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B-1B's have 2 WSOs......further broken down into OSO (offensive system officer) and DSO (defensive system officer). OSO's primary duty is weapons employment, sniper pod operation, navigation, and timing. The DSO's role is to defend the jet against enemy threats such as SAM's and AI's. However, B-1 WSO's are dual qualified and can fly in either seat.

Def sad day for the community but thankful that they got out alright......

^be careful what you wish for with Cannon

The other thing that you have to decide is if you want to stay at Dyess or come to Ellsworth, my two cents, come to Ellsworth. On-base, from what I have seen is really nice, but I do believe that it is difficult to get on-base housing. It was when I was there, but things may have changed. I rented a house in Hampton Hills right out the main gate and it wasn't too bad. Other apartments to rent are Quail Hallow, not bad places either and close to work, . My advice would be to stay south of the train tracks down by the mall area or over by the zoo type areas. DO NOT rent from Gerard Real Estate!!! Completely ripped me off of a security deposit for stupid BS but wasnt really worth fighting them over. The schoolhouse takes 6mo, give or take a couple of weeks or days, depending on maintenance and cnx'd sorties. Syllabus is 3mo academics and 3mo flying. PM me and I can give you more specifics on syllabus stuff

Almost fell out of my chair on this one

You are ranked based off of everyday events such as tests, simulator sessions (T-6 and T-1), and flights including T-25 sims (this being the big one esp. checkrides and/or end of block rides in the T-25), your flight commander ranking goes in there as well. When I went through I never really saw people "throwing people under the bus" but what I will say is that you can def. tell who in your class is struggling and who is not. Help out those who are. I remember sitting down with a couple of guys and helping them out when they hooked checkrides or even daily rides. Do it for the right reason though! Don't do it to hold it over their head like they owe you, do it because these are guys that you want to see graduate with you and not get rolled back.

When is the next drop night?

Going to their reunion next week in Ft Walton. Ill be sure to post some pictures!

P'cola uses them. Bones...not so much

I don't think that it matters to tell you the truth. There are 3 T-1 FAIPs and 2 T-6 FAIPs in my class. One T-38 guy fresh out of UPT.

12-08 was my class's drop and the EC's that dropped did not give a position. All in all everyone was pleased, most got their first or second choice.

Thanks for the help! My dad keeps trying to pressure me into going through a family friend, but I don't really know if I trust that. Family friends usually try to take advantage of that friendship and do stupid things with money from what I have seen and read. Just wanting to see what some people are using on AD. I started to look into Vanguard last night via their website and I like what I see. Thanks again for all the help!

Just a quick question..... I am a newly pinned 2Lt in flight school now. I have been saving for a bit, but I want to start making my money work for me in a better way since I don't have the time right now to monitor the stock market and trade myself. I can max out a Roth IRA this year if I want to and still have an emergency fund and enough to contribute some to a TSP. My main question is, what is a good financial institution to go through for a Roth IRA? I want to start this soon so that I can get the tax credit for 2011. Any suggestions?

No Koolaid brotha! I am not encouraging ppl with a rated positions to go RPA/UAV by any means. Like I said in previous posts, I think that if you go RPA from the start you will remain in RPAs with no chance of actually flying a plan. In my opinion, you are better off going UAV if you are non-rated out of ROTC/Academy/OTS. I would never pass up a rated slot for a UAV that is why I am sitting in a cockpit for now!

I am the type of person who thinks 20 years ahead of time. I just commissioned and I am starting flight school and I am already planning on what I am going to do after the military if I stay in 20 years. UAVs aren't going anywhere any time soon. I said it is great to start when the technology is new because it gives you an edge on people who get into the field when it is mature. You have seen where it started and how it grew to where it is in the present day. The opportunities that you will have in the civilian world will be great, and in my opinion you will be very marketable to any company dealing with the technology. You will pretty much be able to write your own ticket. With that being said, you may wonder why I did not chose this for myself. It's not that I don't want to do it, I have nothing against UAVs having worked with them for the past 4 years, I just want to experience a cockpit first. Eventually, I do see myself flying from a desk, just not from the get go. I think that this career field is great if you are in the group not selected for a rated slot. While you won't be 50k up in the air, you are still doing something that a small percentage of people do everyday, that in itself is cool to me.