Bender

WTF? Who are these people?? You should in no way, shape, or form expect anything like that! Anyone with any kind of viewpoint even remotely similar to this needs to be anonymously set on fire. ~Bendy

Apply for a command board? Or who gives a shit? While I don’t know what you’d do at Edwards...probably that. Just get ready to drive 40 minutes to work and back, ~Bendy Edit: or go to Saudi if you like seeing the world and don’t mind being single...or like that flavor of life. Why am I even posting right now? Oh yeah, same reason so always do...check.

Anything is possible...never say never. I did just exactly that...but, it’s not the way the system normally works. Lots of “luck”, timing, and a $&@“ loaf of work the AF didn’t ever deserve, but the people did...and also being kinda awesome. Probably mostly awesome. Everyone is “hand picked” for their DO position. ~Bendy

Look at you guys tossing out things the United States congress could do if they showed up to work and worked together... Cute. Oh, and forget an increased bonus...probably in those "personnel funds" we plan on raising for the wall that Mexico is going to pay for. ~Bendy

That's funny...I always look at the stuff that tries to explain what you actually did. Hmmm...always looking at the parts that "don't matter" (blonde, thin, firm boobs, thigh gap, rich, etc.). I really need to learn how to live. ~Bendy

What strings currently come with it? Bendy

Yet, for some reason, you had started doing exactly that? Bendy

They'll never tell you that.

They don't want you to know. Edit: seriously though, it's STRD + short tours; YG just happens to kinda jive with STRD, ish, a little.

Either way, a barrel dive out of a aileron roll is far from fair. Impressive, yes...fair, no. Bendy

The trick is to spend a few extra minutes after having a few drinks to ensure we use all of the words we intend to make our point. Leaving out words, in general, hurts our credibility. Trust me, I know about these things. ~Bendy

PM Hacker; he found himself a doozey of an FEB...far more complicated than the seemingly straight forward one you describe. One which he navigated about as successfully as one could hope for. He would be a good source of info if he has time. It's funny how much you choose to learn about stuff like that when it happens to you. You're looking for mentorship here, not message board advice. ~Bendy

"Barking" isn't a leadership style...it's the sound a dog makes. It's just being a douche. ~Bendy

One shouldn't "bark" at military personnel either. Save that for the dogs... ~Bendy

The idea of contractors working directly for you is a bit problematic at best. They don't ever work for you; they work for the company that was awarded their contract. They work to meet the requirement set forth in the relevant contract, you know...or not, depending on the particulars. ...and when they don't, it's is a hella ass pain to do much of anything about it. That said, my experiences with contractors has been almost completely positive (I consider myself lucky). Talking to/dealing with doesn't exactly correlate to "oversight". They have their own set of rules and the bad ones can be equally as frustrating as contractors (if not worse). It's good that you can talk to people and express yourself and stuff; it's definitely a good skill. You idea of queep contractors is being executed in a lot of places. It won't be so enjoyable, as the man starts looking to micro-manage the extra sorties that should be generated by their presence. Solving the quality of life issues everyone bitches about is not easy, at least not from where we're at. That said, people bitched about the same shit during the Cold War, and will still bitch about the same stuff 69 years from now when we finally let Kabul cave in. ~Bendy

You might be the new Bender. Bendy

What's a CSS? Bendy

The Mission Support Group Commander? ~Bendy

Apparently. Made him mad too I guess. I don't have a twitter otherwise I would (probably not, definitely not). It was a joke; I don't apologize for jokes. Bendy

LOL Success needs to be redefined. Let's all agree and make it clear to anyone joining the United States Air Force that finishing your commitment, with a Delta follow on assignment is 100% success. If you choose success to be different, that is fvcking fantastic. If you define success as the former, thanks a million and move the fvck on. Talk about having too many generals, when everyone needs to work to be a general. This whole country needs some major fvcking house cleaning. The sooner, the better. Makes me want to get a twitter account, Bendy

Dude, you're so old...you were old when I joined this board as a stupid student and I'm already old. It's like me talking about the model T when the kid is trying to tell me how cool his Tesla is. If you were subjecting yourself to this monster out cluster of a fvck right now, you'd shoot exactly as many people in the head as you had bullets...minus one. As for the PRF... if the strats had gone down the side in lieu of the worthless "stellar pilot" openers, there would be another entire line to talk about your career. Not saying it's right, or that there is more (as using the UCI shit on there at all would make me think there isn't. (No offense) There should be an entire thread on this forum with successful PRFs. Bendy

41 words, oh shIt I'm out. Ain't no one have that kinda time. *Too Long, Didn't Read* ~Bendy

That is highly unacceptable (although surprisingly common). Your safety officer is either lazy, incompetent, misguided, or all of them combined. Pulling that report/presentation is merely a few mouse clicks away... Any descent squadron commander would square that up in seconds... ~Bendy

Staying until 1700 everyday could be an improvement, depending on which base you're at. To your point, I bet they believe warriors need an obstacle course. ...and that, my friend, is what we are/are making motherfvcking warriors. Now recite the Airman's Creed out loud, ~Bendy

Hahaha...at ATL maybe, maybe. ~Bendy