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That was a pretty good read. We see the same thing on the E side of the house too. We do not promote the right people with the right focus and that's why we will continue to get more E-9's than Chiefs. Careerism is IMHO one of the biggest problems for the AF. We had a Chief at the KC-135 FTU give the same new class day speech to booms, and something he would say has always stuck with me. He said "at some point another country(s) would have the same technology as us, the only thing that would separate us would be the skill of the operator. The skill set and knowledge that we gain in tech school and beyond would carry us to victory because we were the most prepared to deal with the situation". So I paraphrased a little but you get my point. We need to be focused on the mission of fighting and winning, and if we aren't doing that then lets look at what can be dropped and lets get back to basics. I am not sure what it will take to make this happen, but maybe sequestration could be the catalyst to a well needed culture shift. Edits for grammar, spelling, and generally incoherent rants late at night.

Done.

Touche

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"Go Around" seems to work every time. Just sayin

This is why I love flying on the KC-135. Pretty tight crews, sts, and we work very well together. Officers and Enlisted are on the same page and if something needs to be said, we speak up without hesitation. I'm just glad no one died and that this turned into a great CRM lesson for all crew members.

Not sure who put it on Youtube, but the For Official Use Only Statement at the end pretty much sums it up.

She had commented on a FB post of mine a couple of weeks ago. Seemed super sweet, terrible all the way around.

PCS in June back to Fairchild, looking forward to it.

From the 97th AMW FB page. Altus AFB -- 97 Air Mobility Wing 22 hours ago The 97th Air Mobility Wing and Altus AFB currently plans no change to policy regarding the wear of the service uniform on Mondays (Blues Mondays). Repeat: There is no planned change to Blues Monday.

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Never heard this from you before, complaining about tail numbers. Say it ain't so? Why is that?

Anyone else get "bumped" from A/TA? All I know is that there are quite a few questionable career fields going, I personally would of gained a lot, but F that I guess. Oh and here's the kicker. They told us 6 days prior and still charged us a $20 cancelation fee. What about the dues I just paid? If there were only x amount of slots why did the AF go over that number?

I could of sworn that folks had dismissed the letter from Brig. Gen. Stroud as being fake, but after reading this article I guess he admitted to it. Not missing something am I?

The tumbleweed was pretty big. At 70 mph I didn't have much time to react and I really don't remember much. I did see a video from the news a few weeks later and it showed my bike with the core of the weed still stuck between my front wheel and the frame. Without turning it into a fishing story I guess the tumbleweed was as wide as my 55 in tv as I look at the tv right now trying to reference the size of it. These things are no joke in Oklahoma, I just never imagined tussling with one on a bike!

http://www.amc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123316888 Love it how I get this story out to try and possibly inform folks on the importance of PPE and some SMSgt retired wants to vent about my sleeve! Really?!?!

I would hope that someone (crusty MSgt like myself) in the chow hall would of pulled that TSgt aside and told them how ridiculous they were and "mentored" them on how to deal with this situation in the future. I have said on this site before, if I am ever going to say something to an officer I will pull them aside, not openly yell. And that's only if the infraction is so bad (rarely seen) that it warranted me saying anything at all. Again, a firm believer that officers should correct officers and I will continue to teach my subordinates my way of thinking. Mission being the focus is lost, that's why this happens. Happy Labor Day folks!

Pretty brutal news. RIP

Touche!

I ATTRACT the ladies without a uniform (used to, now i'm just married), in my head at least I did. I say keep what we have, lets start building some kind of tradition. I think the dislike and WTF moment is because we have never seen this uniform in this sort of ceremony. I guess to someone it made sense, but it makes me wonder what these people thought we were going to think once we laid our eyes on this monstrosity. How bout this, lets just be the AF and stop trying to be someone we aren't. That'll be a start.

This should be in the WTF thread!

No medal, just a Wg Qtrly Award. They would get a lot more if it were up to me.

I will be fortunate enough to give 2 riders in my group when I wrecked a safety award in front of the wing on the 24th. We did everything right, wore the right gear, had a plan, and even though something bad happened we are still here to talk about it. I couldn't be any happier to give them this award (something I insisted on) in front of everyone. I hope these guys know how much they mean to me and my wife (she still has a husband) and this is a small way to thank them publicly.

I too had noticed a lot of deaths recently from motorcycle accidents. Wasn't sure if it was because I almost took the long nap in January and I was more aware of it, or if it was happening that often. Definitely not good though.