ChiefSlapahoe

Does include gusts and corrected numbers for mitigation but only info from the TOLD pages, nothing from PERF. Does include PLT speeds and weights for various configurations though. Kevin and their team have been open to suggestions to though. Definitely recommend making suggestions to them to improve the product. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Did the 30 day trial and would definitely recommend we have it as a permanent program. Provides a HUGE amount of SA and helped us quickly reference PLT speeds in flight, not to mention the help it's provided in mission planning for every C-130J variant out there.

My Tapatalk had become unlinked to Baseops so I relinked it and it all works as intended again in case anybody else has the same problem. Thanks DFRESH!

Still hit and miss for me and wasn't able to reply to anything last time I was logged on. Anybody else?

I'm still NMC.

Please! Make it stop!

Generally most people don't look at it / really need it until they're in their fifties or so. Most of the people in this board wouldn't really be interested in that. Would Wounded Warrior program have any referrals? Great question though in my opinion. <br /><br />Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk<br /><br />

I get the notifications about PMs and if someone quotes me but not sure about notifications about a thread you follow. Not really sure what Tapatalk uses as the notification discriminator.

Sounds great on paper but what features would it bring that Tapatalk doesn't already bring?

I think it's only fair I answer your question. I don't know of anything saying GW did either. Mandela freely admitted he regretted targeting civilians when he was on trial and later after prison in his biography. He spent 27 years in prison for it (isn't that what prison is for? rehabilitation?) and instead of coming out more bitter and radicalized, he fought the battle using peaceful negotiations. How many people could you honestly say would be peaceful after 27 years of a brutal prison? His life is a great lesson in the things people are capable of with the right drive and energy that, despite opposing political views and huge mistakes, great things can be accomplished. The fact that he admits his skeletons gives me more respect for him than almost any other politician today because he fought the fight, lost, and still came out asking for forgiveness in the end. If we can't celebrate a person (even though he went to prison for his crimes and fully admits them) performing great deeds then maybe we're just too cynical. To answer your question: I draw the line after evaluating the person and their history. In this case, I don't agree with his socialist tendencies and his targeting of civilians, but I can't ignore his prison time, humility, and the great accomplishments he did after such a complicated life and fully believe his life has better lessons learned than almost any other politician today.

Anything that can improve lives and culture should be celebrated. Hitler, dare I say, did good things too. *Gasp*. I know it's crazy but the autobahn, modern rocketry, innovations to film, and huge medical advances were attributed to him and his reign. RADAR was developed to help combat invasions from Germany. Those things should be celebrated but we don't celebrate Hitler, as a person, because he was bat shit crazy and murdered millions of people. Last thing I'll say and I'm done: by the logic shown, George Washington, and his army, should never been seen as honorable for using tactics the British viewed as terroristic and unconventional. I'm thankful for what President Washington did, just like there are many citizens of South Africa who are thankful for the fight Nelson Mandela fought. Nelson Mandela fought for his people and should be honored for his role in ending brutal apartheid's in South Africa. I don't think he's a saint, but I think he fought against a very brutal system and should be celebrated for helping bring that bull-shit system of government down.

Maybe, but your view is very cynical. In this age of technology, you can look at anybody's life and if it doesn't conform to exactly how you want it to, you can rip them apart for it. By using your logic, Mother Teresa can be viewed as a terrorist, Michael Jordan isn't the greatest because he's an asshole, and Elvis isn't the King because of drug use. Mandela did great things and it's easy to second guess every detail in hindsight. I'm not saying these things shouldn't be scrutinized but good deeds need to be celebrated since they're far and few these days.

Ask Britain how they felt about George Washington and the American Terrorists after the Revolutionary War and you'd probably get a very similar tale. I'm not saying Nelson was a saint but Ghandi wasn't either. I do think he made some very positive impacts on extreme racism occurring in South Africa and choose to look at the positives.

Why not? Anybody who can do great things such as he did deserves our nations respect. It's a symbol of a nation mourning and if we can do it for Tsunami victims, we should definitely do it for a respected and honorable statesman.

36-2903 ACC Sup: 8.4.7. Left Sleeve. A vivid emblem, approximately 3 X 3 inches in size, of the appropriate parent wing, separate operating group, or numbered air force will be worn on the Velcro. Members may wear the Weapons School Patch, USAF Test Pilot School (graduate or instructor) upon completion of the appropriate school. Installation commanders prescribe wear of the U.S. flag on the FDU. If prescribed, implementation will be installation wide. It's stupid but yes, it's allowed if you're ACC.

Could you setup us up to chat. I would love to pick her brain on many subjects.

Thread Revival: Looking for anybody who has done this recently and could share some info on how you enjoyed the program, especially if you have a family that you brought with you. Please PM me as I have a HUGE amount questions that myself and wife are interested in learning about. Thanks!

This is a knee jerk reaction. This would be the equivalent of banning squadron bars, beer, liquor, alcohol swabs, listerine, etc. because someone was stupid enough to get a DUI. You punish the action...severely, not the other people. A few years ago when we were not supposed to use USBs in computer...but everyone just ignored it. Then one day we show up to the squadron and are threatened by the SQ/CC with an Article 15 if you ever put a USB inside a computer ever again. That was the fastest enactment I'd ever seen. You punish the crime severely enough, then people will be afraid enough to ever have to worry about fighting other fights that don't really matter. Our job is to break stuff and kill people, which is not exactly a corporate America type job. People need happy thoughts and distractions and having a photo of your significant other in their swimsuit isn't going to cause sexual assault: the asshole is going to cause it.

No good RUMINT on the O-4 still then huh?

Another thread created for it too but that was locked. Been on here for a while.

I really hope the lurkers on this board who are young and trying to learn a lesson on how to be a good leader takes some notes on these discussions. If you've resorted solely to checkmarks to determine leadership then you are doing your troops a severe injustice. Case in point: You have to rack and stack three dudes based off these metrics alone (simplified yes, but proving a point): - Commission Class Ranking - AAD complete by O-4 Dude 1: - 46/103 - No Dude 2: - Top Half - No Dude 3: - 5/100 - Yes In today's AF structure, Dude 1 and 2 would get passed over for school (and probably promotion) and Dude 3 would be fat, dumb, and happy. Except... Dude 1: General Patton Dude 2: General Eisenhower Dude 3: Some dude who flies for the airlines. The laziest leaders are the ones who solely use a few checkboxes, BMI measurements, and in-res SOS by the second lunar cycle of the fourth equinox to determine who's a leader and who isn't. CC's should know each of their dudes and give them feedback, regularly. And slick, it sounds like your O-6 is a douche but I think it's reasonable to ask your CC to ask what the O-6 expects to see and learn from it. Yes, he/she's in charge but you can sometimes learn more from bad leadership than good.

From the SQ/CC.

Spring cycle options for brand new/existing co-pilots: - 19 RPAs - Possibly a PC-12 or two Edit: Math is hard.

I hate to say it but promotions anywhere in world, civilian included, is about producing results. How you produce those results is a sign of some form of leadership. It might be with an iron fist or a graceful charm but either way results are results. Make your boss look good and you'll look good. So while strats may be relatively new, the idea of producing results has been first and foremost since the dawn of time. I've even seen an OG/CC who wanted to put a certain ADO (always applied for awards for himself and only cared about #1) in a DO position for a deployment but knew the dude was a dick. He wanted a CC there with him to "mentor" him on how to be a better dude. So eventually he will probably get promoted and put in a CC roll and continue the cycle of pain. If I were king for a day, I would make it so that nobody could apply for their own award. They had to be nominated by a supervisor (Flt CC, Chief Pilot/Nav, Chief Tactics Officer, CC, DO, etc.) and the nominees were then selected based off their deeds. It would bring more leadership back to the lower structures and actually employ them to be officers. The SQ leaders would also have to have to strat their dudes, justify why on each one (since the AF will never get rid of strats), and then brief the dude who's OPR is due what their OPR looks like and why. This would actually mean they would have to *gasp* give inputs into their performance (and a chance to make any corrections that need to happen) instead of being surprised on an OPR. The science part would remain (and always will) but the human part would be considered. My 2 cents.

And we're not supposed to write our own OPRs even though every CRO form you sign says you're not allowed to do it...you still do.