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I wasn't sure who it was directed at but I figured it was quality advice for a newbie regardless

You guys are really arguing over which states are better? Lived in CA for 10 years, lived in TX coming up on 2. I hate them both. Sent from my Pixel using Baseops Network Forums mobile app

Clearly Florida is where it's at. All the outdoor goodness, cheap, and none of that fancy book learnin

Depends, can I go down to the local kid shelter and pick out a new cuter one? Does the kid shed? Incidentally today I was upset when a kid owner let his kid piss on my tire while he was walking his kid. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

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I'd sell my wife for $100k

Holy shit if that's not the pot calling the kettle black.

I feel like there's something in here about blaming the victim...

The biggest problem with Texas is all the Californians relocating here!

Results flow through NAF/CCs to WG/CCs. If they aren't reaching out to you then probably through your recruiter. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

My recruiter said he would notify me asap once he gets the results, so I believe it will be via recruiter.

No joy in promotion info through bro channels. Sent from my Pixel using Baseops Network Forums mobile app

Engine upgrade proposal: https://www.defensenews.com/articles/pratt-whitney-pitches-new-f-35-engine-upgrade

I dunno. I know some kick-ass Morales. They live down the street... I kid... edited to note: nsplayer beat me to it by 7 hours.

It's not preferred, but never self disqualify. Just apply, and elevate the great aspects of your package. I wasn't able to apply until I was 28, and got picked up. It happens, and limited units will exercise exception to policy for age, but you wanna get hired asap.

I'm in the same boat. It's 27 really that bad? My afoqt is schedule for July. Wondering if some heavy units in McGuire will take me or if I have a shot at Ft Wayne.

Thanks. I'm looking to apply over the summer. Currently debating about how wide of a net to cast. Not sure it makes sense to apply to units in locations I don't want to live or on the opposite coast. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

AFRC board results should be out by 12 Jun. Next board is 5-6 Sep with paperwork due by 25 Aug. Expect a policy out in Jul/Aug that makes boards every 2 months. New schedule will follow on the Sharepoint. All subject to change. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

I don't think he was talking to you. You haven't been the one running his man-pleaser in all of the relevant threads as of late.

So, here's how this works dude. First you listen. Then you ask questions. Then, a couple years down the road you contribute. (Then, much later, you bitch.) Go back to step 1.

Having lived in California for my first 22 years and Texas for a total of nine (including the last six), I wholeheartedly disagree with this. If you're talking about environmentals and landscape, California wins unless you're into miserably hot and dusty yellow. Austin is a rare exception, but it's more like California because of the culture than the landscape. Now if you're talking about the people, Texas wins hands down unless you like hanging out with a bunch whiny little bitches who don't want you to infringe on their safe space.

You're half right it would cost you at least $100K to sell your wife

If you get outside the metro areas, California is more gun-totin' red state than anything else.

Texas has better morales than a lot of the country. Even trying to compare California to Texas is like taking wood shop from a guy with missing fingers. You just can't do it. California is the more obvious choice to leave this country. Their values are in stark contrast to the rest of the country. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

You mean that time that insurgents holed up in a building originally constructed to serve as a base for the crusade to convert Native Americans to Roman Catholicism only to be summarily slaughtered down to the last man by the Mexican Army? I don't think that makes the point you're trying to make. But if it makes you feel any better, I wholeheartedly support Texas secession and would volunteer my time to put up a 30 foot wall on the Texas-U.S. border beginning the day after the secession. That's one wall construction project I could get behind.

Dude right? If this had happened to a bunch of chicks, SARC/SAPR/JAG/Superman would have been out looking to bash some skulls. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

Obviously not easy enough since the pay hasn't changed in a generation. The bonus to 20 YAS was a good start but the DoD and AF need to address fly pay, you know, the pay you get every month to make your job comparable to non AF flying. I get that nobody wants to say they joined for the money. I joined for the money. I also joined to get a retirement at 20 years. I also love my country but I don't work for free. There is a price where the AF would stop bleeding talent. They are either unable or unwilling to pay for it. Fix the money. Then fix the rest of the stupid stuff.

So an elderly gentleman saw you in uniform and was trying to talk to you about your service but you blew him off? And HE was the rude one?

Money is the easy fix. The other problems causing the exodus are much more engrained in the AF bureaucracy. So if the AF isn't able to accomplish the easy part of the equation, just how in the hell do they expect us to believe they'll fix the more complex issues?

I agree. I have trouble knowing how to respond when people say, "Thank you for your service." It seems like they say it to make themselves feel good while at the same time being completely disinterested in the current wars going on and utterly incapable of holding politicians accountable for years of institutional neglect and a complete lack of a cohesive strategy for the war on terror.

Just interviewed for a nav position in a C-130 unit. What was your favorite class in college and why? What was your least favorite class and why? Where do you see yourself in 10 years? (I failed this question because I was so focused on trying to show the unit that I have a plan in life that will not keep me as a bum and I forgot to mention where the ANG and squadron fit into my plan which was pointed out by the members of the board. ) Why the C-130? What is our mission? What will happen if we do not select you? Do you have a PPL, certifications or flight experience? What is reenacting? (Yeah I am one of those guys who dresses up for history's sake.) Are you sure you don't want to join the Army? How would you describe yourself using only one word? These questions really got me: Why are you not looking at the C-130 units in Louisville, St. Joseph, Nashville and Minneapolis? How do you feel about dying when, not if, the enemy gets that lucky shot? Why didn't you take more math classes in college? (I only took three which were all basic algebra type classes.) The question was followed by the Chief Nav giving me a pencil and paper and quizzing me with about six or seven word problems and basic addition, subtraction stuff. (I kinda freaked out a bit when that happened which probably didn't help me at all.) What did you learn in your Islamic studies classes? Why didn't you try and serve in the military earlier if it is something you want to do? (I am only 24 too!) All I can say is be relaxed, the officers told me to be casual so no suit or anything like that, and be 100% honest, even if the board may not like hearing your answers. They are experts at spotting bs and it helps them realize who you are when you answer honestly. Oh and do not make the mistake of putting loadmasters higher than pilots when talking of cool aircrew jobs or else you will get a good ribbing.

Not hard at all. Inside tip, when writing your cover letter... always mention Rep. Martha McSally and say that she's someone you look up to. She's HUGE in the A-10 world.

Remember the time they lost?

What in the world are you talking about? Can you provide some examples of your personal experience with "whiny little bitches who don't want you to infringe on their safe space?" I ask because I was stationed there for two years in the Army and five years in the Air Force. I went to grad school at UCLA. I have skied every mountain (except June Lake and Northstar), kayaked nearly every river, and surfed from Santa Barbara to San Diego. I have even spend many a fun weekend in San Francois with my wife. I think the single most annoying person I ever ran across in all of that time covering every inch of that state was one D-Bag in Monterrey who was smoking a joint just steps away from a restaurant we ate at. My Texas experiences? Just like California without the outdoor activities I love. You sound like someone from Georgia talking about New York in 1859.

If an elderly person sees you on your phone talking to someone, last time I checked its rude for them or anyone else to interrupt you unless its an emergency. Pretty sure I stated I was on the phone trying to coordinate for my own medical needs. Hell, I could have been talking to your wife and he didn't need to hear the things we talk about. Unless you are going to coordinate for the movement of my records for treatment, I don't see the point in your post at all. Flight medicine issued a referral off base. Why the hell didn't they have me sign a medical release form the same day? After trying to setup my appointment a week later, the off base doctor needed my records and the release form. You try talking to anyone after all that BS on multiple phone conversations. I'm embarrassed by our medical in comparison to my old lady's. My old lady saw me wait 2 hrs for a post operation prescription on base. I guess it never registered to the pharmacy tech I was post op after saying it 5 damn times with a huge bandage on my neck. I had to go off base to have my prescription filled after waiting 2 hours. And you want to take a shot at me trying to coordinate for my medical? If I were you, I would focus more on why your wife is always scrolling through FarmersOnly.com.