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http://www.ayotte.senate.gov/?p=video&id=1745

No expert but id say so. Job seeking expenses or expenses required to maintain proficiency in your profession.. That's how I would justify it. Or something like that

Just did taxes in both turbo tax and free H&R Block online from Mil onesource.. was having a discrepancy in my federal refund between the two. I am Civ employed + Guard. On my form 2606, turbotax takes the exact amount of deductions and puts it in 1040 line 24. H&R block, with the same values on form 2606, puts in a value 10% less on form 1040 line 24. Still investigating, but I have no idea wtf HR block is coming up with that number. With Turbo tax, i've traced all the calculations and they are legit. edit - the form 2606 is for non-reimbursed job related expenses. i.e., for being in the guard, travel costs related to commuting > 100 miles to perform duty. Includes airfare, lodging, parking, meals (@ 50%), etc.

Wrong thread. Regardless, all you need the recruiter to do is sign the paperwork and send it up. Also, its typically the recruiter that fills out the assessment of you after the O-6 interview.

People are fuvking stupid.....

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By default, no, but thats what MFRs are for.

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You wear one medal, the red national defense one The shiny corframs. Same shoes you should wear during Blues days. Even if you have the old leather ones with a nice polish, you'll get shit. Just get corframs. Phase 2... only time was at night cuz you will be scheduled until dinner. even then theres always stupid shit to do. Technically you have to march everywhere in at least a detail, which means someone goes to gym with you... or you just walk there yourself.. people did both, its a gray area, direct example of how stupid the OTSMAN is. Towards the end we tried to go to gym instead of PT track for organized PT. Our Flt/CC said it was cool and just write an MFR, but someone along the chain of command pussed out and never made it happen. Do gay stretches for 20 minutes, or hit the weights? Your call. You'll figure this one out. People do this from day 1 and the first inspection may not be for a week or 2. The mattresses aren't bolted down to the bedframes either. Even if you make your bed, you probably didn't do it right. Sleep vs a few demerits? When everyone is using it, it's shitty. People were able to facetime in the common areas of the dorms right next to the routers on the weekends. Ur not supposed to have ur phone for phase1. How you decide not to get caught is up to you. Most brought one. I brought 2 being non-prior and naive. I only wore one pair. They got super dirty at AEF at the end, but I just washed them off in shower and let them dry over night. I tried my second paid and they sucked so I never wore them. It's another inspectable item in your closet, but its easy to get right. NOTE - as someone who never wore boots prior to AMS - my feet got JACKED up. Huge blisters on day 2 of training, raw/bloody skin, and never had time to heal because youre supposed to stay in uniform until bed. I know most boots you dont need to break in, but try to toughen up your heels before you go. You'll be in boots from like 6am til 10pm

It's usually per FY

With a November hire, it'd be pretty difficult to complete all the necessary steps, get commissioned, and get a UPT slot before FY15 ends, especially w/ the backlog of UPT slots. Not impossible, but very very difficult.

I had 1.5 years to apply and interview at guard/reserve units before I was too old. In that 1.5 years, there were close to 8 fighter boards I applied to, with 6 interviews, before being selected. On the heavy side, there were probably an additional 10 boards I could have applied to. Had to do some research -- individual unit websites, calling, emailing, keeping track of POCs, board dates, deadlines, etc. Since you're 22... do the math. A lot of opportunities.

Ahh.. didn't know this existed. Excellent. Open limited hours, but it looks like the right resource. Thanks.

I have a bunch of issued uniform items that I either never used, were the wrong size, etc. Along with about 2 pairs of brand new boots I bought years ago that just don't fit right. I could try to sell them but I dont have the boxes still. Not looking to make a profit, just wanting to get them out of my possession. Obviously dumping them off at my local goodwill is not an option. Are there places it is OK to donate these to, on base?

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BMI and body fat are 2 diff things. So, to answer your question, no, you can fail BMI. I am 5'6 and near 200 lbs. I will always fail BMI. But, if you are over your max allowable weight, they will tape your neck the same time they tape your stomach and do the whole body fat % estimation thing. I honestly never saw the results of mine... and on the last PT test, my neck did not get taped. The whole PT test is such a black box. A few classes (~ year ago?) they sent home about 20 people on day 1. Lots of commanders got extremely pissed, made phone calls, etc. When I went in March, no one got sent home on Day 1, but not sure if anyone failed, either. They did institute some 'within 10% of passing' verbiage into the syllabus, but thats vague too. Within 10% of the points (i.e, 67.5 score)? Or within 10% of the number of counted items (i.e, within 10% of 36 pushups)? Who knows... as you will learn, a lot of stuff at AMS seems to be up to someones discretion.

One 1-page paper and one 2-page paper. They are relatively easy. It's all Tongue an Quill mostly. People failed them for formatting mistakes, not necessarily content. First one was about a country, second one was about your stance on a military issue. Marching all you need to know is basic movements. Forward/halt/column left/right. You'll mess up anyways. The TI's aren't going to get a hard on over your marching abilities, either way they will be in your face for something. I wouldn't prepare for much, except skimming thru the OTSMAN incase you're flight leader (read: not commander) on Day 1 and you have to get your flight to the DFAC or know what dining priority you are and what that means. Took me a few days for that weird crap.

The endless blinking continues!!

AMS is an ironic joke in itself. You learn leadership via powerpoint, yet rarely exercise it. It's a subordinate environment pretty much the entire time, and stuff is spoon fed to you. You are hardly ever able to step out of the box and actually lead. Don't drink the kool-aid. Once the handcuffs are off in Phase 2, actually step up if you're in a leadership position. Your job is to lead those you are responsible for and make changes for the better. It's shitty on purpose, and you have the ability to change it. In week 7, our group staff was more concerned with giving the actual AMS staff reach arounds than doing their job as 'leaders'. Babysitting at it's finest. Literally having group staff walk around the dining hall a week before graduation, harping on stupid shit like tray placement and talking. At times, student leadership was more of a pain than the actual AMS staff. In week 5 or 6, when it started to really heat up... group staff mandated the UOD included the APECs jacket because it MIGHT rain later in the day. They would also enforce policies from back in Phase 1 that weren't applicable in our new phase anymore.... but "werent sure if we are allowed to do that yet... we havent been specifically told its ok yet". That's your future AF leadership....

Graduation was on Wednesday for us. Some family arrived Monday, some arrived Tuesday. Either way, it was retarded, because you could hardly see them. I think Monday we were pretty busy until 4pm, so I guess you could get in your blues and meet them off base. Tuesday they could come for an hour or so for the orientation, but Tuesday was jam packed with dumb activities. We had to be there for awards ceremony, then had about 90-120 mins before showing up to Dining out. Which ended at 10p and we had to be back in dorms by 1145. No staying off base. Long story short, my fam came in at noon the day before graduation, and I didn't get to see them until right before dining out for a few minutes, and then after the graduation ceremony.

For single dudes that lived in the dorms -- would you recommend I bring some of my own furniture (I have a few nice couches, bed, coffee table, dresser /night stand) or use the seemingly old stuff already in there? I thought I've read if you bring your own, housing will move their stuff out to make room

AZ's been doing that for years. I think they only had one that was open to anyone, recently.

Any way to live in housing on base w/ a roommate, instead of the dorms? I thought other UPT bases had unfurnished duplexes as an option if you knew a buddy that wanted to sign up with.

apply apply apply apply apply keep applying until you have a slot that sends you to UPT.

black and white. the only thing i printed was the weekly schedule, and 341s.