pawnman

You're missing the "hub" that most of us joke about...which is where I deployed to to fly 14 hour missions.

They've forwarded the email to the Taliban to ensure rocket attacks will not interfere with sleep schedules.

And by "fire", I think you mean "retire with full pension and benefits".

He's in an MC-12 squadron...I think he's already been given every bad deal his previous squadron could find.

Seems to me, America has had this discussion already. I believe we decided AGAINST discrimination.

So the year group will no longer be a consideration, only AFSC? Interesting take. Hilarious. I used to JOKE that I was in command of all 379 OG kinetic assets when I would sit Top 3 for the BONES. I didn't know anyone would be serious about it.

The same way the nuclear enterprise hid their dismal morale programs from higher headquarters for so long. "No sir, no problems here, everything's going great, we got a ton of VSP applications, we shouldn't have any problem meeting your goals".

Well, I didn't mean for that to escalate into a MAF vs CAF pissing match. Unrelated to those shenanigans, but related to what's wrong with the AF, we just got new guidance on our morale patches: 1. Only a singular squadron morale patch is allowed, and it is required. No hours patches, crew patches, patches from special events, or other MWS patches. 2. Only one pen tab patch is authorized, and either everyone wears it or no one does.

Fair enough. Maybe we can start re-classifying some of those "fighter only" staff billets to let bomber and MAF guys take them. Point being, we have a large overage of one flavor of pilots, and a large shortage of another flavor of pilots...seems like we could use the pilots we have an overage of in some useful manner, rather than showing a couple hundred of them the door, while doubling the bonuses for the fighter guys in the hopes that they will stay.

Same. I am, frankly, shocked at the lack of information at all levels of base leadership where I am.

Here's another question...we have this intense shortage of fighter pilots, and this overage of mobility pilots...maybe we could, I don't know, train some mobility pilots to fly fighters?

Reapply.

Bingo. Make correspondence the same as residence, then Maxwell moves itself firmly into the crosshairs for budget cuts. Why keep the schools open when I can run an on-line only program for half the cost?

Our number 1 priority is people. That's why we're getting rid of 25,000 of them. Anyone else feeling just a tad cynical about the prospects of "applying for TERA" if you are passed over? I mean, it doesn't say "will be automatically approved for TERA".

Well, it's not like the budget constraints have improved any. Besides, if I can't work on ACSC, what else will I use for those "personal improvement" bullets on the 1206s?

Here's what I thought of when I saw it...but then, I was a kid in the 90s when the show was still on. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3cf_1376269051

We are still doing the force-shaping, right? I can't remember with all the retractions and re-releases of announcements.Some of these leaders might be ripe for a SERB. Or at that level, would it just be an SRB?

Man, I'd love to get any kind of email, or any kind of leadership at least telling me they've asked the questions and still don't have answers. Right now it's just eerily silent. I don't think I'd even know they were planning a RIF were it not for the one ADO who asked for a draft of my RRF.

I had a WG/CC pull out the "Service before self" line when discussing the COLA cuts to our retirement...that we should think about how we need to sacrifice something if we care about national security.

Use all those LT bullets..."continue to challenge", "one of my best", "xx duty dog shifts"... Interesting, since I've already written my own. And I wrote my own last time.

Malpractice insurance is the smallest part of the high costs of health care. http://westvirginia.legalexaminer.com/medical-malpractice/tort-reform-fails-to-reduce-health-care-costs-or-improve-patient-safety/ http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/new-study-tort-reform-has-not-reduced-health-care-/nRpcp/ http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/would-tort-reform-lower-health-care-costs/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 From the last link:

So why to the matrices reflect such large overages for 11Ms in year groups that still have ADSCs? Or are we planning to go back on the idea that people eligible for the RIF are also eligible for VSP?

Baffles me that so many wing commanders don't want to allow their people to use a program created by the AF to solve an AF manning problem.

Again, I'm not sure why you think I should be paying for your coverage. That's where the "moderately affordable" comes from, BTW...people who would be paying sky-high insurance rates based on their risks get a break, and people who would be paying tiny premiums (particularly the young, healthy folks, college age kids who really don't need health insurance) instead pay bloated premiums to make up the difference. I'm curious how well this will all work out when everyone has insurance and decides they're going to get their damn money's worth. Ever try to make an appointment with a specialist on the base? That's what the entire healthcare system is about to become. Having everyone insured, especially through government-backed programs, is going to INCREASE, not DECREASE health care prices. It's much easier to bill a faceless bureaucracy with a limitless budget thousands of dollars for a box of kleenex and fresh sheets. The biggest reason health insurance costs have skyrocketed they way they have is because the people buying the service (patients) are so far separated from the people paying for it (insurance companies).

There's always some car insurance company out there, but you're likely to pay a lot more. That's how insurance works...if you have a pre-existing condition, you are a higher financial risk for the insurance company. I'm glad your loved ones are able to get the care they need under ACA, I'm just curious why you think your neighbors should have to pay for it.