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Rocker I like it, very old school! That's actually a good suggestion, look at that UPT patches web site and replicate (not copy) their style. Homer Simpson, Hooters, etc have all been done to death. Start a trend of 70's era patches! Sorry, that's just the MD 20-20 talking! Cheers! M2

For those who are wondering who Doc is and why there is all that animosity towards him, don't worry about it. Consider yourself lucky for never having experienced live under Doc, and as he has since retired from the USAF, you won't ever have to worry about it. For the rest of us who know/lived under Doc's reign (Linda, C-21, Hacker, etc), we should really find a common watering hole to meet up at one day and drink and tell jokes about that jackass. All I have to say is that it is now safe again to put Ramstein on your dream sheets again. That's great news, as it was the best damn assignment I had during my career! It was a shame that it went through its "Dark Ages," but enlightenment has returned to Germany's über-base and once again life can be good! Cheers! M2

309 AS at Chievres, eh? It will be a bit of a culture shock coming from Ramstein, but it is a good unit and his new boss will be a hell of a lot easier to get along with than Doc! Thanks for the last laugh on Foglenuts, I hope he quickly fades into obscurity. Have they stopped showing his AFN commercials? God, I hope so! I still cannot believe that assclown got as far as he didn in the USAF. I still think the rumors that his wife is related to Rumsfeld have to be true, 'cause I hate to think that the USAF promotion system is that screwed up! My only regret is that I wasn't there to see that assbag leave. Still, the knowledge that he is gone adds sunshine to my day! Cheers! M2

I doubt you can recoup any of your investment in less than a year on the sale of a house. Maybe if you we willing to keep it as an investment/rental property, but if the market is anything like San Antonio, the prices of new houses is not that much greater than what used ones are asking. As such, with all the new construction going on here in San Antonio, the used housing market is pretty swamped as a lot of people are pulling a 'George Jefferson.' I made a profit off a house in San Antonio after owning it less than three years, but that was the exception and not the rule. Usually it takes five years or greater to make any real money off property. By the way, here are the monthly temperature averages for Phoenix... Cheers! M2

My alma mater hard at work! If they could get my rat brain to work, why not this?? Cheers! M2

AG God bless ya! I am sure if it were up to Doc, he would have diverted you to Rhine-Main! Have a safe trip home! Cheers! M2

"Josie E. Harshe"? "Anita T. Mack?" "Sigrid"? "CiCi"? Almost sounds like TDY nametags... Cheers! M2 [ 06. December 2005, 22:03: Message edited by: MajorMadMax ]

It took a month to alert and mobilize the forces (PA, AFN, AF News, etc)...and I am sure they (PA, AFN, etc) all got several medals for it. Still, it's not as exciting as the "all-female" crew pics, such as the first all-female combat crew aboard a C-130 in Iraq (below), is it? Cheers! M2

As an ignorant cadet, you don't have to worry about Fogelnuts as he will fade into obscurity with retirement...what you have to worry about is all the Fogelnuts-wannabes who see him as the example on how to make four stars! He leaves a legacy of pure ineptness, I am sure many will try and mimic it! Good luck, and God help and guide you through your career! Cheers! M2

"Gimme Three Steps"... How 'bout I shove that cowboy hat up your ass?? Cheers! M2

Another caption contest candidate... Cheers! M2

Just one more pic of "The Man"... Caption contest, anyone?? Cheers! M2

Oddly enough, it was mentioned at lunch today and there was much rejoice! And we are several thousand miles away from that asshole! The scarest part is he will soon be much closer, but the good thing is that wimps like him get their asses kicked here in Texas. Barbedwire wreaths...what a ****ing moron! Cheers! M2

This web site is a few years old, but it was done by a couple of dudes in London who would dress up as chauffeurs and gave carefully-arranged unpronounceable “foreign” names to the info desk after flights arrived from the Middle East. They then recorded the results being read over the airport loudspeakers. Pretty hilarious... The web site has sound files to hear the recordings... Cheers! M2

I've got a MotherLoad in black... I think I paid about $125 for it at the BX, MSRP off Camelbak's web site is $169. The sucker is huge and carries a lot of crap, and it is a very comfortable backpack when it has to be worn for extended periods of time. It can haul "over 2100 cu. in. (35 liters) of gear and 100 ounces (3 liters) of water" according to their web site. However, I have been looking at a BFM, due to its addition 7 liters of carrying capacity (2600 cu in) and additional outside pockets. I have to carry a lot of "stuff" (I usually carry an extra bag as well) and the BFM might hold it all. The BX also sells them for around $150, whereas CamelBak lists them for $199. In case anyone hasn't clued in yet, buy them at the BX! AAFES on-line does not carry them, you get redirected to Brigade Quartermasters, who have the ML but not the BFM. They also list a "military price" which is cheaper than retail, but you must access their web site through CentricMall to get it. I really like the design and capabilities of the ML and BFM. They are well-built packs and will probably outlast me. The one thing I don't like is the ML tends not to stand up on its own when set down, it carries a lot of weight midway up the pack or higher, so the COG causes it to fall over. That only sucks as it gets set down in some dirty places, and then the whole pack is covered in crap. But the only way I can figure out to fix that would be some sort of internal frame, which would only add weight and reduce carrying capacity; so I just live with it, it is really a minor issue. But I gotta admit, bags fall into the Cool Gadgets category of things I am always on the hunt for! Cheers! M2

USAA. Period. Cheers! M2

Beats living in the present sometimes, plus I sure as hell revived this thread, didn't I? Cheers! M2

More cowbell Cheers! M2

chief Haven't been to Belgium lately, have you? I remember when I first got there in 2002, I was sitting at a stoplight in Brussels on my motorcycle and watched a huge passenger plane fly overhead from Zaventem (the Brussels international airport). I was thinking about how easy it would be to crash an airliner into the heart of the "European Capital," but then I looked arounda at all the people on the sidewalks and they were all of Middle East origin and most likely Muslim. As we all recently saw, France is having a big problems with Muslim youth with the recent riots, and I can tell you from firsthand experience that they are a large minority there, mostly from the Middle East and North Africa. Honestly, I was surpised it hasn't happened earlier. It may have, and we haven't heard about it or it was never figured out. Cheers! M2

As requested... Actually, Burns looks human in comparison with Dic...errr..."Doc" Cheers! M2 [ 25. November 2005, 16:48: Message edited by: MajorMadMax ]

Gee, I kinda miss Doc! :rolleyes: At least with every bullet so far! Seriously, I would love to go to his retirement ceremony, just to see that SOB go! I have just had to endure too many AFN commercials and other BS, and I wasn't even assigned to USAFE! At least BB, the other clown prince of the European theater, was a pretty good guy in real. He read a book to my son's second grade class and they had a lot of fun. Fogelnuts, on the other hand, is a complete and utter asshole through and through, and the fact that the zero hours of combat assclown ever made it past major (much less to GO rank) typifies what is completely wrong about the USAF today. To think that SOB actually thought he should have been the CSAF, was a ****ing moron! God help the folks of West Virginia, but as least I don't have to see his wrinkly on AFN anymore, nor his Jabba the Hutt wife! I have never seen such a huge fraud, waste and abuse go unchecked as that asshole wasting the time and dollars to put his ugly mug on TV. Did I mention I don't like the guy?!? :D Cheers! M2

Doc! M2

A lot of Central European (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, etc) women are good looking when they are young... The problem is very few of them stay that way once they start to age... Cheers! M2 [ 23. November 2005, 16:11: Message edited by: MajorMadMax ]

A blast from a few years ago...loads of wisdom throughout...and as we all have to do at least one staff job some day, my advice to you is "Learn it. Know it. Live it." (I'm the full hot orator!) Enjoy! M2

OK, so it's been a while, and I am not going to blast anyone for not using the search function; but we did have this discussion a while back...still, it is a good topic to revive every now and then! Right now I am reading From USAF Blue to Corporate Gray, out of necessity... Cheers! M2