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Quoted for Truth. I'd be lying if I said I haven't been in this exact situation - here's the setup: It's my no-shit first flight as AC. Alerted off of Bravo at one on a Saturday morning to help start AMC's Haiti earthquake relief. We're rounding all the people we can get to mission plan and stage at Pope - at least a third of them are drunk. It's pretty much chaos around the sq trying to get everybody together and manifested. Sister squadron commander found me, tapped his watch and said, "There are people watching this". Weather is 300 and 1/2. We get gone, drop everybody off at Pope, and eventually get our upload figured out ( 2 Humvees and pax) and push on to MacDill to RON and head for Haiti in the morning. When we start the descent into MCF, it's right around 12 hours since alert. I have buddy as my co-pilot who upgraded shortly after this trip - he has a significant amount of commercial time. We get vectors to the ILS 22. Right as the (false) glideslope comes alive, we get asked if we have the field in sight. Since Knight is sitting right about at a 3 degree slope, I think that's the field and start the descent after we're cleared for the visual approach. Tower clears us to land because they see us on final.The eng calls the go-around at 500'A. We quickly re-orient and get on the real glideslope. As we're taxiing in - I get the infamous "phone number to approach" relay. Much to my relief...they asked what I was doing...I fessed up and they said "don't do it again" and that was it. I thought I was about to set the record for shortest time as AC.... Edit: we even read and briefed the note on the approach plate. At that time, it was a bit different and didn't specifically name Knight field.

Turkey has scrambled six F-16 fighter jets near its border with Syria after Syrian helicopters came close to the border, the country's army says.

So the A-train was the first train she couldn't handle?

Meh. $50 bucks an hour...what's that master's going to cost you, $1000 tops? They know they've got the easiest, most convenient school....people will probably be willing to put their own cash down for that. What is your free time worth?

Damn....nice job speed-reading 400+ pages!

I think you need to grab a brand-new airman and watch him try to self-navigate through it in order to get this right. Whenever you have to say something, you need to write it down, because that's where DTS failed to be intuitive. Starters: 1. Something plainly labeled "scanned receipts and documents". all by itself...at the end. And it should accept JPG, TIF, PDF, DOC, XPS etc. 2. A clear, graphical representation of the steps for a voucher. Auth, vouch, money - and how it "reserves" and releases money. We still have about a third of our folks modifying their authorization instead of creating a voucher....because it's on the front page. 3. Mother of god - a logical flow - created by a real graphic web designer? 4. Can we call rental cars....rental cars, instead of commercial auto, TDY? 5. WTF happened to group authorizations? That was a huge time-saver. 6. I want to use my phone to take pictures of my reciepts and have an email/phone number to email/text them in....ala USAA check deposits.

If it is a real pic, it's at least 5 years old, based on the DCU pants.

Yeah, the AMP is a worn-out excuse in the money-holding game...maybe they found their new mule!

What about flying AF Warrant Officers?

So. F'n. True.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17736392 Now 10 mil. Claims that Secret Service agents and military personnel hired prostitutes in Colombia are an embarrassment, the US military's top officer has said. "We let the boss down," US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey told a Pentagon news conference. Secret Service and military staff have been questioned over allegations of misconduct on the eve of President Obama's visit for a weekend summit. Eleven Secret Service agents have been suspended and sent home. A senior official told the BBC that at least 10 military service members were under investigation. A Pentagon spokesman said earlier there were more individuals involved than the five originally reported.

I gotta feeling that (eventually) this drone business will force the requirement of transponders for all.

When was the last time anybody got an ADSC without agreeing and signing for it?

Just be honest with the landlord/agency, they'll probably work with you. If things do get litigious about you breaking the lease...you're not going to fare well, because it's already stated on your orders. And you won't make a good name for any AF folks that have to rent in your trail.

Look at the bottom of that article - how'd a Guard Captain end up toe-to-toe with A-9? You'd think the Bureau or the Ohio Wing would be throwing the BS flag, not a guy on his own.

2. It's the only crop of value in an undeveloped country. Who thought this wasn't going to happen? Also, WTF is an "illegal weapon" in Afghanistan? Since the DEA is already there, next up for your tax dollars - Afghan BATF!

It appeared in the inbox today - but links to a .org address...but it's not like they ask you about the Raptor OBOGS. It uses an individual PIN, so forwarding isn't going to work.

Y'all have a good chunk of experience here that could make a sweet iPad setup for all of us. Go for it!

Makes sense....if there's a new one coming out within a week....we'll buy them now! F. The contractor's going to be making a pretty penny when the price drops after the new one is relased. They bought 63 now and it's taking "Executive Technology" 30 days to deliver? THIS is what's wrong with aquisitions...moving slower than the rest of the world. OODA (and not the bloated Air Force AFSO abortion that is counter to the very essence of Boyd's OODA)

Lincoln National Forest, Ski Apache, Ruidoso/Ruidoso Downs. Edit: www.sierrablancabrewery.com

Has anybody done a Traditional TSP to Roth IRA conversion? Pain level?

The Master's arms race has already started among LTs - some are worried about getting RIF'd. Correspondingly, some places are starting to use it for rack & stacks for SOS in-res, etc.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17110079 Partial quote: The Nato commander in Afghanistan has apologised over reports foreign troops may have burnt copies of the Koran. Announcing an inquiry, US Gen John R Allen said any "improper disposal" of religious materials was inadvertent. Reports suggest the books were taken from prisoners after the US uncovered a secret Taliban message system. Rumours that a Koran had been burnt led to protests outside the US base at Bagram north of Kabul. One man was hurt when Nato troops fired rubber bullets. President Hamid Karzai condemned the reports that the Koran had been burnt, as did the Taliban who said the incident would hurt the feelings "of one billion Muslims around the world". US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta called the incident "inappropriate and deeply unfortunate". "These actions do not represent the views of the United States military," Mr Panetta said in a statement apologising to the Afghan people. He promised to review the results of the investigation.

How is it attached to the side of the boot? It looks like you may have shared a rivet with an eyelet, but what about the back? Edit...I forgot to say it looks sweet!