Oh, c'mon. Everyone knows the government has a Stargate and the show is for plausible deniability. Of course the Air Force is involved. ;-)   See 41 other replies

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I agree that those two examples I gave are extremes, but they were made in reply to someone who seemed to be suggesting that those types of character flaws would not exist in a military officer. I brought up Nowak in particular because she was both a high ranking military officer as well as part of a part of a prestigious and highly selective organization (NASA). I felt, and still feel that for Gerard to suggest that the faults of the Colonel in SG:U to be unrealistic are naive.You also seem to be under the impression that I was using Nowak and Hasan as examples of the standard military officer. I've reread my post a couple of times, and can't find where I suggested that. "I am sure if you have spent a little time with them you would figure it out." Been there done that brother. "Let me say to you though that every US Military being is capable of extraordinary things." Yes, just like every human being is capable of extraordinary things. Military personnel are normal human beings with specialized training and discipline. They are not some genetically created group of super beings. And as normal human beings they feel emotional distress as anyone else would. PTSD is a serious problem for many of our vets, and for anyone to suggest military personnel, of any rank, would not feel the effects of this are misguided. Which is what I pointing out with my examples of Nowak and Hasan.Having said that, I tend to believe that being thrown across the known universe to an alien ship, with no known way of getting home, would be a good example of traumatic incident. But that's just me, many of the posts on this board seem to not agree with that assessment.   See 41 other replies

OK. Maj Hasan is exactly the typical US Army officer right? And Capt Lisa Nowak is the standard NASA astronaught. Let us take the out of the ordinary and make it known as the stanard . Every human being is different, just like every officer .Let me say to you though that every US Military being is capable of extraordinary things. I am sure if you have spent a little time with them you would figure it out. This one simple fact was the primary guidlines set forth by SG1. They all had issues, they all had problems. The only difference is that they were solved in much more of a military mindset. Jack nearly always took the service before self route. Carter was dedicated to the science and the amazement. Daniel was dedicated to the history, hell the movie Stargate Described that spent a bit of time stranded on ( I cant even remember the planet its been so long). Universe is a drama. But lets face it, the show has gone into a bit of a troubled world. I even know the process for testing foods. Get some heavy military input, the airforce can tell you that the M4A1 doesnt sound like a chain gun.   See 41 other replies

just letting you know that below each post, to the right of the persons name and a time-stamp is a little reply link that allows you to reply specifically to a comment.   See 41 other replies

the fact that your last name is Bohr, and your comment was about the laws of physics being not set in stone, made your comment great.   See 41 other replies

yes portraying character's as flawed human beings is a waste of time.   See 41 other replies