Friday, November 19, 2010

Confidence

Saepe mendosus, nunquam dubius

"Often wrong, but seldom in doubt"

Must have been said about a Fighter Pilot.

Regards  —  Cliff
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The New Englander said...

I saw the quote and thought instantly about a SECDEF I'll never feel nostalgic for -- Donald Rumsfeld.

And then I saw the crack about fighter pilots.

And then I realized, "Yes, Donald Rumsfeld really was a fighter pilot."

Let the circle be unbroken.

11/19/2010 11:27:00 PM
C R Krieger said...

No, no, no.  Don Rumsfeld was a FAIP (pronounced Fay-P, with a bit of a snarl and a sense of condescension).  That would be First Assignment Instructor Pilot.  He was a "plow-back".

There is a pecking order out there and FAIP is pretty close to the bottom.  But, then, that completes your circle, as presented.  Speaking of circles, there is a small circle of people out there who are very sensitive about these matters.

Regards  —  Cliff

11/19/2010 11:45:00 PM
The New Englander said...

Fair points...based off comparisons to other such small circles, I can see the need to distinguish.

I recently caught an online discussion about whether Obama's first Deputy Natty Security Advisor was a SEAL.

For the record, he was not. To his credit, he's never said otherwise, but other people blur the lines (witness my statement about Rummy) based on his unit assignment in DC.

When I worked as a "stashed Ensign" (yes, that's a real term) at Bolling AFB for two months, waiting to class up, I helped get Lippert a direct commission into the USNR...as an Intel bubba.

11/20/2010 12:26:00 AM

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