
Neckbeard_Prime
*teleports behind you*
Nothing personnel, kid 

Familiarity with one of their systems or airframes. Knowing how the avionics systems on an F-16 is sort of transferrable to civilian aviation, but not really because of all the specialized systems involved that you wouldn't find on, say, a 747. On the other hand, having that knowledge when you're going to do field work as an electrical engineer doing shit like overseeing block upgrades means there's a lot of training that they don't have to put you through, especially if you have a secret or top secret clearance that hasn't lapsed. The clearance alone is worth a million or so USD to one of these companies.
If you're a troop (or ex-troop) who hasn't had that come-to-Jesus "are we the baddies?" moment yet, it's pretty damned tempting just by virtue of inertia. Keep in mind that American troops aren't exactly renowned for seeing the big picture or the consequences of their actions, especially in non-combat roles.
:sputnik:
Beep... Beep... Beep... Beep...
Also:
:traingang:
I fooled you, I fooled you, I got pig iron, I got pig iron, I got all pig iron.
Listen, Jack, us POC (People of Corpulence) prefer the term "gourmand."
The Death of Stalin (2017), starring Steve Buscemi as :corn-man-khrush:, Michael Palin as :molotov:, Jeffrey Tambor as a sex pest (off-camera), and Jason Isaacs as Field Marshal Zhukov. Produced by the :LIB: behind Veep and In the Loop, so pretty ahistorical and full of praise for the corn lord.
[Zhukov] A modern soldier's greatest fear, it's not death, it's not starvation, it's chafing!
[Khrushchev, interjecting] ...And then he planted the flag in Hitler's bunker or he knocked the bear out with one punch.
[Zhukov] ...It was Goebbels's bunker, not Hitler's!
At least he gets dragged in the replies. It's oddly heartwarming to see that people are getting fed up with shitlib civility discourse.
No offense, @Civility
:maybe-later-kiddo: Sorry, sweaty, the Senate Parliamentarian says we can't legislate Federal-level reproductive rights!
This has some real "say what you will about pedophiles, but at least they slow down while driving through school zones" vibes.
:joe-ligotti: :stalin-gun-1::fedposting:
