Whitty

Keep it up, man. I think you're winning everyone over for sure.

I just found out today that I tested positive for my PPD (TB skin test) and that most likely I am going to be placed on a 9 month long medication regimen for latent TB. Appointement with the doc is next week but I am nervous about what this medication is and if taking it would prevent me from maintaining flying status. Anyone ever had past experience with this?

2 However it plays out, I'm worried things will still get worse before they begin to get better.

At least 2 forms of ID and 3 copies of your orders. And your inhaler.

Nice. Right now I've done about half a dozen batches with just a simple extract setup on my kitchen stove. They have all been delicious, but I'd like to transition into doing AG brews. I'm getting married in July and made sure my fiancee registered us for a 40 quart stainless steel kettle. What did you brew up for the start of the summer season, Dupe?

Nice. I've got a caramel IPA batch in bottle right now that I can't wait to try. I wasn't totally joking about rolling around a keezer like that. I'm really anxious to step up to kegging. Putting together a kegerator or keezer like that is a project I'd like to take on. Ideally a keezer so that it could be on wheels like that. Why roll to the bar when you can roll the bar to you?

Nice! If I'm lucky enough to ever get stationed at Elmo I will be a happy guy. I'll be at Tyndall and have found from doing a little research that there aren't any local brew suppliers so I'm probably going to be ordering from a major online supplier out of Austin, TX. I think it'd be pretty shit-hot to roll something like this in to the party.

I got into the hobby of home brewing beer over the last year and would like to keep it going after relocating this year. I'm heading off toward the end of this summer for my first training base and wondered if anyone has ever had experience with someone in their squadron brewing beer. I'm hoping to make it into something that I can do with my class and maintain as a weekend hobby/stress reliever.

I have a buddy from HS that went to Annapolis, and I remember him talking about what a big deal this whole right of passage was. I'm with aero in that I don't really get the point of getting everyone lubed up, but I don't think they deserve to just have the rug pulled out from under their tradition.

Only if it lowers your term GPA below 2.5 or affects your DOC.

It's all there if you look at that form 16 that you're signing each term. C's or better in all AS classes, 2.5 or better cumulative in your other academics. The only way it would be a problem is if that D were to delay your DOC. Junior year for any engineering/CS or other tech majors is definitely the toughest. Stick it out and bear down, you should be fine.

Just heard from our PAS that there's no such luck. Only way it would apply is if you were on active duty and working as like an AD Lt until you PCS.

Well that's interesting. It doesn't say anything about being actually active duty or not in that note. NOTE : A Service academy and ROTC graduate without a dependent, who remains at the graduation/ commissioning location following graduation and commissioning before proceeding to another duty station and is not assigned GOV’T QTRS, is authorized a housing allowance at the without-dependent rate for the graduation/commissioning location through the day prior to departure en route to the training location. If the officer acquires a dependent, the officer’s housing allowance with-dependent rate becomes based on the dependent location effective the date the dependent is acquired. Seems to me that it's defining the period in between commissioning and PCS regardless of active duty status.

I'll be honest man, I'd find it hard to believe since I believe the whole premise of pressing folks into the next FY is to save $. Maybe your friend is getting reimbursed for travel per diem for their PCS? It's always possible though I guess. If it's true, it's gotta be in writing somewhere.

This is in-line with most of the what I've heard from friends scattered around AD. I'm heading to Tyndall to start UABMT this November. ABM was the only job I competed for, and I feel lucky for having received a slot. The best piece of advice I ever got was from a Colonel who came to visit our detachment: "No matter what job you end up doing, be the best at it." I know there's really nothing I can do about the reputation of LT controllers being worthless. As a Lt on my way into that AFSC, however, I want to do everything I can to at least be the best worthless LT controller.

Has anyone had experience with having to bump back one class? Right now they've got me in class 10E1 which just so happens to be during our already booked honeymoon. I'm hoping they can bump me in to class 10E2 but I haven't found any info on what the chances are of making that happen.