tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post3623143563506608548..comments2024-03-26T21:38:47.081-04:00Comments on HMS Defiant: THE UNDERTOW OF LIFE PLAYED OUT IN A GAMEHMS Defianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-22223407704627659132014-01-09T13:32:38.510-05:002014-01-09T13:32:38.510-05:00I hear ya, Virgil. I ran into a few goody-two-sho...I hear ya, Virgil. I ran into a few goody-two-shoes types during my career but they were few and far between. As for Leavenworth... let's just say I was DAMNED lucky not to do an extended tour there. <b>:-)</b>Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-72465279524535715572014-01-08T13:22:41.486-05:002014-01-08T13:22:41.486-05:00Buck, all this neo-prohibitionist crap in the AF b...Buck, all this neo-prohibitionist crap in the AF began even during our time, although it was spotty and wasn't yet Command/World-wide. I recall a good friend telling me of a retirement party he attended at Wright-Patterson circa late 70s/early 80s (iirc) that allowed only coffee, ice-cream & cake, for God's sakes. Contrast that with 1967 when my same buddy was graduating plt tng at Moody AFB, Ga where he had to drive his roommate to the graduation ceremonies because he had gotten two DUIs, (one off-base and one on-base) and couldn't drive <i>anywhere</i>, lol. (And the guy went on to be awarded multiple Silver Stars & DFCs) Today they would have kicked the guy out of the Officer Corps on an Art 32 and had him serve out his term as enlisted--let alone jerk his wings. (I've often said that if conditions like today had obtained when I had took the oath I would undoubtedly have ended up at Levenworth--along with half of the guys in every Squadron I was ever assigned to, lol) In today's AF the pilots are undoubtedly better trained and more "professional" than in my day, but we've got damn few left with the killer attitude--those people are weeded out <i>immediately.</i>.virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-27242517454875376652013-12-17T15:36:16.080-05:002013-12-17T15:36:16.080-05:00General Order number 1 spread world wide after its...General Order number 1 spread world wide after its inception by CENTCOM back in 1991. We in the Navy mostly ignored it completely since it first started out applied to Saudi Arabia and we were not there much. Then it spread to PACOM where the admirals decided to ban drinking and liberty for the goodness that was in it. Then they really went crazy and decided to ban all forms of sex including consenting adults. The Army went craziest when they banned sex between married adults. That was to laugh at back then but now they want it like that everywhere.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-5555164643957518242013-12-17T15:15:44.852-05:002013-12-17T15:15:44.852-05:00I think I mentioned a day or two ago that I'm ...I think I mentioned a day or two ago that I'm GLAD I'm retired. I can vouch for your "it wasn't always so" statement, in freakin' SPADES. My Air Force and your Navy were oh-so-very different than what exists today. (I can't say anything about the Ground-Pounders, as I'm woefully short on both prior experience and current knowledge.)Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.com