Clayton Bigsby

When people are doing those 14-18 day rotations, are those on MPA orders, or Annual Tour?

You can also buy the 'plain' ones at wherever you can find (ie, for the C-17, at the BX or the Boeing store), and I've heard that you can bring those models by the paint hangar at KTCM, and have them stencil/paint on the McChord tailstripe. I've seen it done before, although with a slightly larger-scale model.

Fvckin' A.

I'd suggest getting a Pelican rifle case and a good padlock...the requirement for checking it for flight is that it has to be a lockable container, intended for weapons transportation, and that it's unloaded/ammo separated. Basically you show the people who you check in with that you have those three covered, then close the case and lock it - that's it. You could ship it to yourself through an FFL dealer, but I believe there's 30 dollar fees on either end plus shipping costs, plus what are you going to transport it in? You're still going to have to buy a decent case (unless you have one already). Oh and certain states have time requirements to hold on to a weapon before they can give it to you, the waiting period, even if it's already your gun in the first place. I'd think the airline flight might be the way to go, but I'd certainly call the airline in advance and do the legwork of what's necessary. I had a roommate who separated from the AF, and elected to sell his vehicle here and fly home rather than DITY move back home. In his case he brought his guns with him and checked them (AR-15, AK-47, shotguns, handguns, etc. He had a decent collection.), and Pelican cases and locks for all.

load - your thumb goes through the hole, fwd of the hole is the pistol grip. Exactly what that purpose of stock serves, I have no idea. It's just nice to have something I can abuse, not clean, do whatever to, and know it'll fire every time I might need it to, no matter what.

Here's mine... and my bayonet... I'd really like to get a Dragunov next.

Oooooooh, sounds nice...lighten it up much? How much did it set you back?

So, is the furniture normal wood stained/painted black, or is it composites/plastics instead of wood?

stupid Iraq and Venezuela, running up the costs on my enjoyment. Black furniture eh? Got any pics?

Pretty sure most Guard and Reserve fellas aren't considered in the 'pipeline'. However they make up for this by giving them Type-II BAH (roughly half of what you normally get).

Dude, it's the ARMY. They wear their uniforms EVERYWHERE. And no, I don't think they bring civvies. They're deploying for a year, and have to be able to carry most if not all of their crap on their backs...would you bring civvies, if you'd only get to wear them twice over a year to year and a half period?

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thread revival - she's out Airman who appeared in Playboy resigns By Patrick Winn - Staff Writer Posted : Thursday Apr 5, 2007 18:49:39 EDT Michelle Manhart, the former Air Force staff sergeant demoted for posing nude in February’s Playboy Magazine, has cut her last official military tie. She was first reprimanded, later demoted from staff sergeant to senior airman and eventually dropped from active-duty enlistment. This bumped Manhart, now living in Texas, down to her previous post with the Iowa Air National Guard. Now the Guard has accepted Manhart’s resignation. Effective April 5, she was granted an honorable discharge from the 132nd Fighter Wing for “her own convenience,” said Master Sgt. Duff McFadden of the Iowa National Guard. “I feel like my life is finally in my own hands now,” Manhart said. Manhart was stationed in Iowa from 2001 until 2005, when she started at San Antonio’s Lackland Air Force Base. The discharge prevents her from traveling four states away. She was supposed to report in mid-April to an office position in Camp Dodge, Iowa’s Joint Force Headquarters building Manhart called her re-assignment to the Iowa Air National Guard “sabotage.” While her resignation was pending, Manhart tried to pull Iowa’s political and media strings to pressure the Guard. She contacted news outlets in the state, as well as Iowa representatives U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin and U.S. House Rep. Leonard Boswell. Outside pressure wasn’t a factor in granting Manhart’s discharge, McFadden said. Manhart, 30, is aggressively pursuing an entertainment career. She has two children with her husband, a Lackland-based airman. More on Manhart Pick up the April 16 Air Force Times, on newsstands Monday, April 9, to read our exclusive interview with former Staff Sgt. Michelle Manhart and learn how to access video you won't want miss.

The sense that the entire service/nation (not just isolated career fields) is at WAR.

Most of those b&w stickers are from stickerjunkie.com - 100 stickers saying whatever you want for 25 bucks. You too could have notoriety like Mike Cahill...or make one that says "SHoE cLeRkS aRE t3h d3vIL!!!" Anyway they're great for plastering at places like that. World's biggest salad bowls in the chow heezy, btw.

the sad part is, it's lumped into "leadership" and "what it means to be an NCO". You will find no bigger uniform a$$holes in the chow-hall than when the ALS students all come in for lunch.n The no-sunglasses on top of your head is my favorite.

Remember, Capt Shipman (the new chick) is/was married too - only separated from her husband. And haven't CSAFs lost their nominations for having sexual relationships while separated? Yeah CSAF is a huge visibility position, but so is one in the astronaut program. So Oefolein's done it twice now. I'll be surprised if he doesn't get charged with anything at all... I realize people are people no matter the positions they're in, but you'd figure two O-6s and an O-3 fast-burner in the space program would have their shit together.

Maternity BDUs. Irony enough? Need I say more?

no split tails.

Yup, she sure won't shut up at all. At least Montel called her out on it. https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2007/03/...tplayboy070305/ Airman scolded on talk show for posing nude By Erik Holmes - Staff writer Posted : Tuesday Mar 6, 2007 16:39:04 EST Senior Airman Michelle Manhart, the former Air Force training instructor who gained notoriety for appearing nude in the February issue of Playboy magazine, got another taste of the national spotlight Monday. Odds are she won’t be asking for seconds. In a brief appearance on “The Montel Williams Show,” the host — and retired U.S. Navy officer of 22 years — criticized Manhart’s decision to appear in the magazine and said he thinks she deserves to be separated from the service. “If I go back into my 22-year military [mind-set] as an ... O-4 in the Navy,” Williams said, “had you been employed by me, I would have been one of the people to help process you out of the military. ... As an officer, ... I don’t want you to step in before a formation of 350 young troops that I know just saw you in the PX with your clothes off.” Manhart, who was demoted from the rank of staff sergeant and tossed from active duty after the pictorial hit newsstands, told Williams that she still believes she did the right thing. “At no time did I ever feel that anything I did was wrong or would get me in trouble,” she said. “I never thought there was going to be a big issue when the military saw this.” Williams had a hard time swallowing that line of reasoning, saying this is not the first time a woman has been reprimanded for appearing nude in a magazine. “A precedent has been set for this,” he said. “There have been women before you who have appeared in Playboy, Penthouse, in other branches of the service, all of whom have been removed from active duty.” Manhart, as in past comments, defended her right to appear in the magazine as a free-speech issue. Service members who fight for their country and the rights it provides others should be allowed to exercise those same rights, she argued. She also said there is a double standard in the military — and that male troops who have appeared nude in magazines such as Playgirl have not been removed from active duty or kicked out of the service. “I understand that some people have a problem with it, and I respect that,” she said. “What I think [people] truly need to understand is the differences” for men and women. Manhart’s commander at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, informed her Feb. 9 that she was being demoted to senior airman, removed from “extended active duty,” returned to the Iowa Air National Guard and given a letter of reprimand. She has applied for an honorable discharge from the Guard, she said, and the application is pending. Manhart told The Associated Press that the military’s action against her hinged on the fact that she was pictured in Playboy wearing her Air Force uniform. She was photographed in uniform yelling and holding weapons under the headline “Tough Love.” The following pages showed her partially clothed wearing dog tags and fully nude. After the pictorial hit newsstands in January, Manhart was relieved of her duties pending an investigation.

+ 1 for the Bug-Out bag. I'm on my second one, and for 50 bucks, it's a badass bag.

To clarify, she actually wasn't kicked out...turns out she was a Guardsman the whole time, and her Extended Active Duty orders were cancelled/rescinded - so she reverts to traditional guardsman status. The punishment was they busted her to SrA! Drill sergeant who posed nude in Playboy removed from Air Force active duty By Associated Press Thursday, February 15, 2007 - Updated: 07:34 AM EST SAN ANTONIO - An Air Force drill sergeant who posed nude for Playboy magazine has been removed from active duty, she and the Air Force said Wednesday. Michelle Manhart, who appeared in a six-page spread in Playboy’s February issue, said she got word Friday that she was removed from ”extended active duty” and was also told that she was demoted from staff sergeant to senior airman. ”I’m disappointed in our system,” Manhart told The Associated Press on Wednesday. ”They went too far with it.” Manhart said that she was reverted to her Air National Guard status and that she submitted a ”resignation” to the Guard, which she said is pending. Manhart was a member of the Iowa Air National Guard before going on extended active duty. Oscar Balladares, a spokesman for Lackland Air Force Base, confirmed that Manhart was removed from extended active duty Friday but said Lackland did not discharge her. ”She was removed from active duty status, and thus reverted to National Guard status,” Balladares said. ”It is not up to the Air Force _ it is not our jurisdiction to discharge her.” Lt. Col. Greg Hapgood, a spokesman for the Iowa National Guard, said that because the Guard did not have ”documentation of her separation” from the Air Force, it did not have her on duty status. Manhart, a 30-year-old mother of two, said the military’s action against her hinged on the fact that she was pictured wearing her uniform. She was photographed in uniform yelling and holding weapons under the headline ”Tough Love.” The following pages showed her partially clothed wearing dog tags and fully nude. After the pictorial hit newsstands in January, Manhart was relieved of her duties pending an investigation. so, what a ######ing retard! If you're a reservist/guardsman and you're on active-duty orders, and you do something stupid, the first thing they do is cancel your orders! But it's cool, she's a tradionalist now who can do whatever she wants...like "go into Hollywood and entertainment." She's got some notoriety, but that's about it. Coming soon to a stripper pole near you!

Umm...if it's gonna catch me shit, then...yes! okay, back to not opening my mouth and catching shit...

I've actually found that it's more useful job-wise for me to keep the flap than it is to cut it off - raising my hands to marshall a vehicle, forklift, or k-loader up to the aircraft usually results in the pens squirting out onto the ground, which is annoying at least, a FOD risk (in case I don't notice them going out) at worst. Plus I'm kind of sick of losing morale patches by brushing up against the side of the aircraft or cargo, or against the cloth curtain between the cockpit and crew rest area. I'm still gonna do morale patches, but I think I'll just sew the velcro onto the flap...that way when I brush against something it'll just pull the flap up, instead of ripping off my patch. It's not like I go to Turkey every trip, I might want to hang onto some of those...