Champ Kind

All the more reason, in my opinion, to at least get one from an institution that actually has a campus that you can step foot onto (and not a PO Box in West Virginia or wherever) and actually has some name recognition outside of the military, even if it isn't the "Ivy League" standard M2 alluded to.

All well and good If you get that chance, and your rep isn't tarnished because of it (seen it happen).

As far as the differences in evaluations between the CAF and the MAF, I have an idea, but I don't really know how to word it without sounding like I'm shitting on my community. Food for thought, though: I think the pointy-nose types might tend to focus on things where it really counts. Let's face it. It does take a lot of skill and airmanship to lead a four-ship (or more) of Herks across a DZ, on-time and on-target, and then ensure a safe recovery to a possibly austere field, and then be asked to do it in any weather and most likely on NVGs, and maybe even with people shooting at you. Not discounting that. I will say though that, while I haven't done it before, it takes a couple more brain-bytes to safely put bombs and bullets on target while talking to multiple airborne and ground-based personnel and, all the while, traveling a lot faster and having to worry a lot more about gas than us Herk types, not to mention in the aforementioned conditions. Because of this, I think SEFEs in the MAF are more focused on what would be called "queep" in the CAF because they feel that kind of stuff needs to be focused on. I think the CAF guys by-in-large have a more demanding mission in most cases, and therefore, if they make everything in their profile happen but don't fly the perfect ILS on the RTB, then it isn't a big deal. Will it ever change? I don't know, but it is what it is. Personally, I've heard some guys on here talk about making an upgrade training folder bleed if necessary because that's where the training really counts, and to use checkrides as a gauge as to whether or not someone is basically qualified in their MWS for the next year or so. I liked that thought process, and it's one that I am going to try to lean towards.

Not to single out one single sentence of your response, but this really caught my eye. Unfortunately, there is really no way to tell for sure if your boss is going to back you or not until you've made the decision and await the ramifications. In today's "one mistake Air Force" culture, you may not get another chance to figure out what your boss' "true" philosophies are WRT to "leaning forward". At my last base I saw that pendulum swing wildly in just four years' time. Taking an airplane with a particular problem would get you labeled as a reckless cowboy by one and not taking a plane with the same problem would get you labeled a pussy by another. Luckily, I was able to see both sides and I consider both mentalities (and everything in between) when it comes down to crunch time, but the fact remains that you don't truly know how your commander is going to react when you are on the road or out on the line and try to exercise your authority as the "A" code without playing "mother-may-I" first. It's sad, but true.

If it's an option it'll be in your drop.

Just keep hauling those DVs OSA boy.

Well played.

This.

Not hedging your bets on VSP coming through??

ADLS "BVR" option not an option here - "in res" at the base auditorium only.

Wow, how's the view from that ivory tower in the cultured land of academia, General? As someone that spent the last three years wasting my Sundays on an apprently academically-inferior MS in int'l relations, while my family did whatever while I did homework, I offer a sincere FU from the bottom of my heart.

Clue: there's your problem. I haven't had my mandatory DADT training yet (no shit, it's an hour long and has to be accomplished by the end of May), but can we still say "butt hurt"?

Although acting surprised is a natural reaction in that situation, I will be sure to spell it out in my future explaination of these particular TTPs. Well played

Deny, deny, counter-accuse, demand an apology.

"2" - because it's true.

What a waste of everyone's time.

I know PLENTY of people in my community with a LOT of debt, to include credit cards. Must just be a Herk thing.....

Wing CC on the AETC side of the house at LR. Not the AETC/CC.

That didn't happen to be the result of a push from the AETC wing CC there, did it? I've heard he has "unapologetically high" standards.

Who cares? It is ASBC. You sound like you are pinging about arguably the most worthless course in the DOD.

Exactly. Why even deal with these credit card companies when you can just "borrow" from yourself out of your own savings if you just absolutely need something right now that you do not have time to save for?

Personal motto I adopted during SERE (all phases): Just when you think it can't get any worse - it can.

Ok.

No way it's "free". Just like the sun will rise in the morning, the credit card companies will get their's! Exactly.

Some of the best advice I ever heard Dave Ramsey give: "I've never talked to any millionaires that got rich by racking up reward points using a credit card."