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I don't even know what half of my ribbon rack is without looking at a cheat sheet. This isn't even close to WTF-worthy.

Nice job thinking out of the box and all. But save the Barney Fife lectures for high schools and FTAC. If I haven't figured out by now that drunk driving is dangerous and expensive, a shocking slideshow won't help.

Isn't it a sad commentary that the highest ranking officer in the Air Force says, "Guys, don't waste your time with a Master's," and we say collectively, "Nice try, but no thanks. We don't trust you. We're not going to change a thing." I fear it's a bridge too far to fix the underlying issues.

The issue is not with lodging. Your non-A does not have to say 100 days. The issue, however, is with your finance shop. Per the JFTR you can stay the other 96 days off base and they cannot legally refuse to pay you. You're a guard guy presumably staying with one unit for many, many years. You know your unit better than any of us. Will it burn bridges to spend several grand extra out of the budget? Sometimes what's legal and what's right are different.

Props to Welsh for trying. And sure, you can stop your Master's work, until the next COS decides to unmask them months before your Maj/LtCol board. That would never happen, though, right?

I've been following http://www.tspallocation.com/ for a few months. I like his analysis. He's been S fund for the entire time I've been following him. He follows the business cycle investing theory, like Fidelity talks about here.

Not exactly. It's called the "Supervised Operating Experience" restriction. If you don't meet these you get it: So a single engine fighter guy won't have a type in a Multi-Engine Land airplane and won't have been an AC in a military MEL. He can qualify under C if he did 500 hours in MC-12s or some other multi-engine land airplane. You can get the restriction removed after 15 or 25 hours of acting as PIC under the supervision of a qualified PIC. So basically it doesn't matter because you'll get it removed when you upgrade to Captain. It's all here if you want to read it: http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgFAR.nsf/0/F7DF5EE953BA576186256EE0006FD4D6?OpenDocument

I searched for "Bergdahl" and chose "Forums" and it showed 5 threads. Search Function Inop? ?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent> Choosing Google instead of Forums did limit it to one thread.

You think the machine learns lessons and you think one lowly pilot going tactical DNIF will teach that lesson? You're mistaken. They're going to delete me from the spreadsheet, put your name in, and not blink an eye. If there was nobody left to put in cell B24 and it stayed red, they'd think, "Hm, now what?" But that's not going to happen. If it starts to happen, they'll change the rules. ("We don't have enough MC-12 sensors. Extend everyone indefinitely." It happened.) No learning takes place. No shitstorm realization. In the end, the only one that feels ANY pain is you.

Holy shit he nailed it. Cut and paste most of that post in the "Why I'm getting out" thread and sign my name to it. Fuck no. I will leave with my dignity intact. I'll do everything in my power to get out (VSP, Palace Chase, Palace Front, 7 day opt, whatever other program they dream up...) but I'm not going to lie and pass my bad deal to you. I'm not going to look my son in the eye and tell him I got what I wanted because I lied.

We have a couple guys currently deployed that were approved for VSP. So not the exact same, but close. They already moved their DOS to 4 months after they return. I think the window is you have to separate between 30 and 120 days after your return from your deployment.

You could open a 529 plan for your kid's college to tax shelter part of your VSP. https://personal.vanguard.com/us/funds/529portfolios

Somewhere around SHOT 2011. http://www.americanrifleman.org/blogs/trijicon-rmr

Maybe not so weird. Generally the same way Miculek runs his - must be something to it. Cheek weld and all that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upk3c9czrmE More background: http://www.nraila.org/news-issues/articles/2014/4/pro-gun-community-schools-bloomberg-on-grassroots-activism.aspx

Wow.

Nope. Never used em. I'd probably look for Tyvek that works with a laser printer. They're out there and I'm sure you can find some first hand experiences.

Print on Tyvek if you have the $$$. http://www.materialconcepts.com/products/tyvek/sheets/

I would have needed 8 months of UPT and 15 months for PCS waived. Mine didn't reach AFPC until last week, after sitting at the WG/CC for weeks. I knew I was a long shot from the beginning with an overage of only 18 (?).

Officially denied VSP today. I thought I'd have to wait until 1 May to get the inevitable email. 2003 11M with ADSC left

http://gawker.com/watch-a-train-conductor-kick-a-selfie-taking-teen-in-th-1563737053

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4 years now.

My wife used part of mine to finish her BS and she's a stay at home mom. If I don't go back to school when I get out, I'll give the rest to my son if he needs it. I agree it didn't make financial sense in the short term, but now she has it if she ever has to work. The real reason, however, was that she wanted it and she's proud to be the only college graduate in her family. We often do irrational things to keep our marriages going.