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Technically I don't know if ADSC is the correct verbiage. The dude is my crew position. He came off AD to us. Somewhere in that transfer he incurred a commitment to the Guard. In a previous post I had mentioned that "if leadership had to make a list.. . . " well they did for our crew position. One drill they brought us in one by one and asked if we would volunteer. We were told if we said no then we needed to separate, that the TAG did not care about our units ability to maintain the magical C rating. I was number 4 on the list. It would have gone to the sixth guy on the list because the five of us ahead of him told leadership if they gave it to us we would bounce. Mind you there are only nine guys qualified to go. I guess they need an instructor to hold the 9mil at the back of the hajis head when they are on approach so he doesn't pull the whole it is Allaha's will The guy I mentioned said he was going to bounce. Except someone did some research and found out he had to go because of some kind of commitment to the guard. I don't know if he palace chased, I had known him on AD so I am pretty sure he had completed his ADSC. That's all I know. It is a crap deal. the guys that get tagged with it, if they go, have three months of Army and advanced beatings. Then they are on the ground for 180, they can be extended, you are in Kabul wondering if Mohamed 1 or Mohamed 2 is going to come in and shoot up the class that day. Oh and you have an AD commander, one of my buddies who did it from another Guard unit, said the CC loved room inspections. So there is that.

Yup. Our TAG is Army. He loves him some Army. The couple of times he has come to our base I think of Buster Bluth "It's Army, mother!" When the task came to our state our leadership told him if we don't get volunteers, we are going to lose a lot of people. As far as ery we call it your LOAC moment. That's when you show to fly, after taking time off from work, they tell you can't because you have not done PT test/flu shot/Green Dot/. Mind you these are local requirements. Best day is when I saw it with one of our best IPs. No PT test no fly. He dropped paperwork that day. The next couple of years should be fun. Forgot to add TAG did not care of we lost people.

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.

Grabby You at PKWA? If so can I get some gouge about employment opportunities?

Just saw this: https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/542725002 Don't wish this on any one. But you could get quite an upgrade. Like shopping for a new car and get anyone you want. Good news for the vet.

Slick C 130 Nav ( current and qualified) looking for deployment opportunities at the end of year. How do I know which units are deploying and their time frame? From what I understand most C130 units are short Navs and need guest help. Thanks