08Dawg
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Can't let this thread die!
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I wish we'd go back to the jacket we had in the '80s and early '90s and call it done. I guess that's what this four-button thing is meant to look like.
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The first day of OPS A made me want to punch small woodland creatures.
6 weeks of the stuff was bad enough (for people that didn't want to go that route)... and the last I heard was that they were making OPS like 8-9 weeks long with CSOIII (I feel bad for the classes that have to go through that). Also what I've heard with CSOIII was that the out and backs were getting moved to Advanced NAV because they didn't like the huge gap of not flying between Intermediate and the cross country and also that the 8000 series is going away because it serves no purpose at all
2 on the Ops A. If I had wanted a degree in EE, I would've gotten one.
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Maybe I'm cheap or lazy or both, but I just made up an Excel spreadsheet. I've got it set up to where I can see my total times, and another page for time in each type. Granted, that's only three different places and I've only got like ninety-odd hours, but it's easy. That's on top of my Jeppessen hard copy.
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This shit is ridiculous. I don't have tats, but if I did and somebody told me I had to pay out of pocket to get them removed because it violated their own personally created uniform standards (while not being in violation of approved Air Force standards), I'd tell 'em to go screw and wear my long-sleeve shirt anyway, and take a stroll over to the IG while I was at it.
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I remember flying with her as my MCC and she was always one of the most incompetent, indecisive people I've ever had to occupy an aircraft with. Go figure with all the games that have been going on in the 552 recently.
And now she's a friggin' wing commander? Go figure.
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I'm an LT where can I get in on that (only hot chicks please)?
Well played, sir...well played.
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I couldn't believe it when a MSgt stopped me on the way to the jet a couple of weeks ago and asked why I wasn't adhering to CSAF's policy and wearing blues. It wasn't like I didn't have a pubs bag and flight gear in hand. I gave him my office number and asked him to call me for an appt so we could talk about it and also address why he found it necessary to go out of his way to interfere with my takeoff time. The guy didn't even bother to salute when he approached me about my uniform "infraction" as he was so sure he was nailing some Capt for being in the wrong.
Wow...somebody needs to take that guy to task. Ok, so some NCOs blow off LTs...whatever. But by the time you're a captain, I'd think you're past the "don't know shit" phase of being an officer, and the MSgt should recognize that and still render proper customs and courtesies, even if he's making a correction. What an ass.
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Probably for the same reasons they banned civilian shorts with belt loops and pockets...because we needed to keep a "professional image". Two things I wonder about...1) how does gym shorts look more professional than nice casual shorts...2) who are we looking professional for...each other?
So following that logic, yes, we probably will have to do ABU Mondays, because after all, we have to maintain our professional image at the Deid...
As opposed to what, wearing bags? Because bags are so much less professional...
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Not quite Blues Monday, but along the same line of thought...
Our boss decided that before we deployed, the squadron should spend 15 grand on new ABUs for everyone so we could all have ABU Mondays downrange. Seems like the focus of the leadership is on the completely wrong things. Common trend...
Are you serious? Please tell me this is an early April Fool's joke, because that's about the most retarded thing I've heard all week. Why would you want to do that?
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The Iron Eagle movies are terrible.
BLASPHEMY!!!
(sarcasm)
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Also, regarding ribbons you can wear at commissioning, if you were prior service obviously you can wear the ones you earned. If you were coming straight off the civilian street, I concur with asking the cadre. We were able to wear our ribbons the day we commissioned.
2. We were specifically instructed to have them as part of our uniform inspection a couple of days prior to pinning on.
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Well done! Good to see somebody bringing some positive attention to the Air Force.
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Just watched it yesterday on hulu. Not bad for a Navy movie.
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Alright. Who wants to take one for the team with me and be my spotter. It might take a while...but I think with a box of 3006, we could take care of this problem.
Do it the right way and you won't get caught.
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At CAFB it has to go through the "Class commander" then OG, then MEO, then Wg/CC or CV. The original saying was something like "Shockin the Tacos around the world" but MEO had a problem with the word "Tacos" because it (and i'm not making this up) "might offend people of latin descent." So basically, as soon as leadership found out what the symbology meant they had to take them off and wear the OSS patch and the leather nametags. I'm not in the class, so it's 3rd-4th hand story telling, but I'm fairly sure that's about what happened. I do know that those patches were worn for at least a month before anyone figured it out...that was some funny shit seeing those things floating around.
Since when does MEO get a say in what goes on class patches?
Heaven forbid we offend somebody! Guess I better take mine off, too...might offend the jihadists!
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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
Just sit tight. The black-hearted monster that is AFPC is fickle, and it will feed you a little something every now and then just to string you along. Dates will trickle out over the next couple of months or so. And again, while I didn't go to ASBC, I had friends that did. Just be flexible (sts). If you get an IFS or ASBC date, you can more or less take that one to the bank. Other than that, things do change.
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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?
You are about the third guy I've heard talk about some "accelerated nav" program. Go back to your det and tell all your bros, this "accelerated nav" program DOES NOT EXIST! You don't get stuck in nav school a phase or two ahead, or anything of the sort. Dudes with flight hours start at the exact same place as dudes without flight hours. Now...I didn't go to ASBC, and it looks like you won't either. Be aware also that your nav school start date could slip back. I had friends here who reported in July and started nav school in December. They were more the exception to the rule, but it could happen. Plan on going to IFS. Everybody here went (even though two got sent local, but still), and the word on the street is nowadays the AF doesn't care if you have your PPL, Commercial, or whatever, you're going. There was a dude in my class there who had something like 3000 hours, flew RJs for Virgin Air, had been a flight instructor in the DA-20, and he still go sent. Granted, he banged through it in about three weeks, but again...you're more than likely going. Consider if twenty-five flight hours on the govt's dime.
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Wow, something on TV worth watching!
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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
Well, don't knock Randolph. It's not a bad place to be, either.
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All you guys worried about WSO slots that I guess are graduating in 2010, don't sweat it. You'll most likely be sent to the new program in PCola, where instead of being picked up for a WSO slot direct out of ROTC, you compete with everybody else for what track you want, and you go from there.
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Not on the T-38 (at least A models) or the U-2.
Seem to recall hearing recently that the C models don't have them, either.
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2 on the Robert Coram books and the Broughton books. All are good reads. Not sure if it's been mentioned (and I'm too lazy to read 13 pages to see if it has been) but "The Eleven Days of Christmas", about the B-52s during the Linebacker II raids, is a good one as well.
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The connection with Hitler's army swearing his allegiance was the first thing that popped into my mind when I read that. I almost went through the roof, too, till I realized it was a fake.
Nav Hours count for FAA Certifications?
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Your nav experience will help you if you're flying civi on side. Radio comms, regs, stuff like that, and I think higher SA. But you can't count the hours. When you go up for your instrument rating, some things will be directly applicable and will probably give you a little bit of a leg up, but again, there's no logging nav time as simulated instrument time, for example.