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That guy's callsign isn't something you can buy at Home Depot, is it?

In ACC H&W inspections are required quarterly/monthly depending on your location - might be just a standard AF wide thing now.

Depends on the MDS... our O-6s are IPs/EPs and even fly FLUG upgrades/checkrides occasionally.

What if they don't approve a list of acceptable tabs?

UAV squadron at my base... there are a number of 11M UAV pilots who are vulnerable to RIF being offered immediate recat to 18U so they will be protected - interesting choice.

What was the guidance on sock checks?

The Navy is implementing random breathalyzers when showing up for duty in some units. Also, things can be illegal in the military and not outside (Article 88, conduct unbecoming, etc).

<br /><br />Doesn't the AFI for evaluations specifically prohibit (or used to prohibit) mention of family stuff in OPRs, PRFs etc?

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If self preservation was a valid reason to disclose classified info, we wouldn't need SERE school. Also, much of the fanfare/discussion with the later releases was to paint America as the enemy and appease those who think we shouldn't spy on anyone ever.

&nbsp; The northern bomber base that doesn't fly cruise missiles around.

Things are slowly improving, at least in the sense of having someone to call if something needs fixing. Changing the culture/ mentality to one of proactivity will take longer. There is no way a PCA should take over a month to process after the OPR closes out and the secretary submits it. A huge problem in the support (and ops world as well) is over centralization. Functionals at MAJCOMs or above write inappropriate things into AFIs, not knowing the impact it will have on base level ops. This combined with MICT/oversight flavor of the month leads to situations where even the WG/CCs hands appear tied. For example, I shouldn't have to beg someone at ACC to approve a comm request for a mission system that requires 15 seconds to change configuration at base level but the discretion has been taken away from the local CS. Liquid, if you're still out there looking for good COAs/solutions, publish the intent of AFIs (risk to be mitigated) and allow CCs/leaders at all levels to waive them for mission success if there is an alternate plan for mitigation.

&nbsp; LRS/DO and FSS/CC and DO are all rated here. Helps get the non-school select FGOs who can't be sent to staff a career broadening job (while letting them still fly as instructors) instead of piling them up at the OSS. You can keep them in the ops squadrons but there are only so many ADO slots since they've all been FLT/CCs (not to mention the FLT/CC jobs need to be reserved for arriving FAIPs).

How is the board going to find out about it then? Or does the senior rater sit down with an AFFMS printout when handing out strats?

Why not start cutting with entitlements? SS/Medicare is such a large portion of the budget you could cut defense to zero and still be running a deficit. Start with keying the age for benefits to average life expectancy. When my grandfather started paying into SS in the 30s, having the "safety net" age set in the 60s made sense - from http://demog.berkeley.edu/~andrew/1918/figure2.html, the life expectancy was just under 60, leaving SS for those passing that age who could no longer work. Now with improvements in medicine/living conditions (not a bad thing), most live into their 70s and beyond, straining the system. Then, move toward privatizing it so it becomes less of a Ponzi scheme.

The FAQ we got briefed said RIF/involuntary would consider everyone regardless of AFSC...we have to have quality people everywhere /sarcasm

Apartheid was bad. So were the Taliban. Doesn't mean we honor Karzai for porking it away since.

I know a WSO married to an Airfield Ops officer; it seems to work fine because all pilots/WSOs/NAVs/EWOs fly in airplanes on airfields which thereby require airfield ops officers.

Maybe the nose art - you can't rebuild a culture/attitude that quickly. Reference the many pleas for club membership at most bases; generally the CGOC, FSS or leadership will try to make the club the "in" spot to hang out, have camaraderie, etc. They don't realize that the clubs used to be lively; after the AF decided to crush/discourage alcohol, flyers built their own bars and non-flyers headed off-base to drink. The overreaction seems to have corrected somewhat, but the damage is done. Most guys on here would. We bring up those 2 things because when we do "put someone in their place", the O-6/O-5 level crushes the O-3 level for it. Maybe your MX experience has been different - most of the chiefs/specs (including the ones who follow TOs) have boots covered with hydro and a dip in as their sleeves are up to their elbows in an engine cowling. How can we move the hours/money around to next year? There are many squadrons that would have loved to do this the first 2 weeks of October, or saved what hours they could last winter to prep for sequestration. Conversely, the AF needs to see senior leadership leading us to war (which is mostly the case right now) instead of complaining/focusing on socks and songs. Like many have said on this thread already, we respect you coming on here and sharing/participating in the conversation. The MC-12 thread seems to be going much better; posters have identified shortfalls/unintended consequences not visible from the Pentagon and instituted possible corrective action. Those on this thread are trying to point out what is really happening as well - it is certainly HHQ's prerogative to dictate what will happen, but that doesn't change the truth of what it causes on the ground or what it will cause in terms of retention, morale, culture, etc.

&nbsp; Read TSgt Smith's complaint - the assaulters at the core (the MSgt at Sembach, the John Doe in Iraq, or the flight surgeon) could have been investigated and punished without the AF - wide thrash for "offensive" material that did not address any of the horrible things that happened to her. Instead we have this - http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=254177. Maybe I'm wrong but you'd think if the AF was prosecuting the sex offenders responsible they'd trumpet it in the national news. Re the Wilkerson case - was it not dynamic leadership by Gen Franklin to review the evidence and conclude that the LtCol was falsely accused? One would assume if the AF gave convening authorities (including yourself possibly) the ability to review convictions, it was because of their trust in dynamic leadership to make the right decision on a court-martial appeal.

Probably somebody overinterpreting FOD...our maintainers would get in trouble depending on MXG leadership for eating in their trucks, since that candy wrapper in the back of the bread van in the FOD container could shell an engine if it jumps out of the can and out the door.

Didn't make the news since people generally picked up the pieces and checked up on/helped their neighbors instead of looting, assaulting, or going on TV.

http://www.militarytimes.com/article/20131002/NEWS05/310020032/Shutdown-grounds-Air-Combat-Command-jets ACC is not flying unless you are a unit spinning up for a January or earlier deployment (or certain FTUs).

Exactly what needs to be done - is the intent to be more of an improvement to plans/future conflicts or will that get pushed to AFCENT/OEF as well?

11-202V3 section on flight violations (doesn't deal directly with noise complaints but noise should be more restrictive since it probably isn't a rules violation):