AnimalMother
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Ah yes, the standard AFSOC banter, it's like watching shit-talking at the special olympics. But that's just my opinion...
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For those of you unfamiliar, here's a little background:
This person's obsession with the forum extends back several years. He wrote a paper for his Master's degree, largely about the forum. He hired someone to data mine the forum for incriminating examples of the "fighter pilot culture" he disapproves of.
As much as I hate to do it, here's a link to this bullshit: http://www.wantscheck.org/smartestguys.pd(f). Remove the parenthesis.
Shouldn't have clicked the link but I couldn't help myself. Reminds me of a 30,000+ word diatribe published in the Washington Post in 1995, authored by a certain Ted Kaczynski--only more garrulous, half as germane, and twice as dry. I probably shouldn't open my mail for a few months after posting this...
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Same sock puppet shell game, different forum.
http://www.shaggybevo.com/board/showthread.php/129305-Is-Horn.Mil-actuallly-VAPA
Wow, I haven't laughed so hard in a very long time! Some dude really thinks people care about his political views on a Texas Longhorns sports forum?! haha, I laughed so hard I almost shit myself. I think Ive finally caught up with the PYB story and Ive determined that this individual clearly exhibits pathological behavior. Normal people do not spend their lives attacking others on random internet forums.
On a serious note, is this dude still flying planes in the AF? Because that's certainly not someone I would trust with one...
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Never argue with an idiot...
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The issue isn't whether or not the airlines care about SOS DGs, or even why SOS DGs are leaving the Air Force. The issue is why the Air Force has determined that SOS DG is somehow an accurate indicator of leadership ability/potential. It's truly amazing how content the Air Force is to watch so much talent and potential walk right out the door everyday. "Thanks for your service!"
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While I agree that driving to work poses a higher threat to the average individual in the near term, the remoteness of probability is not sufficient justification--in my opinion--for lack of mitigating action, particularly given the potential severity of the consequences. The time for preventative measures is beforehand, not during or after the fact. You don't wait to buckle into your should harness as you're flying through the air after pulling the handles--despite the remoteness of the probability of ejection. If anything is clear here, it's that the transmissibility of this virus is not as low as originally advertised--swimming in vomit is not required. Finally if there's one thing I still have faith in, it's the utter inability of large beauracratic organizations to have any coherent idea of what the hell they should be doing, much less do it correctly. While the media certainly loves to sound the alarm to sell papers, the consequences of Ebola going--dare I say viral--in the US, are almost unfathomable, and certainly not worth the risk or inconvience of robust preventative measures--yesterday.
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He should just tell the Navy that it's unrealistic of them to expect perfection.
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I like how the first thing they do is shut down the entrances. I thought they told us that restricting access (i.e. flights) wasn't a useful/viable option.
I'll show my misanthropic side here and admit that in some ways, I'm actually rooting for ebola this time around...
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Unreal. I wonder how well that excuse would go over if I used it to explain why I accidentally torched a motor. I guess it's also unrealistic to expect zero sexual harassment/assault complaints. What the hell is going on in the Air Force?
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the guys who are Sq/CCs now are the ones who were burned by decision to unmask AAD last time. Therefore they have no trust and actually think they're helping you not get painted into the same corner they did.
I don't agree with them, but as with any advice, consider the source.
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That's probably the crux of it. Little to no trust remains within the system and so guys are forced to play defensively.
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So essentially the AF is so systemically dysfunctional, that not even an inspirational and respected leader--placed at the very top--can affect the service in a lasting and meaningful way? Sounds about right I guess.
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"Guys, the Chief of Staff won't be around much longer, get your master's degrees done. You don't want to be caught off guard when they change it back." Just a FYI stake in the ground from my sq/cc at our commanders call the other day--in case anyone is looking for a benchmark at how well the CoS' changes are being received down here at the sq level. Anyone else seeing similar?
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I do think that the Bonus overall will need to go up next year, dramatically.
7 figures and I'd reconsider. Honestly, at this point, what the hell is the difference? Just call Mrs. Yellen and ask her to keep the presses running for a few extra days. No one would even know the difference.
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There may be a similar case somewhere in this thread so I apologize if I've overlooked it. I'm moving to Sheppard from Nellis at the end of the month. Just commissioned, first move ever with the AF. I'll be in the ENJJPT student dorms, so most of my living needs will already be taken care of (fully furnished). I really just need to bring clothes, cooking utensils, my computer, and a monitor. Unfortunately I have a small car that can't even fit those items, and it doesn't have towing capability. Do you have any suggestions on how to avoid getting screwed here? Maybe do a partial Dity? Thanks for any help.
Don't waste your HOR move to ship a few boxes of clothes. Buy a decent slightly used truck before you move. You likely have 4-11 years of service ahead of you at a minimum so you shouldn't have any problem paying it off. Also, you will most likely have at least 3-5 more PCS's ahead of you, the truck will come in handy there too. The amount you can make off the DITY portion with a truck can be decent, plus they're just damn useful in general. Alternatively, you could just take what you can fit in your smart car and buy an extra pair of wrangler jeans at walmart or the BX. You really won't need much.
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My enemy's enemy is my friend.
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Or maybe we just have two enemies...
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Thanks for the info.
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I was told it was probably because they were being reviewed/approved on a first come first serve basis...WTH.
Wow, just wow. Im ing speechless...
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I think the odds are unfortunately pretty high that most, if not all AF bases will eventually end up dry, if not worse. I miss the good old days when taking away crew booze was a legitimate cause for full blown mutiny. It's like taking away your child's binky, you just don't do shit like that.
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Confirm they didn't charge you any fees? I keep reading about a 10% fee or some crap like that.
So you converted to Roth within a Vanguard account, or is the conversion done prior to that?
Thanks for the info man.
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The last thing people should want is commanders and boards discriminating the quality and location of your AAD for promotion to O-6. Setting the minimum standard relatively low for a subjective requirement prevents alma mater discrimination and bullshit assessments about how hard you worked to get your degree, or how often you were published, like we see in the academic world.
I agree, but I think it will inevitably come to this regardless. After all, when the preponderance of candidates have a master's degree, what's the next "logical" discriminator? Maybe at the O-6 level there's more relevant substance in one's records, i don't know, I can't speak from experience, just playing devil's advocate here. In either case, I think we (the AF), just took a baby step towards the trust tree on the whole master's thing-which is good.
Agree, we should be discriminating and selective about who gets promoted and I would argue that we are. But I also think the senior leaders need to be the people who determine how to discriminate and select, not the CGOs. What CGOs value at the time may not be what makes them successful at FGO responsibilities.
As Ive gotten older and perhaps a bit more mature, I agree with this more and more. However, for this construct to be truly effective, there needs to be a solid foundation of trust, from the bottom up and the top down. Otherwise, people will not accept the "trust me" explanation when/if they fail to understand the root of the issue; leading to disillusioned and disgruntled employees. We are seeing a lot of this right now and it is costing the AF substantially. The fact that many people are continuing to pursue master's degrees is proof positive of this, as are many of the posts on this forum.
The best critiques we can make are to point out how our system needs to be improved and how we selected the wrong leaders should be based on the specific leader's shortcomings and leadership failures. When morale is low, unit performance is below standards, resources are wasted, and the mission is not being accomplished, there is an obvious failure of leadership (possibly at many levels) that must be corrected. I think AF senior leadership is trying to correct that rotten core of leadership in the missile community. We should reassess what we got wrong at promotion boards and command screening boards that predicted these officers would succeed when they clearly did not. A useful way for senior leaders to evaluate the performance of their subordinate commanders is to read the anonymous but honest opinions of that commander's subordinates and peers. Unit climate assessments, IG/congressional complaints, face to face feedback, informal feedback (including social media) can all give indications of leadership failures. 360 feedback should be implemented immediately for all commanders. I'm not sure why we are so reluctant to do this. Commanders and senior leaders should be held to higher, more stringent standards and their leadership abilities should be more formally evaluated.
I hope to see more of this, after all, malicious and public belittlement of subordinates isn't exactly an attribute I generally associate with stellar leadership-not that Ive seen that in the squadron or anything...
Finally, I don't think some people over-inflate their value [to the service], I think most people do. Self-aggrandizement and an inability to accurately self-critique are byproducts of a system that fails to provide honest feedback, and are exacerbated by excessive pomp and circumstance, and obsequious and sycophantic staff officers. But, nowhere have I found this more apparent than in much of the squadron and wing leadership I've served under over the last decade. Most of us know-at least at some level-just how expendable we really are. A lot of brass seem to forget that stuff pretty quickly and may even think otherwise. Our CSAF was fired a few years back wasn't he? His name escapes me right now though...
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Anyone have experience separating and rolling over your TSP into a regular IRA or 401k?
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I know many of us are surgically attached to USAA for a bunch of stuff, but I've found their mortgage department to be the worst part of their business. Will be looking elsewhere for my next mortgage.
Ain't that the truth. Wouldn't use USAA to buy my next house for anything. Don't care to use any of their financing services for that matter.
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Two thoughts:
First, the waste of time created by useless masters degrees and double PME, is only half the coin. The other side of the issue is the use of a system whereby people are offered what amounts to free points for essentially accomplishing and demonstrating nothing-potentially making up for failures in other, more vital areas. So, instead of strictly earning promotion through hard work, success, and competency, we subsidize it to some extent with busywork (I'm generalizing a bit). Second, (and I'm not just trying to split hairs here) I think we should work towards a system that gets it right more than just most of the time. We're talking about deciding who will progress to assume positions of potentially massive responsibility, we owe it to ourselves to be as discriminating and selective as we can. Is it sufficient if we stop most of the sexual assaults in the military? Is it okay if I don't break my taxpayer-funded aircraft most of the time? Of course not. And while these two examples are certainly more easily measured than successful promotion outcomes, I don't think it necessarily absolves us of the responsibility to critique the system to the most exacting standards that we can and improve on it whenever possible.
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Initial report of TB among illegal immigrant minors at Lackland
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/07/07/immigration-crisis-tuberculosis-spreading-at-camps/
Not for a iron fist response, a lot of them are young kids in a very vulnerable spot but this is a turning point - we're going to control who comes in and stays or not.
This latest crisis makes me think we don't need a pivot to Asia but a pivot to Central America.
I would advocate for a pivot towards America, the United States of...
What's really funny to me is the towns in California that are staging protests over illegals showing up. My guess is they still haven't connected the dots between their vote and their new illegal neighbors. How's that damn change working out for you now that Jose took your job and his 13 kids gave your 1 TB? I should probably stop there...
If they had immigrated legally, they would have been screened for TB and prevented from coming in to the country. But this is what happens when the laws of the land are disregarded.
Laws?! Oh those laws?! Yea, those don't apply. Look, I signed a piece of paper.
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Then there is no pleasing you Mr. Powers...
Everyone screws up, how they try to make it right is what really matters in my book (within reason of course). USAA could barely return my weekly emails last time I refi'd. As for the closing, they didn't even bother to show up, seriously.