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I only drove around to the front once, and that was because I wanted a little extra time to prep.
Had a house on Innerarity Point. Worked with Innerarity Realty, located on Sorrento Rd. just north of the intersection with Gulf Beach/Innerarity. It's run by a bunch of retired Navy guys. They are fair and easy to work with.
I loved it out there. Lived about 2 miles down Innerarity Point Road. You never really have to leave that area around Perdido. Handful of restaurants on the water all around you. Not really touristy, say like Pcola Bch or Gulf Shores. There's a WinnDixie & Publix at the intersection before the bridge to Perdido along with a hardware store. Everything's there. Johnson Bch on Perdido Key is a Nat'l Park, so you get a free pass with a Mil ID. That also helps cut down on crowds. If you have kids, they'll go to Helen-Caro Elementary which is great.
My personal favorite place was Hub Stacey's on Innerarity Point. Live music 3 nights/wk, 50 cent wings & $2 drafts all day, every day.
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Rally,
Disclaimer: My info is dated 10yrs, but at Eielson from '02-'05, I just showed my military ID and got caribou tags free. Fishing license was also given to me at resident's rate. Kept TX residency throughout. Also, to my knowledge, the PFD didn't take effect immediately after switching residency. There was a year or two grace period, so guys stationed there 3yrs only got the PFD once.
Met my wife up there. She switched residency after we left because back then you had to keep a dwelling of some sort or show intent to return annually. Again, dated info.
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Not to diverge from the thread, but it's my understanding AFSOAWC is soon to be no more. It is supposed to be replaced by a numbered training wing. All the reasons I heard were the standard 'more efficient, better training, more AFSOC FGO, GO leadership opportunities. This was also all said by the gentleman no longer in charge of AFSOAWC, so...
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All's quiet in our corner of AFSOAWC at the moment. If the insuing fallout will hold off for another 30 days so I can peace out...
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For what I've seen deployed, a lot of dudes could care less about the hot/avg/ugliness of females. Didn't matter what they looked like. Every one I saw had at least a 6-9 male human shield chaperoning them around the base.
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Oh this story gets even stranger (cliff notes version below):
"The alleged victim, a 23-year-old Treasury Department employee, testified that Krusinski firmly grabbed her buttocks and said, “Did you like it?”.............The employee, who is transsexual, said Krusinski grabbed her buttocks with both hands, acknowledged that they were both male and said, “It’s OK. You can come home with me.”
Finkle is Einhorn!
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I can't believe people are even considering this. Being born American is like winning the lottery, have some pride and loyalty and get behind the Stars and Stripes. We will never be perfect but we are still the city on a hill.
Noted and shredded.
I'll serve the remainder of my time honorably without fail, pass the torch to the next generation, and then I'll do whatever the hell suits me.
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I love humor.
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God bless Texas.
http://news.yahoo.co...-181856390.html
A comment I liked from the peanut gallery:
"When I carry a gun, I don’t do so because I am looking for a fight, but because I’m looking to be left alone. The gun at my side means that I cannot be forced, only persuaded. I don’t carry it because I’m afraid, but because it enables me to be unafraid. It doesn’t limit the actions of those who would interact with me through reason, only the actions of those who would do so by force. It removes force from the equation…and that’s why carrying a gun is a civilized act."
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Drunk Navy pilot, 23, assaults 3 Disney cast members during Epcot food and wine festival
If the Navy had adopted the AETC Form 29B, this wouldn't have happened.
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Gearpig's questions: Short answer = 2 with afnav's perspective.
After I give 20-30yrs active duty, all I want to do is open up a beach bar & grill, dive shop, or something of the like. My dollar will go further, and the bureaucracy will be considerably less. The places I'll spend time between are a different standard of living than here, the codes and regulations aren't as stringent in regards to infrastructure and enterprise, but I'm willing to trade that for simplicity and not having 69 hands in my pot. For my purposes, it's a no-brainer.
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My wife is Thai, so I'll have a house there. I'll split my time between Thailand, Palau, and visiting family/friends in Texas.
Spent 7 months in Palau. It's the only country the U.S. has a compact of free association with. We can go there for 1 year no questions asked, and their citizens can stay here indefinitely and serve in our military. Best kept secret in my opinion.
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Learned I need to go through my 'unit health monitor' to schedule dental. 5 days after email request to said individual, no results. Attempts to catch said individual in designated place of work futile. However, I am free to call flt med on my own like a big kid.
Scheduled PT test with the UPTM, no problems. Friday get an email from FSS saying if I don't schedule a PT test within X days, one will be chosen for me.
Got an email RIP for my next PCS from assignments whose instructions on the email made no sense. Had to make trip to assignments to decode email. "That's just a cookie-cutter email we send out everyone. This is what you actually need to do for orders."
Make it stop.
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13-13's Drop:
B52 x5 B-Dale, x1 Minot
F-15E x3
RC-135 x1 EWO, x1 Nav
U28 Hurlburt
EC-130 x2 EWO
JSTARS
KC-135
AC-130U
Bone x2
AWACS
MC-130 Hurlburt
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13-12s Drop:
F15E x5
RC-135 x4 (3 Ewo, 1 Nav)
B52 x2
U-28 Cannon x2 <--Me ;)
KC-135
AWACS
Bone
AC-130W
C-130 Peoria ANG & Minneapolis AFRES
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13-11 Drop
RC-135 EWO x2
B-52
F-15E x2
JSTARS
MC-130H (Duke Field)
EC-130 Nav
U-28 Cannon
KC-135
AC-130 Nav Cannon
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13-10 Drop
RC-135 EWO x2, NAV x2
C-130 Niagara Falls ANG
B-52 x2
EC-130 NAV, EWO
F-15E x4
U-28 x2
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13-09 Drop:
EC-130
F-15E x2
KC-135
AC-130 Cannon
U-28 x2
E-3
Bone
RC-135 Ewo
HC-130 Elmendorf ANG
C-130 Puerto Rico ANG & Pope AFRES
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should be this friday.
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I've been here since June '12, and I think this is the first U28-less drop.
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13-08 Drop
RC-135 x2 (nav, ewo)
F-15E x3
AC-130 Nav Cannon
B-52 x2
C-130 ANG Savannah
EC-130 x3 (nav x2, ewo)
Bone
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'MERICA. Where we eat yummy birds on Tuesday.
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13-07 Drop:
U-28 x2
HC-130 Patrick Reserves
B-52 B-Dale
EC-130 Ewo
E3 Tinker
B-1B Dyess
KC-135 McConnell
F-15E x2 SJ
C-130 Charlotte ANG
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Return of Friday shirts / patches
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Probably weighing how this could negatively impact ladder climbing ability. Same type of person that sees "Go for it" = "Here's some rope. Go hang yourself."