Leaderboard

The event should start with an early morning PT test.

Hopefully the talk starts with, “2/3 of you will be walking out that door a civilian. TYFYS.”

The Airmen and NCO page is melting down over the new test. So glad I am retired.

Not to crap on anyone but I think preparing a truly competitive package and meeting the needs of the Air Force will probably be what gets you through the door. And further more already being rated makes things super competitive for you already because as a rated officer, you don’t really get put in leadership positions until your what a captain? Most Lt’s in non rated jobs are OIC’s as second Lt’s. Additionally, the way you are selected for this board may be the same way OTS boards go. They could only have a certain number of slots needing to be filled and depending on your board score if you don’t have a good enough board score it may not get you over the threshold to get one of those slots. Example, I’ve seen some packages of people explaining all that they’ve done in their current career field and all the good they’ve done but not really highlight their potential in the new field their trying to get into. So yes there may be an increase in Lt selections, but what careers fields are those Lt’s in, how many of them are rated, how many of them actually led and demonstrated the ability to take on a level of increased responsibility.

Shout out to the Majs who made the board the last few years. Saw months ago there was a Maj in ENJJPT who snagged an A-10 slot. Wonder if they will still be giving those out if we make it.

me calculating odds with 5 years TFCS

Have individuals pass either one of three functional checks: 1) program Havequick II to a network of PRC-152A/163, those in-net pass. No help, no phone a friend. 2) >= pull-ups than SecDef (SecWar) and SecHHS 3) (bonus round, +1 star) build a functional drone operated by G/N/A/J-6 comm complaint standards, then take out someone else's drone with theirs

Did some number crunching today because what else do I have to do for two months? The number of Lt pilot selects doubled from FY23 to FY24 (11-22) then again from FY24 to FY25 (22-46). Total pilots were 70 70 and 100. Lts got 24 of the additional 30 slots while captains only went up by 3 in FY25 (48-51). Also all the CSO selects were Lts. Seems like a trend towards selection of more Lts and perhaps more slots allocated to the younger year groups. I want to say years ago the reg was the 5 years TFCS instead of 8 so perhaps 3-6 years is a sweet spot for "potential" when they score.

Who's Senior Leader Qual'd and have the brass to arrive in that MDS/MWS!?

800 GOFOs? WTactualF...time for a large culling of the herd. Random thoughts: 1. The number of straphangers/peppergrinders that will also travel is going to be stunning. Aide(s), security details, comm teams, CAG directors or equivalants, etc, etc, etc. Pretty big airlift right there. And imagine finance having to deal with this during a government shutdown. Oh, the wailing and gnashing of teeth will be glorious... 2. Spare a thought for the 800 execs/aides/CAG directors, etc who are being mercilessly squeezed right now to find out WTF? Will bros in SECDEF/(SECWAR?) leak and take the risk? Somebody will undoubtedly, whether uniform or civilian. But the hours spent thrashing will also be glorious...pretty sure all business at 4-star places will this 24/7 to cover every possible contingency ("Prep a brief/note cards/talking points on XYZ x 1 million") Think of the wasted electrons... 3. NGB was told to chop GO billets as well. Wonder if the administration will target only certain states?

For sure. I heard stories about some Generals breathing down the UFT Board President's neck (typically an O-6 Rated Officer) to make sure that certain individual(s) make the cut, completely bypassing merit and "whole person concept". But hey, that's the world we live in.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hegseth-orders-hundreds-military-commanders-virginia-unprecedented-meeting

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pentagon-seeks-trump-approval-first-us-military-execution-60-years-fort-hood-mass-shooting Took them long enough.

Not while I was sitting in Almaty, Kazakhstan, no. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

But then they would have gone against a long standing tradition of skipping over a better weapon choice in favor of a Hellfire failing to achieve DWE!