Hey Johnnie

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu Oct 08, 2020 2:49 pm

The caliber bullet that goes in an AR-15/M-16/M-4

5.56x45mm Nato. (Also a .223 Remington)

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:58 am

I'm officially back in Korea. It's 7 pm on Monday. Being 16 hours ahead from where I was is weird.

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Nov 12, 2020 4:53 pm

Hey Johnnie, should have sent this yesterday, but thank you for your service.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu Nov 12, 2020 4:54 pm

Hahaha. I just watched that a couple hours ago. It always makes me laugh.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 4:50 am

Negative on my follow up COVID nasal swab and I've been released after 14 days in my room. I got to throw away my trash finally. It was accumulating and I named it Fred.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Tue Dec 22, 2020 4:01 pm

Bad news for you, Johnnie, but I'm sure you already knew.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Dec 22, 2020 5:44 pm

That's why I had a week and a half to pack for deployment and was back 3 weeks when I got told to come here by November.

I should've played my racism card when I had the chance!

All kidding aside, this does not shock me in the least. The other day I went to base headquarters for a meeting. Like every headquarters I've been to, it's really nice and decked out inside. Heritage and history everywhere.

On the wall were photos of all the former base commanders. Every single one was white, except one: our current Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General CQ Brown. (In the photo he's a colonel and wearing the 'old school' BDU.) And I've posted his video response to the George Floyd murder a couple times. Spoiler alert: he was discriminated against from his earliest moments in service. Back in October only the 2nd ever African-American Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force retired and now our first ever female (and Asian-American at that) is in the seat. I'm glad The Air Force is finally catching up to the times.

And sure, from raw numbers, less minorities are present. But those who join definitely get put into a box. It isn't specifically for racist reasons, but you can just kinda tell, more often then not white people co-mingle more with white people and so on. Within the chain of command, I can definitely see negative cognitive bias when more white people are in positions of power all across the service and a non white were to get in trouble.

It sucks. And I suspect this is prevalent throughout the military.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 11:23 pm

Hey Johnnie--what are "lickees and chewies?" Heard this in a local news story and wanted to see if the explanation checks out.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Feb 23, 2021 4:11 am

Google tells me it's a candy store in Dover, NH.

https://www.lickeesnchewysstore.com/

What context did you hear this in? I'm completely confused.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Tue Feb 23, 2021 7:57 am

Johnnie wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 4:11 am What context did you hear this in? I'm completely confused.

The owner said it was Air Force slang for snacks. Wanted to see if that checked out with you.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:16 am

I've never heard that term before. It's possible, but I can't confirm it.

I read the article in reference to it now though. Looks like he's doing well. Good shit.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 3:56 pm

Just saw this on my twitter feed...

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 4:05 pm

I'll have to read that story. The concept for the F-35 was to have it be multidimensional. Have one airframe across all the services, but each could be different.

The Marine variant doing vertical takeoff. The Navy one could land on an aircraft carrier. The Air Force one could replace the current fighter generation altogether, etc. I think the issue is in the fact that having one airframe with that many functions is just too much for one contractor to create.

But I have to read the article to see what it says specifically.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 4:13 pm

Johnnie wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 4:05 pm I'll have to read that story. The concept for the F-35 was to have it be multidimensional. Have one airframe across all the services, but each could be different.

The Marine variant doing vertical takeoff. The Navy one could land on an aircraft carrier. The Air Force one could replace the current fighter generation altogether, etc. I think the issue is in the fact that having one airframe with that many functions is just too much for one contractor to create.

But I have to read the article to see what it says specifically.

The gist is that the F-35 was supposed to be the USAF's low-cost reliable replacement across the board for the F-16. But it got too complex and heavy and expensive and difficult to maintain, so it's basically a "Ferrari" instead of the everyday plane it was supposed to be.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 4:20 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 4:13 pm
Johnnie wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 4:05 pm I'll have to read that story. The concept for the F-35 was to have it be multidimensional. Have one airframe across all the services, but each could be different.

The Marine variant doing vertical takeoff. The Navy one could land on an aircraft carrier. The Air Force one could replace the current fighter generation altogether, etc. I think the issue is in the fact that having one airframe with that many functions is just too much for one contractor to create.

But I have to read the article to see what it says specifically.
The gist is that the F-35 was supposed to be the USAF's low-cost reliable replacement across the board for the F-16. But it got too complex and heavy and expensive and difficult to maintain, so it's basically a "Ferrari" instead of the everyday plane it was supposed to be.

Ah. So, for the Air Force, it sucks. That makes sense. Seems like standard cost overruns and the acquisitions process add bloat. Then I'm sure constant regime change and the ever changing landscape of adversarial warfare (now it's near-peer stuff) dictates adding and subtracting from the original contract and this goes on and on.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:54 pm

Johnnie wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 4:05 pm The Marine variant doing vertical takeoff. The Navy one could land on an aircraft carrier. The Air Force one could replace the current fighter generation altogether, etc. I think the issue is in the fact that having one airframe with that many functions is just too much for one contractor to create.

I read somewhere a pilot described it as 'flying a piano'...

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 1:40 am

Just read the article. I'm happy that I've been paying attention because aspects of my previous posts were actually in the article.

What I didn't realize was that it's the man himself, Gen CQ Brown, that is calling the ugly baby ugly. He's an F-16 guy, so he knows his shit when it comes to fighter aircraft. His words carry weight.

Fun fact: His picture is on the wall at the headquarters building here at Kunsan because he used to be the base commander when he was a colonel. He's also the only 'Wolf' (positional call sign for the wing commander, Kunsan is the 'Wolfpack') who is African-American.

Funner fact: We have the same tailor at Osan. His business card is on the wall when he was a captain aide-de-camp way back when.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Aug 15, 2021 9:25 am

Huge, if true…

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A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sun Aug 15, 2021 9:54 am

Did Johnnie Burglar write that?

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Sun Aug 15, 2021 1:28 pm

Not a bad message.

https://www.dover.af.mil/News/Commentar ... eople-too/

Sometimes people on base are just asked to write an article to talk about things going on and maybe add some experience to it. It can't be critical of the AF, obviously.

Reminds me of a time way back when, I clipped an article out of the base paper at Barksdale with the headline "As inspection season begins, just remember, you volunteered for this."

It was written by a stuffy Lt Colonel who just couldn't help but perpetuate being an asshole when things were already annoying. A real "the beatings will continue until morale improves" kind of thing. I had it at my desk for a long, long time to remind me of who not to be like when I was in long enough to lead people.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Aug 16, 2021 7:48 am

Johnnie wrote: ↑Sun Aug 15, 2021 1:28 pm

It was written by a stuffy Lt Colonel who just couldn't help but perpetuate being an asshole when things were already annoying. A real "the beatings will continue until morale improves" kind of thing.

AF AF, right?

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 1:52 pm

Hey Johnnie, where would you put a "Proud Air Force Aunt" windshield sticker in your self-congratulation power rankings?

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 1:55 pm

Oh man. That's bad. It's down there with veterans who put "Veteran of OIR/OEF" all huge across the back windshield.

At the very least, a relative taking pride can be argued as support even when you know it's a "Hey, a relative of mine serves!" With vets, there's no excuse.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 2:05 pm

"Proud to Have a Message Board Friend in the Military!"

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 2:22 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Sep 21, 2021 2:05 pm "Proud to Have a Black Message Board Friend in the Military!"

FIFY.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 3:19 pm

My entire military career has been in black face.

/Cross thread joke

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Sat Oct 02, 2021 11:35 pm

I have reached the summit.

I officially applied for retirement Friday morning. The effective date will be 1 October of next year, but with the amount of leave I have saved (thanks to COVID), I'll be free-ish beginning in June.

Since I've been talking about this since I arrived here, my co-workers decorated my desk and bought me cupcakes.

And yes, I had to fight back tears. I really didn't expect that.

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Post by **Sabo** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 8:06 am

Congrats, Johnnie! Very happy you’ve made it to the end.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 9:00 am

Do you get to pick which clock on the wall gets used so you can maybe shave a few extra hours off at the end?

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 2:27 pm

Congrats, Airman!

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 4:00 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Sun Oct 03, 2021 9:00 am Do you get to pick which clock on the wall gets used so you can maybe shave a few extra hours off at the end?

Ha! That clock is for multiple time zones. We routinely work with Zulu time (Greenwich Mean) and we need to know what time it is in other countries.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 4:45 pm

Johnnie wrote: ↑Sun Oct 03, 2021 4:00 pm
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Sun Oct 03, 2021 9:00 am Do you get to pick which clock on the wall gets used so you can maybe shave a few extra hours off at the end?
Ha! That clock is for multiple time zones. We routinely work with Zulu time (Greenwich Mean) and we need to know what time it is in other countries.

The things you learn in twenty years.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 7:42 pm

That's awesome, Johnnie. Congratulations.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 9:07 pm

Thanks, everyone. It's been a long time coming.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 9:16 pm

Congrats, Johnnie.

We're still doing the grand Swamp meet-up when you actually do retire, right?

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 9:26 pm

Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Sun Oct 03, 2021 9:16 pm Congrats, Johnnie.

We're still doing the grand Swamp meet-up when you actually do retire, right?

I'm totally down. Vegas is an hour flight. It'll be a year from today when I'm officially a civilian with my DD-214 in hand.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 9:40 pm

Congratulations! I'm always up for a Vegas trip.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 6:09 am

Great stuff Johnnie!

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 6:57 am

Really happy for you man

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 9:37 am

That's outstanding, Johnnie! Looking forward to the Swamp meetup!