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Sounds like a good thread topic.

Maybe Debbie James can help.

make no mistake: Big Blue is indeed the bandit.

I knew it. Griswold was just a cover!

Thank you for saying what I can't.

The AF calls it a "retention initiative"

...oh the things I can't say because I'm NATO right now...

Aware.

You'll have to excuse my friend...he's a little slow. Ensure is a hell of a drug. He clearly meant Starfox.

Bendy, if you have a twitter account, you could be President someday soon.

Not in it for the political debate. I will, however, confirm this. I've lived in two different countries in Europe (west and east) over the past 5 years. Europe does NOT have it all figured out. Insane taxes. Humungous bureaucracy. Ridiculous economic shackles. It's not good. I've also been approached by Europeans who, in the same sentence, will comment on the stupidity of American politics and gun laws...then ask how the citizenship process works and how their kids can get accepted to US schools. I have seldom heard of US citizens who love the wonders of European socialism so much that they immigrate this direction. There's a reason America attracts so many. It's not because we're socialist. The social and economic solutions that Europeans are implementing are European, not American. America needs American solutions to American problems. Make America socialist and our economy, government, and society will collapse. I can say that with certainty as I sit in an eastern European country that was a thriving monarchy and relatively democratic nation until socialism and communism completely destroyed it. This country is a wreck now and it's been technically free of socialist government for almost 30 years, but the 'recovery' is extremely slow. We do NOT want this in America.

That's how the Army spell "Joint": "A.R.M.Y." ...although I've heard a grunt misspell "army" in a conversation before, no joke..."I am not in the air force, I'm in the army, 'A.M.R.Y.', where we do shit right!"...I smiled and walked away. I will burn every OCP colored item I have in effigy if Big Blue ever again forces me to work for the Army.

Which means: No it won't.

We'd be lucky to raise to Browns status. Thankfully most of the rest of the world is in high school JV status.

Thanks. I'm guessing the B-course is about 3-4 months. I'm trying to time out scenarios to separate, then get hired by the airlines while also getting hired in the reserves. My only known quantity in the process is that wherever I land in the airlines, I want to put in at least a solid year before I take any significant months away for mil activities (if possible). I refuse to game the system to the detriment of my reputation or flying skills. I'll be in an API-6 billet near duke, so it's possible I could get qual'd in the C-146 before transitioning out of AD, though unlikely, especially with that new ADSC guidance. I might not even get re-qual'd in the herk. Not worth 3 more years of big blue's concept of "stability". Not really sure how to weave it all together in such a way that it's not a drain on the reserve unit, but still build my continuity in the airlines. The most feasible scenario in my head is to wait until after the first year of the airlines and then try and get hired in the reserves. It's either that, or find a C-130J unit to work for (will need an in-house requal). Duke would make it great as I wouldn't have to commute to work there though. I'm open to wisdom on the transition.

It better involve the GAU-8 somehow connected to a herk prop...

Revival. I'm considering applying to the reserve unit at Duke. Would they take a herk WO?

Actual footage of matmacwc making avocado toast...

On the plus side, it appears to be perfectly balanced. Nice work depo team!

I guess we know what BQZip's mom has been up to.

Pretty deep seated hate man, which is saying something coming from me. What gives?

Indeed. "Quantity has a quality all of it's own." The Chinese know this. We need to figure it out BEFORE the shooting starts. Google "Puba's Party" (better yet, read about it in Every Man A Tiger) in WW Gulf War I to see how we put the principle of mass to good use there. We let the Iraqis shoot down a bunch of target drones so we could shoot their SAM radars in the process. I'm curious how we're planning to overcome superior numbers without a large number of Gen 4 aircraft. UAVs might be the answer. One thing is for sure, you can't do any of this without pilots and operators. Good luck with that USAF.

I'll be in that interview line with you.

For reference, go see the dumpster fire on the MAF Assignments and Mentoring facebook page (if you're a member) concerning the release of this guidance. Goldfein has been tagged in the comments. I'll be curious to see if anyone with authority answers the questions there, or if they just pawn it off on the poor assignments team folks.

...cuz I'm a pilot!!!....