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Ugh, the good General clearly said his advice was for a dude he thought wanted to compete for O-6. I think at that level an AAD is actually a good idea, obviously the box-check type degrees are dumb as shit and we can probably re-work the PME system to provide better education and a better built in AAD. He pointed out that Maul's leadership gave him shitty gouge and were being the very assholes we hate for pimping the AAD when Maul didn't need it just yet(at least for the reasons they were providing) but that in the end him grunting through that worthless degree he is actually better setup for promotion. All that crap said, I think most of us are cranky about the AAD requirement not because we want to be O-6 or higher, it's because we want to serve out to 20 and the only way to ensure that is to make O-5 or roll the dice with continuation. This all comes back to how much room is there in the AF for terminal Majs and LtCols that still fly? In the end, let's stop being so damn emotional about this, is the current system perfect? Not in a million years, so now that we have some actual senior dudes hanging out (gonna press the I believe button) why not offer up a better way of doing things that still builds future senior leaders without useless box checking? Example: I've heard that due to funding only selects can expect to go to school for the near term, and only school grads can expect a staff. This is stupid and a waste of resources. School selects should not do correspondence and the resident program should be a blend of current program plus SAAS, following that dudes should do a fellowship type program and pop out the other end as the super brainiac thinkers. Non-selects do correspondence, then go to staff and come out the other end as the process dudes. In the end you have the fast burners that are the big idea guys, and the not so fast burners are the process guys who can make those ideas into reality. Probably full of flaws, but it isn't bitching.

Hopefully this is the first step in getting the government out of the marriage buisness. As Helodude has said before, the fed should care about contract law and that's it, marriage is a religious matter and the fed shouldn't give two shits.

I agree, my point was that the lack of media attention on male victims isn't about a political agenda, it's because it wouldn't sell, it isn't outrageous enough.

Doubt it, the same reason a dude wouldn't want to report it ("I wasn't strong enough to stop it") is why it wouldn't play well in the media. Men getting raped in the American mind is associated with prison "bitches." Counter to that women getting raped plays into the inability of men to protect our women. The lack of media attention has more to do with ratings and attention than any political agenda in my estimation. I tend to think the media is less of a political mastermind and more of an attention whore.

Pretty sure he was thinking along the same lines as Noonin, who is getting as much support as they would like or need in this day and age? I mean acquisition buffoonery aside, they are actively trying to buy us a new helicopter. Money is short and will be for the foreseeable future, how do we make sure rescue capability doesn't atrophy like it did post Vietnam? This isn't about airframes, it's about the mission.

To the first: They do, as long as SOCOM is willing to let them sit alert/get re-tasked. There are plans currently in existence that have SOCOM assets sitting alert to support PR, but they are only willing to do that because there is no SOCOM mission otherwise. To the second: Just because the capabilities to support one mission very closely resemble another doesn't mean that's the best fit. A lot of this question really comes down to whether SOCOM wants to truly take ownership of the CSAR portion of the PR umbrella, and SOCOM & AFSOC makes a serious effort to improve their CAF integration capabilities and TTPs.

The dude has issues got it, let's not drag this board down with the crazy, ignore him and let it go.

It's not about speed of getting iron, it's about getting more iron and more money. It would be one thing if AFSOC & SOCOM were saying they'll take the rescue mission and make it a core mission set and actually support it, but I doubt it.

They want more CV-22s and MC-130Js. This has nothing to do with CSAR or PR or saving money.

Ah, gotcha. I stand corrected

My only point was if he planned a XX degree angle of bank, he should have also had a required airspeed to meet prior to starting that turn. If that had been done, there never would have been a stall to recover from or at least figured out how much airspeed bleed would be required to maintain that AOB below the sustainable airspeed.

All of that and the dude was still able to over perform the aircraft and HAL didn't save the day? Seems to me knowing before hand would have been better.

It's as simple as, prior to executing a planned 60* AOB turn I must achieve XXX airspeed. If you're slow, you don't turn end of story.

Thought so. In case you're serious or for those that don't know, a chart that details sustainable angle of bank, turn rate/radius for a given airspeed along with specific excess energy lines denoting climb or descent rates when under or over performing the aircraft. It's the end result of Boyd's energy maneuverability studies.

Not to shit on his remembrance, but my understanding is that EM charts do not exist for AMC aircraft, that true?

It seems like an easier(as in software mod only) and more accurate mod would be a self contained GPS/INS approach, while not certified it would at least give you a usable emergency approach mode that could mirror an ILS profile. The HH-60G has the capability to provide ILS like cues in the cockpit based on GPS that can take the aircraft all the way to decision altitude, or the ground if that is what's inputted. It isn't certified as we don't have an FAA certified database or RAIM, but it will work in a pinch.

My first trip to Afghanistan our commander asked us to come up with a list of our risks and prioritize them in order. We ended up with environment as the number one "threat." It was a good exercise in combat ORM.

Bluemax, I got why he was pissed. I was making fun of the way he came across. To be fair your aircraft has some awesome capes and a couple serious warts, like all aircraft. Some are already fixed as I learned last week, and some have proposed fixes years in the future and some are not fixable and require tactics workarounds. Then there's the training issues associated with manning, iron availability, standing up new squadrons, CAF integration, etc.

Unless it's changed in the last year, he'll go straight to Kirtland.

https://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/14/opinion/greene-doolittle-raiders/index.html Hard to believe, but I guess the time has come to open that bottle. They were made of sterner stuff back then.

A toast....

Unfortunate, but true. Same for us, and if the NatGeo dudes don't "luck" into getting to see one, it makes the previous comment standout even more. It's the same, they'll tell us what's going on but we don't listen to everything they're saying. If the patient is on 2, my CRO in lead will relay what's pertinent through his inter-team freq. That's really what's missing from this series. They make it out to be the PJ team making all the calls, when it's actually a much more team environment. Ultimately the flight lead makes the call and is responsible, but I won't question if anyone makes an immediate directive call. We call it taking Tac Lead, and it's discussed at length before we ever launch so everyone is on the same page about when it's appropriate and when it's required so there is no need for a lengthy discussion in flight.

slackline: It's a really bad idea to underestimate your enemy. I think your point is that the north would eventually lose, assuming the Chinese didn't step in to help. I agree, but don't misunderstand how big of a problem they could create in the process of getting defeated. Then the aftermath would be a humanitarian disaster of epic proportions. Vertigo: I think that's giving him too much credit, and it's not a very smart way to go about making that change. If he really wanted that, he'd be better off slowly opening up the country to outside commercial influence. In this case, I think he's trying to consolidate his power. He doesn't really want a war but he has to get the military to support him, else he risks a coup.

From what I saw in my last deployment to Afghanistan in RC east, the Army would pass things to the AF not so much based on "too risky" but rather Dustoff would require an Apache, the Pedros would go without. If Dustoff took that particular alert, they would have to tie down an Apache as well, versus a two ship of armed Pedros could sit the same alert and free up that Apache. In other words it had fuck all to do with Dustoff vs Pedro, but rather keeping Apaches employed vs sitting alert.

Universal background checks.... hmmm totally unenforceable without a registry.... agree That said, if there was a free way that I could verify I'm not selling to a douche bag I'd use it. Would that reduce the amount of guns sold to felons un-knowingly, probably but what's the cost and what's the true number of guns bought this way by criminals? While it may still be unenforceable, would it still be helpful? I bet the NRA would be really on board with a free background check system.