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It never ceases to amaze me how much money the RAND corp has made producing toilet paper for the govt. Not necessarily saying their analysis is bad, but leadership does nothing beyond take their reports and wipe their asses with it. I mean if you’re going to consistently ignore their findings and recs, then why even hire them in the first place?

Holy shit. That is an epic leadership failure at multiple levels. I hope he’s at a major, or about to be.

I also like that he’s in his 30s with a family. Even if we’re in different circles of society, or don’t completely agree on everything, I would love to see someone who actually is living in the stage of life with kids at home. I’m sick of some 75+ yr old who is so out of touch with the American family (regardless of which party) but acts like they know what you need.

That’s so irrelevant right now (the argument robots are taking all the pilot jobs). I was one of the “last” manned fighter pilots in 2009, reality is the last manned fighter pilot hasn’t been born.

I’m actually glad trump isn’t going to the debate, now I can actually watch it to help inform my opinion of the primary candidates. But of course in dbag fashion he’s going on tucker at the same time, which also makes tucker complicit in the dbaggery. I really hope people see through that bullshit and watch the debate - you can always watch Tucker’s trump interview later…don’t give trump the satisfaction of a winning a ratings war.

https://x.com/tuckercarlson/status/1692282708397863374?s=57&t=kJzkkF_dxqcTfdJgf3sbLQ Really good discussion from Vivek. Even if you hate Tucker, this is worth your time. He actually talks very little (surprising, I know) - it’s mostly Vivek talking. It’s time we have an election that isn’t Trump v Biden (or similar old, rich white dudes).

36-2903 MAJCOM sup. Only for reference when trying to beat the man at his own game.

Spirit airlines on his bio, well by God that man needs to be a COCOM immediately!

W was the last one who actually had any concept of what it’s like. The last 3 are completely clueless.

Got my 2nd suppressor today - 6 months. A lot better than the first one that took 13 months!

One of the best days of my life would be if SCOTUS shut down the NFA - one of the single dumbest (and unconstitutional) pieces of legislation ever made.

I prefer Tally Ho

I’ve told 3/4 stars a few times a COA was bad, why it was bad, and what COA should be executed and why. I’m about 50/50 success rate. The one thing I did note across all of those interactions is the GO was genuinely interested in my thoughts and appreciated my effort whether they went my direction or not. The O-6 level was pissed I would dare to speak. It made me realize how much good things are filtered away from GOs at the O-6 level and replaced with yes man bullshit.

And that’s exactly why you should be the new ATF director! You’d be the Ron swanson at the federal level

Completely valid!

What a giant douche and shitty CC. This clown has no idea what he’s doing, probably been that way his entire useless career. I’ll be drinking at work and wearing a colored morale shirt just for him.

Guard has a $30k/1 yr option, which is awesome.

@ClearedHot I wish I could meet your dad over a bottle of scotch…bet he has some badass stories!

I remember wearing blues one Monday when it first started because “they” took a hard stand on not on schedule = blues. Walked into squadron to immediately be told by the DO I was flying because another guy was sick. Too bad my flightsuit was at home. We took off about 45 min late and the policy changed that day - no more pilots wore blues at our base. It was a great “we told you so” moment to upper management (disclaimer: this was in my AD days, but that should probably go without saying).

Last time I wore blues was for the O-5 interview, still had Capt rank on them from SOS, and my shoe soles literally disintegrated as I walked out the door. Electrical taped them together and pressed - I don’t think anyone noticed!

I think I’ve worn service dress twice outside of SOS, and maybe a couple times there…in my entire career post UPT. And now AD is doing open ranks inspections, WTF is going on here!

I bet every single one of them thought they’d be in some European posting out of movie, but instead they all get assigned a complete shithole surrounded by a bunch of dudes. Suckers!

Have to hand it to the three letters, they do hire some exceptional talent.

The old adage of don’t put yourself in a position that requires superior flying skills to get out of applies - I’m confident leadership will fuck it away and put the bros in a square corner, but I'm also confident the bros will excel and make it happen in spite of the asshatery that got them in a shitty starting position.

Totally worth it!