Karl Hungus
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If you have to ask, you're clueless. But your answer is, very. If you can't be in the top 95% of the AF, then how could you ever lead a crew or fly a plane?
Now, since you asked, you're probably thinking of trying to get cut from the team. Its your life to gamble with, let us know how it works out for you.
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I think it speaks volumes about people's job satisfaction with AD that they'd actually consider trying to get purposefully passed over.
It doesn't really matter anyway- I'd be shocked if the 5% who are cut come from an 11X AFSC.
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More to the point, I wonder how long it will be before a disgruntled LTs (RPA or otherwise) writes a "do not promote me" letter to the board in order to gain early separation...?
Several people I know were wondering what would happen if they turned down the promotion or went out of their way to not get promoted, and were then forced out prior to their 10 years. Can they still get a job with the guard or reserves....?
I can see it now... people scrambling to do ASBC by correspondence to "earn" an ASBC in residence slot. I'm sure Robin Olds would be thrilled.
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Vertigo,
I will say this, I don't care if you fly for a living or not....everyone must maintain uniform standards and I don't care if you are a CGO or a jr enlisted you will maintain standards and I will correct you if do not. You know how bad it looks to the jr enlisted when an officer walk around looking like Gomer Pyle? You do your profession a discredit if you cannot maintain military standards....I don't care how nitnoid they might be. I don't like tucking in the PT shirt or wearing a disco belt either, however it's something I have to do. Take some pride in the uniform you wear, look like a professional. If you are too lazy to maintain a professional appearance, what other corners are you cutting? If you are proud of what you do....your appearance will reflect just that. Bash the 'shoe clerks'....for what? Doing the right thing? Enforcing standards? You can still get the mission done and not wear your glasses on your head, don't be lazy....how many pockets do those flight suits have? How long would it take to properly stow those shades?
And this, ladies and gents, perfectly sums up why I can't wait to get out of active duty Air Force. To say that this isn't the Air Force I thought I was getting into would be an understatement.
My grandfather, C-47 pilot who lost a lot of friends flying the Hump, would be ashamed of what we have become.
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People are ######ing idiots. Don't drink and drive and don't punch cops in the face. It's not a hard game.
Exactly. So don't punish everyone because a few people are dipshits. But then again, that would require real LEADERSHIP and not the management these morons have learned since day 1 at the academy.
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Anyways, the Marines have a functional part of the test where they drag dummies and sprint and lift ammo cans and etc. and the Army is supposedly working on something similar. I don't always trust the Marines b/c they led us down the hell hole of different uniforms but I don't know too many fat ass marines either so maybe they can lead the way on this one.
A functional fitness test in my job would involve how many times per minute you can smash the printer because the POS doesn't work. Or how quick you can get out of the seat and check on the chicken nuggets in the oven. And how long you can hold your breath in the lav because it hasn't been serviced in days, boiling a fine stew in the desert heat.
Of the many things I don't understand about people in the Air Force, the comparison of everything to the Marines is close to the top. If you wanted to PT like the Marines, join the Marines.
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Keep it up!
Speaks volumes about how terribly managed (not lead.... there's very little leadership that actually occurs) this organization is. We'll see blues everyday and color-coded-by-rank reflective belts before we see TIB destroyed, sad as that is.
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Noted. Of course we will tell those in our community, and those who need to know. But some random nosey on Baseops . . . I didn't think it was necessary.
Failing out of IFF/ B-Course/ whatever isn't something to be ashamed of. It may end up being the best thing to ever happen to him.
Suggestion on how to meet people at wherever you end up: Get a job. Go get a degree/ masters. Have a life outside of the Air Force.
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This whole situation is bullshit. I've told full bird Colonels that their collar was flipped up or that a patch was messed up, but I did it quietly (sts) and without fanfare. I'm not looking for credit. I'm not looking to call him out. I'm just helping out a "bro" so he looks like he should in uniform. I did so respectfully.
THIS kind of stuff NEEDS to be addressed at an officer level IMMEDIATELY when something like this happens. Don't let an NCO shoeclerk be disrespectful. I realize you were in PT gear, but a simple, "Staff Sergeant, making uniform corrections is certainly within your purview as you've likely been directed to pull this duty, but so is common decency and respect for your fellow airman. 'Hey!' is not appropriate, especially when you have no CLUE what rank of person you are addressing. 'Excuse me' would be FAR more apropos and a 'please' thrown in would certainly help matters. Instead of calling people out publicly on simple nitnoid stuff, perhaps you can be polite and criticize in private?"
That said, at the end of a 16+ hour day (without Dex), I'm not sure I wouldn't have muttered something and went along my merry way.
[/Monday morning quarterbacking]
That's a great way to go about it, but it doesn't address the biggest issue of all... THESE UNIFORM THINGS DON'T ######ING MATTER! A sleeve rolled up, a morale patch, PT gear untucked, black socks, short socks, sunglasses on your head, mustache beyond the 90 degree line extending from the ends of your upper lip, blah blah blah... NONE OF THEM MATTER TO WINNING A GODDAMN WAR!
I hate the dumbass argument "well if I can't trust you to tuck in your PT gear, how can I trust you to (insert complex mission-essential activity here that you've been highly trained to do). Apples and oranges... it's a cheap, easy "leadership" tactic aimed at the lowest common denominator, like everything else in the AF. It's far easier and measurable to come up with inane uniform policies and enforce them upon all than it is to actually lead and accomplish the mission.
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I'm not so sure that taking Bagram anyday is really a wise decision. The other day I was busted coming out of the wood house shower by a first shirt that likes to camp out around 1130 in the shady area and bust people for uniform infractions. Apparently, after pulling my shirt on, my right sleeve became rolled up. As I am walking out of the door, with flip-flops on, a towel over my shoulder and a shaving kit and dirty clothes in my hands, I hear a voice yell "Hey!" I turn around to see a SMSgt shirt with a nicely pressed uniform standing there with a cold bottle of water. Wondering who the hell he was yelling at, he follows up with "You need to roll your sleeves down. Come on, you need to be part of the solution, not part of the problem!" Since I had no idea that my sleeve had become rolled up, but given the fact that he was looking directly at me, I kindly said "excuse me?" He then proceeds to storm over to me and point to my right sleeve. He continued on with "Do you need a refresher on the PT uniform policy?" I kindly said "no, thank you," turned my back and began to walk off. Well, he wasn't done. He follows me and tells me to roll my sleeve down. I roll my sleeve down, say thank you again and walk off. Perhaps if I had not just finished another 16-hour day, I could have come up with a good whopper to fire back at him. As I was walking back to my oven-like B-hut, trying not to roll my ankles on the gigantic chunks of white rock, I began to wonder if the reason that the shirt was such an asshole was because he was unhappy having his own shitter and shower in his RLB. This probably wasn't the case; he probably had to drop off his own laundry that day or maybe he didn't get a good seat at movie night. Or maybe, just maybe, they didn't have enough Diet Coke at the chow hall. Either way, I still laugh when I think about people who have so little to do that they will hang out, doing nothing, waiting to make themselves feel needed by jumping in other people's shit. What do I know though?
Shit like this is why I'm bolting active duty the first chance I get. Life is too short to be treated like a kindergartner by morons.
Fox Sports sponsoring the bar... KFC... all of this is NOT A GOOD THING. We need less creature comforts for the shoes, not more. The more shit like this we put at the Deid and other places, the more likely Tops in Blue will show up, chiefs will go on power trips, etc.
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Rake is still in use by the T-1 squadron at Laughlin.
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One step closer...
ST. LOUIS, June 23, 2010 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that it has received a $216 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to upgrade the service's 59-jet KC-10 tanker fleet with a new communication, navigation, surveillance and air traffic management (CNS/ATM) system.
The KC-10 upgrade will enable the fleet to comply with the forecasted 2015 CNS/ATM Federal Aviation Administration/International Civil Aviation Organization standards, which allow shared access within both civil and military airspace, enabling tanker refueling operations worldwide.
"As air traffic continues to increase, modern CNS/ATM systems become essential for communicating precise flight data and obtaining the most direct routing," said Mike Harris, Boeing vice president of Weapon Systems Modernization. "This upgrade is critical to the Air Force for pilots' safety, mission effectiveness and lower operational costs."
The five-year contract draws on design and development work performed by Boeing Defense, Space & Security and Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The contract will be managed at the Boeing Long Beach, Calif., facility. The first airplane will be modified and flight-tested in 2012 at the company's San Antonio facility. Boeing will complete and deliver the final KC-10 modification in 2015.
A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is one of the world's largest defense, space and security businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world's largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is a $34 billion business with 68,000 employees worldwide.
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KC-10: new copilots can expect three 75ish day deployments their first year. Doesn't really slow down after that. Doesn't matter which base you're at.
C-21 (to Ramstein) is by far the best assignment you can get out of T-1s, if you don't mind reality crashing down on you when you go to your MWS after living the life in Europe.
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My friends, there is hope. Leaders who understand what is and what is not important DO exist. Although this is unconfirmed, it seems Manas leadership does not put up with the shoe-nazi patrols. Morale at Manas seems higher than at the other SWA locations.
Manas is no more, at least for now.
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Is it sick that I really want to deploy to what you just described? I'm still not sure what I'm going to tell my grandchildren when they ask "How did you spend your time during the war grandpa?"
"Were you a hero?"
"Not really..."
"Did you serve with heroes?"
"Yeah, not really... Let's talk about something else."
2. I'd happily trade the wireless internet, the pool, three beer night, off-base trips, etc for an ops-centric deployment without excess manning and a focus on the shit that actually matters. Instead we have deployed CGOCs organizing day-long trips to go bowling, movie night in the pool, and first shirts complaining that aircrew "hide behind crew rest" in order to skip important things like Army Battalion runs.
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A couple month's worth of BAH doesn't make going to the academy worth it.
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Jumping off the mocking train for a second, anyone detecting the growing trend in Big Blue never mind the rest of the DoD?
MQ1/9/MQ-X/RQ-4/Cyber Command, etc, etc.
Clock's ticking...
Seek validation much?
As for the wings... it's sorta like calling yourself a doctor when you went to a podiatry or osteopathy school. Yeah, sure, you're a "doctor", but you're not an M.D.
I appreciate the role that most AFSCs bring to the fight. Doesn't mean everyone needs wings.
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angels is in the 3-2.5 Joint Brevity pub. Maybe you should check it out sometime.
Found it right after I posted, thanks.
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Anybody know where the term "elevator" really comes from (does it have a more specific meaning)? I couldn't find it in the brevity guide and it doesn't seem to really be any shorter than saying "climb/descend". Just one of those phrases that gets passed on I guess?
Was wondering the same thing. The use of "angels" as well...
Somewhat related, I don't understand why some people like to be extremely quiet/ mumble on the radios. I hear this from a lot of the C-17 folks. Mumbling in a very quiet voice so you sound half asleep doesn't make you sound cool, it makes you sound like a moron... and in some cases (position reports and whatnot in the AOR) it can even be dangerous. I'm not saying you have to yell, but talk like you've got a pair.
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Huh? Which is it? Or are you saying you feel very strongly both ways.
I'm saying I wish the reserves would help us out more, especially in regards to the desert. I'm saying I can see why they can't/ won't/ don't, and it's due to numerous reasons, some of which have been addressed on this board. Perhaps I should have replaced "leadership" with "the system". As Huggy pointed out, "the system" is broken.
I'm done with this topic.
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Instead the post you wrote about the KC-10 AFRC guys make them look like a bunch of self-serving assholes. Hopefully the picture you painted was inaccurate, but judging from the remarks I've read on the FB C-130 page from ARC guys, it's not an uncommon attitude.
To be fair, most that I've met aren't assholes at all... most really do give a shit and want to contribute. It's unfortunate that the majority don't walk the walk though, for whatever reason. But after being gone for 200-250 days a year while on AD, with the majority of that time spent in the desert, the ones I've met are completely over the AD game. I don't hold anything against the AFRC crews, it's the leadership of AD/AFRC that has let it get to this point that's frustrating.
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Hmmm...
What are you hmmm...-ing? The fact that KC-10 reservists don't deploy much or the fact that I'd do the same thing if I were them? Also, the ARC doesn't own any KC-10s by themselves... all are active-associates so I guess you could consider them co-owned. There's no iron to take away from them.
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Like Huggy said, the system is broke. Like I said, I don't blame people for taking advantage. The powers that be certainly don't make it easy. It's pure jealousy when I bitch about the reserves not contributing. Who'd want to when you just get hassled about what color socks you have on and how you didn't immediately shave after a 12 hour flight. The complete lack of focus on shit that actually matters never ceases to amaze me.
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So, if I understand correctly... even though you were washed out of USAF UPT, it is still an option to go in the ARMY or Coast Guard to fly(according to the regulations). I have not met anyone who have done this, but I have heard of many. Does anyone know of an instance where this transpired? What is the process? Please advise.
If you washed out of UPT, what makes you think you'd make it through any other version of pilot training?
Air Force Reinstate Captain Selection Boards
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They get to pay them less to do the same job as an 0-3/ 0-4?