drewpey

A year or two ago they swept through BAF with fairly thorough checks and forced everyone to take down the combat wallpaper. The huts look so sad and lonely by themselves. It's like seeing an aircraft stripped of all its paint. Now all the walls are a borderline safety hazard now with millions of exposed staples sticking out from every surface. When things have got to a point where we have time and motivation to do things like this, it's time to pack everything up and go home.

both?

LOL I too question this general's judgement.

It's good to see REMFs trying to drum up unit morale. It's bad enough they can't wear their own unit patches as a point of pride. It would be nice to see heritage make a comeback.

A large survey done on the 12XX career field comparing job skills to those taught at the schoolhouse...lots of data and some humorous write-in comments. Worth a perusal if you are looking for some time to burn. https://www.filedropper.com/12xxoardec13 For the lurkers wondering about their own AFSC, check here: https://oa.aetc.af.mil/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNfDUTGOEj0

Totally thought this was going to be a thread about this whole thing being cancelled because of sequestration. Glad I was wrong.

My issue with these types of things is what is he really trying to accomplish by saying something like this? He isn't concerned about the specific acts that disqualify someone from getting a clearance, but rather the act of posting it online. The military needs to get over itself because they need fresh blood more than the fresh blood needs a military job.

So it won't wrap up in December? That will push back the '05 guys just like they said it wouldn't. Grats on the 123/month. At least it isn't 113 I guess.

To answer your original questions: There is no glass ceiling in AFSOC for CSO types. Leaving AFSOC is possible, but generally difficult unless your circumstances allow (ok manning in unit/crew position, on-board commander, etc.) Good on your for choosing mission over everything else, but don't sell your stick-monkey potential short. You aren't born with piloting skills, they are taught. If you really want to be a CSO, go for it...you can always change your mind later and apply for pilot training up until you are 30. It is not uncommon. You have a long road ahead of you and you could end up in a variety of airframes as a pilot or a CSO that you may not like. Work hard enough and don't be a douche and you can generally end up wherever you want. Also a bit of advice: if you do end up going CSO keep it to yourself that you passed up a pilot slot. No one will believe you, and it can only hurt you. Best of luck.

Have you checked your base wood/hobby shop? They usually have a good selection of shadow boxes and flag cases for sale.

I'm agreeing with you. Not to detract from their service, the sources the author uses are out of date. While they no doubt still talk with guys in-the-know now, I imagine it's a lot of sport-bitching. Generals are people too and will tend to bitch to suit their agenda. Without any data or in-depth discussion on why this may be the article is on par with TMZ.

This article uses two sources: both generals, one that retired in 2007 and another in 1993.

What if I feel harassed when I've got an A1C Junkchecker breathing down my neck during my monthly random urinalysis?

You might not like who you are supporting, but you are still supporting someone.

Was the ABU-pattern two-piece ever implemented outside of AFSOC? I imagine the OCP-pattern will be greeted with the same resistance. Non-concur.

This works. Why?

I'm still getting the message when I first go to www.flyingsquadron.com/forums, but no longer when navigating on the site. I cleared my history as well, so I'm not sure why I seem to be the only one getting it.

Sounds like a hoot!

Was the audience unaware that you cannot engage an EWO in the social intricacies of sarcasm and humor? They sit waaayyy to close to the waveguides. They only speak fax machine!

https://google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=https://www.flyingsquadron.com last time the malicious content was seen was on the 13th...so I'm not sure what you suggest will show anything.

I broke baseops :(

haha! Anyways I noticed that I only get the error message in Chrome when I navigate using "open in new tab" otherwise no issues.

same message when accessing flyingsquadron.com/forums What is the current listing status for flyingsquadron.com/forums? Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer. Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 2 time(s) over the past 90 days. What happened when Google visited this site? Of the 20 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 5 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2013-09-12, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2013-09-12. Malicious software is hosted on 1 domain(s), including url4short.info/. This site was hosted on 1 network(s) including AS23352 (SERVERCENTRAL). Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware? Over the past 90 days, flyingsquadron.com/forums did not appear to function as an intermediary for the infection of any sites. Has this site hosted malware? No, this site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days. How did this happen? In some cases, third parties can add malicious code to legitimate sites, which would cause us to show the warning message.