Moronius, The Elder 🇺🇲⭐️⚓️⭐️Veteran 🇺🇲

Crowded House - "Don't Dream It's Over" (1986)

Wow. Had to digest this for a few before making this post. As a Command Master Chief, my door, my time, my attention was available to anyone, at any time. I was constantly amazed at the things my people would share with me, but the one thing that I couldn't give them was privilege and confidentiality. Only a Chaplain could do that. Good Chaplains were a real blessing, and there was genuine affection for them. Anyone could go to Chaps and dump their soul, their issues onto him, and know that they wouldn't divulge that. Privilege. The good ones I knew would approach me, and share that they had an issue that he wanted to bring up to me, and was working to get that Sailor to allow it. What was done to the Chaplain Corps was a travesty, and like him or not, SecWar is 100% on reverting it back to its core and historical purpose. As for rank? Everyone knows a Chaplain is a commissioned officer, but I also think removing rank insignia removes barriers, of fear and formality in going to a Chaplain. No one will look down on Chaps for not wearing whatever his rank may be. I think this was thoughtful and the right thing to do.

Credit to Olden Heritage from Facebook This would never happen today. "In April of 1991, two years after leaving the Oval Office, former President Ronald Reagan — Hollywood actor turned leader of the free world — walked onto Paramount's Stage 16 at the legendary studio lot, and what happened next became one of the most quietly magical crossovers in pop culture history: the Great Communicator stepped into the final frontier, visiting the live set of Star Trek: The Next Generation during production of the Season 4 finale, 'Redemption,' and the crew could barely believe their eyes; Reagan had known Paramount producer A.C. Lyles since the 1940s, and it was through that decades-old Hollywood friendship that this extraordinary visit was quietly arranged, with Rick Berman, Michael Piller, and even Brent Spiner — who wasn't on the call sheet that day but showed up anyway just to witness history — all gathering on the Klingon High Council chamber set to greet him; when Reagan came face-to-face with actors in full Klingon warrior makeup and prosthetics, someone asked what he thought of them, and without missing a beat he grinned and said 'I like them — they remind me of Congress,' bringing the entire stage to laughter; then came the moment that truly stops your heart: the ailing Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, frail and using a cane, made his way over on his cart to welcome Reagan personally, and when Roddenberry accidentally dropped his cane, Reagan — nearly ten years his senior — immediately knelt down and picked it up for him, and Roddenberry, visibly moved, later said he felt as though he had been knighted; Reagan's own son Michael would later write in his 2004 memoir that even after leaving office, his father remained 'fascinated by dreams of a bright future for humanity,' and standing on that starship set, surrounded by a cast imagining a united Earth sailing among the stars, perhaps he finally found a vision grand enough to match his own optimism — proof that sometimes the most profound meetings between greatness and wonder happen not in the halls of power, but on a Hollywood soundstage dressed up like tomorrow." #StarTrekTNG #RonaldReagan #PopCultureHistory #HiddenHistory #fblifestyle

@AlexHollings52 I was in the same boat the year before. Then I watched it. My oldest son got to watch me watch the show for the first time and get hooked on it. Sad that it ended, it was so well written, compelling characters and a great arc without being nasty.

Guys, I have a serious problem. I never watched Ted Lasso because everyone said I should and that always makes me not want to watch something. But then I did… and it’s my favorite show in years. Now I have to come terms with people being right about it and about me.

@TPV_John There is no draft coming.

This is BAD. That means that recruitment numbers are dangerously low, and there are NOT enough bodies needed for the war effort. You know what comes next… THE DRAFT.

@AnnaKKraken Congratulations!

This girl was just offered a Director of Business Operations position which increases my salary by 54% (54.28% to be exact). Seems like a yes 👏 to me.

I had one of these. I did everything that the set told me not to do, just to see what happened. Mad scientist?

@ToniLL22 Well... they're counting on the US taxpayer to mobilize against continued strikes. Have to question if any of the wunderkind in the Obama and Biden administrations are coaching them, via back channel. Lurch was doing some of that during Trump 1.0

They have the nerve to demand money and for the UNITED STATES to retrieve?!!🔥👇🔥👇 Iran is demanding cash and a U.S. retreat to end the war. Iranian official Mohsen Rezaee says the conflict will only end if the United States pays full compensation for damages and completely withdraws from the Persian Gulf.  He says Iran wants a “100% guarantee” for the future — and claims that cannot happen unless U.S. forces leave the region.

@VikingRobVWO Like many GOFOs, they're rightfully reviled by those who know anything

I don't think Stanley McChrystal is viewed in a positive light by anyone who knows anything.

@AlanRMacLeod Tell me you know absolutely nothing about communism without saying you don't know anything about communism. You've got over 300k followers and they believe the tripe you post? The USSR was a textbook example of that meme. I gift you my nom de plume, you've earned it

This is literally capitalism.

@tomryanlaw Nice community note you got there.

@Ellieinspace People used to have pet rocks!

I never knew I could fall in love with a rock ❤️

@MyColleagueMio2 Send him home.

An aggressive immigrant disrupts a public office, causing distress to staff. This situation reflects the ongoing migration crisis in Europe. How can we maintain safety and social order in society? 😟🇯🇵

@kimmie_c_ Yeah.... that would be me. I don't have body fat issues, and I shouldn't be stressed. Need to figure this one out

Where my chronic stress 3-4 am gang gang?!

@boomers_ass It's a matter of budget

We built 820 (K)C-135s in nine years. We built 105 KC-46s in eight years. What's wrong with this picture?

I once got pulled over in a very rural area of Virginia on the way back to southern Maryland (Pax River). The stop sign I missed was behind a freaking tree. The, now ex- , wife smirked, because it was going to be my first ticket. When the deputy walked up to my window, we both laughed. He was on my first team deployment. No ticket, and the wife fumed... "Only you"

The less time you spend in these areas, the better your chance of avoiding a ticket. Drive faster.

@BDHerzinger He never heard of optimal manning. A lot of smart people over the years have addressed this. He has zero idea what he's posting about

My god, we are doing minimal manning from first principles but this time by even bigger dorks.

There are few things quite as refreshing as peppermint soap on the hoo ha in the morning…

We can't establish a permanent base on the Moon without orbital infrastructure. I think its crazy to have a launch vehicle that goes from the surface of the Earth to the Moons surface when what we need are launches to orbit, then a connector to the Moons orbit. Maybe we'll get there.

RIP Lunar Gateway, we hardly knew you.

@the_engi_nerd If it works?

World War I is back