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Good question. I'm going to give the benefit of the doubt and assume mission critical isn't the DTS machine before 1630L on a Friday. Depends on your base and the system. If it's a PMO system, it might actually be out of the hands of the local CS to handle (ex. PEX). If it is within their hands they can create a ticket to load a certain subset of these machines to restart at different times. We have a rolling 3 hr window (or we're supposed to) where all the machines are restarted on base during the week. Again, I have feelers (STS - did I do that right?) in the OG for times when they can't restart/patch/network down and we've worked around it. Again, it takes communication and better communication that "we're Ops and we said you can't turn it off." I'm not assuming you're doing that, but I've seen it personally.. and then I restarted their shit. I'm bombed on valium, so I hope that made sense. As always, your CS is probably severely undermanned and poorly trained. This is fishy as.. something fishy. PM me if you'd like and I can do a little research into your phones and support. I'd need like.. number of phones, types of switches.. technical shit. Your whole beginning is so very aircrew. I'm guessing your Unit CS is a element of like.. 30 people? That sucks. Overall the old phones should still be able to interface with the VoIP system without a problem. Unless.. the CS did something stupid and upgraded to a new carrier (ex. CISCO -> Nortel or vice-versa) and then yes, you're fucked. However, if you are a tenant unit and relatively small you might be able to drop some cash for your own solution at your GSU location. I don't know your finances, but $10K might solve the problem if you've got the phones and the switches now. Please see previous statement of Valium and have a nice day. Did I mention that I loved this. It shall be used at work against my 2Lt.

Wow.. imagine if the any survey the AF did had that type of return. What was the last Climate one... 12%?

1) 100% have been Flight Commanders and supervised other people, which is not the case in ops. I expect that the non-selects for O-4 were not cycled through the Mickey Mouse flight command positions (A/B/C Flt vs DOV, DOT, etc) in their ops squadrons; Uh.. ok. 2) Non-ops have spent their entire careers trying to articulate their value to the broader AF. Everyone has an important role to play, but It is more of a stretch that a FSS 1Lt advances the national interests of the US than the officers in the OG. Every CGOM/CGOQ/CGOY/functional awards package requires them to think about and to justify their operational-to-strategic impact that is assumed away by many operators. Begrudging true. 3) Ops bubbas do not get the same credit for deployed experience. Most non-ops folks have deployed to IZ and Afghan, while many (not all) ops frames supported from bases in other countries. Similar to #2 above, ops records--OPRs & citations--often use MDS-specific language and assume that the reader knows both the mission sets as well as the officer's role in that mission. And.... you're an idiot. 4) Ops communities have trouble weeding out folks due to ADSCs. Non-ops career fields have more weed-out options due to the shorter ADSC. See above. 5) Competing for O-4 from a staff billet. Smaller pool of officers for strats/DPs, but their Sr Raters will probably be FO/GOs. What? Never mind, don't answer.

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From the Cyber folks in the field, or have been in the field - no. But, we're run by AFSPC now. So, who knows, do we have a career Cyber officer in leadership yet? The ESD is being sold in the discussions as a success for "consolidating support" which is.. technically correct. It did consolidate things there. But overall, I think even the MAJCOM's (not AFPSC) are going - "Not worth." vESD couldn't help with local DSN lines. Those are still run out of your CS just like old times. They have 0 ability to work that issue at all. The DSN switch (POTS - Plain Old Telephone Switch) is running the old copper in the ground usually. They're all from the 70's, end of life on support and maintenance and not tied into the network. AF is paying millions for continued support. We're (big AF) attempting to switch to VoIP, but the AF's not doing an enterprise solution. Every base I've been to so far has homegrown their own solution. Just like we did with old networks. It's difficult - my Amn aren't trained as well as they used to be, I've got less of them, and the tech's getting harder and harder to do in tiny shops. That program is a Microsoft product. Run Advertised Programs, right? Consolidated support isn't bad if you do it correctly. If you have the right people and processes it works out fine. Not when some GO is looking to save $$ and thinks that tech is going to replace having an Amn come and fix your print drivers. Google has consolidated support, works for them. Why? It's manned and trained appropriately and isn't looked at as a cost center. The commanders I've had since I commissioned have been very involved with the Ops side of the house. I'd look to your local leadership if you're not seeing, or at least hearing about, a cyber officer once in a while. I'm all over the OG areas I can get into and I take all the calls I get. But.. with the deployment rates I'm sure my number gets lost. But, now the IAO's err.. Cybersecurity Liaison and C4I shops are aware of me. If yours isn't I'd push them to get in touch with the SCO flight commander (Ops Flt) for something that needs working. Speaking of those desk jockeys, we're usually the ones feeling that pain first. This past two weeks we've gotten compliance orders and me and my CC have just stared at them wondering how to break the news to the base about it. We can't without looking like complete incompetent tools. So we look like tools. Then look like even bigger tools when they HHQ changes the due date..3 times. It's been a rough week. For some reason Cyber has.. a triple chain of command? Base CC, MAJCOM/A6, DISA, Network Operations Sq/Center, and finally the 624th/AFCyber. We receive and are required to comply with all these organizations on tasks. Somehow.. the Base CC doesn't know about the MAJCOM taskings. The MAJCOM tracks the 624th taskings, but isn't aware of the separate NOSC taskings. The NOSC gets some of their taskings from the 624th, others are it's own. DISA doesn't give a fuck about anything. Actually as I'm writing this I'm realizing I'm forgetting other orgs.. but I don't care about fixing it. Point made. Anyway, is this split the same on the Ops side?

A general on high cut the funding/manning 50% off the top before it was even formed. (Allegedly Gen Lord, but that's rumor) AF Space decided to do it again after a year.. cause.. sequestration. And technology, which didn't exist and didn't have a project for, would solve the problem. At least that's what I'm told. Isn't the vESD working great for you? Because of it's success we might be able to take more manpower cuts at the bases. Just.. no. I bet you take it home and plug into your home machine as well don't you? You should ask you "Cybersecurity Liaison" about that interpretation. I don't have admin rights, so you're going to have to call the ESD. Wanted to verify before I posted it, and for some reason the actual order probably shouldn't be posted here, so I'm not going to post it. However, for some strange reason this AF article speaks about it from 2 years ago.. now they're just actually enforcing it.. mission be damned. https://www.luke.af.mil/news/story_print.asp?id=123360066 There's a waiver process.. we got a week to do it for the whole base. OG, specifically the TRS, was not happy. I guess Cyber Leaders don't understand most of you zipper suited sun gods don't have set desks that no one else occupies. Or don't care.. either way.

I'll try to keep all the ranting consolidated to this place and answer your questions here. Of course most of the keyboard ninja stuff isn't going to be anywhere you can google it, so it won't be here either. But I'll post what I can and answer any questions you throw my way. Anyone having fun with the change in policy about the USB hard drives?

Well , there it is. Another letter-to-the-editor in AFTimes claiming Mustache March is exclusionary and tying it in with sexual harassment. enjoy this drivel - https://www.airforcetimes.com/story/opinion/2015/03/30/letters-soluri-pope-aaf-accident-mustache-march/70663566/

It's ok, there's some higher rank Space & Cyber Officers that think we can contract out the "no kidding keyboard ninjas" as well and just do base support and be able to grow a Ops culture. I mean, contractors are good at building a sustainment life-cycle for grooming "air-mindedness" leaders right? Works for RPA's, should work for Cyber too. I mean, Snowden was just a fluke and a Cyber-O who's done base support & staff his/her whole career can just waltz into a AOC and be able to advocate for Offensive Cyber capabilities. That's what you pilots do, just stare at the unclass version of your TTP's and then get to a planning process and advocate like competent professionals. There's also the argument that as O's we shouldn't be doing any of the technical stuff and just advise the enlisted 1B4's. I imagine the frustrations the 17#'s in my year group are feeling are a little like what the AAF felt like in the beginning as well. The arguments of finding MAJCOM and Staff jobs for cyber officers as a reason to not move forward (because then who would become a General?) start to grate. We don't need 20 Cyber generals! How many EWO generals, CRO, or other small, highly technical and specialized career-field Generals are there? Build the mission with competent leaders and the culture will grow and sustain itself. Sorry.. ranting again. I think I'm just going to start a Cyber Thread and answer some questions there.

Stupid Guard and their separate network. Come to the glory of AFNET! Anyway, thanks Butters for the lolz. If you do the recovery on the trifold it will load the private key back and there's a way to put it on your card. I'll look around to see if I can find it.

There's actual evidence that trying to avoid and be protected against your "triggers" further perpetuates and reinforces their impact on your life. Turns out acknowledging it and learning how to deal is better. Who knew being a pussy, further perpetuated pussy behavior.

Those photos of Tom Cruise finally come to fruition

$41 for the e-book?

He's really equating the rape from "The Accused" to his ordeal with the Border Patrol. Wow.

Well.. a federal panel of judges have said it. Perhaps he'll take notice?

Soo. yeah. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxXIIMYXFoM

Just displaying only a few threads and not all of them. OSX.. something, and Chrome.

View new content isn't working for me anymore again.

This is probably a given, but Jupiter Ascending is.. bad. This review pretty much says it's the new Battlefield Earth, and is otherwise a good listen/watch -

Was going to say the same about Cyber. Sure, there's the cookie cutter path. But 1 of 4 CC's I've had has done that. The rest were's RAS's, led an engagement team in Afghanistan and the other was just wierd. Also, we've got a lot of 2 time CC's for some reason. I find it interesting the people railing against the exec/school path are those that lack perspective.. the same thing the exec/school path is supposed to teach. Had a Marine O6 that I worked for and we talked briefly about selection. He was infantry, but said he could have easily been selected for Supply. He said, "You can't just have all your shit-hot Officers in Infantry. We need good ones in all the jobs or the whole thing breaks. I got lucky, that's all."

I'll often hear him muttering, "Diet strawberry kiwi shasta. Who drinks that shit in Germany."

Ask Butters

My current group Deputy was on his protocol team. He's like an old War vet and refuses to talk about it.

Probably going to get burned for this but... All the senior officers that I've talked to about their exec time, usually me mockingly, have valued it highly in learning about the way things are at a higher level. It built perspective and a greater understanding for them when going forth. If you don't want to be an exec, I get it. I don't. But, and granted this depends on the O's you're exec'ing for, the time spent with a senior leader can be a very good teaching/learning opportunity. I got to spend some time with USAFE/CC and his exec and/or aide de camp on trips. He would often ask them for their opinions on topics and ways ahead. They talked a lot. That's another way to think about it as well. Some senior O6 on up w/ a hopefully fresh from the line Capt filling him in on what life's like in the Sq's. If it's a good senior O then that's a two way street of information and experience and can be invaluable.

Godspeed good man