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  1. Dumb question on this one--does the color vision test result in a final "overall" score? Or is it each eye, each cone? Just read the waiver guide and the relook memo and didn't see reference there. Thanks.
  2. Going to add one story to Nunya's post. I was doing the guard to reserve (IMA) switch, talking primarily to the reserve recruiter with some minimal interaction with the RIO det. Had the 1288 and memo in to my guard commander in line with the experienced referenced above, and was in the "wait some more mode." One day I tried to log into my .mil webmail and couldn't access and also didn't have access to the AF portal. Something had happened, so I called my guard unit and found out from them looking into my status that I was in the IRR. Apparently I had been separated from the ANG with no unit gain by the AFR. The RIO was able to backdate my association with my IMA unit so no break in participating service, but the whole thing was very strange. Had the backdate not happened I would have had something like a two month break. Had I not called them to ask the question I think I would have cluelessly showed up for Guard drill.
  3. Bringing this thread back rather than posting in the PME and career advice. Just finished the last of the self-paced ACSC courses, just have to register for the last applied class. I see this one is three weeks. Does it differ materially from the others earlier in the program? More or less work? Trying to judge when I should be taking this class around some work/family stuff. Thanks. Looking forward to have the program done and dusted.
  4. Dumb question, but I've gone through vPC-GR and not had much luck finding a straightforward answer. I'm an IMA with no service committments, what would be the process for separating from the ready reserve? When I left active duty I just filled out the form on vMPF self service actions and that was that. Is it this same for reservists? Any limitations for advance notice to separate? For active duty, if I remember correctly, it was no less than 6 months and no more than 12 to establish a separation date. Any other gotchas you all have seen? Thanks much!
  5. Just FYI, I put in a ticket to student services to try to get a list of paper assignments for the balance of the program. Response was to "[r]eview the student handbook to get an overview, but you cannot have access to the material until you are enrolled into the courses." So not all that helpful, given that here I was trying to get a sense of workload down the road in order to plan my life.
  6. I must be missing something on the ACSC blackboard page... can't find which modules require a term paper after the squadron commander interview paper. Are those assignments listed somewhere?
  7. Copy, stay away from the Kool-Aid.
  8. Count the wife and I as two more happy NBoKC customers. Closed within 30 days of our offer being accepted, pretty killer rate, and with Dave Devine had someone who really smoothed the way--we were first time homebuyers. I should also probably add that our realtor and title agent were also super impressed with the folks at NBoKC. We're down in south FL, where there are probably more shenanigans and amateur-hour acts than most real estate markets. It was interesting to hear from the other professionals we were working with (who thankfully were also no-nonsense types) how much they appreciated Dave and his colleagues.
  9. So my guard gig is getting ready to expire due to a unit mission change. I've been hunting for a guard/reserve position close to where I'm living. I've traded emails with the DO of a range ops det, and he's interested in having some IMA support, but currently doesn't have any open positions. He mentioned that he's not really up to speed on getting reserve support. I'm going to get in touch with the IMA coordinator at ARPC (not sure if that's what the position is really called) for this region to see what's what. Have any of you heard of or personally had any success in facilitating the creation of a position, and subsequently filling it? I'm pretty ignorant of the funding side of things--I think I read somewhere that IDTs and AT are funded through ARPC? If I assessed into the reserve could I just work for man-days if the unit was able to come up with that funding somehow? Any input would be appreciated.
  10. Does anyone know generally how long after the ROPMA board meets that results would be released?
  11. I'll pile on some with Mappeby, and provide a little general background, first on management consulting, then a little on finance. If you're interested one of the "baseops.net" equivalents for those industries is a site called wallstreetoasis (dot) com. You have to wade through a lot of crap to get good info, but it's certainly there. So consulting is a pretty broad industry. I'll leave aside engineering, environmental, scientific, and the like and focus on business or commercial firms. Mappleby referenced a few companies called McKinsey, Bain, and Boston Consulting Group. These three together are sometimes referred to as MBB--they're generally considered the top of the heap in the industry. They are primarily known as strategy firms. After that top tier of firms there are a few others that are big names, some do strategy work and others do what is sometimes called implementation consulting, IT consulting, or operational consulting or all of the above. Some examples here would be Booz and Co (not the same as Booz Allen Hamilton--and also not a stand alone firm anymore), Deloitte, PwC, Accenture, AT Kearney, IBM. A lot of big companies also have internal strategy groups that serve much the same function as these types of firms. There are tons of smaller consulting firms out there. Some do strategy work, others are involved in serving financial firms in doing due diligence prior to an investment. As a whole the industry is undergoing a lot of change, with consolidation between the strategy and implementation sides of the business. HBR had an article about that it a few months ago. Those top tier firms generally are structured very much like a pyramid. They recruit heavily from ivy league type colleges for their analysts. Analysts generally stay for a handful of years and move on to another job, or to grad school, or sometimes rarely get promoted to the associate level. Associates are the next layer in the pyramid. Generally these are folks who are recruited out of MBA programs or other grad schools. Competition for associate jobs is intense. Most associates also don't stay longer than a few years. The attraction of consulting is the compensation--associates can start north of 110K with sizeable bonuses--the opportunity to see lots of companies and industries, and having the name of the consulting firm on the resume provides great opportunities for the next job. Downside is a pretty lousy lifestyle: being on the road Mon-Thurs week in and week out. These firms do value a military background, but they also have recruiting practices that are pretty set in stone. Getting in from outside of a campus recruiting system could be tough. The place to start would be finding someone in your network at one of these firms and starting a dialog. I know that PwC and Deloitte also have dedicated military recruiting programs, but I don't know if they're for the consulting arms of those companies or more backoffice roles. You may be able to connect with them at a veteran's career fair like Military MOJO or Hiring our Heroes or the like. There's also something like Deloitte's Core Leadership Program (it'll come up if you google it). Not much else is springing to mind to share. Does all that make sense?
  12. Coming, I left active duty back in 2011 and wrapped up an MBA last year from one of the better programs and have many friends who've gone into financial services and consulting. When you say finance what are you thinking? Like banking, trading, FP&A at a fortune 500, or something else? What's your undergrad? I wouldn't think Cameron Brooks is going to be able to help you much if you want to go the direction of professional services. If you can provide a little more detail I can probably help direct you some--you can take it to PM, but I was thinking about starting a thread for discussing transition out of the Air Force into non-aviation industry, so maybe this can be that thread.
  13. Don't think I've seen this posted elsewhere here. Cool Vietnam era video of Robin Olds and crew. http://youtu.be/qDWevnyRtjc
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