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Start of a big fucking religious debate that has ruined a fairly entertaining thread: WTF?

boys. One hell of a beach party you guys had there. Amazing.

Let's review, shall we? All criteria more than met for " " . I would expand on this to even say "No booze at all required". Not quite "I wouldn't kick her out of bed for eating crackers" material, but still overall "G", or "3", whichever grading scale you are on.

I have to highly recommend "The Wrong Stuff" by Truman Smith. https://www.amazon.com/The-Wrong-Stuff-Adventures-Misadventures/dp/0806134224/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336982915&sr=8-1#reader_0806134224 This book is the best I have ever read about being a B-17 pilot during WWII. The part I really liked was that he did not hide anything like most of the guys did. In other words, he is not scared of getting crap from his wife because he tells the stories of going to London, sleeping with multiple women and the daily life of a crew dog without fear of making them look bad. I have met Mr. Smith in person. It was a real honor. At any rate, put this on your reading list ASAP.

Wow, an artist I will actually miss. Beastie Boys are classic. https://www.tmz.com/2...dam-yauch-dead/

Great feed for stalkers and suspicious wives.

"2" Please turn in one man card and one 'Merican card at the door. You won't be needing either any more. Edit: Valid

Huggy, do you know the Huffstutler's out there at Uvalde? Mark, and his son Conrad have quite a collection ranging from a J-3 to a T-6 to a P-51. If anyone can help you find an "Old time" war bird, they can. Although I'd like to have a "Warbird", I think I'll stick to my 120, that's old enough and cheep enough for me!

The key words are military move and they should let you off the hook.

I'm gonna have to disagree with you there. You can put a B-1 into depot, take it apart bolt by bolt, inspect it and put it back together. Not so much for the composite structure of the B-2. When the airframe reaches it's life limit, it's done, and nothing can bring it back. I'll bet ya a virtual on this one, BQ.

Gets to be in the air, and not stuck in a booth.

False.

Saluted his flag draped casket as it was loaded for the final journey home today. RIP, brother. :beer:

Seems to be trending towards less gay here in the boulevard bases. The wing king at ADAB cut the 2903 supp down to like five pages from 30. No reflective belts on the CC side, no hats on the flightline side etc. (Still have not read it) Been here for 4 months now, and only Chiefed once... And it was a blaitent cheifing that got said MSgt stood at attention for a one way conversation. Besides a couple stupid E-Mails from Chief's, this thread has been pretty quiet.

Read the context. That was a pretty funny comment.

It CAN go away. The people on this board are mainly composed of the future leadership of the USAF. We can always remember what things were like from the mid 2000's on and promise ourselves that we will not repeat these mistakes. We can fix this, we just need to squash our peers who seem to be on board with BS like this on a peer-pressure level and move from there. (I hope, anyway)

I think these E-Mails from CCM's are becomeing a standard cut and paste. Much like this war, it's just getting old. Keywords "laser focus", "How well are they performing their primary job?", "Salute" etc, etc, etc. -----Original Message----- From: CMSgt USAF AFCENT XXX AEW/CCC Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 12:21 PM To: Maybury All Personnel Subject: CCM Concerns Maybury All, The time has come to address some items that seem to have been lost from the professionalism expected of all of you each and every day. The first being customs and courtesies; yes, you have heard it before and yes, you will hear it again. There are several cars on the installation that are operated by your Senior Leadership. Their rank is prominently displayed in the lower corner of the driver's side windshield. When you encounter this vehicle while walking the roadways of Maybury, or anywhere outdoors, you are required to salute and hold the salute until one is returned or the vehicle has passed. This is a requirement you were all taught in basic training and or the officer training you attended. It appears as though some have forgotten this. Simply turning your head or looking down as the vehicle approaches is unacceptable and believe me, it is very obvious when this occurs. Also, when addressed by anyone senior in rank to you, it is proper to stand, if sitting, and address them using proper English (not yeah or nope, etc) yes Sir/Ma'am, MSgt, Captain, etc....you see the point here, so practice it. tem two is one that you all have heard during Warrior Welcome and if you are a violator, you have most certainly heard several times over....adherence to standards! That is correct, our reputation as the Premier Air Force across the world is based upon our ability to develop, enforce and adhere to our standards. This does not mean that you can pick and choose the ones you like. It does mean you adhere to and enforce them all, like them or not. One of the biggest issues our Chiefs and First Sergeants deal with on a continuing basis is members on this installation not following our uniform standard. For many years we did not have clear guidance but that has changed when 36-2903 was finally updated and published last July. This is a standing written order (signed by a 3-star General) and is lawful. Very little in the guidance has been left to interpretation and if it was, it has been clarified by the AFCENT Supplement (also signed by a 3-Star General) and our local Community Standards (signed by a 1-Star General). Each of these documents is legally binding orders from commanders appointed above you. You each swore to uphold those orders when you took your oath of enlistment/office. As professional Airmen, you are required to understand, adhere to and enforce "all" standards, no excuses. I cannot tell you how many times I have heard the excuse "I didn't know" or "oh, you do that here." These are all unacceptable answers from anyone that has graduated from basic training and/or officer training school. If you are unfamiliar with the standards, it is time to make a change in your life and read them, understand them and ask questions if need be. There is no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid mistakes. I have attached a copy of the Maybury Community Standards. The AFCENTI 36-2903 and AFI 36-2903 links are located below. Finally, don't be afraid of confronting those that are violating the standards, they should thank you for caring enough to correct them. I sometimes worry about individuals that consistently violate standards and seem to have the "I don't give a crap" attitude; I ask myself how well are they performing their job? Are they cutting corners there as well? Doing just enough to get by? Are they the ones working on the planes we fly (or better yet flying them), or the cars we drive, or the food we eat, or protecting us at the gates, etc. I could go on and on with this but I think by now you get the point. We are a profession of arms and you are "all" Professional Airmen performing your jobs flawlessly every single day, saving countless lives in the AOR. Our Brother and Sisters (of all Service Components) on the ground depend on you all to be just that....Professional "all the time"! I need you all to step up, be engaged and laser-focused on the task at hand; be a part of the cure....not the disease. Link to AFI 36-2903: HUA, Chief Copy-Paste PAUL COPY-PASTE, CMSgt, USAF xxx AEW Command Chief DSN Comm VoSIP:

Why would that course possibly want to teach anything even remotely related to warfighting? That's just crazy talk!

As with anything else in 'Merica, you would have to ask the lawyers. I do what I have to to ditch the shit bags, I also do what I have to to keep the good ones.

Have you tried to kick a dirtbag enlisted troop out lately? (Or officer for that matter) It's F'ing TOUGH to do, and the ADC fights you all the way. If your paperwork is not perfectly squared away, you can't get rid of 'em. I'm as anti-shoe as the next guy, and I'm sure the sky cop was less than perfect in his response, but if you can find the "straw that breaks the camels back" you hang your hat on it and run with it. I suspect that this straw was what they chose to run with. If the kid was not a dirtbag then I promise you, the NM ANG would be stomping a hole in that cops ass.

Yes. I have a friend who is a JAG there. She says there is much, MUCH more to the story (of course, she can't say what). If you look down in the comments section, you will see a comment left that says the kid returned 20 min later with his hat on inside AGAIN... Also, the news story says something to the effect of "he already had a lot of diciplinary paperwork". Leads me to believe the kid is a shit bag who we don't want in the AF anyway.

Yeah, I checked on that...

Found kind of a fun website, (Yeah I'm deployed and bored) where you can look up how internet pages used to look "all the way" back to the '90's. For example, here is the earliest version of Baseops I could find:https://web.archive.o...ww.baseops.net/ This appears to be from November of 2000. Here is Google from 11 Nov '98: https://web.archive.org/web/19990117032727/https://www.google.com/ Just goes to show you, nothing on the internet ever goes away! Here is the site so you can look up your own "Classic" webpages! https://www.archive.org/web/web.php

I'm just picturing another CBT. Perhaps a "How to relieve yourself properly" CBT? Should rank right up there with the "Freedom of Religion" CBT that teaches us all about a basic constitutinal right we learned in first grade.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-16492649 Air Force telling people base housing must be filled first because of "Budget restraints". I'd do everything you can to get around this. Only get to spend time there when broken on tail swaps. Would give a major part of my anatomy to be stationed at the box D.