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US air force fires two more nuclear commanders amid leadership crisis
AP, via the Guardian ^ | November 3, 2014 | AP

Posted on 11/04/2014 4:08:38 AM PST by Timber Rattler

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To: tx_eggman

cruelty and maltreatment of a subordinate —

like being made to look at Col Hayes.


21 posted on 11/04/2014 6:55:05 AM PST by Scrambler Bob (/s /s /s /s /s, my replies are "liberally" sprinkled with them behind every word and letter.!)
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To: Timber Rattler; 3D-JOY; abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; Albion Wilde; AliVeritas; alisasny; ...

Yah, we’re screwed.

Where’s that gif of Putin laughing?

PING!


22 posted on 11/04/2014 7:13:39 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The mods stole my tagline.)
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To: tx_eggman

Say whah? Man or woman?


23 posted on 11/04/2014 7:16:44 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The mods stole my tagline.)
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To: Salvey

Yeh, loss of confidence that those commanders will follow orders to help Barky declare martial law and take over.


24 posted on 11/04/2014 7:28:12 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Timber Rattler

450 underground missiles with 5 launch locations...I’m surprised they didn’t give the locations...


25 posted on 11/04/2014 7:32:24 AM PST by Iscool
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To: GreyFriar
I head the MIRV’ed missiles have all been de-MIRVed under Obama.

They went down to one warhead for each missile during Bush 2.

26 posted on 11/04/2014 8:03:04 AM PST by OldMissileer
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To: butterdezillion
And this comes after Obama said on Friday that women leaving the work force to raise their children is obviously a choice “we” don’t want women to make.

Technically what he meant (I think) was that women who choose to have children and drop out of the work force for years are giving up years of experience, pay raises, promotion opportunities and they shouldnt have to choose between having children and advancing in their careers.

So what he was really saying was women should be able to leave the workforce when they are low level grunts and when they return years later they should do so as senior vice presidents, as they presumably would have been had they stayed. Anything else would be unjust and no doubt the fault of republicans.

And before business owners object "but they won't have the right experience! They were out of the office for years!" you must remember, they didn't build that business. Besides, who better to take up the cause of advancing the unqualified than Barrack Obama?

27 posted on 11/04/2014 8:03:55 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (Who is John Galt?)
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To: Tupelo
I have to agree with you. My grandson is stationed at FE Warren and I am damn sure he would have mentioned to us if “he had lost confidence” in Col Jones' ability to lead. Reading the article, My guess is Col Jones' major mistake was in not being PC enough.

I do not know what your grandson does there but I am in contact with a lot of the Combat Crew Members there and in the other two Wings and Jones was not a good leader. The article in the Air Force Times related he went to the Airmens' Attic,a sort of second hand shop for poor enlisted families, and started to yell at the people working there. It should be noted all the people working at those places are unpaid volunteers. He pounded the counters and even threatened to shut them down even though he was not in command of them or that shop. He supposedly did more things to his troops and other people around the base.

People like that should not have command or authority over others.

28 posted on 11/04/2014 8:14:35 AM PST by OldMissileer
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To: Iscool
450 underground missiles with 5 launch locations...I’m surprised they didn’t give the locations...

Actually it is a total of 450 missiles with 45 Launch Control Centers, LCCs. Each LCC has direct responsibility for ten missiles (called a Flight) and five of those LCCs are connected together via underground cables allowing each LCC to "see" all 50 missiles. The five connected LCCs are called a Squadron. There are three squadrons at each base, 150 missiles, and that is called a Wing. There are three bases for the total of 450 Minuteman III missiles and 45 LCCs.

You can find the LCCs and the Launch Facilities, LFs, on Google Earth and thus get their exact geographical location. Heck, the Soviets had their exact coordinates from the time they were built, they just needed accurate enough missiles to destroy them.

29 posted on 11/04/2014 8:28:01 AM PST by OldMissileer
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To: pepsi_junkie
Technically what he meant (I think) was that women who choose to have children and drop out of the work force for years are giving up years of experience, pay raises, promotion opportunities and they shouldnt have to choose between having children and advancing in their careers.

The Government does not give one plugged nickel if women work or not. They want the payroll taxes from them having jobs.

30 posted on 11/04/2014 8:29:55 AM PST by OldMissileer
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To: SamuraiScot

Every choice Obama’s made about defense or the Military - has been make to weaken our position in the world.

Why would you think this is different?


31 posted on 11/04/2014 8:30:23 AM PST by GOPJ ( Are You More Likely to be Infected or Beheaded Today Than You Were 6 Years Ago? freeperPROCON)
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To: Timber Rattler

Just continued purging of conservatives by liberals in the military. Now that the Generals have all been replaced, the ranks of O-6 and below have been taking major hits.


32 posted on 11/04/2014 8:31:44 AM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be outlawed and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: OldMissileer
They want the payroll taxes from them having jobs.

I suppose but I think more important to them is having an issue election after election. Women have been pay dirt for the democrats for a long time. War on women, equal pay for equal work, rinse...repeat. Works with unmarried women every single time.

This is just a nuance, trying to get married women to sign up finally. "Just because you stopped working for 10 years shouldn't mean you ought to make less than if you'd stayed! Your experience as a mom are worth more than any 10 years in a law firm or a bank, or whatever, you should be paid accordingly!" Look for it more in upcoming elections.

33 posted on 11/04/2014 8:37:34 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (Who is John Galt?)
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To: wtd

Enjoyable link... thanks for sharing...

http://sotoda.blogspot.com/2014/10/21-photos-of-animated-cinemagraphs-by.html

21 PHOTOS OF ANIMATED CINEMAGRAPHS


34 posted on 11/04/2014 8:44:05 AM PST by GOPJ ( Are You More Likely to be Infected or Beheaded Today Than You Were 6 Years Ago? freeperPROCON)
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To: GOPJ

You can really get lost over there. Thanks. Nice...


35 posted on 11/04/2014 9:41:28 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Dunam, Duncan, man what infections these folks brought over.)
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To: tx_eggman; Timber Rattler
cruelty and maltreatment of a subordinate.

What did he do, admire her tits?

36 posted on 11/04/2014 9:46:57 AM PST by Albion Wilde (It is better to offend a human being than to offend God.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Where’s that gif of Putin laughing?

Why, here it is!


37 posted on 11/04/2014 9:49:41 AM PST by Albion Wilde (It is better to offend a human being than to offend God.)
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38 posted on 11/04/2014 9:56:17 AM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: OldMissileer

Thanks for the info...Didn’t know all that...


39 posted on 11/04/2014 10:25:04 AM PST by Iscool
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To: GreyFriar

I remember Strategic Air Command. It was a different world back then, but there was a high turnover of Wing commanders.


40 posted on 11/04/2014 10:49:56 AM PST by zot
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