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8 hours ago, Jaded said:
I'm more wondering how VA disability affects your ability to re enter AD.
You’ll have to go back to MEPS and they have to waive any condition that the VA is treating you or compensating you for.
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2 hours ago, Jaded said:
Here's what I don't understand. You can fly in the guard and reserves with very high disability ratings. Would AD be any different?
If you're collecting a VA disability you either have that deducted from your pay, or you waive all of your VA disability for your full pay.
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3 hours ago, Day Man said:
If anyone needs to get out of this, PM me I know the way...
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18 minutes ago, dream big said:
I don’t think this is the case with C-130s; maybe in today’s permissive environment. However, when you’re talking about flying a low level ingress to an airdrop with radar threats you can’t be a tard and get the mission done.
While those that get pushed don’t have to be “great” in the jet; the one thing this community has done well is weeding out those who suck, maybe other AMC communities have a different experience.
By “weeding out the suck” you mean send to different communities in the MAF, yeah, the C-130 community is just as “guilty” as any other community of doing that.
Reference:
http://www.kansas.com/news/business/aviation/article171734662.html
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11 hours ago, ThreeHoler said:
That shitshow should be three separate squadrons.
Reopen Manas.
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On 10/12/2017 at 10:34 PM, Bergman said:
Meh, fuck 'em. If he's pissed enough, maybe they'll kick you out and you'll be happier at the airlines 5 years sooner.
An OG getting butt hurt about something like this, and the fact you're fearful of reprisal, is messed up. Totally believable, but just plain wrong. SMH. We need better O-6s and above.
The good one's got out before O-6 or retired as OG's.
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13 hours ago, Brick said:
KCBM 18-01
KC-135 Scott
This guy used to be my troop at Altus. He was a prior KC-135 Boom, put on MSgt at 10-years, Test Boom at Edwards before even going to OTS. One of the smartest aviators I've ever known. Glad to see he got his wish to go back to tankers. He's a great dude!
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1 minute ago, ihtfp06 said:
The other three don’t, and from what I understand they still prefer to get guys with -38 experience for their T-6 IPs.I know, and knew, plenty of tanker pilots who have taught T-6’s there without ever going through the T-38 track themselves. Preferences and requirements are two separate things.
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39 minutes ago, ihtfp06 said:
No MX officers at UPT bases.I'm pretty sure there are MX Officers at Sheppard since that's where their tech school (AMOC) is.
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50 minutes ago, 17D_guy said:
'Nother 3-star lets a buddy off. Prep yourselves.
WTF is going on?
Different spanks for different ranks. You’re surprised? However since he’s drawing retirement pay, he’s still subject to the code and can be recalled back to AD if another Convening Authority wants to try him. The USMC just recently did that to a retired Gunny over kiddie porn.
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51 minutes ago, ihtfp06 said:
I’m not defending his actions in the least. Just saying there’s about a 0% chance he gets brought up on charges for or convicted for dereliction of duty.
I would say he has a good chance of not having no charges levied against him either, but a 0% chance is not true. That totally depends on how far a senior Convening Authority wants to go with a potential investigation. Also JAG’s are really good at making questionable conduct look like unsavory misconduct.
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5 minutes ago, ihtfp06 said:
Seeing as he’s the Wing/CC and will need to determine who to nominate for IDE, who’s to say he’s not doing this to evaluate their records and select the best candidates? Pretty sure that argument would easily hold up against your Dereliction of Duty charges.Then he would have the burden to show that he’s solely doing it for IDE and not promotion potential. To counter that I’d just find a bunch of Wing Commander’s who would testify for me (the government) saying they are using different criteria to select for promotion, and possibly IDE, to make show that he might have an different motive.
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24 minutes ago, xaarman said:
Allow me to play devils advocate -
There is no rule about being a shitty commander.... the order is both legal and internationally ethical. No Fraud Waste and Abuse is at stake (not counting your time.) What would an IG do with this?
Actually there is a rule about it, it’s Article 92 (3) Dereliction of Duty. You’re either willfully or negligently not performing the duty. Duty can be imposed by a regulation, treaty, statue, lawful order, custom of the service, standard operating procedure, etc. I can then have other Wing Commanders testify that they aren’t having their wings create PRF’s due to the SECAF and CSAF guidance. By doing so I’m proving that he had knowledge of the duty by other people holding similar positions.
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The only IG that's worth a shit is SAF/IG. If IG manpower at the Wing and MAJCOM level were all consolidated to SAF/IG, thus making SAF/IG the only IG that had the power to investigate, Commanders at all levels would collectively shit their pants when there was an allegation filed. They wouldn't have control.
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2 hours ago, Champ Kind said:
Info note:
The link goes to the correct bio, but the link has the name of the previous 317th CC, who was by all rights awesome. Important distinction as it sounds like this guy couldn't be any further from Haji.
Truly a shame. A few short years ago, Dyess was the place to be for a true Herk driver and a true hub of innovation.
With all of the SM platforms out there (JQP, Reddit, various "Mentoring" forums on FB), hopefully this shit policy gets some negative attention because it directly contradicts SECAF and CSAF's guidance in making the boards "100%" in order to give people back their time.
Consider it done.
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With that gap between his teeth he looks more like a used car salesman in central Texas.
http://www.dyess.af.mil/Library/Biographies/Display/Article/830836/colonel-stephen-l-hodge/
A career C-17 guy making dumb shit policies in other AMC MDS’s? Standard.
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At least he knows how to do formal retreat. Since he forced all of the OG to do it daily at Salem when I was there in 2005 and he was the OG at the time.
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This was written by my old Squadron Commander at Altus. He's the best Commander I ever had in 16-years. He's one of the "good ones" and is definitely what is right with the Air Force.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/leaders-eat-last-do-still-park-closest-christopher-lanier/
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2 hours ago, ThreeHoler said:
I was recently at a briefing by a HAF/A3 1-star where he stated the AF will never cave to the dual track because the pilot shortages are on the staff and they would exacerbate the shortage on staff if they made a fly only track.
Once they start cancelling missions due to lack of people, he's right.
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8 hours ago, carminsandiego said:
not trying to make this about O vs E thing but why does E aircrew need a bump in flight pay? I'd rather have that extra bit of cash going towards my crew chiefs who are getting screwed on a daily basis
E's need to have their flight pay taper off as they progress through years of aviation service like O's do. Plenty of E-8's and E-9 flyers that fill staff and other non-flying billets and don't need to get that much leveled off flight pay.
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3 hours ago, ihtfp06 said:
I'm starting to wonder if GypsyGhost is just another General Chang troll alter ego. Are FEBs published? Can anyone track down a corroborating story?
They're administrative, so normally closed to the public unlike court martials. You might be able to FOIA request it..
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2 hours ago, Danger41 said:
Or don't go to AMC?
Easier said than done.
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5 hours ago, Heavywanabe said:
Cliff notes on the ASAP reporting shenanigans? I'm assuming its similar to ASRS reporting? Sounds like a witch hunt.
The OG/CC, Jim Dittus, was trying to do that in 2014 at the Deid.
Then Wing Safety told him that was super illegal to do and went against the purpose of filing an ASAP report (duh).
1,000 Retired Pilots Can Be Recalled to Active Duty
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Most people here know TAMI-21 as a sending young fighter wingman to RPA's, but another part of TAMI-21 was converting a lot of NAF and MAJCOM staff jobs from CGO/FGO billets to SNCO billets. It didn't completely phase out the staff job, but it did alleviate some constrained rated officer manpower in staff jobs.