Disconnect it

We must have joined the same time… my first duty station was Hood, first day at the Cav I got sent to the SRP for deployment, just so happened to be the day

You can already do this on installations, but you have to talk to the provost marshalls office and get approval through your chain of command. Unless theyre wringing for another Major Hassan…

Dawg, I dont know man…. To each according to their needs is kinda hard to subscribe to before the definition of a post-scarcity society, considering we all have the same needs generally speaking. To use Stalinist USSR as an example work was assigned according to ability, and in some cases who you were or who you knew. Someone had to work the party lines and admin to assign this stuff based on “something”

Edit: i know this example isnt real communism

Alright Airman, I, no We in your command staff have heard you! We want to do better…./s

Hawaii barracks has been complained about by everyone since…forever I think. The contaminated drinking water on bases is endemic. Moldy old barracks aside the family living conditions were always bad and only get worse with age and wear. I didnt mean to imply that anything was good about it, and the complaints definitely outweigh the compliments on military living with or without family accommodations. There is a lot of room for improvement, whats killer is that all the wrong people are acutely aware of the glaring issues.

It certainly can be cheaper than other groceries. The beef is cheaper but its also a lower grade beef than what is sold in most grocers. Usda choice instead of prime, lowers costs but tbf technically isnt a direct competition with Safeway etc. There are some items you can certainly get cheaper but others are more, toiletries and such are usually close if not more at the commissaries

No disagreement implied! I was attempting to ignore the smaller rules to avoid confusion, but I knew someone would point it out. Much love, brother!

If you could have joined, you could shop there if you retired. John Q Taxpayer can only shop there if you have done the time.

Honestly I would compare it to group project eugenics because of the strict processing and selection of who can join. Cant be disabled, have to have all your arms and legs, picky even about eyesight. They might be picking the poor but theyre also grabbing the healthiest of the poor.

I knew someone would point out “hazard pay”. It is not really common, but if youre gonna split hairs; what about BAQ/BAH? The pay differential isnt any more significant than shift differentials. There is a difference between flight crew and ground crew in aviation and they get different hours and pay, but the base rate is absolutely the same by rank.

Its not just the commissary. The entire way the military works is functional communism. Housing is assigned by rank, is available to anyone currently in contract, as well as healthcare and obviously, work. Pay is rated by rank and not by position, a Physician assistant gets the same rank pay as a Lt working command staff in any other unit. There is no capitalism in the DoD at all not even under their procurement systems.

Uplifting news: No new Bush presidents since youve been asleep

Bad news: ~everything else~

Mods are asleep post people laughing at salads. Where did I put my sink?

Retirement is 20 years after signing up. 20 years ago was 2025; there was such an enormous push for recruitment then. Expect this trend to continue well into 2028 when the surge ended.

Edit: LOL I really should proof read comments. Obviously I meant 2005…

Larry and I are sharing a moment together at the box. Thank you for your attention in this matter.

I came here to give the same suggestion! DKM for life! They gave a couple really great live shows and showcased the music from both albums really well. This is all from the blessing of the Guthrie estate too, you can feel they loved doing this and have always had a blue collar working mans attitude.

Lol, im watching hank green rn. He’s got one on his desk, fuckin on point homie

This is edited from his videos, isnt it?! Isnt it?!

I miss record liners and lyrics and all the pictures. Ill check bandcamp out sometime

To have access to those originals, or just getting to experience remasters that are worth the time to listen to would be worth the cost to store. Its not just the medium of storage though, right. It is about hearing it, fully just as it was intended and we have given a lot of that up as a compromise to abstracting compression.

Thats wild you still have tapes! Do you have a VAC in your garage too? I kid.

There is a huge fidelity difference between physical media, as much as I have enjoyed mp3 it always sounded off and we know why. Data storage is still an enormous premium, I had hoped the future would reduce the price to access any media due to it not having to be printed, pressed or otherwise transferred physically, but that pipe dream is long gone.