You are quite welcome! I hope you have a lovely one as well.
You are quite welcome! I hope you have a lovely one as well.
As far as I know all manned aircraft pilots in the US military are commissioned or warrant officers. I think it makes complete sense that you would want a pilot that was specifically trained for whatever missions you were going on. Someone whose sole focus is on flying but can adapt in a pinch and has management skills to offload some of the work from the commander and XO.
In a normal aviation company there are two platoons of pilots and almost all of those are warrant officers and a platoon leader who really just manages the other pilots.
Warrant officers are notoriously blunt and voices of reason in a command group. They are the realists that usually tell the commander how it is, as opposed to what they think people want to hear since they usually know the most in the room about whatever it is they specialize in. In everything but army aviation there is usually only one or two warrant officers in a battalion of hundreds, maybe thousands of soldiers. They usually only answer to the highest ranking person at the table. Aviation warrant officers are more prevalent in terms of numbers but usually no less opinionated and while overruled very often will gladly tell their commanders how something probably won’t work out like it’s planned and then sit back and watch everything burn like they said it would.
In my own personal experience, XOs don’t usually grow a spine unless they were outstanding platoon leaders OR after they have been in command of a whole unit.
In the American military a warrant officer is a subject matter expert in their career field. They are supposed to be advisors to commanders on the best tactics, techniques, and procedures at most levels, all the way down to the company level in army aviation. They are in most fields of the military like maintenance, personnel, property, aviation, special forces, etc.
Warrant officers in the American military are commissioned officers, so in some instances they can be used as an XO or detachment commander. They usually have limited Uniformed Code of Military Justice(UCMJ) authority, but are just as capable of running a unit as a captain or a major.
In the case of Ridley, rank and position aren’t the same thing. Ridley is a warrant officer in the aviation branch, but the third ranking officer after the commander and XO or first officer.
Warrant officers are supposed to be those people with knowledge that is an inch wide but a mile deep about a certain subject, but they are almost always very capable people and sometimes take on more roles. US Army aviation is the worst about this. They use flight warrants as catch all officers and will use them as supply officers, NBC officers, unit movement officers, or really any other job there isn’t an enlisted person qualified to do the job.
Most of my experience is US Army aviation, so feel free to take it all with that in mind.
I can only imagine how surreal it must feel to try to fight off what is essentially a toy with a grenade strapped to it with a shovel. The shear terror that you know there is a good chance this thing is going to kill you, so you pick up a shovel and pretend there is a chance you might be able to survive this and go home again.
Same, especially on such a serious topic.
I see it now. Must have flown right over my HEAD.
You might want to take a HARD look at your comment and check some of your spelling.
Anyone taking bets on if it’s the deep state or one of those damn lone wolves that got riled into a frenzy by all the ridiculous conspiracy theories but it’s an isolated incident because there is only one superbowl a year and no one even actually died so there won’t be any consequences for the source of this person’s anger?
That happens all the time. I went through several government contracts where a company would come and under bid the current contract by a significant amount, win the bid, offer the current contractors 3/4 of what they were being paid and fill in the rest with new hires. There is no continuity between contracts so unless a bunch of the old contractors took a pay cut to stay on they would come in and start from scratch with all new processes and procedures and absolutely slow down productivity for all those they were supposed to be providing support.
“If you don’t think that moving from Kevin McCarthy to MAGA Mike Johnson shows the ascendance of this movement and where the power in the Republican Party truly lies, then you’re not paying attention,” said Rep. Matt Gaetz (F-FL).
It really doesn’t seem like the Republicans are paying attention to the threat coming from inside their own house.
And we should not let perfect get in the way of someone getting possibly life saving resources.
The myriad of free services provided by a library is why they hang out at libraries. Not that it doesn’t happen but I doubt the homeless are checking out books to fill their spare time.
Public bathroom, wifi, escape from the heat or cold, nice people, business resources, etc are all benefits of the public library. All that stuff can be done in a regular office building or community center and no need to burden the library with more work.
I agree and understand, but sometimes people who are in need of this service might be less than stable. Again, is someone like a librarian the best public servant to help in this situation?
I totally agree, but we don’t ask other public services to do that. Not do I think we should, but why not make it available at City Hall. If you as a community want to help these people, and have agreed to provide public services to a specific problem, why not lean into it. A single social worker in an office at City Hall could probably handle this better than people who preserve our public knowledge.
I understand the likely hesitation of people in need of something like narcan going to a place like city hall for fear of getting arrested, but if you’re providing public funds and services to help someone why would you arrest them for accessing this resource just because a law enforcement officer happened to see them on their way to get assistance?
I am all for this being a public service but why is this up to the library? I understand it is usually a convenient, local place that people can easily get to, but I don’t think most librarians are equipped to deal with someone who needs help in this kind of way. Much like guns shouldn’t be a “hazard of the job” for school teachers, I don’t think librarians should be responsible for this kind of public safety.
We should invest in community centers with resources for such things. Mental health professionals, trained social workers, public servants specifically trained to help those who might have stumbled along the way.
Easily the hottest alien I have ever seen. I would like to see how she assimilates.
My m8 is somewhere in my office still. Behind my pixel 5 it has probably been my favorite Android phone.