Bet You Feel Safer Now, Yeah?

 

Inclusion study: I guess that’s a military thing now. But after seeing this from our Air Force brethren (I know, saying that is somehow mysogonist misoginyst misogynist), I kind of wanted to toss my cookies. Do you feel safer? You know, like your Air Force is ready to dominate the skies over any adversary stupid enough to pose a threat to these United States? Yeah, me neither.

The top kick of a four-star command just said “we have love for all of you.”

Senior NCOs down through the ages must just feel their ghostly chests (and breasts, I guess, not to be mysogonist misoginyst misogynist) swelling with pride.

Don’t sweat it, Sergeants Major, we’ve got NCOs out on the line that’ll keep this military rolling. Somehow.

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  1. Percival Thatcher
    Percival
    @Percival

    Front Seat Cat (View Comment):

    Columbo (View Comment):

    Benjamin Franklin weighed in on this subject too ….

    while they try to remove his name from a school in California! By the way, Benjamin Franklin started the first library in the country in Franklin MA where we used to live. It houses the first books that he donated and a pair of his glasses under a glass display. It’s a beautiful old library with polished wood and wonderful maps and pictures on the walls. You almost feel like you are walking on sacred ground when you go in. Can you imagine? To share knowledge – that was just one of his great legacies and now his history is being smeared!

    I doubt whether there is anyone left in California who is intelligent enough to go to a school named after Benjamin Franklin.

    • #91
  2. JustmeinAZ Member
    JustmeinAZ
    @JustmeinAZ

    I might have an opinion if I could have understood what they were saying with those masks on. Maybe better that I couldn’t.

     

    • #92
  3. lowtech redneck Coolidge
    lowtech redneck
    @lowtech redneck

    Front Seat Cat (View Comment):

    No Caesar (View Comment):

    The Woke among us are destroying the credibility of the last remaining respected institution: the US Military. Soon there will be nothing that is respected and revered. What do they seriously think will happen then? I don’t think they think. They are fish swimming in a woke pond, and don’t realize they’re wet. Just that they are climbing the greasy pole to…nowhere.

    I’ve never before felt such contempt for serving senior US military officers.

    I have to question this sentiment – I have a feeling that the military gained a lot of strength and support over the last four years – I don’t think one month of sleepy Joe is going to change their perspective – do you?

    I’m taking the Biden regime/military brass promise of purging ‘extremists’ seriously; those who do not at least pretend to change their perspective will likely face escalating risks of dishonorable discharge (if not worse) on some pretext, while many of those who self-censor will eventually come to rationalize their discretion as agreement.  Meanwhile, new recruits will be indoctrinated, and dissenters will experience some combination of ‘Don’t ask, Don’t tell’ and the experience of black soldiers in WW2.

    But, as always, I must mention that I have no military experience myself; there may be details I’m missing that call for more optimism.

    • #93
  4. Fake John/Jane Galt Coolidge
    Fake John/Jane Galt
    @FakeJohnJaneGalt

    lowtech redneck (View Comment):

    Front Seat Cat (View Comment):

    No Caesar (View Comment):

    The Woke among us are destroying the credibility of the last remaining respected institution: the US Military. Soon there will be nothing that is respected and revered. What do they seriously think will happen then? I don’t think they think. They are fish swimming in a woke pond, and don’t realize they’re wet. Just that they are climbing the greasy pole to…nowhere.

    I’ve never before felt such contempt for serving senior US military officers.

    I have to question this sentiment – I have a feeling that the military gained a lot of strength and support over the last four years – I don’t think one month of sleepy Joe is going to change their perspective – do you?

    I’m taking the Biden regime/military brass promise of purging ‘extremists seriously; those who do not at least pretend to change their perspective will likely face escalating risks of dishonorable discharge (if not worse) on some pretext, while many of those who self-censor will eventually come to rationalize their discretion as agreement. Meanwhile, new recruits will be indoctrinated, and dissenters will experience some combination of ‘Don’t ask, Don’t tell’ and the experience of black soldiers in WW2.

    But, as always, I must mention that I have no military experience myself; there may be details I’m missing that call for more optimism.

    Remember the military is a volunteer force.  The best way to avoid the threat is to not join or get out ASAP.  Company employment is bad enough but the military always has the treat of prison if you do not comply to the whims of the bosses.

    • #94
  5. lowtech redneck Coolidge
    lowtech redneck
    @lowtech redneck

    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    lowtech redneck (View Comment):

    Front Seat Cat (View Comment):

    No Caesar (View Comment):

    The Woke among us are destroying the credibility of the last remaining respected institution: the US Military. Soon there will be nothing that is respected and revered. What do they seriously think will happen then? I don’t think they think. They are fish swimming in a woke pond, and don’t realize they’re wet. Just that they are climbing the greasy pole to…nowhere.

    I’ve never before felt such contempt for serving senior US military officers.

    I have to question this sentiment – I have a feeling that the military gained a lot of strength and support over the last four years – I don’t think one month of sleepy Joe is going to change their perspective – do you?

    I’m taking the Biden regime/military brass promise of purging ‘extremists seriously; those who do not at least pretend to change their perspective will likely face escalating risks of dishonorable discharge (if not worse) on some pretext, while many of those who self-censor will eventually come to rationalize their discretion as agreement. Meanwhile, new recruits will be indoctrinated, and dissenters will experience some combination of ‘Don’t ask, Don’t tell’ and the experience of black soldiers in WW2.

    But, as always, I must mention that I have no military experience myself; there may be details I’m missing that call for more optimism.

    Remember the military is a volunteer force. The best way to avoid the threat is to not join or get out ASAP. Company employment is bad enough but the military always has the treat of prison if you do not comply to the whims of the bosses.

    That would be part of the ‘if not worse’ scenario.  On the other hand, we need patriots undercover in the Woke military if (when?) the poop finally hits the fan*, so I can’t advocate the wholesale abandonment of the military; just make sure young patriots know what they’re getting into (I know that sounds absurd for a profession where painful death is already understood as a risk, but there are worse things than death-especially, to my understanding, for soldiers).

    *Or, for those who see reason for optimism, to begin the painful process of turning things around some time in the future.

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  6. EHerring Coolidge
    EHerring
    @EHerring

    Recruitment isn’t hurting. Covid, lockdowns, and all reduced civilian job opportunities for high school graduates so many enlisted.

    • #96
  7. lowtech redneck Coolidge
    lowtech redneck
    @lowtech redneck

    EHerring (View Comment):

    Recruitment isn’t hurting. Covid, lockdowns, and all reduced civilian job opportunities for high school graduates so many enlisted.

    Which gives the brass more leeway to filter out patriots in favor of recruits who are desperate and amenable to the official narrative.

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  8. Fake John/Jane Galt Coolidge
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    @FakeJohnJaneGalt

    lowtech redneck (View Comment):

    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    lowtech redneck (View Comment):

    Front Seat Cat (View Comment):

    No Caesar (View Comment):

    The Woke among us are destroying the credibility of the last remaining respected institution: the US Military. Soon there will be nothing that is respected and revered. What do they seriously think will happen then? I don’t think they think. They are fish swimming in a woke pond, and don’t realize they’re wet. Just that they are climbing the greasy pole to…nowhere.

    I’ve never before felt such contempt for serving senior US military officers.

    I have to question this sentiment – I have a feeling that the military gained a lot of strength and support over the last four years – I don’t think one month of sleepy Joe is going to change their perspective – do you?

    I’m taking the Biden regime/military brass promise of purging ‘extremists seriously; those who do not at least pretend to change their perspective will likely face escalating risks of dishonorable discharge (if not worse) on some pretext, while many of those who self-censor will eventually come to rationalize their discretion as agreement. Meanwhile, new recruits will be indoctrinated, and dissenters will experience some combination of ‘Don’t ask, Don’t tell’ and the experience of black soldiers in WW2.

    But, as always, I must mention that I have no military experience myself; there may be details I’m missing that call for more optimism.

    Remember the military is a volunteer force. The best way to avoid the threat is to not join or get out ASAP. Company employment is bad enough but the military always has the treat of prison if you do not comply to the whims of the bosses.

    That would be part of the ‘if not worse’ scenario. On the other hand, we need patriots undercover in the Woke military if (when?) the poop finally hits the fan*, so I can’t advocate the wholesale abandonment of the military; just make sure young patriots know what they’re getting into (I know that sounds absurd for a profession where painful death is already understood as a risk, but there are worse things than death-especially, to my understanding, for soldiers).

    *Or, for those who see reason for optimism, to begin the painful process of turning things around some time in the future.

    Maybe conservatives should spin up their own military?

    • #98
  9. navyjag Coolidge
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    @navyjag

    Percival (View Comment):

    Front Seat Cat (View Comment):

    Columbo (View Comment):

    Benjamin Franklin weighed in on this subject too ….

    while they try to remove his name from a school in California! By the way, Benjamin Franklin started the first library in the country in Franklin MA where we used to live. It houses the first books that he donated and a pair of his glasses under a glass display. It’s a beautiful old library with polished wood and wonderful maps and pictures on the walls. You almost feel like you are walking on sacred ground when you go in. Can you imagine? To share knowledge – that was just one of his great legacies and now his history is being smeared!

    I doubt whether there is anyone left in California who is intelligent enough to go to a school named after Benjamin Franklin.

    Guess you didn’t get the word Percival. SF School Board removed all the white supremist names from the public schools- Lincoln, Washington, Feinstein, etc.  No word on when the first Sharpton school will be opened. 

    • #99
  10. Skyler Coolidge
    Skyler
    @Skyler

    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    Maybe conservatives should spin up their own military?

    Nancy is doing her best to form her own military group.  I’m guessing the 25,000 national guard will eventually be replaced by a force commanded by the Speaker of the House.

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  11. lowtech redneck Coolidge
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    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    lowtech redneck (View Comment):

    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    lowtech redneck (View Comment):

    Front Seat Cat (View Comment):

    No Caesar (View Comment):

    The Woke among us are destroying the credibility of the last remaining respected institution: the US Military. Soon there will be nothing that is respected and revered. What do they seriously think will happen then? I don’t think they think. They are fish swimming in a woke pond, and don’t realize they’re wet. Just that they are climbing the greasy pole to…nowhere.

    I’ve never before felt such contempt for serving senior US military officers.

    I have to question this sentiment – I have a feeling that the military gained a lot of strength and support over the last four years – I don’t think one month of sleepy Joe is going to change their perspective – do you?

    I’m taking the Biden regime/military brass promise of purging ‘extremists seriously; those who do not at least pretend to change their perspective will likely face escalating risks of dishonorable discharge (if not worse) on some pretext, while many of those who self-censor will eventually come to rationalize their discretion as agreement. Meanwhile, new recruits will be indoctrinated, and dissenters will experience some combination of ‘Don’t ask, Don’t tell’ and the experience of black soldiers in WW2.

    But, as always, I must mention that I have no military experience myself; there may be details I’m missing that call for more optimism.

    Remember the military is a volunteer force. The best way to avoid the threat is to not join or get out ASAP. Company employment is bad enough but the military always has the treat of prison if you do not comply to the whims of the bosses.

    That would be part of the ‘if not worse’ scenario. On the other hand, we need patriots undercover in the Woke military if (when?) the poop finally hits the fan*, so I can’t advocate the wholesale abandonment of the military; just make sure young patriots know what they’re getting into (I know that sounds absurd for a profession where painful death is already understood as a risk, but there are worse things than death-especially, to my understanding, for soldiers).

    *Or, for those who see reason for optimism, to begin the painful process of turning things around some time in the future.

    Maybe conservatives should spin up their own military?

    That’s why they’re going after militias.

    • #101
  12. CarolJoy, Not So Easy To Kill Coolidge
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    @CarolJoy

    EHerring (View Comment):

    Recruitment isn’t hurting. Covid, lockdowns, and all reduced civilian job opportunities for high school graduates so many enlisted.

    My county in rural No California is the second poorest in the state. And until Trump came along and ended industry restrictions, young people in the county who were not college bound had few options.

    Then Trump ended the restrictions. So young people  could go stay with relatives in the Iron Range of MN and make a tidy fortune as mining there had once again created many jobs. They could get employment in the many areas where the shale oil resources kept people employed – again, at a very good rate of pay.

    Now those job opportunities are gone, so the young people can once again “choose” to join the military.

    • #102
  13. Gazpacho Grande' Coolidge
    Gazpacho Grande'
    @ChrisCampion

    Our milquetoasts are uninspiring.

    Good thing they’ve perfected the art of slide deck pitching, and reading from an approved and thoroughly scraped for accurate language set of bullet points.

    Probably the only bullets they’ll ever wield in anger.

    Sissies.

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  14. Gazpacho Grande' Coolidge
    Gazpacho Grande'
    @ChrisCampion

    Percival (View Comment):

    Front Seat Cat (View Comment):

    Wow – you are right…..shheesshh…….that was overly cuddly……our adversaries overseas are probably having a good laugh…….

    It just needs to be read over a suitable video backdrop.

    There. That oughta work.

    A-10s make me happy in the pants.

    • #104
  15. Gazpacho Grande' Coolidge
    Gazpacho Grande'
    @ChrisCampion

    Susan Quinn (View Comment):

    Boss, I will only feel safer if you and Sam Elliott are in charge.

    I would, too, except for what went down at the Double Deuce.

     

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  16. Percival Thatcher
    Percival
    @Percival

    Gazpacho Grande' (View Comment):

    Percival (View Comment):

    Front Seat Cat (View Comment):

    Wow – you are right…..shheesshh…….that was overly cuddly……our adversaries overseas are probably having a good laugh…….

    It just needs to be read over a suitable video backdrop.

    There. That oughta work.

    A-10s make me happy in the pants.

    Of all the plane types I have worked on, the A-10 is right up there with the AC-130.

    • #106
  17. EHerring Coolidge
    EHerring
    @EHerring

    When I was stationed at Hurlburt Field, we could see them flying over the range from our back porch and could hear the brrrt, brrrt, of the guns, with background music from the nearby Six Pack Shack wafting in the air.

    • #107
  18. Percival Thatcher
    Percival
    @Percival

    EHerring (View Comment):

    When I was stationed at Hurlburt Field, we could see them flying over the range from our back porch and could hear the brrrt, brrrt, of the guns, with background music from the nearby Six Pack Shack wafting in the air.

    The Fart of Freedom.

    • #108
  19. Skyler Coolidge
    Skyler
    @Skyler

    Percival (View Comment):
     

    When I was stationed at Hurlburt Field, we could see them flying over the range from our back porch and could hear the brrrt, brrrt, of the guns, with background music from the nearby Six Pack Shack wafting in the air.

    Those are incredible, but I have to admit, I have the biggest warm spot in my heart for this one:

     

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  20. Gazpacho Grande' Coolidge
    Gazpacho Grande'
    @ChrisCampion

    Percival (View Comment):

    Gazpacho Grande’ (View Comment):

    Percival (View Comment):

    Front Seat Cat (View Comment):

    Wow – you are right…..shheesshh…….that was overly cuddly……our adversaries overseas are probably having a good laugh…….

    It just needs to be read over a suitable video backdrop.

    There. That oughta work.

    A-10s make me happy in the pants.

    Of all the plane types I have worked on, the A-10 is right up there with the AC-130.

    I was lucky enough back in 1987 or so to take a flight on a C-130 (not a Spooky, which is incredibly disappointing) from Tucson (Davis-Monthan) to Edwards Air Force base, because I was in AF ROTC for a year.  I might have been happy in the pants, slightly, so see all those military aircraft up close and get to sit in the cockpit of an F16, some modified one they were using for testing.

    Essentially, the AF carted a bunch of college nerds out to the deeper desert, showed them shiny things, then sent them home with full tum-tums.  Christo likey!

    • #110
  21. EHerring Coolidge
    EHerring
    @EHerring

    Percival (View Comment):

    EHerring (View Comment):

    When I was stationed at Hurlburt Field, we could see them flying over the range from our back porch and could hear the brrrt, brrrt, of the guns, with background music from the nearby Six Pack Shack wafting in the air.

    The Fart of Freedom.

    Hadn’t heard that one but must say it is accurate.

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  22. No Caesar Thatcher
    No Caesar
    @NoCaesar

    Percival (View Comment):

    Gazpacho Grande’ (View Comment):

    Percival (View Comment):

    Front Seat Cat (View Comment):

    Wow – you are right…..shheesshh…….that was overly cuddly……our adversaries overseas are probably having a good laugh…….

    It just needs to be read over a suitable video backdrop.

    There. That oughta work.

    A-10s make me happy in the pants.

    Of all the plane types I have worked on, the A-10 is right up there with the AC-130.

    My house is in one of the training flight paths of the NH Air National Guard. It’s a regular summer occurance to hear that low level, mean & nasty whine that precedes the A-10 flying low and slow at treetop level, hugging the terrain, slow enough for me to see in the canopy and wave to the pilot.

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  23. Gazpacho Grande' Coolidge
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    @ChrisCampion

    No Caesar (View Comment):

    Percival (View Comment):

    Gazpacho Grande’ (View Comment):

    Percival (View Comment):

    Front Seat Cat (View Comment):

    Wow – you are right…..shheesshh…….that was overly cuddly……our adversaries overseas are probably having a good laugh…….

    It just needs to be read over a suitable video backdrop.

    There. That oughta work.

    A-10s make me happy in the pants.

    Of all the plane types I have worked on, the A-10 is right up there with the AC-130.

    My house is in one of the training flight paths of the NH Air National Guard. It’s a regular summer occurance to hear that low level, mean & nasty whine that precedes the A-10 flying low and slow at treetop level, hugging the terrain, slow enough for me to see in the canopy and wave to the pilot.

    My house growing up, in Winooski, VT, was right under the flight path for the Green Mountain Boys – EB-57s as a kid, then F4s (yeah, kinda loud), then F16s, now F35s.  

    When I’m home visiting Mom, I still go outside to watch them fly over.  It’s still rad.

    • #113
  24. EHerring Coolidge
    EHerring
    @EHerring

    Gazpacho Grande' (View Comment):

    No Caesar (View Comment):

    Percival (View Comment):

    Gazpacho Grande’ (View Comment):

    Percival (View Comment):

    Front Seat Cat (View Comment):

    Wow – you are right…..shheesshh…….that was overly cuddly……our adversaries overseas are probably having a good laugh…….

    It just needs to be read over a suitable video backdrop.

    There. That oughta work.

    A-10s make me happy in the pants.

    Of all the plane types I have worked on, the A-10 is right up there with the AC-130.

    My house is in one of the training flight paths of the NH Air National Guard. It’s a regular summer occurance to hear that low level, mean & nasty whine that precedes the A-10 flying low and slow at treetop level, hugging the terrain, slow enough for me to see in the canopy and wave to the pilot.

    My house growing up, in Winooski, VT, was right under the flight path for the Green Mountain Boys – EB-57s as a kid, then F4s (yeah, kinda loud), then F16s, now F35s.

    When I’m home visiting Mom, I still go outside to watch them fly over. It’s still rad.

    Nothing like being stationed on a fighter base with F-4s taking off….afterburner and all. Was stationed at Barksdale in 8AF and was treated to B52s. Love the sound of military jets.

    • #114
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