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Anybody know what the statistics are on convictions for individuals who declined NJP and subsequently went to a court martial?

Is there warming or not? If there is, how bad is it? How much has man contributed to the issue, and how much effect could man have on reversing it (if, in fact, there is warming). Would the price of reversing it be worth it? None of these questions have been answered yet, and because of the...

Unfortunately, they also don't give any information.

I see you've already taken some hits on that. I was one of the last classes to fly Hueys in HT-18 - they started the transition to 57s while I was there, and I think there was one class after mine that flew Hueys. At the time I finshed (Jan 82) there were probably 15 students still flying Hueys...

"Back in the day we used to sniff the schedule before reading it." Good preparation for being a "hinge."

Actually, my experience was that it was a lot easier to get the flight schedule out before computers. Once we got the first "word processors", we were in the publishing business. No more pen-and-ink changes; no more not worrying about a fuel load being off by one column, so that it wasn't quite...

Is it true that A4s used an abacus and an hourglass when computing his fuel usage?

I suppose next you're going to make some outlandish like claim like the NOTAMS were paper copies on clipboards.

People have a right to be frustrated about being forced into the nuke program; there is nothing inappropriate about that. They also have the obligation to do their best if that is where the Navy decides to send them. To the prior enlisted; as an EM, how would you have felt after finishing A...

Don't you mean the papyrus scrolls?

Wasn't he sitting in the spare when Eugene Ely launched off of the Birmingham?

Don't confuse "cuts" with "smaller than requested increases."

squorch - Take a look at the number of terrorist attacks and foiled terrorist attacks in this country and or to U.S. installations over the past 20 or so years. In what percentage were the individuals Muslim? How does that percentage compare to the percentage of the U.S. population which is...

Agreed - like when you first became a HAC.

There is nothing wrong with rational discussion of issues like this, to include "best guesses" of causal factors based on available information.

Considering the context, that seems totally appropriate.

As long as he doesn't let his political leanings interfere with his job, they shouldn't be an issue.

Good comment by RIchard Fernandez (Belmont Club Blog) in his column on this, in re to much of the "analysis;" link is to his column, the excerpt is from one of his comments in the comment section: http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/11/05/fort-hood/#more-6627 What I’m really...

Good column on this: http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/fort-hood%E2%80%94a-now-familiar-tragedy/

That won't happen, you will be judged on the merits of your application. But it is reasonable that you be investigated more thoroughly than someone who doesn't have your background. The problem, though, is that it isn't just an occasional asshole - it's a significant percentage, surrounded by...

If you were responsible for protecting the country in today's world, and were concerned about stopping terrorist attacks that originated from both internal and external sources, where would you concentrate your intelligence resources?

My observations have been that the military, including USNA, plays the PC game, and then when something backfires, often tries to hide what happened.

The questions are whether there is enough of a higher rate of occurrence to justify action; and more importantly, whether there is a high enough rate of occurrence to overcome the political correctness inertia.

What they see when they look in the mirror before the morning cocktail; what we always see when we look at them.

The biggest question is how the threat level to the United States changes based on the various approaches to Afghanistan-Pakistan (the two should not be separated) and whether the cost of those approaches outweighs the cost of the threat. (Cost of the threat being the likelihood of it occurring...

Just trying to clear up the common misconception that no political involvement is allowed for military personnel.

Yes, but that is not the same as a forced political neutrality.

No, not the same. There are significant limitations, but there is also a lot that can be done, including: you can contribute to parties, have bumper stickers on your vehicle, can attend rallies (if not in uniform), write letters to the editor of newspapers.

Wrong - there is no "shall" about being politically neutral. The "shall" refers to how you manifest your political feelings. Big difference.

That was almost never the case, at least when I was in.

Make sure that the rabbits in the feed system are just one sex - otherwise while they are waiting to be eaten they are going to breed themselves out of the cage.

RW psychics would probably be more accurate.

Navy needed a smaller "footprint" for some of the decks.

According to the commercials, you're supposed to seek medical assistance if it lasts that long.

Of course we're not comfortable with that, because those 200-300 people were all innocent civilians.

Unfortunately, at some point in the future this U.N. (and many nations') attitude will result in some U.S. military personnel being arrested when they are overseas, subsequent to having been involved in this type of "illegal" activity.

Killing pirates is bad, too.

They don't HAVE to release you from active duty, no matter what your obligation is.

This isn't the first time this has happened, and likely won't be the last. Needs of the Navy ...

Well, they are willing to take the long-term view. Unfortunately, we tend not to.

Bear bomber that snuck through?

Good article on this: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/10/jundallah_kills_seni.php

That type of low-level anti-government activity has been going on for quite awhile inside Iran.

Boots - boots - boots - boots ...

Yeah - definitely not the first time.

Unfortunately, personal integrity too often falls by the wayside when someone thinks their career may be negatively impacted.

That has the added benefit of creating jobs in the auto industry.

Good explanation of the vote to give Pres Obama the award: http://tigerhawk.blogspot.com/2009/10/stratfor-on-prize.html

Never flew 46s, but I loved watching them do vertreps to the carrier. No way we (H-3s) could sideflare anywhere close to what they could do.

OK, but have they passed the PRT and had their annual sexual harassment training?