This character – and he’ll be sticking around for a while – is based on someone who was in both my basic training flight and tech school, right up until about the time I left Tinker for Elmendorf. More on him later.
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FIRST! and poor kids going to have to learn the hard way
STS
Hmmmm, maybe Barbie’s partner in crime??
Barbie just got a minion. LOL
That’s all Barbie needs is someone to worship him. It should make for some interesting stories though.
he’ll be the “Bob of Hydra” to Barbie’s “Deadpool”
I’m thinking more along the lines of “Darth Vader” to Coffman’s “Emperor Palpatine”. Sure Anakin thought the Jedi were all showy and hot stuff at first, but eventually he was made to see the true power of the NCO corps. Dark side. Wait what was I talking about again??
What’s the difference between a fighter pilot and a 2 year old?
They cut the footies off the fighter pilot’s pajamas ;-O
*snort* That’s the best one I’ve heard so far.
Why do fighter pilots have hands and feet?
So they can talk 4 ship
He looks kinda like that CAP kid from the comic way back. “Can I go home now?”
Well, if he got his General Billy Mitchell award, that would explain why he’s new, yet already an A1C. (One of the perks of the award: Get an extra stripe as soon as you’re out of basic.) Still, that kid wanted out of the Air Force after being “drafted”, so I doubt it’s the same person.
Actually, with the Mitchell Award, you are an A1C from day 1 of basic training. You get the pay, but don’t actually get to sew the stripes on until graduation. But your date of rank is still your enlistment date.
Oh, okay. I was unaware of that detail. Thanks for the info!
I wonder if Coffman will keep him from going over to the dark side. There hasn’t been much going on with Barbie over at Nellis lately. Will there be more to that soon?
I never heard that fighter pilots are “awesome.” Even after working aircraft maintenance for 11 years. I don’t ever recall heavy pilots bashing fighter pilots or the other way around. Maybe I just never met the ones that thought they were almighty.
“There hasn’t been much going on with Barbie over at Nellis lately. Will there be more to that soon?”
Of course! That said, the last two Member’s Area strips have been from that story arc. They’re not necessary for the story, but do feature Barbie and Leia in Vegas.
hmmm. Coffman showing Fighter Pilot attitude.
poor kid coffman is going to crussify him. STS
Awwww Poor Coffman……
Maybe the kid will meet Barbie and decide to side with Coffman. And of course, Coffman will take advantage…LOL! After all, shit rolls downhill!
Kid needs to learn quickly that he’s not going to be working WITH him…
When I first got out of tech school I had to learn how to stop calling all the NCOs I first by their full rank. Yes Staff Sergeant. No Master Sergeant. They looked at me like “whuh?”.
I know one guy that was an E-4 at the time and he was deployed…he called an E-6 Marine “sergeant” and the Marine ripped him for not using the full rank. From what I heard, those two got into it pretty good about it.
What’s the difference between an F16 and a pilot? The F16 stops whining when you shut the engine off.