ClearedHot

M2...that is what my research has shown and I was hoping someone would know something I don't.

Anyone know of an actual statement in the regulations that says promotion ceremonies are up to the individual? I want to dispense with the nonsense and just wear it to work, but I am getting some pushback.

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I disagree...shoe clerks are increasingly running the USAF. While some of our senior leaders are warriors, a large number have a number of Exceutive Officer or Aide de Camp assignments to match their operational tours. We just had a four star retire who had ZERO combat experiance. Additionally, if you look at the latest O-5 Promotion Board Results you will see a disturbing trend; High selection rate = Shoe Clerk Support Officers Next to lowest selection rate = Pilots Despite the fact that the C-Model Mafia is and has been running the USAF for a while, changes are on the way.

Or the USAF guy that gave space dorks green flight suits and leather jackets.

NO

Where is he going to go with you? You are on the HOV which is a restricted lane with barriers on both sides. Slugging in DC requires two passengers so I guess there is more of an intimidation factor. Slugging has been going on for 18 years without a single violent crime event. The worst I have had to deal with is some religious whack job blaring his Christian talk show or the occasional dude who has to be in the left lane doing five MPH under the speed limit.

I Slug most of the week unless I have something that will keep me in the offcie past 1800. It takes me 27 minutes from my house to my office if I Slug. If I take the Metro, it takes 50 minutes. If I were foolish enough to drive, it would be well over an hour. It costs nothing, it is the fastest method, and you meet some very interesting people. I slugged in with a Federal Judge who is working a big in the news case last week. It has actually ben on the few good things about working in the puzzle palace.

She painted a dude in a bathing suit on the nose of "her" jet.

I hope they mke it as painful as possible for her. Although, I don't understand the "Tip off" of having a Bronze Star and no Air Medals. A Bronze Star (without valor), is basically a wartime MSM. We had lots of folks get Bronze Star who did not fly missions (usually commander types, but possible for ALO's as well).

Thats the place...man that is some good chow.

Scooter, Whenever I make it to that area my kid sister takes me to a place that has awesome cheesesteaks... It is a chain but I can't think of the name.

So did it taste as good coming up?

I don’t see anything wrong with folks that want to fly for 20 straight years and retire as a Maj or LtCol. Given changes on the way, I wonder if LtCol will be possible. The USAF is poised to cut 40,000 folks and you will be surprised at some of the areas they are looking at. A few years ago we thought everyone would make LtCol, hell I did, but it is getting tougher again and I think the trend will continue. Would I like to fly everyday and do nothing else, you bet, are those the guys I look up to, not always. My heroes are the guys that can fly AND lead you into combat. I would take exception to your “actually *working* for Uncle Sam” comment. Not that I do anything earth shattering, but I know a few folks up here who do more work than flying around the flag pole with a few Navy students. :cool: Ultimately, you have to do what makes you happy. For me I love to fly, but I want to continue to be challenged and sitting back with my feet on the desk for the last 10 years of my career was not for me. [ 10. January 2006, 10:54: Message edited by: Clearedhot ]

A fine example...? You are right, what was I thinking getting promoted and sent off to school when I could have been getting ANOTHER alcohol related incident.

Yes that is the song, now if you can just find an MP3 of it.

The Gang Bang Song, but I have not been able to find an MP3 of it. Classic tune, espeically when played at a Piano bar.

No

I would not stop in Little Rock, yo umight break there. Get gas at Ellington if you can make it that far, if not got to Shreveport then on to Dallas. At least if you break in Shreveport you can go to the Casio. Dallas has tons of bars, but I have not been there in a few years. Hey all you aggies...whoop...There is a place in Dallas with a bunch of bars in the same place, you can stumble from one right to the next, is that downtown?

L39 Crash

Hacker, Unlike the old days I think the Masters is more of an issue when you are up for LtCol, but I could be wrong. I looked at the demographics from my O-5 board and they no longer track education on the post promotion analysis.

ACSC in residence will get you a Masters Degree. ACSC in correspondence will not.

Yes, they are trying to stop you from doing the course twice. THe education information is block for promotion boards...HOWEVER, the senior rater can still see you education information and may use that to determine if you get a "DP" or a "P" for your PRF that goes to the promotion board.

Here is a bit of information for those of you who plan on making the USAF a career. A quick bit of background to place this post in context for all. At several times during a officers career you will compete to attend Professional Military Education (PME) in residence. Some of you have heard of Squadron Officer School, which is for captains, but this post is really focused on what the USAF calls Intermediate Developmental Education (IDE), usually Air Command and Staff College (ACSC), or similar programs. And Senior Developmental Education (SDE), usually Air War College (AWC), or similar programs. You will compete for IDE and SDE at your Major and LtCol promotion boards respectively. In the past persons identified by their promotion boards as “candidates” for IDE or SDE stood a good chance of going inresidence. The board always selected too many people for the available slots, so if you were a candidate you stood a 70% chance of going inresidence. You may have heard some of the older craniums on the board complain about doing SOS, ACSC, or AWC in correspondence. In order to make your next promotion you MUST complete the appropriate level of school. As an example, if you look at promotion boards over the past four years, Majors who have not completed ACSC by going in residence for a year or completing the program by correspondence, have a zero percent selection rate to .001% selection rate to LtCol, in other words, it is a pass fail block that you have to fill. I bring all of this up because in the past leadership expected you to complete SOS, IDE, and SDE by correspondence EVEN if you were selected to go in residence. It was viewed as a commitment issue I guess. In fact, most Wing/CC’s won’t give you a good “push” to compete for one of the schools in residence until you finished it by correspondence. This led to a process called “practice bleeding” where you ended up doing the program twice to suit the masters. Well things MIGHT have changed…This week AFPC published a memo from the USAF DP – (dude in charge of all personnel issues), which formally states that “selects”, or persons identified by their promotion board to go to IDE or SDE in residence. Part of this is a reflection of changes in the program. Currently, officers identified as selects have a 100 percent opportunity to attend IDE or SDE. Additionally, the policy reflects the contempt that junior officers have felt for the entire process. I HOPE it is true. In the past we were told by one CSAF that we didn’t need a masters degree to get promoted and the next CSAF reversed the policy leaving a few good officer out in the cold. Take all of this with a grain of salt, but hopefully it gives you a better idea of what to expect later in your careers. To view the policy letter from LtGen Brady go to the link below, look on the right side under the title "From the DP", and they actually gave the formal link to the policy letter the title "Practice Bleeding Policy" AFPC IDE-SDE Website Cheers CH [ 07. January 2006, 14:18: Message edited by: Clearedhot ]

DACT = dissimilar air combat training