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Sorry man. Never fails, not seeing your name on the right list always stings even if you somewhat expect it. Don’t worry, when you leave the Air Force, whenever that is, none of your friends or family will give a shit what rank you were. Be proud of your service.

Sorry bud. Don't let the Air Force promotion system define your worth as a person or an officer. Take the long weekend and reset. Obviously you'll have some disappointment to work through, but don't stay in that disappointed mindset forever. Again, sorry bud. We're here for you if you need us.

Honestly I don’t even know why you guys take the time to discuss this. We’re not any closer to fielding a new airframe than we were 10 years and 1400 posts ago. The Air Force will never make the intelligent move to acquire a light attack platform.

Palace chase approved. 11M, 6 months off UPT ADSC. Here is a picture of the CMS trail: Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

A yuge “2” on this, and a slight modification if you’d permit me: Don’t let the USAF in any way define your worth as a person. Ever. It’s a f—king job. Period. As much patriotism and pageantry as they try to attach to it...it’s still only a job. Promotion boards are a question on politics, luck, and timing. Two out of three usually required to pass through the gate. There are other jobs available that only have one basic requirement for progression-the date you were hired. I’m not advocating feeling sorry for yourself dude or dudette. The company just told you officially where you’re going. Now it’s time to take that information and move forward. Best of luck.

My guess is the last thing they need going into a long weekend is to set folks up to celebrate or drown themselves in Jack-Daniels-flavored sorrow for four straight unaccountable days. That’s how OPREPs get generated... So Monday at the latest, one way or the other. Chuck

Wasn't it Moseley himself caught up in that, along with Goldfein's older brother Steven, then the 3-star in charge of the warfare center? If you're referring to the Jumbotron deal.

Light Attack in FY20 NDAA Amendments: https://rules.house.gov/bill/116/hr-2500 Amendment 73 with 6 FL Republican sponsors (A-29s here we come): Revised Provides U.S. Special Operations Command procurement authority for Light Attack aircraft in support of the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) Combat Air Advisor (CAA) mission. It also directs the Secretary of the Air Force to obligate, or transfer to USSOCOM, the necessary funds that have been made available for light attack aircraft to procure the required number of aircraft for Air Combat Command’s Air Ground Operations School and AFSOC’s CAA mission

If my CC has it then he has a great poker face. I had assumed good news would come before the long weekend and bad news after but they legitimately might not know anything yet.

My wing king isn’t even letting anyone know until 9 July i have a meeting setup to know my fate (which I already know because I’m BPZ), but he hasn’t let ANYONE below him know. He is taking the public release date a bit too serious IMO

Cha-ching!! 💰

And you know all of this how? Seems like in another thread you’re still very green in the interview process, but I digress... I 100% disagree on the part to not get a Master’s. I, too, had a low undergraduate GPA, but I offset that with a high GPA for my Master’s. You will need the degree later on to promote, so why not go ahead and get it done? If that makes someone “lose focus” during the interview process, then UPT probably wasn’t cut out for them anyway.

All I remember about Schwartz is blues on Monday. As a young dude, I thought Welsh was awesome just for ending that. Who knew that he'd then preside over the most mismanaged and haphazard force shaping in the post-Vietnam era.

your numbers look solid. As far as applying, don't put all your eggs in one basket. When I was applying around, every single chief pilot I spoke with told I should cast a wide net. Take priority in getting in the seat you want prior to location. Cold call squadrons and talk to people. Also don't be a tool. We had a guy stop by not to long ago to visit the squadron. He seem to be more worried interested about office-ring crew dawgs and boomers around instead of figuring out if he would be a good fit. Good luck. Also, I have a list of Chief pilots I contacted while in search of a military home. PM is you want it. My list is mostly heavies but there are some fast movers in there. cheers

@Desk Jobs Suck has quite the mouth on him for someone who hasn't even been hired by a unit. I'm sure he'd be a real pleasure to fly with. Probably why no one has given him a slot, considering the only requirement is to fog a mirror.

Considering I was someone who went through the interview circuit and was successfully picked up by a fighter unit, I’m pretty confident I have a better grasp on the the whole process than you do. When I say that getting a Master’s helps, guess what, it worked for me. Also, I know exactly what UPT is like, and I can say without a doubt it’s far more rigorous than most Master’s degrees. There’s nothing wrong with someone wanting to better themselves or what they can bring to the table. If that calls for getting a Master’s then yeah, let him go get it to offset his low undergrad GPA. He’ll make it work if he wants to interview badly enough.