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That's a perfect example of the tomfoolery ASW SOS strats. Unless #1-4 were also selects, it's disheartening to see an SOS strat drive the entire machine. Yet it does. We frequently see guys rated higher by MAJCOM passed over for school slots by folks who are rated lower in every category except SOS.

You think gunships shoot more than MQ-9s?

I'm prepping for post-deployment ritual of ordering some great scotch to greet me when I return. Already have Glendronach 15 Revival lined up (I loved the Allerdice) along with Macallen Ruby, but I'm hearing I should try the Aberlour A'bunadh; anyone have experience with the various batches or a recommendation of which batch isn't worth trying? Thanks! Oh, follow up to previous conversation-- the Lagavulin 16 was a clear winner during a SQ side by side tasting against Laphroaig 18. Although the latter got better with some time out of the bottle, it's still too medicinal for my taste.

Not a gunship guy, but 6 years in AFSOC. Huge foul on anyone not ASW a community to speak about it. Yes you'll deploy, but there are worse OPTEMPOs and if you love your job life will be easier on the home front. I don't like being apart from my family either-- but it's manageable and I do get a lot of off time when I'm home and I get to lead in combat and kill America's enemies. If you have that itch, you'll regret not scratching it.

Yea it depends on who made them I think; when we were first issued Multicam in early 2012 they were a weird thick material and no Velcro for wings. That was the year of the rainbow--- guys in the same squadron during the same deployment wore the desert 2 piece, desert one piece, ABU 2 piece, and both versions of the Multicam 2 piece (which fade into very different colors after a dozen washes). Oh, and "issued" civilian clothes too, some of us still wore those to fly. I'm glad we've finally standardized with a decent incarnation of the Multicam 2 piece. The final step is dumping the green one piece at home and simply having one flying uniform. There is no practical reason to maintain both.

Everyone I see wearing the multicam flight suit has wings velcro'd on.

I was all set to purchase a Honda Ridgeline till I found out they would be discontinuing the line in 2015.

You really can't understand why people want a non-NFA SBR equivalent?

If one returns the signed agreement while one is deployed to a combat zone, would that person receive the lump sum tax-free? Based on the wording, there is some debate in our office.

They still getting HFP/CZTE out there?

When I return from a forthcoming deployment I'm going to build an AR pistol around the new Sig brace. I've been on the fence for a while, but this review on an upcoming tube made for the brace has me excited about an essentially legal non-NFA SBR. https://sigforum.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/630601935/m/5570079063 I'm thinking 10.5" LWRC IC upper on the Odin lower. Also possible I'll try the Sig 556 10" pistol. I've got some time to chew it over. Anyone with experience using the Sig brace? I've seen plenty of YouTube videos and read reviews, but never gotten to hold one myself.

Talk to me about Lagavulin: how smokey/peaty is it? Any other flavor or just the smoke? I tried to like the Laphroaig 18 but it's too much. The 10 wasn't palatable at all. That said, JW double black is a fairly smooth and decent tasting smokey whiskey. How does Lagavulin compair? All that said, Glendronach Allerdice 18 is the new hotness on my shelf.

yea, sounds like it! Thanks for the info gents. If I press that direction I may hit up hercdude for more specifics.

Anyone been here recently and can speak to living conditions, etc.?

My ARP request just shows submitted status but it's been over 30 days. Any idea what this means?

My notification says 30 Sep is the deadline.

Some people are soft, that's true everywhere. I've met ground dudes who've never engaged or been engaged yet still claimed PTSD for the stress of running convoys. And who am I to judge? I'm not a psychologist. I like robot drivers, I just thought the article was ridiculous and humorous.

https://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/08/22/drone-pilots-suffer-ptsd-just-like-those-in-combat/?intcmp=obnetwork I'll just leave this here.

How does that ratio compare to last year? Seems like there were only a few alternate slots for candidates last year; slim pickings.

Your assessment differs with all the others I've heard. Where are you getting your data? Overall I disagree with your opinion of the situation; but truthfully there's a lot no one knows since our collection networks disappeared after the withdrawal. So I'm interested to hear other view points, but I'm approaching yours with skepticism.

I recommend an exemption clause for some of us...... Otherwise I'm in big trouble.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/08/08/us-military-launches-airstrikes-on-terror-targets-in-iraq/ Fights on!

I totally disagree.

Hell yea! Fuck jury duty.

All kidding aside-- If you can't imagine calling crew rest deployed, than your imagination is small. Pushing it up to support a TIC or strike? Good on you, until you pass your own limits and make mistakes; then you're doing more harm than good. There's a balance between dogmatically following rules and habitually blowing them off. I've been fortunate enough to have leadership who recognized that and taught me judgement. Hope you guys are the same.