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I think we identified an AGR who DOGE might consider less than essential. That’s an awful lot of posting here during the duty day. Get back to faking work nsplayer. Elon is coming for your ass.

Don’t try to get up Banzai

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Cleaning house is never fun. You seriously wondering why Trump brought in outside help?? I know you’re not that dumb, but just in case, I’ll let you in on a secret…The elected Republicans are in on it too!! Holy shit that must’ve blown your mind. I’m certain that there were plenty of (R) elected officials getting their pockets lined by USAID funding for writing gay love ballads for Amazonian beetles or something equally ridiculous. And yet you sit there aghast that these people aren’t being used to treat their own illness? I realize the government sits up higher on the pedestal for a liberal and our view of necessary spending varies dramatically. But you cannot tell me you believe the fed has their checkbook in order. If Biden or any other (D) said they were cutting wasteful gov spending and then actually started doing it, I guarantee you I would applaud them, so quit accusing me of the otherwise. And you also seem to have a problem with young people looking at numbers. Would you prefer some sharp minds like McConnell, Pelosi, and Watters get to the bottom of this wasteful spending? I don’t give a fuck if it’s a roomful of Kindergarteners, if they handed the president the USAID budget and said “get rid of it,” more power to them. I promise the US government will not be “kneecapped” without the hardworking folks in USAID.

Excellent catch!!

So nsplayer’s political moratorium ended with the Biden administration? Guess I can’t blame the guy. I think we’re all trying to pretend it was just a bad dream.

You have great scores, you have a bunch of flt time. All good things. You might want to re-think the Lt in UPT letter of rec, however. Unless he’s going back to the squadron you’re applying to, that’s kind of like asking an 8th grader to write you a letter of recommendation for grad school. Also, just to be clear: National Guard = Army Air National Guard = Air Force The USAF Reserves do have unsponsored UPT slots sometimes. Highly doubtful a fighter unit would be so short manned they’d need to go into the open market looking for a free agent, but a possibility perhaps. As far as indoc goes, if you’re picked up by a fighter unit, you’ll be on orders for 5+ years and expected to be in the squadron working even more than your AD counterparts do. So consider that when making your PhD plans and not wanting to be active duty for 10 yrs. Reserve applications are generally like the Air Guard. Go find a unit and apply, if hired, you can stay there until you retire. Good luck

Unbelievably sad. We had the greatest flight school the world has ever seen…. “Let’s fuck it all up!!!”

Not vain at all and a valid concern. Dude shows up for his first airline interview and tries using the military hr conversion factor and the airline is like “wait, you went to Embry Riddle just like that civilian guy over there. We only give mil credit to Navy and Army trained guys now.”

Emphasis on the “Rudder” of the stick and rudder skills. It does teach you a lot. I got my endorsement after a few hrs, but it took some time to feel comfortable with a cross wind landing. Hell, at this point I’d hope the AF sends these poor kids to hot air balloon school just to get them some more hours in the air.

Agreed! I was hoping the playoffs would’ve had a few more games like this one! I gotta hand it to ND, they’ve been tough. Texas is in trouble tonight, I think.

I’ll second what Brabus said while adding that assuming you got a DUI, or something similar that lead to HIMS, is also going to require a waiver to get you into OTS. This can be very time consuming as well. Coupled with your age, you have some serious hurdles. I’m not telling you to give up, but figured you wanted to hear some truth. My buds in ANG heavy squadrons love to hire their enlisted aviators. At your age I’d normally agree that enlisting might not be the best idea, but if you are needing a moral waiver, enlisting may be your only choice, as I highly doubt any unit is hurting so badly for pilots, they’ll go get a moral waiver and then possibly an age waiver for a stranger.

I hear ya, Man. It’s fun to argue this meaningless shit with friends. And had a single 1st round game been an upset, or hell I would’ve settled for even a close game, it all would be moot and we’d be talking about how great the new playoff system is. I’m sure next week, BSU and ASU will suffer similar fates and we’ll be down to quasi familiar 4 teams vying for another title. The only truly unknown is how this new NFL without a salary cap evolution of college football fucks up everything we loved about college football.

I’m tracking what you’re saying and perhaps there’s validity to your argument in years past, but this year I’m not buying it. Ohio State kicked the shit out of TN, but what you said about OSU’s win easily applies to ND’s win over IU as well. I don’t envy the selection committee’s job at all, but given the conditions that were put in place for selecting teams, I think they did the right thing. Sadly, the games were all very one sided and quite predictable. My question to you is, who should have gotten in instead of TN? Who did the “SEC bias” leave out? Certainly the Big 10 was well represented. The ACC clearly can’t compete. Are you suggesting the Big 12, AAC, MWC, or the Sun Belt would’ve faired better against PSU, ND, TX, OSU?