Far East Cynic

Right, but for all the wrong reasons.

Yes, the US has too many generals and admirals, but Hegseth is not the man to fix that. Our inept Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, has stated that he wants to cut 20% of the four-star officer positions and 10% of the rest of the general and flag officer community. I am

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I’m a trendsetter!

Eight years ago, I wrote a series of posts regarding the Navy’s imbalance in its flag officer community. The problem then, as it is now, is that the Navy has too many flag officers. It has more flag officers than it has ships. I pointed out then that the issue

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Throwback Thursday Slogans and Cliches

My apologies for the site being down for a bit. We were doing a server upgrade and also doing some “under the hood” tinkering. But it is back up now. There is a lot to write about this week – and very little of the news is good. So I

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An idea that is long overdue.

If you have been a long time reader here, you will know that one of my pet peeves is that the Navy has more flag officers than it has ships.  A few years ago I picked a fight with one of the Naval Institute’s   “preferred customers” on this very subject. Well, it took

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Dear US Air Force

You block my site because it's "pornography". Clearly you have never seen real pornography.  

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Going in to see the old man…….

When its time for the FITREP debrief. If any of you have spent time, in or around the Air Force, this little video is going to ring very, very, true. Especially the discussion of Squadron Officers School-my roomate from college, who went in the Air Force used almost those very

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Air Show Blues-Part III

All the parts I could not get pix of- would that I could. Turn your speakers up loud and sip scotch while you watch this:   The A-4 video is better if you ask me!

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I'm still here!

My brain is full. This week has been so full of information, I don’t know if I can remember any more. Important safety tip-make sure when you accept a job you are not going to work for engineers! Thus my current predicament. I have found out the people that I

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