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Quibbling.

Kind of like the Metzger thread.

It's the "Promoted to Major w/P and w/o AAD" = 35% number that worries most people. The problem is that more often than not, the Sq-Wg CCs allocate strats at least in part based upon AAD completion. They look again at AAD degree completion when allocating DPs, and can even disregard previous strats to give the last DP to someone lower on the strat list if he has is AAD but the person above him does not. Witnessed it. So, how it really breaks down, is that if you aren't working on your AAD early, you miss early opportunities to get on the strat list. Then, if you don't have it done when they are handing out the DPs, that will likely put you into that bottom 25%, which then puts you into the P and no AAD category. The moral is that if you don't have your AAD at least 6-9 months before your board, at most Wings, you'd better have some strong contributors (UPT/SOS DG, OG/Wg exec w/the strats that go with it) if you hope to get a DP. It can be done but not the path I'd necessarily recommend to the young'ns.

Yes, yes, yes. It's sad how few share your perspective. It's completely taboo to do anything that affects 'our beloved troops'...and the troops themselves are the worst offenders when it comes to complaints over the issue. It's always boggled my mind that a group of people who said they'd sacrifice their life, if necessary, in this endeavor called the military, won't make other relatively inconsequential sacrifices without bitching and moaning. How many times have you heard 'the entitlement generation' or some similar characterization used on this forum in a negative context? But then when the entitlement is yours, it's all of the sudden a problem. The fact is, sadly, that the military community is as a whole no different than the rest of the nation. In fact, I'd argue that it's worse in some circumstances. To call it the 'entitlement generation' isn't completely accurate. I don't believe that most people truely think they're *entitled* to a lot of the handouts that exist, they just enjoy free stuff and will gripe when it's taken away. Many military members, however, really do have a sense of entitlement, believing that their service somehow puts the U.S. in their debt. Shoveling millions of dollars towards for profit colleges that are specially designed to exploit the TA program while providing the lowest quality (and therefore least expensive) education possible SHOULD be done away with. Whether it's the most egregious waste of money or not. Whether it's a drop in the bucket or not. Whether it benefits our beloved troops or not. Revise the program to be available for enlisted bachelors degrees at not-for-profit institutions only. Officers can pony up their own cash if they want a masters, or use their GI bill. And for those that are inevitably going to complain about that leaving it impossible for them to pass the GI bill on to their kids (it's already been complained about in this thread): that that's the next ridiculous entitlement that should be cut (the ability to transfer your benefit, not the GI Bill in it's entirety). Unfortunately, there's already legislation in the works to restore TA because, god damnit, think of the troops!!! It's political suicide for anybody (republican or democrat alike) to make the difficult fiscal decisions that are necessary right now, and so far, nobody has had the fortitude to do it. Even when cuts are automatically made by faceless legislation they're immediately out in force trying to undo it. This country is ######ed.

I stand by my assessment that this is far better (and free) advertising for Chevy than for Pepsi. Doesn't matter if it was no more real than the latest Spiderman movie. The production quality made it seem genuine. Far more men (and even more teenage boys) will walk away from watching that thinking "I want a Camaro" than "I'm thirsty for a Pepsi."

Better yet allocate your promotes directly to the wings. There is so much wasted time and money in these boards and manhours wasted preparing prfs. Or at least do a better job differentiating what exactly the line of the Air Force truly is.

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Are you two in third grade? Jesus fucking Christ.

Dice Douche is going to have to find a lot of people. I can count on two hands the number of folks in the 04-09 year groups in my community who plan on staying past their UPT commitment. Obviously that number will increase because people tend to be pussies and scared of life outside of AD, but still...

But General Allardice said that it didn't matter how low the morale got or if we chose to get out, that he would find other people to replace us! Douche.

I have no beef with the RPA operators earning a medal. I don't think it should be of greater "value" than an Air Medal or a Bronze Star, but they should be recognized for the contributions they're making to the war effort. It's definitely more than many other platforms out there.

Oh dear God my eyes! Everytime I see that pic I just think that it can't honestly be real.