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It'll be a stressful year and you don't need mom in-law making it more stressful - she will, no matter how good of a relationship you have.
This.
My mother-in-law is a wonderful person and we get along great. Shes from outside the U.S. and when I was in T-6s she came and stayed with us for about 3 months. I wouldn't do it again. She was great, and having her there helped in some ways, but the little bit of time you will have you'll want to spend with your wife and kid. It really put a lot of extra stress on my wife and I that could have been avoided.
As for her staying on base. I talked to base housing and the AF counterpart when my mother-in-law was coming and its possible to have her stay with you to "visit", having her live there is a flat out "no" with no exceptions other than her qualifying as a dependent(some sort of condition where she can't care for herself and you provide all of her care). Having my my wife's mom stay with us required all sorts of special approval and it was only a long term visit and it was almost denied. That being said, if you are set on having her come down here the only option you really have is to live off base. As for the passes to get on base, what we did for her mom was have them issue them a month at a time, and you could just keep renewing it. You have to provide info to the visitors center ((580) 213-5528) though so they can do a background check before hand.
I can tell you though (in fact my wife insists that I tell you) that the spouses network at Vance is one of the best you'll find. They really take care of their own. Its actually quite awesome.
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Its stupid and ignorant to lock my thread because I asked a simple question.
@ high speed, ###### you, u are full of shit!!!
Generally the recommendation is always to go for the commission straight away. For someone going for a commission and a pilot slot enlisting comes with its own problems and drawbacks that more often are not overcome by the "advantages". That being said, some time in basic training getting yelled at may actually help this kid.
Then again, the entitlement attitude is something that is deep and strong. Coupled with obvious anger problems and the inability to have a civil conversation, I'm not sure basic training could break that. Especially now with the new basic training and the cell phones, "stress cards", and "MTLs are not allowed to <insert military training here>" attitude.
The only serious advice I can give you is check your attitude at the door and remember that you haven't even completed the first step (College) on this journey and act accordingly. Its a long hard road full of hard work, dedication, and thick skin. If you can't put in the hard work, or even more importantly if you don't want to put in the hard work.... save us some time and yourself some headache and quit now.
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In the world of "at-will" employment, the employer has significant latitude in reasons for terminating employment. It's highly likely that the employer was smart enough to not say "we're firing Bob because he's joining the Guard" in any discoverable document.
The good thing is they will generally take more than what is discoverable into account. By that I mean, if the employer says they fired him for something other than that they then have to demonstrate it. for example if they say "we fired him because of poor work ethic" they will look at his history and if its been good the employer has to prove that it has degraded. I'm not a legal expert so you should definitely take this with a grain of salt and talk to the ESGR guys. We do have an airmen in our unit that's going though this with her company at the moment and so far everything has gone her way though.
That being said, there really isn't any foul for them just posting a job. Definitely make sure you keep records and note down that this posting happened at the same time as you notifying them. That way if they try to use an "overstaffed" reason in the future you can show they are trying to replace you. Not much you can do though other than talk to the legal experts unless they actually start discriminating against your or they get rid of you.
kind of off topic, but do these protections apply if you are working in one state and a joining a guard unit in another?
That's not really off topic, and yes they apply no matter where your military service is (as long as its the U.S. military). Contact the ESGR guys and they will generally be happy to explain anything you want. Also just as a side.. look into your income tax laws in your state. In some states you don't pay the income tax when you live in one state and work in another.
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911th Airlift Wing (C-130) in Pittsburgh is having a board in November. Packages are due in a few weeks. Here is a copy of the announcement they sent me.
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Not to shabby of a "reply"
From the reply.
“As I sit here constantly hearing and watching you execute innocent men, women and children in the Middle East I chuckle. Why do I chuckle you may ask? Well let me explain something to you cowardice fools who think you are so tough behind all your propaganda videos. You are scaring a population that doesn’t know how to fight, you’re bullying the weak.
You say Islam is the religion of peace, but since when does terrorizing the innocent and beheading men, women and children constitute peace? WTF? But keep in mind, what did Saddam’s troops do when we came rolling into town? They surrendered, twice… So all your empty threats of coming to America and raising your flag over the White House amuse me more than any of you sick, sadistic bastards could ever imagine or comprehend.
In 2012 there was about 21.2 million veterans in the United States. Do you understand what that means? Let me break it down for you. That means there are literally millions of disgruntled, dysfunctional, pissed off veterans who have been dealing with years of abuse from their government stabbing them in the backs and having to watch their friends die because you Islamic extremist idiots can’t seem to act like normal human beings and stop terrorism and the violence.
It’s one thing to take over an Islamic state, but if my memory serves me correctly, I’m pretty sure we plowed through Fallujah in 4 days. Better yet, it took us about month to control your entire country. At this point, with 13+ years of war under our belts, how long do you think it would take us to do it all over again? I’ll let you draw your own conclusions on that one. Do you really think you stand a chance on US soil? Do you really think it would be smart to poke that bear? Remember, never bite the hand that feeds you.
Remember we are armed to the teeth in the US and I can promise you this… the Geneva Conventions will not apply to you. You attack us and there will be no mercy. We will bring the righteous hand of God down upon you and crush you. The ball is in your court now ISIS. We are more than ready to arrange your so called “meeting” with your 72 virgins and send you to your “prophet” Mohamed.”
– Nick Powers
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MSgt Pro Supers don't fix jets...
Lift with your Airmen not with your back.
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Private Pilot License
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Yeah while having a PPL is definitely a good thing in helping you get selected, I'll tell you that in my UPT class 2 of 23 had PPLs coming into it (we did have a bunch of academy guys so that messes with the ratio). So the 1% thing seems to be a scare tactic to try to get you to get it. The PCSM score takes into account your flying experience in hours. So, the more hours you have the higher the boost to your PCSM score is. Once you take the TBAS and get a PCSM it'll have a breakdown with it that shows how different numbers of hours will effect your score.
As was said earlier though, the OTS selection boards are very competitive. Having the PPL or a number of flight hours will help set you higher than the others (especially considering they will be doing the same thing). Just remember if flying is your goal, Apply to all the boards not just the active duty one. Find guard and reserve units and apply to their boards as well (flight time will matter there too). I went to OTS with a bunch of people who tried a few times and gave up, never even putting the research in to realize there were other boards or getting the flight time to raise their PCSM scores. They were pretty disgruntled about not being selected... but in my opinion if they were good enough and they put the work in, they would be.
If you have flight hours you prove that you'll put the work in and that this is something you really want to do and not just a "oh pilot seems cool." You'll have actually flown.