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2006 - sat for 6 months prior to UPT, followed by 13 months until IFF. 19 months of golf and gallons of beer…there’s worse things in life!

That can’t be true, makes zero sense….wait, never mind, par for the course. But seriously, even the math doesn’t add up - how long is a “heavy” FTU + MQT, seems like nearly a year would be burned doing that. The MAF squadron wouldn’t even get one deployment out of the guy before he left for the fighter b course.

This whole thing is the perfect example of the initial horrible-idea-fairly is long gone by the time the disaster outcomes of their shit ideas come to full fruition. And then the current recipients of said shit have to pretend like none of this could have been foreseen. Classic GO level performance.

Had my Fenix for 3 years now, have beat the shit out of it, and it’s still flawless function. Definitely worth it.

New round of Garmin watches and knives - best use of EOY funds I’ve seen.

I think the Blk3 Rhinos basically fit that description. Let’s just concentrate on those and speed up F-35 fixes/new shit 10x. Take NGAD tech and work what you can into F-35/Rhino. Start over for 6th gen with an IOC of 2035 - you’ve got 10+ fucking years acquisitions and industry, make it happen.

That’s what NGAD started as (open architecture, rapid adaptability, etc.) and then the mil industrial complex kicked it into 6th gear and fucked it all up. I don’t blame the AF for taking a pause after seeing some of the more recent costs and demands from industry. Acquisitions and industry - For the love of God, just fucking produce something that is relevant, adaptable, at least realistically affordable (even if still a rip off), and doesn’t take 20 years. Why is this so hard?

@Lawman Good call - now it all makes sense.

SOCOM, including AFSPECWAR, is playing an active and important part in EUCOM and PACOM, it just doesn’t look exactly the same as the last 20+ years in CENTCOM. It’s crazy I know about this as an outsider to AFSOC, but apparently leadership within AFSOC doesn’t know what their own people/immediate joint partners across SOCOM are doing today. How are they that clueless?

What’s not applicable? Special Operations?

@HeloDude Agreed, just like to make them actually articulate their viewpoint, but as expected, it was dodged via a re-direct/non-answer.

Are you arguing business owners have increased their margins at the expense of employee pay, and that’s the root cause for non-owners feeling the significant financial squeeze over the last few years?

Totally agree. We shouldn’t have done it in the first place.

I’m betting we gave them as much training as we’re willing to give a country like UKR. Up to them to sort the rest out.

Terrible to hear about Macho. Great dude and while I surely didn’t know him as well as others here, I enjoyed the times I worked with him and all of our conversations throughout the last several years. RIP dude.

Generally we do not work for the sake of work/“punch a time card.” You’re there to get the job done, then go home (or hang out in the bar, gym, etc.) Nobody should be working long days unless that’s what is required to get the mission done.

Seems like that would open FedEx to a lot of litigation.

How long until we reach Minority Report!

@SpeedOfHeat Nice try. He’s not my guy, in fact I really wish he wasn’t the nominee. But here we are and once again, I will vote for the better policies even when I don’t love the person behind the policies. I believe Kamala’s track record and proposed future actions are a disaster. Don’t really care about her as a person - I’m not voting against her, I’m voting against her policies. If I wanted to be emotional about it, I could make a very long list of stupid and irrational statements and actions she has attached to her. Don’t act like any politician is without that baggage.

Trump says a lot of off the cuff dumb things. Also, you’re an idiot if you think he is actually going to try and terminate the constitution.

I’ve taken “personal quality” out of the equation. They’re all shit, so it doesn’t matter. What are the policies (past and expected) and what are the outcomes (real or projected). Do they support general American principles or not? Thats what people should be voting based on. Voting for person X solely because it’s not person Y is fucking retarded. If that’s how you feel, just don’t vote.

I don’t think so, since the plea deal was specifically to take the death penalty off the table. Which tells me he’s living decently enough to prefer his current lot over death.

“Why aren’t you wearing your ring going TDY?!” ”Safety honey, you do want me to be safe, right?!”

When I became a SEFE many years ago, the best thing my IP said was, “you fly with these guys all year, if you’re always an instructor, then you’re also always an evaluator. So when a one off day chosen via a dart at a board is that guys checkride, you already know if he’s what he should be , or not, the ride itself is just a paperwork generator and nothing more.” Took that philosophy forward happily. The problem with the dbag SEFEs is they were never worth a shit to begin with, couldn’t instruct, and they finally wore their knee pads down enough to be shoved into an evaluator position.

He said Mossad being part of F2, not the engagement. I’d bet both my nuts they absolutely were a part of it, and also, good on them.