Where Have All the Pilots Gone?

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/Marines/ Army/Navy/CG . . . (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 or community clubs. They're 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 plush desk at duty stations 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 . . . you're bull-shitting me, right ! ! ! ? ? ? 

Now that I've primed you a little, read on. 

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 had a force beating the  bushes to learn who wrote this. 

Where have all the fighter pilots gone? 

Good Question. 

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 Brigadier General 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, get rid of the cigarette, 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 blinding 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. 

Take it or leave it....that's just the way it is, no ifs, ands, or  but's . . . .

Astute Insight

Putin (supposedly) said off the record:

. . . negotiating with Obama is like playing chess with a pigeon.  The pigeon knocks over all the pieces, shits on the board, and then struts around like it won the game.

The attribution to Putin is unverified and subject to doubt . . . but the comment is spot on.

Just for Fun

HAH ! ! ! ! -- Good One, Tom

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for unexplained projects, forbids it in the dispensation of the public moneys.

. . . Thomas Jefferson

Letter to Shelton Gilliam

1808

Perspective Is Everything

Congressional Scum Sink Even Lower In Their Own Exclusive Swamp of Hypocrisy

By exempting themselves together with their cohorts and minions from the burdensome laws they are inflicting on the rest of the nation's citizens, the slugs to whom we have entrusted high offices are violating America's founding principles and dangerously enlarging the gulf between the people and what used to be thought of as their government.

Take a look at the analysis of the breathtaking hypocrisy of the political elite's latest stealthy ploy in this excellent essay.  Still more examples of self-dealing by the political class at the expense of the electorate are set forth in this roundup of skulduggery. 

Hard Truth: Defenseless Sheeple Destined for Slaughter

At a press conference last week, officials from the DCPD bragged about their swift "response time" to the previous Monday's Naval Yard shooting.  Collectively, they don't think they could have done any better.

The scary part is, they're probably right!

Two minutes to get armed officers to the gate.  Another five to seven minutes to locate and engage the active murderer.  Another thirty minutes,  with a lot of rounds exchanged, to neutralize the (in this case) single  suspect.

So, if this is the "ideal" (their words) response, we can reasonably expect  no relief, even in the most dire of circumstances, for at least forty minutes!

We really are "on our own," and for a hell of a long  time!

I've talked about VBCs (Victims by Choice) and VVs (Voluntarily  Victims).  These are naive, vain, liberal air-heads who piously profess  that they would rather see their families and themselves maimed and/or murdered  by violent criminals than take any effective action to defend themselves.   Their choice, and I have scant sympathy for them.

But, those at the Naval Yard were/are VBPs (Victims by Policy)!  It is  the official policy of cynical administrators to convert those for whom they are  responsible into unarmed, defenseless "targets," to be nonchalantly maimed and  murdered by armed and violent criminals.  They do it knowingly. They don't  care, and never will.

More recently, we've see similar massacres of the defenseless in Kenya and Pakistan, this time non-Moslems were specifically selected for wanton slaughter.

Since we all can obviously expect no meaningful protection, nor even empathy, from governments, bureaucrats, and others up the food chain who are supposed to care, but obviously don't, we need to re-confirm in our own minds that we are on our own, that no one is going to rescue us, and that we are cynically regarded as expendable/replaceable by politicians who themselves enjoy  elaborate personal protection, provided of course by taxpayer dollars.

As the holiday season approaches, shopping malls, schools, churches, military bases, and other places where large crowds of the unarmed can be found, will be eyed as targets by terrorists.  Places like NY, NJ, CA, et al, where the vast majority of citizens are not routinely armed (by policy!), are particularly vulnerable.  Other states, where many of us regularly go armed, will be considered by terrorists as less eligible.

Either way, we have to function as our own "bodyguards," as the government,  while providing veritable armies of them for themselves, won't be providing any  for us.

Alert, nimble, suspicions, always armed, always with an escape plan, always prepared to fight boldly when necessary.  This is what ever separates the live professional from the dead amateur!

When the Test comes, it will come swiftly and without mercy.

. . . From John S. Farnam

Defense Training International

Perspective Is Everything

. . . From  The Patriot Post (www.patriotpost.us/subscribe/ )

No Words Needed

Benghazi In a Nutshell

Chris Stevens, Sean Smith:  Victims.        

Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods:  Heroes. 

The media will NEVER learn the difference between these two categories . . . but we know.  

Obama, Clinton, Rice:  LIARS, one and all. 

First thoughts on learning of the incident: 

"How can I cover my ass"?

NEVER FORGET 

For an Honest Conversation About Race

No conversation about America's race problems can be both honest and politically correct.  That's why neither profiteering race hustlers like the reverends Jess Jackson and Al Sharpton nor their appeasing opportunistic political charlatans like Barack Obama and Eric Holder keep saying they want an open discussion of the subject while actually standing in the way of it.

For a frank and realistic contribution to getting past prevailing social taboos against even acknowledging real world facts that contribute to America's existing and growing racial divisions, take a look at at this post on a kindred blog.  

. . . and Now, Suddenly, Global Cooling (Once Again) Is the Problem

Can you imagine how confounded AGore and his fellow global warming charlatans and fanatics must be at having to reverse course in light of this development?

Nature just won't heed or cooperate with all those creeps.  It is ever changing in cycles beyond the control or, currently, even the understanding of humankind. 

Were the exploiting alarmist and profiteers capable of shame, one might sympathize with their repetitive public embarrassments and humiliations.