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valid points c-21/sleepy but there are still dudes out there with good scores/grades, active in rotc crap and everything else that still aren't/weren't picked up...not me personally, i wasn't medically qualified at the time....throwing this out there before people start pointing fingers at me b/c i'm mx and trying to get picked up now on AD. i know a lot of dudes that fell into that category. just b/c you tick all the boxes, doesn't mean you're necessarily going to get picked up in rotc. csuseanb...my bad for the thread hijack... to answer your original question about forceshaping...all the dudes i know that sie'd were all forceshaped when their year group was on the cutting block.

got some usafa dudes to perform echo checks on the engines on the -135s at mildenhall. had these kids screaming as loud as they could into the tailpipes daily. then the aircrew had them do said air samples. everybody was getting a good laugh at their expense while they were there. unfortunately weren't able to get them to do yell checks on the cables when we were taking them through the iso dock.

good thing you made this choice after taking a slot away from somebody in college who would kill for it but wasn't picked up. edited my wording...

Hoegaarden John Smith's And Steve knows about this, or at least he should....the Cambridge Beer Festival. Over 130 REAL Ales, all the cider seahound can drink (by the way, strongbow is for chavs...pick up a magners...but cider is still crap in the end), and it lasts a week long. That week was the death of me when I was stationed at Mildenhall. God I loved that week.

sounds like you know about this bendy...guess that's why you're a drunken poster?! as far as stopping your addiction w/o seeking help. good luck with that. all the drunks i know when they went cold turkey had a tough time with it. hope it works out for you though. you'll be better off in the end though when you're dry...no matter what the outcome of UPT. EDIT: dunno about how bad your dependency is. if you're a drunk it'll be tough. if you push it up a little too much on the weekend and do stupid crap...well, the drink will be easier to walk away from.

i adhere to rule #1 simply b/c i'm lazy. but if i wanted to go regularly, sometimes i get this crazy idea i want to get in shape permanently and do it for a month or so before i say f'it...i'm going to nap at home. i just manage my time/workday and fit it in...usually towards the end of the day where i'll just go home afterwards. life's all about time management.

good points you brought up. this was my first interview and how i went at it. hopefully it'll work out, i should find out shortly. there was no criteria on how the package was supposed to be put together so i took the innitiative to go about binding it. if the roe said to put a staple in the top left corner i would have done that. i was in service dress so they could see what i've done. not a whole lot, only have one commendation medal for my whopping two row fruitbowl. obviously the rest were for showing up to work on time. i did include in my package my oprs and my 215 which has all the awards i've won so thats why i didn't include a separate list or anything like that. i guess looking back my previous statement post didn't make sense. all the awards/decs were in my package, they were just buried in my oprs and 215 and not separately listed. did i have written down or include my force shaping letter that said my wing ranking of 1/12 at all in my package? no...i just mentioned it when the subject came up about how long my commitment is to AD and i said that i find out 1 may if i get force shaped. i think there are ways of mentioning your accomplishments w/o explicitly including them in your rush package on a separate sheet. i thought a lot about including a picture or pictures in my package. i decided to go for it and figured i'd roll the dice on being put in the tool pile. i'd definately agree with you about not putting in the hero shot picture. mine were a couple solo ones i had that people have taken of me out and about, one of me and my mom, and one of my and my boys at a bar in greece. all decent pictures that you can't really make fun of in my opinion. they didn't ask for pictures but i put them in anyways. i overheard one of the pilots saying to one of the candidates taht they like getting the pictures so that they can put a face with a package, see if you're physically fit with in air force height and weight standards etc. i think it's a good idea and gives you an incite into the personality of the person. some words of advice that i saw from the other dudes at the interview that i think they screwed up on. never, ever, ever ever, ever bring your cell phone with you. one dude kept looking at it while at the squadron bar and several of the pilots made faces about it. you're there for them, not your girlfriend or wife who keeps texting you. leave it in your car. if you were a highschool/college cheerleader do not mention it unless your a woman and you can still put your ankles behind your head or jump and land doing the splits. if you're a dude...yeah you got to put your hand in crotch all day but at the end of the day, you're still a male cheerleader. and my last words of advice....do not ask the dudes if you can log the sim time that you just got when they had you fly a quick profile. who gives a crap if you've flown 15 mins in a A-10, F-16, KC-135 sim. just be glad that you were given the opportunity to play around a little bit in their sim. like i said, this was my first interview for a guard/reserve unit. i'm sure i made mistakes, everybody does. it was a great learning experience that i'll use the time i'm having to go through it again.

i got mine bound at kinkos. generic spiral binding...they had no problems making copies of it for the different dudes to take a look at while they interviewed me. don't laminate and don't make them removable. don't use an official headshot...make the pics represent who you are. dunno about the fc1 stamp...mine was stamped. i didn't mention awards/decs but i'm not that type of a person. if they ask, i'll tell them. good luck dude.

old news....mildenhall did it about a year and a half ago. first went the towels b/c of lack of funds. then the lockers went strictly to daily use b/c people were signing up for them and never using them. making lockers strictly for daily use makes sense to me though. doing away with towels though is . same deal at whiteman too. all lockers are daily use and i haven't seen towels available.

i'll be that said mx officer in a few weeks and i'll be damned if i think i deserve one for doing an aef to guam. i've got too many friends that are on the ground getting shot at to actually think i deserve a combat badge, bsm (definately not a bsv) etc. in fact, just to screw with them, i like telling them i'm fighting the war too over here in england while i drink at the pubs/clubs and nail single moms every weekend. not like nailing single moms is a big accomplishment over here, all the women here are single moms. as for dudes on the ground needing some sort of recognition, i think there should be one. look at the Lt from 1st combat camera who went above and beyond what his duty description reads in his OPR. i think the only people that are deserving are the ones on the ground outside the wire. if you're a pilot playing with the army you should get one if so deserving, if you're a supply troop running convoy duties you get one too.

thanks for the info. i've always planned on having volvo ship it since they'll probably take better care of it and send it directly to a volvo dealership whereas the govt will ship it to a port and i have to go pick it up. shipping it was never a concern, it's the damn tax. the car is a '05, i picked it up in december so it'll be just shy of a year. i'll let you all know how it goes and the goat rope i experienced in a few weeks. i'll be shipping it out this week.

considering i had gone through 3 used cars while i was here. car one got into an accident. car two was a mini that i sold to an amn who wanted it for parts b/c it was a lemon, car three blew up on the highway just outside of cambridge. said f-it, i need a new car. went for a volvo. laugh all you want. great car that will last me forever and i saved about 6k buying it here. you can't sell a tax-free car in england, part of the stipulation of buying it.

So my time has come to an end over in England unfortunately and I head back to the states in a couple weeks...hopefully the BAA has figured out wtf is up with their airport security...and I've got a question for you guys that were stationed over in USAFE in the past. I bought a "tax-free" car over here and will be taking it back with me. Is it a huge ass pain to register/title your car? I have a feeling I'm going to get stuck paying tax on it. Texas, where I'm a resident, wants 6.25% and Missouri where I'm going has all sorts of stipulations. People keep mentioning the 3-way split, wtf is that all about? Thanks. EDIT: I'm too lazy to do a search for this topic. [ 20. August 2006, 06:09: Message edited by: Toro ]

hopefully it was quick. RIP

i'd say the fred breaks a lot but wouldn't call them hangar queens. just b/c it has one of the highest breaks rates, it usually isn't broken for over 30 days (the time necessary to be considered a hangar queen in mx's eyes). like ralph says...every pilot i know loves to fly it. they always tend to breaks in good locations too! look and heed what chuck says about per diem. if you're in usafe, you're looking at roughly a hundred bucks a day if you're off base! sign me up. edit: i changed brakes to breaks...thanks for catching that guys [ 18. June 2006, 14:54: Message edited by: Login Name ]

Looks like we've got some boys missing after an attack... http://us.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/17/s...sing/index.html

thanks hydro for taking the words out of my mouth! topper harley, stop *****ing about where you're going. a lot of us that are trying to get slots would give our left nut for how the dice rolled for you. shit, if the af moved upt to malmstrom or minot i'd still kill for it. i hope you do get to change bases and get stuck at laughlin. it's sort of like the beach just w/o the ocean and the beautiful florida girls.

"Due to a scholarship pledge, I went through four years of college without doing it." what kind of scholarship bans alcohol?

saw this on cnn about iran and oil...but what jet is that?

i like the cardigan the dude wears. so question....-10s have mprs pods too? i know they have an integral drogue, didn't know about the mprs pods though. saw them on the cartoon pic on the extenders webpage. they suck as bad as the-135s pods? [ 21. May 2006, 08:14: Message edited by: Login Name ]

no way, b/c then we get people like this...if you havent seen this email, give it time. it's a Lt at fe warren talking about the evils of alcohol... "Nothing personal against all you drinkers out there, but alcohol use is logically unjustifiable. I’m “falling on my sword” on this one but I can’t remain silent any longer. No one can deny that alcohol causes suffering. What everyone needs to acknowledge is that the “good times” don’t nearly make up for that suffering. The costs outweigh the benefits. More human suffering comes out of a bottle than a gun. That’s a fact. If you don’t believe me, go to a group therapy session and see how many people are there because their dad shot someone versus how many are there because their dad was an alcoholic. Ask around a prison how many people are there because of alcohol. Ask the same question at a hospital emergency room or an abortion clinic. How many “date rapes” have happened under the influence? How many people have died in car accidents? How many crimes, including shootings, have involved alcohol? And I’m just talking about in our community. These are unnecessary casualties that fly in the face of Operational Risk Management. They say you should “drink responsibly” so as to maintain self-control (I assume). But the biggest problem with alcohol consumption is that it degrades one’s ability to maintain self-control. It clouds judgment. To “drink responsibly” is literally an oxymoron that only serves as a legal disclaimer to protect alcohol producers from inevitable lawsuits. To quote a recent movie: “Alcohol is a social lubricant. It makes men brave and women loose.” (Just Like Heaven, 2005) That’s a recipe for date rape. This is the very scenario in a mandatory training video presented by the Air Force on Sexual Assault Awareness. The perpetrator’s modus operondi was to get his victim drunk first. After I watched that video with my co-workers, I asked the group, “Can anyone tell me what good comes from alcohol use that could possibly offset this much bad?” Everyone shook their heads and muttered “No.” We keep trying to address the symptoms of alcohol related problems but never the root cause: THE ALCOHOL. I know some people say, “I don’t hurt anyone else.” But alcohol always hurts the user in one way or another. Just ask my friend whose dad died of alcohol poisoning. Or maybe they say, “It’s my choice.” But too often the choices of people under the influence of alcohol become consequences for others. Just ask the family of Airman First Class Brandy Lyn Fehr if the drunk driver that killed their daughter had the right to make that choice. So, my plea to you is this: Kick the alcohol habit before it kicks you! You don’t need it in your life. I’ve lived my entire life without a drop of alcohol and I still have fun at social events. And I’ve never done anything I regretted the next day because I voluntarily handed my self-control over to a chemical the night before. You see, you can give away personal control but you can’t give away personal responsibility. So why not maintain control over the decisions and actions for which you alone will be held accountable? Finally, if you think you can’t live without a beer, think how you’ll be able to live with yourself if you kill someone driving home from your favorite brew pub. Is it really worth it? Operational Risk Management says no. Why walk close to the edge of the cliff? Just avoid it all together."

i agree with the being an officer first but some of things you've said are completely ignorant. heaven forbid we give command jobs to somebody who's not a pilot. notice i say pilot b/c there'll never be a nav chief of staff and to my knowledge wg/cc. the af is an old boys network and being a pilot is the requirement to be king. look at the af senior leadership and how many aren't pilots... so for the person that can't be a pilot there should be jobs for them in the af. i know a lot of people that have no desire to fly but love being in the af. they love their job and are good at it. so should we give their job to LSI or one of the other contractors simply b/c they don't wear wings? or how about taking away command positions from those people who never wanted to be a pilot just we can ensure a pilot who knows nothing about maintenance except how to read 781s can be a mxg or sq/cc? seems like a terrible idea to me and i'm glad the af has went away with it. not bc i'm mx and now have a shot at being a cc years from now but b/c we're having people that know the job be the commander. oh, i'm a 2lt...for another 2 weeks...and i've had the same "command" positions as your buddy 1lt in the army...having 100 or so people in your flight is typical for mx. i'm still trying to figure out why you had mentioned that in your posting. was it b/c all the IPs in your friends unit are warrant officers? thats probably b/c officers dont fly too much in the army. you'll fly a lot until your capt then you're flying a desk for the most part. their aviators are warrant officers. so should the af have warrant officers so they can do allthe flying and the rated guys can fly desks? sounds like a bad idea to me. i'm starting to ramble.

Flyboys by James Bradley.

all the dudes at my school that were prior wore theirs and the ones that got deployed then came back wore theirs too. smoke'em if you got'em...wear'em if you earned 'em i say. and if somebody says something, just look at them like they're a retard and walk away.

since these arabs love unclean meat like pork, this would be a good ending for him... "You're always goin to have problems lifting a body in 1 piece. Apparently the best thing to do is cut up the corpse into 6 pieces and pile it all togetha. And when you got your 6 pieces you gotta get rid of'em 'cause it's no good leavin' it in the deep freeze for your mum to discover now is it? Then I hear the best thing to do is feed them to pigs, you gotta starve the pigs for a few days then the sight of a chopped up body will look like curry to a piss head. You gotta shave the heads of your victims, pull the teeth out for the sake of the piggie's digestion. You could do this afterwards o'course but you don't wanna go siftin' thru pig shit now do ya. They will go thru bone like butta. You need at least 16 pigs to finish the job in one sitting so be wary of any man who owns a pig farm. They will go thru a body that weighs 200 pounds in about 8 minutes. That means that a single pig can consume 2 pounds of uncooked flesh every minute. Hence the expression 'as greedy as a pig'".