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Negat0ry is being moderated UFN. In the last 6 months he’s pretty much only posted on this and the Iran page, clearly with the main goal of trying to piss people off. And for when someone posts “that’s only because he doesn’t like Trump”, notice how disgruntled is still able to post (just one example). Let this be a message for all: Have something positive to offer the page, not just I love or hate Trump. If someone disagrees, they can send a PM to one of the mods.

Most of us are simply sick of this thread. Your post is exactly why. You’re literally begging to have someone to argue with. It’s pathetic. Head over to reddit. They’ll engage with you. You can get your feels there.

So afraid. This forum is disproportionately “conservatives,” - read populists - and it’s telling how no one is engaging here. You guys may be in a cult if you can’t explain yourself more than that. It’s a more socially acceptable cult - one in which you get to have cookouts with your white friends and go to church and feel like you’re normal - but it’s fundamentally a group where you avoid critical discussion or introspection to avoid being socially outcast. It would be hilarious if you were a self governing commune, but you’re fuc*ing up the country. You guys talk condescendingly on here about how people won’t debate beliefs, but then when they do you can’t talk about what principles specifically you care about. Your literal only response is a fallacy: “Dems would be worse.” It’s the 5 year old putting his fingers in his ears. You guys don’t even introspect and try to make the R candidate better. Because “Dems would be worse.” Results in your position boiling down to “Welp, yeah. I don’t like the admin making billions in office and starting another forever war that’s just like Russia Ukraine and covering up and lying about the Epstein files and increasing the deficit and exploding the debt even though they’ve promised to decrease it and increasing inflation and doing nothing to make the middle class better and lying constantly on social media and saying that the first and fourteenth amendments should be suspended and trying to force folks off the air and keeps saying they will run for a third term. But obviously the dems would have covered up the Epstein Files more and made more cryptocurrencies in office and tripled inflation way more and definitely would have started 5 forever wars and they would force my labradoodle to get a sex change 😱 and they would install Obama again. Even though all historical data discounts this.” Your position is, ironically, one that is created purely due to fear. Name your core beliefs that make Talarico a worse candidate than Paxton. Name your principles that invalidate Mark Kelly as the president. Compare it to the retards you would select. Explain why Thomas Massie was a bad conservative.

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Or you can be against it all…oh and promising/voting for welfare is also buying votes.

My understanding is that she is claiming stuff like Hazardous Duty Pay and CZTE weren’t paid out. But, the Air Force is saying yes they were, but showed up incorrectly on the LES. I suspect she’s upset with the administration and thinks that this is a way to throw mud on their face by making these claims. 100% understand and am saddened by her husband’s death.. don’t know that this is the best way to honor his memory.

Breaking DefenseFixing the machine: Inside the Navy's race to rebuild its...An in-depth discussion with the service's chief of Naval Air Training Command.

Hail! You motherfuckers. Hail! You big cock suckers. Hail! Michigan, the cesspool of the world.

How bout their fans storming the field by defeating WMU from the MAC after needing a do over play? UFB. Embarrassing

I can't tell if users like Negat0ry are authentic people, or trolls / bots / whatever. Assuming they are actual people, espousing actual beliefs, I think they do a good job of illustrating some of the central issues in American discourse today: They hate Donald Trump, and everything about him. Somewhat because of his various policy positions, but mostly because they're buying every piece of anti-Trump propaganda they've been fed. Because they hate Donald Trump with every fiber of their being, they assume that is one of only two positions to have. You either hate Donald Trump with a passion, or you are his fiercest supporter. To people like Negat0ry, there is no possible middle ground. Related, to posters like Negat0ry, Donald Trump is a threat to democracy, and the very survival of this country. And there is no disagreeing with this fact, as far as they are concerned. Again, largely due to the endless propaganda they've been fed. There is certainly no shortage of bots out there on the interwebs with these beliefs. But I've also run into many people in my social circles who are similar. It's astounding. Along with it comes a lot of other traits you'd expect. Victimhood, amongst others.

I found this ironically funny. Isn't that the point of bombing fuel stores and production? War, who knew. Yahoo NewsTrump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel,...U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying the attacks are causing a global shortage. Ukraine has for months bee

This is everything you need to know about him. There are good, well meaning progressives out there, guys. He isn't one of them.

I was tracking with you till this part.. who gets to decide if someone is integrating enough? What’s the standard there? Is the Chinese family who doesn’t speak a word of English running a Michelin starred dim sum restaurant in San Francisco Chinatown integrated enough? Is the Hasidic Jewish community integrated enough? The Amish? Or does this standard only apply to very liberal leaning portions of the upper midwestern muslim community

I think he’s crazy to talk to the media - this is break even at best. But, it’s his life. Good luck!

I mean, as a OK State grad, fuck OU lol My Pokes got it done against the Ducks today.

Negatory As Brabus and Lloyd said we don’t owe you an argument. Most on here who claim to be, or lean conservative sound like they aren’t too happy with either party. I’d love to go back to a much much smaller government but neither party is willing to move in that direction at all. I don’t believe the government’s role is to do everything for us (food stamps, welfare, schooling, jobs, hold our hand, etc). But, I also don’t want to go back to 1600-1700s and prior where the majority of people around the world lived in abject poverty and were days away from dying all the time. We are better off than we’ve ever been (certainly in the West anyway) and yet we still demand more from those who are willing to work and less from those who aren’t. Here’s a start, off top of my head, to your desired knowledge on my beliefs for rules/policies/guides. 1 A turn back to more personal responsibility and obligation and away from the selfish “you owe me” thinking would be a good first move. 2 A concerted effort to completely squash all identity bs across the board. Encourage normalcy and don’t champion fringe identities (e.g. trannies, pedos, drugs, anti-social behavior). Protect individual rights, but don’t encourage (overtly or covertly) behavior that is antithetical to human flourishing and traditional family formation. 3 Strong law and order culture (from the top down to man on the street). But also hold police and authority figures to the same standards. Full weight of law against those who abuse their power (no cya for authority figures). 4 End all immigration (incredibly rare one-offs if absolutely necessary) for 10 years minimum. Deport all illegals and fine (confiscate all wealth) from those who don’t self deport. Root out those who are here legally but aren’t integrating (looking at you MN, MI, maybe others) and denaturalize and boot them out (tough to identify all, but the most obvious is criminals). Offer guidance and assist local communities with integration. Information only (not a bunch of funding for more bureaucratic bs programs). 5 End all government assistance to those who apply to immigrate. Make them prove self sufficiency like most other countries require. 6 End birthright citizenship except for current legal citizens. Just because you snuck in, or are even legally visiting our nation, doesn’t make your kids citizens. No dual citizenship ever. 7 Stop all foreign aid to countries who’s governments don’t align with traditional American values (rights, policies, etc). We might still have trade relationships with all nations (with some stipulations as necessary) but no foreign aid. 8 Roll out Dodge 2.0 on steroids and actually follow through with gutting most federal programs. Make every department justify every dime they spend, including funding required to justify their budget. It’s astounding the amount of waste in our 7 to 8 fricken trillion dollar (and still increasing every year) budget. That’s a start. Poke holes all you want.

I’d love to have a better alternative. The democrats aren’t coming through with one that’s for sure

Of all teams to be throwing shade...FSU trying to troll UF....the irony is thick. Of course a Miami fan had to jump in as well. What a great time of the year.

It would be awesome if guys on here wanted to talk about where they stand on specific issues and why, but that would then require people to actually share their values/take a stand on what they believe.

Average B.O. commentary:

I agree with you—we should end all forms of welfare.

Did anyone else here wish the SEC followed thru and vote LSU out of the conference? And then see LSU shop themselves around and no other conference take em in? I get that dudes got shorted on eligibility, but once you sign a pro contract, your a pro. No going back.

Can't we take all those MS13, and all the other cartel types rounded up in the Great Illegal Roundup, send em to China to set up shop dealing chiner-made fent to the locals? Just sippin beers, thinking up ways to mess with china.

Don’t hold your breath, this S Show has been going on since 1979 - although the left is trained to call it “Trump’s war”.

It was a good article. What stood out to me is the tone suggests the Navy is somehow more serious in their approach to their training problem than the USAF is. Of course that could just by my cynical view of the Air Force at this point. With that said, it always struck me that "primary" in the Navy was lower quality than SUPT, insofar as the execution seemed very lackadaisical in their timeline execution. There was surprisingly informal nature to their training program where the timeline was just this open-ended "we'll get you there, eventually." Not surprising that they now find themselves with a production problem, that is similar - at least in nature - to ours. The one part that's always missing from these service-centric pieces, though, is the discussion over compensation. There are plenty of articles that cover the difference in airline pay vs military service, but the DOD never seems to want to tackle that part head on. It's even worse when you look at how much aviation-related bonuses and 'pays' have been inflated away over the years. That part is never talked about or acknowledged.

It wasn't. Spartan fans claim there is another clock which had 0:00.00.00.00.01 seconds on it or something insane like that; but we all know it's the booking services that couldn't let Western Michigan win. I can't stand Michigan fans and all their "Hail to the Victors!" bullshit. Fucking annoying! I hope they get their clocks cleaned during the season! It will be one of the rare times I root for Oklahoma or Ohio State, but I think most of the nation hates Michigan now because of this idiocy!

Concur. From the article: McCoy also drew a firm line on culture. He does not want to outsource large parts of the training enterprise. Naval aviation is not a generic air force, and flying from ships imposes requirements a contracted model does not capture on its own. That’s leadership, they are using contractors for some of their training but the majority remains in house, for now we are too but I fear we will be mostly contractor eventually. I’ve thrown out a lot of ideas on this thread but opening a 4th regular UPT base (Sheppard is its own thing), primarily manned by the ARC and primarily for ARC bound graduates with their own syllabus and iron will alleviate the pressure. Give the state and wing that takes this mission confidence the rug won’t be pulled out from under them by making sending ARC bound students there as the normal paradigm. Steady business, steady program support from the Bobs. Keep it reasonable, PC-21 and KA-90 training aircraft, 150 hour syllabus.

That was a good read, thanks for sharing.

And, my LGS just announced they are selling suppressors to GOA members with only a 4473, no Form 4!! I am going to pull the pulled the trigger on a YHM Turbo K-RB and maybe one for my .22s next week sometime next month (remember I also bought a 92FS last week!). Gotta strike while the iron is hot!! Turbo K NOW with REDUCED BLOWBACK! - YHM.mp4

Creech for the FTU and ops afaik

Well, after years of wanting one, I finally found an Italian-made Beretta 92FS at a decent price! Full disclosure, I was never really a fan of this pistol when I had to carry it on active duty. I always found the grip to be too large, and preferred the Glock (and later XD) or a 1911 over it. It wasn't until I got a Walther P1 a year or so ago, and a bud of mine was showing me the 92FS he was carrying a few weeks ago, that I got the bug to grab one. I wanted an Italian one over a US made version, and a FS over a F. A coworker mentioned having one, and I told them to let me know if they felt like selling it. They offered it at a good price ($500) and as it looks like it had a very low round count, there was no way I could pass on it. I am searching for a third mag (again, prefer an Italian-made one) as my shoulder holster from Sarajevo holds two extra mags. I may have a lead on one; but if anyone has an extra they're willing to part with let me know. I also have to admit handling it does bring back some fond memories. The manual of arms is still intuitive despite it being over two decades since I shot one. Some things you just don't forget!

Let me know if nobody wants to see CSO drops here and I’ll go back to the no man’s land of the CSO threads… UCT 26-15 F-15E x 3 B-52 x 3 OA-1K x 2 (1 guard, 1 AD) RC-135 x 3 EA-37B x 1 RQ-170 x 1 AC-130 x 2 MC-130 x 1 HC-130 x 1

KDLF 26-15AF T-38 ADAIR F-35 x 2 (1 TBD, 1 Mass ANG) F-16 TBD x 2 F-15J JASDF F-5E Tunisia

A Master's in Engineering makes you more competitive at the board, but it is not a requirement. A letter of recommendation from a TPS graduate (or 2) probably has more weight for pilots quite honestly. Plus you get a Master's of Science in Flight Test Engineering for going through the course. The only thing a Master's in Engineering opens up for you is if you want to get selected for the TPS PhD program after TPS. In my class about 1/2 of the pilots had an Engineering Masters, 1/3 had non-Engineering Master's degrees (ERAU, MBA, etc.), and some had no Master's degree prior to TPS. Plus there is an AFIT TPS option. Take the GRE and get a Letter of Academic Eligibility from AFIT for their Aero or Electrical Engineering Masters program then apply for TPS with the AFIT box checked on the application. As far as how to get a letter of recommendation from a TPS grad. Find out who the TPS grads are that are working DT on your airframe, get in touch with them, and convince them you are they guy or gal they want to work with. Figuring out a permissive TDY out to Edwards or just straight up taking leave to go there on your own to check it out sends a pretty strong message. Plus you will realize where you are signing up to live for possibly the bulk of your active duty career going forward. The flight line is like an airshow everyday especially when TPS has qual eval aircraft in town, but it is a very remote place to live for people that like urban amenities...like a drive through Starbucks, fully stocked liquor store, or gym that isn't as old (or older) than all the bombers on the flight line. If you want to do an online MS go for it. It certainly won't hurt you. One of my classmates did the CSU program that was mentioned, and I know at least 3 TPS grads that did the MS Program from the University of Alabama. https://catalog.ua.edu/graduate/engineering/aerospace-mechanics/ms/