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US Navy.

I am not interested in taking it up with anybody. The link you provided informs that academy graduates can serve in the reserves to fulfill their service obligation. Nowhere does it state that he did so, or is doing so, and he clearly was not a highly recruited high schooler, as it states in the original that he was only offered by service academies. It used to be that the requirement was enforced. Later, as it became obvious that in order to recruit top talent and stay in D1, the service academies would consider waivers. Many are in consideration now. I have served with many, and have never heard of anyone released after a single two year tour. Great for him. No issue here. It's just something I have never heard of, and if the facts are simply those that are presented in this thread, it is a very bad financial idea for our services.

Not really that great of a job. It poses more questions. How does a guy get four years of elite college education at taxpayer's expense, and serve only two years of active duty? In the old days, before a change which allowed Service Secretaries to rule on this kind of thing, Roger Staubach fulfilled his commitment. David Robinson, NBA for all non basketball fans, got a sketchy waiver as he grew too much during his Naval Academy days to permit him to serve in various capacities. The service academies have been allowed various advantages to permit them to recruit in order to compete at D1 level, like not having to abide by the scholarship totals. Still, I have never heard of a service academy grad getting out after only two years without some other issue. The usual commitment is five years active duty and three years reserve, for eight years total.

He served two years as a Second Lt. on active duty in a maintenance organization. That is the most junior commissioned officer rank in the AF. Great guy and seemingly great coach, but he didn't "lead a squadron." It always amazes me how these guys get off active duty so fast.

Super talent aside, I think Josh owes a good deal of his success in the the past two plus years to having Beasley's instinctive play impact tough second and third down situations. He makes the sum of the individual parts of our receiving core better that the individual parts.

I don't want to speculate about what happens in the post season. When Beasley is targeted often, he is an incredibly reliable chain mover who keeps performing on difficult third down plays. I think he is extremely valuable to us if we are to be successful this post season. More so than Knox, who is still growing, Beasley is an incredible positive, impactful component to this offense. Worry about the rest of the stuff in Feb.

Depending on income, Social Security is taxed at the federal level, regardless of state of residence. I would never base my retirement location on the ability to avoid relatively minor state income tax.

And the reunions are great. Spent last Thurs-Sunday at my Navy Aviation Officer Candidate School reunion. Our 45th class anniversary. Did it on Pensacola Beach at the Blue Angels end of season homecoming airshow. Saw the F-35 and F-22 demos as well as the Blues. Had many conversations with guys who were involved in those projects after getting off active duty. Tremendous comradery and great food/stories. Also allowed me to miss the debacle in Jacksonville.

Was my pleasure. Naval Aviator. Two cruises on USS Kitty Hawk. 305 traps (carrier landings). TopGun. Pacific Fleet Adversaries. (The bad guys teaching air combat). A fun way to spend my '20's.

Ya. Right after Clinton moved David Gergen in and First Lady Hillary was slowly pushed out of the policy business. I do live in Virginia and Virginia will be just fine.

I served as an election official in Virginia for six years, and I did the "provisional ballot" thing in our precinct. You are not "required" to have ID. If you don't provide one, you are required to sign a form that states that you are who you claim to be. That ballot goes into the provisional basket, and those are judged and counted if necessary to determine the outcome.

Nor is Biden.

Don't get too excited. Biden is completely incompetent.

If Trump "represents the Republican Party," order the tombstone. The man is a financial fraud, a childish punk, has no leadership ability, in fact has never led anyone, and lives in his own fraudulently created imaginary universe.

I have never and will never vote for Trump. I hope the Republicans move towards a Nikki Haley, John Kasich, Paul Ryan candidate. If the Trump nonsense continues, it's an unforced error.

Without getting into one of the most contentious issues of our time, I do know one thing. When my wife informed me she was pregnant, each time, we considered it "life."

That would be one messy, nasty enterprise.

Dolphin stadium predictably way too empty.

At a minimum, let's just make sure we don't let this crew do a movie involving tactical airplanes.

Don't be. Whispering......(You see, I'm not really a sherpa). I was an airline captain. I flew to Sao Paulo about ten months/year for seven years. Brady's wife was on a couple.

In my career I've carried hundreds of celebs, sports folks, politicos and media. Brady's wife a couple times to Sao Paulo. They are all different. Some extremely nice and some unbelievable tools. The worst are the ones with "assistants."

The US Navy has been doing that for nearly a century, and they can move them.

Or realistic.

I think fans project far too much regarding professional sports. Get there. Get a win. Get home. That's about it. When you're done, get the contract you want.

Aviation forecasts in this format are in GMT, so it doesn't include game time. The current aviation forecast for the game time period calls for rain and a chance of a thunderstorm.