Recent content by hornetguy

I graduated in 2010 with a pilot slot (and medically qualified). Did grad school for 3 years in CA while my pilot slot was on hold Color vision rules/test changed when I entered UPT in 2014. Long story fighting it but ultimately not allowed to continue UPT Petitioned to separate and did so in...

I went through the color vision journey back in 2014/2015 and decided to separate due to my experience: https://www.serviceacademyforums.com/index.php?threads/hornetguy-is-a-civilian.41351/#post-403843 I'm sad that timing sucked and during the timeframe I was challenging the CCT, the standard...

Just about any modern vehicle produced after 1990(?) is going to be knocked out by an EMP. Pretty much all modern cars and trucks have significant use of onboard computers and chips that will be wiped out by an EMP. Doesn't matter if it's EV or has a gas engine in it, the control boards and...

The military doesn't allow for folks to get an exemption from the annual flu vaccine if they've had the flu. With COVID mutating like a flu virus, not only do I doubt they would allow for an exemption, I fully expect it to become an annual requirement along with the flu vaccine. I also doubt the...

The same would apply to Russians with the massacre Nazi Germany inflicted upon them. As much as we groan about Germany not standing up or doing anything, I think it's also largely a byproduct of European history. Should the Germans stand up and involve themselves, Putin has the propaganda...

Speaking as a manager at a certain large tech company based in CA - you will be fine with USNA, Ivy, or UCs. Non-Americans are the group that is going to be less likely to recognize an Academy (literally or performance-wise) but resumes with any of the above are competitive. Having a USAFA...

Small nit here. Bagram AB is ~35 miles north of Kabul and is still empty from US withdrawal a couple months ago. Karzai international airport in Kabul is where we are evacuating people and holding the airport. I'm surprised we haven't tried to also secure Bagram to help with evac since it's away...

Are you referring to the MARCH 2021 story about the CEO because he and his staff were waiting on their second vaccines? https://www.timesofisrael.com/pfizer-ceo-postponed-israel-visit-because-he-isnt-fully-vaccinated-report/ Or is there something new?

When did they switch to shelters over tents? Did those old @$$ tents finally bite the dust?!

Probably wouldn’t make a difference.

It's also the case that measures to reduce the spread of a highly contagious respiratory disease will naturally reduce the occurrence of less contagious respiratory diseases. Something like the flu peaks in winter when people are spending more time indoors among other people and efforts to...

As a cadet, I did pyramid pull-ups almost every day. 1,2,3,4,5,4,3,2,1. Would go as high as I could on the peak while still completing all the reps. In two months I went from doing 11 to 21 during the PFT.

For USAFA, roughly 10% of the graduating classes have the opportunity to go to grad/med/dental school after graduation. I was fortunate to be one of them in my class back in the day. Plenty of others (as noted above) do grad school while on active duty, mostly online, but some do weekend...

It sucks in Texas right now. Send bacon!

I very, very rarely wear mine. Sometimes for events, usually military/veteran related ones. I spend my day on a computer and having a block of metal on my finger makes it hard to type! My ring is a star sapphire surrounded by diamonds and sapphires. :)