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[PARA45]

 

[PARA45]

Well, except for that Gay Pride Parade I saw on Patch Barracks this year, and of course the changes to the CNO reading list, and, of course there's the Air Force pronoun thing and...

Yes, Civilian Control. But I promise you that there are some strange things afoot at the Circle K.

DAF recognizes Transgender Day of Visibility

President Joe Biden issued the first presidential proclamation in 2021, officially recognizing Transgender Day of Visibility as an international awareness day dedicated to celebrating the

www.af.mil

This stuff is being shoved down our throats. Forget the real females who are making a difference. All the glory to this freak. Ugh!!!

 

[jpr9954]

 

[Wheels]

 

[sgt_zim]

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I've read that book 4 or 5 times. This quote is always in the back of my mind.

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

In order to help diffuse the quickly escalating situation with Nancy Pelosi's trip to Taiwan, with China threatening to shoot down her plane if it is escorted with fighters, we need some real statesmanship. Need to look for a win-win, face saving exit ramp. If Pelosi's plane is shot down, I am willing to forgive, but not forget. I would immediately send the VP to Taiwan on a fact finding mission. If the VP is shot down, better send AOC next.

 

[wesheltonj]

In order to help diffuse the quickly escalating situation with Nancy Pelosi's trip to Taiwan, with China threatening to shoot down her plane if it is escorted with fighters, we need some real statesmanship. Need to look for a win-win, face saving exit ramp. If Pelosi's plane is shot down, I am willing to forgive, but not forget. I would immediately send the VP to Taiwan on a fact finding mission. If the VP is shot down, better send AOC next.

Typical government waste, three flights.

 

[marksman]

As a point of order, the Guardian is a lefty rag of the highest order. They care nothing for the conflict in Ukraine or the people there. That article is a thinly veiled attack during against Boris and his conservative cabinet in the hopes of further hurting the conservatives before the next elections.

l already pointed out that the Guardian was pro Ukrainian, l agree with you seeing them as nothing but a filthy lefty rag at best that do not care about the common people of Ukraine but as l said "they back Ukraine", they go against principles l have including telling the truth but l am happy to be proven wrong if you can post up an article from the Guardian that actually shows they are pro Putin in this nato proxy war, l dare ya LOL

what l would really like to see is how the West's economy is performing under Western sanctions

 

[marksman]

Bullshit...you are listening/Russian figures that they are giving for their economy....it is actually getting hammered....some people need to get a grip on reality....also after early strength the rouble is now I believe the worst performing currency against the usual standard safe currencies....it was only strong due to the Russian central putin bank who controlled the foreign currency transactions...now that's not working in their favour....

Europe is hurting because Russia has cut down its natural-gas supply — but Russia is even worse off: study

Russia is "hurt the most" in the long run by shifting natural-gas supply chains, study authors from Yale University wrote in a July 20 analysis.

www.businessinsider.com

In longterm Russia isn't looking good....yeah you quote now....as do the headlines...but go deeper and its fkd ...going to take long time to recover....

Russia's ruble is the strongest currency in the world this year

After its value plunged to less than a U.S. penny, the ruble is now trading 40% higher than before Russia attacked Ukraine. Why?

www.cbsnews.com

so l dont get your attack?
is it me "bringing up" that a pro Ukrainian lefty progressive woke rag "the Guardian" disagrees with you about the sanctions working or not
or is it that you disagree with the Guardian who do agree with sending weapons of war to fight Russia but disagree with the sanctions saying they are not working?
when does BS become Truth?

sounds a bit like cancel culture to me LOL, if someone disagrees cancel them
time to learn to play the ball and not the player l think

 

[marksman]

OK @marksman and @Vashper as I am now told men can have babies why don't you 2 fkn get get together and procreate....the bullshit produce would be truly a total ...fk can't even come up with a bidenism to cover it....

now you are just being stupid but dont let me stop you LOL, carry on

anyway enough of this sh!t its time to go shoot something for the pot

 

[Ridge Runner]

Back in the 80's I heard new recruits were being issued 3x5 cards to be kept in their to blouse pocket. It was called a stress card. Whenever a trainee felt stressed by the drill sergeant. The trainee would pull out his/her stress card and the drill sergeant would have to leave the trainee. Drill sergeant were also hampered from raising their voices in intimidating trainees.

I got first hand experience of this new basic training doctrine when I was assigned as Company Commander to a One Station Unit Training (OSUT) Unit at Fort Jackson, South Carolina in the mid 90's. The drill sergeants under my command knew I was "old school", having gone through basic training in 1976. Thus they insured I didn't go "old school" on a momma's boy, POS trainee, that required lessons in being a man.

It was also my first procedural experience in expediting a trainee back to civilian life for the good of the Army; 2 weeks at Replacement Depot, first day of boot camp, voluntary request to leave the Army; within 72 hours he was processed out, given an General Discharge under Honorable Condition and a ticket home.

Now there is this weakening of the Army Physical Fitness Test so these new weak, and/or overweight, easily hurt feelings, easily offended, don't know their gender, POSs wannabe soldiers that can't handle the real training it takes to be a soldier want the military to conform to their weak lazy ass standards so they can complete basic training and claim they earned their right to be a soldier.

I say BS!!! Push-ups are meant to build upper strength. Running is meant to build endurance. Other exercises are designed to build up and maintain body muscles and strength needed for the battlefield/ Area of Operations. The mental abuse in Basic Training, and later long hours, sleep deprivation, continued during with a soldier's parent unit is to build comarodarie, cohesiveness, professionalism, and experience that only soldiers/ sailors/ airmen can relate to that civilians and the civilian world will never comprehend or understand.

End of this rant.

 

[Ray B]

Who's John Galt?

 

[Newboomer]

Back in the 80's I heard new recruits were being issued 3x5 cards to be kept in their to blouse pocket. It was called a stress card. Whenever a trainee felt stressed by the drill sergeant. The trainee would pull out his/her stress card and the drill sergeant would have to leave the trainee. Drill sergeant were also hampered from raising their voices in intimidating trainees.

I got first hand experience of this new basic training doctrine when I was assigned as Company Commander to a One Station Unit Training (OSUT) Unit at Fort Jackson, South Carolina in the mid 90's. The drill sergeants under my command knew I was "old school", having gone through basic training in 1976. Thus they insured I didn't go "old school" on a momma's boy, POS trainee, that required lessons in being a man.

It was also my first procedural experience in expediting a trainee back to civilian life for the good of the Army; 2 weeks at Replacement Depot, first day of boot camp, voluntary request to leave the Army; within 72 hours he was processed out, given an General Discharge under Honorable Condition and a ticket home.

Now there is this weakening of the Army Physical Fitness Test so these new weak, and/or overweight, easily hurt feelings, easily offended, don't know their gender, POSs wannabe soldiers that can't handle the real training it takes to be a soldier want the military to conform to their weak lazy ass standards so they can complete basic training and claim they earned their right to be a soldier.

I say BS!!! Push-ups are meant to build upper strength. Running is meant to build endurance. Other exercises are designed to build up and maintain body muscles and strength needed for the battlefield/ Area of Operations. The mental abuse in Basic Training, and later long hours, sleep deprivation, continued during with a soldier's parent unit is to build comarodarie, cohesiveness, professionalism, and experience that only soldiers/ sailors/ airmen can relate to that civilians and the civilian world will never comprehend or understand.

End of this rant.

Amen, Brother. I went in the Navy in 1960 and we were treated like men, pushed, ridiculed, run ragged beyond what we thought was possible and we all survived. But that was back when males were men, not some perverted freak like today.
I didn't see any of that until the 80s when I was an instructor in an NCO Academy. That was the era of platform shoes and the assholes who tucked their hair up under a wig for a drill weekend. I had one shithead who taped up his beard to imitate an injury. That lasted about two minutes, he was given a razor and the damn beard disappeared. That ended all that foolishness right quick.
The good thing was that they were there as a requirement for promotion. If they didn't meet academic and military requirements, they didn't graduate and didn't get promoted. Pretty good incentive, no ifs, and, or buts.

 

[Wheels]

 

[SaintPanzer]

Back in the 80's I heard new recruits were being issued 3x5 cards to be kept in their to blouse pocket. It was called a stress card. Whenever a trainee felt stressed by the drill sergeant. The trainee would pull out his/her stress card and the drill sergeant would have to leave the trainee. Drill sergeant were also hampered from raising their voices in intimidating trainees.

The stress cards came out in the '90s. I think it was '93, I'd have to go back and check my notes.

 

[Ray B]

I don't know, but I've heard the USMC isn't what it used to be, either.

 

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[PARA45]

I went through basic in 83, and there were no such thing as time out or being too stressed. This sh*t came out in the 90s, thats when the pussyfication of our military started. I’m retired, but now I have to watch how I treat new Airmen. Luckily I have some old school SNCOs and they have my back.

 

[PARA45]

I wonder if she'll stand up to our National Anthem from now on? Hopefully she has learned how nice it is to live in a free nation.

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