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I was in those shoes two years ago and am expecting to get my third “sorry, not sorry” notification when I get back from leave. It’s a huge hit to the ego realizing the AF thinks you’re in the bottom 20% but once you get past that it’s actually damn liberating. I don’t know what your aspirations were and if squadron command and greater was one of those, it does suck but there are positives if you remain on AD. No more will you have to worry about an award packet or accepting that next awful job or deployment “because it would look good to your board.” With no incentive of moving up you also have no incentive to work endless office hours or on your days off to make some asinine deadline. Focus on yourself now, take a class or learn something new, take full advantage of hitting the gym during duty hours and spend time with your family outside of those duty hours. Look for jobs that interest you both while on AD and those that may pad your future resume. TL; DR: It sucks, but now that the AF stops caring about your career, you do you.

Sorry to hear that; that was me two years ago, and me again last year. It forced me to make some career choice changes that I hadn’t planned on making for another 4-5 years. But I made the changes, jumped in the reserves and got a sweet civy job. This year my reserve PRF came back with a DP, oh and they didn’t reclaim any of my bonus and I got a big severance check to get out. Getting passed over sucks. But it opens other doors and opportunities. And there are people out here that still want you, need you, and value your contributions.

Well that about sums up our problem right there. Just so much of this perspective these days. That’s what endless war without clear military objective will buy you. Sad to think leaders are just trying to attach patriotism to “it”. Bloody hell we are so ed up, Bendy

WTF? Who are these people?? You should in no way, shape, or form expect anything like that! Anyone with any kind of viewpoint even remotely similar to this needs to be anonymously set on fire. ~Bendy

A yuge “2” on this, and a slight modification if you’d permit me: Don’t let the USAF in any way define your worth as a person. Ever. It’s a f—king job. Period. As much patriotism and pageantry as they try to attach to it...it’s still only a job. Promotion boards are a question on politics, luck, and timing. Two out of three usually required to pass through the gate. There are other jobs available that only have one basic requirement for progression-the date you were hired. I’m not advocating feeling sorry for yourself dude or dudette. The company just told you officially where you’re going. Now it’s time to take that information and move forward. Best of luck.

Late to the discussion but that’s my understanding that if you have approvals all the way up your package can be adjudicated at the O-6 level at AFPC. If any disapprovals it goes to TFB which is advertising 8 weeks to make a decision. I had all approvals except functional for manning despite the fact my AFSC in the Guard is the exact same and I’ll be flying the same airplane at an active duty squadron. I’ve been checking vMPF CMS daily as I hear it’s not uncommon for a decision to be rendered, but the member won’t find out until a week or two later. As far as getting things done in advance to outprocess. I’ve leaned forward to accomplish TAPS and any reversible out-processing actions so that once I get approval I can quick turn out. Good luck to you. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It hurts; it's insulting; it's nothing personal to them, but it is to you. Big Blue simply doesn't care. So you shouldn't anymore. Take care of anyone that works for you, but anyone above you that wants something above and beyond whatever the daily job is, not so much. If you can look at yourself in the mirror and be good with how you performed while you wore the uniform, the fcuk 'em. Be prepared for the system to cast you out immediately and some 'bros' to avoid you. Maybe because they don't know what to say but more likely they now view you as unclean, they made it why didn't you?. Fcuk 'em. Look at some folks who did get promoted during your time and you wondered "Da fuq?" And the same for folks who didn't that you knew were solid officers in the job. You served your country; you stood up and raised your right hand, not many can say that in the big outside world. Have a whisky, rub some dirt on it, then get out and make some bucks in the outside. Sorry.

I think we can all learn how to better communicate better on these forums. Both sides seem a bit hostile from my third party perspective. Let's all help each other out! Cheers. And LNGH: You're young, you have arguable the best AFOQT and PCSM scores that are possible to achieve. I believe while GPA is a factor, you shouldn't have to worry in this case as long as you are able to explain to the board your situation and how you've learned from it (ie: you worked two jobs while a full-time college student). This will speak on your work ethic and diligence, because hey, we all don't have parents that pay for our college and can get 4.0's. Best of luck to ya!

Palace chase approved. 11M, 6 months off UPT ADSC. Here is a picture of the CMS trail: Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

When you load up the tapes, you just have to plug this in first.

I used to do this too, until a wise man told me how any safety report would read if I was involved in it......” MIP 1, Huggy 01........”. So much for privilege and safety anonymity.

Honestly I don’t even know why you guys take the time to discuss this. We’re not any closer to fielding a new airframe than we were 10 years and 1400 posts ago. The Air Force will never make the intelligent move to acquire a light attack platform.

And you know all of this how? Seems like in another thread you’re still very green in the interview process, but I digress... I 100% disagree on the part to not get a Master’s. I, too, had a low undergraduate GPA, but I offset that with a high GPA for my Master’s. You will need the degree later on to promote, so why not go ahead and get it done? If that makes someone “lose focus” during the interview process, then UPT probably wasn’t cut out for them anyway.

Considering I was someone who went through the interview circuit and was successfully picked up by a fighter unit, I’m pretty confident I have a better grasp on the the whole process than you do. When I say that getting a Master’s helps, guess what, it worked for me. Also, I know exactly what UPT is like, and I can say without a doubt it’s far more rigorous than most Master’s degrees. There’s nothing wrong with someone wanting to better themselves or what they can bring to the table. If that calls for getting a Master’s then yeah, let him go get it to offset his low undergrad GPA. He’ll make it work if he wants to interview badly enough.

@Desk Jobs Suck has quite the mouth on him for someone who hasn't even been hired by a unit. I'm sure he'd be a real pleasure to fly with. Probably why no one has given him a slot, considering the only requirement is to fog a mirror.