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I would say overcome by events at this point. With respect to the deceased and his kind, I will defer to the sentiment to the so eloquently expressed by the band Dope (though they most certainly were not the first to have uttered the phrase): Die motherfucker, die motherfucker, die...

Checks.

Laughed my ass off at that bit... Fuck "Soulja Boy"... He's a squirt of syphilitic dog jizz. I hope his career goes in the toilet and he has to make a living working a festering cum encrusted glory hole in the nastiest truck stop bathroom in South Louisiana.

Booooyaaa! What does that do, does that blow your mind? That just happened! Booya! You could say that 10,000 times, and it still wouldn't be enough. It fires me up, man.

Really? So if you haven't flown an NDB in a few months and you're about to get evaluated on one, you don't think it's good technique to brush up on it? What about deployments, where there are events that you simply can't get? You should just jump right into an evaluation the day you get back from CTO, right? Skills are perishable, particularly for the new guys.

Well said, and I thought it was becuase I wasn't wearing my uniform correctly...

I see, halo effect. How does that work out for you if you don't stay in the same community the rest of your career? It doesn't. The real bottom line is, do well (work hard) at whatever your job is wherever you go. There's not a damn thing you can do about the politics and the ass kissers.

Just install static wicks...problem solved...

There it is. I can't believe it took almost a page for someone to express the hard truth. 1. You are a student, you WILL fuck up. 2. When you are a CO/wingman you WILL fuck up. 3. Your job is to learn when 1 and 2 happen. 4. Grow some thick skin and learn to laugh at yourself. 5. Don't waive your tool around in public. All of the above are from personal experience (except the wingman part).

I think it's the O-6s and above and E-9s. I don’t think most that do 20 and get out have much of a say in the BS creation department. One plus for me on this whole thing is that it has made me reexamine my reasons for sticking around and whether/how long I would stick it out if the magic number of 20 lost its meaning. The fact of the matter is that there is nothing I wanted to do more than serve and I still can't think of anything I could do with my life that would give me more satisfaction. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm still having fun on the whole (STS) in spite of a lot of the bullshit. Maybe it has something to do with my multiple (including a fairly recent) career changes within the military. To be completely honest I am fed up with a lot of the bullshit. I’m so fed up that it makes me tired to even think about it. I do my share of the office work, but I don't focus on that (for now). As some have already said on here, I get off on being able to show up to work in the bag, step out to the plane and be one of the elite (relatively speaking). I dig that while most civilians are heading home from work, I'm headed in, and while they're getting ready for bed or already racked out I'm shooting AMP4 approaches. I’ve also tried to posture myself to do what I thought I would enjoy. I never went after a job or duty because I thought it would be good for my career. So, yeah, I'm about to head out on my 8th deployment in a little over 12 years, the queep is getting worse, I'm tired of saying goodbye to the wife, I'm tired of them changing the rules on me. In the other column is the fun side of the job and the afore mentioned job satisfaction. What's my point? I guess I get to put my money where my mouth is (was), but turns out it wasn't all about the retirement. And no, I'm NOT trying to tell anyone else they should stick around. It works me. Fuckem if they can't take a joke.

I get the "Activity Logged" message when I click on it.

The real reason is that it pissed off the shoes that we were different. It feeds their inferiority complex. What sucks is that the supposed flyers in charge let them get away with it. At least when you close the hatch you're still in a shoe free environment (for the most part)... There, I can push up my sleeves, wear whatever-the-fuck kind of sunglasses I want... Hell, I can even wear my favorite hat and those fuckers can't do a goddamn thing about it...at least for the duration of that sortie. That ball-cap has seen more combat sorties than these douche canoes ever will...

You can get on the forums at work?!

I thought that was a MiG 28...

Service Academy Cadets are basically on AD. As for not being able to drink while traveling, that must be a new one... Well, newer... You could do it 12 years ago is what I'm saying...

Yeah, but she never complains...

Just to add to the clarification (because I got this question when discussing the matter with some of my squadronmates), you potentially meet up to 4 O-5 boards. 2 Below, BTZ, IPZ and APZ. When you talk about being passed over twice, you're talking about IPZ and APZ. Also, for those who are not aware, you can generally expect to meet your 2 below board around 2 years after pinning on (depending on when you pin). It came a lot quicker than I expected...

You know, my Dad was the first person to tell me rank among LTs is like virtue among whores. Where/when did HE pick it up? In the late '60s as a 1Lt/Capt in the Army in Vietnam. This shit was around before that O-6 was in dipers.

Yeah, it was just speeding. I'll try giving them a call and see if it helps.

I'm a resident but will heading down range pretty shortly... Oh, and I already fucking googled it. Read the FL statutes, read random comments from random people, read bad and good advice. Got on the relevant FL websites. I know what’s possible, but I’m looking for personal experiences from our community.

Thread revival from hell: Anyone know what the penalty in FL is for ~30 over the speed limit? There was an extenuating circumstance: I was driving along minding my own business when a redneck in a 90s blazer came along side me (on a 2 lane road, mind you), and started yelling and trying to run me off the road. Though I was armed, I decided it was better to avoid the confrontation and accelerated away. About the time I let off the throttle a cop appeared heading the other direction. I actually flagged him down (he didn't put his lights on), pulled over (as did the redneck) and told him the story. His response was to give me and the redneck a ticket and let me leave first. Assuming the court may not give a shit about the situation, does anyone have any experience with a ticket for this kind of speed (58 in a 25...not a construction or school zone)?

I've heard a similar statistic, though never seen concrete support. The key idea, I think, is that there's a point where a pilot starts to become comfortable and complacent but is not quite as skilled/proficient as he thinks he is. As for the IPs/EPs, correlation doesn't imply causation, but again complacency/over confidence is probably a factor.

I saw a MiG 28 do a negative G pushover...range was about 2 meters...

See, that's the deal. If they're more radical Muslims aren't they already predisposed to get into the fight against us. Make no mistake, UBL was not their prophet or anything that should be put on the same level as their (all Muslims) holy book. Those who would be offended by pix of his death probably already don't like us. So, I definitely lean the other direction on the issue, but "the boss" didn't call me to ask my opinion, so I suppose that's a moot point.

I suppose the question is: would the photos inflame folks that would otherwise not take up arms against us? As for those that already wish us harm, I would think if they COULD do more to harm us they WOULD regardless of whether we published the photos or not. I have my doubts about the former. The latter I'm pretty confident about. Edit: Punctuation