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    WG/CC fired for failing PT waist measurement

    in General Discussion

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    The PT system needs to be revamped with some semblance of common sense (like that's going to happen), I have personal experience with the BS that's involved: I had a signle component failure once. Wasn't feeling good to start with, rolled over on my side to puke while doing situps. Failed on the spot for leaving the "position". Called my flight/cc at the time and he told me to just go ahead and do the run. I beasted it out, got a 88 overall, but still failed.

    I also have always struggled with the waist measurement. At OTS (my best PFT) I maxed out the pushups and situps, got a 9:40 on the run, but my 36 inch waist drug me down. Shit, if I can haul my 'fat ass' around the track faster than a skinny dude....I should get bonus points.

    Reduced Oxygen Breathing Device vs the Chamber

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    Answered this myself:

    AFI 11-403

    3.3.2.3. The ROBD should be used for all refresher aircrew whose aircraft oxygen systems and emergency procedures are not adequately represented in the altitude chamber. Examples include: CV-22, B-2, B-1, F-22A, and the F-35.

    3.3.2.4. For all other aircrew, a ROBD is an approved replacement for the altitude chamber during refresher training as long as the appropriate oxygen system configuration is available and the training scenarios are appropriate for their MDS. Trainees will receive ROBD flight pre-brief and post-briefings prior to and following the training system event.

    Aviano F-16 pilot KIA

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    Posted · Edited by contraildash

    Holding out some hope. Thoughts and prayers to his SQ, friends, and most importantly his family.

    Capt. Lucas Gruenther, 31st Fighter Wing chief of flight safety, was conducting a training sortie in an F-16 Fighting Falcon when contact was lost with his aircraft at approximately 8 p.m. Italian aircraft and ships were quickly dispatched to the jet's last known location, 10 to 15 nautical miles east of Cervia, Italy.

    Full Story Here

    This is the kicker that always gets me, he and his wife are expecting their first child in 2 weeks:

    From Modesto Bee

    Information on PCS/moves/moving (DITY, TMO, DLA, storage)

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by contraildash

    Spartacus,

    The fridge may be a lost battle since you signed it, but the other stuff may not be. Were the items in numbered boxes, or in a box that was on the shipping list? They can't list every single damn item that is in each box so the items don't need to be on the manifest per say. Now if you are saying that they shipped un-marked boxes you may not have any ammo to fight with. Even in that case, I'd try to fight it.

    Hindsight is 20/20. I've been PCS'ing my entire life and one thing I learned was to photograph all high value items...from several angles. And then I won't let any HVIs get packed without my wife or I being there and then confirming it's on the HVI list. Very tedious, but worth it in the long run. For everything else I usually walk through each room and take a few pics while everything is still out. Saved me about $500 this last PCS when a bunch of stuff showed up covered in mold of epic proportions. All because someone spilled coffee on some of the boxes.

    Finance Problems

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    Don't hate the player, hate the game.

    I'm a few months into a year long TDY en-route and have not had a single accrual go through yet. Been a huge mess.

    I already had to pay a couple hundred out of pocket to reinstate my GTC in order to not pay for lodging out of pocket. I really look forward to 'not being responsible' for this: post-3018-0-26656500-1354504007_thumb.jp

    Everyone that I've dealt with has been doing their job. I have no complaints about the people. The system however, is broke. Everyone knows it. The AF knows it. But yet they hold you and I to the flames, declare us fiscally irresponsible, ect if our GTCs go overdue because WE haven't been paid for the vouchers we've put in on time. That's just f'd up to the 10th degree.

    /preaching to the choir

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    Tactical need for the F-35B?

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    10 Nov 1775. Every Marine knows that date.

    They sure do. Just pointing out that they were disbanded in 1783 and not re-established until 1798. Navy had a similar gap at the same time and the Army had some quasi-militia thing going on as well. The USCG, started as the Revenue Cutter Service back in 1790, has the longest continuous service of our armed forces.

    /historicalquibbling

    1st female Air Force combat vet in run for congress

    in Squadron Bar

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    Barber's slim lead grows to 500+, her camp files for a restraining order to keep certain ballots from being counted.

    The lead between the two has see-sawed and soon after Election Day McSally had more than a 1,000 vote lead in the 216 precincts making up the district in the two counties. As of late Monday afternoon, however, Barber had a 512 vote lead with more than 269,000 ballots cast in the race.

    The contest will come down to what the ongoing counting effort of early and provisional ballots reveals.

    As of 5:11 p.m. Monday, when the Arizona Secretary of State announced the statewide number of ballots still to be counted, Cochise County had 6,795 uncounted early ballots and 2,326 uncounted provisional ballots for a total of 9,121.

    All of Cochise County is in CD2.

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