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    The Purge Pt 2 is coming

    in General Discussion

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    3 hours ago, Inertia17 said:

    To be fair, the same name was suggested for a male student 6-9 months prior, for the same mistakes made by each. So...sexist...no. Poor taste, sure. And neither of them were actually named that (although the dudes was pretty close).

    Standard AF.  One person shits their pants.....

    COVID-19 (Aka China Virus)

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    54 minutes ago, Prosuper said:

     

    Being around for the start of the anthrax shots and the side effects that cost guys their careers and refusals that were followed up by judicial action. Don't even get me started with the stuff we got before the start of the Desert Storm. I would say be careful what you wish for. 

     

    Bingo.  Had a buddy get that shit and then contracted some nasty nerve issues.  Of course, nothing could be dialed back to the anthrax vax.  I was able to dodge the bullet for a few deployments until it caught up to me.  

    I, for one, am hesitant to get an "emergency" approved vax.  We shall see

    New Fitness Rules

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, Prosuper said:

    Never smoked, did long distance bicycle riding, played sq football,softball. Worked on the flightline but never ever passed a bike test. My buddy was 2 pack a day smoker and passed it every time. My last test before they canned it I drank black coffee and smoked cigars for a month and passed it, who knew. Before that the whole Sq would show up at the base track and run a mile and a half once a year. I think you had 15 minutes to complete it then you were good for the year.

    Amazing how I can show up for a PT test (mid forties) and pass the run no problem while some airmen 4 months out of tech school and 20 years old fails. Seems to be a trend now as well with the new generation 

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    Squadron Bar Ideas

    in Squadron Bar

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    8 hours ago, Sketch said:

    The old Boeing workhorse is definitely on the list! I'm guessing it will be around for awhile?

    Haven't seen this classic thrown around on here since the Rainman days

    An oldie but a goodie!!

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    U-2 Dragonlady info

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    On 10/16/2020 at 5:09 PM, Hacker said:

    It is perfectly clear what it does, it's all right there in the article:

    "Its container-centric management environment orchestrates computing, networking, and storage on behalf of user workloads and allows for the deployment of complex microservice based applications with complete automation."

    To me, this sounds like it was written by the greatest OPR-bullshit artist of all time to describe the mail sorting room at Initech.

    Lol, I'm gonna use this line on the next OPR (modified of course)!!

    Reduced Retired Pay Age

    in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves

    Posted

    Thanks torqued! I looked into this a few years ago and was just wondering if ARPC was able to "automate" this as it pertains to uploading orders etc. (which i knew to be a big ass pain).  Obviously we're not there yet!  I'll start working on this (should be able to get it down to age 56 for retirement!)

    Thanks for the tip about "renaming" the orders!  

    To add: since FY15/16, you can push/pull days from the previous year etc to get your 90 day aggregate required for the 3 month reduction (ie if you have 120 days from year 1 and 60 from year 2, you can pull the extra 30 from the 120 year and add to the 60.  Training/schools count; AT/UTA etc do not count.  Can be reduced to no lower than age 50 as well.  

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    The new airline thread

    in Squadron Bar

    Posted

    14 minutes ago, Gazmo said:

    I try to resist jumping off short-call for the extra cash. It feels too much like retirement for me and the time off is addictive. Maybe one day when I dump the ANG for either a retirement or a non-mission ready gig, I will put my name on the OG/Premium list, but right now, it's easier to be home 22-25 days out of the month for 76 hours and telecommute some milpay or go in and fly for a double on an off day. I try to only give the unit 4 days a month. I usually can't stomach more than that these days, but it occassionally goes to 5 or 6 days depending on what is going on. This month it'll be 8 without taking mil leave, all on my off days, but this is an odd month for me. Once you're out of 1st year pay, it ends up being exponential money lost to do anything military related, which is one of the reasons why I will be a "20 and out" guy.

     

     

     

     

    Sidebar on the telecommute - what kind of work are you performing via telecommute? Anyone doing this on the AFRC side?

    AD to ANG TAMP eligibility

    in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves

    Posted

    Anyone experience the apparent change in TAMP coverage following an ARC deployment?  Specifically, 60 day deployment = 6 months of Tricare Prime coverage followed by 6 months Tricare "Select" coverage (my case currently).  It should (has always been) 6 mo Tricare Prime before and after deployment.  Tricare Select (Tricare Standard over a year ago) is basically same as Tricare Reserve Select w/ NO monthly fees (you still have copayments/deductibles/catastrophic cap).  Am I missing something?

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