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Do you suppose it could be a previous member who recently announced they were leaving the forum in a hissyfit over a post about Elon Musk, had a history of posts criticizing Musk, and accusing the right of being Nazis? Hmmm.... Let's see: https://www.flyingsquadron.com/forums/search/?&q=Musk&quick=1&author=Negatory&search_and_or=or&sortby=relevancy https://www.flyingsquadron.com/forums/search/?&q=Nazi&quick=1&author=Negatory&search_and_or=or&sortby=relevancy I guess It could be just coincidence, and not someone who created an alt account and went straight to a political thread and picked up where they left off. yeahright. @Negatory My question for you still stands:

LOL that didn’t last long.

Hmmm....

Milley gets a pardon from Biden today, 20 Jan.

My childhood friend and next door neighbor to this day is out on medical retirement at 41 from the city PD after getting shot during a domestic call last year. He's 90% recovered. My son in law is a bit of a fast burner in another department. We often get together for beers and BBQ and in conversation, it becomes apparent the job changes them. They both started out with high ideals about our community, the nobility of the job, their duty to protect everyone, etc. The stories they tell make my job as an airline capt seem like the most dull job in the world. They see things I would consider horrific more days than not. As a result, it seems that over time they lose trust in broader society and become more intensely protective over the people they care about. I would trust both of these dudes with my life. The percentage of people I encounter on a daily basis that have just stabbed their girlfriend is pretty low, while the percentage of people they encounter who have just sexually abused a family member or broke into a house high on meth is pretty high. We make generalizations about the rest of society given the data we have. A local cop was shot a week or so ago. Every law enforcement officer within an 80 mile radius was on a personal mission to find the perp. They found him a couple days later, had a standoff in the backyard, and several officers mag-dumped on him. I was at a party last weekend with some cops and they were enthusiastically sharing pictures of the scene and the bad guy. It was unspoken, but obvious that everyone knew there was only one type of justice this guy was going to get. I was kind of unsettled by the idea that maybe none of the local law enforcement had any intent to take the guy alive while I was simultaneously glad that he wasn't. I had often thought I'd be a good cop when watching these bad cop vids. After hearing the stories, I don't know that I could keep myself from treating a large swath of the society with suspicion, disdain, and contempt. We could always strive for improvement, but I'll never be convinced that you can expect human beings to do this job and not have any of them develop sociopathic tendencies towards parts of our population.

The WG/CC promises all the Navs that he's going to get age waivers and pilot training dates for all who want to go. When the last H model leaves, the WG/CC says "Sorry, couldn't get any pilot training, but we got some cool staff jobs for ya."

It’s a girl!

Airbus released a 400 megapixel photo of the fires. Incredible. https://space-solutions.airbus.com/newsroom/satellite-image-gallery/pleiades-neo/wildfires-in-los-angeles/

He always keeps a folded paper map of Ukraine by his right hand.

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USAA names a new CEO this morning. Juan Andrade. Article says he's only the second CEO with no military background, Peacock being the first. He's been on the USAA BoD for 4 years and is leaving Everett Group, a multi-national insurance provider. It's pretty clear the USAA trajectory isn't going to change. Over the past few weeks, I've moved nearly all my assets out, changed my direct deposits, leaving just enough to keep a checking account open. With it clearly not being military focused anymore, there's just no advantage in doing business with a bank that has no local branches. https://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/usaa-new-ceo-20023348.php

Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover. https://x.com/RyanMcbeth/status/1877189961608233012

Haha. What's more embarrassing for you? Announcing to everyone that you're quitting the forum, or being too weak to actually do it?

This instantly teleports me back to my college days. Good to see Soundgarden still going strong even without Chris. For 1000 Baseops points: If you could describe the event at 19:15 using only the name of a Soundgarden song, what would it be?

2025 is already off the scales crazy. The Vegas Trump tower bomber claimed to have insider knowledge about the East Coast drones and China. Weird AF. Current, qualified, well-regarded Green Beret in good standing with his bros. Also claimed he was a whistleblower for war crimes committed by the US. There is also a claim that Iranian made MANPADS have crossed the border into the US and are unaccounted for. Wow.