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It doesn't have leaders like MG William Zana... An Army general’s final ‘walk’ at the Tomb of the Unknowns MG William Zana, the only guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to reach the rank of general, took a final guard shift on the night he retired. At exactly 10 p.m. on the warm, last night of May, MG William Zana received his orders and began his final guard shift on the smooth marble stone plaza at the center of Arlington National Cemetery. In two hours it would be midnight, a new day and new month. A new guard would relieve him at his post, he would march off the plaza and suddenly, instantly, be a civilian. But for the final two hours of his 37-year career, Zana wanted one last chance to stand a shift he had held as a young sergeant: keeping watch over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. “I was Pvt. Zana when I showed up to the Old Guard,” Zana told Task & Purpose.“You know, all of us who raise our right hand and serve, there’s things that define you. First combat tour, first loss of personnel. For me, volunteering for and serving at the Tomb was absolutely both defining and shaping.” (Full story at the title link) I don't know the man, nor do I know much about his career other than what I read in his bio; but based on this article, I have the utmost respect for him!

Passengers or groundfire?

Joint Program Office releases this with the knockoff Chinese J-35. Stayed up for a few hours. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

It’s serious how the members of Old Guard take that duty. I’ve seen several enter the Army warrant community in aviation and they will all tell you their time as a tomb guard was one of the must solemn moments of their lives performing that job. Bystanders also have no idea who is standing there performing the job because they intentionally don’t wear rank, which permits anybody to include very senior personnel to perform the watch as a Sentinal like the General did. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You haven't had your first Flight Deck Pop? Everybody's had an FDP.

I commend your optimism, but we can't even design a jet trainer with an ffing boarding ladder...

Legacy carriers drew down or entirely cancelled flying into Israel despite people paying >$10K/seat for first class because of potential for violence. Spirit sees the opportunity to sell seats for Haiti at $69? Lets go!

Please. I took my first rounds in a C-130 flying low level over Arkansas. That said, it's funny how bullet holes in three airplanes "fuel growing concerns" about being targeted. Who's writing these headlines? Air Force PAO?

Well obviously…except unfortunately CA ANG is exempt. California + Eagle dudes = auto SECAF waiver approval.

I mean, you know it’s a thing…and that’s all there is to say about that.

Just buy a rope and tie some knots in it..

Board process started today and goes until Friday! GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Also, remember, the Democrat apparatchik’s were fine propping a senile Biden as long as they THOUGHT HE COULD WIN. After the debate, it became obvious he wouldn’t win, so they dumped him ASAP. If he had performed satisfactorily in the debate, we could possibly be looking at another 4 years of Biden as a figurehead President with other non-elected operatives pulling the strings of the Biden Puppet. Add to that, the fact that Kamala was waiting in the wings to assume the Presidency as the first Black, female President. A Liberals wet dream. None of these schemes were for THE GOOD OF THE NATION. This goes to show how conniving and un-democratic the Democrat party apparatus is. The more I look at this election I realize how Un-American and power hungry the Democrat party really is. With a willing accomplice in the main stream media, they didn’t even try to hide it this time! What Hubris.

Kristi Noem tapped for Homeland Security, arguably one of the most critical cabinet positions. My money is on Tulsi as SecDef. Man what will you tell your daughter!?!

But but but, I was told America is largely misogynist and won’t elect female leaders!

And even more great news... Next year’s Congress will feature the most women vet members ever The next session of Congress will feature the most women veterans ever elected to the House and Senate, with at least eight winning races this year. And that number could grow by one more: Iowa Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks holds a small lead in her re-election bid, with a few thousand votes left to be counted. The total is already double 2018, when only four women with military experience were among the 535 voting members of Congress... (full story at title link)

Could probably swing by the sheet metal shop and have one built for some SQ swag and a few cases of beer.

Future Onion/Duffle blog Headline: Spirit Returns Fire, 10 EKIA in Haiti.

How's about we develop and unmanned long range interceptor that self immolates on merging with the intercepted target? We could call it the AIM-174 or AIM-260... All joking aside, I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the use of space based assets in the future of air dominance.

I think with the advances in technology we could design something fast as hell, stealthy, and still able to turn (YF-23). Just don't put a lift fan in middle of it...

Overheard in Seattle: "Wasn't us!"

The DNC is self-immolating with the blame game, I hope they come to some self-reflection about just how extreme they became. Fareed does a good job of breaking down three major mistakes, even if he does pat himself on the back for calling these errors in advance. 1. "The collapse of the immigration system and the chaos at the border" 2. "The overzealous misuse of the law to punish Trump" "Overeducated urban liberals were hypocrites, happy to bend rules and norms when it suited their purpose." 3. "The dominance of identity politics that came from the urban academic bubble." He wraps with liberals using "speech codes and cancel culture that censors or restricts that most cherished of liberal ideas....free speech" The GOP was got reflect and corrected after the beatdown that was supposed to be a red wave in 2022, I wonder how long it will take the DNC to cull the heard. California and Massachusetts are poised to fight to the death for the failed policies...the shit show will continue.

Mods…. The forum is doing that weird shit again.

No dudes though. Don't even think about it.

Complete ass beating and mandate. Cannot wait. The tears and wailing will be so enjoyable

They’re against infanticide and sexual perversion in general. Animals

It’s wonderful. I’ve done both. it’s like UPT in that you get to make the light bulb come on and that’s deeply rewarding. it’s also like UPT in that after a while it’s like groundhogs day on a 6 month cycle….”here’s what you’re going to fuck up on this ride and how not to” and they still make the exact same errors. but fighters! And other fighter pilots! And highly motivated students! And jalapeño corn! And FNITFJB! And namings! And roll calls! sometimes you’ll get a bit of that atmosphere in a UPT squadron…but very timeline and commander dependent.

Did the A-10 Reserve RTU at Barksdale for 8 years. We flew B-course, TX-course, Senior Officer course (mostly Active Duty guys), IP Upgrades either RTU or line, and Sandy Upgrades. Flew my butt off as a full time reservist and as much as I could when I went part time. The B-was the most fun, TX-the easiest, IP Upgrades were rewarding teaching guys how to teach, and the Sandy upgrade was challenging because of the need for rescue assets. We could take an IP to Sandy 1 in two weeks. (Not sure Sandys still exists) Overall, a good gig molding the future fighter force.

It's a great job

It’s called IPT and is part of FUPT which is the AETC/a5/8s brain child. It’s the whole plan of t-7s for everyone col or general leard

"I will ask for the resignations of every single senior military official who touched the Afghanistan disaster. I want their resignations immediately. And I want them on the desk of the Oval Office at twelve o'clock, Inauguration Day." https://x.com/Osint613/status/1853181484640735326

my first year and half; I flew between 7-10 times a week, one cross country a month, sometimes two while I was in the squadron. Adding in Ops Sup and SOF duties, I cut that slightly, usually for 1 SOF shift and 1 Sup shift a week, sometimes more once I was running both programs. As an attached flyer up at the wing I generally flew 5-6 times week and only a handful of cross countries a year. Workday was generally 10 hours minimum, 12s were pretty common. Even with all the flying and work I never missed a parent teacher meeting/practice/or school assembly and was home by dinner most nights and weekends. I would do the job again in a heartbeat. It can be a bit of a merciless grind, but the T-6 is ridiculously fun to fly and teaching the students and mentoring FAIPS made for one of the most rewarding jobs I've ever had. I was feeling very similar after a decade of being on the road. The locations can be a bit of a challenge, particularly for family, job prospects and schools can be a challenge in those towns, but its workable IMO.

If they won’t keep a military multi engine trainer that sounds about right then Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Idk exactly how long the civilian school is, 2-3 months ish, I’d expect 4-5 months on the T-6 SGTO syllabus as written, so you ain’t far off.

This guy gets it!