Chicken

I'll be honest.. the first time I ever voted was this election. The reason I voted was because of the shady underhandedness of the left and the whole Biden debate/removal and magical installation of Harris as the candidate. That was the most 3rd world banana republic crap I've ever seen.

I didn't see any posts related to DIC.. but I'm currently paying a SBP which would net a surviving spouse 50% of my retired pay. I just read up on DIC which I'm not sure I even knew existed. From what I stand, DIC will pay $1653.06 to a surviving spouse if the cause of death was a service-connected condition. Previously they were offset, but now a spouse can receive both benefits in full...? I was going to get rid of SBP and use the $400 to put into other term life insurance something else and hope for DIC if it came to that. But it seems like if something (service-connected) were to happen to me my wife could get close to $4600/month with SDB and DIC? Is this correct?

I remember when they talked about retiring the A10 when I was in college..I looked it up on AltaVista.

Heard those years were great.. I was still in nav school however..

Fair. I'll take Sept to Dec 2019 ROE..

If you told me I can go do gunships in Afghanistan tomorrow I would.. and I'd do it for free.

I loved flying on AC130s and deploying. I was miserable until I got into gunships. Nothing in the world compared to a JTAC/Team calling you after the op and thanking you.

You can fire them. Or at least have a hand in it. In 2008 we had our secretary fired. It was called PIP at the time. Performance improvement Process and revolved around helping them improve. If I remember it was a 6 month process with feedback EVERY WEEK. A lot of work and why it never gets done. Most folks are in a job for a year at most then move on to the next thing and don't want to invest in the PIP process. I personally got tired of her giving me wrong info which caused me to show up to meeting late or not all all with the Wing CC over and over. Luckily he knew she was retarded as well.

I excitedly clicked the link to see what my BAH is going to be only to realize I'm retired and it doesn't apply.. so f'ing surreal

Appreciate the advice.. we've only had to claim a few things in the past and it was either fixed of replaced. Super easy.. I imagine this time is different because we are claiming 32 items so far. The origin services were absolute garbage and obviously had no idea how to pack a normal move let alone military. $hit like telling me that they only wrap pictures and TVs in brown paper because "they don't make mirror cartons that large" or asking me for a marker 6 hours into the pack because they forgot one and now we're going to play the guessing game of what is in what box and where it came from so we can properly label it. My personal favorite was the white pillows on the couch (that they completely destroyed) they told me they wouldn't pack those because "the driver will use those to cushion the load in the truck". I $hit you not I wish I was kidding.

We just finished our final PCS and the movers absolutely destroyed our stuff. Horrendous packing that the QA folks came our and submitted letters of warning to the company. Incomplete inventory.. Used toilet brushed packed with clothing. Lost items... absolute clown show. We issued a claim and in the past have had no issues getting things fixed or replaced. This time seems different. They denied a number of items claiming "damage not in transit" when the item was noted as no previous damage and now it's scratched to F. Other items where a shelf that the driver admitted to completely destroying and testing pics of how bad he F'd it up. The company denied that as well saying it wasn't on the inventory. What in the actual F is this clown show? Did something change in the last 10 years where claims are a nightmare now? They F'd up our adjustable bed by ripping the cords out and offered $30 for a Chinese knock off that doesn't even work with our bed and they expect me to do the repairs.. Is there a better way to navigate this? Nobody at JPPSO or anywhere else answers their phone.

All of these people claiming diversity...anywhere...are full of absolute sheet. How many of them are going to demand a black gay female doctor perform their next surgery in the name of diversity. Absolute horseshit.

Sometimes leadership pushes for folks to be allowed to do things. I agree..it's on the crew member ultimately but there is always pressure from somewhere. I remember when ole Bob Otto allowed a NAF CC on his sunset tour a high flight and he ended up smacking the flap on landing. The NAF CC skipped almost all of the requirements and there was pushback from the Sq CC and Group CC which was met with shut up and color.

This fits in at least 3-4 different discussions but as it talks about the attempt on Trump I'll put it here. This has to be a parody right?

For me they deferred a few MH things which were the DNIFing ones. No idea why as they've been documented for years. They also deferred dry eye syndrome thought.. wtf? They still gave me a rating with those being deferred... I assume because I already met the 100%. But how does insomnia just completely drop off the claim?