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Either that, or just join the ANG/AFRES. You have to be a complete retard to NOT get promoted to Captain, and that's a bit of a stretch.

Yup...graduated from that very same course back in 1998 at the Logistics Training Center at LAFB. Back when I was there, the instructors were a no bullshit kind of group. Looks like times have changed.

Yeah, that'll be greeaatttt, thanks!

Dude, forget it, they're rollin'...

Two guys in my unit did 6 month tours as well, and they both said they loved it. They were out of K-har. It all depends on what if you have six months to kill!

Yup...it's definitely not the same anymore, EVEN in the Guard. Unfortunately, modern day politics has caught up with us as well.

Do what now?

I remember getting yelled at in UPT for not using "ground references"! Good times..

sarcasm on/ And yet I'll still bet bottom dollar that this will not be enough in the eyes of Big Blue! /sarcasm off

When I was living out near Edwards way back when, that photo was used on the front cover of our local phone book. I remember it well. My dad, being a military aviator himself, took a pen, and drew a Guy Fawkes mustache and beard on him...followed by a swift, "I hate that guy!"

That's F-ing gay if it's going into TIMS! Why the hell for? The 355 comments were meant for morning standup so everyone could share a laugh!

I was working the RSU as the recorder one day, and a fellow classmate was on her pattern sortie, and would NOT request closed. Instead she just flew the entire box pattern(no STS here). The controller told me to write down WU/S for her callsign(It meant Wuss).

I guess we all can fall on, "Boss, I quit!"

Yup, Columbus.

Ok, jealous...at the property...and the plane ports...and the pool. At least he's a G.A. supporter!

Man, you young buck are really out of touch! Patti LaBelle is a 70's and 80's singer, but kinda disappeared during the 90's. For those of you who are James Bond fans, she sang the ending credits music for "License To Kill" (1989), just to name an example.

Actually she was. She had a good head on her shoulders, and was the class SRO...who outranked the Flight Commander! Giggity... And no, I can't provide pictures.

Not in my class, but when I was back in UPT, there was a class about 4 months ahead of mine that had a female Major who was in her early 30's (this was back in 2004). Her story was simple, "$hit ton of waivers!" She had gotten picked up by an ANG unit, and was obviously prior service.

Amazing, so the C-130 was made by Boeing eh?

Spot on.

That's because the Air Force has turned into a Coporation, which means customs and courtesies are optional...and I almost forgot..everyone is a warrior too!

To answer your question Rainman, no I wouldn't have done this in real time combat. My copilot suggested we try to coordinate a new TOT enroute to the drop, only to do it unsuccessfully. The reason for the suggestion was because we got up to the hold short line 10 minutes prior to takeoff, so in the interests of not sitting there and wasting gas, that we takeoff early. Essentially, I screwed up. In the debrief, it was recommended I could have held for 10 minutes before crossing "the gate." It was just a bad day for me, that's all. Will I ever do it again...hell no! I was told by the SEFE that "I was NOT unsafe, just that he felt I should take the ride over again." Whatever that meant. None the less, I just wanted some of your opinions, that's all. And no, it was just a regular mission checkride at home station, not real world.

It's interesting reading here that most of you EP guys say that Q-2's and -3's are rarely handed out, yet I feel that my squadron is an exception to the rule. During our ASEV, AMC Stan/Eval was looking through our records and made a comment of, "Holy Crap, you guys hand out Q-3's like candy!" We fly the South Pole missions, and yes our flying is definitely non-standard, compared to the norm. Our leadership holds us to VERY high standards because of this. We also have dual qualified Ski/Combat Tactical ratings. Last year, I Q-3'd my TAC Mission checkride because I took off 10 minutes early, and tried to re-coordinate for a TOT for the airdrop enroute, to no avail. This resulted in me flying slower than normal in the low-level environment. Yeah, I screwed up, but some of the guys I fly with feel that should have been a Q-2, rather than a Q-3. Whatever, I guess. I re-flew the checkride, and passed it. What do you guys think?

Do what now?

Definitely agree with the binary scale on that one!!