guineapigfury

Honestly, I was worried about this guy. But then he got some feedback, applied it and appears to have a more appropriate attitude. He may have a shot after all. Good luck, justanothercadet, and don't lock your knees when you're standing at attention. A couple of guys at FT did that while I was at Maxwell for OTS. They ended up unconscious with a face full of pavement and got sent home.

No; that would be awesome, if you deserve to wear your rank on your shoulders. SECDEF jumped the chain of command*, not the 1Lt sitting in a hole in Montana. Sounds like a free shot to tell it like it is. *Which is his right.

More than a little late, but if Gravity in 3D is still at your theater and you haven't seen it yet, you should probably fix that.

Everything depends on the execution. If this is done half-assed, like mid term feedback then it just becomes more paperwork to fill out. I say keep this simple. We already do a climate survey every year, roll it into that. Add one or two yes/no questions along the lines of "I'd go to war with him/her" or "My commander should be considered for promotion". If you get a significant percentage of no's, you've got a problem.

I think the primary benefit of being treated like shit is to weed out those who don't really want to be there or can't handle stress. 3 weeks will probably work about as well as 4 for that purpose.

Congrats! What did you get and where to?

I suspect that the 3 year TIG isn't directed at O-4s, but O-6s. Retire as an O-6 and you're a DV for life. Same thing for Chiefs. I think this is a quiet way for Big Blue to incentivize senior personnel to stick around past 20.

I'm an RPA guy and I feel nothing but sadness and pity for the missile dudes. I don't know if there's anything to even say beyond that. At least they get tater tots.

Gearpig wins the thread.

Coincidentally, the other night at work the subject of desertion came up. One of our SNCOs was telling us about some clown who went AWOL for about 30 years before OSI finally tracked him down. This guy is hosed.

I'm currently in an RPA squadron and we were told that pilots with a "core AFSC" other than 11U or 18X were still eligible for the various Force Management programs. So someone like me (2006 11M) could theoretically VSP or be RIF'd. I think that this is unlikely given our grave retention issues in this community, but you never know. Even more mind boggling is that the sensor operators lost their reenlistment bonus, and we already have an impossible time holding on to those guys. My DAFSC was changed to 18X according to vMPF, I think this is just how they do things.

Never went to SOS, glad I got to miss out on the verbal Hot Carl.

FTFY.

So, things ended badly for those who deceived their friends and chain of command. There is a lesson in there somewhere.

This is good advice. Why did the flying go poorly? Is it a stick and rudder problem or are you behind the aircraft? You can learn the required motor skills with practice, especially if you get a little flying in on the side. If you can't mentally keep up, then you've probably correctly assessed that you won't make a good pilot. However, if your issue is just being unable to land (my UPT class lost 2 dudes for this), then also consider the 18x program. You don't have to land the plane, you'll get a decent chance at shooting, and you can be in AFSOC. Whatever you choose, good luck.

Over at Terminal Lance the consensus on the USMC changes is that they are making their people miserable on purpose to drive people out. That should save them some money on severance checks when the drawdown hits.

What a shame, Vance used to have a pretty damn good finance shop.

I've seen it work 135 to 135 (3 times) and 135 to F-15 (twice). 5 out of 5 seemed to be doing fine, but in two the cases one of the spouses either got out or is looking to get out. The other option is for you both to go RPAs, since those are easy to get. As stated earlier, your best bet is to try and go for airframes and locations considered less desirable. Good luck.

I'm deployed with a bunch of guys who have the two piece flightsuit. It's definitely favored over the tan pajamas by the guys who can choose between the two.

Sounds like a great opportunity for jury nullification.

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Enlighten me. What is a "walker"? Is this short for daywalker? I'm always looking to expand my inventory of insults.

Well played.

The goal should be 3 weeks so that aircrew don't automatically go noncurrent.

The real savings aren't in turning Os into Es, but Es into Civs on the support side. All those finance and MSG airmen who can accomplish 100% of their tasks from a computer: turn em into GS-whatevers. 30 years to retirement is perfectly reasonable for clerks, and we can stop paying for GI Bill, TA, PCS costs, etc. As an added bonus, you'll reduce turnover and thus make them more efficient since they'll just repeat the same tasks for a couple decades in a row. Also, if they aren't in uniform I bet we'll find a way to leave them at home for the next fight, saving on deployment costs.