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Wow...I was just in Reno and folks I talked to there were excited for the air show. Condolences to all who were lost

Should have killed 2 less for a nice round 1776

Booya - a general exclamation of excitement; also for various reasons, a commonly used phrase in my squadron, of which zrooster is also a part. Maybe I am unfamiliar with some other definitions. Shack - the most common definition was used in context; his opinion was spot on Maybe...all that fighter lingo has the fat boys confused. What was this thread about again? Even I don't know what we're talking about anymore after reading my link on how to make a booyah stew.

Booyah...apparently it's also a stew in addition to whatever the hell Rainman was talking about.

Between this and the tanker rainbow deal, you are up in arms good sir. Great first posts...

I have this knife but with a black finish. Modified knife based on the already-great Benchmade Griptilian. Fits well in the flighsuit pocket, good grip both barehanded and in gloves and works like a champ after 2+ years of use. $119 bucks.

Booya, shack. Have seen new pilots deploy, go officially non-current on night stuff (and/or certain kinds of approaches) due to scheduling limitations downrange, then come back and get an eval at night where they fly those non-standard approaches pretty much right away . Not that landing at night or flying an NDB or whatever is cosmic but it sucks to get evaluated on something you haven't done in possibly several months, and as you said, it's compounded if you're a new guy. Worthy of some last-minute prep IMHO. If you're current and experienced, yes, you can probably fly a checkride at any time with little to no prep and you should be expected to easily do well.

I'm humbled. Still stuck at 931, but haven't played it since GP came out and honestly I usually lose for fragging civilians so maybe that'll help get me over the 1K mark. Out of curiosity, anyone playing on ipad rather than phones? Haven't tried it since I'd have to buy the game again (wife's ipad so need to purchase on her account).

Thanks for posting buddy...what are we gonna do when you leave? P.S. - 7 buffs...again? WTFO?

Would that even work with a bag? From the website: "Maximum load: 5 adult shirts or a pair of jeans." Seems cool though.

Check you PM

Having a kid in order to get more money is like getting married to get more pussy...ain't gonna happen.

Can someone at ASAB with some balls reply to his original email and attach that pic of him on the camel? That would be epic.

Holy judgement Batman! Are we really against decent, affordable child care here? And how does your niffy solution work for single parents?

Really? That's your first "broken window?" Not any of the "small" failures I see daily when people are fooking up their primary duties? And I'm glad we're being treated like criminals (literally) in that there is no room for discretion or judgement, good thing we got all those fancy master's degrees and years of flight training. The line that borrows from Patton saying "if you can't roll your sleeves down how do I know you're gonna complete all items on the checklist" is literally the #1 problem I've seen in shoe clerk mentality...seen it from desert diamonds while deployed and wing leadership while at home. It assumes the human mind is not capable of judgement or weighing the importance of one task vs another. We might as well all be robots with that outlook...robots with hitler-esque mustaches and tucked in shirts.

This. Not all regulations are equal because some are meant to instill discipline, standardization, and a compliance-mindset, and others are actually relevant to a real-world mission. A dose of the first kind is part of the military way of life and those regulations help us maintain higher standards than the civilian world, but are not an end unto themselves; following them to a T doesn't actually accomplish anything real. Detailed knowledge of mission-related pubs, checklists, etc. leads to excellence in carrying out a real-world mission, that is an end worth pursuing. I've said it a million times; loss of mission focus. This E-9 is exhibit #69.

Has someone made a youtube video of this guy's greatest hits?

IDK...I've seen numerous dudes get "chiefed" when they were LT and Captain bag-wearers at a certain undisclosed location in SW Asia. One dude, I shit you not, handed out business cards so we could "follow up with him" on whatever uniform/grooming standards/BS local procedure issue we were having that day.

Already discussed the E-9's epic fail email However, a fail that hard maybe deserves to be beaten to death in two different threads...UFB all around.

My advice remains mostly the same for U-28s...definitely consider that route or at minimum prepare for it since we have a ton of former -38 dudes. New schemes for the squadrons are being implemented but aren't finalized and the total time deployed over the long term remains the same, about 2 months gone and about 2.5 months home, rinse, repeat. TDYs are maybe 2-4 weeks per year for exercises; mostly volunteer but some are voluntold.

You fool! You've activated the bat signal! I'm gonna have to independently evaluate the constitutionality of your advice.

Your advice seems to be along those lines after some clarification...others not so much. The whole "bend over and take it" and "stop bitching" and "no excuse not to have a MA as a LT" crowd is who I'm talking to more than you. Agreed on all...I suspect there is some secret ceremony where you pin on major and they give you a lobotomy at the same time. Some guys were running late and missed the proceedings and were able to stay cool. Anecdotal evidence suggests the number of doubhebag majors out there is exponentially higher than the number of douchebag captains. Something happens in that timeframe and it aint' good... Absolutely not...I was jealous of my army bros because they got paid more right away and they made what I consider the most desirable rank to be (Captain) faster and I was still a f*cking lieutenant, that's pretty much it. Like I said, no real opinion on whether fast or slow promotion is "better," although I can identify some problems with our current setup of extended training and I guess what is relatively fast promotion. I'll work on my speech writing skills to boil down the pertinent points. On the other hand, do you lose credibility when your posts, like this last one, are long?

I'm actually a Skins fan so yea...no love for the Eagles but I've had to live vicariously through fantasy football the last few years since my real team sucked so much balls. Vick will be a fantasy beast this year so I liked the name for a team.

Wow, and I was being brief compared to some other topics. You skip my posts but then add your own that adds no value to the conversation? Cool... Did I ever say I resented doing my own Masters? Did I ever even claim I didn't have enough time to do it? I thought I was pretty clear that I chose to do my MA right away after nav school, and I even tried to ed delay out of college to knock it out immediately. Sooo...yea, I post on baseops frequently, how does that affect my argument that the system shouldn't force CGOs to knock out their MA and especially shouldn't pressure them to do so as fast as possible? My choice to take an action is not related to my belief that others should not be strong-armed into making the same choice if their circumstances are different than mine.

Bullshit. Change the system so the next guy doesn't have the same stupid ass rules you had. I refuse to either do the full-stiff arm that results in total career failure or the bend over and can I please have some more sir. There is a middle ground where you know the rules, check the boxes when appropriate, but do everything possible to both change the system and steer those younger than you on the correct path, which to me is focusing on the mission first and doing anything else second. It's not even that most people are bad aviators. I'm perfectly capable of doing my MA and being competent in the jet and so is any other bro except maybe the bottom of the barrel. My point is that as I've grown in the squadron and experienced more, I'm realizing more and more all the stuff I don't know. Because of this, I want the next guy who'll replace me not to make the same mistakes I did and I strongly believe that involves focusing more attention on primary duties and less on MAs, SOS, snacko, etc. Hell, there supposedly was a mythical time in AFSOC where new guys didn't even have additional duties for a period of time (rainman, feel free to kick me in the balls if my history is wrong here). What a concept...the mission is so important that it's all we want you to focus on when you're fresh out of the school house. Go F yourself...really? I'm more than happy to explain this concept to any airman in my squadron and I'm sure they'd agree that the AF puts too much emphasis on looking good and box-checking education versus being good at your primary job. Ask them about the pressure to finish up that online Bachelors in General Studies if they don't really want to and don't need it for their job... I don't really know, it just seems like a really long time since dudes are now pinning major around 11 years total, to not even get a first look until 12 and then pin on 6-9 months later. Haven't been around enough to know the consequences of promoting slow versus promoting fast and obviously there are positives and negatives to both. I'm still pissed that my army buddies all put on O-3 after 3 years but whatever...they have to be in the Army so that more than makes up for it.