nunya

After you've done real work for them. Deployments, trips, exercises, alerts, whatever they do. Do that well and then you can consider other options.

You'll close more doors than you'll open by going AD initially. AD will almost certainly be an option in the future if it's necessary to reach your goal.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederick-d-moorefield-jr-3b311612a/ "Deputy Chief Information Officer for C3 at DoD" ETA: You'd think a CIO would know better than to leave an incriminating electronic paper trail leading directly to a guilty verdict.

Probably shouldn't use a word historically associated with the demeaning of homosexual males in your fight for DEI.

FAR 61.195.k. It has to be a majority fling wing thing, but there's probably a fixed wing operator somewhere outside of the contractors doing NVG ops.

Because FSDO competence varies wildly. An ex-Army FSDO inspector didn't want to give me the CFII because my Form 8 didn't specify "Instrument Instructor." Had to convince him that our Qual Form 8 included instruments.

That dude better be careful diming out his group. With friends like that, snitches get stitches.

I'll take a WAG and say that ain't it.

You’ll what? Make us want to retire? Palace Chase? Just plain separate? Good deal.

So a maximum of $329K. Seems like a small group (i.e. retiring anyway in the next 6-9 months) that would jump on that over other "options" for your career twilight.

As with all Shirt/Chief/E-9 issues, it depends on their O-5 through O-10 because that's their next stop if they see non-compliance. All problems with the aforementioned group are really problems with their officer boss allowing them to run roughshod over the Sq/Gp/Wg/HHQ.

Nah, curling.

I like your idea, but he’s also the same guy that recommended How to be an anti racist and a couple other modern woke titles. He spun it as mental horizon-broadening, and maybe he meant that, but he still used his endorsement to appeal to or appease a woke crowd. They all play the games.

I think it doesn't matter. There's not an Olds or a Schwarzkopf waiting in the wings to assume CJCS. Any candidate will have the same recent history as CQB, or they wouldn't be in the running.

Y’all have free internal company mail? A system used to send stuff around the country on company iron?

It could affect all the dudes that went to ALO or CAP-USAF. I don't believe it's likely, but they're IRR and still very much reachable. If any IRR gets non-vol'd, I think it'll be Army.

But would ya eat it?

Yeah, I’d pass on that one. As a larger point, do a skillbridge in a non-pilot industry. The airlines will still be an option afterwards and you’ll have some connections outside our typical wheelhouse.

FIFY before your VA physical.

I agree, but this makes me sad for the state of the nation. I've personally seen chivalry and defense of another go sideways several times (although not to this extent) and it's just not worth it.

You mean like the airline captain including his fighter hours and number of traps in his announcements? I bet you could even find a USAF Vet hat to wear.

You can't fight city hall so it's incumbent on us then to work smarter not harder. Starting a business? Your wife better own it, especially if she's a veteran. Your (assumedly not deadbeat) early-career adult kids have access to cheaper credit? Rent your house from them. Use UTMAs and 529s (especially with the new Roth rollover rules). Fund Roth IRAs for your kids. Bunch your charitable tax deductions with a DAF. "Eat the rich" isn't going away. Better make yourself unappetizing.

Congratulations!

ADOs, too! That’s where the real work is done. DOs are just figure heads! 😇