Terrific History of Carrier Aviation ... Full Monty!

[FlyBoyd]

Tell me, how did I vote in the last 7 elections?

For this guy?

 

[picklesuit]

https://www.jagcnet.army.mil/DOCLIB...63699069485256e5b0054e11a/$FILE/Article 1.pdf

This is a great article I found a while ago having a discussion about this very issue (a political discussion about political discussion...how fun) that was put out by the Army.
I will not try to shape your interpretation, but much of what I say is shaped by this...

Was I intemperate in my (relative) youth? Probably, but temperance does not equal silence in my book.

Pickle

 

[Recovering LSO]

A great read and lends lots of insight to the privileged elite of that time ... and how VASTLY different the silver-spooners of that day are from the pathetic bunch we see in Washington. Unlike BO and his boys, these young men saw it as a responsibility of their privileged upbringing to serve (in the REAL sense of that term) our nation.

I'll not tell you what you can and cannot post around here. You don't identify as an active duty member. I'll only offer that it might be prudent to turn the television to something other than Fox News from time to time....

 

[Flash]

......A great read and lends lots of insight to the privileged elite of that time ... and how VASTLY different the silver-spooners of that day are from the pathetic bunch we see in Washington. Unlike BO and his boys, these young men saw it as a responsibility of their privileged upbringing to serve (in the REAL sense of that term) our nation.

First off, I don't think you could say the current President had a 'privileged' upbringing. Secondly, service overall has declined among the greater population and that is reflected by our political leaders, the current members of Congress who are veterans is at the lowest point since World War II. It isn't just limited to one party either, none of the four men running in the last presidential election were veterans. But even at that low number our political leadership does still serve, the percentage of veterans in Congress is still higher than the general population with veterans constituting 19% of the current Congress is veterans while only about 9% of the adult population in this country has served (22 out of 240 million adults). The two most senior cabinet secretaries in the current administration are veterans as well. So yeah, even some of the folks in Washington have served in uniform too.

 

[Steve Wilkins]

Closing the thread. If you take issue with his "political" comments or whatever news station you think he watches, take it offline or open a new thread.