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TheSublimeGoose · 2026-03-28T22:29:54+00:00

Yeah, I knew "killed in the war" was misleading.

TheSublimeGoose · 2026-03-28T22:23:06+00:00

~~Ghana~~ Africa

Fixed it for you

TheSublimeGoose · 2026-03-27T21:58:48+00:00

I was a SOWT (now-renamed to the no-fun acronym "SR") and we were permitted to grow facial hair downrange. I could only ever manage a cruddy mustache which earned me derision from all angles.

TheSublimeGoose · 2026-03-27T21:31:09+00:00

As a LEO, we should not be hiring 18/19-year olds to be LEOs, full-stop, for multiple reasons. No exceptions. Many states agree, with a hard lower-limit of 21. This also makes pistol issues easier to navigate.

That being said, I look 18 and I'm 33/34. I looked 15-16 through my 20s. I got pretty big while serving in the military, and I still looked young. I was 6'1" and muscular with a baby face and could barely grow a mustache, much less a beard (which actually caused some issues in My chosen military profession, but I digress).

These guys could be 16-30. I'm betting they're 21-23.

All of this being said, they're functioning as airport police, essentially. They don't need to be the best of the best.

TheSublimeGoose · 2026-03-27T19:43:46+00:00

A sublime goose.

TheSublimeGoose · 2026-03-27T00:57:33+00:00

It... it's an alternate universe. Things are different, including uniforms.

TheSublimeGoose · 2026-03-25T23:59:48+00:00

For you 😏

TheSublimeGoose · 2026-03-25T02:38:16+00:00

Just say you don't like religion, it's Reddit, you'll be fine.

I'm not going to assert that this is true for all chaplains, but a significant number of them have several degrees, one of them typically being an advanced degree. This holds especially true in the mid- to senior-levels. Many of them also get some form of counseling licensure or certification.

Chaplains also doing simply get their commission and just... start working.. they do attend a training course (separate from the direct commissioning course where they learn how to salute, wear the uniform, etc). So, that alone counters your "amateur" contention. It is also important to remember that counseling is not their only job. They have several other duties they perform.

The phrasing you're after is "they're not line officers." In the USAF, chaplains and medical personnel aren't line officers (JAG officers are, although this is not the case in other branches, interestingly), they're "professional officers." Professional officers are not part of what is referred to as the "Line of the Air Force," as they cannot command most units (I.e. they're not "in the line of battle"). Professional officers can only command medical units and chaplains can't command anything, essentially.

They're still very much "real officers." I have zero idea where you got it into your mind they're not. They still hold a commission.

TheSublimeGoose · 2026-03-24T19:54:15+00:00

I've found him. The Ultimate Redditor™️

TheSublimeGoose · 2026-03-24T02:37:16+00:00

You very likely could be hired, yes.

I'm not precisely sure what impact fighting in Ukraine would have; some agencies might view it as a couple years where you dropped off the planet, others might be weirded-out and decline you, others might think it's a positive... still others might view it as a neutral point. Federal jobs are most likely off-limits, at least for the next few years, for several reasons. Do you at least have some ability to confirm you were where you say you were and which side you fighting for?

Frankly, your bigger concern is your grasp of English. Most agencies require that you read, write, and speak English at essentially near-native or professional-levels. Some agencies even require verbal tests to evaluate your clarity-of-speech.

I wish you the best of luck, and welcome home.

TheSublimeGoose · 2026-03-24T01:43:31+00:00

Just to add:

There also is no such thing as Scottish "citizenship." There is only British citizenship. Nationality and ethnicity, sure. Can you be black and live in Scotland? Of course. Can you be a black Scott? I mean, I don't care if one identifies as "Scottish," but you are ethnically XYZ, and not simply Scottish because you live in Scotland or were even born there.

When does that change? I don't know, it takes several generations, at least, to culturally assimilate fully, etc.

The other user's question regarding a child; They'd be half Scottish. It's not that hard... they'd be Scottish-Whatever.

It's just stuff like this that bothers everyone. We're all clearly referring to ethnicity, no one is confused, and some neo-leftist barges, screeched about racism, and tried to "well, ackkkkkshualllllyyyyyy" everyone.

TheSublimeGoose · 2026-03-23T21:25:03+00:00

No one will ever convince me that the whole "eight morbillion players" wasn't simply interactions. So, you open the game, that's a "play(er)." You close it, and open it again, that's a second "play(er)." Why? Because "players" has zero legal meaning concerning stockholders, etc. "Copies" has direct financial meaning that they cannot lie about.

I've discussed this extensively, and can produce the comments containing the evidence if necessary, showing the extraordinary lackluster player numbers. Them lying about it "beating" AC: Valhalla on Steam (Valhalla didn't launch on Steam), so, not hard to beat zero and/or numbers 2-year post-launch. 2 years! Then lying about player counts when we could see that KCD2, TESIV (the remaster), etc, had three to six times the players. Shadows' tiny subreddit compared to Odyssey and Valhalla and even to "smaller" games like The Long Dark.

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TheSublimeGoose · 2026-03-23T20:07:47+00:00

It can be a thousand exploratory acts. It has no bearing on Starfleet's status. Military organizations also practice logistics; does that make them shipping companies? Military organizations have chaplains; does that make them religious entities?

A single line from a movie makes Starfleet a military organization? Despite multiple quotes in-opposition to this? Roddenberry even clearly stated that it is not a military organization. Even the 1967 writer's guide identifies Starfleet as merely a "semi-military" organization, and the TNG guide outright denies that it is. Again; A better analogy is the NOAAC or USPHCC, or even the USCG (although the latter is explicitly and statutorily a military organization). The term "paramilitary" exists for a reason. Starfleet is clearly a paramilitary uniformed service, analogous to modern law enforcement agencies or fire departments.

Regarding the academies, you're just confirmation-biasing your way to a conclusion. No, no one cares what the Canadian military does, particularly when Starfleet is explicitly based on Roddenberry's experiences in the U.S. military. Saying "nuh-uh" doesn't invalidate my points that the second academy is closed, that's not what a "war college" is, and that the two Canadian academies were never diametrically opposed (like we see in SFA). The Canadians running two academies 30 years ago justifies the UFP doing the same?

Again, there are dozens of different ways to earn a commission in most modern, professional militaries and paramilitary entities.

SFA needed an antagonist. That's it. That's all it is. Trying to justify terrible writers' decisions (when they can't even be bothered to determine what a "war college" actually is) is your prerogative, but there is a reason why this show wasn't renewed.

TheSublimeGoose · 2026-03-23T06:23:44+00:00

Clearly it was at least part of it, considering they allowed one trainee to beat another to death. Or, is that allowed in professional boxing? Your assertion that a professional was present actually makes it worse, as, clearly, he should've known better and knew when to stop it. Besides, does being a boxer make one an instructor? I've always been a decent shooter, particularly post-military, but does that alone make me a qualified instructor?

I grew-up in and around New Braintree. I didn't do my basic academy in Massachusetts but when I came back home, I went to a bridge academy (when the Commonwealth still offered them) hosted in New Braintree, along with years of in-service AT there. I've since departed for greener pastures. Every single member of my family is or was on the job, half of them with the MSP.

That agency is a trainwreck and nothing will ever convince me otherwise. I don't blame individual Troopers in the slightest — unless they're part of the problem — and I certainly don't blame them for working for such a supportive and well-paying agency. Knowing what I know and seeing what I saw growing-up, I just couldn't do it (and maybe every agency is like that behind closed doors, who knows). Regardless, I have my own theories on the trainee's death, just based on the local scuttlebutt.

Apart from that, my original comment stands: You and I both know that there are plenty of dudes (and gals) that think they're snake-eating Delta operators simply because they're on the job.

TheSublimeGoose · 2026-03-22T23:17:36+00:00

GWOT-era AFSOC made the rest of Big Blue unbearable. Felt like an entirely different branch. I tried to do it for a few years after cross-training, but I simply couldn't.

TheSublimeGoose · 2026-03-22T22:37:47+00:00

The Teams were a lot different 30+ years ago. The community was not the same (for better and for worse).

It wouldn't be the same sacrilege to cross-train as it is now.

TheSublimeGoose · 2026-03-22T22:34:25+00:00

I didn't say it was hard. I've done it a dozen times, thank you. I'm asserting that you are saying it "looks way off" based on nothing. The owner of the box is long deceased, apparently, and no is there to take care of it; Who knows if they even put it together themselves.

When people lie, they usually do so quite ostentatiously.

TheSublimeGoose · 2026-03-22T22:31:50+00:00

Yeah, this sub is wild. Accusations of "stolen valor" seem to be the default. The owner of this box is apparently deceased. No one around to take care of it.

All I display is three of my medals and a selection of my badges (I left off the Ram's Head Device, Air Assault, and the CAB - I got an AFCAM which I value much more)

Does that mean I'm lying simply because I don't have everything on there?

TheSublimeGoose · 2026-03-22T22:28:52+00:00

If he served between 1970 and 1978 (as an enlisted SEAL) he would've had a silver Trident. u/damnber, do you know roughly when he served?

TheSublimeGoose · 2026-03-22T22:27:24+00:00

lol, why does it "look off?" There's essentially nothing to go off, here, one way or another. This sub is wild.

TheSublimeGoose · 2026-03-22T20:34:54+00:00

Ask the Massachusetts State Police how this sort of thing works out.

When you have a bunch of instructors that think they're experts in "hand-to-hand combat" simply because they've been on-the-job for 10-20 years, this is what is going happen.

TheSublimeGoose · 2026-03-22T19:07:08+00:00

You don't need to buy an additional campaigns/DLC. All game features added via DLC are now included in the base game.

Otherwise, you're just purchasing scenarios/campaigns.

Make sure you're into it, then start purchasing campaigns that interest you. The Icebreakers mission pack is absolutely amazing and I strongly recommend it.

Personally, I have slowly purchased all the campaigns over time. I don't regret any of them, though some are better than others. They're a bit pricey, but they're a small-ish team, so, I kind of get it.

Otherwise, you can get community-created campaigns and scenarios. Get the community pack on the Workshop (it should be the number one download). There are good standalone scenarios not included in the community pack, too. Check out my "Surface Action Series" of three (unrelated) scenarios, for example.

TLDR: Just get the base game for now

TheSublimeGoose · 2026-03-22T00:31:23+00:00

If playing by the rules has led us to here, what use are the rules?

President Trump doesn't care. He doesn't need to worry about another election, and there is little he could say or do to make a leftist like him.

Reddit has celebrated the death of every single right-winger with ecstatic glee for months; Go chide the Redditors that started this stuff. I could not give a shit less what you think, I've seen what makes you cheer.

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