LePere LUSAC-11 biplane, equipped with an experimental turbocharger developed at McCook with General Electric (the LUSAC-11 is shown here during one of the two-man altitude record attempts—note the flight crew’s special flying gear and the turbo on the front of the engine). However, Schroeder was so unimpressed with beating his previous record by “only” 1,900 feet that he suggested they not even bother calibrating the figures, because he would just do better next time. Indeed, on 4 Oct, Maj Schroeder and Lt George Elsey smashed that record by reaching 33,450 feet. Schroeder’s Army career ended a few months later during a solo altitude record flight when his protective gear failed, nearly killing him and leaving him temporarily blind. (Photos: AFLCMC/HO)

Electronic Warfare Spooks Airlines, Pilots and Air-Safety Officials If you don't have access to the WSJ, log onto the USAF MWR library website using your DoD Identification Number and DOB, then go under 'Find A Resource' and search for it... https://daf.dodmwrlibraries.org/ By the way, I already checked...there are no gun magazines listed! 🤬🤬🤬

Speculation unto the unspoken punishment:

Today to hired: 2 yrs (most do more than that, but we’ll assume 2 for now) Hire to actually start UPT: 1-2 years, best case currently UPT to FTU grad: 2.5 years Even before the current UPT slot shitshow, it was 3-4 yrs from UPT board to showing back up to squadron. That does not account for the time spent putting apps in, rushing, and interviewing.

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