Everything posted by Skitzo
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Avon Park Crash
Yeah they weren't military but they were there helping us out. Cheers to the fallen! https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20101118/BREAKING/101119779/-1/living?Title=Plane-crash-kills-3-in-Avon-Park
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B-2 Spirit info
Wonder if anyone from AFSOC has ever made it to the B-2?
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Customs and courtesies
Funny story here regarding c&c. Recently in Columbus GA, walking through the mall to the food court with some bros to get some Chik-Fil-A because we had a last minute schedule change and everyone really wanted it. As we are walking I hear a "zip up yo zippas." I continue walking and think to myself WTF. I turn around to see a homeboy dressed in his ghetto best and I say "excuse me." He says, zip up all of your zippas." I look down and I see I have neglected to zip my leg zippers on my flight suit. Big deal, I approach and say "what?" The young guy says "you need to zip all of your zippers." I say "noted," and carry on, leaving my leg zippers fully undone. Seriously, I've been REMFed while deployed at least at that point we are all military to be REMFed in public, I was really taken aback. If I wasn't fearful that he might have been packing it might have got more heated.
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Air Force Reinstate Captain Selection Boards
So now we get to worry about PRFs to Capt, I'm not an exec but now I'm definitely glad to not be one.
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Ammo against the shoe clerks!
Doing something yourself is always easier/better than relying on someone else. Case in point, we recently split into two squadrons and so now I have to drive myself before I step. Does this bother me? No, for the exact reasons spelled out, I'd rather spend my gas and drive to the opposite side of base then depend on base transpo. Oh yeah, we did try to get transpo support but they told us they couldn't accomodate anyways, so whatever. Base Transpo has sucked at every base I've been at except when deployed, that's it. Thanks to the link on protocol, I think I'll stuff that in my flight suit and whip it out STS when next I am verbally accosted by someone junior to me. Why can't the new Air Force motto be, every airman is not a warrior. That would fix a lot of problems.
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Where were you on September 11, 2001?
I was getting ready to go to class, at ERAU when a friend called and told me and my fiance (now wife) to turn the news on. I turned it on just in time to see the second plane hit. My mom called me and told me from a friend she knew at the FBI that it was Bin Laden and we would be at war in Afghanistan in a few days. I only wish the war would have been over as fast as it started.
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Leadership at the 'Deid
He told our class when we first started that he didn't mind fun. He told us he didn't mind if we ripped the urinals off the wall in the club, as long as we payed for it we'd be a-okay. (strange example I know but whatever) Anyways, I was wondering if anyone was willing to ops-check that statement at the Deid.
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Leadership at the 'Deid
Wow, Gen Wilson, who once upon a time was Col Wilson and had to deal with a tricky cheating situation at Columbus circa 05. Wouldn't have thought that he would touch the Deid with a 10 foot pole. Seemed like a good guy to me, hope he's not stealing too many sorties from Bone Co's.
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AF Light Air Support Aircraft
Partner Nations, Another reason why this should be a joint ACC/AFSOC venture.
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Tops in Blue (TIB) - WTF?
I think it was that little emphasis a couple years back called Every Airman a Warrior. Ever since then the Don Juan Ramos' of the world have become ever increasingly self important. Seriously, Tops in Blue? I've never seen this traveling sideshow and now I never will. This guy has to be yanking our chain. Someone posing as Juan Ramos.
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Super Tucano for SEALs
Well in light of this news at least maybe the TAMIed Viper guys will be bitching a little less.
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Booze Talk
2 on the summer ale. It's priced right and brewed with grains of paradise, which are true to their name.
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Stop Drinking
Just wanted to let everyone know I'm going to stop drinking. This will occur approximately at midnight after tons of beer and tequila and will last until probably next Friday or so.
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Stop Drinking
Ohhh the evils of alcohol, personally I'm a little tired of being told that if I consume X amount of beverages in a given week I'm an alcoholic... screw you Med Group! The only time I stopped drinking was the last two months of my wife's pregnancy so I could drive to the hospital. It was the worst two months of my life...for reasons other than not drinking (those last few weeks were glorious!) I will never stop drinking again (at least until she's pregnant again) And this is coming from someone who was raised by an alcoholic father. His summation of alcohol abuse: one beer was too much and a case was never enough. FWIW I think we are all big enough adults that we routinely take stock of our lives, don't we all question our behaviors, ask ourselves if what we are doing is what we want to be doing? If you don't chances are you are too fing busy hacking the mission and unable to imbibe or you are in denial. If you want a real life example of what real substance abuse is check out Intervention on A&E... puts my consumption in perspective, no matter what the Med Group spouts off to me. Alcohol is what you make of it, if you respect it and it doesn't rule your life well in my book you are a-okay.
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Stanley Cup Finals
Anyone watching the Stanley Cup Finals? Good game tonight glad the referees put their whistles away.
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The Officers Club
First commander coming onto active duty said back in his day it wasn't uncommon for people to abuse the club to the point that urinals would be missing from the men's room. He then proceeded to tell us that he had no problem for such debauchery to occur at the Club on his watch provided that restitution would be made. Haven't seen a commander so willing to step up for drunken debauchery since.
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F-22 Class A Mishap
That's it, time to start issuing pre labeled vials, syringes and piss bottles to all F-22 pilots. They can put them into their G-suits. They can take care of business before the flight doc even shows up.
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Flight Evaluation Board (FEB)
For real, next gradesheet... 2 on Admin for not sneezing IAW sqd standards.
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TAMI 21 and AFSOC
I would guess if that were to happen it would be the UAV guys to Creech. We were told that going AFSOC was a one way door. That being said, I am averaging a new MWS every 2 or so years. Maybe they are going to steal them back for the MC-12 once they find out where to base it. Also I would think if they were going to go back to the original MWS it would only be worthwhile to bring back those that would be an asset (were there any bomber guys who got upgraded to AC subsequent to selection) / 4 ship flight lead types for those with a pointier nose background.
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Leadership at the 'Deid
Nice... use them judiciously!
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Leadership at the 'Deid
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Whats the funniest thing you've heard over the radio?
that darn victor radio on the 38... the only funnier thing was if the IP told him that he'll have plenty of time to work on his g-x in the u-28/nsa
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Weight Loss/Work out in the desert
Dex helps if it's an option...
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Checkride/mission superstitions or rituals?
Follow that up with a bitch slap to the evaluator, I'm sorry Mr. Evaluator I was having too much fun.
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Checkride/mission superstitions or rituals?
My wife makes baked goods. The one time she didn't I hooked my low level check for the localizer approach. Easy superstition as it requires no effort on my part.