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    More SARC briefings soon.

    in General Discussion

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    While this whole thing is a huge load of crap, the commanders unfortunately are forced into a CYA position.

    The really unfortunate part of this is that the actual vulgarity of the true crimes are being diminished by the horrible solution presented by the leadership. It's just sad that no one has stepped up to say "No, we're not going down that road of banning everything. Sexual Assault and Harassment are wrong and will be dealt with accordingly. The consequences of doing such things will serve as the reminder to others not to follow down that path. Other things such as Pin-ups etc. are not wrong, and not even necessarily against the general culture of the U.S. or our heritage as a service. Lastly, should any male or female have any concerns with anything going on in their life, use the resources provided and you will see that this Air Force really does care to solve this issue".

    This is hopefully a temporary phase, but at least in the meantime there are ways around this. An LT house with a bar can have whatever suggestive artwork, patches, etc. You can sing whatever songs you want there. Hell, you could wear whatever morale/friday patches you want there too. The house can be passed down through the generations of LTs. Or find a nice dive bar and become regulars. If you get close enough with the ownership, they might even let you put up some stuff on the walls. They won't mind a whole squadron worth of business on a regular basis.

    As much as it sucks, if you move everything away from the squadron buildings, it can't be touched (for now). It does kinda kill the ability to just go chill at the SQ bar late on a Friday or whatever, and it will definitely be tougher on guys with families or who live on base, but it's basically the trend I noticed was used in UPT and still pretty much the way it is my crrent SQ.

    WTF? (**NSFW**)

    in Squadron Bar

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    http://www.foxnews.c...test=latestnews

    A man dressed in a military-style "ghillie" suit and apparently trying to provoke reports of a Bigfoot sighting in northwest Montana was struck by two cars and killed, authorities said.

    Tenley was struck by vehicles driven by two girls, ages 15 and 17, who were unable to stop in time, authorities said

    Welcome to driving girls, be on the look out for anything and everything. I can't imagine the shrills that were let out...

    As for the guy who was hit, sometimes you get what you have coming....

    Leather Flight Jacket

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    Do you do your measurements with your flightsuit on (to account for the extra bulk of the bag) or off? I'm seriously considering getting one from Pops, I'm just not entirely clear on the process

    From Pop's site:

    2. Wear the type of clothing you'll wear with the item. Measure without pulling the tape tight. Do NOT make any "adjustments" to measurements, enter exactly what you measure.

    so, they say to do so, but it shouldn't matter since you aren't pulling the tape tight, and realistically the difference between a flight suit and a regular t-shirt fabric is probably in the same margin of error as "how tight is the tape"

    Anyone looked at the Boneyard on Google Maps lately?

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted · Edited by AEWingsMN

    the geometric shapes near the blue concrete pads looks quite a bit like simulated airport(s). SE of that (in a runoff area it seems) is a very specific grid thing with what looks like bombed out cars. The grid is very defined if you zoom way in. Some other (almost power plant) looking thing to the E of that, and then more geometric shapes (in rougher condition) to the NE of that.

    Leather Flight Jacket

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    Ok, a few questions about Pop's Mods.

    In addition to the liner option baseops mentioned (I have that, it's outstanding), Pops Leather can add a thin inner liner to the jacket - on mine, both the inner liner and zip-out liner have maps of the US. On the inner liner I had them attach a pen/pencil pocket and zippered pocket.

    Are you saying you got both the "fur liner" and the "3m Thinsulate liner"? I take they are not both zip out (I see options for each of them to be zip-out)? If not, is that even possible/wise/necessary to have both liners zip out? What about the detachable arms on the liners, any recommendation on those?

    Secondly, it asks about a snap secured epaulette, which I assume is not very authentic, but is there a use? It seems pointless...

    Third, would the detachable wool collar come in handy? would it be out of compliance with current standards? would the jacket be less comfortable when it is detached? Is it more authentic?

    Buying a house

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    Posted · Edited by AEWingsMN

    It's on VMPF, it's basically pre-signed by the gov't, just print it out. It's like hidden though.... VMPF, Self-Service (Sts), Personnel Data, Proof of service Letter.

    Edit: now it just gives me dates, I coulda sworn 6-9 months ago it actually was a letter... well, hopefully it still works.

    New Fitness Rules

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    So you are saying that somebody like me, who is 6'2'' and 235 lbs with a 38 inch waist and good health should be equally compared to somebody who is 5'4'' and 150 lbs with a 32 inch waist? The reason I ask is because with today's Air Force PFT, we are equally compared and the other person will 9 times of out 10 score a better score than me just because of his waist measurement.

    To me that is complete BS!

    I am fine with the Air Force standards of testing 2 times a year but please get rid of the damn waist measurement!!

    Well, In theory there is supposed to be a BMI trump card. Not that BMI is all that great of a indicator either, but it does fight for the tall guy in this case, where he should be allotted a larger waist as long as his BMI is still 25 or less and still scores all points for the waist measurement. The problem with that is that a 25 would be like the "max" if it was a graded event, but instead it's just the catch all for the tall guy, so as soon as you aren't 25 or less BMI, you instantly get the whole beat down for your larger waist size, not just a small fraction taken off for being 25.1 . The other issue with BMI is if you put on enough muscle, you'll bust through 25 as well, so you can't be a tall man who lifts too much, or you really are out of options. (this whole statement is only as current as the last time I read the reg, I do not guarantee it's currency as I cannot keep shoes from dicking with the regs.)

    WTF? (**NSFW**)

    in Squadron Bar

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    I just heard from someone that they have a 10 month wait from Commissioning to EAD and that they got off easy because the going rate is 12-18 months right now for non-rated guys. I thought my 6 was pretty extreme. Can anyone shed light on this? If this is true, it really is a WTF? The way it works you'd only wear butter bars for 15 months (if you were 18 months of just sitting).

    WTF? (**NSFW**)

    in Squadron Bar

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    IT IS CRITICAL THAT ALL PILOTS/FLIGHT CREW MEMBERS REPORT ANY OBSERVED FALLING SPACE DEBRIS TO THE APPROPRIATE ATC FACILITY TO INCLUDE POSITION, ALTITUDE, TIME, AND DIRECTION OF DEBRIS OBSERVED. FAA HEADQUARTERS, AIR TRAFFIC SYSTEMS OPERATIONS SECURITY

    Unless the damn thing nearly hits you, if it's anything like a meteorite streaking across the sky, how the hell are you supposed to make that report?

    "Uhh... about 1469Z about however far the eye can see in front of me (my position was on the east coast facing west) there was a streak in the sky, i'd guess somewhere between 6,900-690,000 feet above me and uhh... must have been going left, but probably more of a down, my guess is it's probably hit the ground by now, but you should probably warn anyone west of the east coast...."

    Russian navigator was drunk when plane crashed

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    1. "navigator had consumed about a glass of vodka"... There is no such thing as a russian drunk off 1 Glass of Vodka... doesn't even matter the size of the glass! :beer:

    2. "The use during the flight of a navigator in a light level of alcoholic intoxication." ... wait, which is it? the headline says "Drunk Navigator"... way to over exaggerate for a headline....

    3. I think I'd be more confident in a drunk russian than a sober one. First, why aren't the others drinking? something's wrong! Second, the drunk one is obviously the most in his natural state, and the other 2 were probably still fighting the confusion as to why they aren't drunk!

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    What's wrong with the Air Force?

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    Posted · Edited by AEWingsMN

    WTFO? That's not what he said at all.

    You have completely missed the message he was trying to pass on to you.

    I understood what he said. He was advising to pick your battles, and that he learned it was the wrong one to pick. I just said that it still says something to stick with your beliefs. Hopefully his sticking with his beliefs will lead to some great opportunity behind the next door that he doesn't see yet. For now, I'll take his advice, not fight the wrong battles and hope the best for him.

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    starvation... since you have a clue how any of my teachers/professors taught. All I can go off is what I've seen, but most college professors I have dealt with (not all) have the wrong attitude. For example, "well, I wrote the book, so rather than actually teach, I'm just going to read the words I wrote, directly from the book on a projector."... well, fuck, I can read the book just fine, that's not why I came to class. I did just fine in college, I just didn't feel I gained as much from it in terms of critical thinking.

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    What's wrong with the Air Force?

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    That's got to be just fucking hilarious to a guy who is getting kicked in the junk in a very real way and was trying to give a heads up leaker call while he's in the chute.

    Class act.

    I guess that came out wrong. Wasn't really trying to be funny. It was more of a "Things could be worse". He could have gone against his conviction of "not getting a cheesy masters just to fill a square" and ended up spending the money/time on it and still ended up in the same boat. Which would have been an even greater kick in the nuts. And I only said it because I've seen it happen already, and I'm new to this. I never said it wasn't good advice or that I didn't wish things were different for him. It was also a heads up that filling the boxes doesn't even guarantee anything either. So I thank him for his advice, and although it may have burned him, it does say something to stick up for ones beliefs, which he did. He's not the first to be burned for sticking up for his beliefs, and won't be the last. But it does take some balls to do so, and to that I actually give him much credit!

    WTFO?

    Are you for real?

    Yes. I went to a pretty quality MN public HS. I felt that coming out of that I was more of a critical thinker than I was coming out of a bachelors in AE. In my degree program, I learned how to plug and play with formulas and learned some Aeronautical concepts and the way things work, but I didn't feel like I came out as a brilliant thinker ready to solve problems outside of basic aeronautics. I'd actually argue I got more out of my AP classes in high school than I did regular college classes, maybe it was just the way I learn though/my priorities.

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    What's wrong with the Air Force?

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    But, I lost the fight and after getting twice passed over to 0-5, I am being shown the door at 16 years.

    I know some who checked all the containers and just got the same notice too, so be glad you saved the time and hopefully made better use of it!

    The problem with "it's the way it's always been, so that's the way it's gotta be" is that it seems universally to be used incorrectly in our USAF.

    Masters required as a young CGO, "it's the way it's always been, so that's the way it's gotta be"

    Squadron Bars, "it's the way it's always been, so it needs to change!!"

    I am strongly against getting a degree to check a container. Heh, I almost wish I didn't get the Bachelors Degree, I felt like I was way more of an intellectual out of high school than I do after sitting through an Aerospace Engineering degree. I am certainly not excited to see what becomes of me after a Masters, haha.

    What's wrong with the Air Force?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by AEWingsMN

    No, this is what I was reacting to. Over three years for a guy to be MR in a squadron now? Seriously?

    Yikes.

    Either things got REALLY fucking hard to learn in the past couple years or the pace of training is very slow for what I would imagine are a wide variety of reasons based primarily upon the impact of real world combat ops tempo on the training programs/assets.

    If it is the latter I would think you might have some spare time in those 3+ years...as you stated you did. What you do with that time is your choice. However, if it is dwell time during/between training I would not think you are also asserting people should somehow be "learning how to not suck in the jet and how to employ his weapons system downrange" on their own program outside of some formal training course they are already enrolled in.

    uhh... this is pretty much how it is now days. 3 Yrs. I'm almost mission qual'd and when I get to it, I will be just short of 3 years. I'm probably toward the front end of being MR outta my UPT class. Couldn't have streamlined it more, I even got bumped up 2 months before UPT and then started FTU 3 months earlier than scheduled. Pretty similar for just about every ROTC guy I know. Academy guys get through about 6-9 months quicker (literally), at least from my class, because they went straight to IFS, skipped ASBC and went right to pilot training without stalling. God forbid you're a ROTC guy who went to Whiting, even the academy guys I know who went to Whiting and graduated UPT when I did are about to pin on captain and just getting Mission Qual'd.

    My ROTC bros on the other hand got the generous 6 months of no pay, no scholarship eligibility, no TA, and no G.I. bill. Work full time to pay rent/food, not enough time to then work for the money to pay for a masters and take the masters class. DOR is 3 months into that 6 months.

    Those 6 months + 5 months ASBC/IFS/random weeks in between trainings/Casual + 1 year of pilot training + 10 months for PCS/SERE/FTU/Mission Qual'ing = just short of 3 years from commissioning streamlined to Mission Qual. I don't really care that it took me this long, and I plan on having my masters early enough into being a Captain that it won't matter. But I had to throw in my 2 cents because evidently those who saw what must have been a better system just seem to really have a hard time fathoming that it is currently taking this long now to get pilots Mission Qual'd.

    There's plenty of ways to streamline the overall system even more. Evidently we just have to go back to the way it was when some of the older members of the board went through. Maybe this AF wouldn't be so fucked up if you could make rank by using the mind set of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". Instead, now we have everything "fixed".

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    Military retirement under attack

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    Posted · Edited by AEWingsMN

    No... he's saying that in the civillian world, you aren't always forced to search for a new career half way through (with the exception of the few who are able to make it to a high enough rank to last that long). In a civilian career, you can, with the right attitude in most situations, work the whole time in one career field. It's not as common anymore, but definitely more common than in the military.

    I know you're just being a bit of a devil's advocate in a few of these threads, but come on man.... His point was a valid one which is not brought up frequently, and you are certainly intelligent enough to understand what he meant.

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    WTF? (**NSFW**)

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted · Edited by AEWingsMN

    Anyone else notice the "Woody in Toy Story" style attempt of proving the 3rd member of the party hadn't been eaten by the captain yet? (but we all know the truth on that one)

    At least the 3 of them could coordinate their uniforms....

    WTF? (**NSFW**)

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted · Edited by AEWingsMN

    Irregardless, what is that arc made of?

    fail x2.

    it's in the link Clearedhot posted that's labelled "Fail"...

    The answer to the question posed above is that the arch in these pictures (a torii, a Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of a Shinto shrine) is traditionally made of wood or stone.

    I will however agree with the intent of your post. Whether or not it's the same arch, WTF? That's still impressive.

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