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DAC Ron Donakowski by chance?? Shot down in a Loach 3x in one day (once by a .51 cal) Great guy

Bingo!!

J's can't spray. Enough said.

Good lord, I'm 38 yrs old w/ no Masters, 19 yrs complete. When I had to wait on a commission after the Army transitioning to the AF, I took the year off and had the time of my life. How times have changed.

Awesome, and so true, hats and keys on the desk and nowhere to be found

Checks, if this were a Herc crew, we would've been coordinating dips, 1801, PPR, lodging, trans, etc. etc. IFM package, what's that??

I wonder if Pararescue will open up the door. Pentagon classifies them as front-line.

The IP schoolhouse for the H will be all sim based??? Wow

Ditto, been going strong since the A20 came out (2+ yrs ago?) No issues, ipod hookup is money as well.

Wrong, we used this in the Army as well, usually under the guise of "REMF-POGUE" (not POG). Cheers

Hey MCO, any H models helping out in ETAR from the ANG/AFRC (ie under TACC etc)??

We used it all up until a year ago!! Old School

What is the process/guidelines for submitting credit hours for a BAC+?? I have about 13 grad credits from 13 years ago!! + 3 credits from SOS = 15 hours (eligible for BAC+)

Anyone know how many Master's credits can be obtained by doing SOS in res?

Ditto on the Casio Pathfinder. I've had one for 2 years and no issues. Backpacking, skiing, etc. Solar power/auto sync w/ Ft. Collins every night/no battery to change are all a plus. And its only about 100 bucks.

Nah, just a little sarcasm for those that didn't have a clue.

Take your cool kid weed talk elsewhere. Dumbass Caddyshack?

It's sad I only know what 1/2 those acronymns stand for and I'm almost ready to retire!!!!!

As a former AO class 94-09 (one of the last), this brought back some great memories. Thanks for sharing. "Scout's out"

PM me and i can give you some specifics if needed. Short story, I went through this 10 years ago, failed red lens test. After a 3 day eval at Brooks, they determined I had mild esophoria of the right eye, normal, normal on everything else ie 20/10 vision etc. There is a study group ongoing in the AF (several dozen of us??). If everything else checks out, they will give you a waiver, put you in the study group, and you'll have to follow up once a year taking various tests (intra-ocular pressure, Humphrey visual field test, etc.) This is done to see if the condition worsens with age. Mine was determined to be congenital (since birth).

Yes, JS has it right. About a year ago the VPCGR/ARPC whatever had a section specifically for requesting a cert letter. Magically, it has disappeared since then. Just use the misc. "request other documents" link and they'll process the app. Expect a phone call (which was unexpected but nice) from ARPC in a few weeks just confirming the information they have calculated.

Careful here. You are only allowed a total of 48 mo. of GI bill benefits in your lifetime. I burned 34 mo. of GI bill in the '90's for my basketweaving degree leaving me 14 mo. of total benefits remaining. I have recently transferred these benefits to post 9/11 status leaving me with still 14 mo of GI bill left.

https://www.afrc.af.mil/library/post-911-gi-bill.asp Enjoy this little gem I found a year ago buried in some obscure site under layers of shit (why nobody knows about this shit when it is vitally important to guard/reserve i do not know) Been through this process several months ago, fairly seamless, let me know if you have hangups. ARPC will send you within 6 weeks a nice printout tallying all your manday time since 9/11

Absolutely. Most individuals have done HPA in the past and had to front $3000 (VA would only pay for 50-60%). And for those of us in the Guard/Reserve who have burned past benefits and need to tally up how much they have left and subsequently qualify for, read this little gem (which is another very important bit of info buried in the system). I've been down this road, so feel free to ask for more advice. https://www.afrc.af.mil/library/post-911-gi-bill.asp

I spoke directly with VA about this (ie how many months of benefits left after going to HPA). After 1 Oct, VA will pay for flight trng benefits up to 10k PER MONTH ie if your course is 3 months then reimbursement for 3 months (up to 10k per month). With HPA (a 2 wk. course), she said you will burn 1 month (2 months max) of benefits of your total post 9/11 months remaining.