I'm not particularly religious, but I do believe that there is a special colony in hell for the chem light bandits of the world.....
Particularly from our last deployment...
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I'm not particularly religious, but I do believe that there is a special colony in hell for the chem light bandits of the world.....
disgruntled nukes on midwatch with access to an eductor?At least the ones from our last deployment...
disgruntled nukes on midwatch with access to an eductor?
should have been a period not a question mark, if you were on a nuke ship it probably was, I worked with some idiots and some later confessed to doing shit like that.Never found out. Don't care anymore.
I am currently struggling with pronouns. In my class of three, the other two dudes are very kindly and patiently teaching me about the AF. Naturally the Navy comes up, either because I have a question about how X is done here in the AF or because they ask me something about the Navy. I keep saying "we" in regards to the Navy and have to correct myself. "They." It's tough and very confusing.I get told in an otherwise-glowing performance review that one of the things I needed to work on was not using so many Navy-isms.
The reason she thinks you were on a cruise doing nothing is because WE deploy to Italy, Greece, Malta, and Spain for two months at a time drinking beer! ?The odd part is that we come from a military family and her own father -- my uncle -- was in the USAF and Air Guard. It probably didn't help that the only times I got to talk to the family were when I was in port in places like Italy, Greece, Malta, and Spain.
My uncle (Gulf War Vet) invited me to join a large Veterans FB group after my retirement. The group is closed, invite only, and focused on vets supporting each other through info sharing. Anyway, someone posted last week asking if anyone else gets their PTSD/anxiety triggered by fireworks and hundreds (no exaggeration) of veterans responded with emphatic affirmatives. Even some who had never been in combat. So, it’s a thing. Even if most of us on AW aren’t affected. Not saying fireworks shows should be altered/cancelled. But I wasn’t aware it affected so many veterans until I had seen those reactions and read the comments.Oh man... the veteran/fireworks thing is so dumb. It's also one of the more trollworthy things on FB/NextDoor/Neighbors.
It's definitely a thing for some people, some worse than others and some not much at all (the distant thump-thump of AC-130s doing their training used to freak me out a bit too). I still love my fireworks.My uncle (Gulf War Vet) invited me to join a large Veterans FB group after my retirement. The group is closed, invite only, and focused on vets supporting each other through info sharing. Anyway, someone posted last week asking if anyone else gets their PTSD/anxiety triggered by fireworks and hundreds (no exaggeration) of veterans responded with emphatic affirmatives. Even some who had never been in combat. So, it’s a thing. Even if most of us on AW aren’t affected. Not saying fireworks shows should be altered/cancelled. But I wasn’t aware it affected so many veterans until I had seen those reactions and read the comments.
What do you want to use it for? I was a PM of a 50+ person, $12M cyber program.and was considering going to a coding boot camp.
The better response, rather than look down on fireworks, is to encourage people to get treatment. PTSD is a curable disorder.My uncle (Gulf War Vet) invited me to join a large Veterans FB group after my retirement. The group is closed, invite only, and focused on vets supporting each other through info sharing. Anyway, someone posted last week asking if anyone else gets their PTSD/anxiety triggered by fireworks and hundreds (no exaggeration) of veterans responded with emphatic affirmatives. Even some who had never been in combat. So, it’s a thing. Even if most of us on AW aren’t affected. Not saying fireworks shows should be altered/cancelled. But I wasn’t aware it affected so many veterans until I had seen those reactions and read the comments.
The better response, rather than look down on fireworks, is to encourage people to get treatment. PTSD is a curable disorder.
Did you mean to say treatable? Curable is not a word I’d use for any mental health issue. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd/index.shtmlThe better response, rather than look down on fireworks, is to encourage people to get treatment. PTSD is a curable disorder.
Yeah, having the gold standard in what the private sector refers to as Agile, which is the primary way software teams deliver value. Mil aviation and combat arms types are well familiar with the whole plan-brief-execute-debrief cycle that Scrum is essentially based on, and Scrum is the most common way of implementing an Agile mindset. Go figure, one of the people who developed Scrum was an Air Force F-4 pilot. My personal view is if you're a competent fleet aviator and you're willing to get your geek on and learn software, you can crush it as a Scrum Master and then decide where in the industry you want to go.Nittany how was the tech boot camp experience? Strongly considering getting out and was considering going to a coding boot camp. Any benefits coming from a military / aviation background?