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Just from what I've seen and heard it seems to vary at each level if they'll push every competitive and qualified candidate or someone says while x candidates have a solid chance of being selected.... we're still gonna cut down to number y and if you arent one of the favorites... cyuh! I got shutdown at my sq last year then watched Lts from other sqs snag ENJJPT slots. Made for a slightly salty rest of my deployment. Fortunately, I wasnt in a dry country. In any case, I'm pressing as if im not selected. Board got pushed up this year, who is to say it won't happen again?
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Sure. That's a "holy shit, the rabid tiger escaped it's enclosure and is about to pounce on a 3-year-old kid - shoot it!!" solution to a problem that was avoidable 10 minutes earlier with a simple 360 or a "no circle to 33 with a helo on route 4" mandate. There's lots of blame to pass around. But saying the solution lies in the last 30 seconds of the event is not very realistic.
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Dozens.... ooooo. TX is hardcore. Wi had like 15K and they lost. Come on TX, protest as if your livelihood depended on on. If dozens is all you got, bow out and yield. Otherwise, mobilize that base and take a stand.
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I'm confused on that topic though because the Gp pushes out guidance IAW the Board suspense (never got eyes on anything from the Wg down to the Gp) and down to the Sq but I've never seen anything where the RPA community has its own criteria. That doesn't make sense how we would be held/scored to a different standard than the board would. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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I think this is the 1st firing. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/politics/trump-billy-long-irs-commissioner.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ck8.z44y.Gr0LF8rc5uU0&smid=url-share
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Fuck it. 6 lbs of hamster bones should do the trick. Compact enough too. Ref Theo Vonn.
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Yeah that's the frustrating part what your sq gp and wg think is competitive probably =/= the board's criteria. In our case RPA guys are a dime a dozen so picking arbitrary criteria is how it seems they delineate. In my case 2-4 strat in the sq was based on hours and I had the short stick. I did some poking and still dont know if we'll find out which packages got submitted and definitely dont expect to see the wg strats. Curious how they calculate potential and leadership. Assume that's where you see the outlier low scores get picked up -\_(-_-)_/-
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He didn’t have an ADSC for the LIQ training?
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Yep, figured there was more to the story.
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Bringing it to everyone's attention: ensure your Sq, Gp, and Wg are tracking the boards selection criteria. You can find their criteria if you go on the AF Portal, type in UFT, then hit the first link that brings up the PSDM, scroll down where people are asking questions and read through to find the % breakdown. I believe it's 40% leadership, 30% potential, and 30% aptitude/PCSM scores as they state they are looking for the "whole-person concept." I just found this out the hard way from my Gp stating "he has good stuff but his scores were lower than his competitors." This implied that the Gp doesn't rack and stack, they simply push packages up to the Wg but still put them in some sort of competitive order. This is coming from a guy who has a 93 pilot and 84 pcsm, recently was an LNO and forward deployed from that gig, numerous international and diplomatic ties, first-ever ACE coordination, with 1,000+ flying hours in the RPA community and plenty of combat experience PLUS a 3-star letter of rec and I was still put 3/3 at the Gp. That being said, i am pushing a screenshot of the Board's selection criteria breakdown up to the Wg to ensure they are tracking the % breakdown and not racking/stacking solely off of PCSM like the Gp stated, "the Wg will rack and stack based on PCSM scores like previous years" (incorrect - the % breakdown was the same in last years board as well). If i am not good enough, so be it, it was a miracle to get my package together in 2 months from start to finish anyways. But if i dont get selected solely based on PCSM score, it's my own fault for not taking it into my own hands. Do your due diligence! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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I inprocessed a brand new LM for LAO and opened a training folder after he graduated the FTU. Less than a week later I closed the folder because of, and learned about, TERA. He was on terminal leave less than a week after that. #winning?
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TERA has been active since the "great RIF" from NDAA FY2012 following the "great VSP" in early 2010s. TERA expires EoY FY25. https://www.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2000923562/ https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/495744/tera-program-offers-enlisted-officers-early-retirement/ The authority to utilize TERA until December 31, 2025 is for force-shaping of active military forces by that NDAA by law. Doesn't mean by policy applicants will be approved for TERA.
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Did anyone ever hear the rumor about that FE (I think he was a C141 guy) who flew with a bag monkey bones? In the event of a crash, he was going to yell "how did that monkey get into the cockpit?"
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According to news reports, "Dozens gathered to support Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to block the redistricting vote" https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/protesters-rally-outside-texas-redistricting-031500792.html Out of a state with over 18M registered voters and a voting age population of 22.9M (as of 2024). According to L2 Data, a leading voter analytics firm, 8,133,683 are estimated to be Democrats (46.52%), and 6,601,189 Republican (37.75%) with another 2,750,830 unaffiliated (15.73%). https://ivn.us/posts/are-there-more-democrats-texas-republicans-2025-08-08 Texas is an open partisan primary state, which means citizens do not have to register voters by party affiliation. When voters go to the polls in the primary, they can freely choose between a Republican and a Democratic ballot. I am pretty sure the illegals bump up the Democrat votes! Texas has removed over 1.1M ineligible voters from its voter rolls since 2021!
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Invol Manslaughter charges brought against SP
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This guy has some patience Part II
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Can your wife use the right gas can and start a 2-cycle wacker on a cool day? It takes skill to get that choke just right.
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ATC: "BLUE STREAK 5342, go around immediately, collision warning." What the fuck is so hard about saying that?
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By this point you have to be a clown to believe that the news is accurate, especially when it deals with something as nuanced as Air Force separations. If they applied for Tera and were approved, then after the fact had their approval denied because of their transgenderism, that's bullshit. If they applied for Tera and were denied, and there is not currently a blanket approval process in place for Tera, then they are just what, angry they aren't getting the money? If they waited to apply for Tera until after they found out they were going to be separated due to their transgenderism, then I'm not sure what the issue here is. Tera is a voluntary program meant to incentivize people to leave of their own accord, correct? Waiting until the military decides you will no longer be serving not the intent of the program. Does anybody really believe that the news is going to get that right, or that the transgender people getting kicked out are going to fairly represent that in the media? Seems unlikely.
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So generally TERA has been an option for anyone 15+ YOS for any reason? What is the rate of app approval? I don’t know much about TERA obviously.
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4000+ hours, at least 3,000 of them on NVGs and I never had vertigo. I think the bigger point on the CVR is it sounds like she was struggling and oversaturated. Missing that key call about RWY 33 is key and shame on ATC for a whole host of reasons.
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Your stats are great! I really can’t offer much advice, because it feels like a crapshoot based on my conversations with prior applicants (selects and non-selects). If it makes you feel any better, I’m sitting at a 99 pilot, 68 PCSM (no flying hours and currently deployed so I couldn’t do much about flying hours for this year), 3.4 GPA w/ a MBA. Chose not to pursue ENJJPT because of my lower PCSM and I have no desire to track fighters/bombers. Not sure what my Wing ranking was, but last I heard there were only a couple of applicants from my base, which is shocking because usually there’s 10+. Hopefully it’s a 100 slot year again! Sounds like USAFA Class of ‘26 was given about 110 more pilot slots than Class of ‘25, if there’s any correlation whatsoever.
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For God's sake, if I ever die in a crash, please destroy the damn CVR. Seriously. Almost everyone I know who’s flown with NVGs has experienced vertigo at some point. That kid never saw the RJ and unless I’m completely misreading the CVR transcript, they never even heard ATC clearing the RJ for 33. But sure, let’s go ahead and blame the poor kid who paid the ultimate price instead of the asshat who designed that procedure in the first place. I’m mad
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