Big Bear

http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/09/world/africa/somalia-al-shabaab-bounties/index.html?eref=igoogledmn_topstories Somali Islamists offer 10 camels as bounty for Obama I'm sure Barack's scared now...

I know DTS is supposed to pull data from GTC accounts, but I have rarely seen it work correctly. Fix it and make it so that when you scan a receipt, DTS reads it and automatically processes the expenses and you can apply the items from the receipts to the correct places in the vouchers. For example: hotel receipt - $69.00. Scan it and then all you have to do is click on a button or dropdown to assign that amount to the correct night. Also, actually do currency conversions IN DTS!!!! Can't it at least use historical data to get the conversions close? That way I can put in 95euro, or 20,000BAT and I don't have to do the conversion myself! There should be more than 1 finance person involved in the entire DTS system for the entire base. Pilots should not be running an additional finance office so that DTS can actually work. Make authorizations more simple, or get rid of them. The interface between DTS and CTO's system is unreliable. Can't there be only1 system? Perhaps allow normal people can do CTO's job for them, because they're relatively unhelpful and charge a service fee to do something Expedia already does for everyone else. Please take the Foreign Travel Office completely out of the loop. They serve absolutely no purpose. I also like the ideas of others from above that mention making it more intuitive, no pop-ups!!!!!!, and some kind of logical flow. BTW, what's your role in designing this new system? Just curious

Then don't share your opinion if you won't defend it.

That sounds cool, but is it worth it to go get a sim card from said 3rd country and pay for their service?

Undoubtedly as an afterthought by Crisco Christie " Gov. Chris Christie issued an executive order Thursday afternoon calling for state flags to be flown at half-staff on Feb. 21 in honor of Lance Cpl. Osbrany Montes De Oca." That's great and all, but I was under the impression that only the President could order the US Flag to be flown at half mast... Am I wrong?

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An excellent follow up article to that one: Obama conspiracy theorists even more insane than you think

I realize that the cost of implementing such a system would, at least up front, outweigh and probably restrict such system from being worth it, but what about actually measuring the amount of offload and/or onload that passes through the boom/refueling receptacle? Couple that with a rfid sensor system, or even just paint the damned tail # above the receptacle and you have a system in place that CAN gnats-ass the transfer, and neither individual has to worry about guessing at any of the required accounting data.

Has anyone ever heard of an insurance company asking you to pay a percentage of a repair (in addition to deductible) because a portion of what will be repaired will be "prior damage?" Yes I have comprehensive coverage through USAA. Seriously? Isn't this what I pay for every month? Backstory: Hailstorm at Altus, major damage to all parts of vehicle. Also the drivers door was damaged due to high winds and lots of nicks and what not from pebbles and debris flying around in the 60-70 MPH winds. They claim that since the car's a few years old, some of the nicks and what not have to be prior damage and are trying to get me to agree to pay for part of the cost of re-painting. Please stop me if I'm asking for too much. All I want is for my vehicle to look as good or better than it did before the storm.

In hindsight, we are talking about two different programs. You're talking about selected reserve and I'm referring to the normal Active duty MGIB. So, I doubt they told you something wrong, however I'm fairly confident what I said is true for Active Duty guys.

FYI, that won't work. I just went through the rounds with the VA and education office about this. To get the full 48 months eligibility, you MUST use up ALL of your Chapter 30 benefits BEFORE you can apply for the additional 12 months of Post-911 benefits. Otherwise, all you can do is transfer your benefits (whatever you have remaining) to post-911. You can't use just 12 Mo of pre and then use 36 of post. Its either 36 post-911, or 36 Pre and 12 post. Or you can use 12 months of pre and transfer the remaining 24 to post (which sucks) I know it's confusing, and it contradicts common sense, but that's the way they work. No idea how that applies to a certification program, or flight training through. I'm assuming it works just like paying for school.

For anyone else who was debating on whether to wait and see if they are going to get rid of Course 20 and let everyone go to in-res, I wouldn't recommend waiting very long... http://www.au.af.mil/au/soc/course_20.html "Course 20 will close to new enrollees BEFORE the launch of a revised SOS DL course anticipated 5 July 2012. NO ONE WILL BE ENROLLED INTO COURSE 20 LATER THAN 30 JUNE 2012. Course 20 students will be graduated or disenrolled after twelve months plus one optional three month extension. NO COURSE 20 ENROLLMENT WILL EXIST PAST 30 SEPTEMBER 2012. Course 20 students who have not completed the course by this time will have to re-enroll in the new SOS DL course. Plans for the new SOS DL program include five proctored exams, several graded essays, and multiple graded discussion exercises." I am now enrolled... screw all that mess.

In a theoretical formation like this, how close do the aircraft have to be to each other to make a significant difference?

Yea, same problem here...

Pretty much everyone on here is correct in what they're saying, but "it depends" on your current situation on whether it's smart to take a loan like this or not. Basically - Don't take it if you don't need it. If you already have loans (student loans, a few credit cards, you still owe 7k on your college POS car, or whatever) it might make sense to use this loan as a consolidation/refinance/lower interest rate option. That's what I did. I am not out of debt yet. Working on it, but that's because I was dumb when I was 20, not because I took the loan. That loan has made my financial situation and credit score a lot better. To reiterate: DO NOT use it to buy a car! (unless you don't have one) DO NOT use it unless you NEED it! Poor financial planning and management is a quick way to screw up your military career and financial future. My .02