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I hate blues- but it wasn't that bad. I'm over it. This kool-aid is delicious.

I think this will open the ART mandatory uniform issue again for sure. I think I might be Mr. on Mondays. This thread has some ridiculous posts and some ridiculous posters.

Put down the kool aid and step away from the big blue propaganda machine. I hate blues.

I've gotta hit the trift store- no way i'm paying full price for a cardigan. I think the trift store is open like every odd tuesday during a full moon.

Do you fly everyday? According to the "practical, funtionality of the uniform," you should wear blues when you're not flying. I still have rank from 7 years ago on my blues, and i think I threw my shoes away a few years back.

Never had a staff job? I hope when/if you get a staff tour, it'll be 5 day a week blues mandatory.

We need someone to come up with the most insane, but legal, blues combo. If all baseops-ers wore the combo (that is crazy but legal) it'd be like giving the finger to ridiculous management. So any suggestions- I like the wheel cap, short sleeves, tie, boots (maybe bloused if legal) cardigan. what am i missing?

It's official- I'm looking at the memo dated 4 Sept. Hooray!! I hate blues.

The Navy.

Rank among LTs is like virtue among whores.

Stay with Lt Col Doe or Capt Doe until they tell you otherwise. Always error on the side of caution.

enjoy

I subscribe to the theory, "if one reflective belt is good, ten is better." It didn't go over so well in the ORE or at the deid.

The SAF/PA Website has all eligible events for aerial support by the AF. (got to have a password). The Auburn game is not listed for the weekend. (that doesn't mean the Marines/Army/Navy won't flyover). The Auburn Homecoming game is on the AF website with no voluteers so far. I'd like to do it, since I'm a AU grad- heck, I could even get an AU grad copilot. But doing a C-130 flyby is like is like showing up to the party with the fat chick- no matter how cool you think you look, well, you get the point. WAR EAGLE!!!!

Log it with your annual refresher sim. Worry about it around ORI time- get comfortable with it then.

It looks like M2's avatar. Maybe a Geico commercial went badly in Northern Georgia.

USAA makes the 529 process fairly easy. I set some up last year online via the USAA website, never had to talk to anyone- all online.

You missed the C-130 in Iraq. My thoughts and prayers are with the B-52 crew and their families.

If the chow hall doesn't have gatorade, what do you piss in? Coke bottles/water bottles have too small of an opening to hit half asleep.

edit- i suck at this

Not originals- but funny none the less....

I was there on Herky row. The Minnie boys put on a hell of a party until the cops threatned to take the Aircraft commander to jail. The party on the last day was crazy. Bring lots and lots of tattoos, and i hope you don't have a case of dry mouth. We also did the aircrew competition on the day before the show. I thought it was going to suck, but it turned out to be a great time. You essentially compete with other aircrews from different countries in a number of events such as: shooting gyro jet flares at a target, swiming rucksacks and a dummy across a very cold lake, etc. There was plenty of pints flowing and we had a pretty good time with the Germans and the Jordanians. Definitely a great airshow.

Thank God it goes down the toilet with the J model. You learn the ops limits you need and you don't fill your head with useless herc trivia. Feel free to learn the construct of the 1553 data bus and desribe the path of electron from a BAU to the MC, but do it in private, don't bore the crew. If I cannot touch it, fix it, reset it, overspeed it from where I'm sitting but I know how it works, why in the hell would I need to memorize when the sphitzer valve opens or closes +or - 5? Don't get me wrong, the crews I fly with have been flying the J for longer than anyone (except the Brits). We know the plane- we just don't play gay engineer games about"where's the wooden roller or what part did Harley Davidson make or how many holes in the urinal." The checklist is king and that is what we teach. It has been revised probably 15 times since I started fly the J and you'd be hard pressed to find a situation that cannot be solved by the book. We do have some guys who couldn't break away and found nuggets of knowledge to fill the voids of their brains, but that is not the norm. Initially I had the same worries as you. I was fresh out of CIQ at LRF and could spout all forms of knowledge and draw most systems. I felt uncomfortable in the J. After a couple thousand hours, I got over it. Can you tell me how many pounds of force it takes to pop the trunk of your car or how many lug nuts are on each tire and number of threads showing after properly torqued?

You'll have morning inspections, complete with demerits. Shaving is a bitch and so is keeping the boots polished. Kidding. I'd skip the flight suit and go with BDUs. If you need a more "real" experience, then ask to stay in the woods until next class comes thru. Clothing doesn't make the experience any less real. I felt that BDUs offered more flexibility than a bag, also, it's easier to take a nature dump.