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I foresee an animal cruelty CBT in our future......

You're an idiot and have no idea what you are talking about. AFRICOM had nothing to do with the delay. Kudos to all who were involved in this difficult operation. "The deed is all, not the glory."

Yup, business has been booming in EA recently.

Tangent to all the cock talk, but bout time someone spoke the truth. COIN is impossible for our nation. All this talk about deploying forever to build schools... not only is a sustained 80 year strategy impossible for a democracy, but there's no proof it even works. Would I stop fighting if someone invaded our country & tried to force a new way of life just because they brought candy for my kids? Would I sell out my cause because the enemy played soccer with my cousin? This enemy will stop fighting the same way I'll stop fighting- when we're dead. The reality is that we're leaving OEF within the next 18-24 months. Gone. Just like Iraq. So let's do the only thing that might be worthwhile in the short time left: kill as many of these cavemen as possible.

Another lesson that bears repeating: don't take pictures. Even if you aren't pissing on EKIA (which even Marines in combat should know is unacceptable to their leadership), there's things we've all done that we'd rather not need to explain.

Copy. I have one of each. Still think my ABU 2 piece is lighter/softer.

This just got a lot funnier.

Just curious why you want the multi-cam. I've got 2 and don't like it. Fabric is heavier than the ABU 2 piece, which is what I prefer to wear down range.

Thanks for posting that. Interesting they went w/ the Super T, the USN had been flying them but decided not to buy for operational usage and went with OV-10's. Wonder what the behind the scenes reasoning was.

There are a huge # of spare parts for the OV-10D & this aircraft will have some awesome mod's.

Too bad, the AF is missing out. The USN is very excited about their upcoming OV-10's.

I'm sure it is in the CAF. I know it is in SOF. But I didn't think it was in the MAF.

Yup, he's been a worthless and uninspirational CSAF. I've seen him speak as well, he's articulate but his answers will often contradict each other; I'd rather he sound less polished but at least make sense. BL, at the very top we have no direction or vision or leadership, just a yes man.

Copy, you're against people being recognized soley on the basis of their job performance, and favor instead of whole person concept. Problem is, that route ALWAYS leads to awards for the guy who is ok at his job but has checked all the required boxes while the few who study and practice to be great at their jobs are overlooked. That is ALWAYS the outcome. Sometimes the rockstars get noticed, the few who get a degree from Harvard while also being superstars at their job. These guys are few. How about we send a message to our airmen that job performance counts? After all, what good is education unless it leads to individuals being better at their jobs?

It could be; serious question, do you think the rationale for not using the F-22 in Libya was valid?

10 year old in trouble for waving gun shaped pizza slice: https://www.wkrn.com/story/16325409/gun-shaped-pizza-slice My fovorite quote from article "Taylor said the school system has made it clear that if her son eats his pizza into the shape of a gun again and there is a similar occurrence, he will be suspended." What a herd of pussies.

Quick thread derail- I'm glad you mentioned this Huey, I will never forget the cowardice from AMC on this issue. As a -130 IP w/5 deployments to Iraq when I directly questioned the AMC/CC on this subject, I can tell you cowardice at every level of mobility leadership is the only reason we risked convoys into FOBs instead of flying into Taji or the rest at the height of war in 05-07. And literally hundreds of Soldiers and Marines died as a result. I enjoyed AMC, the slick -130 and all the TDYs; but this issue is the reason I left that career and started over in SOF.

High school pep rally tricks team into kissing parents. Nothing creepy to see here.....

Copy bro, thanks. I had zero SA on how anything went down in Libya. But my schedule now has me available for Syria!

I don't follow what you mean, but I didn't pay any attention to Libya.

I'm not sure how much a no fly zone would help the immediate situation. Seems the regime is mostly using tanks and troops with limited air assets to kill the civilians.

Valid question. If I could go back in time, I'd have started my masters after my first year and second deployment in my ops squadron, taken one class at a time and spent the left over time studying and being sharp at flying. I could have still easily had it complete at 03 + 6 months. Instead, I spent my entire first assignment (5 years) being really good at my job and deploying a bunch, only to cram the masters in while training on a new platform and deploying in a far more complex environment; and I finished 1 week after my board met. I did fine, got a DP, had the other boxes checked, etc. but it was more painful than it needed to be and I could have been just as good at flying and still gotten it done had I been better at time managment. But the lesson I'd pass onto you would be: use your judgement to decide when you've estabilished a knowledge foundation in your platform. Once you're on solid ground and can spare about 5 hours a week, start your masters and take it slow. Be the guy who can always volunteer for a a TDY and is still awesome at your job, and take 3 years to do the masters if thats what you need. NEVER be the young guy asking for a day off the flying schedule to write a paper, you'll lose a respect you can never get back. But also use some strategy and don't be the guy who is cramming for his masters 6 months before his board meets like I did. There is a middle ground, you're a smart dude (or you wouldn't be doing this) and I'm sure you can find it. It won't hurt you to not have a masters as an LT, but if you can get it done while simultaneously being shit hot you'll impress people. Good on you for asking, and I hope this advice was helpful.

Outstanding.

Neither Jews nor Christians think Jesus was a prophet.

What gives is that "shoe" is a mentality, not an AFSC, and plenty of our senior leaders who've been exec-ing and schooling their whole career and have barely above 2000 hours as an 06 are shoes to their core. And they resent with passionate shame ops dudes like myself.