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Ah...cool, thanks for clearing that up for me

so when you say U-28/NSA do you all mean national security agency? I thought the U-28 was part of AFSOC

Hey I have a few questions, I am getting ready to head off to Columbus next week, I would really like to eventually fly a C-130. I was wondering what the deployments are like and when you are home how often are you TDY, and what's the lifestyle like in general in the community? Thanks for the help!

I just had a change in my orders, they moved my EAD, IFS, and UPT dates up two weeks but they took away my ASBC dates and I was told that I wont be going. Does anyone know if it will hurt my career in any way missing my first PME or should I find a way to get sent?

I'm heading off to Columbus at the end of next month, I was told to expect to live in the dorms and that they expect that they will have the dorms "ready" by mid Oct. All they told me was that they are fixing the dorms, they wouldn't tell me what that means over the phone. Does anyone know what that means? And from the look of things, does it look like they will be ready by mid Oct? Also, I like to play hockey and I would like to bring my stuff with me (even though the closest ice I found was about an hour and a half away)because I will be on casual for a few months. Do they give you any kind of storage space at Columbus that is not inside your dorm? I read what other people put down on the dorms, I was also wondering how big the closet space they give you, what the current prices for the internet/cable and maid service, and is Columbus in a dry county? Thanks for the help!

I was sitting in my American government class, and the department head came in put the t.v on just as the second plane hit

I'm thinking about taking a trip to Germany with my father in August/September and I thought it would be nice to stay in billeting on Ramstein to save a little cash. I was told since it was considered Space-A so I can't make a reservation until 24hrs in advance of me showing up. In this time frame, is this part of the tourist season over there? Anyone have any suggestions in the area that is cheap in the event that a can't get a reservation? Thanks for any help!

E/A-6B? We have those things? I thought they were just Navy/Marine.

Thanks for all of the great info, but what are the dorms like? What comes furnished with them? Also what is OPS A, I'm guessing its EWO stuff?

Well I just got word that I report to Randolph on 12 May , any tips and advice on the move? Also, what is the training syllabus like? Are they moving towards what the new program is going to be like (little t-6 time?) or are they sticking with the prior syllabus from the past couple years at Randolph?

Thats pretty what I thought, but what I don't get is my buddy who got CSO at the same time as me has ASBC and IFS dates where I don't. I have my money betting that these dates are going to change

We got our tentative EADs today! May 1 Graduate May 8 Commission May 9 EAD June 5 Start UNT Not sure how accurate this is because I had no IFS dates or ASBC dates, earlier in this post I was talking about my Col trying to put me into a Accelerated Nav Program. He said it pretty much was the Air Force trying to put me through training as fast as possible because of my flight hours. Could that mean skipping IFS and ASBC? Any Thoughts?

Just to clear it up I'm not knocking the BUFF, I think it would be cool to be apart of the global strike command and have a nuclear mission Thanks for the e-mail! If you don't mind I'd like to send it to some of the other guys who got CSO (One guy who just got it the other day seems to be a little upset it my help him settle a bit). Are you up in Minot?

I'm not knocking it at all I was just really hoping for a F-15E, but I'd settle for the BUFF

I'm graduating in May 09 and I would love the chance to go to P'cola, I guess all I can do is keep my fingers crossed and hope the big blue decides to send some of us there

A buddy of mine is there right now and he said that the Navy is so backed up in training (about 9 to 10 months) the air force is not going to send anymore people through the pipeline at P'cola until they open up their doors. My cadre even confirmed that a few months ago saying that there is nothing on the books to send people to P'cola for WSO.

Hey! I got picked up as a CSO and what I really wanted to do was be a WSO the bad news for me is that for FY09 I hear no one is getting strike nav. I was wondering if anyone knows of any special programs going on that would put me at P'cola? My Det commander said he is trying to put me into a accelerated nav program (not sure what that means). Also is there a way you can cross train into a B-1 or F-15E from a slick, Spec Ops, or the Buff? Also anyone know any news when the new CSO training program is going to stand up, the last I heard was Oct 2010. btw I put on my bars in May '09

I thought everyone had to go to IFS though

I'm a ROTC cadet btw, I was talking to my Col and what I was told was because of my flight hours I would skip some of the training and be put in a class that has already started. I have never heard of anything like this, the last thing i heard was no matter how many hours you have everyone goes throug the same training. I know for sure I am going to Randolph because my buddy at P-cola found out that the first true CSO class is supposed to start Oct 2010.

I got a call from my Col. last week asking me about my flight hours he then told me he was trying to put me into a accelerated Nav training. I have never heard of this, can anyone tell me what this is about?