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MOAA's thoughts. Heck, I might even join. http://www.moaa.org/factvsfiction/

Thanks for clarifying. Now I feel like an hyper-sensitive little b*tch. I'll get over it.

WTF? I use the screen name "Liquid" so I can speak and listen in an unofficial capacity. Why would I create a sock puppet screen name that described what I did to make a comment I could easily make with my current name? I only post under this name. I will continue to do so until some anonymous coward posts my bio and allows other anonymous haters to attack me professionally. I'll be surprised if congressman posts here again. Have some respect for what makes this forum useful (the fact we don't put our signature block and contact info at the bottom of each post).

Sounds like he ended up winning.

So after reading all of the Force Shaping memos and the matrix (including all of the notes) I am apparently eligible for all VSP/RIF… I am also ineligible for all VSP/RIF. When I asked our Personnel Chief about it she said, "Ummm… I have no idea!" What a mess...

As Danny said, you pick AGR. Just add....not move if you don't want, no non-voluntary 365s, heck no non-vul deployments (unless they start activating us), no masters requirement, no in-correspondence prior to in-residence, etc...

I'm guessing it wasn't implied that Liquid = SpecialOpsTankerPilot, but rather the quote from Liquid regarding having access to a congressman and that what SOTP stated Is a post that rates the response "that's the best you've got?" I think Bendy was just making a funny...and it was. I agree, lets keep the personal attacks to a minimum so we can continue to have access to good information that is being provided here. Sadly, the information I am getting here is more than what is coming through official channels.

*shakes head again at the poorly written prose and example...the mislabeled 12* *also despite deleting his post, believes "AFS" was a typo, and knew what it was and was just being sarcastic* *didn't like people not appreciating his sarcasm* *hangs head* *is going to go sit in the corner of the DFAC and eat dinner alone* Bendy

The 30mm gun on the Jordanian AC-235 is not a roll on system. http://media.defenceindustrydaily.com/images/AIR_CN-235_Gunship_Conversion_Concept_lg.jpg

Spot on. The problem with contractors is the rigidity with which the AF creates their contracts. Sometimes I have a hard time believing contractors save us money. The massive problems created in the UPT world with the constant switches between Dyncorp and L3 should be enough evidence for anyone that contractors cause just as many problems as they solve.

Oh you haven't heard the rumint? Most shoe clerks think pilots just sit around at the squadron bar all week when they aren't flying. The new plan involves having all the rated folks have 'real' jobs instead of additional duties. Instead of voting officer and scheduling, you will be a finance officer and a mission support guru 4 days out of the week. Those ice cream cones won't lick themselves people - get to it! [fyi this is real…]

Interviewed: OCT 2012 Swore In: OCT 2012 Security Paperwork Finished DEC 2012 Top Secret Clearance Approved: MAR 2013 I think this is fairly lucky on my end, 3 months is not typical and I was told in normally takes 6 months to a year. However, do whatever you can do to help speed up the process. Keep hounding them about your paperwork, make sure its not sitting on someones desk waiting to be signed!

Diet and exercise, everything else is just a fad... The fitness program reg is AFI 10-248 (I think), you can download it at the Air Force reg page. I can't access it now due to my hack-filled Belgian ISP, but I was just looking at it today as we were having a similar discussion at work. There are two "failures," and depending on how bad you fail you will be enrolled in two separate programs. I used to administer the weight management program while a commander, and as long as you made progress within the standards (I think it was a pound a week, something like that but don't quote me as I always check the regs when administering them), you were fine. However, it only takes a few failures to make progress to initiate discharge. In my experience the biggest problem with folks, other than those who just didn't care, was they tried a fad diet or some other extreme. It doesn't work, sorry. Adkins and all those have drawbacks, and if you don't exercise you won't make the required progress. The Health and Wellness Center (HAWC) provided all the guidance a person needed, if you can contact them I highly recommend it. I hate to tack this on but I never had anyone survive the weight management program once they started to not make progress standards. Maybe the ding was too much for them, but once they got their first one each and every one of them ended up going out the gate. Unfortunately that included a lot of good people who otherwise had good careers, but the fitness program is no different than any other requirements in the USAF...either you meet them or you get out. That may be brutal but it is a fact of life... Good luck, a positive attitude is the first and foremost requirement for beating this! Cheers! M2

Nobody cares what you talk about on your airline job. You should not be paid to work on your next job while at work on active duty. Do that on your own time. Yeah, yeah, we have transition programs. Do it then too. It is incredible how many people bitch about how hard it is to find the time to knock out AAD/PME/DTS/CBTs/fill in the blank additional duties and how much is distracts from their -1 studies, warfighting focus and professional development, but think it is perfectly fine to surf the net, network and bullshit about their ATP and interview. Make up your ing minds. But make sure you do the job the taxpayer expects you to do first. When I was a Captain and encountered pilots chatting about their airline prep in the pilot office, I would give them a no-notice ground eval to check their systems knowledge and combat readiness. It was amazing how fast that reduced the around time and set the standard that we actually focused on at work. Remember, while you are planning your next career, there are plenty of other people in the squadron that will be there for a long time and could actually benefit from your experience more than hearing the details of how and why you are separating.

Comes back to cost. You want to write a PWS/SOW that is extremely open ended, allowing maximum flexibility with what and how quickly a given contractor has to do something? Knock yourself out, but don't be surprised when the only way you can get the contractor to sign agreeing to that PWS/SOW is to pay them out the ass. Which just happens to be every officer not wearing a flight suit...noted.