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Nobody is saying this is the end all be all but acting as if your model is the only way to run a program is not gonna move you anywhere but where you are now. Plus temper the experience working with TF Odin with the fact the Army has never done this mission. I'm sure if you guys started running an Assault Aviation Bn it would look like a sh!t show to the Army for years. Somebody could ask the 160th to critique working with CV-22s or HSC-85 and it would probably sound identical to your opinions on Odin. But here's my point on the out right dismissal of using non commissioned aviators or limited duty officers like Warrants.... How many times have people on here complained they were aviators second and just wanted the Air Force to let them be pilots. What if you could have that. What if you could literally never leave squadron level aviation until you were on top of or past 20 years? Would you always fly not like a Jr. Pilot no, but seriously no staff job somewhere at the pentagon, or a flunky joint job at the CAOC just staying in an aviation unit focused on the aviation mission and specializing in particular tasks (IP/Maintain/Safety/Tacops). The other big thing, what if you didn't need 4 years at the zoo to get here. That is how we get to keep people. This dismissal that it only works for the Army because there are no helicopter jobs. Well for one, there are even less UAS jobs available so where are all these highly qual'ed UAS guys gonna go. And that excuse really only passes muster if every pilot that punches out of the AF taking a job at United. Check people's LinkedIn profiles after they leave you, no way they are all pulling airliners despite way more opportunity for it. Think about the different flavor of suck you guys deal with and seriously ask yourself if you didn't have to deal with all that would you be punching at 12, because we can punch at 6 and we don't see the manpower drop off not even from the safety guys that can get OSHA jobs in a heart beat because the track gets them about every certification you could ever want. Also while limited, outside Helo contracting jobs pretty much start at 6 figures, so there is plenty of incentive to run to those when available.

No doubt the fighters have been told to back down if the Ruskies get frisky - they'll be issued a demerit at the UN along with an LOC I wonder if the Turks will put up with shenanigans since this in their backyard ? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Because neck, back, and hearing issues does not make one disabled, even though good 'ol progressive Uncle Sam might say so. One only becomes "disabled" once they accept the label. And if I refuse the label, yet accept the payment, what does that make me? Every dollar that goes toward mandatory VA entitlements is likely to be taken away from military O&M budgets, further straining the force. This is a zero sum game. "PerCapitaInflationAdjustedDefenseSpending" by Johnpseudo - Own work. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PerCapitaInflationAdjustedDefenseSpending.PNG#/media/File:PerCapitaInflationAdjustedDefenseSpending.PNG See that swell in the VA budget? There are a lot of folks in there in the sleep apnea / PTSD check of the month club. Want to do something great for your country? Resist the urge to reach in Uncle Sam's pocket, even when he practically begs you to.

It is waive-able for straight Accession (non-fly). It is a hard DQ for flying with no waiver potential.

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