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So, I get the letter in the mail last week (while I'm deployed) saying that I owe the gov't money from a PCS that is 4+ years old. Any chance they waited too long to send out this request and I can totally disregard it? Is there a statute of limitations on when they can ask for this money back? I've searched the boards with no luck, and then I tried to search the DFAS website, might as well just asked to be kicked in the nuts for 30 minutes. The getting kicked in the nuts would have been more fun.
Already tried everything I can think of. Would appreciate any help on this matter. Thanks guys.
Edit for spelling--three times. Apparently I really suck at spelling today.
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Aw come on. Two guys in a row? I hate being the grammar Nazi, but if she has no sole, buy her a new pair of shoes. If she has no soul, hammer a wooden stake (not a steak, those are at the DFAC) through her heart.
Edit: NSPlayer got there first. Must be a new sensation for him.
Really DFAC from a flyer? I refuse and still call it a "Chow Hall" Just to piss on the shoes and REMF a little bit more.
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Please people, stop posting about times you failed at being a man/officer.
Stiffler, again, engaging out here is just asking to get shot down. My way of dealing with things out here is to listen to their queep, and then walk away. Without correcting myself. And simply looking at them and deciding how I would answer them if I was able to.
Feel free to show me your man card and tell me how you would have handled the same situation.
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My sq/shirt was soliciting ideas for future "no hat/no salute" areas to be written into the latest edition of the AUAB sup to the 36-29chowmyhog. I sent him a wall of text with my idea of The Way It Should Be. Highlights:
1. CC and BPC (basically everything inside that fence) is a "residential area" and in the residential area it's ALL hat optional/no salute. In addition, crocs and closed toed shoes are authorized, and your PT shirt does not need to be tucked in.
2. If you work in a residential area or are receiving service from there (finance, FSS, etc) you need to be up to full uniform standards (tucked, real shoes, etc).
3. Reflective belt policy should mirror the AFCENT AFI, i.e. reflective belt is not required in the AFPTU since the AFPTU is sufficiently reflective per the AFCENT version of the same pub.
4. Reflective belts should only be required in areas that are accessible to vehicles, and would be optional in areas not normally accessible to vehicles (i.e. walking from your trailer to the shitter).
I think all those are good, common sense (thus NFW they will be accepted) ways to make this base feel more like home (because for a lot of guys like me it IS home more than anywhere stateside) and cut down on some of the stupidity that abounds this place.
Just another reason to hate on this place. In reference to #4 in your above suggestions, I left my building tonight having just been able to put on my PT shirt and shorts before pissing myself and hurried to the caddy. I went straight to the caddy, and then straight back to my room.
To set up the rest of this story, let me tell you that the exit of my dorm room and the entrance to the caddy are all of 4 steps away from each other.
So, upon leaving the caddy, I'm stopped by some jackass with an "Excuse me". He feels the need to ask me if I left my reflective belt in the caddy. I respond a quick and curt "NO" and take another step to my dorm (now only 2 steps away) when I again here "Hey sir" I turn around again and give him a "WTF" look when he points out that my shirt is untucked and how badly I need to correct that. My response, "OK" turn and take another step to the dorm door (now only 1 step away) when he spouts off again "EXCUSE ME" to which my response is the door closing on him and me going back to the room to get my shower stuff, and go back to the caddy again without a reflective belt and with my shirt totally untucked.
Apparently this is the second night in a row that said douchebag has struck. Anyone know who the tool is with the Red reflective belt and the attitude in the CC?
I need to go home. This place really gets worse every day.
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Me too... with a 2x4.
She already got hit with a few sticks from what I can see. And I think they came from the ugly tree.
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CE guy here...never been deployed to the Deid but I've passed through there a few times. All my time has been a little further down range, but some of the same lessons might apply. First off, if all of the lodging is through FSS and they run a KBR MX contract...you're screwed. If CE does the MX in the living compound, read on. Believe it or not, CE usually isn't sitting on their ass if the job is taking forever...they usually don't have the parts for stuff like AC. The options are usually to buy shitty knock offs on the local economy that break in a week or order it through the supply system and it takes 3 months to get it. We found out that sometimes we had a hookup with the mobility guys...a home station CE could buy the part, hand it to a load going downrange via milair, and tell him to make sure it got to Capt XYZ at Balad because his bros were melting in their building. We had about the same success rate as the supply system except that it usually took 2 weeks instead of 3 months.
My bet is that KBR is doing your living compound MX and you're hosed, but you never know. Grab the next CE guy you see and ask who the ops officer is. Give him a ring and see what the deal is...you never know what kind of hook up you can get if you ask the question.
Had a CE guy out here working the other day, and that's the information that we need here.
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Black one isn't in yet, but I'll post it up when it is done. I'm sure some of you have seen me cruising the Deid with this thing on, it's already on its second trip. I'm SHOCKED nobody has said anything to me about it. I also have a pic of my reflective name tag on the Facebook "I hate reflective belts" page.
In other late-breaking butthurt news, apparently a command chief emphasis item is now to be sure people are shaving in their PT UNIFORM.
Further information needed. By shaving in uniform, does thta mean I have to have my shirt ON while I shave? Because if that's the case, tehy better pony up and fix the fucking AC that's been out for 3 weeks in the cadilliac, or fix the other cadilliac that's been "CLOSED FOR MX" for a month with no explination. I'm not walking 10 minutes to the other side of CC for a shower. Hey CE, get off your ass and fix your shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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:beer: :beer: 
Godspeed. Prayers for all involved.
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Here at the 'Deid. After I depleted my ration of 3 beers tonight, we wandered outside to find TIB playing. I'm a big fan of music/performing in general, and I find myself pretty tolerant of acts that aren't the best. But seriously...these guys are NOT good.
I'm glad I never wasted a night back at home to go see these guys.
Glad I work nights and got to miss that freak show.
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In before the lock???
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Would someone please find out who the new OPSEC PM is that just showed up here and tell him/er to quit posting their stupid signs on all the urinals, shitters and CC barracks entry doors. It has to be someone begging for some attention from the higher ups. Or searching for that last EPR/OPR/LOE bullet before they leave.
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Still cannot believe that the "Right Start" briefing at the Deid lasts 3 hours. How much usless information that could be handed to you to read, or even posted on the web is insane.
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"Who needs camouflage when you've got 360* of reflectivity?!?"
Perfect.
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Planning on making a purchase from Stickerjunkie.com while I'm stuck in REMF land. I have the main line figured out. It's simply going to say "IHRB". I need some help with a tagline for underneath it. The bonus....I can mail off stickers to you all if you want some since it will be coming from a free mail site.
Please give me some guidance and I'll pass along some great stickers.
Thanks.
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No, he was getting promoted to Capt and was not planning on going to the Deid, therefore did not bring any whith him, my point was why they have none, but do have over 20 sets of Command Chief rank.
OK, my fault.
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It is also May. What happens in May? Yes, a lot of Air Force Officers, rated and shoes alike, get promoted. Now if anyone came to the Deid and forgot to bring their new rank they would quickly find they have a problem. The BX does not sell Officer rank anywhere on this base, none! However, they do have 22, counted them, 22 sets of Command Chief Master Sergeant rank. The must promote them like crazy out here.
If you're getting promoted to Major and didn't plan ahead on bringing rank with you to the Deid, then you've got bigger problems. I planned ahead and even have uniforms with me out here that are already sewn on with O-4. Guess that proves the old adage. Prior planning prevents piss poor performance.
Not sure what I can say due to OPSEC, lets just say the price of fuel went up due to a foriegn influence, and we aren't willing to pay it.
Without going any further, I'll tell you to watch the NOTAMs for this area of the world. That should give you a clue what's happening.
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Looks like now we know what happened.
Anyone speak Russian and want to translate the end of that?
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Oh, I get it! He's going to fast.
Yes, he was going "too" fast.
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Back on topic. What's the latest out of the land of the REMF's?
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I was 12. Now I have a 10 year old, a 7 year old, and a 2 year old. Does that mean I the current leader?
Only if you have command of the English language...."Does that mean I the current leader?"
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Wow. I was 3. And I now have a 2 year old. Not sure why, but I felt compelled to point that out.
I was ten, and now I have a 5 year old, a 3 year old, and a 14 month old. Just saying.
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Have to say, that he spouses club/association at my current unit isn't worth crap and I'm at an AMC base. My squadron is smaller than my first unit (I used to be on AWACS) and it's much worse. I would gladly trade my current AMC spouses for the ACC spouses that I had at my first unit. That being said, it all depends on the base and the level of commitment. Those we're around now seem to be a bunch of Miss Priss Southern Belles versus the Midwest women that we had at my first base. Just my 2 cents worth.
I do understand the problem with answering a question about why the change in assignment and not opening that can of worms here on this thread, and you were perfectly fine with that. However, everyone else is right on that you'll have to be ready to answer that question when you get to your next base.