Ratta Tat Tat

Well, after the computer crashed and burned it has been fixed, at great cost I might add. So what has happened recently? One of the more interesting things which come to mind is a story in the news about a New Jersey Air National guard fighter which inadvertently fired upon an elementary school in South Jersey.

So who would have thought that the military in New Jersey trains with live ammo in populated areas? Go figure! Talk about a drive by shooting. In New Jersey they take it to a new level. So no one got hurt, but I’ll bet that it surly woke up the janitor.

It seems to me that with modern technology they could use a simulator to train the flight crew. Perhaps the military should revise the policy and procedure manual. Here is a suggestion. Before discharging your weapons look out window and determine if target is on the test range. If you see a school or other non-military type structures it would be advisable to recalibrate the instruments on the flight deck before firing live rounds.

Perhaps they should consider doing combat training in less populated areas. A good place might be Nevada since nobody lives there. A great place would be Area 51 since they only have crashed U.F.O.s and alien beings from other worlds hidden in well fortified buildings. That way if some misguided fire hits the roof it won’t cause any real damage.

Be cool, stay in school! Don’t drop put, don’t cop out! Learn the golden rule! And I might add, run a zig zag pattern on the playground!

Wind Rider