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Genuinely curious...in what ways? I've just been auto-buying a target date fund and ignoring it, plus a few brokered CDs for the hermit hut fund, so I don't have many interactions with the institution/platform.

Do you have office space behind a door with a cipher lock? Put it back there.

Pile-on: What happened to any CZTE additional contributions that were sitting in the Traditional TSP, tagged as "tax-exempt"?

Zeihan's latest He briefly pulls on the Israel-Ukraine-Russia and the Israel-Saudi-US threads.

Not necessarily the Deid, but yes, with rather appalling frequency. Could not believe the BS tours that were (are still?) being handed to multiple brilliant/fresh graduates in a row. All were jobs which could have been gapped or given to schlubs like me. I won't say much more than that.

Thanks again for the perspective, everyone. I think I'm probably most useful as a flier, and damn right, it's what I joined to do, so there's not much sense in pointless thrash if odds will stay 50/50. Better to be a reliable crewdog than the alternative. I'll check back in with results once all this plays out.

BLUF, I assess that my presentation to the board will be as an as an AC with a P, school boxes checked via correspondence, and a pro forma PRF. That said, I will go get an official vector from leadership. Don't want to get into specifics and dox myself, so long story short I'm probably 14 months from IP qual. That won't make it into my record before the board. Won't be eligible for staff next year because I won't meet time on station requirements to be considered for a move. Was also told not to go to staff without making IP because I would end up in MLR with a weak record. Drilling down to root causes here, there were about 6-9 major career/life decisions I made in the last several years which sent me down this path, so the only person I have to blame is me.

https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/fiscal-dominance-banking-syste-us-deficit-charles-calomiris/ "How the U.S. Government Will Force Banks to Fund the Deficit" This podcast leaves the juicy bits for the premium second hour and I'm not a paying subscriber, so I don't know the specifics, but the propositions in the first hour do track with what's being discussed here. The guest's paper: https://files.stlouisfed.org/files/htdocs/publications/review/2023/06/02/fiscal-dominance-and-the-return-of-zero-interest-bank-reserve-requirements.pdf

Thanks for the information everyone. Your replies constitute more mentorship than I've received in real life over the last four years, which I suppose is telling in and of itself. I'll continue controlling the the stuff I can control, remaining an asset to leadership and the young bucks, and making sure I am prepared for whatever big blue decides to do with me.

@mcbush @StoleIt Been at the current sq/wg for minimal time, so I'll have continuity all the way through boards 1, 2, and the selective continuation board. No skeletons, just a lot of ground left to make up. Not overly concerned with the short term $$, just would like to have the opportunity to retire as an O-5 and leave the door open for O-6 if I decide I want to keep going. Totally understand that is highly aspirational at this point in the game.

Just looking for some advice here. Short background: did some time as a nav before reclassing to pilot in a different MWS, eventually non-vol'd to a non-fly deployment in my first post-UPT ops tour. This added about a year to my upgrade timeline. While deployed, managed to earn a top 3 AEG O-4 strat on an LOE. Returned to home station and was strat'd bottom 50% in the next OPB. Subjectively, I don't think I'm a POS. In garrison I bust my ass off. I am complete with ACSC and Masters will be done next spring. Weak points are zero awards and, due to becoming a pilot, being roughly 7 years behind my peer group in terms of my current MWS experience/crew position upgrades. I have one OPB left before my O-5 board, with an ADSC several years beyond that. Do I have any end game orthogonal pulls left to turn this thing around or do I embrace my lot in life and focus on being a solid pilot and a bro for whatever time I have left?

Are you going about visits wrong? No, I don't think so. Should you cast a wider net? Yes. If you don't ask (in the form of visits/applying), the answer (interview/hiring letter), is always going to be no. Your average hiring board members are juggling civilian work/life, military quals/currency, and day-to-day unit admin on top of finding people to invest in. They're going to go for hard numbers and quals first before looking at your subjective information. I would break this down into things you can and can't control. Things you can control: Your stats and quals (AFOQT, TBAS, PPL) Who you ask for letters of recommendation The units you reach out to Your interviewing and socializing skills I realize that a wider net and a PPL are financially resource-intensive efforts, so I can't make that value judgment for you, but the other aspects don't cost much to practice or develop. Things you can't control: The way units choose to sort through hundreds of applicants The way they notify individuals of non-selection Your age This is a tough path and there are no easy solutions, only tradeoffs. Take a look at how badly you want this, and what you are/are not willing to do to get there.

Saw a Reddit post a few days ago from an American who went from 0 hours to Spirit FO in 4 years. Did it by going to a FAA part-whatever school and then building hours in China by teaching aviation cadets. Supposing a smattering of those cadets end up in PLAAF cockpits, I rather doubt that the fellow realizes he aided and abetted an adversary and contributed to putting American lives in danger.

Open invite to merge this with the "Things to Listen to While Drunk on BO" thread...but here's the equipment angle. Does anyone here have a sweet stereo setup? Thinking about ditching my 2000's era 5.1 stuff and buying some restored vintage equipment for a 2.1 setup. Or, after 10 years and 1500+ hours of jet noise and another 10-20 to go, should I even bother?

Ok my posting skills are weak, couldn't embed the tweet. Here's the link: My favorite strategist's take on the SWA/airline issues writ large