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My recruiter supports what buff said. I'll serve the remainder of the ADSC in the guard. Sounds like this whole thing has been standard AFPC being idiots who don't know their own processess, regs, etc.

Spoken as fact, nothing more or less. VMFA - With you 100%.

The MDG saying they're too undermanned to provide MEDICAL training so other groups should pick up their slack is akin to MX being too undermanned, so finance troops should help launch jets, or ops is undermanned on SARMs, so the med group should supply airmen to augment them, etc. There are only two acceptable end states here, the wing cc tells the MDG/CC fix it, or the requirement for SABC training is deleted. There is not a single valid COA that leads to some ops, mx, etc. dude being "the SABC guy."

Shack. Everyone has their role, and the mission sets they're awesome at, the mission sets they're average at, and the mission sets they're horrible at/cannot do period dot. It is naive to blanket statement say single seat is better than crew or vice versa. I've seen many crew aircraft obliterate the enemy and pretty much nail it, I've also seen crew aircraft fuck the dog so hard I was embarrassed for them. The exact same thing can be said for every F-XX community out there. We're all on the same team with the same end goals - use your strengths, admit your weaknesses, and leverage other's capabilities every chance you get. In the end, a lot comes down to the bros executing and many times a lack of equipment capability/"ideal" crew composition is overcome by superb skill, and other times no amount of awesome technology/"ideal" crew composition can save the below average dipshits from failing.

MDG can't support one of their core functions, so some ops guy should do it...where the fuck are Wing Commanders who actually have balls and crush this kind of bullshit? Wait, doing actually leading may jeopardize their "upward mobility," so never mind, nothing to see here.

Did you find out about this injury at flight med / Air Force hospital? If you did, then yes, the AF knows. If you went on your own to a civilian doc (not using Tricare), then no, they don't. After you answer that question, if the AF does know, you need to consult a flight doc about if a waiver is required. If the AF doesn't know, well...do you want them to know?

I'm going for palace chase, planning to roll the last couple months of ADSC into the guard. Where did you read you cant do that if you palace front?

Opinion: don't think it's a great idea to enlist if you KNOW your goal is officer/pilot. Sure it can and has worked out for dudes, but reality is you're putting yourself at least a few years behind timeline, possibly doing something you don't really want to do, maybe end up not getting hired at the unit you're enlisted in, when all along you already knew what you wanted. Unless you need it for college help or just don't know what you want to do/need a couple years to figure life out, it's seems to be more of a gamble than a "great way" to increase your odds of your dream job. No I didn't take this route, but I do know several guys who did and who share these sentiments. Go for what you want right away, i.e. keep applying at UPT boards across multiple units. FWIW, I've had a great AD experience (for the most part); yes I'm punching, but that doesn't mean I would do anything different if I rewound the clock 10 years. ROTC to AD pilot was a great path for me and a lot of other guys, so don't discount it. Give good consideration to all the options; there's a lot of very negative sport bitching on here (I'm just as guilty as others), but AD was not a bad way to spend the first 10 years of my flying career.

Sweet - sounds like I'll just serve out a couple months of TEB in the guard.

Thanks dude, that is good info. I'll have to read that more closely - though the skeptic in me already sees the wording "reserve unit" in there. One would think that loosely includes all ARC units, but I wouldn't be surprised if going to ANG vs. AFRC screws you. That said, maybe I'm too jaded and all will be fine.

Also very interested in the above - I don't want to lose the GIB for my kids over a few months of PC...I'll stick it out to my commitment for the long term benefit if my only PC option is to lose GIB transfer forever.

I'm with Hacker. A good excel product works great, doesn't cost money, and is as customizable as your excel skills allow. I'm not a huge excel guru, but have made it what I need - can track any type of time, approaches, etc., 30/60/90 hours/sorties, etc. Any info you'll ever need (from personal gee whiz, to unfucking the HARM office who lost your stuff, to ATP application, to airline apps, etc.) is sortable/easy to find. I keep mine on my google drive, so it's instantly accessible/editable from any device I have internet access on (or I can download a copy, edit, and upload later once I have internet access).

Mountain Herc - PM sent.

Did you guys work with the in-service recruiter at your losing base or go through a recruiter that works at/directly with the ARC squadron you're going to? Does it matter, is it better one way or the other?

I'll try to find it again. But, I was only looking at it through the lense of going to an aircraft I've never flown, so may not apply to requal in a previously flown aircraft. EDIT: Found what I read earlier; the extra 3 yr ADSC that can be past your initial UPT ADSC is only for a Qual in an aircraft you've never been qual'd in before. N/A if you're requaling, regardless of how many years out of the jet. Source is discussion from this thread, last page:

I think there's an update to that reg about a year ago. I was told (and then found it written somewhere) the AFT ADSC will extend past your UPT commitment. This was the driving reason I turned down a TX to another aircraft. Absolutely true this was not the case in the recent past, but AFPC has "fixed the glitch."

I've heard negative reviews from two guys I know who bought that holster - said the draw was clumsy, they fought between damn near unable to draw and pants so loose (to enable an "ok" draw) it was annoying. But, no firsthand experience, so take that with a grain of salt. Personally I have never had issues with good IWB or pocket holsters for conceal carry; this things looks and sounds like a gimmick more than a legitimate holster.

Makes sense - thanks Amy!

Can't buy until mar-apr timeframe, based on expected market as well as minimizing rent/mortgage overlap...anything I can do to lock rates in prior to the Fed's increase or am I too far out and just have to take what I can get in mar timeframe?

Thanks Marty! Is it possible to get through this portion of the loan approval process prior to finding a house? or does a lender reassess your LES a second time once you find a house? My issue is there is almost no way I will buy a house/go into contract prior to a DOS being established...based on several factors. However, do have full time employment post-separation.

If the lender simply needs to see last x amount of LES, seems as long as you get past that part of the paperwork prior to a DOS showing up on a future LES, you're good. Is that a valid assumption?

Does the no more than 180 day out requirement not start until submit is clicked in vmpf? Wondering if you can start the ball rolling with the ISR, get the first 1288 endorsement and voluntary separation brief, but then sit on the "click submit" part until < 180 days from requested PC date? Want to lead turn paperwork as much as possible, but not end up screwing myself over by getting something kicked back because I'm still > 180 days from desiredate DOS.

Marty - does having a DOS established, but still on AD, hurt you with getting a loan? You're still getting a paycheck, so why does the lender care...especially if you have follow on employment? Seems weird considering a civilian gets a loan and the lender would have no idea if they're about to leave their job a month after closing...there's no telling, so why would an established DOS hurt you?

Haven't lived there, but after multiple TDYs there and hanging out with several friends who do, the area east of the mountains (Mountain Green/Morgan area) is pretty awesome. Friends are 15 min driveway to ski lift, 2 min from trailhead, 20 min drive to the squadron/Ogden, 20 min to Farmington (which has a bunch of restaurants, shops, etc). You'll be able to get a .3-.5 acre lot for the most part unless you want to spend more money to build on a 1-1.5 acre lot. Anything larger than that lot size and you're looking at a further commute. It's a good area to have the feel of living in the mountains/rural, but a fairly large city is only a 20 min drive away (and blocked from your view by the moutains...a bonus in my book).

Don't think that will go well in reality. Guys get 2-3 sorties/wk as it is right now, and that's the min they should get. Going to a 3 day schedule puts them at 2 best case (and more likely 1). Additionally, unless it's going to be no shit only 3 fly days/wk for the entire RF exercise, how does a SQ fill SOF, Top 3, VDO, etc. when a single body is now committed for 2.5 days (I'll assume debrief prep/execution is .5 days)? I don't think that will be as easy as some might think. Lastly, if you go to only 3 fly days/wk for the entire exercise, you've lost 4 vuls at minimum of what could be great training (assuming inputs above are taken into account). Other than the last week of AI phase (where the 3 day model exists), WIC does substantially more difficult scenarios with same day debrief/execution. RF should not reinvent the wheel/add another day for something that is not as complicated. The debrief problem can simply be solved by decreasing who can talk (mentioned above: link manager, ATC, etc. can shut the fuck up, they have nothing value added for the group at large), adhering to strict timelines, and accepting the fact a few MINOR things may left out in the quest for a timeline, BUT those minor things have zero impact on the overall LLs. For example, we spend about 3 times longer on a shot val than it should take...stop rewinding, stop standing up front and asking 6-9 repeat data questions trying to nats ass the perfect pairing...if you can't figure it out right away, then fucking pk miss it and move along, there's about a 95% chance that one Pk Miss does not alter the LLs that should come out of the mission. I think some bullshit pride thing drives a lot of shot val lengthening...don't get butt hurt if you get killed out when you may not have if another 45" was spent by Mig 1 tap dancing around. Do things like that and shot val gets much shorter, LLs still come out, but most importantly you have more time to develop/discuss those LL...the shot val should not take 85% of the debrief time. Edit: Provide enough ICADs machines that dudes have access pre-debrief to pre-pair shots. NE tried to do this the last time I was there, good idea, but they only had 2 computers available. If RF had about 5 computers to pre-pair, dudes could get their shit squared away prior, and the debrief takes much less time. Time spent pre-pairing is double time saved in the debrief.