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I'll bet you can get one super cheap if the ELT has been activated. Edit: Disregard, I think that is the NAVIGATOR that has the ELT. Of course, for the kind of money you would spend on a Breitling, I'd prefer a $30 Timex and two Vegas hookers at once.

Gotta have four years, one day of active service. However you make that add up, either you got it or 'ya don't. It's a hell of a difference in the paycheck, though!

How would you like to wake up next to this in the morning??

Fine. I'll go. I'm sick of people not calling a F'ing spade a shovel. From U.S. Law: (d) Definitions As used in this section— (1) the term “international terrorism” means terrorism involving citizens or the territory of more than 1 country; (2) the term “terrorism” means premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents; (3) the term “terrorist group” means any group, or which has significant subgroups which practice, international terrorism; (4) the terms “territory” and “territory of the country” mean the land, waters, and airspace of the country; and (5) the terms “terrorist sanctuary” and “sanctuary” mean an area in the territory of the country— (A) that is used by a terrorist or terrorist organization— (i) to carry out terrorist activities, including training, fundraising, financing, and recruitment; or (ii) as a transit point; and (B) the government of which expressly consents to, or with knowledge, allows, tolerates, or disregards such use of its territory and is not subject to a determination under— (i) section 2405(j)(1)(A) of the Appendix to title 50; (ii) section 2371 (a) of this title; or (iii) section 2780 (d) of this title

LINK Well, I'll be damned...

Classic!!

I'll be the redneck A-Hole who throws this out there: Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan. I'm gonna go with "All of the above".

Let us know how that goes when you take a look at your in-box. Good luck to the "New" admin.

Desert Diamonds. The first shirt's group.

4 Fans, Just out of curiosity, has your leadership discovered that you are the "Leader" of this group yet, and if so, what have the results been. Just wondering... I would hope they would be members of IHRB too, but ya never know.

SCORE!!!

Now wait just a god-damned second here. What I am seeing is an order (From what I assume is a full-bull Colonel) to his squadron commanders that they MUST take time out of their busy days to go enforce a f'ing REFLECTIVE belt policy?!?! Really?!?! So, my commander or DO, who already work 14-18 hour shifts have to take time out of their day to stand around the gym pointing out violators?? Are we, or are we not trying to fight a war here. These ass clowns are acting like there is nothing else going on. To them there are no 18 year old kids being returned to their parents in a body bag. There is no war, and this is a peace-time deployment. Have they total lost focus? Is everyone really this insane? What has happened to my Air Force??? The USAF I joined in 1995 was still coming off of a high from kicking ass in desert storm. It was a proud force, where if I saw a 1LT come into my shop, I wondered who the hell was in trouble because someone THAT high ranking wouldn't be there unless someone screwed up. Now we have a MSgt ripping a tray out of an officers hands because he does not have his reflective belt on. This is pure madness!! I thought that in becoming an officer I would be able to make a difference. That I could help revert this great fighting force back to at least where it was when I joined. If anyone in leadership is reading this, do you not understand?!?!??! Your CGO's and mid-level NCO's who are hacking the mission are screaming at you. THERE ARE PEOPLE DYING OUT THERE. THEY ARE OUR KIDS. THEY ARE OUR FUTURE, AND YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT A ######ING REFLECTIVE BELT!!!! Leadership, get your heads screwed on straight, let's get out there and kick some ass!! Stop being a bunch of pussies who are scared of their own shadow and let's either do this, or let's go home. Don't half ass things either way. Jumping Jesus on a bicycle. //Rant Sorry about that, it's 2:41 in the morning and I did just wake up out of a restless sleep to get this off my chest. OUT.

"2"!! No reply yet. We'll see if it makes it.

I can go you one better than that. I'll keep y'all updated on how this turns out: Subject: Reflective belt policy; the backlash Date: 10/29/2009 4:12:08 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time From: Discus Reply To: To: airlet@airforcetimes.com Dear Air Force times, I just wanted to let you know of a viral backlash which is spreading like wildfire across the nation regarding Reflective Belts. There is a FaceBook group entitled "I hate Reflective Belts" which has garnered over 2,500 members in the last week. It went viral after "Wired" published an article about the group in a daily update which can be found here: https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/10/airmen-take-to-facebook-to-protest-silly-safety-regs/ This group has become a great outlet for Airmen across the world to express their frustration with some of the policies currently in effect in both the AOR and at home station. Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance in your researching this phenomena, or if you even intend to do anything with it. Very Respectfully, 1LT Discus, USAF

Words cannot begin to describe the level of awesome.

+4 (Myself and four others) Invites sent out, people joining at a rapid pace.

Page #70 Disco, I think that as a 1LT the first thing you should have done was threaten said MSgt with charges of assaulting an officer, but that should have been done when he grabbed the plate out of your hands, and not after the fact. In fact, I think I would have clearly identified myself and told him to stand at attention while I explained this. THEN I would have asked to speak to his supervisor. I am guessing from your language you are in a high profile job there, and more than likely work for more than one set of silver eagles. I know it might be hard to rock the boat, but this is clearly in-excusable on the part of the MSgt. In the words of Brad Pitt "Naw, more like an ass chewing, I've had ass chewings before". This is the most it would garner you, and I doubt even that. Put that Shoe in his place. Good on you for going as far as you did including starting to serve yourself. If more people did stuff like this and more, the buffonary would end very quickly.

Back on track here, folks.

Off topic, but I have to give props to Disgruntled for ingenuity by putting the swear word into a .JPG file so it does not get edited.

EOD Troops: We've been waiting on you.

Don't know how good the story is going to be, but figured I'd add it in the spirit of things. For those of you who currently live, or were raised in the Midwest, you know of a magical place called Steak 'n Shake. It's greasy burgers, and even greasier shoestring fries cannot be rivaled anywhere. Well, flashback almost 20 years. I am a 14 year old kid at the time and decide Steak 'n Shake sounds like a great place for lunch right before going out to fly a single seat sailplane for the first time. I had anticipated this day for a long time, and got my solo flights in the two seat trainer done as quickly as possible so I could fly the single seat "Hotrod". I had two 45 pound barbell weights duct taped together to put under the seat cushion for ballast as I weighed about 87 pounds at the time and the minimum weight was 145 or so. At any rate, I finished my greasy meal, jumped into the glider on a nice, hot Indiana August day. After amusing myself in the thermals for a while, I started to not feel so good, so I entered the downwind to land. It was right about at that time that the Steak 'n Shake decided to make an encore appearance. I can remember that you could actually still identify the hard to miss Steak 'n Shake french fries in the pile that now covered my front, my lap, and the stick boot of the glider. So there I was, 14 years old, covered in puke, and now I had to land a glider that I had never flown before. (I remember the stick was quite slippery as well) I managed to make it down safely, and spent the remainder of the day taking the floor panels out of the glider and cleaning the vomit out from every nook and cranny of the sailpalne. Not nearly as good as some of the stories on here, but I'm still proud of 14 year old me for remembering to fly the plane first and worrying about the mess later. That glider never did smell right again.

Eh, I'll buy what that friend of them long haired, hippy-type, pinko fags who probably even got a commie flag tacked up on the wall inside of his garage had to say. One of my squadrons did that type of thing as a fundraiser even. It's a low-paying college student job.

I was a SrA standing on a -86 diesel generator set in the Kirtland AGE shop with a wrench in my hand. I remember someone hollering from the break room "Hey, come in here and take a look at this"! I walked in right as the second plane hit, and went out to the floor and told everyone to come into the break room. I remember one of the young troops looking at me and asking "I guess this means we are at war, huh"? I replied "You're God Damn right we're at war". I spent the rest of the afternoon with an M-16 guarding the base fuel dump. Just writing this and reading all the stories brought chills from the memories and emotions I remember feeling on that day.

Touch'e Maybe bad timing, but when IS a good time, after all. In an E-3 on a pilot pro sortie, after a hard touch and go in Tulsa, tower said "Take that, Runway!!, Sentry 32, climb and mx...."