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Then why open a TFI in little rock next year? And I've heard rumors about opening another TFI in Montana. I wonder who's getting better rumors?

You mean like this guys claim? (Caution it's from infowars) http://www.infowars.com/exclusive-high-level-source-confirms-secret-us-nuclear-warhead-transfer-to-east-coast/h

I was in the last class before they lengthened (sta) SOS to 8 weeks. They said the same stuff then...at least your points 1, 2 and 4. Not arguing with you, just saying the color and vintage of the koolaid at maxwell never changes. Do they still have the gallon jugs of beer at the shopette?

Am I the only one that doesn't care if it gets reported as an ops or mx cnx? Maybe I'm fortunate that my DO is smart and as long as I have a good reason - like V3 ch4 says I can't go without ###, who cares what goes on the daily PowerPoint?

Ricks' article from 2012 was discussed here wasn't it? My tapatalk-fu isn't good enough to search and paste the link. BL: I don't think this guy has anything new to say. Not that I disagree with him, just that it's not news. He'll retire and the machine will move on-what happened to the system after the Minot WG/CC who failed his PT test? Edit: that last post sure makes me sound like part of the problem. I despise the risk averse nature of the current AF. We talk ORM and it results in "ohh, that sounds dangerous. Don't go". It drives me up the wall. In other words, I think Davis and Thom ricks are correct in their assessment but in this case, calling a spade a spade isn't going to fix anything. Catch-22 much?

I love this forum. Y'all think the same way I do-maybe it's a little cynical, but is argue its experience talking: we like the change, therefore it's only a matter of time before someone Fs it up and the fix will be more CBTs.

I'll throw my 2 cents in as well: I got a quote from nbokc when I bought my house last summer and it was competitive and the customer service was first rate. I ended up going with a local credit union whose terms blew away everyone else's. Mostly wanted to add that USAA's mortgage service is terrible. I use them for almost everything else but I won't be getting another mortgage from them. (Had a USAA mortgage on my last house).

Anyone read this one: "American Trophies: How American POWs Were Surrendered to North Korea, China, and Russia by Washington’s ‘Cynical Attitude"? http://freebeacon.com/forgotten-war-forgotten-soldiers/

Yes. Comm says its a high priority trouble ticket that's affecting multiple bases. Sounds like the Chinese are winning to me...

A prayer for the dudes (dudettes?) on board...

Checks.

Jughead - I think we're on the same page as far as the benefits of different types of contributions. My real problem is getting DFAS to take money out of my paycheck and deposit in in TSP. Maybe I'll try making a traditional contribution for next month since I can't seem to get them to let me make a Roth contribution. It would be much easier if I could write a check....but I'm starting to get irritated that I won't be able to contribute as much as I'd like based on the fact that 3 months have passed with zero deposits and it's my understanding that I can't "back date" or otherwise contribute money that has been deposited in my checking account. Thanks again.

This is basically what I'm trying to do. So far my execution has been poor.

Thanks for the responses. Brevity fail on my part, didn't include some pertinent info: Roth IRA is already maxed for the year, looking for more Roth savings due to low taxes this year. I'm a mid-level Capt/no bonus so exceeding CZTE isn't a factor. Would traditional contributions made in a tax free month still be deductible? I understand what you're saying about the margin, and that last $ taxed at 25% would be the point of diminishing returns for traditional contributions. You and I don't care what month that dollar showed up, but will my W2 show the sum of all traditional contributions made this year or only the contributions made in months that aren't tax free? Source? That explains a lot, but I missed that bit of info in all my reading on the TSP website... ETA: Reading comprehension fail. So does this mean I can put money in traditional TSP then when I get home I can put up to $17500 in Roth? Not to exceed a total of $51k for the year? https://www.tsp.gov/planparticipation/eligibility/contributionLimits.shtml $17,500 limit Applies to combined total of traditional and Roth contributions. For members of the uniformed services, it includes all traditional and Roth contributions from taxable basic pay, incentive pay, special pay, and bonus pay, but does not apply to traditional contributions made from tax-exempt pay earned in a combat zone. $51,000 An additional limit imposed on the total amount of all contributions made on behalf of an employee in a calendar year. “All contributions” include employee contributions (tax-deferred, after-tax, and tax-exempt), Agency Automatic (1%) Contributions, and Matching Contributions. But the website says this below the table: If you are a member of the uniformed services, you should know that Roth contributions are subject to the elective deferral limit ($17,500 for 2013 and $17,000 for 2012) even if they are contributed from tax-exempt pay. If you want to contribute tax-exempt pay toward the annual additions limit, you will have to elect traditional contributions for any amount over the elective deferral limit. So now I'm more confused? and FG - I did set up through myPay. Finance here told me that Roth TSP contributions are set up as allotments. But I've been wrong before... Again, thanks for ya'lls help. I'll do some more digging on CZTE pay not being eligible for Roth.

I'm deployed since January, wanting to put money in ROTH TSP while I'm out here then make traditional contributions after I get home (this summer) shooting for the next lower tax bracket (married, mil-mil, she's not deployed). Cliffs notes version of the last few months: Allotment gets rejected, deployed finance office says they don't have anything to do with TSP and I need to talk to DFAS. I call DFAS, press 3 for TSP and get transferred to the TSP thriftline. TSP folks are nice, but not helpful - their answer is to talk to my payroll office. Around and around we go - anyone had similar experience/ideas on how to get it fixed? Only reason I haven't punted on TSP and gone to vanguard is without TSP (or a roth 401k equivalent) offered by your employer, I don't know of any other way to save after tax money that will be tax free when I withdraw it.

It's real tough to get frustrated when people are hooking us up like this - but I'll throw a little grip out anyways: I fly through DIA fairly frequently. Same situation as what you outlined above - some TSA ID checker/line guarders were cool as hell and sent me through the employee line. Next week I (being a reasonably intelligent person) learned from past experience and got in that line again. New ID checker calls me out and sends me to the long line. I don't really mind standing in line but it's nice to get in the shorter one (sts). But I really don't like being called out like that - it looks like I'm trying to scam perks like the D-bag Col mentioned earlier in this thread and I don't want to be that guy. The best part though is when you get to the front of the line to the TSA dude who is actually checking ID's and he says "Why the F didn't you come through that line?>points at the employee line" TSA - America's Finest

This was my attitude when I was a Sq exec. I did it solo and still found time to fly - but it helped that my CC gave me a lot of leeway to streamline the BS. I'm not sure when it became "not kosher to negative reply" because I did it all the time. Granted, I never did that in order to pass on doing something, and I would have had no problem explaining to the Sq/CC, OG, Wg or anyone else who asked why we didn't do XYZ. But if we didn't have anyone who could compete for the Sijan award, we didn't submit one. If we had someone who had a legitimate shot (sts) then we did - and this filtering out of BS allowed us to write better packages (sts) when we did submit one - I'd argue that putting real effort into awards that our guys could win is the better way to "take care of people" than the shotgun approach of submitting everyone for something.

A non-a letter? Those come from billeting. The letter directing partial per diem is in student admin or I think there's an electronic copy in that quasi-FCIF/gradebook thing.

Anyone (pilots) married to a doc? I married my flight doc and we're trying for a joint spouse assignment for her to complete residency while I keep flying. My CC is on board and we've been fortunate to personally meet with my functional. She's been accepted to an AF residency program - but we can't figure out when she has to commit (there's a contract associated with residency that we've been told is different from an ADSC). We're hoping that I'll get an assignment before she has to sign the paperwork because she'll punt on it and punch in 2 years instead of incurring the additional ADSC if we don't get stationed together. Bottom line: If you thought the Med Group was screwed up last time you showed up for some more Motrin, you haven't seen anything yet! It's the most un-military, military organization I've ever seen.