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Aug 17 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
In 1985 at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, 400+ uniformed personnel from the 7102d Computer Services Squadron (many units were huuuuuge back then!) sat in the base auditorium as a one-star general briefed us on the "AD+DC=SI" merger between computers & communications. The general…
…explained how the merger would bring serious manpower cuts across our career fields, saying "every one of you sitting at a desk is one less guy on the flight line."

I turned to my supervisor sitting next to me and I made the "eject lever" motion. He shrugged. But…
…in the final analysis, all U.S. uniformed services do something spectacular:

They mold future captains of industry!

@csoandy & @robtlee & @RobertMLee are perfect examples of this: leaders in their respective civilian occupations.

They also mold civilians in local, state, …
…and federal government agencies. @CISAJen is a perfect example of this.

So, yeah: it sucks when any uniformed service jettisons good people because they selfishly want to fly manned aircraft or drive manned tanks or sail manned ships or…
…fire manned rifles.

Yet everywhere you look, you see DoD's impact across U.S. society!

It's difficult to say "let the Pentagon be selfish" because, yes, it can encourage #toxic leadership.

But in truth our society gets SO much in return for a military that is … "human."
Correction: "1984"

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I weep over this headline 😓 but let's acknowledge three key facts:

1️⃣ UK nabbed HK in the First Opium War 😵‍💫 and ruled it like a typical white imperialist

2️⃣ Japan nabbed HK on Pearl Harbor Day and treated dogs w/ higher standing

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I think we paid $1.50 each to see it

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