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Bunch of weak zebra's in this town. ATIS

Private First Class... maybe 19 or 20 years old at the time...Iwo Jima..."Excuse me General/Admiral and with all due respect, move the F over, this seat is for him". Having been to Iwo Jima over a dozen times during my three year tour in Japan (best ever FLCP [Field Carrier Landing Practice] area around), all I can say is that must have just been a brutal killing ground. Just walking off that island in the Feb-March 1945 timeframe demands RESPECT. Appreciate you sharing. V/r ATIS

RESPECT

Commit forces and "winning" wars start at the top.

I want to punch a kitten after watching this. ATIS

The Presidential Candidate, the Presidential Incumbent...or both?

Sad...and true.

New Star Wars....enjoyed it but didn't blow my socks of. I kinda knew what was going to happen. I think they did a better job with the Star Trek remakes. Cheers ATIS

I hate this F-ing argument and I hear it all the time from management from above (fully understand the point Lawman is trying to make). Treat folks like big boys and girls...fully realize folks will get in trouble and you punish accordingly, zero defect mentality is BS. This Dudley Do Right atmosphere is perminating all of our services (some more than others). When the gong goes off....I want folks running to the door to beat me though it. Boss's concerned about "pointless inane BS" have lost the mindset of "running for the door"...something leaders in the profession of arms should never loose. My opinion of course. ATIS

Assume she is carrying Condition 2, Condition 3 at a minimum. Cheers ATIS

GI issue .45...good zombie killer. Guess with a clip of only 7 rounds...it didn't trip the "hi-capacity" alarm. Cheers ATIS

Stay on the left/VA side of that Virgina/DC line with that 30-rounder M2...just sayin. ATIS...wondering where his 30-rounders might be???

Army Vs Navy this weekend, just sayin. Sorry for the loss of your shipmates. ATIS

Blade Runner.... Nice metal.

Mid: 20+ year Navy 0-5 (Reservist but sitting up here in Newport RI at the War College on active duty right now) and staring 0-6 in the face (blind squirrel [me] may find a nut [STS 0-6]). You go Submarine, you won't be able to break from that gravitational pull and switch to aviation. I have seen a few surface warfare officers do it...but I haven't seen a sub driver yet. You will be invested in heavily to get through Nuc school and then pushed hard on your first SSN/SSBN/SSGN tour...chances are likely you will be more interested about getting out of the Nav then going to flight school by that point. "Of course, there's no guarantee of fighters, and while the navy has other cool planes and helicopters, 10 years (flight school + 8) is a big part of my life to commit to the Navy without having much control over what I'll be doing or where I'll be".....VERY VERY short sighted. If you want to fly...go to flight school. Get your head out of the "fighter pilot of bust" mentality. Flying a helo hunting subs or shooting Hellfire at ships or a P-8 on a SRO track/mowing the lawn on det is not a bad deal compared to being a sub driver. All the aviators I have known have been happy with the community they ended up in, some were upset when they didn't get their platform of choice, that's only natural. I didn't get my first choice...made the best of it and eventually was able to fall into the best military aviation job I could have hoped for (I'm a plankowner in the 319th out of Hurby...folks on this board will know what that is). I have a ton of respect for what the undersea community does but don't be fooled...they eat their own and they ride them very hard. I work with 4+ former sub skippers (one a classmate of mine from college)...all are getting out as either 0-5 or 0-6 because they are just trashed. "I would enjoy and excel at aviation"...BOOM....those words came out of your mind, through your fingers and showed up here. That is the attitude to have. Period. PM me if you like to discuss further. Now where did my Woodford Reserve go? Cheers ATIS

"all will be open to women unless a good reason can be found not to" That right there is political two-step. Reason is variable...not black and white. "serious information". Guess I need to dig into my pubs to find a definition of "serious information" before I get it mixed in with my Top Serious/Serious Compartmental Information pile. If I stood up at a test meeting and said we are recommending the MDA not send a product to the user or the next phase of testing based on "serious" information...I would be ushered aside and have my lips pulled out through my a$$hole.

The U-28 (or it's follow-on LFW T/M/S will have a CSO)...so the job will be there, just the "Spam Can" you are in might change. Cheers ATIS

Sorry to see the Kiowa go. Was nice to have you part of the stack up in Mosul back in '06-'07...you did really good/close-in work with the .50 Cal. Much appreciated. Cheers ATIS

There goes breakfast. Thanks FE.

Some of those "nerds" (for sure in the early days).... you really don't want pictures. Really...you don't. But then again...they usually pulled (STS) the best grids for me (actually hats off to the most of the "nerds"...all but a few were very good at their craft).

Not a G-Damn thing here in DC. ATIS

Wait on The Gift Date night in Chinatown DC so we picked this one to watch. It's just OK. Cheers ATIS

A lot of my folks live down that way...slug in very early to beat the traffic up 95 in the morning, leave early to get back down 95 in the afternoons. I live on the Hill and end up locking up the spaces every night since everyone is gone by 1530. As mentioned by the back, right seat B-1 rider..... train/METRO is probably your best option. Cheers Collin

"...the Air Force estimated that divesting the A-10 would allow it to save $4.2 billion over its 5-year budget plan; however, our analysis found that the Air Force’s estimated savings are incomplete and may overstate or understate estimated savings. In presenting its budget to Congress, the Air Force provided a number of alternatives to A-10 divestment that would also result in approximately $4.2 billion in cost savings. However, these alternatives were rough estimates that were illustrative only and not fully considered as alternatives to A-10 divestment, according to Air Force officials." If you work in acquisition long enough, cost estimation is a rampant problem. Accurately predicting cost of a program or cost savings is a huge risk to any program counting on those figures for any APB or funding/approval. You build in some margin for cost growth, but that never truly represents the creep you will see. Plus the fact that when the boss's don't like your cost figures and you show them how they are based on historic programs of the same nature...with margin built-in....they send you away because the initial funding baseline is a lot less. I have been asked by some SES'ers..."can you test a entirely new aircraft with just one test asset"? Overestimate cost saving...low ball initial cost of programs, we are becoming a self licking ice cream cone that is pricing DoD out of business. ATIS