“ but the restrictions on what you are allowed to do or say in uniform aren’t any more strict than private companies would ask of their employees in a public setting. “

There is a LOT of confusion in this thread about servicemember’s legal status under the constitution, what the UCMJ is, etc.

You may not realize this, but when you go into the military, you agree to live by the UCMJ, which has different rules and regulations. Things that are “civil rights violations” are explicitly permitted under UCMJ for certain things. It’s pretty common to have your shit searched as part of an investigation or if you…

Of course you do. And free speech is definitely one of them.

I’ll concede that, the article gives me the impression this is not the case though.

You give up a lot, but not everything. And nor should you roll over if accused falsely.

these weren’t air force issued phones. but having property confinscated while on base is allowed. There is a sign at every gate stating that.

Actually the commander who took action in this instance is an ex fighter guy. There's more and less to this plot than everyone is assuming.

The people that perform these investigations aren’t the best and the brightest.

You're an idiot. Relationships between service personnel are pretty clearly regulated in the military.

You don’t know anything about the group of people you’re lambasting.

Yes, but the events contained within this travesty arent among them. This is a really bad article. so I will try to explain in a nutshell what went on.

Woah woah woah woah woah... many officers are some of the funnest, Chiving, functional-alcoholics you will ever meet!

... there are certainly douchnozzles among us, but we try to “demote from within” in such scenarios.

You have next to no rights when you join the military. Even officers give up rights when they are commissioned. You are property, not a person.

Depends on if it’s an Air Force phone. A lot of active duty personnel are issued phones by the DoD that can access the military’s PKI-access secure websites. When you’re issued one of those phones, you sign an agreement acknowledging that it can be seized at any time and that all content on the phone is the property…

Yay let’s go for nationalism and replace a 40 year old plane with a 60 year old plane !

There was a proposal for a 747 cruise-missile platform:

The F-4 was a dog that did nothing well, the later generations are vastly superior to it the F-15 has an unequaled Combat record over 100 kills by F-15's zero by opponents, incidentally the F-105 was a far better aircraft for strike and interdiction missions, and about as capable in air combat. It also was certainly a…

By 1967 McDonnell Douglass already had the F-15 in development. Having worked both, the Eagle was a VAST improvement over the Phantom. The F-4 engine bay inspection took almost a week. the F-15 could be done in a day.