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Bill to ban pornography on military bases

Has anyone informed Rep. Paul Broun that we pay his salary? Maybe we should get a say in what he is allowed to buy with his paycheck.

— THELADYKT

Online SERE training required

There will never be a suitable computerized substitute for the real thing. I just recently had to do equipment custodian [comput¬er-based training], and I would have much rather sat in a class¬room with someone from Supply who knows what they’re talking about, and could explain all of the acronyms. ... The best learning environment is a classroom (or the field, such as in SERE).

— warr1or

Between performance reports, decorations, meetings, constant e-mails, actually visiting/talking with troops, etc., in my 13-hour day, I simply don’t have time to go through computer-based train¬ing. Bottom line is there is a limit to how much the Air Force can put on my plate, and I’m at the point where the “food” is now drop¬ping on the floor.

— FLAPS

Once the system is fixed, most ancillary training can and should be accomplished online. The goals behind it — reducing the time it takes and the schedule disruption by offering flexibility — is a good one. But I’m not sold on learning to survive in a hostile situation or environment from the comfort of my air-conditioned office.

— Rev Mike Large

Fitness and the body mass index

We are the most technologically advanced fighting force the world has ever known, yet we rely on a system from the 19th century to gauge our members’ obesity. There are too many people in the Air Force who are overweight and that needs to be remedied, but we need to do it by utilizing an accurate method which takes into ac¬count a medical point of view and not just a statistical point of view.

— Jofolk

What we should be doing is adjusting for those who are more into strength training, especially when [it is] required by the job. If you’re not the fastest guy around the track, but can crank out some push-ups, it should count for more than 10 points.

— Comm Chief

Sometimes leadership loses sight of its mission. Instead of getting lost in social engineering, they need to look at the big picture and ask one question: “Are we getting bombs on target on time?”

— A SNCO

Vermont soldiers can’t get home from Iraq

ATA shut its ops down a few weeks ago and AMC is still sitting on their hands. ... Now we have people stranded all over the place and it’s going to end up costing more to get them where they need to go. I love the lowest bidder mind-set. Forget quality and longevity, let’s get the shoddiest airplanes, the most underpaid aircrew, and hire them and just cross our fingers everything goes [well].

— Stabby