Yeah, and he received such overwhelming backlash from the entire Navy that he almost immediately backtracked and reversed that decision.
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There were at least five different airframes in that commercial!
I think it is an S-2, early in the commercial.
Can't find a picture on the interwebs, but just before 9/11 Navy Recuiting introduced an ad campaign/slogan that was quickly taken down after the attack. Was the stereotypical low wide shot of a fighter on the cat with steam blowing by. Great shot. Tag line, "Where will you be when the smoke clears?" It was thought insensitive with the towers still smoldering. I have a poster rolled up somewhere. Loved it.
In the same release as the above was an aerial shot of a CVBG and the tag line, "The pursuit of life liberty and all who threaten it." One of my all time favorites. It carried on for some time. Most folks thought it was inspired by 9/11, but it was released a few months prior and proved timely.
In the same release as the above was an aerial shot of a CVBG and the tag line, "The pursuit of life liberty and all who threaten it." One of my all time favorites. It carried on for some time. Most folks thought it was inspired by 9/11, but it was released a few months prior and proved timely.
It's nice to see that @Random8145's horrible takes aren't limited to just one topic. 
Is that a poster for the Navy or NAMBLA??
This is a fantastic program for young people ages 16-18 - instructors are being selected from AF UPT T-6 squadrons. Students will be issued an AF flight suit, have a AF UPT style name tag and matching t-shirts. Should be a very cool (and life changing) experience for those selected.
One of the training sites will be Peter Prince Airport in Milton, FL.
Photos from 2021 class
One of the training sites will be Peter Prince Airport in Milton, FL.
Photos from 2021 class
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Random8145
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I'm not talking about offending mainstream viewpoints, I'm talking about people making the slightest "offense" and possibly having their lives ruined because they offend a select group of ultra politically-correct people. Look at the culture on the universities nowadays for example. The Dixie Chicks were not so much cancelled, part of what did them in was their being seen as knocking on the American president to a foreign audience at the time, and their base turned against them for that.
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This is IMO a bit of a canard. Yes, the elders have been complaining about the youth and how they'll be the downfall of civilization for thousands of years, there is a quote I think from Socrates or one of those guys about the youth of their day and how terrible they are. But when you have kids needing "safe spaces" and demanding "hate speech" be outlawed and "trigger warnings" be put onto things, there's a major problem. These people filter into our legal, business, political, etc...systems.
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The point is it shows some rather extreme political correctness and denial to get upset that a study finds that infantry with female infantry soldiers doesn't move and shoot with the speed and accuracy of all-male infantry. The Israeli female infantry were created more for reasons of political correctness and feminists, not because it was determined to be a good idea by the Israelis. So my point was if you take a country with actual female infantry, even they recognize the limitations (BTW I am not against women in the combat arms, that is not my place, just pointing out the silliness of ignoring biological reality).
Also what makes America different from Israel in this sense? We had infantry fighting terrorists for more than a decade, so do the Israelis.
What's wrong with the article? The article is citing a study done by the Marine Corps. I did not say that the study was correct and that the Secretary of the Navy is wrong, I said that it isn't hard to believe the conclusion of the study. If they did a study finding that all male soccer teams run and kick with a lot more speed and power on average than soccer teams that are say 50% women, would you be shocked with the findings? The study wasn't claiming that all male infantry are smarter than ones with females.
Random8145
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My "take" on this subject is probably about 100% in agreement with your own take, minus just some disagreements on the issue of cancel culture. Otherwise, I don't really see where the disagreement is. The thread was about the military recruitment ad versus the "macho" Russian one. I stood up for the American one but criticized some aspects of political correctness in the military. Swanee seemed to completely misunderstand my post and wrote about how our "woke" military would kick the butt of the supposedly "tough" enemy forces, which is what I had been saying from the start.It's nice to see that @Random8145's horrible takes aren't limited to just one topic.