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

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

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?

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).

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

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

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...

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

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.

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.

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.

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...

I'd rather watch When we left earth.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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.

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.

Was she an elected official at the time?

It's been a bad year mishap-wise.

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.

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.

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.

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.

At least they didn't try to play chicken.

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

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).

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

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

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.

That read like an Onion article.:eek:

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

Peking Chicken? Is that the weightwatchers version?

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).

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...

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

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

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.

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

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.

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?

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...

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...

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

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.

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.

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