MB Civic

> We used to go to the Officers Club or NCO Club Stag Bar on Friday afternoons
> to drink, smoke and swap lies with our comrades.  Think about this when you
> read the rest of the letter below. What happened to our Air Force (or
> Military)?
> 
> Drinking then became frowned on. Smoking caused cancer and could "harm you."
> Stag bars became seen as 'sexist'.  Gradually, our men quit patronizing
> their clubs because what happened in the club became fodder for a
> performance report.  It was the same thing at the Airman's Club and the NCO
> and/or Top 3 clubs.
> 
> Now we don't have separate clubs for the ranks. Instead we have something
> called All Ranks Clubs.  Their open to men and women of all ranks....from
> airman basic to general officer. Still, no one is there. Gee, I wonder why.
> 
> The latest brilliant thought out of Washington is that the operators
> ("pilots?") flying remote aircraft in combat areas from their duty station
> in Nevada or Arizona should draw the same combat pay as those real world
> pilots actually on board a plane in a hostile environment.  More politically
> correct logic? They say that remote vehicle operators are subject to the
> same stress levels as the combat pilot actually flying in combat. -----
> REALLY!!!???
> 
> Now that I've primed you a little, read on.
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> There are many who will agree with these sentiments, but they apply to more
> than just fighter pilots. Unfortunately, the ones with the guts to speak up
> or push for what they believe in are beaten down by the "system".
> 
> Unfortunately there is a lot of truth in the following text - supposedly,
> Secretary Gates has a force beating the bushes to learn who wrote this....
> 
> Subject: Where Have All The Fighter Pilots Gone?
> 
> Good Question.
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> Here is a rant from a retired fighter pilot that is worth reading:
> 
> It is rumored that our current Secretary of Defense recently asked the
> question, "Where are all the dynamic leaders of the past?" I can only
> assume, if that is true, that he was referring to Robin Olds, Jimmy
> Doolittle, Patton, Ike, Boyington, Nimitz, etc.?  Well, I've got the answer:
> 
> They were fired before they made major.
> 
> Our nation doesn't want those kinds of leaders anymore. Squadron commanders
> don't run squadrons and wing commanders don't run wings. They are managed by
> higher ranking dildos with other esoteric goals in mind.
> 
> Can you imagine someone today looking for a LEADER to execute that Doolittle
> Raid and suggesting that it be given to a dare-devil boozer - his only
> attributes: he had the respect of his men, an awesome ability to fly, and
> the organizational skills to put it all together? If someone told me there
> was a chance in hell of selecting that man today, I would tell them they
> were either a liar or dumber than shit.
> 
> I find it ironic that the Air Force put BG Robin Olds on the cover of the
> company rag last month. While it made me extremely proud to see his face, he
> wouldn't make it across any base in America (or overseas) without ten
> enlisted folks telling him to zip up his flight suit and shave his mustache
> off.
> 
> I have a feeling that his response would be predictable and for that crime
> he would probably get a trip home and an Article 15. We have lost the war on
> rugged individualism and that, unfortunately, is what fighter pilots want to
> follow; not because they have to but because they respect leaders of that
> ilk. We've all run across that leader that made us proud to follow him
> because you wanted to be like him and make a difference. The individual who
> you would drag your testicles through glass for rather than disappoint him.
> 
> We better wake the hell up! We're asking our young men and women to go to
> really shitty places; some with unbearable climates, never have a drink,
> have little or no contact with the opposite sex, not look at magazines of a
> suggestive nature of any type, and adhere to ridiculous regs that require
> you to tuck your shirt into your PT uniform on the way to the porta-shitter
> at night in a dust storm because it's a uniform.
> 
> These people we're sending to combat are some of the brightest I've met but
> they are looking for a little sanity, which they will only find on the
> outside if we don't get a friggin' clue. You can't continue asking people to
> live for months or years at a time acting like nuns and priests. Hell, even
> they get to have a beer.
> 
> Who are we afraid of offending? The guys that already hate us enough to
> strap C-4 to their own bodies and walk into a crowd of us? Think about it.
> 
> I'm extremely proud of our young men and women who continue to serve. I'm
> also very in tune with what they are considering for the future and I've got
> news for whoever sits in the White House, Congress, and our so-called
> military leaders. Much talent has and will continue to hemorrhage from our
> services, because wanna-be warriors are tired of fighting on two fronts - -
> one with our enemies, another against our lack of common sense.
> 
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> I don't approve of political jokes. I've seen too many of them get elected.
>