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Aren't we still waiting on the Metzger report?

Ladies and Germs, While we in the SOF community bid farewell to one of the most reliable and requested platforms in the Air Force inventory, I invite you to take a moment to glance behind the curtain... Kind regards to you all. Et Shado Sancti Linda

The most interesting/ informative/ valuable thread on this site is about leaving the AF for the airlines. That should speak volumes about how fucked active duty AF is.

Agreed. However the big difference being that outside of just some in the military/military watch-dogs, the American public is cluess/doesn't care about Metzger. Her ordeal didn't make national headlines, didn't have the President on the WH lawn with her patents when she returned, didn't have a Congressional hearing which also gained national attention, and most importantly didn't involve the trading of 5 enemy Taliban. Bergdahl's situation involved all of the above. So I agree with you about Metzger, Bergdahl has gained a lot of national attention and Congressional inquirees...and we still don't know exactly what happened in terms of the official report. My guess is that it will eventually be released when the 2016 nomination process heats up...this way it won't gain as much traction in the news media. Bergdahl will probably be given an other than honorable discharge, will never see the inside of an American military prison cell, and that will be the end of it. He would face a harsher punishment if he told a sexual joke at the workplace.

Most likely Petraeus, Holder, and Lerner will all be on the pardon list as Obama leaves office. Just my guess.

timeline for adjudicated VA claim depends on which VA you've filed with. As an example, I have friends who have been waiting anywhere from one to several years. I, on the other hand, had a fully adjudicated claim in 8 weeks, because the Southern Arizona VA (aka Tucson) is awesome. Have you already filed your claim paperwork? My timeline: filed paperwork at the assistance office on base, 5 weeks later had appointment at the VA hospital for the exams, 3 weeks after that I got a letter in the mail detailing the results/decisions for my claimed service-connected medical issues, and a week after that I had my first check electronically deposited in my bank account for the back pay to my DOS.

This is probably more accurate... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF1mx-Dcek8

No worries, Linda, this special tribute deserves a thread of its own! I embedded the video into your post for you, hope all is well and maybe one of these days we'll get a chance to have that long-overdue beer or two! Cheers! M2

When I worked for Sikorsky, they would make up the difference between my .civ "normal" 40hrs/wk gross pay, and my .mil gross base pay, if I was on orders for more than 30 days (their definition of "long term" military leave). I had to provide a copy of the orders, and a copy of a recent LES. Nominate them for an ESGR award if they play along... hell, nominate them even if they don't. It can't hurt the decision process.

My God Daughter was born there, I remember launching every -135 we had for Eldorado Canyon, I remember having to sign in girls to the Galaxy club, I remember Hog Call ( dance at the Bob Hope rec center every Wed night), remember never getting to tired of seeing a SR-71 takeoff, remember the MX Sq CC getting pissed during a dorm shake down of finding more Brit women living there than his own troops. The Bird in hand, Smoke House , all crawling distance back to billeting. All my TDY's there. Started to believe in ghosts from stuff I could not explain on the flightline. It was my home away from home. The green grass on the hardstands after rotating out with your jet from the AOR.

This site has been wonderful since the first time I was told about it years ago. Sir, you created a great website. RIP.