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Have not heard any restrictions on UTAs for Jan. may be a unit policy. If so, it's messed up.

I was promised 20 yrs and 1 day, anything beyond that is on me to find a position. Especially with no O-6 AGR position on the base. It is more or less up and out. Can't sit around as a Lt Col technician for 10 or 15 yrs (know a couple that have been a Lt Col as long as I have been in the squadron). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I can't get BODN to open on my iPhone 5, I think it's Has the latest IOS. I only get F-16 page and it doesn't look like any of the options provided seem to apply. Help an idiot out.

Thanks to both Congressman and Liquid for answering the questions.

I would also like to add that I would love to have the compensation, pension, and work schedule of Congress.

" Article 88 of the UCMJ prohibits officers from using contemptuous words against congress, POTUS, SECDEF or SECAF. " Are you saying that we should not write letters to our elected officials? Because I do not believe anyone here has used "contemptuous words".

The Minis are too unwieldy?

His website says he is still in the ANG.

He's not worried about his mil retirement since he is well on his way to those cush House retirement deals. Forgot where he came from?

Yes, I even addressed that in the opening of my initial letters. You realize it doesn't matter because it shows me how they voted on the issue and likely why they voted that way.

Senator Alexander responded back today: Dear XXXX, Thanks for getting in touch with me and letting me know whats on your mind about federal spending and the Murray-Ryan budget agreement. Since President Obama took office, our national debt has increased over $6.5 trillion. The federal governments debt now exceeds $17 trillion. This debt will be put on the backs of our children and our grandchildren. It is time to balance the governments books and live within our means. Thats what I did as governor of Tennessee and thats what millions of families in America do every day. Thats why on August 2, 2011, I supported the Budget Control Act which reduced spending for every dollar Congress raised the debt ceiling. This was a welcome change in behavior I was glad to support. The Budget Control Act put discretionary spending caps in place for fiscal years 2012 through 2021 that limit the amount of money that can be spent through the annual appropriations process. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated this reduced federal spending by $917 billion over the next 10 years. The legislation also required an additional $1.2 trillion in automatic spending reductions over the next 10 years, if Congress failed to reduce the debt by at least $1.2 trillion. The failure of the Super Committee to propose other spending cuts was a failure of governing, and the $1.2 trillion will be cut the wrong way, without reforming the mandatory entitlement spending that is nearly 60 percent of the federal budget and is bankrupting our country. House and Senate Budget Committee Chairs, Paul Ryan and Patty Murray, negotiated a budget for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 that would that would address sequestration and bring certainty to the budget process. While I appreciate the efforts of Senator Murray and Representative Ryan to negotiate this compromise, I voted against this budget agreement because it avoids the federal governments most urgent need: reducing the growth of runaway entitlement spending. Instead, it spends savings that should be used to strengthen Medicare, pensions, and the air transportation system. It is particularly troubling that the budget agreement takes money from pensions in a way that treats military retirees worse than the civilian federal employees. It would have been better to pay for this agreement with a small part of the $1 trillion in entitlement savings that Senator Corker and I have identified in our bill, the Fiscal Sustainability Act, or with entitlement savings suggested in the presidents own budget. The Fiscal Sustainability Act would reduce the growth of entitlement spending in Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security to improve the programs solvency and make sure they are there for future beneficiaries. Getting our debt under control is the foremost problem we have facing our country. If we do not, we will watch America pass from the hands of the ``greatest generation'' to the debt-paying generation with nothing to show for it but the bill. Im grateful you took the time to let me know where you stand. Ill be sure to keep your comments in mind as spending issues and the future of these programs is discussed and debated in Washington and in Tennessee. Sincerely, Lamar

same here Dear XXXXX, Thank you for contacting me about changes to cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for certain military retirees. Your input is important to me, and I appreciate the time you took to share your thoughts. Like you, I understand how important COLAs are for our military retirees and their families and the substantial concerns about reducing pension benefits. Please know that I voted against the Ryan-Murray budget proposal. I want to close by recognizing the tremendous service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform. They are patriots, and we owe them a great debt of gratitude for their work to protect and provide security for our country. I believe that our service members, retirees and veterans should receive every benefit that America has promised them, and that we should ensure that their legacy is honored and protected. Thank you again for your letter. I hope that you will continue to share your thoughts with me throughout my service in the Senate. Sincerely, Bob Corker United States Senator EDIT: ETA Rep Senator Response letter (right now, the only incumbent I will vote for, for this and other reasons)

Amen. Letters to Congress and President sent yesterday.

Way cool and very classy

Where did you here this? Never heard anything like this ever mentioned. Fighter thing?

Can't make those assumptions off the information that was provided. And the info was provided in a sense that perpetuates a way that something should be done. My "f*cking bitching and whining" is done in a very small circle and I am trying to lead the portion of the force that I can affect. But as Bitte says above, senior leadership is not making that easy. There is no place for sexual innuendo in the workplace and I do not condone it. As to the comments "I'd hit that", "finance sucks" and "my wife is hot"- squash that shit immediately and make it clear that is not acceptable in this setting. BE A LEADER!

I don't have a problem with the message, but with the delivery of the message. Why not have a CC call or open discussion forum? Not a set-up where a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation that stretches out over hours or days. If she wanted to demonstrate what is acceptable and what is not, then why not do it in a classroom type environment. Display pic-"this is acceptable," show different pic-"this is not" and then discuss why. Leave the guess work/gray area out of it. No tricks, no gimmicks. Your airmen are adults. Treat them like adults.

It comes across as if it is being held up as an example of what SHOULD be done. And I think that is completely the wrong message that needs to be sent.

He wrote the only fiction I read. One last book Jack Ryan novel coming out in Dec, "Command Authority".

I'm not only referring to vault music. Many listen to iPods or radio at work. If the music can be heard by someone else, I would think that would make it a target.

I know everyone keeps talking about fighter pilot songs, but what about rap/hip hop music? It's offensive, and not just sexual innuendos. Are they going after that as well. Got to apply the rule across the board if it is going to be applied.

Anyone going after them like they are the fighter squadrons?

I cannot believe this topic has slid off the first page, especially this time of year!!

Whatever dude

I don't believe it was handed to him any more than any other player. He was a Heisman Trophy winner and a pretty decent college QB. He beat my Vols every year. He tried to be an NFL QB and it didn't work out for him. Not much different than Vince Young who is no longer in the league either.