Shocking Wear and Tear' at U.S. Air Force Bases

So you wanted to set up the blame game while the forces deal with this sort of problem and worry. The bottom line is that personal are tired/poor equipment-worn out--patch job to keep em going/ lack of confidence and this didn't happen over night. Who gets the blame and how does this get corrected?

Let's not dodge this since it appears to be important.

So superior...
 
This is relatively entertaining. I like hearing about how tired personnel when I see service member friends getting out on a random Friday 59 minutes early. Can't be too tired.
 
Ya man, how do you account for that? Don't tell em part of the 1%ers or this might happen. And notice the Govt badge. We'll get those 59ers.

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Me? Multiple.

The Air Force spent 30 years not investing in the Huey and a lot of other airframes because they were chasing the almighty stealth this and joint that, and building beautiful bases with 3-story glass walled gyms. The USAF has only themselves to thank for that.
Huh, I thought they retired the OH-58s.
Even I can't complain that much. The BUFFs, KC-135s, and some of the C-130s are even older than the Huey fleet.
 
Huh, I thought they retired the OH-58s.
Even I can't complain that much. The BUFFs, KC-135s, and some of the C-130s are even older than the Huey fleet.

If only there had been some way to see this coming...
 
Ok I'll bite, What the heck is a 59er?

Not sure. Honestly, the post is just hard to make sense of. I assume he's referring to my comment about an Army officer friend of mine getting out 59 minutes early Friday from Ft. Knox, but I'm not sure, because the rest of it is "broken and unreadable".
 
When I was an instructor at Keesler we had three training blocks per day. I taught first block from 0600 to 1200 and after class all military instructors booked. Civilian instructors were required to remain until 1400. Then again they got paid a lot more for their eight hour day. Someone complained about what you might call the 120'ers. And so the word came down from on high that military instructors had to remain until 1400. We waxed our cars, read the paper, watched soap operas in the instructor lounge (no cable in those days) and got really bored. It lasted about a month before someone finally decided it was a dumb policy. Oh and we could get great tee times at the AF required Golf Course.
 
I went to a two week Navy EKMS school in Mayport.

I think we started a 9 am and finished by 1-2 pm.... For two weeks.

What a waste.

And no one was "working all night".
 
I went to a two week Navy EKMS school in Mayport.

I think we started a 9 am and finished by 1-2 pm.... For two weeks.

What a waste.

And no one was "working all night".

Devils advocate: military folks may get off work early on a Friday or finish by 1-2 PM while in training, but the following Wednesday they may just be told they're going to Asscrackistan on Friday to be shot at for 6 to 12 months... I'm ok with them having a little downtime when they can.
Back to topic of money and bases, the current administration's idea of "joint basing" does not save any money!
 
Devils advocate: military folks may get off work early on a Friday or finish by 1-2 PM while in training, but the following Wednesday they may just be told they're going to Asscrackistan on Friday to be shot at for 6 to 12 months... I'm ok with them having a little downtime when they can.
Back to topic of money and bases, the current administration's idea of "joint basing" does not save any money!
Not a real risk for our Navy friends.

Nor a good argument for time wasting.
 
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