disgruntledemployee

Hinterland IPA was had last evening. Its a micro from Green Bay. https://www.hinterlandbeer.com/Beer.html The best part, it comes in pints! Also, just had this very malty IPA from a Chi-town micro called Hopothesis, https://www.hopothesis.com/formulations/ I admit, I'm not sure about this one as it was different from what I expect from a good IPA. But I was intrigued with each sip and we'll see how the other 5 go from the 6-pack. In all fairness, I judge IPAs against Rogue's Yellow Snow. Out

I got this from the base deployment supply store: https://www.blackhawk.com/product/STRIKE-SERPA-Combo-Kit-Beretta-ONLY,84,1416.htm It gives you shoulder, drop, belt, and MOLLE options. Just add the quick disconnect kit and you're set. I used the belt for walking around base and shoulder for flying (our old ass vests didn't have MOLLE loops). The best part with the QD set is that you can connect it at different angles, so if you get "corrected" that the muzzle must point in a certain direction, disconnect and adjust. The holster itself does a decent job of protecting the mag release helping prevent the the trouble and LOR for losing a mag. Out

Nope, just you as you have made a grave tactical error in attemping to play the "MWS Race" card in order to stir the pot. Your strategy needs work. Go find some doctrine to read, the last refuge for the unimaginative. Out

But its in English!

All I hear is that you think crow tastes like chicken and you meant to eat it. Out

But what they are saying is that someone a year or 2 younger is not just better than their peers, but better than dudes senior to them. At least at the Maj board, the school slots are competed among peers. Out

A letter from your primary family doc is the golden ticket to move the buerocratic burocratic bwerocratic buereocratic crap, paper pushing weenie machine (PPWM) and disenroll. Years ago I was in EFMP. And while it sounds great in principle, it is woefully insufficient in many areas. The only thing it does is keep you from PCSing to a place where care may not be available, in the AF's view, not yours. So if you've got a sweet assignment to someplace, say Hawaii, and you got everything lined up for the proper docs and specialties, the EFMP PPWM can cancel it. After many frustrations with a lack of known resources, the wife gathered quite a list of people, places, websites, orgs, etc. She tried giving it to the EFMP office and they stiff armed saying they couldn't accept, long line of bullshit, and said to give to Family Support. They did the same. We grew beyond the abilities of the EFMP program and decided to get out. They held up my assignment and it was easier to disenroll than to make them realize we had it figured out and didn't need them. On a side note, the Marines have the model program. The PCS piece is still there, but they actually help families with resources, orgs, facilities, programs, etc. Out

If they were watching. Didn't plane holding short state they needed a few more minutes from the tower audio? I'm guessing that they were doing their own thing to get ready to go, not watching another of a thousand landings. Out

Wire it for sound and video, then leave.

P: Blinded by the light... CP: Wrapped up like a dusche... P: Its not dusche as in dusche bag, its duce. CP: Wrapped up like a duce? WTF does that mean? P: Its not wrapped up, its revved up. So why would wrapped up like a dusche mean anything? CP: Some people get all wrapped up in their duschery, oh and your 30 knots slow. P: 30 knots slow? Is that some sort of bar drinking pilot song?

^^ Yeah, what Moose just said.

PME on Leadership edit: fixin linky

The Sq/CC battlefield is littered with tons of balls smashed flat by hammers. I use the analogy because I've seen over and over again what happens to Sq/CCs that fight the good fight. I've shared many a beer while discussing the frustrations. Maybe you guys were blessed with bosses that let you run your units and stayed out of your business. Maybe you had CCs above you that didn't micromanage everything. Maybe you were able to truely promote your best people regardless of checked boxes, you know, got them to SOS, DPs, School slots, awards, etc. Or maybe you had to make some of your people sign up for SOS so that the CCs above you would listen to you that Bob was the best and needed to go next. Before I go, I share a small story of one of those "amazing" leaders about the Sq level. Over beer one day, he talked about a promotion board he sat on. He was talking about scoring, the process, etc. He said that he would give extra to guys that checked the PME box the soonest. I rebutted that the system gamers know this and play that to their advantage. Just because someone signed up for PME and got it done ASAP doesn't make them a better leader. He didn't agree. Amazing leadership. Out

But a cat, that you can leave for days at time. Out

It doesn't matter how many hours in the specific plane. Approach airspeed must still be flown to keep the plane in the sky. Unless he was flying an F-777, I'm confident there was another pilot in the seat that should have intervened. Just another reminder that this is a very serious job and if you're not on top of your game, bad shit can happen. Out

And I've seen the opposite when the EP was shown as being a gigantic douche. See, we both win. Woooohooo! JFC, Out PS: as for callsigns, I've heard a few from the ladies that made me blush and they seemed damned proud of them too (I asked).

Do want advice or do you all have a plan all figured out? On a side note, when CCs see bullshit Q2s or Q3s, they often don't point blank make the evaluator change the score. However, threatening to take away the Q code of said evaluator for dumbass grades usually fixes the problem. Or it could be that the flight sucked. Out

We escalate quickly. Watch out, the trident comes next! Say, doesn't football season start soon? Time to move on to talking about Favre making it to the Hall o Fame on the first vote. Out Edit: language lessons

This crash reminds me of the '99 C-130 Al Jaber crash which was all pilot/crew error. I am amazed that there were only 2 deaths. The plane held up well upon impact. A heart felt thank you to the flight attendants/CFR for getting everyone off in a timely manner. Edit: Oh, and to cankled-lady, when you try to egress a plane in flops, don't be surprised if your feet give out. Out

^^^ A. No need, see below. B. Nothing. Big Blue believes in only the bonus, as we have all heard in this forum. And stop loss, they believe in that too. So they don't need to manage it better, just slam the exit door whenever needed. Out

Hey, I love this game. You know, the one where the in depth expert pulls back the curtain to the sausage factory. Or does he? So, JCS is number one (already knew that). And if a dude is in that job, they are considered cream o' the crop. Best of the best. Top shelf. Solid gold. The go to guy. He is automatically better than anyone else, be it making coffee or making slides. He must be promoted. So, how did he get there? Some sort of central selection board that looks at everyones record like a promotion board? The good ol boys inside track BNR? AMS Robot looking for exec job volunteers? Or the DT Vector team? Who really picks the people to go to those top joint jobs and thus seal their track to command/sr leadership? We've seen it. New dude coming to the unit. Oh, he just did joint staff, he's shit hot. Need to make sure he gets the top shit. All before the dude ever walks in the door. Some are good dudes, and some are gigantic douches. Zoooooooom shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh BANG! Out

Thats it! No more! I want Congress to introduce legislation to ban all pistol gripped water nozzles, those are clearly very dangerous. Also, those car wash nozzles with the hose sticking out of the back, ban those. They can look like flame throwers. Out

Russian River Brewing Company: Pliny the Elder (IPA) Rate: 10/10 From the bottle: "Pliny the Elder, born in 23AD, was a Roman naturalist, scholar, historian, traveler, officer, and writer. Pliny and his contemporaries created the original botanical name for hops, "Lupus Salictarius" meaning "wolf among scrubs." Hop vines at that time grew wild among willows, likened to wolves roaming wild in the forest. Pliny the Elder died in 79AD while saving people during the eruption of Mt Vesuvius. He was immortalized by his nephew, Pliny the Younger, who continued his uncle's legacy by documenting much if what his uncle experienced during the eruption of Mt Vesuvius. This beer is an homage to the man who discovered hops and perished while being a humanitarian." To Pliny, cheers! Out

Sometimes the AF promotes and awards those that have gone full retard. Out

The interesting thing is that once he spewed the crap, people started calling him out on it. I spotted it in the Constitution thread and even thought that he had two accounts and made posts that feed off each other. I don't care to look though. Thanks M2, some threads were completely derailed and I stopped reading them. Happy Fathers Day Out