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What the actual fuck? I'm thinking it's a pet, and this is a Steve Irwin wannabe spoof.

This should be completely unsurprising to you. Another example: The AF maintains a full det at NAS Pensacola for water survival. Lets repeat that: the AIR FORCE maintains it's own det, including personel, equipment, and bo-ats, on a UNITED STATES NAVY installation, for the purpose of running its own WATER SURVIVAL school. Having gotten to live the perspective of two military branches, I can honestly say that epic AF hubris will never disappoint.

And their cranks got chopped, as it were. Unfortunately, as you or any flyer knows, "just doing your job" in the flying community isn't as simple as just being let back in the office. It also requires the trust of your chain of command. I applaud these guys for what they did--I think that it made a difference. But if they no longer have the trust of their commanders, then not flying isn't actually punitive, no matter how much you want to fly. Kind of like you can't get disciplined as a result of a safety investigation, but a commander directed Q3 isn't punitive, and often follows safety investigations.

Stop the madness!!! Suggestion: only serving commanders, SQ/CC and above, should have assigned parking spots. Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!

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Once they know how many apply, they can assess and make a decision.

Yeah, THIS was definately the milestone I thought they'd make. They seemed really cereal this time.

LOC, LOR,...LOA? This sounds not good, but what is this one? Admonishment?

I get it; screening thousands of applicants is tough work. But some discriminators should just jump off of the application.

WTF? I will admit that I was once on a hard core sugar free Monster habit (FS scheduler). But I had no misconceptions: they tasted like shit.

That's an about face from a couple of years ago when they didn't care if you had your CFI/ATP--you were still going to IFS.

Here's a new twist to an age-old problem: vicinity mileage around a TDY-enroute location with a non-a. -Complicating the issue, I took my 10 days permissive after departing my loosing station, but before arriving at my TDY location. This led to my initial claim of vicinity mileage (24 miles round trip x 64 duty days) being denied, as Ellsworth thought that I was trying to claim my permissive mileage. -Ok; refile. [You don't have vicinity mileage authorized on your orders.] Amendment generated. -Ok; refile. Now they replied that I need to fill out a SF1164. With 64 duty days, that will actually take about 5 of them to cover the period. Question: is this just a haze to get me to give up? I've claimed vicinity mileage plenty of times in the past, especially with a non-a. Never heard of this form. What gives?

Glad they are both ok. Didn't appear to drag a wing, so the spar should still be good. Hopefully that 140 didn't take more damage than a bent firewall, and can be repaired.

We are short of experienced 11F's. Fighters create experienced 11F's. The cheapest jets create that experience for the least cost. Stop driving our lowest cost fighters to the boneyard. One idea, anyway.

I would second that, but someone already beat me to it. It really blows my mind that so many actually do take the bonus. I knew one guy that couldn't catch a break when it came to assignments. Then he passed on the bonus, and started sinking three pointers every vml.

:raises hand from the back row:

When the Defense Business Committee, or whatever it was called, drafted their proposal to shift from a defined benefit, to a defined contribution a couple of years ago, I ran some numbers. What I expected to find was that there would be some reduction in the overall retirement benefit. What I found, was that it ended up being about a 76% reduction in the benefit between an over-20 member now, to what they were proposing. Other than the fact that some of that reduction was essentially spread across more members in the form of earlier vesting, I thought that figure was staggering, and most certainly would be a game changer in our mid grade NCOs and FGOs and their retainability.

Nope, he's not really being a retard: pointing out faulty logic. I have no logical connection to make, but I would speculate that you could have gotten an excellent education an one of any of a thousand other universities in this country, but at a fraction of the unit cost. Likewise, I agree with FNL135, that those Rhodes Scholars could have excelled elsewhere as well. Again, at a fraction of the cost. (Just about he logical fallacy. I actually don't harbor Service Academy hate. Keep 'em. Ditch 'em. Meh: barely care.)

Eligibility is also a murky definition. Next year, my year group will be "eligible", but because I am prior service, I will not be eligible, in a practical sense. So I doubt that I would therefore be counted among the "eligibles".

[ACC]: "RAP is now 7 sorties a month with two added Sims. There, Boss, slide is green again. We fixed the glitch."

https://bpielpaso.com Butlers pantry was pretty much the only game in town when I was there. The monthly rent they charged was just under max lodging, but well above on-base rate. So without the non-a, you're putting up some bah to make the math work. Nbd; still way better than the on base fare, imo. I stayed at the ventanas on Main. There's a pool to go chill with the kids after class (*cough*1130).

Well, that's a different side of the privilege coin. There's the protection of the Safety Process side: protecting data from making its way into litigation. This is where we are going Full Retard. Then there's the protecting YOU side: which has been shredded wholesale over the past few years. If you are involved in an incident, you are Bud Holland incarnate and therefore should be burned at the stake. No, I don't blame you.

Funny thing about skydivers: a lot of them don't care for flying. They'd be nothing but a vapor trail at the first sign of trouble.

After reading through this thread some questions: The MilitaryOneSource site directs to the DD2792, which I am familiar with from trying to get command sponsored some years ago. Is the AF1466 a newer, AF specific form? What if my child is on Tricare Standard? How would this process start and progress? Will the EFMP reps look at out in town care providers (highly preferred). My boy has never been to Nellis, but has had extensive cardiac treatment since birth, all on Tricare Standard. So I'm hoping that the EFMP folks can help me research civilian providers at the assignment options available and provide a vector to my next assignment, if applicable. I should be on the VML next summer for a fall move, so I'm trying to lead turn these issues now. Thanks for the help! I'm looking at CONUS options primarily; do I have to wait for a RIP to get evaluated, or was this overseas specific advice?