• Please take a moment and update your account profile. If you have an updated account profile with basic information on why you are on Air Warriors it will help other people respond to your posts. How do you update your profile you ask?

    Go here:

    Edit Account Details and Profile

Search results

  1. mmx1

    AF Counterterrorism Funds Spent On "Comfort Capsules"

    ....is it just me or does "Comfort Capsules" bring to mind the Japanese use of "Comfort Women" in WWII?
  2. mmx1

    Generation Kill

    Awesome Episode 4 is called "Combat Jack"......
  3. mmx1

    Top 10 Worst Aircraft Ever...

    And it's a shame the F-22 at $180mil a pop can't make the KC-130 obsolete. Wait, what were we talking about?
  4. mmx1

    Best Gun Story this Year

    Two weeks ago, walked in with PCS orders (ok, i had to go back to my house to get them), filled out 4473, walked out with my gun. They didn't care about my Florida CHL. Even in gun-friendly Florida, I had to wait 3 days (that was before I got my CHL).
  5. mmx1

    Best Gun Story this Year

    There's also this: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080629/wl_afp/francemilitaryaccident Just when you thought Sarkozy was redeeming the French...
  6. mmx1

    Selection out of Primary/Advanced

    So because #2 didn't get what he wanted because it was unavailable, everyone else should be unhappy too? It is not about you.
  7. mmx1

    Marine IA Billets

    Completely uninformed opinion - instead of taking guys fresh out of the RAG and taking them out of the cockpit for a year before they hit the squadron, why not tap some hungry young souls fresh out of TBS and waiting to start flight school? I'll wager you'd get some volunteers from guys debating...
  8. mmx1

    Columbian Hostages Rescued in daring operation

    Not a shot fired. Impressive; glad to see our training's paying off.
  9. mmx1

    POWs unacknowledged in China, Libya and Laos?

    Take a step back and consider the source, both of the article and of the claimed sightings, and of the consequences of paying ransom to every joe dick and harry that claims to have seen a white guy in Southeast Asia.
  10. mmx1

    For those of you who would like a single serving of joe...

    There was a fatwallet thread on it so it's probably legit. I'll stick with my bodum french press. Cheaper, more flexible, and still easy enough to operate half-asleep.
  11. mmx1

    Binghamton Air Show

    You've not seen how many studs are on the A.C. Read golf course at NASP. Of course, it's probably a bit different in the fleet.
  12. mmx1

    Why HUMINT Isn't All It's Cracked Up to Be...

    So the ends justified the means? The intelligence was shoddy and there was willful suspension of disbelief in accepting that intelligence. Curveball's intelligence was heavily relied upon to make the case for going to war, since there was really very few other claims of active WMD programs, and...
  13. mmx1

    Showdown: Air Combat

    I'd rather watch When we left earth.
  14. mmx1

    VICTORY in IRAQ?? What is Victory?? Is there any substitute for VICTORY??

    Or maybe it is: http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=11535688 http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11540858
  15. mmx1

    War Deserter!

    Thankfully Canada has not been real friendly to deserters lately. Cya soon!
  16. mmx1

    AF Honchos Fired

    Navy petitioning Congress to allow it to maintain 1 less carrier (temporarily?). Seawolf production cut short and replaced with the (marginally) more affordable Virginia class. No new boomer on the drawing board. About to be retired boomers converted to conventional strike/SOF insertion...
  17. mmx1

    When We Left Earth

    It's Discovery Channel for those looking for it. Damn you Time Warner for not carrying Discovery HD.
  18. mmx1

    VICTORY in IRAQ?? What is Victory?? Is there any substitute for VICTORY??

    Hmm, the "Legendary" Dick Marcinko is on their Executive Board......interesting.
  19. mmx1

    VICTORY in IRAQ?? What is Victory?? Is there any substitute for VICTORY??

    Look up Senior Chief Malcolm Nance's credentials. But yes, in this case the Wiki is definitely useless.
  20. mmx1

    VICTORY in IRAQ?? What is Victory?? Is there any substitute for VICTORY??

    According to Chief Nance (in his book The Terrorists of Iraq), the insurgency was mostly Saddam's doing, with Al Qaeda a distant third, and Iran providing little if nothing until after the fall of Baghdad. Just throwing an open source data point out there.
  21. mmx1

    Ban on Cluster Munitions

    This is something they're working out at the conference. Several nations that use these submunitions are trying to draw a distinction between a 100+ submunition Rockeye and something more modern with a handful of smart submunitions.
  22. mmx1

    Mullen says STFU

    Was she an elected official at the time?
  23. mmx1

    T-45 Mishap

    It's been a bad year mishap-wise.
  24. mmx1

    Presidential Candidate Blames Fox News for Anticipated loss

    So......you've met some racists in WV. West Virginians are dumb and poor (excuse me, blue-collar), and hence more likely to be racist. Hence, WV is chalk(sic) full of racists. By that logic, harlem is full of criminals.
  25. mmx1

    Presidential Candidate Blames Fox News for Anticipated loss

    And this is unique to Fox how? Are any of your comments any less relevant for any of the cable networks? Even programs like 60 minutes and Meet the Press are a shadow of their former selves. The only broadcast program I consider worth a damn is Frontline.
  26. mmx1

    Presidential Candidate Blames Fox News for Anticipated loss

    That's awesome. I'm sure the BBC is something in line with what you're looking for. I see we're making great use of this new youtube functionality. If only DoD would get with the times.
  27. mmx1

    Presidential Candidate Blames Fox News for Anticipated loss

    Why's he blaming the media? Because blaming the voters didn't work for him last time. Or, if you're looking for actual journalism, you could stick to reading and not the boob tube.
  28. mmx1

    US "violation" of Venezuelan airspace

    At least they didn't try to play chicken.
  29. mmx1

    Go Air Force Academy

    I'm pretty sure that's fine for them.
  30. mmx1

    Flight Pay for IFS?

    2-3 weeks? holy. I wish. Average of 40 days at one of the faster schools (Bay Minette). Around 30 days on the rare occasion (usually a student with some prior flight time).
  31. mmx1

    Pay increase for making Dean’s list

    Well, if the intent is to reward academic excellence, and you instead create an incentive to take easy majors, then that is unfair.
  32. mmx1

    Air Force finally figures out how to pee in a jet...

    There's a pump of some sort, and stuff to make it "chemically gel" So.....kitty litter?
  33. mmx1

    VANCE decision for a Marine

    Well, it's different and it's not appealing for personal reasons, but it's not necessarily worse training. I'd like to know the reasons, but I'd guess it has to do with cross-pollination of AF/Naval aviators and diversity of experiences.
  34. mmx1

    AQ in Iraq leader reportedly detained...but nevermind!

    That read like an Onion article.:eek:
  35. mmx1

    And the Award for Stupidest News Article EVER published goes to....

    I'm a fan of Hendrick's myself. Bogey, don't base your opinion of gin on the house liquor.
  36. mmx1

    And the Award for Stupidest News Article EVER published goes to....

    Peking Chicken? Is that the weightwatchers version?
  37. mmx1

    API Curriculum Mod

    I think it's nuts as some guys really do need the 6 weeks to study. Most of my class hasn't found it as tough as perceived. I do think that IFS duplicates a lot of API content, particularly Nav, Weather, FRR, and Aero I (II, not so much).
  38. mmx1

    API Curriculum Mod

    I am very sketchy of civilians with the power to attrite people from the flight pipeline. And yes, yes, it's a Navy board that ultimately attrites you, but seriously, from the instruction to the checkride, it's all in the hands of your school. I had a good IFS experience, but I've seen and...
  39. mmx1

    Dwindling Aircraft Carriers

    I didn't know we had them to thank for it.
  40. mmx1

    Flying for the Marine Corps

    Barron's recently came out with an ASTB prep book which by most accounts is far better than the rest.
  41. mmx1

    Another Gate?

    Check with a recent grad or current student about the hours for the onville gate. They were curtailing it when I left (0500-1700 or so) due to manpower issues and last I heard it was only getting worse.
  42. mmx1

    Required Man Skills

    Rule 0. Don't let a magazine tell you what to do.
  43. mmx1

    "Ex-Gitmo Prisoner commits suicide attack"

    It's not a matter of whether or not we detain people. It's whether or not we condone or overlook prisoner mistreatment and the deprivation of due process because of a mistaken blanket presumption of guilt or complicity.
  44. mmx1

    "Ex-Gitmo Prisoner commits suicide attack"

    No, he didn't prove us right. Not holding the US in high regard is no reason to detain anyone. Did you miss the part where people have been turned in for bounties? Or because an informant held a grudge against someone for sectarian/tribal/screwed my sister/I just don't like the cut of his jib?
  45. mmx1

    "Ex-Gitmo Prisoner commits suicide attack"

    Don't confuse explanation with justification. I can explain and attempt to correct the contributing factors that convince a young person, whether a gangster in the U.S. or a terrorist overseas to decide that a life of crime and terrorism is an appropriate course of action, without condoning or...
  46. mmx1

    "Ex-Gitmo Prisoner commits suicide attack"

    Am I wrong? You think that guy loved the US after being detained at Gitmo and then release because he was cleared of the charges? Is it implausible that giving somebody the "cock meat sandwich" might turn a guy that may have lent moral or material support to terrorists into a guy who'd be...
  47. mmx1

    Gun laws question

    Given the amount of chest-thumping in this thread, that was not at all clear. Perhaps smileys were in order. ;):icon_wink:o:icon_mi_1
  48. mmx1

    "Ex-Gitmo Prisoner commits suicide attack"

    Yeah, because it's completely implausible that a gitmo detainee might have been mistakenly detained. Particularly if Kuwait (no coddler of terrorists) later found them innocent of the original charges.
  49. mmx1

    Gun laws question

    I think my reading comprehension is just fine. Presumed guilt or likely recidivism of an individual is a shoddy basis for taking a life. I guess that would make me a liberal in your eyes.
  50. mmx1

    Gun laws question

    So it's OK to kill someone based on a probabilistic prediction of their future actions?
Top