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Sorry, no one has adequately explained why my son should die for Ukraine or Taiwan. If those countries are absorbed into their respective aggressors, is anyone in the US less safe in a quantifiable way? “Defender of the global commons” is insufficient rationale unless it translates to an actual threat to US personnel. Now if you want to start some shit with China because of the US Fentanyl crisis or C19 I’m game to hear you out, but we should probably have a real intel assessment first.

The same highside analysis that predicted Afghanistan wouldn’t fall in 24 hours? You can plan whatever you want, if leader ship is paralyzed with indecision you still lose.

When Afghanistan fell in such a shameful fashion, it became obvious our nation wouldn’t do anything about Taiwan or Ukraine either.

I know there are some petty and small minded commanders who justify your apprehension, and that’s unfortunate. I believe crossflow (assuming it’s the members choice) is ultimately in the best interest of the Air Force because people do better when they want to be somewhere. I recommend simply talking to your boss and functional. It is a risk, but embrace that risk and be bold. Here are approaches that will resonate with your CC: 1. In what circumstances would you support a cross flow out of our community? 2. I desire to cross flow into xxx program because I think that type of service is suited to my skills. What can I do to receive your endorsement? Item one allows you to grasp the perspective from their viewpoint. The goal is information gathering so you can manage expectations and strategize your next approach. Item two keeps the focus on mission and how you can better serve. What organization wouldn’t want people to serve in ways which best match their personalities and skills? Keep it professional, but don’t be afraid to ask direct questions. I’ve worked a lot of these; here are some observations: you have to be good at your current platform. Not “ok” and not just good in your mind. Be in the top 25% strat-wise, but also be actually good at your mission. Both your commander and functional must agree, as well as the gaining functional (meaning, you need to know their pipeline throughout capacity, what that does to your timing). Keep a professional attitude and be up front to your commander. “Up front” doesn’t mean you have to accept the dictate of your commander if they are the rare petty breed discussed earlier: you can simply tell that person “I’m going to continue to try everything I can to move into XX community.” But those are rare. More often I see members trying to be sneaky and play people against each other and end up getting sideways with their commander. Not a good spot to be, the commander is extremely influential in this process but not solely determinative. Also it matters how you leave your last community to your gaining commander. My final recommendation is have a specific platform in mind. Commanders are busy and so are functionals, they aren’t going fishing for you. Have something specific you want and do your homework on the timing, both your own personal timing (PDE, TOS, upgrades, etc.) and the general timing of new FTU. “I want to do something different but I don’t know what” is going to get you white jets. Big picture: be professional, straightforward about your desires and rationale, and be very good at your existing job. That is how you best position yourself; then luck in timing will hit your plan and who knows what happens. Good luck, I wish you the best.

Agreed. CH, what would you think about AFSOC reorganizing wings into similar type missions? Strike wing, mobility wing, ISR, etc. I’m curious if that would help AFSOC focus more; it seems a lack of focused O6 attention results in a lack of GO focused attention, which allows problems to fester. Although we would need increased cross flows to prevent tribalism, but in general I think more cross flow is a good thing.

Thanks for the explanation, never heard it called that.

What does “mechanical crossflow” mean?

In this situation are you imagining you’re a cop or another armed citizen? In either case, why did you let an angry mob attack the kid and burn the city? Did you ask the arsonist mob to “comply?” I welcome dialogue, but your post is nonsensical because it presumes this event occurred in a vacuum.

Quick summary of this conversation: I speculate boosters may become mandatory, you come off the top rope mocking me, but now acknowledge boosters may be mandatory and you’ve forgotten that only 3 weeks ago it was a conspiracy theory. You think I’m a “southwest first officer” (which I assume is bad?), I think you're incapable of critical thought; conversation and compromise is impossible. That’s this whole COVID event in a microcosm. Wish I had an idea of how to move forward productively, but I don’t. From my viewpoint we have to: 1. cease mandates. “Emerging data to refine hypothesis” is fine, except this experiment involves human beings. How about we cease mandates until certain we aren’t making it worse? 2. hold responsible those who lied and abused their power, starting with Fauci and Cuomo and big tech oligarchs who crushed the free speech of doctors trying to help during a pandemic. 3. conduct an origin investigation on par with the 9/11 commission. That’s how we START healing. From his perspective I don’t know, but I’m guessing we get boosters every 6 months, ask no questions, and mock those who do. Our nation has irreconcilable differences and I fear for the future.

https://www.foxnews.com/health/fauci-changing-definition-fully-vaccinated hey buddy, you ok? Or still a sheep bitch?

I don’t understand how anyone with an ounce of fairness could oppose this verdict. Justifiable self-defense has rarely been this easy or clean to determine.

Careful, I postulated that a few pages ago and Waingro apoplectically shit his pants.

You don’t see the irony and hypocrisy in your own viewpoint? Why do healthy people have to alter behavior for the vulnerable, and not the other way around? You can’t make me feel guilty for not willingly obliging to the mandates when those espousing mandates show zero interest in changing their behavior to accommodate me. You are guilty of what you lament in others.

Great question, I think you hit the heart of the philosophical disagreement. Simply answered- if COVID is not a danger to me, I shouldn’t be subjected to restrictions intended to protect those who are endangered. As one (of many) examples: Why am I wearing a mask instead of the person afraid of catching it? As a society, what other issue do we approach this way? If I am afraid of catching something, I protect myself. I don’t demand you change your behavior. The times we force vaccinations on everyone (public school) it’s for diseases which are equally dangerous to all.

You’re on. But I should warn you: I won my last BO.net scotch bet and I have expensive tastes. See you in 2026.

In 5 years there will no longer be a C19 vaccine mandate for the military. Bet a bottle of scotch?

That has certainly not been my experience or observation in AFSOC. Is that a mobility thing?

Maybe they aren't telling the full truth just like everything else with this pandemic? Go try and find Comirnaty somewhere. Like, actually call and see if you can find it, don’t simply google and cite an article saying it’s widely available.

Is it available at your Walmart or CVS? Serious question; it’s not at mine.

Can you find somewhere Comirnaty is available for service members? I’m not being snarky, I have members asking and our Med group can’t find it. Members are receiving orders to take Pfizer with an attached memo stating it’s “chemically identical” to Comirnaty. We’ll by this time there ought to be someone that has received Comirnaty. Do you know of someone who has? It’s just odd it was rebranded at all. Combined with all the other messaging changes, it doesn’t generate confidence.

If “semantics and legalese don’t mean shit” then why didn’t the FDA simply approve Pfizer? Instead they approved Comirnaty, which the manufacturer tells us is chemically identical. Ok. But why not start making Comirnaty here? It’s one of several bizarre decisions that don't make sense to a casual observer… so we’re discussing it. On a discussion board. Yet here you are pissed off about people having a discussion. You are literally taking time to write on a discussion board that people should shut up and stop discussing😂 I don’t find your approach very convincing!

Where in the comment you quoted did I mention this was constrained to the military? Your response assumes a lot. Regarding personal opinions, you’re right they are meaningless when it comes to following military orders but you know where they aren’t meaningless? A discussion board designed to share personal opinions. Some of you guys are high strung.

Sure- our Wing has said if the CDC changes the definition of “fully vaccinated” to include booster shots (which is under discussion), they will be mandatory. We don’t know if that’s going to happen, but the question was asked due to reporting that the definition will change. Here’s a hospital already mandating it: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10148459/New-Jersey-hospital-mandate-BOOSTER-shots-workers-J-J-single-dose-vaccine.html

I’m already hearing talk of mandatory booster shots. The authoritarian aspect of pandemic response is gaining momentum even as the pandemic itself is largely over.

I disagree. If that were true someone would have at least put up a fight for Kabul. When I was an advisor I could never wrap my mind around the guys who would abscond: we send them out of country for training and they just leave. But when they leave they left their families. They were a culture of men who were OK leaving their families behind. There was something fundamentally wrong with them. They lost and they deserved to. We’re the idiots who couldn’t see that obvious truth. Nor could we see that the Taliban, despite being assholes, had the fortitude to take everything we threw at them. The Taliban would see their friends blown in half yet wake up to fight the next day. Our GIROA allies tossed their guns down and fled. Loser culture.