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If they were really worried, they'd try some ACA assets.

I'm in agreement that this will likely never happen and there are lots of issues with it. But on your point, we did successfully created a temp MOA about 25 miles from base. It's turning into a published MOA in the near future, so it can happen...after a monumental effort lol.

Given that we're a "total force" now, I've always said they should move AETC to the ARC. While some wouldn't care to teach UPT/FTU, many would. It's a ANG dream, no deployments, no chem gear, much easier job to maintain as a part timer...it's a no brainer from that perspective. You'd have no problem filling squadrons and keeping great experience around to teach the young studs. Free up all those AD IP's to fill the spots in AD squadrons. Rotate a small number of AD pilots through to keep a fresh look/perspective, but that will naturally happen as we hire AD pilots anyway. If we had something like that, I'd probably still be in.

So this guy says Putin doesn't want to take over Ukraine, yet at the beginning of the war he tried to take over Kyiv. That makes it seem like he was either wanting to take the place over or install his own puppet government. Either way, the speech at those minutes don't show a signed promise that NATO wouldn't expand east. This was more my point. Everything I've found says there isn't a signed agreement that limits NATO from expanding east. Even Gorbachev himself seems to agree that there was nothing agreed to about NATO and their eastward expansion.

Was there a signed promise with Russia? Legit question, I'm still trying to educate myself on the history. So far, this just seems like Putin being Putin in an attempt to restore Russia to their "former glory."

Shack! If your point could be turned into a video, it would be this guy. I'm right, you're wrong and I have the moral high ground, so you can't even talk. This is why Trump won.

On of my 38 IPs (crusty passed over Major) said that every General needed a crusty, passed over Major by his side to tell him "no, that's fucking stupid" because nearly everyone else around him just says yes sir. His delivery was way better than I can every convey here, but I just laughed at the time. The longer I went in my career, the more I realized he was right.

Oh man, this is either good intentions being twisted into political fodder or there is about to be a shit storm in FEMA come Jan lol. I don't want to believe that this was a wide spread policy and that there was not one person with a spine to blow the whistle on such a thing. This will be interest to see how this plays out.

Could probably swing by the sheet metal shop and have one built for some SQ swag and a few cases of beer.

The best time to retire, was yesterday.

MODS: I apologize if I missed it, but can we get this (or any other thread that's already got a good list) stickied to the top? Given that the read file hasn't had a post in years, I assume this place gets more visibility. I'm a firm believer that readers are leaders and I'd love to see what you're all reading. I'm rifling through books on audiobook at a rate of about 1 per week right, so I'm always looking for my next book. There area bunch of smart mofo's on this forum and I'm certain you all read some great stuff that may not be in my normal list of subjects. Not looking for this to be just a military book thread, but rather a collection of books that you enjoyed and you feel are a great add to anyone's reading list. Of course I'll start with a military book. Just finished 53 days on Starvation Island and found it to be a great read. It follows a few survivors of the Battle of Midway through their combat experience on Guadalcanal. I can't even begin to imagine the shit these guys faced. Outstanding book...Hero's, all of them!

It's funny to see Jimmy Kimmel talk about something being bad for women...the same guy who co-hosted the man show. Their hypocrisy knows no bounds.

Just one of his eyebrows.

It's more like 20M not showing up, 20M showing up, then 20M not showing up again. Not sure if anyone is looking into the data to see why the turnout was so high in 2020, but I'm sure it would be a great story for someone willing to nerd out in the data.

Listen, I'm not a pilot but you did what you were trained to do, the board found it justified, and we know you just moved your family across the country to assume command, but fuck you, you don't deserve to keep command. Sounds about par for the course. Dude's comments were a lot more gracious than I'd have been, especially if he already has his 20 lol. "Follow on orders were offered and we're still deciding..." Not sure why anyone would want to stick around after that treatment. I wish him the best of luck and hope he falls into a cush post military career. [quote]The investigation concluded the pilot’s decision to eject was ultimately inappropriate because commanded-flight inputs were in progress at the time of ejection, standby flight instrumentation was providing accurate data, and the aircraft’s backup radio was, at least partially, functional. Furthermore, the aircraft continued to fly for an extended period after ejection.”[/quote] F-35 Crash Final Conclusions