17D_guy

I got my hands on a couple of other OPR's from my Sq when I had to provide my first set of "OPR bullets". Reading them I was just baffeled that 2 of the biggest DB's in the Sq rated such high praise. One of the dudes put the CC in a druken headlock during the Christmas Holiday party. The other renowned among my Amn for picking up the new enlisted chicks that showed up, and he was married. Mentioned my thoughts/concerns carefully to my CC and he sat me down with his OPR (strat heaven), and we compared and he told me the way to "read". I thought then, and do now: what total horse shit. Anyone seen older reports? Are the ones from the 60/70/80's any better? I will automatically exclude 90's because of Skeletor, and TQM.

Why I started. Got my license stationed at Vandy because the commute (40 min) and gas (~$3.99) Now.. it's the only way to get from A to B.

I didn't know what WIC was until I worked with a... [drumroll] Space guy (exec) who went. Then my wife started talking about going. They announced the call for initial cadre for cyber. I'm too old, and have too much TIS to go. Then I read the book someone on here mentioned about Boyd and learned a whole lot more. I can't believe it doesn't rate higher than SOS DG. Not surprised, just demoralizing.

I'm not a flier so I'm ignorant of the Decs you guys get for stuff. Would this fill in for Air Medals for drone guys? Does it read that way, or is this less of a sorties/missions flown, more accomplishment based sort of thing?

You must have a shit ton of use/lose to burn through If you're getting denied/called back this often.. You cancel your leave when you get called in right? You make them actually deny it, correct? Do you take it up your chain when it's denied repeatedly? Right vs Privilege and all that. Should you just be getting called in you can just do what someone less AF-motivated would do. Go "camping/fishing/hunting" where there's no reception. You're that indispensable the Sq can't go 3 days w/o you?

"The Pentagon is considering awarding a Distinguished Warfare Medal to drone pilots who work on military bases often far removed from the battlefield." https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/post/drone-pilots-to-get-medals/2012/07/09/gJQAF2PhYW_blog.html Well this should help even things up

Been at least one blue on blue, 2 with alcohol in the rider, and another with it in the cage driver. A few just seem like bad luck. That's what I can remember. Can't wait for the safety CBT for SA on a motorcycle. Lot of young guys getting whacked. Pretty sad.

From wiki: I stand by my hair claim. I mean.. just look at it :

I am required to keep this up for my current duty and noticed the same thing. Also noticed that a lot of them were not due to rider fault. There was one that was just.. a doozy. It was marked (U) but don't know if I shoudl replicate here.

Well, that's 2 down, one to go for the death hat trick. Airwolf was only cool beacuse of the hair. FACT.

Here at Offutt they (rent a cops) were telling the contractors coming on they would have to present their safety course cards. That got knocked down by our crusty retirees quickly. I ride with the reflective belt now. Rent a cops said I had to.

Um... good luck?

Yea, sorry I brought it up at this point. Noted for future additions.

I'm waiting for the underground circumcisions to begin. Outlaw Rabbis destorying the body integrity of little boys all over Cologne!

Usually these A-holes have either built themselves a GS job, or have one at a contractor of sorts. We just had a Col retiree here who became a high school teacher. He was a great leader.

https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/28/us-germany-circumcision-idUSBRE85R1F020120628 I'll count drooling as a waiver of rights.

I had to do one of those at my last base where the Comm Sq was in the Ops Group. I thought it was strange since I had been asked to brief the OG CC face-to-face many times as part of our ORI/UCI spin up. Not sure what I strat'd because I PCS'd before they dropped final rankings. I wouldn't have been really competitive anyway lacking "operational mission execution", BAC+, and community involvement the Operators had in buckets. In before the hate - it was an AFSPC base.

That'll never work! *cough https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mincemeat cough*

Foxnews channel is reporting they've found the bodies.

Compare us to just GS and tell me we have "free" healthcare. There's a yearly fee for Tricare now. Are you saying retired folks should after retirement step into the world with a Dec, a atta boy and whatever they stashed in the TSP (which is relatively new)? Are you advocated a graduated system? All I can discern from your Patrick "Do you like Huey Lewis and the News" Bateman responses, is you're for nothing upon retirement. Correct? Still waiting for that HR director/CEO to order me* to execute a deadly mission where kill/capture+torture is a real concern. Or the business that sends me away for a year, with meager stipends to cover the incurred cost during that time. Having known some folks who are civilian employeed and get moved like we do the DoD gets off cheap. Where there is a business literally killing people/things and/or executing a national security/policy mission please let me know. I'll transfer over the TSP to a 401K, stop saluting the flag and throw on the walmart greeter vest as I route cyber bullets in their direction. * By me, I mean you fliers/PJs mostly . Chance of me leading a convoy are slim to none. I can't even volunteer to deploy in current position.

Educate this youngish officer - I always thought additional duty shite, taskers, latest/greatest CBTs, and "projects" as queep. But O/EPRs and Decs as "taking care of your troops." Not that they can't get queepy (wordsmiths who wants "awesome" changed to "amazing").

It's not free, that is all.

Can we put the MAFFS on an F-35 or F-22? C-130's are by far my favorite airframe for all they do.

No, but they did forget to tell the SSgt (me) who was crating their stuff through Greek security. That made for an interesting day.

I was surprised during my USAFE tour that the French and Belgians still care as much as they do. Maybe not the Paris-types, but all the little towns were very reverent to their local monuments and cemetaries. Very humbling.