Sounds like we were in about the same time. I was stationed in Jax with HS-5, back in the day.
If I remember correctly, our squadron had both HH-60s and SH-60s? Somewhere, the MH designation got thrown in there and I am also too old to really keep track.
(I probably could still do an inspection with my eyes closed though.)
Military helicopters are very resilient, I'll give 'em that.
Aside from hydraulic struts being mostly exposed, most of the other bits are OK. The electronics are in solid metal boxes with really beefy connectors, so that is not too much of an issue either.
It's the engines and the airframe that are the biggest issues. Engines have their own set of issues by themselves and misted saltwater amplifies those issues. The airframe is the worst though. Not only are they subject to normal stresses that cause micro-cracks like every aircraft, corrosion is accelerated due to bad operating conditions. An airframe is not something you would want to fail.
In short, almost all aircraft, military or not, should go through a phased inspection and repair cycle. As you move through the different phases (of which there are usually 4), the inspection gets deeper and more intense. The last phase usually involves tearing down the entire aircraft to its frame to conduct hyper-detailed inspections for cracks and corrosion. (My experience is limited to just private civilian fixed wing and naval military helicopters)
I'll chime in as well and agree with you. The author of that article doesn't seem know what he is writing about. Sure, he is kind of quoting the GAO article (it didn't link correctly for me from the article) but he doesn't quite know the insane amount of maintenance any aircraft go through.
I think my old squadron (HH-60's) only had about 50% of its birds ready at any given time. That was about normal since saltwater is absolute hell on just about anything made of metal. Also Jr. pilots are generally idiots and break things, so that is a thing.
Honestly, I read the GAO report and thought it was fairly normal for a newer piece of equipment.
Use someone else's infrastructure. (It wouldn't surprise me one bit if botnets ran a side hustle generating Reddit accounts to sell later.)
It's quite the opposite in many cases. Their voters have no clue about what is going on in most cases. The only thing they know is what they hear from their politicians on their "news" channels or from memes on Facebook.
Tread yourself the way a protesting vegan treats others.
This is a path, when used correctly, is awesome. For example, while I didn't personally think of it as a huge deal, I had to do this when I went to social gatherings after I quit drinking. It annoyed the fuck out of me to have people bugging me about my abstinence. I hated the 20 questions, the people "joking" about offering me shots, etc.
It was just easier to act like a holy-roller, anti-alchohol fanatic for a bit so they would shut the fuck up about it.
Nobody makes a big deal out of it anymore and the people that still do ask me if I am not drinking anymore are generally the people who actually give a shit about me. (I was a serious alcoholic, no doubt. People did have a valid reason to be concerned.)
You have chosen wisely.
When a cham is posing like that, all bad-ass and such, giving it scritches will immediately deflate its ego. That is, if it doesn't try to bite your finger off first. If you make it past the bitey part, you will never see something else deflate so quick into a state of embarrassment. Complete ego destruction, as it were.
Budweiser has always been a crappy water-beer. That is kind of its selling point.
You have likely never met a Veiled Chameleon in it's natural state on its own turf, my friend.
Those spiders are cute though. However, nothing beats having a reptile staring you down while plotting the most horrifying way it can murder you.
Time to buy a chameleon.
I would love to get it, but I am getting hounded two or three times a weekend by door-to-door solar salespeople.
It's always the same shit routine they pull about saying they are just passing the word about some change the power company just did or something. They supposedly just want to give a "consultation" about what that means and they are not trying to sell me anything.
If their blatant trespassing didn't already piss me off, their bullshit faux consultation pitch absolutely does.
The end result? I really don't want anything to do with any solar company, at all. It's a shame, TBH. I really don't want to start shopping for solar in full defense mode like I am about to buy a used car. The sales people in that industry have absolutely fucked it for me.
That reminds me. I have a three part Ring recording of one of those people going into mental meltdown saying that offering me a quote and consultation was not solicitation. It's hysterical.