DirkDiggler
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You do realize that senior raters saying this does not help, don't you?
In doing so, you are only:
1) Saying "I didn't do it, and it worked out fine for me." This is invalid, as your reality coming up is no longer the reality faced by the current crop of CGOs.
2) Giving false hope to those who are working their tails off that a very small group of people (definitely in the minority) had things work out well for them.
3) Pissing people off who "played the game" by getting PME and AAD done only to find out that it really wasn't "required" because so-and-so went to PME in-res or got promotion/got a school slot without it. WTF? Consistency. Is it "pay to play" or not?
Thanks for your perspective.
Champ, I understand where you're coming from but I have to give credit to Liquid where its due. I haven't agreed with everything he's posted in the forums but in this case he's bucking the trend of his peers. The guy is saying and practicing exactly what a lot of guys on this forum are looking for. He's strating his people based on job performance as the #1 and living the "not practicing bleeding" policy in his career. I understand the overall frustration for a lot of people when it comes to how OG & WG/CCs strat there people and the relative inconsistency between leaders, bases, and units. I really think it comes down to an issue of real leadership. FWIW, I'm one of those guys in minority you reference above. Didn't do SOS in correspondence, still went in residence. Was an IDE select off the Major's board with only a BAC+. Some guys in leadership really pushed me to get the masters done before the board; I told them I wasn't gonna do that to my family, that I viewed being good the airplane more important than my bullshit AMU degree, I was willing let the chips fall where they may and it worked out. Some guys in leadership also pushed getting ACSC done in-correspondence in the first year as a huge make or break deal. I just started it in my second year and still got the IDE vector I wanted from my senior rater on my 3849. I'm not typing this to blow my own horn but to show that if you have a senior rater who really believes that job performance is #1 things can change. It may be different at my next base (TDY enroute right now) and I'll look like a shitbag for not getting my in-correspondence done early; so be it, its a decision I'm comfortable with. Thus far in my career I've had leadership that flat out stated that your ability to hack the mission is number one, if you weren't good at that they had nothing for you no matter how many boxes you checked. I'm really hoping Gen. Welsh gives his much anticipated vector soon and puts out some overall guidance to senior raters that solidifies what's really important. I really hope this because while I think that the morale in my community is still pretty good, its really bad for a lot of my friends in different parts of the AF, partly due to the factors you and others have mentioned in this thread.
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Ah, I see what you're saying. I didn't get that the Asiana pilots were still talking to Tower after they'd already crashed. I thought all that comm was during the approach. Never occurred to me they would still be talking on the radios after that crash.
Took me a second to figure that out too. The pilots must have been sitting there asking for help for a least a full minute (maybe longer, didn't time it on the tower recording) after the crash.
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Hope everybody got out, video looked like at least some of the emergency slides were deployed.
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The squadron got an email saying not to use certain acronyms on our OPRs and EPRs anymore. The WG/CC essentially said the acronyms are specifically related to our community. Also sounded like some supervisors have been using the same bullets.
For my PRF in the future can I change those acronyms out for the right term? For example change JDAM to bomb.
My former Gp had an approved acronyms guide we had to use when writing OPR/EPRs. You could only use a maximum of 5 that weren't on the approved guide. It made writing OPR/EPRs even more of a pain in the ass then usual but I could understand the logic. A lot of the things we do in AFSOC are pretty specific to the community; even other flying communities don't really know a lot of what we do. The idea was to make the OPR/EPR understandable by anyone sitting on a promotion board, regardless of background.
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I guess the first step would be getting the 352nd and 353d turned into wings.
Supposedly this will happen when the overseas groups start to gain additional assets. That being said, I'm not holding my breath. What NSplayer mentioned above was correct as of 1-2 months ago. With the possibility of the sequester continuing for the foreseeable future, AFSOC is not going to continue to be exempt from cuts. There's a lot of COAs flying around command right now as to what's going to happen IRT platforms and locations, nothing is set in stone at the moment.
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Wow. That is a unique experience.
Relish it.
No doubt, really a unique experience. Two of the sim instructors for my MWS were aircrew on Operation Eagle Claw. Every time those guys would talk about that mission and the things they did I always thought it was really awesome and humbling to have been trained by and talked with some true AF legends.
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http://us.cnn.com/2013/04/08/world/asia/koreas-tensions/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
And so it continues. I do find it amusing that the media continues to enjoy this constant "breaking news" saga.
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Only the CSAF's highly anticipated "Vector" will answer that.
Unfortunately this may answer the question but not solve the problem. Everyone in my chain of command has inferred/flat out said that even if Welsh masks the AAD for O-4 we should still get a masters. Its stupid but I understand where they're coming from; they think the next guy after Welsh will reinstate maters/O-4 and then a bunch of year groups will get burned. I just see it as evidence of how difficult it is to get an entrenched bureaucracy to change its course/midnset.
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The MC130H nose art disappeared when the aircraft were rotated back to the CONUS for wing issues. The Iron Maiden nose art was commissioned from an artist who designs art for Heavy Metal. The thumbnail at the top was the original, and the one on the Talon is the censored edition after a true blue 100 ARW CMSgt chiefed it.
I still think the nose art on Doyle Bradford's B-17 would have been appropriate for a TFR-equipped aircraft.
The Iron Maiden actually went away before that; a female airman at the 100th ARW got "offended" and complained. The rest hung around until like you said they all rotated back to the states.
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I can't wait for all the currency waivers to float up to AMC, etc, especially on June 30th. I wonder what they'll say. I wonder how much risk they'll take. Lastly, I wonder what will happen to the first crew/pilot that dents up a plane, was waived, and points to proficiency as the issue? I've seen memos in my outlook from SECDEF, CSAF, etc. all saying the same thing (be tough, we'll get through this), but not addressing the negative effects that will come of this. The military doesn't always run out of money, but when it does, it stops flying. Flying, good luck staying proficient my friends. Out
We'll be lucky if the plane(s) is just dented. I've seen firsthand the results of guys trying to tactically employ the aircraft with absolutely no proficiency or experience. It ends with crashed aircraft and dead friends. Hopefully Congress unf*cks this before things get to that point.
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The easy answer is Yes. As others have posted, there are other options, but the bottom line is that what you were told is true.
There is such a BAH, it is called transit BAH using non-locality rates. Rates Here:
BAH II (Reserve Component/Transit)
BAH-II (RC/T) is the housing allowance for members in particular circumstances, for example, reservists on active duty less than 30 days. It also applies when a member is in transit from selected areas where no prior BAH rate existed. It does not vary by geographic location. BAH-II (RC/T) was set based on the old Basic Allowance for Quarters (BAQ), which was based on the national average for housing. BAH-II is published annually and is determined by increasing the previous year's table by the percentage growth of housing costs.
Thanks for the responses, I really appreciate the info. I've done mutiple TDY enroutes to overseas locations but not from so this is kinda a learning experience in progress right now.
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Do you have a family? Where will they be? You can have a "Dependents Remaining Overseas Memorandum" when you have a TDY enroute and that allows you to get OHA and COLA for the three months you are away.
I do have a wife but since this is part of a PCS she'll be with me at my training location.
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Thread revival.
I'm getting ready to attend a 2-3 month training school TDY enroute during a PCS from an overseas base. I know my OHA and COLA go away, but I've read that there's a generic BAH rate (BAH RC or non-locality BAH?) that I would get until I show up at my new base. Any true to this, anyone have any experience with this?
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At Misawa, no one can be without a "wingman" off base after 8PM. If you live off base, you'd better be home by 8 if you're single.
Public consumption of alcohol is prohibited after 9PM, both on and off base. Even the club and the squadron bar.
I'm guessing that the next incident will bring GO1. I'm really sorry to say this, but stand by for the holiday-related suicide stand-downs. The holiday mood is not festive.
We were briefed yesterday that one more incident will bring GO1, total lockdown where you're only allowed to travel between home and work. One of the other sqs in our group is on this total lockdown now cause they had a curfew violation this weekend. The locals were already fired up about the MV-22s arriving on island, these incidents are just added fuel to the fire.
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Rest easy brother, 32 years of uniformed service then another 15 working at the Post Hospital, he served our country longer than I've been alive.
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If you're in a deployed location why are they doing a ceremony? The new dude should show up and start working.
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Read it today, was a pretty good read. Author seemed pretty humble and there were some pretty funny parts throughout.
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I know there was an SIB, we got briefed on it at home station.
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Butters thanks for the additional info. Hope the pilot gets cleared of this bullshit, seems like this sort of thing is becoming more prevalent across the AF lately.
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You know exactly why this has not been posted yet.
Yes, Jared is a great dude and the AF is ######ing him over big time. The off DZ drop was an SF jumper with a steerable chute that went off DZ on purpose because he lost sight of the other jumpers. The DZCO and DZSO said he was cleared to continue. Yes, this is a gray area. What no one is saying is the guy killed, was killed on the DZ. He did not go off DZ, the building he hit was a marked hazard on the DZ.
Worst thing about all this shit is they are not bringing Gen Johns up on the same charges. He was just in the CENTCOM AOR getting in peoples way and went out to do a JPADS drop. He wanted it to be a success... Well, only one bundle exited the aircraft, the others got jammed. He asked the crew to clear the malfunction and try the drop again. They told him to EABOD.
So one guy was killed on the DZ and another went off DZ? Or was it the same dude? Either way I don't think the DZSO/DZCO has the authority to clear him back in; any sort of off DZ/injury to personnel means the airdrop is done for the day.
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brabus, on 19 July 2012 - 06:06 PM, said:
Since I know nothing about airdrops: Is it standard if the first pass results in off DZ, you KIO and go home? I would just think you'd make corrections and still go for a 2nd pass. Not true?
I don't know if the pilot ed up or not, but I do know jumping out of planes is hazardous and shit happens. I don't see how it's the pilot's fault the dude caught a gust of wind which resulted in his death. You don't want to risk dying while skydiving/static-lining, then don't do it. It's that simple...maybe not. Just seems really ed up.
The short answer is yes; at a minimum you don't do another airdrop. AFI 13-217 covers AF DZ operations, directly out of the reg: 2.21.1 When an off DZ airdrop has been confirmed or suspected, the aircrew invovled will not attempt another drop for the remainder of the mission. In the case of an off DZ drop involving injury or death to personnel, the mission will be terminated and the aircraft will land as soon as possible.
The pilot isn't being blamed/charged for this guy's death. Most DZ surveys include a blurb in the comments section that the user assumes responsibility for damage/injury to equipment and personnel. It seems like he's being charged for his actions/decision making process after the bad drop occured.
GearMonkey, on 19 July 2012 - 06:51 PM, said:In my limited experience I've found that the Army will say or not say whatever it takes to keep the drops coming. Sadly their understanding of the risk and acceptance of the inherent danger are far greater than USAF's.
Axle is easily one of the top five most skilled and experienced Airdroppers on base. . . I throw up a little in my mouth when I think what I would have done with less experience and far less proficiency. This situation makes me question whether keeping the Airdrop Qual is worth the risk.
I would say that this varies greatly by the unit involved. Army/AF units that jump all the time generally are much more realistic about the inherent dangers involved in kicking guys out the back of airplanes and will set realistic no shit limits with regards to the risk they're willing to accept with training drops. Units that jump once a semi to get their jump pay or guys that just don't jump that often, thats a whole different story (the casualty from this was a Guard SF dude, I'd be curious to know if he was an A company guy or a B company guy, either way he probably didn't jump very often). FWIW, I think the pilot is getting a raw deal, I agree with the above post that a Q-3/loss of cert and living with the knowledge would be punishment enough. Bad situation for everybody involved.
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BBC just said the rescue operation has turned into a recovery operation; thoughts with our British brothers on this 4th.
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Rest easy bros....
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Totally RUMINT, but I've heard through the grapevine that this is one of the things Gen. Welsh wants to push forward. Source was fairly low so it could be completely wrong. I think it would be change for the better; I have several bros whose timing pretty much completely screwed them out of any chance of being competitive for school, guys that I think would have been solid candidates otherwise.