BQZip01

Seems to me that they may not have a leg to stand on. If they changed their rules after the fact, that's not the CAF's problem. It's USAF's. You can't make an agreement and then change your mind afterward and expect the other party to agree to it.

I'd say to go slicks since it has many opportunities of assignments and varied missions, plus, you can roll into AFSOC a lot easier if you are so inclined. Before you make the call though, run over to the 563d and ask to talk to a few of the recce guys. The RC-135 mission isn't the same, but they are in the same corner of the world and may be able to give you some more perspective.

BURN HIM!!! [/sarcasm]

If someone EVER dimes you out like this via e-mail, be sure they are following mandated e-mail communications formats to a T! That includes signature blocks on e-mail.

Damn. Actually read the articles? 2 of the 3 are from the AP wire... Good thing that people that make snap decisions based on no information are never accused of being ignorant...

We'll never tell... But seriously, you can't copyright an A T and an M, but a lot of other logos are copyrighted, so that may explain the scarcity.

Sooooooo, the comm guys (J6/C6/A6) make the rules, but the minions under their control don't set up the equipment correctly? <Sigh>

Approved in less than 48 hours... ...posted here significantly later...

Mardon (see above) works pretty damn well and with a quick turnaround too.

I'm in a BUFF squadron and we apparently did some basic testing with such a system. You don't need to have a thumbdrive if you connect them directly to the network and store them in such a way where they receive updates. PM me and I'll be happy to give you details.

On a related note, I'll probably do the same thing with my copilots when they start bitching about it too...

Hell, typing it was the hard part. I typed in "military time" into Wikipedia and got this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_time It had significant holes, so I went to the internal link to this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_clock It had a lot of info, but more importantly, in its references, it had "Communication instructions – General, Allied Communications Publication ACP 121(H), Combined Communications-Electronics Board, April 2007" as one of its sources. I clicked the hyperlink, but found the .pdf offline (temporarily? permanent?), so I did a google search for "ACP 121(H)". You have to be smart about searches. Realize they are looking for particular strings of text. If I'd put ACP 121(H) without the quotes, it would look for anything with 121, ACP, or H in it. By grouping them in that manner, it searches for only those in that particular order. A simple Google search later (http://www.google.com/search?q=%22ACP+121(...lient=firefox-a) and I had the text of the document which showed not only the official military depiction for midnight, but the rationale behind it. I cut & pasted it into my response. So, 2 searches and 4 clicks yielded the answer. For a former commo guy, that's nothing... ...you should see what I can do with Powerpoint... :-)

I think you may have missed a step or two there: "...repeat again...and when the commander asks if you're having any problems that would lead you to drinking, look him in the eye, say "zero, zero, zero...zero" and on the last "zero" take another drink" Now, if you want to get creative/asinine/borderline insubordinate, take a picture of the clock in Base Ops one evening on Zulu time and note that it states "0000". Make sure to send it to EVERYONE. Perhaps build a powerpoint presentation. Write "MIDNIGHT IS 0000!" in shoe polish on the OSS/CC's car (he is, after all, the boss of these morons in Base Ops, right?)! Write it on your car. Write it on your commander's car. Make sure to use it as often as possible on forms including planning events to coincide with 0000...even if it means delaying takeoff by 30 minutes!!! Fight the good fight! (Please realize you are correct and I agree with your position...but...) ...or you could take the time to read the governing regulation on the matter (ACP 121(H), Combined Communications-Electronics Board (April 2007) p. 24) and realize that the Joint Chiefs of Staff or equivalent in U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and U.K. agreed to NOT use 0000 because it could be confusing. http://www.flt242.dk/Downloads/ACP121H.pdf "327. Where practicable the time 2400 should be avoided unless it is necessary to indicate this particular instant of time; instead use 2359 or 0001. 0000 is not to be used unless it is accompanied by numbers to indicate a fraction of a minute past 2400, eg 0000.5 for ½ a minute past 2400. When extra digits are added to indicate fractions of a minute, special care must be taken to avoid any possibility of confusion with a date-time group."

I can't find a copy of it, but there was a class in Nav training that decided to go with a "Snakes on a plane" motif. They tweaked it to say "Navs on a plane". I thought the idea was pretty lame, but not particularly noteworthy... ...until I noticed one day their patch said their class was part of the "526nd FTS" (it should have been 562nd). The funny part was that the entire class, Sq/CC, OG/CC, Wing Commander, and patch maker didn't even notice the error until the patch was officially approved and all patches had been made.

Seems to be the right call. If the families want that kind of publicity, they should be allowed to have it. Aside from that, they should be vigorously protected if they do not wish it.

Realize your class start date is NOT the same as your Report No Later Than date. You may arrive and sit for a few months. You could also get there and start the next day. When I arrived at the B-52 schoolhouse, I was informed my class started 5 days earlier...and I STILL started training anyway. In short, be ready to go!

Where'd WHO goooooooooo?! seriously though...stupid keyboard was off by one (blame the equipment)

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What's the guy's airframe?

Damn...used to work out with the guy.

Chemtrail truthers use the same "logic"

Fire it to whomever you wish, but try to bring him to the website. Camaraderie helps when you feel like you've been sucker punched.

If you're going to be a nav, we're going to have to work on your tact. E-mail sent. (BTW, I'm a BUFF guy...I know what you meant, but watch it! Us aircrew are a fickle bunch...)

Navy will still have some students, but certainly nothing like the quantity of AF Navs (If you've heard anything else, it's news to me). Weather there is fine, but the afternoon storms tend to sock in afternoon flights in general. As for IFS...what were they thinking...?