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Probably because there's a picture of Toro hanging in the ROTC Detachment, with a caption that says: "Hey Cadet, you want to send in a request to fly a fighter?? Go ahead... make my day."

How does a guy wash out of PIT as a minimum 1 tour AF pilot? I’m not a UPT IP but WTF?

Oregon interview invites are being sent out

AMD is trying to have a compnay picnic at the barbecue area by the Bra, and apparently whoever will be manning the grill needs to receive food safety training from the EFSS before we're allowed to do it. I'm rolling my eyes as hard as I can.

Military Aviation — ANG/AFRC — Palace Chase Info

Back on topic: https://warontherocks.com/2018/03/air-force-in-crisis-part-iii-dear-boss-its-all-about-the-culture/

Probably because people were doing full hook turns by staring at their heading bug

Well that cadet got a ride.

Having been a PIT IP, you are totally right. Typically, the guys who volunteered to go to white jets were phenomenal instructors. The guys who were “screwed one way or another” typically were bottom dwellers in their community who no one wanted around.

Take a dude that was marginal in UPT, throw him in a jet as a co-pilot/autopilot monitor for 3 years then ask him to go back and instruct tac form, aerobatics etc that he probably was never real good at in the first place.

“Red solo cup, I fill u up, let’s have a party!!!......oh wait they’re searching us!! Oh well, no more Fs to give.”

B/C the same people we a surprised graduate SUPT return someday, and it's probably the easiest IP upgrade I've ever been apart of.

UofA ROTC? I've always wondered why they don't hang out at our unit more, plenty of back seats usually available. Gotta have a chamber card though.

Reading this makes my nugget hurt and makes me thankful I'm on a stand alone Guard base. Knowing almost every SP by name is great...especially when you leave your ID in the computer. In 17 years on the same base, I have never seen/heard of cars being searched on the way out of base. Hell they cant even write tickets. This just made me all the more pissed off during a recent visit to an AD base. One particular night after a long debrief, I ended up having to play their mickey mouse game of a car search while trying to leave base. They didn't seem impressed with all the red solo cups of jack n' cokes in the van, but didn't fuck with us for them...so that was nice.

Like if you hid TS material on a home computer? Sorry.....couldn't resist.

ARC manning is worse than AD right now and I'm not even talking ART manning. Just manning in general. Why? Mostly the same reasons as our AD counterparts with the added joy of juggling a civilian job that pays more to work less with an ARC job with an AD-esque ops tempo. Lots of AD folks have been using the ANG as a stepping stone to the airlines and once they've gotten comfy on 2 or 3 year FO pay at United or Delta they decide they want to go IRR. Most of our guardsmen who do decide to stay to 20 are pulling the handle right at 20 versus going to 28 years as a Lt Col as many have done in the past. There is no commitment for most of our guardsmen and there is no incentive bonus to stay. Instead, all of the good deals are long gone and we get thrown alternating CENTCOM and PACOM rotations to fill that have a lot of people deploying twice per year in addition to trying to maintain mission ready status at about 1/4 the cost of our AD counterparts.

If I had a nickel every time I saved a student from a murder/suicide....

Don't these upstanding citizens go on to become pro ball players in the NBA? Well, I guess the culture starts somewhere. NFL, NBA... NCAA. Couldn't give two shits about college... or pro... sports.

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