KennyB

I'm moving to Fairchild in the spring and wanted to see what you guys thought about neighborhoods in Spokane. Based on some internet research, Google Earth, and a local realtor, I'm looking into the following areas: Cliff Canyon, Manito, Comstock, Rockwoods, Lincoln Heights, West Central, Emerson Garfield, Northtown. Any experience/beef with these areas? Are there any other prime spots you would recommend? 'preciate any help.

Ideally each PRF line has 2-3 (or more) separate bits of info from your various OPRs. I don't know any O-5s/O-6s who don't 'put any thought' into the PRF construction. They can be arranged in a couple different ways, depending on how the wing king likes to sign them. Chronological order is one way, or similar accomplishments can be grouped together. You do have to substantiate each item in the PRF with a signed OPR or decoration. And the leadership is pretty keen on 'speeding'. By that I mean, you take your OPR accomplishment and paint it in the PRF like you were Airplane Jesus with misleading wording. That's why OPRs are so important... once that information is in the OPR and signed, it becomes history. It's all PRF fodder in the end.

15 credits = Bach+. Just send your partial transcript to AFIT and your surf will get updated.

Any specific recommendations on furnished apartments (or which ones to avoid) offbase? Bringing the family with me from overseas TDY enroute.

Latest clip from CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/livin...ref=videosearch Not only will Obama keep him, but '!00%' of the young officer and enlisted corps are supportive of the law being repealed. Now sure how scientific that poll was...

Yeah... you might just be an Lt4Life if you believe 4% for life from USAA. That made me laugh out loud. Thanks for that Lt. Now get that snackbar in order!

http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchro...win08/maue.html W O W

I was lucky. During copilot school @ Little Rock, my sim/flying partner was a PHOENIX crossflow dude with many more years in the AF than my 1Lt self. One day I called him to golf (whole lot of free time in basic qual) and he basically said "Don't call me back until you've identified a school and degree for your Masters. If you've got all this time to waste on golf, you should be building something you can use later". Although senior to me, he was a friend of mine at this point. I'll admit that I took that first Masters class while at copilot school simply because I wanted to get back to the golf course. I didn't realize it then, but he was taking the time to at least tell me (I probably retained about 1/2 of it) exactly what you're talking about... here's of AFPC works, here are the things that are important for progression, and most importantly, here are the things I screwed up and don't want you to repeat. I didn't even realize I was being mentored... I thought this guy was way ahead of me and I wouldn't be thinking about these issues for years. I'm in total agreement; mentorship is a BIG DEAL. Understanding the ropes of AFPC/MPE/AAD/OPRs/PRFs at an early age can get you going in the right direction. The important thing to remember is that the recipe for success is different for everyone. Not everyone wants to be a Sq/CC or a general... an effective mentor can get to know their subordinates and get them vectored in the right direction for THEM, not a cookie-cutter recipe for what worked for the mentor. As a young pup, it's important to LISTEN and glean what you can and apply what you need for yourself. Big point from me: I wouldn't be where I am today if someone hadn't clued me in early on. Concur w/Toro: let's stop BSing about fire extinguishing training and information awareness. Use that time to actually help people.

Go to a local winery, get a bottle of their finest, then create a label using a $1 bill with all the applicable information (names, the type/year of the wine, etc). Val Verde Winery in Del Rio has some good deals.

Absolutely doable, in fact I recommend taking 2 classes at a time while deployed. I'm just finishing up my MBA with Touro over 2 years and 2 Herk deployments. The internet access can be a little squirrelly. You'll be able to access the school site/research libraries just fine on AF computers; you'll just have to use a thumb drive to download your files onto your laptop to type the papers. Some people will type their papers on the common computers, but I don't recommend it. Every Touro professor I had was very understanding of the military/deployed situation. I was granted every extension for which I asked with no grade penalty. Even going on some long TDYs I would let them know and the teachers were quick to grant the extension. Bottom line, it's EXTREMELY SMART/HELPFUL to start your Master's while deployed. You'll understand what I mean when you get there, but you will be bored out of your mind. There's only so much Halo before your eyes start bleeding. If you have any Touro MBA specific questions, PM me... Touro is the BOMB.

Speaking of the topic title, I just came back from OIF via the BWI rotator. I've never taken the rotator home on previous deployment(s). After landing and getting my bags from a 36 hour ordeal coming home, I was a little unprepared for the clapping and cheering receiving line from the USO. Even though I was totally exhausted, it was awesome to shake hands and hear THANK YOU 50x from people I've never met. I really appreciated it.

So I'm on the 18 Dec desert-bound rotator out of BWI crammed with Army guys going out for a year, few AF/Navy guys sprinkled in. The flight crew is BLASTING Christmas music as we board for about an hour. I make the comment "That's pretty cruel to play 'I'll be home for Christmas' when we all know we'll be pounding sand through next year". She smiles and says "It's just to get us all in the Christmas mood! I love this time of year!" So I guess she's good... Just when I was letting my guard down to pop and Ambien, they kill the Christmas music for a minute to ask us "Chicken or beef?" Then I knew who I was dealing with. Get back to the circle. Merry f'ing Christmas.

Trust me, the LPA stepped up designing and building the entire bar over about 10 months... we just couldn't work the mug pegboard into the Japanese construction contract. Our motivated NCO made our pegboard, our velcro wall area for hanging nametags AND wired our Bose system through the ceiling. He's a self help master... we lucked out having him help out. It would have looked like shit if I tried to do it myself.

We had one of our motivated (and skilled) loadmasters build our mug peg boards in the 36th. He actually built three of them for separate areas behind our bar. I dunno where you could go online to get the custom board... I bet you'd need to build it yourself to make sure it will fit.

I thought you had to go through AT&T to get the iphone... that wrong?

General Olds' military decorations include the Air Force Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star with three oak leaf clusters, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross with five oak leaf clusters, Air Medal with 39 oak leaf clusters, British Distinguished Flying Cross, French Croix de Guerre, Vietnam Air Force Distinguished Service Order, Vietnam Air Gallantry Medal with gold wings, and Vietnam Air Service Medal. That's incredible (among other things, like 16 kills).

C-17 and C-130 (and possibly tankers, chime in) pilots go through the MPD program (Mobility Pilot Development). Coming out of the schoolhouse as a brand new copilot, they can fly airland in the left or the right seat. Depending on what time period they graduated, they may be able to fly tactical airdrop and low levels in both seats as well. These pilots do not have to return to the schoolhouse for aircraft commander upgrade, they can upgrade inhouse. So it's a big $$ savings all around, and copilots get the experience in both seats before becoming ACs.

I agree 100%. I grew up in the DC area and have been to all the Smithsonian museums a few times, and the Holocaust Museum is the most interesting one. It takes anywhere from 2-5 hours to walk through because you can stop and read whatever you like (self-paced). Also, the most graphic images are behind 4 foot walls so small children can't walk right up and see them. The whole experience is sobering and it's one you won't forget. Couple that with the changing of the Guard at Arlington and it's a good start. 1) Holocaust Museum 2) Arlington changing of the guard 3) Dulles Annex Air and Space museum 4) Museum of Natural History (GREAT for kids!!) That's my short list for a weekend in DC for a newbie. Getting through those museums will take a quite a bit of time. Have fun!

I just peed myself.

There were two Guard guys going through Little Rock PIQ with me who had PCSed. Their units didn't want to pay the TDY $$ and somehow got around the aforementioned 180 day rule. It sucked for them 1) no TDY $$, and 2) each had to get a OPR/training report from the OSS. We all got a training report in leui of the OPR, but they had to get more specifics in their paperwork because of the PCS.

The cadet himself doesn’t deserve special treatment. What does need to be addressed is the image of that FW as a result of that email. The Wing King was trying to stem the tide of huge PA disaster… since we’ve all received that email in our inbox, who knows who else is getting it? We all know how quickly an insignificant email can turn into a media frenzy. I bet it really sucked when the CC had to hear about the email from one of his buddies. I wouldn’t want to be that Major. Merry Christmas, there’s a LOC under your tree.

Dude, you're already a cartoon. Pick another one.