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Tadifi's legendBook 3 in 18 parts, By FinalStand. Listen to the ► Podcast at Explicit Novels.Meanwhile, Elsa was quietly amused. It wasn't like I could request the SD to force my House Guard to not do something they had been told to do by someone in my hierarchy. That would lead to chaos, and it was unfair to Juanita."Fine," I decided. "Get us three some water. Elsa and I will be practicing."Now Juanita was stuck. I wasn't asking her to leave the room, just leave me alone. I was technically her leader, respect notwithstanding."It is good to see you have not become drunk with power," Elsa smirked once Juanita had left on her errand."Your mockery is unappreciated," I glared back. I was only kidding. "I haven't seen you around recently. It is good to see you.""It is good to see you too," Elsa said in a voice far softer and compassionate than I would have preferred. After all, she had me drugged, beaten, then beaten me up again in the not so distant past.Of course, I had also sexed her up, bringing her to orgasm with my fingers alone. We had also exchanged a burning French kiss in Katrina's office that Buffy was aware of. Then there was the Buffy-Elsa personal feud and the Elsa-Rhada family feud. Balancing that was Elsa's super-hot body and intriguing personality. Sex with her promised to be memorable, more memorable than normal."What have you been up to? I'd like to say I've been behaving myself, but I don't want to advance our relationship by lying (right now, about this).""You are largely responsible for what I've been up to the past two weeks," she stepped back. She tossed her spear aside and entered her fighting stance. How nice of her to warn me, and get rid of her weapon. How erotically odd of her to give me the illusion of a chance."I deny everything," I rocked back. She was blindingly fast. The fact that I was able to block most of the blow was a testament to how much I had learned in the past two and a half months."Watashi wa nihongo o hanashimasu', 'Wǒ shuō pǔtōnghu ', 'Wǒ shuō guǎngdōng hu ' and 'Aku isa basa jawa'," she lectured me as she maneuvered me into a corner with a series of kicks and feints. She spoke Japanese, Mandarin, Cantonese and Javanese. That was nice to know."Wait," then she kicked me off the mat."Amazons don't have a 'time out'," she smiled. I cautiously worked my way back onto the practice area."What part did you play?" I readied myself. This time, I went on the offensive. I used my greater strength and reach to compensate (rather poorly) for her superior reflexes."Someone had to ride herd on those disparate forces. My status was respected by the Amazons, I had experience dealing with outsiders, plus your person Addison nominated me, and Katrina suggested that you and I were close. That was enough for the Khanate. Your embassy and earlier aid to the Seven Families brought the 9 Clans along.""And you stole the carrier?""It was an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to humiliate the Seven Pillars," she grinned. "Riding in a nuclear submarine was interesting, right up there with running around, spray painting translations next to all the markings onboard the captured vessel. Herding regular civilians wasn't nearly as much fun.""In the annals of the SD, that is going to be a victory hard to surpass," I got out right before my legs were swept out from under me. Before I could roll over, she landed on top of me. She didn't go for a pin. Elsa simply sat there, straddling my hips and looking down at me. We were both breathing heavily."I owe you for that," she patted me on my bare chest."Is that a good thing, or a bad thing?""I'll let you figure that out during the Great Hunt," she gave a sliver of a smile."Not you too," I groaned."Who else are you worried about?""You and twenty-nine other Amazons. By name, Rachel. She's pretty upbeat about her chances and believes she has a score to settle.""Rachel will be a tough one," Elsa acknowledged."Comfortable?" Juanita muttered."Yes, I am," Elsa grinned her way. "Thank you for asking." Juanita gave me a look that suggested I do something like protest, or actually try to fight her off."Why are you being nice to me?" I wondered."I've learned to appreciate your numerous qualities," Elsa enlightened me. "I am also honest enough to admit I was completely wrong about you. You make a good Amazon." That was huge praise indeed and more importantly, it was to a public audience. I was double fortunate that no one was close enough to see Elsa's camel toe resting against my lightly covered hard-on."Thank you. Is there anything I can do for you?""Aren't you engaged to someone?" Juanita reminded me. What she was really saying was 'don't you know you belong to the maidens of House Ishara?' Trust me, I know these things. Had she meant Hana, she would have said Hana."She has the patience of Job," I reasoned. "Oh, Elsa, Job is a figure in the Old Testament of the Bible." I doubted she knew."Oh. Is he a bloody-handed butcher, raging misogynist, or one of those pacifistic wimps?""He's a nice guy who gets swallowed by a whale.""That's Jonah," Juanita corrected me. "Job is the one who was tested by God. Job accepted God taking away all his family, wealth and health, only to be rewarded for his loyalty to God with more than he ever had before.""Wimp.""I would never turn away from Ishara," Juanita rumbled."Zorja would never feel the need to test my loyalty so," Elsa riposted."Oh look," I thrust my hips up. "I seem to need a shower." Elsa's expression was of superiority and lust combined into a lethal cocktail of my demise."Let's go. You can wash my back," she said as she rose over me. She even offered me a hand up. That was unexpected and accepted warily."Is there some battle wound that makes you incapable of bathing yourself?" Juanita got feisty. Holy Hell, she was my Caribbean Buffy-twin."None," Elsa smugly commented. "I like the feel of his hands on my body. He possesses non-threatening masculinity wed with sisterly solidarity. It is a unique experience that you seem woefully unaware of.""Yippee!" I whispered."You really are a man-whore," Juanita declared under her breath."Check," I gave her a thumbs-up. Sadly, Elsa gave me enough respect to walk at my side, not in front of me (so I could have been mesmerized by her buttocks.) As I was stripping down in the locker room, I noticed Juanita hovering close by. "Are you going to follow me into the shower?""Yes.""Why? I am not going to be in danger in the middle of Havenstone.""I'll be the judge of that," she insisted."You do realize I've had sex with an audience before, don't you?""I've been warned about that and know proper counter-measures.""What? What kind of measures?" I was now naked and, towel in hand, was making my way to the communal showers."Charlie horses, trips, stun-gun if applicable," she informed me with relish."You are threatening to damage my prestige," I enlightened her."Cáel, I was chosen for more than my martial skills. I was selected because I will not wilt before your childish ways.""Are you a lesbian?""No. Why would a woman have to be a lesbian to withstand your wiles?""You'll figure it out eventually," I chuckled. Actually, knowing what a playboy-cad I was turned out to be a counter-intuitive edge for me. Expecting me to be a letch just meant I totally ignored the woman. Then the doubt would set in. 'Why wasn't I hitting on her?' she would think. She'd go through the phase of her not being good enough for me to knowing that wasn't the case, definitely, and would come at me to prove herself right. Wham-bam, another one in the can. Oink.Step One: reduce the amount of time talking to her as a fellow human traveler of life. From here on out, I would address her by her name when I wanted something and otherwise treat her like furniture ~ furniture I was comfortable with. In this case, I treated her like a towel rack. She promptly dropped it. That was okay, I was planning to get dressed wet anyway.I rinsed off my hair quickly as Elsa settled underneath the showerhead beside me. As soon as I finished, she handled me a bottle of (scentless) body soap. It was probably one of those the jaguar will smell me coming ten miles away excuses Amazons used to avoid being girlie. I got my hands all sudsy and began working on her shoulders and neck from behind.Wordlessly, Elsa followed my physical directions, allowing me to wash her arms before working my way down her back in languid, amorous circles. Around the 10th thoracic vertebrae, Elsa gave me a deep, cleansing exhalation. I dug my fingers into her taut back muscles, racking them down to her buttocks, deftly ran them along the sides of her glutes and finished up caressing them along the line between her thighs and ass.I worked her buttocks apart, worked my fingers along her perineum, tickling the back of her labia then up, across her anus and back to her tailbone and the small of her back. A crazy idea came to me: maybe I could talk her into a tramp stamp; something like If you are reading this, know I'll kill you next. That would be so Elsa.I lathered her ass up for another half-minute before working my way down to her thighs, starting with the hip joints and then coaxing of her parted lips. I knelt down so that I was resting on the balls of my feet. Elsa obliged me by parting her legs, standing on her toes with her feet over a foot apart, then placing her hands against the shower stall while arching her back so that her hips were thrust back."Oh, come on," Juanita protested. "What kind of bath is this?""Did you hear something?" Elsa looked down at me."Nope. I was focusing all of my attention on you," I smiled up at her. I was really liking the way her muscles were stressed through her exertions. I couldn't seem to pay enough attention to her robust calves. I didn't pass up the opportunity to plant gentle kisses on each cheek either.Elsa's ankles and feet happened all too fast and the pretense of a bath was complete. She looked at me while she soaped up her breasts then let the water cascade all over her body."Thank you, Cáel," she gave me a regal nod of her damp head, turned and left. "Train harder for the Hunt. You are going to need every edge you can get.""I'm stalking oysters over the weekend. They are cunning and stealthy adversaries," I replied sagely. Elsa snorted, then started toweling off as she left, going toward her own locker. I walked past my soaked towel on the floor without a single glance. Juanita stalked behind me, clearly with a lot on her mind she was now waiting for the proper moment to share. I got dressed."Not going to dry off?" she grumbled."I never use towels," I lied. "I like the rain-washed feel." By ignoring her act of defiance, I really steamed her. I wasn't done. As we headed toward the elevator, I opened up with my next jibe. Buffy really shouldn't challenge me so. I'm a past-master of dealing with clingy, bossy women."Regretting you made that bet?" I mused while we waited."What bet?" she simmered."The bet where you assured Buffy and whomever else was in the room that you wouldn't break down and physically harm me ~ punishing me for my wicked ways?""What? How did," she groused then, "You are playing me.""Yep.""You really are full of yourself," she seared me with her gaze."No, but I know what I'm good at and I'm good at frustrating women. I've been working at it for the past four years and I've got over 200 women who would agree that I'm very good at doing it.""Why are you doing this to me? I'm on your side," she turned all pouty and hurtful."Because if I don't, I'll go mad, Juanita," I enlightened her. "You want to protect me, right?""Yes," she sensed a verbal trap. The elevator opened and we stepped in."See, I don't want to be protected," I started."That's,""Let me finish, please," I stopped her. She gave me the visual 'go-ahead'. "I don't want to live a life where I need to be protected. I don't want to worry that women I hang out with could be cornered by some unsavory types at an eatery because those women happen to know and like me.""I admire what you are doing, I really do. This is not the life I wanted, though. This is not what I wanted to be doing four months after leaving college. I wanted to be some corporate worm, barely scraping by on my work reviews and being, as you said, 'a man-whore'.""You don't have that luxury," she pointed out."Am I not doing my job?" I countered."I guess you are," she grudgingly admitted."Yet you feel you have the right to critique my personal life and how I approach it," I related. "I'm not beating you up by playing the I am Ishara bullshit. I certainly don't expect anyone to be grateful to me for the opportunity to be in a House. I don't because I believe that every member of House Ishara has already proven they belong here before I ever meet them. I believe in you. Sometimes I would appreciate it if my sisters would give me the same respect."She looked away because my harpoon had struck home."Unlike the rest of you, I inherited my place in this madhouse. Unlike every other Amazon here, I am only a part of House Ishara because I am the choice of a thousand ancestors to be our leader. Notice that no one asked me if I wanted to do this. And I don't think I ask too much of you because frankly, there are times when I feel unworthy to be in your company.""You are still Ishara and I must still be your guardian," she held her ground. I glared at her. She glared back. I coughed. She kept glaring."What's my name?""Oh," she shrugged. "Cáel Wakko Ishara.""That may sound silly you to, but I have chosen the designations for myself, my First Ancestor and the Goddess for a good reason."We rode in silence. When we got to the ground floor, we made our way to our bikes and got ready to head home."What is the reason?""To never take ourselves too seriously. The worst thing I can think to befall my House is we become as humorless as the rest of the bitches around here. 'Laugh at Death' should be our motto.""Isn't that a bit childish?""Of course it is," I groaned. "You clearly haven't been paying attention to a damn thing I've been saying. I swear I'm thinking about bringing back 'National Clown Nose Day'.""We had a 'National Clown Nose Day'?" she pedaled to keep up."God help me," I muttered.(Where is my Serge?)"You are not going to let me go through my door first?" I sighed in exasperation. Juanita insisted that she go through every door first, because today was so very different than yesterday, when I had Pamela, perhaps I protest too much."You have a gun," a somewhat familiar voice said from inside my/Timothy's apartment. Oh, fuck. Ya know, because Juanita was as pretty as she was lethal, which is to say 'too much for the given company'."Don't make any sudden moves unless you want to see it," Juanita cautioned her."Oh, it's okay," Odette intervened. "This is Anais Saint-Armour. She's a Mountie.""Oh, she's on the List too," Juanita grumbled. "What has he done wrong this time?""Why don't you tell me who you are first?" Anais growled at Juanita while I pushed my way into the room."I don't like your attitude," Juanita glared."Anais, this is Juanita Leya Antonio Garza; she's my latest bodyguard. Juanita, this is Anais, a good friend of mine who helped save my life in Hungary when the 'terrorists' were closing in," I somewhat exaggerated,, she had helped me catch up with the rest of the team when Pamela and I got sidetracked."Why did he chose you?" Anais fumed. Did I mention she's insanely jealous with an aching need to know why I was marrying anyone else, but her."What list?" Odette proved to be on the ball."He didn't chose me. I volunteered for the spot.""Buffy made an anti-girlfriend list. Elsa is on it too," I mumbled."I bet you did," Anais (responding to Juanita)."It is not like that," I moved to interpose myself between my Mountie and my non-mounted (for now) guardian. "I'm on the board of directors for Havenstone now and,""How did that happen?" Anais turned 'The Force' on me. (That's Canadian for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, really) "You insisted (reference back in the days we were seeing one another) you were impoverished.""I inherited it from my Father,""He's poor too. I ran a background check when we first started dating," Anais kept up the pressure."My Mother?""She's dead.""Okay, it was my Father through a convoluted meandering of genetics," I went back to attempting the truth (shame on me)."Which is it?" she glowered."My Father, but it's too complicated to get into now," I tried to touch her. She recoiled. She was still pissed with me."He's telling the truth this time," Odette rose to my defense."Why didn't you tell me this when you were in Hungary? For that matter, if you are rich, why didn't you use those resources to get yourself out of trouble instead of involving me?" She really was a great cop."I had to make a call to someone I trusted and who couldn't be traced back to me, or Havenstone, or the Irish Embassy," I fibbed."What have you gotten yourself into?" Anais thawed somewhat."I believe I promised you dinner," I reminded her."You did.""Where are we going?" Juanita stressed our lack of privacy."'We' aren't going anywhere. Ms. Anais Saint-Armour and I are going to a restaurant of her choosing. Don't worry about it. She carries a gun.""I'm not carrying a gun," Anais torpedoed my plan."Where are we going?" Juanita repeated herself. I had to switch mental gears quickly to take in the new looks I was getting from Anais. I shouldn't have ignored those cues."I can't get around my personal security service," I sighed. Why did I give in? Anais was all about gathering evidence and then drawing conclusions from the facts in available.I had been involved in some significant bad-assery in Europe that was way beyond anything she would have associated with the old me. Terrorist cells duking it out with me (and others) in a Budapest metro station? A rustic inn being reduced to ashes after a suspected firefight? Bomb threats? A full-scale military operation in Romania?I had been kidnapped with a resultant massive manhunt for me then returned under highly mysterious circumstances. There had been a young girl with me, we were close for reasons not really gone into and I had saved her despite all forms of parenthood had been anathema to me.I was a man who others deemed necessary to protect, thus a man making secretive phone calls, getting snippets of information and being involved in the deaths of way too many people to be the old, playboy me. Who had I become?I therefore might be a man who 'needed' to marry a billionairess due to some unspeakable political reasons, not out of any romantic/sexual desire of my own. Anais knew that I was a commitment-phobe, not a gold-digger. That meant she could be involved with me without it really being cheating. I needed her help, I had reached out to her when I was in crisis and she was in the people-helping business, right?There was clearly more evidence out there for her to discover and she had the good fortune to be able to have me in a spot where I could be interrogated."Where do you want to go?" I disengaged and went to my room. The door was only partially shut as I changed."Eleven Madison West," I was told."Oh," Odette cooed, "that place is expensive.""I know," Anais remarked."Why did you pick it?" Odette inquired."To remind Cáel that meals can be very expensive." That was my 'date' reminded me that I'd cheated with her over the course of a home-cooked meal, cooked not-by-her in someone else's home. I wondered how Maya was doing.Eleven Madison West meant I pulled out one of my Havenstone suits. They were tailored after all and I suspected that getting into this place at this time of night was going to take some charisma and finagling. Dressing as causal-me wouldn't do. When I stepped out, jaws dropped ~ I do look good all gussied up. Odette dispelled the shock by jumping into my arms."You look hot," she squealed. "Too bad I'm not going out with you.""You might want to remember that," Anais griped."We need to stop by Havenstone so I can attempt to dress up for this affair," Juanita stated."How about we call in a replacement? Give you the night off?" I suggested."Who?""Chaz?""You want that British SSR non-commissioned officer to be your personal bodyguard for tonight? You've got balls," Juanita coughed. I took out my phone and got ready to give him a call."Hey, Anais, why didn't you call me to tell me you were coming over?" I carefully avoided the word 'warned' as she would take that the wrong way."I don't have your personal phone number. I called your home phone and got the answering service, last night and again this morning," she narrowed her eyes."Odette, did Timothy get lucky last night?" I looked past the Mountie."No. A good friend of his rolled his motorcycle and he went to the hospital to help him out," Odette shook her head. Poor Timothy. My roomie/fuck-buddy misinterpreted Anais's pique. "Timothy is gay, not a sexual enabler.""Huh?" Juanita wondered."Wingman," I translated. "Sometimes the three of us go to gay clubs where I act as his wingman,""And they feed me to lesbians," Odette sounded enthusiastic. Thanks to me she was hardly a same-sex virgin."If there are three people living here and two bedrooms, who sleeps on the sofa?" Anais skewered Odette with her eyes."If Cáel has company and isn't sharing, I sleep with Timothy," Odette refused to wilt, or cut me some slack with Anais."Isn't sharing?" those ocular death orbs flicked my way."Hmm, if we are going to Elven Madison West, I had better make that call," I evaded. I rang Chaz."Nyilas," he answered. "How are you doing this evening?""I'm good. I have an ex-girlfriend from out of town visiting, she wants to go to a swanky place and Juanita isn't dressed for the detail so,""You want me to double date?""No, I need a bodyguard.""You are assuming I have something appropriate to wear.""You are British!" I protested. "Even your chicks have tuxedos.""Very well. Will this be a personal protection detail, or close support?""Aahhh,""Close support," said Anais."Personal Protection," countered Juanita."The one most likely to save me from being stabbed with a steak knife," I muttered."I am not going to physically attack you," Anais simmered. Yeah, right, I had heard that one before, and not just from her."Personal Protection it is," Chaz informed me."Oh, and she's a Mountie.""Is she armed?""No," I thanked the goddesses."Does she want to be?""Huh? Are you going to arm her?" I panicked."No. You have a NYPD liaison. Give Officer Kutuzov a call and make a formal request. If she is a law enforcement officer in good standing, it shouldn't be a problem.""Oh, I can do that?, I'm not sure that's the best idea," I prevaricated."Man up, Nyilas," he chided me. "You should work on making it so women don't want to shoot you instead of thinking of ways to disarm them.""Spoken like a man who wisely prefers the company of other men," I grumbled."Good use of the word 'wisely'. Next question: what are we using as a means of conveyance?""Umm,""I have my motorcycle," Anais was less than helpful."If you weren't one of the bravest human beings I'd ever met, I would determine at this moment that you are a dolt. Call Havenstone and arrange for one of those Mercedes Armored GL550s. Bring your license. I drive on the correct side of the road and I'm not keen on having a distraught paramour driving into a storefront at 80 kph.""Man, I like the way you speak," I joked."I took advantage of a proper English education.""I was joking with you.""I know.""Can I date your sister?" I didn't know if he had a sister, but he'd hinted there were multiple Tomorrow's out there. Anais' mood didn't improve."Yes. I like you. You are a good bloke.""Does your sister know how to kill people?""Yes. I'd say she's relatively proficient with a variety of small arms and hand-to-hand techniques," he enlightened me."Just checking.""Cáel, every woman you are interested knows how to kill people, or how to have people killed," Chaz reminded me."What about Odette? She's neither well connected nor lethal.""Odette is indeed an enigma. She counters that by being well liked by people who are capable of killing others who hurt her, except where you are concerned. You live a treasured life.""Have you made dinner reservations? If you need me for a black tie event it has to be, what is the American for it, swanky.""That's more of a Cael/Pamela thing," I corrected him. "American's say 'high class', expensive, or 'hot spot'.""Thanks for the update. Make those calls.""O-kay. Will do. I'll meet you at Havenstone in thirty minutes. Does that work for you?""Yes. Make those calls. I'll see you at, 7:52 pm, EDT. Mark.""Huh?""Goodbye Cáel," and he hung up."Who is this 'Chaz' character?" Anais questioned me."He is Color Sergeant Charles Tomorrow of the British Army's Special Reconnaissance Regiment, he's a badass and he's delicious," Odette answered for me."How do you know him, either of you?" came next."He was with," Odette began blabbing 'National Security' stuff."Odette, don't. Anais, he is member of the Joint International Khanate Interim Taskforce along with me. Odette helps out in an auxiliary role," I answered."Cáel, how did you end up doing this kind of work?" she was perplexed. "You were devoid of anything approaching civic responsibility when we were last together. Quite frankly, I didn't think you cared for anyone but yourself.""Hey now," Odette got feisty. She was my friend after all."We can talk about that over dinner?" I suggested. She didn't like that answer, so I lied. "I grew up," which was what she wanted to hear. I was spared any more interrogation at the moment by the necessity of making those three phone calls. Nikita liked hearing from me again, though she was less pleased that it was official business. She did agree to contact the appropriate agency for me, despite me making it for a different female law enforcement agent.I'd wised up about Havenstone. I called Executive services to have the car delivered to my door step. I cautioned the operative that, in my neighborhood, they might be stopped on suspicion of purchasing guns, drugs, and/or a good time. I would have the car in fifteen minutes and agreed to take the delivery driver back to work afterwards. I'd have done it even if I wasn't meeting Chaz.At Eleven Madison West, I got a snooty 'exactly who do you think you are?' followed by 'you will be placed on the waiting list, a spot may open up around 9:50'. Was I going to inform Chaz and Anais of this? Of course not. I planned to beg like a big dog, suggest that while I was a nameless face, I actually knew people, a person, and we'd see how far that got me.While waiting for the S U V to arrive and on the drive back to Havenstone, this is pretty much what followed:"Do you know who was behind your father's murder yet?""Yes, but I can't talk about it.""Was that the reason people are trying to kill you?""Yes. That and other reasons.""What other reasons?""Things I can't talk about.""Why can't you talk about it?""Secret society stuff ~ decoder rings, secret handshakes, writing in cyphers, holding clandestine meetings in public places after dark, and various other things world governments don't want me talking about.""Are you pulling my leg?" I wished I was running my hands over her legs. This wasn't the time for that revelation."No. Most of what I am telling you is the truth.""Were you in a shootout at the Chicago Medical Examiner's morgue?""Yes. I was unarmed at the time.""Was your life in danger?""It depends on what you mean by 'danger'. My allies had guns and were expert shots. I was shot at, but they missed me, so I not sure how much my life was at risk.""Can you please be serious?""I'm trying. You scare me.""You don't need to be afraid of me. I only want to help." That was mostly true. She was a diligent, hard-working incorruptible public servant,well, as long as you overlooked her charging me with bestiality when she was truly pissed with me."I'm not afraid of you hurting me. I'm afraid for you. You are an excellent peace officer and I'm worried that you will learn too much. Then your life will be as screwed up as mine.""I can take care of myself.""The reality that you are going out with me unarmed speaks volumes about what you don't know, Anais.""Don't think this line of questioning is over, Cáel.""Don't worry. I know you are not done.""Very well. How is your aunt?" The crab-fisherwoman, not the Irish menagerie."Happy as a clam, working a real job and living life on her own terms.""Where did you go wrong?" That was a loaded question. I had to tread carefully."A girl humiliated me in high school. I decided to take control of my life and somehow, despite my best intentions to be an unreliable lothario, I've ended up with people closer to me than family,and this constant need for physical protection.""Why are you engaged?" Finally, the real reason she was here. Had she come by to pick up her accoutrements, she would have been gone by the time I came home. She wanted answers, answers that allowed her to be in charge of our relationship again. It was the double-barreled impact of exceptional sex and wondering why she wasn't 'the one'.(Me) "Are you seeing somebody?""You didn't answer my question.""I've answered plenty of your questions. Answer mine.""No. Men expect too much from a career woman." Translation: 'I'm a bitch that, regardless of my dynamite looks and raunchy sex drive, repels men because I'm a compulsive control freak with abysmal trust issues.'"You do put your career first." Translation: 'I've totally forgotten that you are a compulsive control freak with abysmal trust issues.' It was what she wanted to hear."Your turn.""Put on your tin-foil hat. I did it to save lives in Central Asia when the anthrax strikes were going on. I have this friend over there that people listen to.""Who? The Great Khan?"I didn't respond which wasn't the answer she was expecting."How?" as in how could I possibly be good friends with the master of arguably the third or fourth most powerful nation on the face of the Earth"That's one of those things I can't talk about.""Do you love her?""I don't know. I'm lousy at relationships. I get along with her daughter. Her father wants to bury me alive in the Nevada desert. The rest of the family seems to be coming around to the idea that I might be one of them.""That isn't a 'yes'.""No, it isn't.""Do you think you can ever love someone?" If you need translated, sigh, okay, 'why don't you love me?'"Do you mean 'when am I going to stop stumbling from botched relationship to botched relationship and make something constructive of my personal life?'""Yes.""Did I mention that I've discovered I have a grandfather?""No. That isn't answering my question.""It is in a way. Did I mention that Mom had ten sisters I wasn't aware of? I had an uncle, but he died in my arms.""No. My condolences on your uncle. What does this have to do with you becoming more of an adult and becoming accountable for your life?""Did I mention I have an adopted grandmother who is my spiritual twin?""No.""Don't worry about my uncle. He died trying to kill me. My aunts murdered him, though I can never prove it.""Oh.""My grandfather? He was the one who sent those terrorists to kill me. It was his litmus test to see if I was worthy of being in his family. I passed.""Are you serious?""Yes. My spiritual grandma? She's a retired professional assassin. Daily I interact with a half-dozen people who have killed multiple human beings in their lifetimes. You want to know why I'm not behaving responsibly? I am acting responsibly. I'm trying to not get the decent civilians around me killed."She took awhile digesting that. By that time, we had returned to Havenstone and picked up Chaz. I made introductions."So, are you really with the SRR?" she asked him."Yes.""Why are you with Cáel?""My mandate contains multiple answers. Suffice it to say, since my RAF contemporary will not be returning from the UK until tomorrow, I am presently chief liaison officer for Her Majesty's government with JIKIT.""Why are you coming along as Cáel's bodyguard? Don't you have something better to do with your Friday evenings?" Subtle and polite, Anais ain't. Why was I putting up with her? She was a sexual tornado who would try anything once. She was a real prize."First question: Cáel is a friend, his life is in perpetual danger and I consider it my duty to keep him alive. He would do the same for me. Second question: the nature of my present assignment doesn't leave much room for any meaningful romantic associations.""Hmm," I contemplated what wasn't being said. "Chaz, you are nailing one of my security chicks, aren't you?""Yes.""Which one?""A man of character doesn't brag about such things."Chaz was getting some Amazon nookie. I had to find a way to tell him how dangerous that was. She might decide he's make good father material, not a good thing where Amazons were concerned."Are all of his security personnel women?" Anais pressed."Miss Saint-Amour, Havenstone is a corporation that employs over ten thousand people. There are precisely five men currently on their payroll. All their security personnel are woman. Cáel has very limited, if any, input on the matter.""Are you sure about that?""Yes, Miss Saint-Amour. Who would trust a man of Cáel's dubious experience with his own security?" Chaz pointed out."Oh." She hadn't thought of that."Can you tell me why you think his life is in danger?""He is far more likely to be kidnapped than murdered. He possess certain sensitive data that powerful entities would like to access, thus I am his bodyguard tonight. Considering the quality of the women who normally guard him, I consider it an honor.""To guard Cáel, on a date?""He was kidnapped visiting a child at a playground. Yes, we believe his life is in constant peril. The training and experience of his security service is top flight and it has been a pleasure to serve among them.""Were you with him in Budapest and Romania?""The metro station?""Yes.""Yes.""Romania?""Do you mean the counterterrorism action south of Miercurea Ciuc?""Yes.""Yes."Wow, these two were lousy communicators. I could imagine Chaz propositioning one of my Amazons.Chaz: 'You have a superior feminine physique which I find appealing. Want to fuck?'Amazon: 'You look like you have the prerequisite stamina and battle scars to be part of the New Directive. Sure.'"Were you involved in the actual combat? The SRR is normally an intelligence gathering unit.""I was gathering battlefield intelligence, Miss. That required my close proximity to armed and actively hostile enemy aliens (as in they were in Romania illegally, not that they were all supernatural beings). My involvement resulted in two KIA's and one WIA.""Damn Chaz, you rock.""I am a professional.""How many did Pamela gak?""One KIA.""Just one? Whoa, that's so unlike her.""She kept trying to bracket the cell leader (aka Ajax). He had the Devil's Own Luck.""Cáel, why are you making light of all those deaths?" Anais chastised me. "How many terrorists did you wound, or kill?""I wounded one guy.""That is disingenuous," Chaz chided me. "You orchestrated the operation, showed tactical expertise in seizing the most critical terrain feature and engineered the death of the terrorist leader.""My Cáel did that? When I knew him, he was adverse to violence," Anais shook her head."Considering the considerable number of people he's killed, he's still adverse to physical confrontation where his own life is involved. But God help you if you threaten someone he is close to, though. He's the man who can get things done when the team is in a pinch.""Cáel, what happened to you?" she didn't sound upset at all."I learned to care for people beyond my immediate interest, you know, actual long-term relationships," with the unspoken 'as opposed to women I'm currently having sex with'."It took you long enough," she snipped. Reference her being a compulsive control freak with abysmal trust issues.The interrogation was put on hold while we entered the restaurant and,"Mr. Nyilas?" the maytre dee greeted me."Yes.""We will get you a table right away," he nodded obsequiously. What the hell was up with that? Where was my two hour wait time? Oh yeah, I was a minor, fifteen seconds of fame celebrity."Will Ms. Sulkanen be joining you this evening?""No. She had to oversee a packaged Erythrosine-monosaccharides explosion in Boca Raton. Flaming plastic pink flamingo bits were raining down everywhere. I imagine it is taking an Everest-sized load of hush money to keep this out of the media," I replied. I was so eerily sincere, he bought it and a look of horror snuck over his face. I had become the public face of corporate malfeasance."Your table (gulp) is ready, Sir," he began to sweat. He took us to our table for four then beat a hasty retreat. Undoubtedly his civic-mindedness would have him calling up TMZ within a minute. After all, it was unlikely he owned any plastic pink flamingos, or invested in their construction. Once he was gone, Chaz let a thin smile break through his hard-earned military unfazed-ability."What exactly are packaged Erythrosine-monosaccharides?" he inquired."Packaged is self-explanatory. Erythrosine is pink food coloring and monosaccharides are,""Sugar," Anais frowned."Exploding pixie sticks, I have nieces and nephews. You are a genius at misdirection, Mr. Nyilas," he nodded."Thank you, Color Sergeant Tomorrow. It is nice to be appreciated for my bizarre and useless preoccupation," I grinned."You practice lying?" Anais' view of me dimmed."Miss, he excels at extraneous, outrageous utterances. No harm is intended.""Things like I was helping her find her contact lenses?" That had been my excuse when caught coming out of Maya's apartment. Sadly, Anais is highly perceptive and knew the lady didn't wear contacts. The copious female aroma wafting off me certainly hadn't helped."That's unfair," I countered. "Back then, I was a college nitwit suffering from undiagnosed nymphomania. I'd like to think I'm getting better."" tes-vous mieux?" she retorted in French."Je suis assez intelligent pour aller vers vous lorsque des vies taient sur la ligne." That's right, Anais. When my life and the lives of others were on the line, she was the first one I thought to call. Letting a woman know that you admire her profession, professionalism and reliability never hurts."Are you really a nymphomaniac?" she returned to English. French is the language of sex, as is any derivative of Sanskrit, Farsi and Portuguese. Reference the multitude of Indians, the hotness of Persian women and the outpouring of lust that is Brazil."I had a magnetoencephalography recently. The neuroscientists didn't know what to make of my brain patterns. I appear to be somewhat unique in my madness."She didn't believe me. I didn't blame her. No one really likes hearing a truth they don't want to accept."Here," I leaned forward and pointed to the tiny divot in my forehead. "I was stabbed with a needle in the skull. That is why they looked at me, not because of my sexual malfunction."She touched it to makes sure. We were interrupted by the waiter stopping by to see if we were ready to order yet."We will have three of the most expensive appetizers, dinners, deserts and wines," Anais preempted us. Ugh. I was either a millionaire by the wonders of Havenstone accounting, or broke. I foolishly never looked into such things, never having had much money before. I needed a distraction."Hey Chaz, nice suit," was what came to mind. It was a swell masterpiece of the tailoring arts I hadn't expect from a ground-pounder from a family of ground-pounders serving Queen and Country for generations."Thank you. Pamela picked it out for me, suspecting an event such as this would transpire. She told me you paid for it," Chaz answered."I did?""I made the reasonable deduction that she forged your signature on whatever medium was used for payment," he shrugged, "in the same way she exhibits a criminal tendency toward every other aspect of her life.""What does Pamela look like?" Anais glowered."She's his grandmother," Chaz responded politely. "They make quite the pair. Normally we don't let them alone in the same room. Bad things happen.""Bad things?""Things like that scenic hostel being reduced to ruin," he enlightened her."This is the supposed assassin?""Retired assassin," Chaz corrected her. "So far she's only, what is the term you two use?" he looked at me."Sending a Get-Well card to their next of kin? Pumping up the volume? Making a critical attitude adjustment? Retroactively revoking their lease on life? We have a few.""Yes, those. Pamela has assured the team director that she no longer accepts assignments of a murderous nature. These days she only practices her skills on those we determine are a threat to the greater endeavor," he explained."She murders people? You all murder people?" Anais furrowed her brow. "Cáel, do you engage in these activities?""What? Who? Me? No!" I waved off any conspiratorial associations. "The vast majority of people I've killed was totally by accident.""How do you accidently kill people?" she pierced my soul with her voice."Okay, I let them kill themselves because warning them would have resulted in me and some friends meeting very immediate violent ends," I pleaded."Miss Saint-Amour, I've talked to trustworthy people who were on the scene when this happened. It was a paramilitary action with the lives of children on the line. Cáel acted to save the lives of innocents," Chaz defended me. That is what Anais wanted to believe; that I was basically a decent human being. I was a pig, but a courageous one. I had confronted her after my infidelity, on the other side of the US/Canadian border where her jurisdiction didn't apply.I knew my revelations were hideously hard to believe. In my favor, I had been in dangerous places doing dangerous things. The Metro firefight had been captured on the place's security system (which had been leaked to the public thus leading to some delusional admirers into thinking I would make a great new King of Hungary even though they hadn't had a monarch since 1918 nor was I from the right (Hapsburg) family. In case this whole Havenstone thing came crashing down in flames, I needed to keep my options open).There had been a bomb threat at Mindszent which I had reputable sources call in (and where I had admittedly hung out with a few of the women who saved me from an earlier disaster) and Miercurea Ciuc had made the international news. Well over 100 people had died and some of the terrorists were still at large. The Romanian government declared I had been 'instrumental' in the confrontation without saying what 'instrumental' meant.I was heroically vague, more mature than where we left off and clearly incited pussy-twitching memories. We'd once fucked so continuously hard and long one weekend that neither one of us could stand until an hour after we stopped. Anais was well worth the pain I was contemplating. Sex with her wasn't the pain I was worried about. It was dodging all her calls afterwards. Once again reference her being a compulsive control freak with abysmal trust issues.Oh, how did I know she was reveling in our past coital moments? She hadn't walked out on me yet. She hadn't walked out when she found Odette in my domicile, when she met Juanita, or when she found out that I worked with highly experienced killers as part of my new daily routine.Normally Anais was smarter than this and had a career in law enforcement to contemplate. Lastly, she hadn't asked to be armed, despite getting permission from the NYPD. Had she decided to get a gun, Anais was sure in her hormonally-cascading mindset she would have shot me by now. I incite all kinds of passion in women. It is a curse.The rest of dinner was unremarkable. Anais continued to interrogate Chaz who proved that he was both skilled in counter-interrogation techniques and not willing to spill anymore secrets about what anyone at JIKIT did. However he had provided her with every logical reason to beat feet back across the Canadian border and she hadn't taken the hints about what a disaster sleeping with me could be.We drove Anais back to her motel, then Chaz and I headed home in silence. Despite his earlier declarations, he knew how to drive the 'right' way all along. As he was letting me out in front of my building, he gave me this pleasant warning."I'm not going to lecture you about not going back there, or avoiding the crazy ones. You already know better and are going back by her place anyway. I do advise that whatever you do, don't let her restrict your movements in any way. She's likely to make you pay double for your past indiscretions and take payment out on your cock. Good luck, Mate.""Wait," I stopped him. "Can you help me hotwire her bike? I can use that as an excuse to darken her doorway.""Dolt," he muttered. He helped me anyway because that's what really good friends do ~ assisting you in your self-destruction so we could joke about it later. At least that was what I hoped was going on. Chaz being a closet sadist was an unsettling idea. I didn't get to immediately pursue my plan because,(We work for you, don't we?)At 9 am, the President of the United States of America, after a late night briefing and a good night's sleep, decided that for the sake of world peace he had to intervene in Southeast Asia ~ Thailand to be specific, though he had some vague notion that a summit of regional leaders was in the offing and the US needed to establish some sort of game plan instead of looking impotent and disinterested.Based on carefully selected bits of information supplied to him by us (JIKIT), he ordered two carrier taskforces to move to the Gulf of Thailand to enforce an anticipated UN arms embargo and 'No-Fly Zone'. It would take four days (September 3rd) for Carrier Strike Group Nine (built around the USS Ronald Reagan) and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (2,200 souls) to take up a position in the South China Sea close to the Gulf of Thailand. By fortuitous circumstance, 500 Marines and sailors were already deployed to Malaysia on a joint training mission with the Malaysian Marines.The second one, the USS Carl Vinson's Carrier Strike Group One wouldn't arrive until the 9th, six days later. What the US government wanted to know was what the Khanate and Vietnam would do in those long, lonely six days. The Khanate had as many modern, up-to-date combat aircraft on Woody Island as the Reagan could send up. The Vietnamese could add another 48 planes worth worrying about.There was the added complication that Thailand hadn't asked for help yet. His experts (us again) were suggesting that he was about to wake up one morning and find Khanate tanks rolling down the streets of Bangkok, which
“Mongo only pawn in game of life”. -Mongo, Blazing Saddles Mongo plays a combination of Rock Music, Country, Jazz, and a little bit of everything from the '70s, '80s, '90s, and today. He has been a fan of everything music all his life. He loves to listen to and play it! And he hopes that everyone enjoys it. If there is a song you want to hear, he will do his best to find it. He has always had a passion for everything computers. It finally came to Mongo one day, that he wanted to be a DJ, and the crew at Sky Blue Radio has finally given him a chance. I have always been a fan of anything in & of Flight Simulations. My background has just about included every MS Flight Sim since MSFS 1 back in 1986 in wireframe models. My excitement in flight kicked off in 1992 when I enlisted in the United States Air Force. Combat sims have also been a major interest of mine. In my military days, I accumulated at least 40 hours in different military simulators along with over 10 hours of Real-world military aircraft like F-15E, F-16D, and B-1B.
“Mongo only pawn in game of life”. Mongo plays a combination of Rock Music, Country, Jazz, and a little bit of everything from the '70s, '80s, '90s, and today. He has been a fan of everything music all his life. He loves to listen to and play it! And he hopes that everyone enjoys it. If there is a song you want to hear, he will do his best to find it. He has always had a passion for everything computers. It finally came to Mongo one day, that he wanted to be a DJ, and the crew at Sky Blue Radio has finally given him a chance. I have always been a fan of anything in & of Flight Simulations. My background has just about included every MS Flight Sim since MSFS 1 back in 1986 in wireframe models. My excitement in flight kicked off in 1992 when I enlisted in the United States Air Force. Combat sims have also been a major interest of mine. In my military days, I accumulated at least 40 hours in different military simulators along with over 10 hours of Real-world military aircraft like F-15E, F-16D, and B-1B.
“Mongo only pawn in game of life”. Mongo plays a combination of Rock Music, Country, Jazz, and a little bit of everything from the '70s, '80s, '90s, and today. He has been a fan of everything music all his life. He loves to listen to and play it! And he hopes that everyone enjoys it. If there is a song you want to hear, he will do his best to find it. He has always had a passion for everything computers. It finally came to Mongo one day, that he wanted to be a DJ, and the crew at Sky Blue Radio has finally given him a chance. I have always been a fan of anything in & of Flight Simulations. My background has just about included every MS Flight Sim since MSFS 1 back in 1986 in wireframe models. My excitement in flight kicked off in 1992 when I enlisted in the United States Air Force. Combat sims have also been a major interest of mine. In my military days, I accumulated at least 40 hours in different military simulators along with over 10 hours of Real-world military aircraft like F-15E, F-16D, and B-1B.
“Mongo only pawn in game of life”. Mongo plays a combination of Rock Music, Country, Jazz, and a little bit of everything from the '70s, '80s, '90s, and today. He has been a fan of everything music all his life. He loves to listen to and play it! And he hopes that everyone enjoys it. If there is a song you want to hear, he will do his best to find it. He has always had a passion for everything computers. It finally came to Mongo one day, that he wanted to be a DJ, and the crew at Sky Blue Radio has finally given him a chance. I have always been a fan of anything in & of Flight Simulations. My background has just about included every MS Flight Sim since MSFS 1 back in 1986 in wireframe models. My excitement in flight kicked off in 1992 when I enlisted in the United States Air Force. Combat sims have also been a major interest of mine. In my military days, I accumulated at least 40 hours in different military simulators along with over 10 hours of Real-world military aircraft like F-15E, F-16D, and B-1B.
“Mongo only pawn in game of life”. Mongo plays a combination of Rock Music, Country, Jazz, and a little bit of everything from the '70s, '80s, '90s, and today. He has been a fan of everything music all his life. He loves to listen to and play it! And he hopes that everyone enjoys it. If there is a song you want to hear, he will do his best to find it. He has always had a passion for everything computers. It finally came to Mongo one day, that he wanted to be a DJ, and the crew at Sky Blue Radio has finally given him a chance. I have always been a fan of anything in & of Flight Simulations. My background has just about included every MS Flight Sim since MSFS 1 back in 1986 in wireframe models. My excitement in flight kicked off in 1992 when I enlisted in the United States Air Force. Combat sims have also been a major interest of mine. In my military days, I accumulated at least 40 hours in different military simulators along with over 10 hours of Real-world military aircraft like F-15E, F-16D, and B-1B.
“Mongo only pawn in game of life”. Mongo plays a combination of Rock Music, Country, Jazz, and a little bit of everything from the '70s, '80s, '90s, and today. He has been a fan of everything music all his life. He loves to listen to and play it! And he hopes that everyone enjoys it. If there is a song you want to hear, he will do his best to find it. He has always had a passion for everything computers. It finally came to Mongo one day, that he wanted to be a DJ, and the crew at Sky Blue Radio has finally given him a chance. I have always been a fan of anything in & of Flight Simulations. My background has just about included every MS Flight Sim since MSFS 1 back in 1986 in wireframe models. My excitement in flight kicked off in 1992 when I enlisted in the United States Air Force. Combat sims have also been a major interest of mine. In my military days, I accumulated at least 40 hours in different military simulators along with over 10 hours of Real-world military aircraft like F-15E, F-16D, and B-1B.
“Mongo only pawn in game of life”. Mongo plays a combination of Rock Music, Country, Jazz, and a little bit of everything from the '70s, '80s, '90s, and today. He has been a fan of everything music all his life. He loves to listen to and play it! And he hopes that everyone enjoys it. If there is a song you want to hear, he will do his best to find it. He has always had a passion for everything computers. It finally came to Mongo one day, that he wanted to be a DJ, and the crew at Sky Blue Radio has finally given him a chance. I have always been a fan of anything in & of Flight Simulations. My background has just about included every MS Flight Sim since MSFS 1 back in 1986 in wireframe models. My excitement in flight kicked off in 1992 when I enlisted in the United States Air Force. Combat sims have also been a major interest of mine. In my military days, I accumulated at least 40 hours in different military simulators along with over 10 hours of Real-world military aircraft like F-15E, F-16D, and B-1B.
“Mongo only pawn in game of life”. Mongo plays a combination of Rock Music, Country, Jazz, and a little bit of everything from the '70s, '80s, '90s, and today. He has been a fan of everything music all his life. He loves to listen to and play it! And he hopes that everyone enjoys it. If there is a song you want to hear, he will do his best to find it. He has always had a passion for everything computers. It finally came to Mongo one day, that he wanted to be a DJ, and the crew at Sky Blue Radio has finally given him a chance. I have always been a fan of anything in & of Flight Simulations. My background has just about included every MS Flight Sim since MSFS 1 back in 1986 in wireframe models. My excitement in flight kicked off in 1992 when I enlisted in the United States Air Force. Combat sims have also been a major interest of mine. In my military days, I accumulated at least 40 hours in different military simulators along with over 10 hours of Real-world military aircraft like F-15E, F-16D, and B-1B.
“Mongo only pawn in game of life”. Mongo plays a combination of Rock Music, Country, Jazz, and a little bit of everything from the '70s, '80s, '90s, and today. He has been a fan of everything music all his life. He loves to listen to and play it! And he hopes that everyone enjoys it. If there is a song you want to hear, he will do his best to find it. He has always had a passion for everything computers. It finally came to Mongo one day, that he wanted to be a DJ, and the crew at Sky Blue Radio has finally given him a chance. I have always been a fan of anything in & of Flight Simulations. My background has just about included every MS Flight Sim since MSFS 1 back in 1986 in wireframe models. My excitement in flight kicked off in 1992 when I enlisted in the United States Air Force. Combat sims have also been a major interest of mine. In my military days, I accumulated at least 40 hours in different military simulators along with over 10 hours of Real-world military aircraft like F-15E, F-16D, and B-1B
“Mongo only pawn in game of life”. Mongo plays a combination of Rock Music, Country, Jazz, and a little bit of everything from the '70s, '80s, '90s, and today. He has been a fan of everything music all his life. He loves to listen to and play it! And he hopes that everyone enjoys it. If there is a song you want to hear, he will do his best to find it. He has always had a passion for everything computers. It finally came to Mongo one day, that he wanted to be a DJ, and the crew at Sky Blue Radio has finally given him a chance. I have always been a fan of anything in & of Flight Simulations. My background has just about included every MS Flight Sim since MSFS 1 back in 1986 in wireframe models. My excitement in flight kicked off in 1992 when I enlisted in the United States Air Force. Combat sims have also been a major interest of mine. In my military days, I accumulated at least 40 hours in different military simulators along with over 10 hours of Real-world military aircraft like F-15E, F-16D, and B-1B.
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For review:1. Qatar suspends its' mediation role between Israel and Hamas. Hamas refrains from appointing a sole successor to the organization- instead choosing to use a 5-member committee approach, until leadership elections in March 2025.2. Top Hezbollah Spokesman Killed in IDF Airstrike.An Israeli airstrike on a building in a central neighborhood of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Sunday killed the top spokesman (Mohammed Afif) for the Hezbollah terror group.3. US: Ukraine Can Employ Long-Range Weapons inside Russia.The US Biden administration has allowed Ukraine to use U.S.-made weapons to strike deep into Russia. Ukraine plans to conduct its first long-range attacks in the coming days, the sources said. There was no immediate response from the Kremlin.4. Saab (Sweden) awarded four year contract to provide maintenance and training support for the Australian Army's 84mm Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle.Canberra procured the Carl Gustaf system in 2018 under a $15.46-million deal, and purchased more in 2023 under $36.8 million dollar contract. 5. US Navy: First Columbia-Class Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine Combat Ready in 2030. The first sub in the class is the USS District of Columbia (SSBN-826).6. USAF Next Generation Ejection Seat (NGES) Program under review. By the end of the year, the Air Force plans to complete a review of the Next Generation Ejection Seat (NGES) program, whose contract is currently held by Collins Aerospace (who beat out Martin-Baker in 2019). Once the review concludes, the Air Force could still stick with its incumbent acquisition strategy, where Collins is already underway with work on the F-15E- or theoretically- result in some split of work between the two companies.
“Mongo only pawn in game of life”. Mongo plays a combination of Rock Music, Country, Jazz, and a little bit of everything from the '70s, '80s, '90s, and today. He has been a fan of everything music all his life. He loves to listen to and play it! And he hopes that everyone enjoys it. If there is a song you want to hear, he will do his best to find it. He has always had a passion for everything computers. It finally came to Mongo one day, that he wanted to be a DJ, and the crew at Sky Blue Radio has finally given him a chance. I have always been a fan of anything in & of Flight Simulations. My background has just about included every MS Flight Sim since MSFS 1 back in 1986 in wireframe models. My excitement in flight kicked off in 1992 when I enlisted in the United States Air Force. Combat sims have also been a major interest of mine. In my military days, I accumulated at least 40 hours in different military simulators along with over 10 hours of Real-world military aircraft like F-15E, F-16D, and B-1B.
“Mongo only pawn in game of life”. Mongo plays a combination of Rock Music, Country, Jazz, and a little bit of everything from the '70s, '80s, '90s, and today. He has been a fan of everything music all his life. He loves to listen to and play it! And he hopes that everyone enjoys it. If there is a song you want to hear, he will do his best to find it. He has always had a passion for everything computers. It finally came to Mongo one day, that he wanted to be a DJ, and the crew at Sky Blue Radio has finally given him a chance. I have always been a fan of anything in & of Flight Simulations. My background has just about included every MS Flight Sim since MSFS 1 back in 1986 in wireframe models. My excitement in flight kicked off in 1992 when I enlisted in the United States Air Force. Combat sims have also been a major interest of mine. In my military days, I accumulated at least 40 hours in different military simulators along with over 10 hours of Real-world military aircraft like F-15E, F-16D, and B-1B.
As the U.S. & Israeli war in the Middle East continues to expand with new threats of a significant Israeli attack on Iran, the Pentagon last week sent thousands of additional troops to the region. The USS Harry S Truman has been preparing for much of 2024 for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and departed on September 20th. Squadrons of F-15E, F-16 and F-22 fighter jets, along with A-10 attack aircraft, will not replace the American troops and equipment already in the region, but instead will now supplement them.The history of resistance and refusal within the ranks of active-duty servicemembers is usually hidden or when it is mentioned, it's maligned by the mainstream media and politicians. To dig into some of that history, the lessons for the anti-war movement, and what you should know if you yourself are going to be deployed or know someone who's going to be deployed, we're joined today by Mike Prysner. He's an Iraq war veteran turned anti-war organizer, a producer of The Empire Files, co-host of the podcast Eyes Left and much more.Support the show
Join us for an inspiring conversation with Paul "Roscoe" White, a distinguished retired Air Force veteran with a remarkable 21-year career. As a seasoned tactical flight instructor, Paul accumulated over 1500 hours in the F-15E, F-16, and F-35, and continues to share his expertise as a civilian contract fighter pilot instructor. Paul's impressive background extends beyond his military service. He is a multi-championship-winning athlete and coach, with a proven track record of motivating others to reach their full potential. Through his unique approach blending hard work, positive attitudes, and solid character traits, Paul empowers individuals to become the best versions of themselves. In this podcast, Paul shares his inspiring story, highlighting the symbiotic relationship between his instructing and coaching career. He discusses how his continuous pursuit of excellence has not only made him a highly respected mentor but also a devoted father and husband. Tune in to learn how Paul's strategies can help you become a champion in life. Paul's mantra is simple yet powerful: with the right direction and work ethic, anyone can achieve greatness. Join us for an inspiring conversation with Paul "Roscoe" White, and discover how his remarkable journey can inspire and motivate you to reach new heights. Learn More Here: http://www.1of5project.com/
A Martin Mars water bomber has a new home, the proprotor gearbox failure that caused the Air Force's fatal Osprey crash, the FAAs new endorsement requirement for flight instructor candidates, and a refueling incident that damaged a KC-46 and an F-15E. Also, an Australia Desk report where Brian Coleman joined Steve and Grant in Australia, and Micah called in. Aviation News The Hawaii Mars Water Bomber Finally Arrives At Its Forever Home, The British Columbia Aviation Museum The Martin Hawaii Mars water bomber is now at its new British Columbia Aviation Museum home. Public access is anticipated to start on September 28. Seven of the four-engine Martin JMR Mars were built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. Four were converted to civilian water bombers for aerial firefighting by Forest Industries Flying Tankers in BC. The Marianas Mars crashed in 1961 during firefighting operations with all four crew members perishing. In 1962, the Caroline Mars was damaged beyond repair by a typhoon. The Hawaii Mars was operated until 2016 and is now at the BC Aviation Museum. The Philippine Mars is planned to go to the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona later this year. Video: FINAL FLIGHT! Martin Mars Low Pass and Landing in Patricia Bay https://youtu.be/Ol07yTMlM_c?si=-MDqJvr9FBeiMJx1 Flawed Metal & Failed Communication: Breaking Down the Air Force's Fatal Osprey Crash The Air Current reports that a persistent manufacturing problem is the cause behind ten previously unreported V-22 Osprey component failures, in addition to the fatal 2023 crash off the coast of Japan. Furthermore, the problem was well-known to Bell Boeing and the V-22 Joint Program Office (JPO), but pilots were not informed. The crash was caused by the failure of the left-side proprotor gearbox and the pilot's decision to keep flying. The gearbox failure was most likely caused by cracking in a high-speed pinion gear and its bearing cage. Inclusions in the steel alloy may be the problem. AFSOC CV-22B Accident Investigation Board Report [PDF] FAA Rolls Out New Endorsement Requirement for Flight Instructor Candidates Starting September 1, the FAA requires flight instructor candidates to have a CFI endorsement before taking the Fundamentals of Instruction (FOI) exam. Many other pilot certificates require the applicant to have a "written statement or logbook endorsement from an authorized ground or flight instructor certifying that the applicant completed an applicable ground training or home study course and is prepared for the knowledge test, or a certificate of graduation issued by a part 141 school.” See the Fundamentals of Instruction (FOI) exam sample questions. The FAA uses PSI Services LLC to provide the written exams. Audio Reveals Details Of KC-46 And F-15E Refueling Incident That Broke Off The Tanker's Boom Last week, a refueling operation supported a temporary flight restriction related to a presidential visit. During the refueling, the U.S. Air Force KC-46A Pegasus tanker and an F-15E Strike Eagle experienced some issues with the hydraulic system, damaging both planes and forcing them to make emergency landings. Air Traffic Control transmissions indicate that the KC-46 lost its boom. Australia News Desk The Pacific Airshow Gold Coast was held over the beautiful beaches of Surfers Paradise, Queensland from August 16-18, 2024 and Steve, Grant, AND Brian Coleman were there to capture all the action. It was the second year of the event, and crowds were noticeably larger than in 2023, with an enhanced and fully loaded flying program comprising local aerobatic performers, military contingents from Australia, the USA and UK, emergency services displays, and much more. With Micah also on the line, we quiz Brian on his experience travelling to Australia, flying domestic sectors here with Virgin Australia, and the reaction of local flight crews to his custom-made gifts,
This week we talk about Carla Johnson, an expecting mother visiting friends when several people start to shoot. She tries to take cover, but it is too late. We also talk about Captain Brian Udell, an F-15E fighter pilot. During a scenario training there was an issue with the plane and now he is falling to the ground at the speed of sound. Listen to how they survived now! Drink of the Week: Kalimotxo
In this episode, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General John "Dragon" Teichert discusses his leadership philosophies and his post-retirement pursuits, including his new book 'Boom!' John shares his insights on the importance of integrity, service, excellence, and teamwork in leadership. He emphasizes the significance of aligning personal and organizational goals to one's greater purpose and mission. The conversation also delves into how both Jen and John use crowd-sourced feedback to elevate their work, reinforcing their belief in the power of collective wisdom. Episode Highlights: 04:35 John Teichert's Leadership Philosophy 10:27 The Importance of Differentiation and Separation 16:02 Time Management and Productivity Tips 21:37 John Teichert's Journey to Becoming a Fighter Pilot 27:11 Understanding Leadership and Human Nature 28:17 Aligning People with Organizational Purpose 35:38 Transitioning Beyond the Military 37:11 Writing and Promoting 'Boom' 42:11 The Listen, Consider, and Act Cycle John "Dragon" Teichert is a retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general, an inspirational leader, a keen strategist, a passionate innovator, and a national security expert. John retired as the Assistant Deputy Undersecretary of the Air Force, International Affairs, responsible for worldwide international engagement on behalf of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force while leading the services' entire $240 billion security cooperation portfolio. Prior to that, John was the Senior Defense Official and Defense Attaché to Iraq, leading on the front lines in the most challenging environment. He has been an F-15E combat pilot, an F-22 test pilot, the commander of Joint Base Andrews, and the commander of Edwards Air Force Base. John has written and spoken extensively on leadership, innovation, technology, national security, security cooperation, cross-cultural relationships, risk management, resilience, and international affairs. He maintains a robust schedule of international-level media engagements including: The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News and World Report, PBS, Time Magazine, NewsNation, Fox News, Newsmax, War on the Rocks, Scripps News, Die Welt, The Times of Israel, Ukrainian TV, Victory News, and Voice of America. You can connect with John in the following ways: John "Dragon" Teichert's website: johnteichert.com Pick up a copy of John's book: https://www.amazon.com/Boom-Leadership-Challenges-Convention-Innovation/dp/B0CMR4S439 John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnteichert/ John's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JohnTeichert Don't just listen to the podcast, it's time to take action and dominate your game!
Ep 97 with Greg "B.A" Anders. B.A." is a former fighter pilot who now wears many hats. He is the founder of https://firecornpopcorn.com/, which has skillfully brought the lifeblood of the fighter squadron, jalapeño popcorn, to your door."B.A" has over 4,500 flight hours to his name. After graduating from the US Air Force Academy in 1985, he served 15 years on active duty, followed by six years with the Idaho Air National Guard as part of the 190th Fighter Squadron in Boise. During the spring of 2003, Greg was deployed to Kuwait and Iraq for four months as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He participated in major combat operations, flying 27 sorties in the A-10, and conducted numerous additional combat sorties during the operation's build-up phase. Greg is mission-qualified and has served as an instructor pilot for the F-15E and the B-52. His piloting experience includes flying the F-16 B & D, F-15 B & D, F-18, T-38, AT-38, and T-37.He is the Vice President and Executive Director of the Heritage Flight Museum. https://heritageflight.org/. He is also a member of the Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation.
Welcome to the 80th episode… eight zero… of the Lessons from the Cockpit show! I am your host Mark Hasara and for over 60 years my passion has been all things aviation. This is episode two with the Flight Operations Director Jamie McCarthy of Port City Air on what used to be Pease Air Force Base in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In this episode he's going to talk about FBO planning and execution lessons learned when you have everything from big airplanes like a C-5M Galaxy to Executive Jets like Gulfstream G550 needing services at Port City Air. Every once in a while things don't go the way they're planned and Jamie tells a great story about how they obtained a massive C-5 tow bar when a Galaxy had a bleed duct failure and how to handle a fuel truck hitting a G550 winglet. The Lessons from the Cockpit show is financially supported by Wall Pilot, custom aviation art for the walls of your home, office, or hangar; these are incredibly detailed aircraft profiles printed on vinyl in four, six, and eight foot lengths you can peel off and stick on any flat surface. There are 144 ready to print aircraft profiles on the Wall Pilot homepage. Wall Pilot can also draw your favorite airplane with your name, unit, squadron, and your favorite weapons load. Just go to wallpilot.com and fill out the custom survey for your airplane. We also do unit patches, which we've found out all of our stuff is waterproof! Jamie speaks about several A-10 Warthog aircraft that come through Port City Air FBO for servicing during Large Force Exercises in Europe. This A-10 Warthog is from the Indiana Air National Guard Black Snakes squadron, the Hawg as it is called is the ground grunts best friend! While he and I were walking around the airfield several KC-135s were operating from the Pease ramp. This KC-135 is the airplane that had my name on it in the 90s while stationed with the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Japan. When aircraft are deploying to Europe or the Middle East, chances are good that KC-10 Extenders are dragging them across the pond. This KC-10 is from the 60th Air Mobility Wing based at Travis Air Force Base near San Francisco California. The F-15 Eagle has always been one of my favorite airplanes! this is an F-15E from The 391st Fighter Squadron "Bold Tigers" based at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. It is carrying a Close Air Support and Battlefield Air Interdiction weapons load of GPS and laser-guided bombs with air-to-air missiles. Thanks for downloading and listening to this episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit show. We are almost at 27,000 downloads now. This and previous episodes of the Lessons from the Cockpit show can now be found on my YouTube channel @MarkHasara. I'm now posting the audio and video on my YouTube channel! I also do some pretty fantastic short videos on aviation and military subjects on my YouTube channel. You can also find all episodes of the lessons from the cockpit show on my website at www.markhasara.com Next week we'll hear from the highest scoring MiG Ace of the Vietnam War and talk to him about chasing and shooting down MiGs but also being a Fast Forward Air Controller doing Road Reconnaissance at night along the Ho Chi Minh trail. Thanks for tuning in and we'll talk to you next week on the Lessons from the Cockpit show.
Welcome to the 80th episode… eight zero… of the Lessons from the Cockpit show! I am your host Mark Hasara and for over 60 years my passion has been all things aviation. This is episode two with the Flight Operations Director Jamie McCarthy of Port City Air on what used to be Pease Air Force Base in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In this episode he's going to talk about FBO planning and execution lessons learned when you have everything from big airplanes like a C-5M Galaxy to Executive Jets like Gulfstream G550 needing services at Port City Air. Every once in a while things don't go the way they're planned and Jamie tells a great story about how they obtained a massive C-5 tow bar when a Galaxy had a bleed duct failure and how to handle a fuel truck hitting a G550 winglet. The Lessons from the Cockpit show is financially supported by Wall Pilot, custom aviation art for the walls of your home, office, or hangar; these are incredibly detailed aircraft profiles printed on vinyl in four, six, and eight foot lengths you can peel off and stick on any flat surface. There are 144 ready to print aircraft profiles on the Wall Pilot homepage. Wall Pilot can also draw your favorite airplane with your name, unit, squadron, and your favorite weapons load. Just go to wallpilot.com and fill out the custom survey for your airplane. We also do unit patches, which we've found out all of our stuff is waterproof! Jamie speaks about several A-10 Warthog aircraft that come through Port City Air FBO for servicing during Large Force Exercises in Europe. This A-10 Warthog is from the Indiana Air National Guard Black Snakes squadron, the Hawg as it is called is the ground grunts best friend! While he and I were walking around the airfield several KC-135s were operating from the Pease ramp. This KC-135 is the airplane that had my name on it in the 90s while stationed with the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Japan. When aircraft are deploying to Europe or the Middle East, chances are good that KC-10 Extenders are dragging them across the pond. This KC-10 is from the 60th Air Mobility Wing based at Travis Air Force Base near San Francisco California. The F-15 Eagle has always been one of my favorite airplanes! this is an F-15E from The 391st Fighter Squadron "Bold Tigers" based at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. It is carrying a Close Air Support and Battlefield Air Interdiction weapons load of GPS and laser-guided bombs with air-to-air missiles. Thanks for downloading and listening to this episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit show. We are almost at 27,000 downloads now. This and previous episodes of the Lessons from the Cockpit show can now be found on my YouTube channel @MarkHasara. I'm now posting the audio and video on my YouTube channel! I also do some pretty fantastic short videos on aviation and military subjects on my YouTube channel. You can also find all episodes of the lessons from the cockpit show on my website at www.markhasara.com Next week we'll hear from the highest scoring MiG Ace of the Vietnam War and talk to him about chasing and shooting down MiGs but also being a Fast Forward Air Controller doing Road Reconnaissance at night along the Ho Chi Minh trail. Thanks for tuning in and we'll talk to you next week on the Lessons from the Cockpit show.
About NICOLE MALACHOWSKI:Nicole's Profile: linkedin.com/in/realmalachowskiWebsites:linktr.ee/realmalachowski (Company)damelionetwork.com (Other)NICOLE'S BIO:A 2019 National Women's Hall of Fame inductee and recent Presidential appointee, Colonel Nicole M. E. Malachowski (USAF, Ret.) has over 21 years of experience as an officer, leader, and fighter pilot in the United States Air Force. Upon her commission into the military, she was competitively selected to fly combat aircraft and embarked on an adventure among the first group of women to fly modern fighter jets. Nicole served as a mission ready fighter pilot in three operational F-15E squadrons and accumulated over 2,300 flight hours, including 188 hours in combat. She has had the honor of commanding a fighter squadron, flying as a USAF Thunderbird pilot, serving as a White House Fellow and as an advisor to the First Lady of the United States. Nicole has forged a successful path through immense cultural changes in the military as well as significant adversity in her personal life. Following her medical retirement from the Air Force due to the severe impacts of late-stage Tick Borne Illness, Nicole reinvented herself as a highly successful entrepreneur, professional speaker, and leadership consultant. She's been happily married to her husband Paul, an Air Force veteran, for over 22 years. When not hurriedly chasing their thirteen-year-old twins around, she finds immense meaning in traveling and advocating for those impacted by Tick Borne Illnesses. (©️2024 Nicole Malachowski & Associates, LLC-All Rights Reserved). SHOW INTRO:Welcome to the NXTLVL Experience Design podcast.These dynamic dialogues based on our acronym DATA - design, architecture, technology, and the arts crosses over disciplines but maintains a common thread of people who are passionate about the world we live in and human's influence on it, the ways we craft the built environment to maximize human experience, increasing our understanding of human behavior and searching for the New Possible. The NXTLVL Experience Design podcast is presented by VMSD Magazine part of the Smartwork Media family of brands.VMSD brings us, in the brand experience world, the International Retail Design Conference. The IRDC is one of the best retail design conferences that there is bringing together the world of retailers, brands and experience place makers every year for two days of engaging conversations and pushing the discourse forward on what makes retailing relevant.You will find the archive of the NXTLVL Experience Design podcast on VMSD.com.Thanks also goes to Shop Association the only global retail trade association dedicated to elevating the in-store experience. SHOP Association represents companies and affiliates from 25 countries and brings value to their members through research, networking, education, events and awards. Check then out on SHOPAssociation.orgIn this episode I talk with Nicole Malachowski a retired Colonel of the United States Air Force, an F-15E fighter pilot, who commanded a fighter squadron, flew as a USAF Thunderbird pilot, serves as a White House Fellow and as was an advisor to the First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama.First though, a few thoughts… * * *It seems that I talk a lot about speed…Its' sort of a fascination……the pace of change and what it likely means for emerging markets, changing guest expectations, how we address new needs, how we transition through moments of uncertainty and ambiguity and how leaders shift their orientation from current, or past paradigms, that are no longer relevant or adaptable to the fast-paced world we are now living and working in …and turn their attention to growing companies and workforces into flexible structures that are deeply embedded with the idea of change as a given - something not to be feared but seen as an emergent space of possibility.And I gotta tell you, this change thing isn't easy. It takes a persistence of thought and a modicum of courage to keep on looking into the void, unable to predict the distant future and maybe rely on shorter term gains in the near future. Yeah, it's not easy. Especially when you've spent most of your life believing that there was a path that you were supposed to follow. Something that was laid out and that you could rely on as being consistent. And predictable.But it seems as though life keeps having its way of throwing a monkey wrench in that ideal and reminding me that very little is in our control.And there is that old, I believe Hebrew, saying that “man made plans and God just laughed.”Now I'm not sure who's exactly laughing at whom here but one fact remains… that uncertainty is a certainty. I think based on the speed at which our technology and societies are changing that uncertainty will be the name of the game for the future.Of course, there are some inherent challenges in taking that position in leadership because generally speaking, no one wants a leader who seems to be uncertain about where to go next. My hunch is though, that leaders who are able to say that they're not exactly sure where things will lead might likely be not only more realistic about possible future outcomes but more endearing to an emerging cohort of customers or employees.This may seem to go totally counter to the idea that we like our structures and the paradigms that we build our emotional and business selves around……but it seems to me that we're increasingly in need of strategic positions that plan for things being upended.It's almost like having a ‘continuous contingency plan' in place - if this then that and then if this then that and so on and so on.Recently I took on a role advising a group of students who were given the design challenge in a competition to build the hotel of the future... For opening sometime in 2050.It seemed to me that I was having trouble predicting the next five years rather than the next 25 years and I mused out loud that I don't know how they could predict anything that was that far ahead. The strange thing is, that it's not actually that far ahead.It is very much in front of us - right now - if you consider that we'll be moving towards that time much more quickly it than we'll have ever moved before.And so, with the group of students, I suggested that maybe what we needed was to consider that we engage in scenario mapping - planning a strategic platform within which many potential options could play out. In this exercise it seemed to me that what we needed to do was to be able to provide for all sorts of contingency plans while at the same time having a structure to allow for various outcomes to emerge based on a host of changing circumstances.There are a couple of ideas here that I frequently find myself thinking about:One would be……that if ‘you know where you're going, you've already gone' as the saying goes and the delta between now and then is simply about production. There is a certain comfort in the knowing… I know where we are going.. the end point is predetermined, it is predictable and I feel reassured in knowing the end game.In this case, I think that the joy of discovery that you have when taking the ‘road less traveled' is diminished, or disappears, and the work becomes transactional and geared towards efficiently getting to the outputs. Discovery falls away in preference for getting it done. I think that way about design as well… that it is often more process than product. It is during the making of something where a lot of the magic happens.My hope is that in those moments we have the collision of memories, emotions, ideas, the challenges of solving programmatic requirements, meeting the needs of end users, etc., etc. Design is a journey where all these things come together in a process where discovery leads us to a place of awe and reverence for the creative act so that we stand back from the things we have made in bewilderment that we are even able to do these things.There should be a moment where you stand back from the thing that you created and revel in how it was that you even got there.The second thing that also occurs to me about navigating into the unknown is that, at a brain level, we may have a certain level of being ill-at-ease about the unknown, we actually love the idea of novelty. I know I've talked about this before but, these moments of novelty and discovery where experience doesn't align with our expectations - or the predetermined schemas for how things should be - that we have in our in our brains are where, in a sense, our brains wake up and pay attention.We have predicted something to be a certain way and it doesn't happen and so things emerge from unconscious awareness into our consciousness – into a front row center level of awareness…… the new experience releases dopamine and other neurochemicals that make these experiences both desirable as well as potentially being full of trepidation. This is a neurobiological imperative that has been embedded in our neurophysiology for millions of years. Seeing and being able to determine the novel in our environments was a crucial factor to our very survival.In a way, this makes me think about how we might try to operate in a fast paced, changing world where every day becomes a continuous flow of fluidly changing experiences. How do we adapt to not having long periods of times of consolidating and understanding experiences when we're quickly on to the next thing?It seems to me like that would be a heavy burden on the brain and our emotions …living in the ‘new now' might be exhausting. And so, we face periods of Headwinds - moments where the proverbial weather shifts and we might feel that we are unprepared having left our umbrella at home. Or other times when we might be carrying the umbrella, and the winds shift direction and blow it backwards making it entirely unusable. It's in those moments where we are confronted with whether we have planned well and are able to fight, or flow, with the wind in these moments of adversity.In those moments we need to be able to turn to teammates, close allies people who have got your back, who know you so well that they know what your next move will be either because they've simply been with you for so long or you were all following the same playbook … and running in the same direction…Sometimes these moments are like being in a crucible where significant change is going to happen and, often with the support of allies, family members, good friends, mentors… we come out the other side changed …we don't just bounce back to what it was, but we bounce beyond into a new way of being where we're transformed beyond our expectations.In that process of transformation there is a need for trust… trust in the process, and trust in the people who you are surrounded by - that they will be able to nurture you through these moments of significant change. Seems to me that part of a leader's role is to know themselves, and to lead the team through these moments of unpredictability knowing that on the other side – if they commit the to work of transformation (that is not easy) and you have the courage of your convictions, that you'll end up being better for it.When I think about positive leadership, it's not about giving false hope or making promises that you can't keep…… because in many cases we simply can't predict the outcomes of things as well as we believe we could.It's about mastering your self-awareness – tuning into how you are feeling in the moment - mastering your self-control and being really good at balancing both of these things because losing one or the other can result in losing your team's confidence. And at the same time, to be authentic and transparent in your communication and naturally vulnerable so that your team sees you as human and that maybe you don't have all of the answers. But together you will find the ones where your leadership vision is not 20-20.And this is where this episode's guest comes into the discussion. Colonel Nicole Malachowski – now retired from the US Air Force, is a former F-15E fighter pilot who knows how to manage speed.Nicole has flown at twice the speed of sound and as I understand it, traveling at that velocity requires not just extraordinary skill but also “staying ahead of the jet” as she says and working multiple contingency plans when things don't go as expected.… and as far as I can tell from our conversation, things very rarely go as expected. Especially one someone has their sights trained on your multimillion dollar aircraft and wants to shoot you out of the air.In Nicole's mind, your speed and decision making should vary based on your context but that in the end “speed is always something that gives you options.”When traveling at twice the speed of sound your saving grace may be having been well prepared and knowing what your contingency plans are as you face headwinds, whether that's changing weather or enemy fire.In those moments of extreme adversity, teamwork and trust are vital to fast decision making and potentially your very survival. Nicole gathers all of these lessons learned from a brilliant career in the military and applies them to coaching, mentoring and giving capitivating speeches on an international stage where she shares her experiences.Nicole Malachowski is A 2019 National Women's Hall of Fame inductee and recent Presidential appointee.She has over 21 years of experience as an officer, leader, and fighter pilot in the United States Air Force. She put on her country's uniform at the age of 17 and upon her commission into the military, she was competitively selected to fly combat aircraft and embarked on an adventure among the first group of women to fly modern fighter jets - fulfilling a dream she had since the age of 5.Nicole served as a mission ready fighter pilot in three operational F-15E squadrons and accumulated over 2,300 flight hours, including 188 hours in combat. She has had the honor of commanding a fighter squadron, flying as the first female USAF Thunderbird pilot, serving as a White House Fellow and as an advisor to the First Lady of the United States – Michell Obama.Nicole has forged a successful path through immense cultural changes in the military as well as significant adversity in her personal life. In a poignant twist of ironic fate it wasn't enemy fire that retired her from active duty in the US Air Force. Instead, it was something that sat on the head of a pin. In a “blink of a bite” as she says, her career at the stick of an F-15E fighter jet was shifted to struggling for her life with advanced tick-born illness, at times suffering from locked in syndrome unable to move or speak. Following her medical retirement from the Air Force due to the severe impacts of late-stage tick borne illness, Nicole reinvented herself as a highly successful entrepreneur, professional speaker, and leadership consultant.Nicole Malachowski knows speed, adversity and navigating the unknown. She is a captivating and inspiring speaker who I was honored to have a conversation with. * * * ABOUT DAVID KEPRON:LinkedIn Profile: linkedin.com/in/david-kepron-9a1582bWebsites: https://www.davidkepron.com (personal website)vmsd.com/taxonomy/term/8645 (Blog)Email: david.kepron@NXTLVLexperiencedesign.comTwitter: DavidKepronPersonal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidkepron/NXTLVL Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nxtlvl_experience_design/Bio:David Kepron is a multifaceted creative professional with a deep curiosity to understand ‘why', ‘what's now' and ‘what's next'. He brings together his background as an architect, artist, educator, author, podcast host and builder to the making of meaningful and empathically-focused, community-centric customer connections at brand experience places around the globe. David is a former VP - Global Design Strategies at Marriott International. While at Marriott, his focus was on the creation of compelling customer experiences within Marriott's “Premium Distinctive” segment which included: Westin, Renaissance, Le Meridien, Autograph Collection, Tribute Portfolio, Design Hotels and Gaylord hotels. In 2020 Kepron founded NXTLVL Experience Design, a strategy and design consultancy, where he combines his multidisciplinary approach to the creation of relevant brand engagements with his passion for social and cultural anthropology, neuroscience and emerging digital technologies. As a frequently requested international speaker at corporate events and international conferences focusing on CX, digital transformation, retail, hospitality, emerging technology, David shares his expertise on subjects ranging from consumer behaviors and trends, brain science and buying behavior, store design and visual merchandising, hotel design and strategy as well as creativity and innovation. In his talks, David shares visionary ideas on how brand strategy, brain science and emerging technologies are changing guest expectations about relationships they want to have with brands and how companies can remain relevant in a digitally enabled marketplace. David currently shares his experience and insight on various industry boards including: VMSD magazine's Editorial Advisory Board, the Interactive Customer Experience Association, Sign Research Foundation's Program Committee as well as the Center For Retail Transformation at George Mason University.He has held teaching positions at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T.), the Department of Architecture & Interior Design of Drexel University in Philadelphia, the Laboratory Institute of Merchandising (L.I.M.) in New York, the International Academy of Merchandising and Design in Montreal and he served as the Director of the Visual Merchandising Department at LaSalle International Fashion School (L.I.F.S.) in Singapore. In 2014 Kepron published his first book titled: “Retail (r)Evolution: Why Creating Right-Brain Stores Will Shape the Future of Shopping in a Digitally Driven World” and he is currently working on his second book to be published soon. David also writes a popular blog called “Brain Food” which is published monthly on vmsd.com. The next level experience design podcast is presented by VMSD magazine and Smartwork Media. It is hosted and executive produced by David Kepron. Our original music and audio production by Kano Sound. The content of this podcast is copywrite to David Kepron and NXTLVL Experience Design. Any publication or rebroadcast of the content is prohibited without the expressed written consent of David Kepron and NXTLVL Experience Design.Make sure to tune in for more NXTLVL “Dialogues on DATA: Design Architecture Technology and the Arts” wherever you find your favorite podcasts and make sure to visit vmsd.com and look for the tab for the NXTLVL Experience Design podcast there too.
Covering the latest military flight simulation news for the week of 17 March 2024. Topics include Heatblur's delay of the F-4E Phantom release, Spring Sales for DCS World, IL-2 Great Battles and Cliffs of Dover, Virpil's 8th anniversary sale, Combat Box Kuban for IL-2 GB, DCS: Retribution patching to v1.3.1, tutorials on the DCS mission editor and Razbam's F-15E and updates to Reflected's Big Show DCS Spitfire campaign Timestamps: 00:00 The Hangar Bay: Episode 7 00:49 The Fly-By The Week's Military Flight Sims News in 60 seconds or less 02:15 Developer News Heatblur delays the F-4E Phantom release until April/May 2024 Heatblur follows up with a huge F-4E news udpate DCS World's spring sale is live IL-2 Great Battles' spring sale is live IL-2 Cliffs of Dover's spring sale is live IL-2 developers release a new video podcast (thanks Stormbirds.blog!) 18:52 Hardware News Virpil is having an 8th anniversary sale (code: virpil8) 19:52 Community News Combat Box Kuban is live for IL-2: Great Battles multiplayer fans DCS Retribution is patched to v1.3.1 Sedlo releases a new DCS World mission editor tutorial Notso and Deephack release F-15E tutorials for DCS World Reflected Simulations updates their Big Show Spitfire campaign for DCS World Sunts tells us about new single player WWII missions coming to DCS World 30:21 User Content of the Week Bankler's Case 1 Recovery Trainer (https://forum.dcs.world/topic/189005-banklers-case-1-recovery-trainer/) 33:47 Simpit Spotlight VPreddog's F-16 simpit (https://www.youtube.com/@VPreddog) Episode notes: https://thehangarbay.notion.site/Episode-8-Sale-Season-4132600e00fe4091be9fe401dd677539 email: feedback@thehangarbaypod.com Show Notes: https://www.thehangarbaypod.com Twitter (X): https://www.twitter.com/thehangarbaypod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehangarbaypod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hangarbaypod Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehangarbaypod --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehangarbaypod/message
In this week's episode we're focusing on breathing in some pretty extreme circumstances. Our guest is Lt Col Justin "Astro" Elliott (depending on when you're listening to this, possibly Colonel already). It's hard to find someone more qualified to talk about breathing for extreme physiological demands - Astro has flown 30+ different airframes, commanded the Thunderbirds demonstration squadron, and led the Air Force's efforts to address breathing problems among fighter pilots. Astro went to Yale where he was a D1 collegiate swimmer and a Mechanical Engineering engineering major, so he embraced the high performer life early. He graduated and commissioned in the Air Force in 2005, and went on to fly the F-15E in Afghanistan, including participating in the Battle of Kamdesh, which is featured in both Red Platoon and The Outpost. He went on to get Masters Degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Flight Test Engineering, and is a graduate of both the USAF Weapons School and the USAF Test Pilot School. He commanded the 59th Test and Eval Squadron (which includes All 6 fighter/attack jets in one squadron), and then most recently served as Thunderbird 1, the commander of the USAF Thunderbirds. He just wrapped up that command and is now at the NATO Defense College in Rome. Bonus facts about Astro: He is the first person in history to complete all 3 Air Force elite flying programs (Weapons School, Test Pilot School, and Thunderbirds). He combined fighter breathing knowledge from 9 communities into 1 unifying brief to explain fighter physiological performance across disparate communities. He is a founding member of COPE Fighter, (characterizing/optimizing the physiological environment in fighters). He founded "Crowd Sourced Flight Test" - pulling fighter test data from fielded forces to avoid test environment stovepipes and accelerate iterative learning. He was a finalist in the NASA Astronaut 2017 board. He also participated in the 2021 board, but withdrew to accept the Thunderbird 1 assignment.
Today on the show, we are joined by Lt Col Eric "Mako" Scott, a F-15E pilot who also flew the A-29B. We discussed his experiences flying in the Air Force, what is was like to eject from an aircraft, how the F-15EX will be used in the future fight, and more. Be sure to follow so you don't miss the next episode! *Views expressed are not endorsed by the U.S. Department of Defense or its components.*
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Pre-Order Red Eagles: America's Secret MiGs: https://www.10percenttrue.com/shopSupport me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh0:00 Intro and welcome back Jim0:55 “Coming down” after the Libya raid3:30 Raiders set apart and psychology?7:10 Avoiding inflation of ego9:20 Test pilot school - ambition/aspiration/evaluation15:20 Weapons school not a priority 16:55 Evaluation flights and data points 20:20 Variations in sample data25:10 School 28:05 Balance of classroom/flying and type variation and contemporaries 39:05 Did it feel safe?42:10 Is there a type of person that excels as a test pilot44:30 System testing? No thanks, I want to go back48:10 Strike Eagle55:50 Commercial break56:44 Testing on the 111 and AMRAAM1:03:50 The B-1 and shooting at it!1:10:08 Have Nap AGM-1421:11:40 Weapons separation?1:15:15 Did weapon testing ease the “pain” of not being on frontline / Desert Storm begins1:19:20 Planning for a brand new fighter (F-15E) with new crews and little operational capability1:24:40 ACE - airborne command element 1:25:50 Back to Elgin and then “somewhere else” with a polygraph required1:30:25 En exclusive bar in an undisclosed location1:34:42 Will this work ever be declassified? 1:36:00 Close calls and reflection? 1:41:40 A promise to return and reflect on Air Force Training CommandSupport the show
Here is your early viewing of our "That's Mental" episode with former Tornado GR1/4 nav and F-15E WSO (exchange), Mal Craghill, as he shares a bit about his mental health and the ways to cope. https://veteranaware.nhs.uk/op-courage/Help keep the channel going:Pick up some AI merch - https://www.teepublic.com/user/aircrew-interviewPATREON - https://www.patreon.com/aircrewinterviewDONATE - http://www.aircrewinterview.tv/donate/Purchase our Aviation Art Book, Volume One - https://amzn.to/3sehpaP Use our Amazon affiliate link when you purchase from Amazon as it costs you nothing extra and gives us a little kickback to help the channel to keep going:.co.uk - https://amzn.to/46BCbFi.com - https://amzn.to/44vNf4XSupport the show
Aerial documentation of two F-35A Lightning IIs and two F-15E Strike Eagles flying after a training mission to initiate the reactivation ceremony of the 65th Aggressor Squadron over Las Vegas, June 9, 2022. (U.S. Air Force video by Tech. Sgt. Alexandre Montes)
Peaches sits down this week with the creme de la creme of the Air Force fighter pilot pyramid, weapons school instructor, and F-15E pilot Major Nicholas "Bane" Caraballo. Bane, a seasoned veteran with years of experience, shares his incredible journey from aspiring aviator to a top gun in military aviation. Bane's tales from the cockpit will leave you on the edge of your seat as he reveals the rigorous training, unmatched dedication, and unparalleled teamwork that go into becoming a fighter pilot.But this episode isn't just about the thrill of flying at supersonic speeds. It's also about the invaluable life lessons Bane has learned. Tune in as Jared and Bane discuss the parallels between Air Force leadership and everyday life leadership. From the importance of clear communication and trust to the critical role of adaptability and resilience, their conversation is a masterclass in leadership.And don't miss out on Bane's insights from his time after completing the arduous Air Force Weapons School. Discover how his experiences have shaped him into a better leader and a more compassionate human being.00:00 The Intro (part deux) 00:50 How the Weapons School works 02:20 How Bane became a fighter pilot 06:20 The Team you Serve12:00 The levels of officership- doing the little things18:00 Mistakes that Officers make29:30 Human Performance for Fighter Pilots 45:00 Training for the future fight, exercises, and what fighters bring to the fight56:30 Bane's advice for Officers, Pilots, and all elseCollabs:18A Fitness - Promo Code: 1ReadyAlpha Brew Coffee Company - Promo Code: ONESREADYATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLeteCardoMax - Promo Code: ONESREADYEberlestock - Promo Code: OR10Hoist - Promo Code: ONESREADYStrike Force Energy - Promo Code: ONESREADYTrench Coffee Company - Promo Code: ONESREADYGrey Man Gear - Promo Code: ONESREADY The content provided is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. The host, guests, and affiliated entities do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information provided. The use of this podcast does not create an attorney-client relationship, and the podcast is not liable for any damages resulting from its use. Any mention of products or individua...
As a pilot in the initial wave of women to fly modern combat aircraft, Erin “Aero” Orga actually grew up dreaming of being either a professional roller coaster rider, Olympic figure skater or an astronaut for NASA. Her passion for air and space finally won out and she attended the University of Notre Dame on an Air Force ROTC scholarship, where she graduated as one of only two females in her class with a degree in aerospace engineering. Aero was also a distinguished graduate out of AFROTC and was awarded a highly coveted Air Force pilot training slot. During her initial training at Columbus Air Force Base, Aero was ranked high enough in her class to earn the right to track select into fighters and she was eventually chosen to fly her favorite fighter aircraft, the F-15E Strike Eagle. During her 10 years in the Air Force, Aero flew over 50 combat missions in Iraq, where she provided air cover for the US Army and Marine units on the ground in places like Bagdad, Fallujah, and Mosul. She also provided air cover for the first democratic Iraqi elections and the second inauguration ceremony of Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan. When she wasn't flying F-15Es, Aero spent time as a T-38 instructor, training many young Air Force pilots who would go on to fly fighter jets. Aero eventually left the military to focus on her family and her newborn son. She moved back to her hometown of Pittsburgh and began working as a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Program Manager for Westinghouse Electric, a nuclear engineering company. During her time at Westinghouse, Aero has run global teams of engineers delivering successful projects in the US, the UK, Canada, India, and China, with many of those projects valued at over $100 million and is currently managing the design and testing of a brand-new type of nuclear microreactor. In addition to her professional careers, Aero has devoted over 15 years to training in Tae Kwon Do, in which she holds a third-degree black belt.
Paul "Roscoe" White is a retired 21-year Air Force veteran with over 1500 hours as a tactical flight instructor in the F-15E, F-16, and F-35. He believes anyone can be a champion in life with the right direction and work ethic.In this episode, Paul shares his experiences transitioning from a middle position in the enlisted ranks to a flying officer. He opens up about the challenges faced during impactful deployments, the difficulties of divorcing one's work identity from personal life, and the risk of losing oneself in demanding career roles. Paul also highlights the significance of setting a good example for children and being mindful of one's behaviour in their presence. He shares personal stories, emphasising how negative behaviour can influence children and the importance of sacrifice and effort in maintaining a strong marriage.Additionally, Paul discusses mindset and its role in skill development. He suggests utilising mindfulness, meditation, and visualisation techniques to unlock the power of mindset and achieve personal goals.As you tune in to this episode, subscribe to Energetic Radio to stay updated with our latest episodes featuring incredible guests!
Retired A-10 Fighter Pilot, Dylan "Habu" Thorpe joins episode 82 of @AfterburnPodcast with John "Rain" Waters. Dive deep into Habu's career from a Weapon Systems Operator in the F-15E to his journey to becoming an A-10. Explore combat stories, air show highlights, and the intricate world of Combat Search and Rescue. Thanks to @e3aviationassociation for bringing out the film crew. Check out E3 Aviation's awesome aviation community here: https://bit.ly/E3Aviation Grab the weekly newsletter for defense & aviation insights
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In this episode, the Rob, Casmo and BD discuss the new F-15E throttle from WinWing as well as the new VKB Spec Throttle and Thrustmaster Viper TQS. Special thanks to WinWing for providing the throttle to the entire ACS Team to review at no cost. Casmo did a full review on the throttle on YouTube. Thanks to our friends at Thrustmaster for the Viper Throttle! Casmo appreciates VKB sending him the SPEC throttle at no cost and you can see his review on his YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Retired Lt. Colonel Russel RC Brown visits the Leadership Lounge to discuss his early life and his decision to serve his Country. As an F-15E Strike Eagle pilot with over 650 Combat Hours under his belt his experiences are right out of a novel. From earning his call sign to stories of how others earned theirs Russell describes life in the War Times he experienced while in Gulf War I, Gulf War II and the Wars on terrorism in Afghanistan and Irag. An unbelievable conversation with awe and humor. Listen today!
Paul “Roscoe” White is a retired 21-year Air Force veteran with over 1500 hours as a tactical flight instructor in the F-15E, F-16, and F-35. He still teaches and mentors young fighter pilots as a civilian contract fighter pilot instructor. Paul has also won multiple sports championships as a player and coach. Over the years, he has studied and developed strategies to motivate people to be better versions of themselves through hard work, positive attitudes, and solid character traits.Episode Links:Web: https://paulroscoewhite.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086636403119IG: https://www.instagram.com/paulroscoewhite/LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulroscoewhite/FB: https://www.facebook.com/people/Paul-Roscoe-White/588095032/Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BN61ZDF4/ref=tsm_1_fb_lkJoey Pinz Conversations Podcast Information: • Website: https://www.joeypinz.com • Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/joeypinz • Music by Tom Izzo: @wahlsinger https://tomizzomusic.com Support our podcast: • Subscribe: https://joeypinzconversations.com/subscribe/ • How much is this podcast worth to you? Consider $5, $10 or $20/mo with Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/joeypinz • How about a one-time payment? • What is the episode worth to you? $25/$50/$100/$500 /$1,000/$5,000 with PayPal (one-time): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/JoePannone Please subscribe/follow to Joey Pinz Discipline Conversations Podcast: • Spotify, Apple, Google, or others. Please consider rating with 5 stars if you like it. • Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/joey-pinz-discipline-conversations/id1583997438 • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/69SFwY3XSwcw9qNvElAn10 • Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xODI4OTA2LnJzcw • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JoeyPinzDisciplineConversations?sub_confirmation=1Please follow on social media: @TheJoeyPinz • Instagram: @TheJoeyPinz https://www.instagram.com/TheJoeyPinz • Twitter: @TheJoeyPinz https://twitter.com/TheJoeyPinz • Facebook: @TheJoeyPinz https://www.facebook.com/TheJoeyPinz • TikTok: @TheJoeyPinz https://www.tiktok.com/@thejoeypinz • Minds: @TheJoeyPinz https://www.minds.com/thejoeypinz • YouTube: @TheJoeyPinz https://www.youtube.com/@thejoeypinzFinally, join our newsletter: https://joeypinzconversations.com/#newsletterSupport the show
Former USAF EWO, Starbaby shares what it was like transitioning from the F-4G to the F-15E, being stationed at RAF Lakenheath and flying in combat with some incredible stories!Help keep the channel going:Pick up some AI merch - https://www.teepublic.com/user/aircrew-interviewPATREON - https://www.patreon.com/aircrewinterviewDONATE - http://www.aircrewinterview.tv/donate/Purchase our Aviation Art Book, Volume One - https://amzn.to/3sehpaP Use our Amazon affiliate link when you purchase from Amazon as it costs you nothing extra and gives us a little kickback to help the channel to keep going:.co.uk - https://amzn.to/46BCbFi.com - https://amzn.to/44vNf4XFollow us:https://www.aircrewinterview.tv/https://www.instagram.com/aircrew_interviewhttps://www.facebook.com/aircrewinterviewFind more interviews with Starbaby via https://www.youtube.com/@10percenttrue/videosSupport the show
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Paul “Roscoe” White is a retired 21-year Air Force veteran with over 1500 hours as tactical flight instructor in the F-15E, F-16 and F-35. He still teaches and mentors young fighter pilots as a civilian contract fighter pilot instructor. Paul has also won multiple sports championships as a player and as a coach. Over the years, he has studied and developed strategies to motivate people to be better versions of themselves via a fusion of hard work, positive attitudes and solid character traits. Working as a flight instructor made Paul a better coach, and being a coach made him a better instructor. Continually striving for excellence in these two competitive environments made Paul a better father and husband. Paul believes that anyone can be a champion in life with the right direction and work ethic. Books: I Love America, Vol 1. November 11, 2022 No New Lessons: A crazy story about re-learning life lessons in Alaska's deadly wilderness…What could go wrong? December 6, 2022 WORK HARD. DON'T SUCK.: Life lessons from dad to son told through hilarious, personal family stories. Spring 2023 Youth Sports Coaching: A coaches guide to becoming a champion at youth sports. Spring 2023 Director, The 1 of 5 Project https://www.1of5project.com
Watch Here: https://youtu.be/WvQ7pRQGqpk HOW DO I KNOW WHEN I'VE STOPPED “RAISING” MY KIDS? On this episode we are joined by Paul White. Paul is a husband, father, retired 21-year Air Force veteran, coach, author, and fighter pilot instructor among other things. On this episode we discuss: Knowing when you've transitioned from raising your kids Marriage Coaching and life lessons through sports For places to listen, places to connect on social media, to be a guest, collaborate with or sponsor DTE visit: https://linktr.ee/DisruptTheEveryday Paul's website: https://www.1of5project.com About Paul Paul “Roscoe” White is a retired 21-year Air Force veteran with over 1500 hours as tactical flight instructor in the F-15E, F-16 and F-35. He still teaches and mentors young fighter pilots as a civilian contract fighter pilot instructor. Paul has also won multiple sports championships as a player and as a coach. Over the years, he has studied and developed strategies to motivate people to be better versions of themselves via a fusion of hard work, positive attitudes and solid character traits. Working as a flight instructor made Paul a better coach, and being a coach made him a better instructor. Continually striving for excellence in these two competitive environments made Paul a better father and husband. Paul believes that anyone can be a champion in life with the right direction and work ethic. Books: I Love America, Vol 1. November 11, 2022 No New Lessons: A crazy story about re-learning life lessons in Alaska's deadly wilderness…What could go wrong? December 6, 2022 WORK HARD. DON'T SUCK.: Life lessons from dad to son told through hilarious, personal family stories. Spring 2023 Youth Sports Coaching: A coaches guide to becoming a champion at youth sports. Spring 2023 Director, The 1 of 5 Project https://www.1of5project.com
Today on the show, we are joined by Col Matt Dietz, a F-15E Strike Eagle pilot and current Head of the History Department at the United States Air Force Academy. We discussed his background, the role the F-15E plays in the Air Force, and what the future fight looks like. Be sure to subscribe so you do not miss the next episode! *Views expressed are not endorsed by the U.S. Department of Defense or its components.*
Whiz briefs with bad ass F-15E Strike/Eagle fighter pilot Erin 'Aero' Orga, one of the first female figher pilots to sit with the medicine to heal her traumas. Aero, who had never tried any sort of drug in her life, went FULL THROTTLE with iboga. She debriefs how at the depths of her journey, in a dogfight with her ego, she 'asked for help' and for the first time in her life...actually got it. Remembering that she IS a bad ass, she exprienced what some call the 'holy instant'. She reminds listeners that 'trauma is trauma' and not to judge your own - if it hurts, that's enough - you can heal it. Aero was shown the answers she 'knew, but didn't know'.
Michael “$noop” Segal is an attorney in Los Angeles, California, and an officer in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. Prior to becoming an attorney, he served as a combat F-15 fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force. Michael started his flying career in the F-15C learning how to gain and maintain air superiority. He later transitioned to the F-15E, where he developed his skills as a multirole combat aviator. While serving as an F-15E pilot, he deployed to Afghanistan and led airmen in combat during Operation Enduring Freedom. After leaving Active Duty in 2016, Michael attended the UCLA School of Law. Michael also joined the U.S. Air Force Reserve in 2016, where he initially performed duties as the Director of Inspections for the base Inspector General at the 916th Air Refueling Wing in North Carolina. He then transferred to the 701st Combat Operations Squadron at March Air Reserve Base in California, where he has served as a Senior Air Defense Officer, Section Chief, and now as the Director of Operations for the squadron's detachment at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii.As an attorney, Michael represents business and pro bono clients on a wide range of matters. He has worked with Fortune 100 companies in complex litigation and assisted numerous businesses find legal solutions to their problems. His pro bono work focuses on helping veterans obtain compensation and work through the process of starting up a company.You can follow Michael and read his blog - Instant Justice - at aerodefenselaw.com.***Follow the Greg Krino Show here...GregKrino.comYouTubeInstagramFacebookTwitterLinkedInIf you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a 5-star rating and friendly comment on your podcast app. It takes only a minute, and it really helps convince popular guests to join me.If you have comments or ideas for the show, please contact me at gregkrinoshow@gmail.com.
Buy a tee! https://www.10percenttrue.com/product-page/magnum-classic-teeSupport me with a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/10percenttrue Discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQh00:00:00 Buy a Tee Shirt, God Damn it!00:00:50 Introduction00:03:05 Thoughts on the effectiveness of the Spang mixed F-4G/Viper teams00:05:45 What do you think of the F-15G concept?00:09:00 Thoughts on the transition from F-16CJ/CM to F-35A in the SEAD/DEAD role?00:18:38 Do you know *Redacted*? Also an ex wild Weasel?00:22:47 If you could have persuaded the top Brass to keep the F-4G into the Balkans and beyond, what upgrades would you say it needed to stay relevant?00:29:23 You mentioned something close to the F-15E being closer to the WW role...00:30:20 Are you aware of or do you believe the systems on the F-16CJ have gotten better since the last time you flew with them?00:31:31 Is Starbaby the GIB who started chewing out *Redacted* in his first deployment to Germany as described in his book?00:33:22 Is there still a big weasel mission to suppress or destroy AAA?00:36:50 I have a question about beam rider weapons, like the Ataka, or the Vikhr. Do they require a non-maneuvering platforms?00:37:58 What are military aviators thoughts on us "sim pilots"?00:40:47 At what point is this accurate simulation potentially going too far and bordering on giving potential adversaries maybe too much information too easily?00:42:07 How was the F-4E used alongside the F-4G? How does the Hunter Killer mission patrol work and what were their respective roles?00:44:48 Was it only F-4E with ARN-101/DMAS? 00:47:06 I've heard stories of G model phantom dudes saying “magnum” on the radio to trick the Iraqis into thinking they launched a HARM. How prevalent was this in weasel units? Do you know if the navy or marines ever did anything similar?00:48:13 Question stemming from DCS: Is it a realistic thing for the strikers to dedicate one pylon to having a HARM on hand just in case there's a pop-up threat?00:50:28 Starbaby is promoted to Supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe and gets order from politicians to create "no-fly zone" over Ukraine.How would you go about it?00:54:25 What were your most task saturating cockpit tasks in two situations; 00:58:44 Best example of teamwork during a weasel mission? Worst? (This one might be better phrased as “Most bungled SEAD operation you were a part of, that had a good plan at the beginning”)01:01:11 Any good LPA stories? (or what ever the correct term is for AF JOPA)01:04:03 If we are interested in how EW, GBAD and so on is performing in the real world (as opposed to marketing brochures and air shows) but only have access to OSINT, what if anything would we be looking for? If it is really possible to say anything.01:06:22 Starbaby do you think the B-2 and F-117 were worth their investments?01:10:36 So is the very big investment into the F-35 worth it?01:11:29 "You know you're going to leave that in".01:12:00 In old HUD footage I noticed magnum callouts are suffixed with "golf" or "tango"...01:12:21 At the end of the F4G's service life SAMs that are capable of point defense...01:13:48 Reading again about the famous Strike Package Q...01:16:47 Starbaby, you briefly mentioned using the APR 40 to find air targets...01:19:49 Your opinion on the friendly fire incidents during OIF...01:22:00 What was your most frightening moment in F-4/F-15 in combat operations if there's any?01:25:10 Curious to know how did it feel when you mastered the APG-70?01:30:07 Would you rather conduct SEAD in a F-4G, armed only with a fencing foil, or a F-16CJ...01:30:58 Do you think that the other services, or even other airforce pilots and crew mSupport the show
Donations are always open!https://app.redcircle.com/shows/63e27b72-d402-4c1c-afa6-902f0e45279a/donationsOn this episode we chat with a father and son. Lt Gen Ralph Jodice (ret) spent over 30 years in the Air Force. He flew many planes some of which are the F-111 and the F-15E. He lived in China, and was the 3 star CFACC during Operation Unified Protector. Brian Jodice is the host of the podcast Pick Up The Six.https://www.pickupthesix.com/If you'd like to contact us email us atinfo@kodiakshack.comor check out our websitekodiakshack.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/kodiak-shack-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Paul “Roscoe” White is a retired 21-year Air Force veteran with over 1500 hours as tactical flight instructor in the F-15E, F-16 and F-35. He still teaches and mentors young fighter pilots as a civilian contract fighter pilot instructor. Paul has also won multiple sports championships as a player and as a coach. Over the years, he has studied and developed strategies to motivate people to be better versions of themselves via a fusion of hard work, positive attitudes and solid character traits. Working as a flight instructor made Paul a better coach, and being a coach made him a better instructor. Continually striving for excellence in these two competitive environments made Paul a better father and husband. Paul believes that anyone can be a champion in life with the right direction and work ethic. Books: I Love America, Vol 1. November 11, 2022 No New Lessons: A crazy story about re-learning life lessons in Alaska's deadly wilderness…What could go wrong? December 6, 2022 WORK HARD. DON'T SUCK.: Life lessons from dad to son told through hilarious, personal family stories. Spring 2023 Youth Sports Coaching: A coaches guide to becoming a champion at youth sports. Spring 2023 Director, The 1 of 5 Project https://www.1of5project.com
Donations are always open!!https://app.redcircle.com/shows/63e27b72-d402-4c1c-afa6-902f0e45279a/sponsorOn this episode we talk with retired Brigadier General John "Dragon" Teichert. He had an awesome 28 year Air Force career where he flew the F-15E and went to Test Pilot School (TPS). Dragon flew the F-22 and F-15E as a test pilot. He was the Base Commander of Edwards Air Force Base and Andrews Air Force Base. He has amazing insight and he is just a great American.We had a lot of fun talking about his time as a test pilot, his experiences as a leader, and his global perspective on current events.Dragon is now retired and but continues to share his knowledge through Capital Leadership:https://capitalleadership.org/Connect with Dragon on LinkedIn here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnteichert/Donations are always welcome so please go to our website or use the link below. Also email us at Info@kodiakshack.com with any feedback or ideas for content.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/kodiak-shack-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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