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I had a separation date set and deployed less than 6 months from that date. Returned approx 6 weeks later and started terminal within 5 days. 2014 timeframe from CVS so YMMV. No idea on the regs because no one tried to stop me, they just have me weird looks as I simultaneously ran pre-deployment and Air Force outprocessing checklists 🤷♂️
Still valid. I returned from deployment in late May, I’m in TAP this week and starting terminal July 3.-
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The weapons school is getting ready to place an order for WIC custom Breitlings. Tart Ehlers is the POC in the 8 WPS
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Why? What difference does it make if an aggressor is manned or unmanned?
How much do you think it would cost to design and build a supersonic, LO, agile, unmanned airplane with a modern fused air-to-air sensor suite and what would the possible benefit be?
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The benefit is that the Chinese could just steal it from us and not have to develop it on their own. Then we’ll know what they have?-
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Are you trying to take the bonus or are you separating?
I’m separating. If I wanted to take the bonus I’d have looked for the info.
I thought it was interesting the AF doesn’t push the bonus in a targeted way.
No problem to solve here. Just sport bitching.-
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My UPT ADSC expired yesterday. I’ve learned more about the bonus in this thread than from work.
As much as MYPERS spams my inbox about aide and exec jobs, I’m surprised I never got an email with a link to sign up. -
I asked this exact question to my leadership last year after the MAF Roadshow. All the A1K folks would talk about were the “on ramps” but had zero to say about the 80-90% of folks that weren’t going to be HPOs. The AF NEEDS to figure out how to acknowledge the Average Joe or retention will continue to plummet.
Nah, they’ll just further obfuscate who’s in the top 10% like they’ve done by not identifying school selects at the O-4 board. The longer the machine can make people think they’re in the top tier the longer people will try to be in the top tier.
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Interesting thought but are you suggesting shooting AMRAAMs while waiting your turn to get gas while on an OCA sweep or a bomber dropping bombs while in contact? Or is that the pendulum to far?
You think you’re being cute. But thinking along those lines is what we need (and some people are doing) -
Not entirely true. C130 units are getting tagged with Afghan Air Advisor. We sent three people. Our leadership lucked out that they were volunteers, two of them anyway, one had an ADSC so they voluntold him. It's not just a 179. You have to learn Army, so that is another couple of months.
Had leadership had to make a list and start asking -those who said no would have been shown the door. My estimate is we would have lost 20-30% of instructors across each crew position.
I'm in a guard unit.
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You want all deployed aide-de-camp positions to go away? When was the last time you saw one of those filled with a non-vol. I get it. Rage against the machine.
I got non-vol’d to a 6 month exec gig for a GO ~45 days after a PCS. Turns out that’s as soon as they can make you deploy post PCS. I had 2.5 weeks’ notice.
So no, not an aide job but close.
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Errr, I was not the complainant, but the USAF uniform Air Staff guy responding/writing the "fcuk off" letter, hence my familiarity with the genre.
USAF XX May 19XX
Pentagon, Washington, DC 69690
Dear Treehugger,
On behalf of the United States Air Force, let me thank you for bothering us with your complaint about the jet noise you experienced while consulting your chakra (or, more likely, male calf) in the Spongataxdollar National Preserve on Thursday, XX April 19XX.
Upon investigation, the noise was caused by a USAF aircraft; specifically, an F-16. It was part of a mission where four F-16s practice aerial combat against four F-15s in a scenario we call dissimilar aerial combat (DACT). Similar to you wrestling naked with a member of the female gender, our pilots practice against dissimilar aircraft so that they have to learn to react to and defeat an enemy who likely flies a different airplane than our forces.
But, although the culprit in your complaint was an F-16, it was flying against the F-15 who's crew force has become one of the most inclusive communities within our Air Force. In fact, the special "closeness" of one F-15 pilot with his enlisted crew chief has made his unit, er, sts, the pride of the burgeoning LGBT industry. We expect such closeness to only increase in the years ahead.
So rest assured, your United States Air Force stands ready to protect you and your deviant way of life without judging you. We are sure you will do the same for us.
Again, thank you for your interest in national defense.
Sincerely,
Maj Brickhistory, USAF
outside rower, galley 4D971
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I've got my grievances with the HPO/Shiny Penny method of leadership selection we utilize. But there's got to be a difference between the APZ's you guys work with and the ones I do...because the ones I do are awful.
Maj's that can't communicate, can't lead, can't even manage, extremely risk averse and should just dress up in a Blue Falcon costume. Never mind failing training requirements, and still demanding to be "first out the door."
Perhaps I'm just institutionalized since I hit 20 early next year.
Selection bias. We like to bitch about the bro who got passed over who’s a really good/smart:hard working dude and hold that example up as indicative of everyone who got passed over. I know a handful who fit the criteria-shocked that they didn’t make it.
Then there are the retards who suck in the jet and at office work. Those are the ones who should have been passed over, but there’s a delta between the number of tards and the total number who get passed over. Those are the stories that are much more dramatic to complain about. -
I would think the vast majority of WIC grads end up doing IDE in residence.
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I personally know several WIC guys who didn’t get school. One data point: how many WIC grads are in the 57 WG all competing against each other for that push?
I freely admit that I don’t have the comprehensive data to say that 69% do or don’t go in res.-
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Read the instructions for the 4473. You can buy guns essentially as a resident of 2 states-your home if record and where you’re stationed.
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Getting your app to the 99% solution will take 6 months.
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You may be late
My general recommended timeline:
(Times back from when you want to get your first paycheck from an airline)
-Start networking, reading forums, paying attention to peers getting hired, considering a run at the airlines: start of last assignment or two, no less than 3-4 years out
Hit publish on the 50% solution app: > 1 year out.
-Have app polished and refined to the 90% solution: 1 year out.
-Start interview prep in earnest: 1 year out
-Feel fully prepared, app at 99%, suit ready, resume ready: 6-9 months out
-Start “practice” interviews, lock down backup jobs at airlines that aren’t #1 or 2 on your list, regionals: 6 months out
Pile on: Although there are exceptions I’m hearing that the legacies are generally calling 30-90 days out from availability. -
Why destroy a fancy watch in the cockpit?
go get a $20 g shock
I’m on my third $20 timex. You asked about mechanical, but I’m with Hoss for what to wear in the cockpit. -
Can I turn in my GTC and use my AMEX instead?
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http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2018/08/30/woman-claims-united-airlines-paid-her-75-hush-money-after-man-masturbated-next-to-her-for-hours.html
Really? For "hours"?
Sounds... impressive.
That article is depressing. It’s United’s fault that the snowflake wouldn’t do anything proactive to make the guy stop? Instead she waits until he’s done....”hours later”
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Where do you think I stole my username from?
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Granted I'm institutionalized at this point, but I'm still not convinced a separate service is the right move for our domain at this point. There needs to be a lot of figuring out of authorities and everyone's hands in the pie for IT vs. Cyber Ops/Def.
Space has a longer history, and once had their own command. I can't believe I'm writing this, but 468 days until I retire...so my give a cyber-shit is low.
Plus I've had to argue with SSgt's/Lt's about why there's not going to be Cyber-WO's anytime soon, and they're convinced Enlisted Jesus is going to make it happen like OCPs.
Concur with your points about authorities and figuring out how to do it. My concern about separating space goes to your second point about WOs. We have a difficult enough time integrating blue capes across domains. How does separating space enable us to integrate more effectively?
I’m confused about your cyber WO comment. There already are Cyber WOs. http:// https://www.nellis.af.mil/News/Article/1377840/328th-wps-cyber-course-revs-up-weapons-officer-development/ -
Yep I get this too. Super cheap. Just gotta get used to the finicky coverage if you're switching from Verizon or something.
I tried T-mobile. Lasted less than a month. Their coverage sucks. Completely inop on base it Little Rock and not good in other places. -
I wonder if it’ll fit on my truck? Bar art here we come!
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Cool.
How are we going to do this without seriously cutting our current commitments so that there is time on the schedule to prep for this? The current pace is not sustainable if you want to achieve readiness, at least not in the stratical corner of the MAF.
There’s the rub isn’t it? Leadership at the top has spoken and doing more with less means everyone is running for the door to Delta. -
Hypothetically, if you were debt free, kids college funded, decent investment balance with a military retirement, what would be your annual net income number you’d feel comfortable leaving the workforce entirely for just to pursue your hobbies?
Easy to answer after you tell us
-how old you are
-how long you’ll live
-how long your spouse will live
-.mil retirement details (O-5? Years of service?)
-annual expenses in retirement
-expected growth rate on investments
-assumed inflation rate
-any large expenses other than what you mentioned (cars/vacation/new house)
-desire to leave money to your kids
By annual net income do you mean passive from your investments? Or what income will your hobbies generate?
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in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves
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Since I separated I haven't logged in here much, so I'm a bit late to answer your questions but I'll give it a shot.
1. AFRC doesn't quite know what to do with us from a deployment standpoint because of the iron availability issue. For TACC taskings, it's no different than if we had tails. That may not technically be accurate based on crew ratios/etc, but from a line flyer perspective it's the same.
2. Standard AFRC deployment cycles.
3. It depends. Married? Spouse have a job? Where? Do you have a job? Are you commuting to an airline gig? PM me if you want to discuss in more detail.