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Copy, A-10 guys go with one to a full stop on dude's second ride ever in the jet in RTU. Interesting. I'm with you on "beating up the pattern" in an operational squadron or in the tactical phase of RTU. I got nothing for that. But in the RTU transition phase on ride 2--I think it's perfectly reasonable to get a couple turns off the perch out of the way. So I guess I'm not with you on scoffing the patterns in this particular case.

12-11's Drop: 4x B-52 2x B-1 3x F-15E 1x EC-130 (NAV) 2x KC-135 4x C-130 (2 Little Rock, 1 Peterson, 1 Yokota) 4x RC-135 (2 EWO, 2 NAV) 1x U-28 2x MC-130 (1 Kadena EWO, 1 Guard Duke Field EWO) Most of the class got their first or second choice. We were all pretty pleased.

Good point. You know your software really sucks when young dudes would rather put pencil to paper.

Make it fewer pages! There is way to much separation of things that don't need to be separated. 1. Let me put in all locations, arrival/departure dates, lodging costs and per-diem on a single page. Give me a check box if one location has changing costs or special requirements and then i can revert to the current PITA way of doing it. ie: Location 1: Date Arrived: XX/XX/XX Date Departed: XX/XX/XX Daily lodging: $XX.xx Daily Per-diem: $XX.xx Special circumstances ? Y/N Location 2: .... 2. Put mileage / non-mileage expenses on the same page. Hell, put em in the same drop-down. 3, Stop telling me arrival/departure dates aren't authorized / stop isn't authorized / etc. If I arrived on a certain date, that's the date I arrived on. Obviously it was either authorized or required. Let it be! 4. Make it look like the paper voucher. The paper voucher didn't require help filling out. The digital voucher should be even easier. If it's not, it needs to be re-done. 5. Once the new system is designed find the lowest common denominator and have them run through the entire process. If they can't do it without help go back to the drawing board. If the program freezes/ crashes/ etc fix it before publishing. And do it on an old gov't computer running vista. Don't use the brand new Win 7 (or 8 or 9 by then) system.

Honestly, maybe what we need is a container that you can check that reads something like "Skip the review, I'm an officer and I'm signing this under penalty of perjury so give me my fucking money or call the JAG instead."