Nathan wrote:
I can tell you from experience that some of our folks in the military are a disgrace and nothing more then punks. My brother in law and his outfit are always getting busted for drugs, etc. And he even got in big trouble for getting drunk and waving his gun around. His room mate just OD'ed. It's very sad our country is loosing every bit of moral respectfulness. And he is in the Marines and is still a trouble maker. As is most of his outfit apparently.
What on earth does this have to do with the subject of this thread? And what the heck is moral respectfulness?
I know far more sorry civilians than sorry military folks, although I will admit that we do have some. But even those disgraceful people that you know in the military stepped up to the plate to serve. That's more than a lot of people have done for their country. Don't worry though, those disgraceful punks will get kicked out of the military if they are as sorry as you say they are. On most occasions, military justice is a beautiful thing. As far as getting in trouble goes, well here's a dirty little secret. I've been in trouble over the years, many times, as have most of the people I've flown with. It's simply a matter of being a human. Some of us get in trouble. Some more than others. Come to think about it, I got in some trouble before I ever joined up. Perish the thought! . It's got not a darn thing to do with being military or not. I call it "boys will be boys". Some for longer than others, some will grow out of it, some never will and some boys will never become men.
I wish I had $10 for every person I know in the Air Force that has gotten drunk and stupid over the years. I'd buy you that P-40 you want so bad
While I'm here, I'd be willing to bet that a very small percentage of US military, regardless of their branch of service, give a rat's rear end about anything that happened prior to last week. Mostly because it doesn't matter to them. It doesn't apply to them and it doesn't have any affect on them. I spent all day watching people walk through my C-17 at the Offutt AFB airshow. I was amazed at the lack of active duty USAF personel who couldn't identify what kind of plane they were standing in. It's the AIR FORCE! Most of these people were young, one or two stripe airmen and they haven't been in very long. But still, we only have about 20 different models of airplanes in the inventory today. The C-17 is pretty well known and doesn't even look similar to anything else we have. But for whatever reason, active military people can't identify it! Very few in the Air Force care about the history of the Air Force today and it's because we have fads instead of traditions. It's only going to get worse.
I'm still amazed by the number of loadmasters and pilots I've flown with over the years that couldn't identify the C-124 Globemaster II, even though they drove by it everyday leaving the base at Charleston. It's the grandfather and namesake of our airplane and they don't even know what it is! But all that is okay because no matter what I would prefer, there is no requriement to even know that the military has a history in order to join.
Based on what I've seen over the last nearly 20yrs, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if nobody in the Navy is excited about doing anything with the CONA stuff. Except of course for the crews that get to go to the airshows and have a good time. For the others that do the work and get none of the limelight, the entire program is probably nothing more than a pain in the ass. Other than the few of us that are lucky enough to work the airshow circuit in the USAF, very few care about the planes, the history or tradition.
One last thing.
The Inspector wrote:
It's kind of sad to see that some have no sense of, nor regard for, the heritage and traditions and sacrifices that today allow them to whine and moan about maintaining a paint job on a single aircraft.
Makes me wonder if they need to be burped or changed!
They don't need to be burped or changed. They need to be allowed to do their job, more with less, without having more extra duties piled on top of them, including showboating for other people's glory. I'd be willing to bet that their job description has nothing to say about entertaining the public with historic paint jobs. Quite simply, they have other things to do and I doubt this is high on their priority list. As far as them having no sense of sacrifice, well, I hardly think you are in any position to question what anybody in the military has sacrificed. Regardless of how little you might think of them.
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