Everything posted by ThreeHoler
- WTF? (**NSFW**)
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Aviano F-16 pilot KIA
https://www.aviano.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123334491 They found his helmet and parachute; people remain hopeful.
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Panetta to Lift Ban on Women in Combat
So are all female sailors on sea duty who get pregnant. Someone has to backfill their position on the ship or the spot goes unfilled (thanks JPME Level 1!!!).
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House buying and investment questions
I wish you the best of luck with USAA. Not many people have had good experiences with their home loan branch. Where in the US is there a seller's market with that kind of competition? (Serious question)
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Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) Q&A
Keep an eye out. Looks like they might let us convert Traditional TSP to Roth TSP.
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Panetta to Lift Ban on Women in Combat
Minor point: "Commensurate." Carry on.
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Gun Talk
The one on the left has an unfair advantage due to her pistol-stabilizing counter-weight system.
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Panetta to Lift Ban on Women in Combat
Because we all know the standards [for women] will be lowered. It's happened before, it will happen again. No, it wouldn't, because there would be training facilities for women that $$$ were spent on and no one is using them.
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Omega X-33 Order
Buying Corvettes. Still not sure how to tell the time though. Maybe I'll check iTunes for an app for that.
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More SARC briefings soon.
Oh, man, you're quite the disciplinarian! Look out, badass comin' through!
- WTF? (**NSFW**)
- Investment showdown -- beyond the Roth, SDP, & TSP
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House buying and investment questions
All your questions have to do with pulling out (sts) retirement money to fund a down payment. Sure, you can do it if you want, but it is not a good idea. Why are you not looking at a VA loan? You don't need a down payment. The funding fee is rather small. There are even places that will pay a large part of your fees just so they can get your business... Don't throw away long term investment money to make a down payment.
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House buying and investment questions
All your questions are very bad ideas.
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Command Pilot Wings & $840/mo Aviator Pay
Correct. If you do not fly for 3 months, you stop accumulating gate months in the 4th month. Sims don't count. The wings are based on 3,000+ hours and >15 years of aviation service. As long as you have a current AO for 15 years of time and 3,000+ hours (or 15 years on AOs and 2,300+ hours with 144+ gate months) then you get the toilet bowl. You get your first set of AOs when you graduate UPT.
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Panetta to Lift Ban on Women in Combat
Because standards in some career fields were never lowered to include women...I guess that Navy chick that ate the back end of a carrier was up to standards until that point, right? I know many badass chicks who can hack it but we all know the standards will be lowered to get women in the door. Which is sad because it takes away from those who deserve to be there.
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Badass of the Week
I have seen Team Hoyt out at several races. They are all inspiring.
- C-17 Lands at Wrong Airport
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Why Can’t the U.S. Military Grow Better Leaders?
This is not wrong.
- WTF? (**NSFW**)
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Air to Air Photos of Military Aircraft
That 747 flying test bed is at the Boeing museum in Seattle.
- KC-46A Candidate Bases Announced
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Promotion and PRF Information
As said before: if you need a BAC+ or MAS to make O-3, you're doing it wrong in the first place. Shut the fuck up Nav. "Leadership and performance in primary job duty." Just ask the pilots I know who are doing great on their AAD but sucking at their primary job how that BAC+/MAS is working out for them. Hint: they're at the bottom of the stack. Perhaps it is a fluke, but from my direct experience writing on people...and talking to Wg/Gp leadership (not their execs)...the AAD only counts if you're already doing your primary job well.
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Promotion and PRF Information
Why pay anything when the AU masters degree is free?
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More SARC briefings soon.
"Half Marathon runner's entry identification (runner number) with 'Big Sexy' as the name" Priceless.