JoeMamaSucka

A TR will be included in your ROP just like any OPR is. There's nothing against duplicating verbiage (since your OPR will encompass the same time period as your TR but it's not going to do much for you unless you're really struggling to fill the space on your OPR) That being said, you mentioned you were at training for 5 months....a TR from formal training that is 20 weeks or greater should reset your reporting date IAW AFI 36-2406. If you were there for 5 months sitting DNIF for surgery for a large portion of that time that may not apply though--how long was the course supposed to be? If you're struggling to fill an OPR with good stuff I would explore this option. A DG is always good but some DG's are better than others. DG from UPT or SOS is held in higher regard than an FTU DG (in a class that sometimes only has 2-3 people). In addition, DG's have more weight on some boards more than others. (i.e., maybe important on an O-3 or O-4 board, not so much on an O-5 board)

NICE! When my wife and I fight we usually take a breather and then start the same argument again as well. Looks like this thread took a 2.5 year breather, lets get it fired up again! In all seriousness, any Wombat guys willing to be honest and comment on how their new mish is going? Any Clovis guys with info on whether or not the living conditions in Clovis/Portales have gotten better? Not extremely interested right now, but I am an AFSOC guy--and I hear that all roads lead to the glorious "western AFSOC base." How is the addition of the MC-130J affecting ops? Becoming the identical to the panhandle range airspace conlifction issue yet? In other news, I recently saw news that more inquiries into skeptical NM government officials involved with the AFSOC move to Clovis have been raised recently--I can't find the link now for the life of me--I'm sure they hired a hacker to delete it and paid the "fifty-nifty" to kill the poor guy(reporter)....I hope they can't trace this post.....locking my doors and grabbing my gun now. Edit: When I called the reporter a "guy" I couldn't remember specifically if it was a male or female reporter--might as well be as PC as possible in case I ever meet the "female" reporter and she's a hot chick with nice boobies.

Complete BS. An AIB blaming the pilot while there's a restriction/grounding of F-22's with a known problem. Never has Big Blue been more seriously speaking out of both sides of it's mouth.

You're launching on alert? Is time of the essence? GDSS2 support is on its way, "click on link after link and call for a renewed password as neccessary"......we'll get you on your way! Wait, you haven't logged in in over 30 days? Ahhh shit... its actually been more than 60....standby." "What's your SIPR? We can get you running again in less than a day....." SCREW THIS NOISE....... HAS TO BE CHANGED!!!!!! I CANNOT believe it hasn't been fixed already. DON'T MAKE ME START TYPING IN CAPS AGAIN! Rant off....I suppose if it only bothers me then so-be-it.....but I think it's f'd up. DONE.

Finally, someone agrees. How has this not exploded earlier? I thought this might be a thread to fix something EXTREMELY wrong with this thing, I'm sorry if I intruded on the intstructional access bit of it. But right now, the system is fooked beyond all belief--and I truly believe we are hampering future ops due to a contractual agreement. Especially for SOF ops. The only reason I have heard for change are contractual agreements. "we already paid them to make it this way, can't pay to change it." Yes. That is an actual quote from a GDSS2 operator. Good luck boys, GIANT would be nice, but let's go "SOF" on it, let's hope it stressed for us. Thanks a ton AMC.

Sounds like a simple process to me. Now, say you're launching out of "BFE" Africa's Holiday Inn and need access to a GIANT report and you don't fall under AMC's "giant" loving embrace...way to go AMC, you completely screwed many an AFSOC crewdog with this decision--others as well I'm sure. Don't forget to log-in every 60 days either, or else you are S.O.L.--make that every 30 days unless you plan on spending a considerate amount of time, effort, and sometimes money getting that account up and running again.

zb, TMO is useless, I recommend calling the LK Airman & Family Readiness Center (or whatever it's called these days) and asking for the PETS expert. Since this process is such a pain in the arse, they've actually employed an expert at RAFL/RAFM. DSN #'s available (I'm TDY, so I don't have it on-hand, sorry) I think they've had this employee/SME for about 6 months or so.... Best airlines? I can't answer for sure b/c my info is outdated--but in 2007 it was only a choice between Continental and BA. Cost? Airliner cost can reach up to about $1,000 to ship a pet under this method (varies with size, and under PETS scheme, it only increases) We added up the total cost after a PCS in '07 to get our dog there w/out quarantine and it was about $3,000 total.....not easy, and not cheap. Add in that the gov't contract at the time was with American Airlines, who wasn't part of the PETS scheme and it included an interesting check-out/cabride/check-in in NYC in order to get our damn dog to the BA cargo hangar. Don't ignore the quarantine pick-up requirements either (not cheap, and not as easy as others have mentioned--in our case at least--they said they had to keep our dog for 6 months initially b/c our health certificate for the flight over was only a copy and not embossed......my wife started bawling, and they gave up the pooch) If your friend's fam loves their dog as much as my wife loves ours then $3k isn't too much, but they should know what they're getting into before they start the process. Caveat: This info is based on my experience which happened over 3 years ago.....I would check up on the websites provided above for more accurate info. Also, as a side note, we PCS'd back to the states a couple of months ago and the process couldn't have been easier.....get a health certificae from the base vet, ensure the temps you're flying your dog to aren't too high, and your GTG. Cheers! JMS Edit: Ensure your bro has all of his $hit in a sack.....saves ALL of his paperwork, and don't mess with the order or requirements dictated in the PETS website--anybody who knows Brits knows that they are sticklers for paperwork and bureacracy.