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Completely unsupportable...that would push a huge bill to present day and the actuaries would probably consider it a bad bet. I saw a VERY interesting statistic a few years ago about the average life expectancy of retired enlisted folks who smoke...As I recall retired enlisted members who smoked had on average only collected 12 years of pension before they died. While military folks tend to be more healthy in their youth, they use tobacco at a rate twice that of the general population and tend to die at a much higher rate. Another factor is the military health care system and the fact that patients and doctors are reassigned frequently and continuity of care can suffer compared to what other groups experience. Another study found that those who retire from active duty die much sooner than those who served as reservists...In particular the death rate for active duty enlisted retirees is 20 to 25 percent higher than for reserve enlisted retirees. I guess I should have gone guard.

Is Military Cadet Suing Patti LaBelle the Victim of Celebrity Power Trip? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTMxFdbbysU

Story here "Mumbai attack plotter David Coleman Headley told a federal court in Chicago this week that al-Qaida commander Ilyas Kashmiri directed him to dig up info on the CEO of Lockheed Martin for an assassination plot."

Pentagon: Cyber Attacks Can Count as Act of War

You just did.

Inactivist Party VI. Make Your Voice Heard Marching is for filthy hippies, writing your representatives is for toadies, and volunteerism is for college students seeking political-science credits. The only correct action is to complain about whatever bothers you, insistently and repeatedly, on internet message boards. And, as a member of the Inactivist Party, there is one main issue that you should focus on above all others: How society is filled with a bunch of whiners who never shut up.

"2" Us old farts make fun of the "Me Generation", but these kids are just as dedicated as we are. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsP_wakRF6U

Man Turns to 'Human Balloon' After Falling on Air Hose ...as a compressed air hose pierced his buttock, forcing air into his body at 100 pounds a square inch.

Back to the topic, somewhat surprised the boss has not said a word since his initial e-mail...

I am so out of touch....back to my Bacardi.

How about hundreds of times...

Big airplanes will often do transition work (Pilot Proficiency), at the end of a Tac sortie to get "counters" for the AC/CP/Nav. In the gunship the Tac crew usually wanted us to land and download them rather than sit through an hour of ILS/LOC/TAC/ASR approaches. It takes 15 minutes or more to land, taxi back, open, download, close, taxi back, and takeoff so many pilots just keep the tac crew on board...at that point the grump Tac crew calls it "Hostage Pro". My personal rule was if it was going to be less than an hour or we were doing Tac approaches, they stayed.

It is stealthy so we can't talk about it here...first rule of fight club.

Ummm why don't you shoot her instead of the deer.

Got any pictures of the "old lady" at the beach?

"Hostage Pro" with the boss on board...large stones...

Loud cell-phone talker removed from quiet car by police said she felt "disrespected" by the entire incident. Salem police reported she had been on the phone non-stop since the train pulled out of Oakland, Calif. 16 hours earlier

I bet the pilot forgot to put his reflective belt on before starting the approach. Abort

Huh...EVERYONE of my friends who have retired in the past two years has taken 60+ days of terminal.

Air Force’s New Target: Mojave Ground Squirrel

Crashed again this morning, faster reset this time.

Gotta love Communist News Network...I can only imagine the stories MSNBC is running.

Soldiers mistakenly kill themselves in Pakistan "Miltants fired on the convoy with machine guns and a soldier responded by firing a mortar. Somehow the mortar landed among the soldiers, killing them, Khan said."

Trying...