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This. How often do commanders say no? Of course they write their little op-ed in the base paper saying the one time they pushed back, but it's very rare. That's a sign of looking weak, especially when Congress is telling you to do something.

That ~$160 Billion yearly budget gets eaten up pretty fast when you were planning on retiring a MWS to buy another MWS, but you're going to keep both MWS's, which involves the associated aircrew/maintenance/support personnel, training for said personnel, R&D, construction on support buildings (hangars, sim buildings, etc), and other associated costs. Oh yeah, you're buying that KC-46 thing too, upgrading the KC-135, buying more C-130J's, etc. You are mandated by Congress to keep aircraft, keeping people over 100% manning, which people are your most expensive asset, is going to really eat away at your budget.

Well, he allegedly perjured himself to the judge in question by pleading guilty, which he did twice under oath, to lying. Now he's saying he never lied. So, he's either lying then (that he never lied) or he's lying now. That's what the judge wants to know by appointing a former federal judge to investigate if there's probably cause to charge him with contempt/perjury. Considering arguendo, if the FBI interview "had no basis" then why would he: 1. Talk to them 2. Lie to them If the lie doesn't matter legally, then why is the judge considering a contempt/perjury charge? And as for the "de facto prosecutor" you mean retired federal judge? He seems about as a disinterested party as the AG who was appointed by a president, confirmed by the majority of the president's political party in the Senate, who then dismissed criminal charges against the president's former pick as the National Security Council, even though the accused plead guilty twice in federal court to lying.

Welsh spoke to all the SNCO’s at Altus when I was there back in 2013-2014. It was just him, Chief Cody, and the SNCOs. He flat out said he loved the A-10, it was the first fighter he flew, but he couldn’t afford it. Every career field he had manned over 100%, he had to pay for out of hide, which is why he did the Great Hunger Games, Congress told him to STFU that he was keeping the A-10, getting the F-35...so the only thing he could do was cut personnel. Pretty tough place to be put in, and a good example of how one can be the CSAF and still be told by civilians to STFU and color on how their branch was goin to run.

Rat works for Boeing because he knew he was blacklisted from every major.

No, I read the indictment, not Fox & Friends hot take on the “facts.” I’m the last person to have faith on the DOJ/Feds, it’s called a “court of law” not a “court of truth.” If the Feds didn’t disclose exculpatory evidence, that’s a Brady violation and it should absolutely be dismissed. But that also doesn’t negate the fact Flynn lied to Pence, which was the reason why Trump fired him. And no one can be compelled to talk to law enforcement. Apparently Flynn was too stupid to realize that. The irony in this is the same guy who started chants to “lock her up.” I guess what you view as “good” depends on where you fall on the partisan line.

I’m sorry, I guess I missed the part where Flynn didn’t admit to lying, then admitted again to lying during another pre-trial hearing to the judge during the plea inquiry? Even when he wanted to change his plea to not guilty he still never said he didn’t lie. What was he fired for again? Something, something, lying to Pence? You can do three things when law enforcement is “interviewing” you: tell the truth, lie, shut the fuck up. I recommend doing the latter. I don’t really want to hear about “entrapment” coming from a career military officer, who was a commander at various levels throughout his career, which meant he probably “interviewed” and gave Article 31 right advisements to people suspected of committing a crime. Since Barr is Trump’s personal lapdog, the dismissal isn’t surprising. It was either that a pardon. I expect to see Roger Stone’s pardon by the end of the year.

At least no one here is slapped with a $162,000 bill for their training.

Seven years today. We’ll make sure no one forgets you. 🥃🥃🥃

The Oracle of Omaha wishes the airline industry "well" after Berkshire Hathaway exited, in holdings, all four of the major airlines. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-02/buffett-says-berkshire-reversing-course-on-airlines-again?srnd=premium https://apple.news/AgPUrIpFORa6bB1PRV4HQsw

If he was read his rights, and chose to still make a statement, that's on him. If he was wasn't read his rights, then asked to make self-incriminating statements, that's a 5th and 6th Amendment violation (Miranda v. Arizona). However, SCOTUS holding in Frazier v. Cupp (1969) that law enforcement deception with regard to a target's confession is legal. Either way, regardless what anyone every tells you, no U.S. Citizen can be compelled to make a self-incriminated statement in any form. And if law enforcement, or really anyone, is questioning you about details about an alleged crime that you're the target of, they're never there for your benefit. https://repository.law.miami.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1020&context=umrsjlr

Apparently he forgot about that whole 5th Amendment thing?

Depends, are you a Commander who's close to promotion/retiring and afraid of the negative impact that your career will suffer if you don't? Then yes.

The CNO wants Crozier restored to command. https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/04/24/navys-top-brass-want-fired-theodore-roosevelt-co-restored-to-command/

I have friends doing it, experience is varied. I had an old Sq/CC who was a Group/CC at McGuire. He liked it, but said there's enough work for say McGurie, not Travis and McMcGuire, so a lot of the time it was just busy work. There's also a CRG position in Guam, but I've only known CEA's that went there. I had an assignment to the one at Travis circa 2014, but was reprojected back to flying, which I wasn't going to complain about.

You can do TAPS at home via CBT. I did it.

So, not only did the old SECNAV quit his job, possibly get COVID, but he's also terrible at math?

I was in the 61st with Julie. Very sad time for their family. The GoFuneMe that was setup received over $100K in donations for their family.

Buddy of mine was laid off by Compass, got the call today from Atlas for the 747.

A former C-130 driver I was stationed with at Little Rock, now with JetBlue, died today because of COVID. Fuck this thing.

This is 🇺🇸 https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/30/business/ford-ge-healthcare-ventilators/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_content=2020-03-31T03%3A02%3A06&utm_term=link

I live in the PNW. There are Californians moving everywhere, and have been, however continue your state-based xenophobia. You also left out that in 2019 there were 37,810 Texans that moved to California, which was the second most behind Washington state. If you did your research, you'd know the north-central and north east part of California is historically Republican. Before you respond with some Boomer'esqe "libtard" insult, I'm born and raised in Wyoming. Which I would argue is more conservative than Texas. Also, with your comparison of exports, which you conveniently didn't respond with a GDP comparison (which Texas is second to California by a $1.2 trillion difference), Texas had $330 billion in exports in 2019. About $106 billion of it was oil. We'll see how well that much they lead in exports due to the price of oil currently being $20 per barrel. https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/state/data/tx.html https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/11/04/691145-californians-left-last-year-what-state-did-they-go-to/

Your capitol is insanely liberal and votes blue (65% for Clinton in the 2016 Presidential Primary).

And did I mention Texas? Rhode Island law enforcement and the National Guard are doing door checks to see if there are any New Yorkers in the residence. New York has already said they'll sue and the ACLU is suing. If you actually read the link to the order you posted it states that: So, what if DPS shows up at my door and I don't answer? Am I fined up to $1,000 and/or sent to jail for 180 days for not opening and talking to DPS? What compels me to even open the door? Individual's constitutional rights aren't suspended due to a pandemic. Governors can pass whatever order they want, they'll never get past that whole Supremacy Clause thing and that whole 4th Amendment. If law enforcement conducts a "Terry Stop" on someone and finds out they should've been quarantined due to the order, they could face the fine and/or jail, that's legal. However, saying probable cause is based on someone having a New York license plate and/or randomly just knocking on doors inquiring about the individuals in there the domicile without a warrant or rights waived by the domicile owner, that's not fine. https://turnto10.com/news/local/new-yorks-governor-cuomo-threatens-to-sue-ri