sky_king Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 A pig without an asshole? My 8-year-old self back in 1990 would appreciate this. Much less mess to clean out of then barn.
sqwatch Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 From the book I'm reading, "the happiness hypothesis"- "In another famous study, Ellen Langer and Judith Rodin gave benefits to residents on two floors of a nursing home—for example, plants in their rooms, and a movie screening one night a week. But on one floor, these benefits came with a sense of control: The residents were allowed to choose which plants they wanted, and they were responsible for watering them. They were allowed to choose as a group which night would be movie night. On the other floor, the same benefits were simply doled out: The nurses chose the plants and watered them; the nurses decided which night was movie night. This small manipulation had big effects: On the floor with increased control, residents were happier, more active, and more alert (as rated by the nurses, not just by the residents), and these benefits were still visible eighteen months later. Most amazingly, at the eighteen-month follow-up, residents of the floor given control had better health and half as many deaths (15 percent versus 30 percent).40 In a review paper that Rodin and I wrote, we concluded that changing an institution’s environment to increase the sense of control among its workers, students, patients, or other users was one of the most effective possible ways to increase their sense of engagement, energy, and happiness." Wasn't sure if I should put this here or the ACP thread.
HU&W Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 The AF has released its stressed career fields list. It's a little funny how many of these were also VSP eligible just a few months ago. Stressed officer career fields: 11H Rescue Pilot. 11R Reconnaissance /Surveillance/Electronic Warfare Pilot. 11S Special Operations Pilot. 12M Mobility Combat Systems Officer. 13C Special Tactics Officer. 13D Combat Rescue Officer. 13L Air Liaison Officer. 18X Remotely Piloted Aircraft Pilot. 64P Contracting Officer.
Champ Kind Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 (edited) stressed career fields [*]12M Mobility Combat Systems Officer.Are you fucking kidding me? Edited February 11, 2015 by Champ Kind 1
discus Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 The AF has released its stressed career fields list. It's a little funny how many of these were also VSP eligible just a few months ago. Stressed officer career fields: 11H Rescue Pilot.11R Reconnaissance /Surveillance/Electronic Warfare Pilot.11S Special Operations Pilot.12M Mobility Combat Systems Officer.13C Special Tactics Officer.13D Combat Rescue Officer.13L Air Liaison Officer.18X Remotely Piloted Aircraft Pilot.64P Contracting Officer. 12M. For the Nav on the 135????? They have like four of them at Wichita, right?
Chicken Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 The AF has released its stressed career fields list. It's a little funny how many of these were also VSP eligible just a few months ago. Stressed officer career fields: 11H Rescue Pilot. 11R Reconnaissance /Surveillance/Electronic Warfare Pilot. 11S Special Operations Pilot. 12M Mobility Combat Systems Officer. 13C Special Tactics Officer. 13D Combat Rescue Officer. 13L Air Liaison Officer. 18X Remotely Piloted Aircraft Pilot. 64P Contracting Officer. How often is this list updated? Is this what is taken into account for continuation?
Butters Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 (edited) 12M. For the Nav on the 135????? They have like four of them at Wichita, right? Yes, the 4 of them are very stressed. Also do not forget the 4 at Andrrews on the VC-25. Edited February 11, 2015 by Butters
McDonut Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 I doubt it would be underwhelming, but it would be expensive. But why are we using F15/16/18 to do what an AT-38 can do? Aren't they footing the bill for the F22?
matmacwc Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 I doubt it would be underwhelming, but it would be expensive. But why are we using F15/16/18 to do what an AT-38 can do? Aren't they footing the bill for the F22? You need more than a radar reflector, the bad guys shoot back.
McDonut Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 Can data link be added to simulate it? It looks like they need Mach 1+ too, not sure how they'd get around that. If we need it now, then we should do T38s. Or we could pay the Canadians or Brits to fly aggressor full time until we can sort out the pipeline mess. Congress wouldn't like that last option, though.
zrooster99 Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 The AF has released its stressed career fields list. It's a little funny how many of these were also VSP eligible just a few months ago. Stressed officer career fields: 11H Rescue Pilot.11R Reconnaissance /Surveillance/Electronic Warfare Pilot.11S Special Operations Pilot. 11S, huh?
SurelySerious Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 11S, huh? Weird that 11SF didn't make the list. I thought they'd be hurting.
zrooster99 Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 Weird that 11SF didn't make the list. I thought they'd be hurting. Special ops fighter pilot? 2
Clark Griswold Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 Good blog post on this subject (but pointed specifically at the DoD). Why does the military grow? Because the tail wags the dog. It references a 1955 article that is still available from The Economist. “It is a commonplace observation that work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” — Opening sentence of “Parkinson’s Law“, C. Northcote Parkinson, The Economist, 19 November 1955. He describes Britain’s creation of “a magnificent Navy on land” to replace its fleet. History not repeating but rhyming quite nicely.
McDonut Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 Where's 11U on that list? Not sure how 11R is stressed, unless someone miscategorized 11 assets as 11R. Or the list is ancient and still accounts for unfilled MC-12 billets.
GKinnear Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 Where's 11U on that list? Not sure how 11R is stressed, unless someone miscategorized 11 assets as 11R. Or the list is ancient and still accounts for unfilled MC-12 billets. 11U is folded under the umbrella 18X term. All equally RPA pilots, and still managed by the same porch...just some pilots are more equal than others
Prosuper Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 I'm a old timer and remember strippers and getting drunk at the club and looking forward of going to the club at quitting time having a drink with my boss blowing off steam as long as I was buying the round. https://taskandpurpose.com/military-overkilled-alcohol-big-collateral-damage/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=tp-facebook&utm_campaign=culture
StoleIt Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 I'm a old timer and remember strippers and getting drunk at the club and looking forward of going to the club at quitting time having a drink with my boss blowing off steam as long as I was buying the round. https://taskandpurpose.com/military-overkilled-alcohol-big-collateral-damage/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=tp-facebook&utm_campaign=culture That sounds nice. And I don't think I'll ever experience that in my career.
Duck Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 Why would you want to? Now we get SARC briefings and Fitness assessment cells! 1
TreeA10 Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 Friday night bar Olympics. Shame it's gone.
brabus Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 Not gone, just well hidden, at least some places.
Stitch Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 I'm a old timer and remember strippers and getting drunk at the club and looking forward of going to the club at quitting time having a drink with my boss blowing off steam as long as I was buying the round. https://taskandpurpose.com/military-overkilled-alcohol-big-collateral-damage/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=tp-facebook&utm_campaign=culture Been there, done that. Couldn't agree more. Spend many dollars at the club with the boss and got good career advice (what they call "mentorship" today) and heard some great stories on everything from buffoonery, to working jets (F-100/-105s, AT-28s) back in Thailand & Nam to avoiding HUGE pissed-off snakes at night while guarding garbage dumps in Ton Sun Nut in an effort to keep the VC from “recycling” our trash.
di1630 Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 Reading stuff about RPAs/pilot shortage, made me recall an incident at my base about 10 yrs ago, that still infuriates me. A fighter pilot G-locs during a training sortie (at an operational sq). Wakes up just in time. The guy had a family, new kid etc. and had been struggling in the jet. Tells his leadership that he would like to volunteer to go fly RPA's when they were just starting up and needed people. Instead of letting a good motivated dude volunteer for RPA's, he got FEB'd, lost his wings, reflowed into an overcrowded shoe afsc and RIF'd a year later. Tough to feel bad for an organization that has manning woes after seeing shit like that. 2
Jughead Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 Tough to feel bad for an organization that has manning woes after seeing shit like that. Yep. I may have posted this story before.... Circa 2006-7, when all the LTs were being RIF'd (pardon me: "selectively retained"), I knew a guy, motivated new officer / USAFA grad / 1Lt. As much as the USAFA curricula allowed, he had taken all the right classes to get him to where he wanted: OSI*. Needs of the Air Force supposedly dictated otherwise, and upon graduation he was sent to MPF. Fast forward ~3-ish years, he's caught in the thick of the RIF. He has continued pursuing the OSI angle, and had a BNR from a Wing/CC to come fill an OSI billet. OSI was undermanned; MPF was not undermanned, but through some quirk in the policy I didn't understand then or now, MPF officers were not allowed to cross-train. You guessed it: motivated young officer wants to go to a field he's prepared for and has the support of the gaining unit (to include Wg/CC), is told he can't cross-train--and, sorry, your services are no longer needed in MPF, buh-bye..... *Insert OSI joke here, fair enough--but, my point stands.
guineapigfury Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 (edited) ... Tough to feel bad for an organization that has manning woes after seeing shit like that. I don't think I know anyone who feels bad for the Air Force regarding manning woes. I feel plenty for the airmen who suffer the consequences of moronic decisions made by the Air Force. Edited April 4, 2015 by guineapigfury 4
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