SurelySerious Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 Not sure what your story is, but probably best not to just roll in on an ops squadron, especially one with flying SEALS! Spec Ops Fighter Pilots?
backseatdriver Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 Not sure what your story is, but probably best not to just roll in on an ops squadron, especially one with flying SEALS! Never gets old. 1
nsplayr Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 ...especially one with flying SEALS! I prefer to think of the SEALs as "The 319th of the Ground" rather than the other way around 5
Hacker Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 I prefer to think of the SEALs as "The 319th of the Ground" rather than the other way around I got a good laugh once when I saw a U-28 guy billing his community as "the Tier 1 of the Air Force". Yeah, keep tellin' yourself that.
tac airlifter Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 I got a good laugh once when I saw a U-28 guy billing his community as "the Tier 1 of the Air Force". Yeah, keep tellin' yourself that. Every emerging community has a few new guys who don't understand their overall place in the puzzle and get a little over motivated. It's fine. I'd always rather deal with the guy who needs to be pulled back a bit than the ones who aren't aggressive, have no pride or mission ownership or care too much about your snickering. Bottom line, young guys proud of what they do and leaning forward frequently make asses of themselves. No big deal. The onus lies on older IP's to temper that passion with maturity and grow a seasoned force, something the U28's are actually doing very well right now. 1
Guest Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 I prefer to think of the SEALs as "The 319th of the Ground"; rather than the other way around Wait, what? It wouldn't come to mind to think of them as the 319th of anything. I got a good laugh once when I saw a U-28 guy billing his community as "the Tier 1 of the Air Force" Yeah, keep tellin' yourself that. I remember a Space dude striding proudly onto the stage during ME, stating "Space will render all surface threats inoperable" and then walked off and sat down. The Msn/CC just looked at him for approx 69 seconds during which time no one said a word. Eventually the space guy said "It's classified. Just trust me."
Scooter14 Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 (edited) Wait, what? It wouldn't come to mind to think of them as the 319th of anything. I remember a Space dude striding proudly onto the stage during ME, stating "Space will render all surface threats inoperable" and then walked off and sat down. The Msn/CC just looked at him for approx 69 seconds during which time no one said a word. Eventually the space guy said "It's classified. Just trust me." That's actually kind of awesome. Edited September 29, 2012 by Scooter14
Danny Noonin Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 That's actually kind of awesome. No, it's exactly why space guys are their own worst enemy. Way too much "trust me". Way too little SA on the way the world works outside their little soda straw. 2
AnimalMother Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 Wait, what? It wouldn't come to mind to think of them as the 319th of anything. I think we're missing the context of the incident.
Guest Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 That's actually kind of awesome. Not at ME. Probably not in any training environment since there is no way to learn anything. You're not going to plan or fly as if what the dude says is true and just ball walk a double digit dominated IADS. They also didn't actually do anything because they can't bring their Buzz Lightyear playthings. So all they had to do was expend 6.9 seconds of effort to say the exact same thing in every brief and debrief. They actually didn't show up for the first few debriefs because they said they "didn't get anything out of it". We threw the bullshit flag and they started showing up but without any instructors. Uncle Wally (who had spent a little time at Falcon as the Wg/CC and hence was familiar with the space cadets) showed up in the old WW squadron and let the space division CC know how things needed to be if they wanted to continue their presence at Nellis. And, they all got patches. It got better.
HU&W Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 I think we're missing the context of the incident. Yes
abmwaldo Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 Not at ME. Probably not in any training environment since there is no way to learn anything. You're not going to plan or fly as if what the dude says is true and just ball walk a double digit dominated IADS. They also didn't actually do anything because they can't bring their Buzz Lightyear playthings. So all they had to do was expend 6.9 seconds of effort to say the exact same thing in every brief and debrief. They actually didn't show up for the first few debriefs because they said they "didn't get anything out of it". We threw the bullshit flag and they started showing up but without any instructors. Uncle Wally (who had spent a little time at Falcon as the Wg/CC and hence was familiar with the space cadets) showed up in the old WW squadron and let the space division CC know how things needed to be if they wanted to continue their presence at Nellis. And, they all got patches. It got better. When was this? I never saw them at 11B... Saw them 2x during Integration.
Hacker Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 Wait, what? It wouldn't come to mind to think of them as the 319th of anything. Warning: Sarcasm detector inop. 1
Skitzo Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 Wait, what? It wouldn't come to mind to think of them as the 319th of anything. I remember a Space dude striding proudly onto the stage during ME, stating "Space will render all surface threats inoperable" and then walked off and sat down. The Msn/CC just looked at him for approx 69 seconds during which time no one said a word. Eventually the space guy said "It's classified. Just trust me." I'm pretty sure that nsplayer meant that entirely in jest, otherwise the next time I see him I will punch him in the throat. I'm pretty disappointed that AFSOC AKA Quiet Professionals would espouse this garbage...especially disappointed because 4+ years down the road it's still being brought up.
Hacker Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 I'm pretty disappointed that AFSOC AKA Quiet Professionals would espouse this garbage...especially disappointed because 4+ years down the road it's still being brought up. The context I heard it in was basically a dick-measuring contest with another platform that performs essentially the same mission.
nsplayr Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 I'm pretty sure that nsplayer meant that entirely in jest, otherwise the next time I see him I will punch him in the throat. Definitely in jest...beer smiley thing after the original post generally means it's all in good fun. I'm pretty disappointed that AFSOC AKA Quiet Professionals would espouse this garbage...especially disappointed because 4+ years down the road it's still being brought up. I think it's funny as hell...plus I highly enjoy that now that I'm in the other U-28 squadron I can give dudes in the 319th sh*t for it. The 319th UDM (and an extremely old-head gunship guy) has a demotivational poster hanging in his office that says, "We're basically like the 319th of the Ground" and has a pic of navy SEALs on it...makes me chuckle every time I'm over there.
Danny Noonin Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 (edited) Definitely in jest...beer smiley thing after the original post generally means it's all in good fun. Incorrect. A man putting a "smiley thing" generally means you're gay Edited October 2, 2012 by Danny Noonin 1
ATIS Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 (edited) Incorrect. A man putting a "smiley thing" generally means you're gay NSPlayer...he does have a point there, and I'm not one to throw stones at a fellow, lean forward U-28 type. Cheers Collin Edited October 2, 2012 by ATIS
nsplayr Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 Fair enough...I figured the correct term, "emoticon" sounded even gayer...
Easy Posted April 7, 2013 Posted April 7, 2013 Has the PERSTEMPO restriction, as it relates to POTFF, been set yet?
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