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navonfire

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  1. Sort of a thread hijack - Moving to LR at the end of January and will be headed out there to do apartment hunting in the next week. Any recommendations on area apartments? I am looking for as cheap as possible (sub $700), will have a 50# dog, and will be sending the majority of my paycheck to the wife/kids who are not coming with me. I've done the apartments.com, etc... searches and the only feedback I am seeing is scary. Any info/opinions are appreciated. Thanks.
  2. I think a big part of the question comes down to this, do you put your faith above your service? I for one think it MUST be the other way around. Faith needs to be respected, but put on the back burner to accomplish the mission. If the mission and your faith interfere, you are in the wrong line of work. Maybe I am a heathen basterd, but that is how I roll.
  3. Juan, Last time I checked, the AF was trying to replace you with a couple of shitty web programs. Admittedly, you have attempted to defend a very unpopular program to a very biased community, but to do so in such a classless way is disturbing. The thought that there are people who operators and maintainers depend on to help pay the bills for their families (who are home alone without them 50% of the time) actively trying to screw them is terrifying. Have you ever been shot at? Have you ever driven a convoy and been blown up? Have you ever been shot down? Ejected? Put your weapon on fire and thought about the fact that you will never see your loved ones again? Have you ever had to sit on a C130 with broken air-condition for 16 hours in the middle of Baghdad in august? We whine because we hope and pray that this is the toughest part of our job. That coming home and filing a voucher might not take three days and triplicate copies. That we might actually get paid correctly the first time we try, and wouldn't have to waste four more days going back to a building on the other side of base because you are closed for training. Last time I checked, doing your job was pretty good practice at doing your job. We whine because you think wearing reflective belts in a combat zone is a good thing. We whine because at the end of the day, no one suffers except us if you screw your job up. We still have to drop the bombs or haul the flag covered coffins out of danger. Even when we are on hour 16, even when we lie about not being on hour 19. Do you think the maintainers can just shut down the flightline because they all need to do a team-building exersize? Airman snuffy doesn't get paid correctly, or worse, at all, but he is still expected to push that pallet onto the ramp, to load that bomb, or change a tire on a c-17 on a ramp that is 140 degrees in the shade. The only morale we get is knowing that the guy sweating or bleeding next to you has your back. Who's back do you have? When the war, when the killing and surviving, are the easy parts, and getting your 30 day post deployment health assessment done on the same day your 30 day predeployment health assessment is due is the part that takes the most work and the most energy, it takes the fun out of being on your team. And to cap it all off, we have it easy compared to the poor bastards in the Army and the Marines. When you can do your job right the first time without the ego-trip; and replace the operators and maintainers with a shitty web program (Vairlift or Vmedevac), then you can call us whiny bitches, and I will not complain about mandatory attendance of the AF glee club. Unless you are a MoH winner, then I apologize, and am out of line.
  4. Many (and by many I mean me and therefore assume everyone else wants to be just like me) navs actually never turn the seat. On some models the seat won't turn if there is armor on board so we just gets used to sitting sideways. And if you have ever been stuck on a 5 hour pro ride where you do a lot of TnGs, you get tired of fastening and unfastening the shoulder straps. As for first hand experience, the lap-belt will save your lifewithout the shoulder harness.
  5. Either people actually do not know, or leadership is not sharing. Key thing with the rumors though, anything that would be a "zerp-tolerance" violation is highly unlikely due to the fact that he is still gainfully employed. He probably got judged based on a lack of progress with figuring out what the hell is going to happen post-BRAC.
  6. As a 130 nav I am biased towards the 130, and since I am currently at Pope, I would hop at a chance at Peterson. I really enjoy the tactical part of the mission, especially the airdrop and other than Buffs, you can't throw things out on any other platform. I have the preconceived notion that all JSTARS do is burn orbits in the sky. But having seen some of the crews over in the desert I could see that as an option just for the scenery. Just keep in mind that this forum tends to lean towards herks... Either way you will end up thinking you chose correctly and that you are on the best airframe EVER! Break it down by mission elements, assignment locations, crew makeup and future options. With the slicks, you will be flying everything from 50 year old E-models to 15 yo H3s depending on location. But there is always the spookie route to follow on with. Feel free to PM me with specific questions, or just throw them out there. Everyone loves a good "my airframe is better than yours" conversation.
  7. Always have some porn in your flight bag, it gives your evaluator something else to look at. Assuming of course that you aren't flying with the MEO officer.
  8. Someone should just tell him to read this thread. Good honest bitching at its best.
  9. I was told two days ago by finance that the CFACC made it mandatory 1 Aug 2008. I did not read the documentation myself. But as far as I know, the BX is still taking credit and cash.
  10. I did it in 13 days, but was working a ground job at the deid. The only limitation is score reporting back home.
  11. A buddy of mine just sent this to me, have fun... *From: SQ CSS Sent: 12:16 PM (local) *To: SQ ALL * *Hey All, * *Just incase you're having any issues trying to watch a movie off the media web. It is currently running at full capacity *and cannot handle any more downloads. Please standby by and try again later. * *
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