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WTF I know him.
Me too...good dude, don't know why he threw his life away!
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I forgot to add that he's going to call you a racist as well.
Standard liberal tactics
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The J model PFT...backed up through 2014. Two squadrons at schoolhouse would need twice the civilian manning as well? SIMs running 24/7? How likely is a second J FTU?
The J/H dick measuring is boring. J is bright/shiny and plenty of perks... Legacy has some sweet locations. It's ok to be Jay, many of my friends are Jay, its the future of tac airlift, everybody is gonna have at least one Jay experience at some point growing up in tac airlift. The legacy dudes just have to accept it.
Believe me, after 7 Yokota guys got UAVs for their second assignments in the past year, I would be thrilled with a J assignment.
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If you are a herc guy you should know better than to call it an upgrade..... And that's coming from a j guy.
Oh sorry didn't realize switching autopilot on and gazing through a hud was such a giant leap!
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Forgive my ignorance...what does TFI mean for 130s?
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I'm heading down that way soon...anyone have the current gouge on deployment tempo?
Without getting into details for OPSEC reasons, expect to fly a lot, as in 10 days straight with a day break, rinse and repeat. Some of us are getting extended. Plenty of work to do out here. Squadron queep is kept at a minimum here at Kandyland. Just got a new CC and he is stellar. While the rest of the non flying parts of the base have their heads up their asses our squadron really has its' s*it together.
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Yup. This is true. Universities worth their weight will not let you apply for another MBA if you already have a MBA (that's like going through T-38s twice...not fair). After looking through the thread, a few more points on the on-going BS vs. good degree debate. I firmly fall into the get a valuable degree now camp. I am actually quite passionate and albeit self-proclaimed, well-versed on the subject. For the record, I have a MBA/MS from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana (Full Time Rankings: US News and World Report #23/Business Week #15). So, it is considered top tier but carries less prestige than the big names. It is a well-respected school in the business world and is a national brand that gets people employed throughout the country. I went through their Kelley Direct program which is a hybrid of online and several in-residencies. I am not trying to stage a defense and justify my choosing to pay now for a brick and mortar school. This was a careful decision after a lot of consideration, research, and discussion with folks in the private sector. So, just sharing my thoughts.
I can honestly conclude that the notion that a MBA degree will be obsolete in 6-9 years when you get out is crap. For example, people say, if you can't get a top-20 MBA while you are in the military (which most of us can't due to flying commitments), then don't get one at all because it will be worthless. So....just get the check the box degree and go get a real MBA later. This logic is ill-founded for a variety of reasons.
1. When our pilot commitment is done at age 33-35, we don't know where we will be in life. The chances of dropping everything to go pursue a top-5 MBA and its $150k+ price tag are diminished.
2. Prestigious MBAs and the companies that they feed have an "unwritten" age bias. While they will accept a few folks in their mid-thirties, once again, chances are greatly diminished (i.e. you better be from Kenya and have saved >50 baby seals). The sweet spot for acceptance into MBA programs is late 20s. Companies have a bias because a 36 year old with a family is less likely willing to get used/abused as a low-level associate at goldman sachs. Obviosuly, this isn't gospel and there are exceptions but this is the general trend.
3. People assume that there are no other available degrees for folks that already hold a MBA but would like to give a post-military career transition/credential boost. There are fantastic fellowships (i.e Stanford http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/sloan/sponsors and MIT http://mitsloan.mit.edu/fellows/advantages/) that only take a year and are for mid-career professionals. We would be incredibly competitive and bring a unique perspective to something like this. These do carry a hefty price tag though.
4. There is a weird assumption that there are few intangible benefits to getting a MBA now. This is also incorrect. Before starting at Kelley, I had no real business knowledge or interest. Now, my curiosity for everything business is insatiable. My MBA has turned into a launching pad for seeking more knowledge and being literate in the current business buzz. Sure, if you get the MBA ticket and don't continue your education, some elements might become obsolete. But, isn't this true for any field or degree? In my opinion, the head start on knowledge that I have gotten is worth way more than waiting 5 more years until my pilot training commitment is up and then going to get a degree.
5. People assume that there is no network associated with an online degree from a reputable school. I admit, I was skeptical as well. This was the most surprising element for me while getting my MBA. At the time, Kelley was the top-ranked MBA offering an online degree. (Now, depending on which rankings you look at Kenan-Flager and Kelley share the market with a slight edge to UNC because its school is overall more prestigious than IU...Duke also has a continental MBA but has in-residencies every 8 weeks so not really a player). Anyway, the quality of the students in my class was astounding at Kelley. I thought I had a pretty good record, but I was the dumbass in my initial project group. Remember, these people fall into similar categories as us. They are top professionals unable to break away from their career to get a MBA. Therefore, they chose to go the part-time route and sought out the most prestigious options. This leads to an incredible network and one that I keep in contact/consult with often. I am actually working on a side venture with a fellow Alum. I get it....Going to Harvard and tapping into that network in a full-time program is powerful. Remember though, these people sacrifice 2 years of income, and incur tons of debt to get this opportunity. With the rising tuition prices and the ever-increasing capabilities of online technology/robustness in MBA program online delivery, distance programs are becoming a viable substitute. Based on feedback from colleagues, the majority of companies (there are a few that have a prestige bias: Investment Banking/Wall Street Consulting) don't really care how you get your MBA as long is it has some level of branded-prestige and is AACSB accredited. Sure, a top-5 MBA will give you a boost, but at the end of the day it is about the complete-person and the unique experience brought to the table.
6. The Air Force has skewed the cost structure of getting an education. Many think the going rate of getting a good education is $250/ credit hour. That is the going rate for a "for profit" school that has figured out how to get military members to go with them. The reality is, in order to get a degree of repute, it is going to cost "out of pocket" money or the use of the GI Bill. For reference, IU cost 60K for my dual degree and was cash-flowed and supplemented by the GI BIll. I still have about 18 months left on my GI Bill.
At the end of the day, I believe that if we are going to do the work, might as well make it meaningful and something we can leverage in the future. That is my rant for now on the subject....
2...I also am getting my MBA from IU and I can't be happier. If you are military and have decent stats they give you a military scholarship; on top of TA the tuition comes to about 20k out of pocket, which student loans and the GI bill can help with.
I know the AF does not care but I could care less as long as I am checking the box in their eyes. This degree is for that inevitable time in my life where I leave the AF, voluntarily or involuntarily and want something that will stand on its own two feet.
Between flying and the MBA it is a lot of time spent, but I make it work and still have time for weekend drinking exploits.
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Phew! Good thing I quietly took mine home from my desk before this all went down...
That would be my squadron, I believe they confiscated the dildo bottle opener as well (which the group commander's wife used at the bar to open her hard cider and thought was hilarious.)
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Yoko's Kiss was still there... along with some sort of psychedelic countdown.
I'm still searching for a recording of that countdown
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BBC is reporting multiple countries getting spun up, including Japan. One UK national was killed in the takeover.
And now apparently a bunch of the hostages escaped.
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Man, those dirty Republicans, trying to prevent the debt ceiling from being raised.
This "president" has no credibility lecturing Americans to raise the debt ceiling.
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I remember reading on this very site about someone flying him around Asia in a C-12 and how he and his staff were complete douches. He apparently showed up 5 hours late without telling the pilots while the pilots were waiting causing the pilots to go hungry.
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Hagel hates israelis and gays, so there's that.
He apologized for his anti-gay comment back in 1998, and several gay rights groups accepted his apology. The only person who didn't was Barney Frank (who cares what he thinks.)
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So you're mad that the bill isn't signed yet, somehow delaying it's implementation or causing some other consequence? That's an odd criticism considering the facts...
His e signature was his only contribution to the fiscal cliff debate. He even sent Biden to do the negotiating while he was on vacation. I am still amazed that the man who lectures Americans on paying their fair share of taxes takes a tax payer funded vacation days before most Amercans would have seen one of the largest tax hikes in history. How people can define this as leadership is beyond me. And for the record, the same criticism extends to republican and democratic congressmen/senators.
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I see it as Americans wanting more from the Government than we are willing to pay for and inefficiencies in the government we have. We can't be a nation who ensures global harmony, provides a social safety net for those over 65, funds a healthcare system for the old and poor, puts men on Mars, makes post-secondary school more accessible to all, takes care of our veterans, and has low taxes when compared to the other G-8 countries. We can choose a high tax full-service government or we can choose a low tax minimal service government. I believe the full-service low tax government that we have had through the 2000s is no longer a valid option.
Well most of the folks asking for lower taxes are also calling for reduced spending (I.e Paul Ryan, Rand Paul, etc.) The people asking for more government programs don't have a problem calling for higher taxes as long as it is on those who earn more than them. Indeed, after this election, I believe we are reaching an ideological rift in this country on which direction to go: European style massive government / high taxes , or, limited government with lower taxes. I sure hope we don't venture even further into the former.
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Self importance. Its a drug.
Sad thing is, these CGOC types will get promoted and be the ones making the decisions we will be talking about on baseops.
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It is spreading...no alcohol sales from 0100-0600 at KMCC supposedly.
Well it's a good thing no one can buy alcohol at 1259 and still cause the same amount of debaucherry. Who comes up with this stuff...?
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The people that enforcing these new policies are the same people that wore or approved these patches.
MEO wears these patches ?
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Word on the strips is the powers that be are removing nose art from the planes in the Air Force museum. Can anyone in Dayton confirm or deny?
Aren't the planes owned by the museum and not the DOD and thus can tell the Air Force to pack sand if they ask them to remove the nose art?
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This is all worth it though, since these actions will stop all those sexual assaults, right?
Nah, but hey some rising general needs a new OPR bullet for preventing sexual assault.
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One of the most frustrating parts of the situation is the uncertainty surrounding the curfew. We have heard everything from Christmas, to New Years, to 8 months from now. Among some of the other ideas on the table include a liberty pass policy (which may already be in the works... as all E-4s and below at Yokota have to have a "wingman" with them if they are off base from 1700-0500) and banning military members from drinking in public or on the trains (which to anyone who has been here knows will make that hour train ride to downtown painful). I just hope I can get at least one last Roppongi push in before I PCS.
Are you in the 36th?
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Any word on PACAF?
Can't imagine a more sadistic insult to injury to all the Yokota, Misawa and Kadena guys right now than retaining blues Monday.
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On top of this every military member in Japan enjoys a daily curfew from 11pm to 6am. Coupled with the flying situation, Yokota, from being one of the best flying assignments in the AF, is on it's way to becoming one of the crappiest. Cheers!
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Currently they are 120% manned (what my Sq/CC said). My friend who is over there now said that Copilots are not flying.
Standard for every C-130 squadron right now
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We do this most of the time at Yokota anyways. And when we do have a dedicated pro line it usually consists of 6 copilots, 4 ACs or some similar combination playing musical chairs in the pattern. (All of this pre sequestration.)