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I live under a rock, but was unaware that LtGen Helms (as in the female astronaut) got screwed by Sen McCaskill for vacating a UCMJ judgment. The link is a good read form a JAG who advised Helms. This gives you some words to use with those who would replace UCMJ with super-secret special proceedings for sexual assault. <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323393804578559583374805870.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_MIDDLETopOpinion>

The IAF just posted a rollout video.

Milchstrasse, since you're a technical type and not in UPT yet, you have an alternate path if UPT doesn't work out (age/medical/whatever). You could go TPS FTE and then transition to NASA mission specialist. NASA did a couple rounds of recruiting for last year's board at EDW. They want blue patches to apply.

Fellas, fellas. You missed the good news: no more money for PME. In wholly unrelated news, TIB is probably traveling around the world.

This will make people feel less special. Therefore it is good. Also, this thread would be better placed in the road to wings section.

EDW is getting strict on backpacks. Anybody know a reflective, high-vis backpack other than the Icon Squad II with its ridiculous integrated vest?

You can. Don't send read receipts, but do send delete receipts. If (when) you get called, calmly explain that you did it to spite them. Spite is always valid motivation.

Was it that Col Vlad couldn't figure out that makes for ~15ish Su-35S, or that the commies are really bad at OPSEC?

Shouldn't a storm chaser be able to actually catch a storm? Horrible choice. On a serious note, if they're going to refurb a Hog for science experiments, why not the family model sitting in the sun at Edwards.? Then a trunk monkey can get all science-y in the back seat.

NFLX is not a bargain yet.

On another tack, the geometry looks less than favorable for your case. But you might be able to twist that in your favor. AFAIK, K-band cop guns just get closure velocity. They want as small an angle between your travel and the gun as possible. If they try to correct for the for a small offset error by "knowing" the angle of the road and your angle of travel, small angle errors in their assumed geometry could add up. i.e., argue that she just changed lanes. Let's say they're off by 15 degrees in their assumed geometry. If your frau really travelling 40mph, was offset from the gun by 30 degrees, and they assumed 45 degrees, then they'd read 49mph. Math in public: 40 * cos(30) / cos(45). The numerator is real closure speed, the denominator is the correction factor they apply. That whole idea hinges on the man correcting for geometry. EDIT: bad math...mo' better now.

Varies by jurisdiction, but in Arizona people just ignored their speed camera tickets. Although "strongly worded," mailed tickets didn't count as being legally served in Arizona law. <http://www.motorists.org/speed-cameras/arizona-freeway-speed-cameras>

From Vanity Fair http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2011/09/chinese-hacking-201109 So, if you're help desk suddenly starts being helpful...you've been hacked.

This. Also, I'm fairly sure they aren't the first nerds in the AF. Doing S word now and see all the people file through the cyber courses. They're different. I don't care how they do what they do, I just don't want our stuff showing up in our enemies' inventories. Even better if we get on and stay on the offense.

All for it, but make sure you have mutual support. The two hats idea is funny, but needing to BFM the shoes is poor...should take care of this BVR. Couldn't somebody who's a staffer change the rules so that, in order to recommend a change to a uniform, you need to actually wear that uniform in your primary duty? There has to be some poor soul from A1 lurking on here. I think the band uniform is some stupid shit, but I'm not wasting time submitting "improvement" ideas.

I enjoyed "China Pilot: Flying for Chennault During the Cold War." It's a good aviation read about our attempts to keep the commies at bay prior from WWII through Vietnam. Linky. The Cliff's Notes.

Surprised they kept this one...

Can't tell the whole story from the video, but methinks the cop taking a picture with the singer at the end of the video will be most helpful to the West Pointer if/when this goes to trial.

This is the best thing I've seen in a long time!

Sorry.

New HAP rules are published, along with some guidance (http://hap.usace.army.mil/EP_PCS.html). The rules are still arbitrary and bullshit, but I lucked out and make the cut by 8 days now (for contract signature), as opposed to missing the cut by 12 days before (for closing date) for the original rules. THAT shows just how BS the date is. Keep writing your senators and representatives. BONUS: it's tax-free now. But I digress... It appears you need to have new orders in hand for US Army Corps of Engineers to process the application. I already know my PCS date and location. My question is: anybody know the magic words to get MPF/AFPC to expedite your orders?

"The OTA will be for a five-year technology demonstration of an airship with three weeks' endurance, a 2,500lb payload with 16kW of power, and an operating altitude of 25,000ft, 80kt dash speed and 20kt station-keeping speed. The payload will include EO/IR sensors, SAR/GMTI radar and Sigint, plus communications relay." There's few things that should be unmanned. This is one of them. I was most surprised by the "20kt station-keeping." Somebody is optimistic about winds aloft! All that endurance could get us great intel as our Gucci ISR/EW systems drift into hostile areas... On the upside, probably not a terrible idea if a non-retard puts together the requirements. And has realistic expectations for its limits. And we don't replace all the heavy jets in our inventory with airships. Now who wants to ride this fat chick?

http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123183747 I just threw up a little. The name they bestowed upon themselves tees it up for jokes.

I would bet dollars to donuts that there aren't enough finance types in theater. It stands to reason that 24hr ops should have 24hr (or at least daily) support. They probably have a small shop doing customer service, shuffling money to contracts for toilet paper or whatnot, and tracking expenditures for all things Big Blue in the region. This at the same time we deploy too many to sit behind a desk and do general admin for 4-6 hrs a day. So shack on leadership issue for allocating bodies/resources. But I'm just BSing.

It's one application--you just need to take the GRE. Only 2 spots a year for AFIT-TPS.