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She's (or used to be, at least) the MPF commander at Moody.

"DCID 1/14" is essentially a euphamism for a TS clearance. It means "Director of Central Intelligence Directive" and references the location in that document where the definition and requirements for a TS clearance (and eligibility requirements for an SCI clearance) are located (chapter 1, paragraph 14, or something of the like). Recently I've seen another variation on that with two different numbers (instead of 1/14), so I'm guessing the DCID has been rewritten or re-organized. The new numbers refer ostensibly to the new location of the same information. According to a squadron security manager at Base X, they started using that on orders 5-10 years ago to avoid outright stating someone's clearance on official orders. It is probably not a requirement to use that, though, since I've seen all sorts of annotations on UPT grads' orders coming through IFF, from TS to SSBI to DCID.

Are you sure you guys aren't talking about an SSBI? Or some other obscure clearance-related abbreviation like DCID 1/14? SCI is required for very specific reasons. I can't think of any type of access like that which a UPT student (or UPT graduate) would need.

I know a number of guys who have used the long weekend ATP courses. Yes, they're totally legit, and many times they cator to military guys. The options generally are: ATP checkride only ATP written and checkride FE and ATP written, ATP checkride They all cost between $1K and $2K, depending on where they are and which of the options you want.

It's been that way forever. My dad, who is a Korean War-era vet said the same thing about when he was on active duty.

Correction...in my post above, the wording implies that the V device specifies the difference between heroism and achievement for the DFC and Air Medal, and that's not what I meant. What I meant was that the DFC and AM are both medals that, like the Bronze Star, can be awarded for either heroism or merit, and that it says which it was awarded for on the certificate. Just re-read it and wanted to clarify.

Exactly my point. Either it's awarded for heroic or meritorious achievement. The citation itself specifies if the medal was awarded for heroism or merit. The V device on the ribbon highlights the difference when it's worn. The same thing goes for a DFC and an Air Medal. I don't disagree that medals are given away like candy these days, but if you know what you're looking for you can see past the medal-hounds and ID the guys who were really out there doing the J-O-B and getting their proper credit.

Anyone with any sort of SA can tell the difference in value between a BSM and a BSV.

Personally, I think it's a pretty good idea...but not for the whiny-assed reasons that the pogue Captain in the other article mentioned. I don't mind seeing the guys who are on the ground get their due...and I don't feel particularly slighted as a pilot if I'm not eligible for it from the air. If I were an ALO, though, and I was excluded from being eligible I'd be f*cking pissed.

If that's directed toward me, the reason I piped up is because there are a lot of young punks who are looking to the more experienced guys to help separate whatever party line they're getting in UPT from the real word in the CAF. Do I care what you do? Nope. I do care if people are presenting personal techniques that could give kids the wrong impression. In this case...scoffing glove use...is the wrong message to send to a younger pilot who doesn't have the experience necessary to exercise their own judgment.

Same. Screws with the dexterity.

Brother, you are spewing a lot of trash for someone who isn't even in the club yet. There are a metric sh*t load of USAF members who have fought with every drop of ferocity, aggressiveness, and bravery since Korea. The enemy sure as hell flew in Vietnam and Desert Storm -- and oh, by the way, those enemies killed USAF personnel who were fighting like hell to accomplish the mission. To dismiss their accomplishments as you have done is just ignorant. I am guessing that you have never personally been shot at by a SAM. If you had, you would not have the unbelievably foolish opinion that staring down the barrel of a missile guiding on your aircraft is less warrior-like than having bullets whiz by your skull while carrying an M-16. How much experience do you have pulling the trigger against a living human on the other end, anyway?

As the Intel officer at my Base X once said... "CNN is just information. 'Intel' is information plus analysis."

Introduction to Bomber Fundamentals, right? :rolleyes:

How did you have a 10-year ADSC? You were one of my IPs, bro, and I only have an 8 year ADSC.

Have you actually looked at your "permanent record"? There are a lot of retarded awards that are given out (CGO of the quarter, etc) which will never be documented in your personnel folder unless you make sure they're specifically documented on an OPR or Training Report. If you get something that is documented on an OPR, then it becomes part of your personnel file. Otherwise, if it doesn't appear on the Training Report or isn't a Medal, then it DOES NOT go in your record.

If you don't put something to the effect of "I want to go to IDE, then within 5 years become a DO, and eventually a Squadron CC" you're probably not going to get hooked up by the assignments team. It's a world of haves and have-nots.

Where did you get Shipley's name from? The owner and pilot was Wyatt Fuller.

No. Since the F-15E is not a two-pilot-required aircraft, you cannot log SIC time. WSOs with a Multiengine rating can log PIC time when they are actually flying the aircraft (e.g. sole manipulator of the controls), but that is it.

It's called an "Experimental Type Rating", or ETR.

This is the bottom line...PIC only if you signed for it.

I was also up in the vicinity of Tikrit that night, several hours earlier. Rainman Johnson is right...it sucked. I was flying with an ADI up the entire time I was in that area because the vis was terrible.

It wasn't "briefed" as anything...it was officially called a "combat loss" by the investigating board with no further information added about what happened. Many pilots who were there, myself included, think that the cause of the crash was spatial-d, but that's pure speculation based on a lot of circumstantial evidence. The fact of the matter is that it just as easily could have been AAA or the like that caused them to crash because we don't have anywhere near all the information needed to really make a determination. There was a similar crash in Desert Storm where a group of F-15Es was threat reacting while low altitude and everyone similarly thinks that they reacted themselves into the dirt. [ 06. July 2006, 04:55: Message edited by: Hacker ]

First off, DO NOT GIVE UP! Next, separate in your mind for a little while that flying and fun are even similar activities. Part of what you're learning there at UPT is how to deal with this stress mixed in with aviation. It is designed to teach you how to compartamentalize your studies. How to concentrate on the closest, hottest target. How to look at 500 pages of study material and figure out what parts to read and which parts are chaff. As has been said, GO TO A BUDDY and get some assistance with studying. "Stump the dummy" is about the best learning tool I can think of...sit around with a brew and have a buddy open the MQF or the -1 or 11-217 or whatever you're studying and ask questions. So what if you get none right the first time through...eventually you'll get it, and he'll get sharper by asking the questions, too. Have him help you chair-fly your next sortie in the syllabus. If you're further ahead in the syllabus than him, help him chair fly a sortie -- you'll sharpen your skills by having to teach it to someone else. Back to my original point...DON'T GIVE UP!!! UPT is a marathon and not a sprint. Keep the end goal -- wings -- in mind at all times, and be patient.

Okay, so I gotta ask...where's the URL to this one?