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Fucking stop it. This guy can't win. For years dudes have bitched about all of the little paper cut stuff in the AF...including this sign, t-shirts, patches, masters, PME. Well guess what? We have a CSAF who is actually fixing a lot of those irritants. And every time he fixes one, someone like you bitches "well, he shoulda done X, Y, or Z instead." Do you think he cancelled an afternoon of meetings about force shaping to hammer in the sign himself? Or do you think he may simply have mentioned it to someone and it got fixed? Everything isn't an either-or! For fucks sake. The man is trying. Some things are easy fixes. Some are complicated beyond measure. If you can't get behind him, sts, who will you follow?

Somebody please find/replace "manned" with "personed" before I rape everyone I see.

Champ, I agree with your sentiment, and far be it from me to defend the mgmt at 18AF, but I am 90% sure this is a boy-wonder wing commander requirement, and not coming down from on high... Think the wing cc is gonna roll in just anyone to sit for a spell with HIS boss and possibly make him look a fool? No. Hence the screen. And the subsequent garbage in - garbage out dynamic of the whole thing. This is a wing commander problem, not at 18AF problem. Knowing the current command climate, this should surprise no one. Now, if the 18AF expects honest feedback from the general population he has to go to the source, not the sources supervisors or chain of command. (Get the hooks out of your ass, do some battlefield circulation and pull aside a random group of captains - ala Gen Welsh). The fact that DCO is being used to touch as many people from afar as possible (like the new money saving version of "High Flight") should tell you how "important" this is to leadership - as in, it ain't. It's all show. It briefs well. Take note fellas... One day you are going to be leading people. Decide now what your style and legacy will be, and find good and bad examples to pull from. Just remember, perception is reality. Chuck Edit: follow up - also take note of how this "tasker" was pushed down - via the exec chains, circumventing the squadron commanders authority, though they would ultimately be able to nominate dudes up. No decentralized execution. No empowerment. No trust. No "send me your three strongest dudes to come learn a thing or two about leadership and work in some focus groups for a few days." No, instead we get "send up names, OPRs and PT scores so we can screen them and then the wing commander will decide who is going to participate." If the wing is this far in your chili, maybe you don't need squadron commanders, let alone a Group commanders... Small example, but I think it says a lot. Cheers

this year's bonus is called VSP.

We passed the point of "full retard" on PT scores long ago. If you know anything about the 18 AF/CC (oops, I mean future AMC/CC), this shouldn't be a surprise.

Nobody is forcing you to drop a couple bucks on a tip, ya' cheap asshole.

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If it's not a person reporting approval for themselves, I assume the approval hasn't happened. Still waiting for the first person with an ADSC waiver to say they themselves have been approved. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I am sure they will let you know by the end of the month. Be patient. Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!

I'd prefer if he spent his time unfucking VSP, TERA, RIF, and the nuclear enterprise.

same boat as those of us that applied for VSP in the first few minutes and were denied for UPT ADSC causing us to resubmit...it is what it is, sucks but really nothing we can do about it.

Got this dozy in the inbox today: So, in order to participate in a DCO focus group - sitting behind a pc screen, picking boogers and Cheetos - you have to submit your PT scores and last 3 OPRs. I'd assume the point of such an event was for the 18th AF/CC to get some tactical level opinions from his troops - maybe see some small portion of the world through the eyes of those suffering through it, and not a stoplight chart & some PhD level spreadsheet. Instead the Wing has to nominate people then vet them based on strats and PT scores. Absurd.

Big day for VSPs! Mine was approved today. 2002 11M (KC-135 WO) UPT ADSC competes 30th of this month. Current ADSCs for PCS, GI Bill transfer, and TA. Figure I'll owe $2250 for TA. Not sure how the GI Bill benefits will work. I transferred one month to the wife and one month to the kid. Haven't used any of it. I submitted at 0000CST on 6 Feb. App made it to BPO on/about 12 Feb. Sat there since. I'm willing to provide any other info for interested parties. For those trying to PC, my buddy at MacDill flying BBJs just had his approved on the 8th. Said the SMSgt at the AFPC PC office told him that they are set up to process 150 PC apps per year, and they've had 700 since Jan and avg 60 more every week. Also said the SECAF sits down every day and cranks thru 8-10 apps per day for waivers/approvals at her level. Take that for what it's worth. Thanks to everyone here. You kept me sane when the stress was mounting. ATP written next Monday! Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!

I got a $200 satellite dish for $10, a $150 tv mount for $5, and a $69 iPad cover (for the wife, I hate Apple) for $2. Don't dismiss the value of the clearance electronics shelf check. Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!

Belongs in the 'WTF?' thread...

I arrive Friday at 0930. Name tag says HUGGY Name on the side of the jet will say "HUGGY". Short grey hair. Prematurely grey. I'm only 31 years old. Big forehead. Most people call it a fivehead. 5'10", 200#. I will still beat most of you in the PT test... Even with my artificial hip. I'll generally be with Kent Pietsch (performer). Come say hi and join us.

Take an Easter bunny marshmallow (a.k.a. a peep) and smush it down with your hand. Voila, you have a marshmallow in the shape of North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un! For reference, here is the North Korean leader...

^Fraud, waste, and abuse. They "flew" a Global Hawk back and forth over North Dakota for 34.3 hours just to do it. I'm sure it was a riveting time in the MCE, watching a robot fly a pre-planned track to waste hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars. $23,800 per hour is what the AF is advertising these days... that's $816,340 of waste.

Soon it will be FT by correspondence, before you go in residence.

There is no time to think in FT. If you think, you die.

Somewhat fair, but how about a blurb? A word from CSAF in a public forum that he is working on these? Maybe fire a few people. Maybe publicly direct AFPC to stop breaking fucking deadlines. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy we've eliminated blues Monday, we have morale patches and t-shirts back, and that he's making some attempts to make the USAF fun again. However, there are some big rocks out there, and while I get they'll take some time to move, some candor from the top about what he's tried, what the obstacles are, and what we can do to help would be nice.

thank you for repeating this for the 69,000th time in my career. This is precisely why I'll trade my flight suit for an airline uniform. At least there i know my line number and how many people i have between me and being furloughed.

New PSDMs this week huh? Ahh, another broken promise from AFPC. At least they are consistent.