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  1. You guys want to get good strats and pushes in the USAF....learn outlook/excel/memo writing skills at a young age. Those $7.50 an hour secretary skills will get you further than your $3 million pilot training education. Don't crash a jet and be a good exec, you'll go places. No kidding. I wish this were sarcasm but it's not.
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  2. Worth a read https://warontherocks.com/2016/03/stuck-on-denial-part-i-the-u-s-air-force-and-stealth/
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  3. Man I hate to say this but I really agree. So much of making rank in the Air Force is really all about just organizing activities and programs successfully, pushing for those jobs that you know are going to be painful and are going to make you hate your life!
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  4. Approved 4 days ago. Here's my timeline. Submitted 9 Feb. To SAF/PC 10 March. Approved 22 March. Pretty much spot on with 4 weeks at AFPC and 2 weeks at SAF/PC. Requested DOS 15 June 16 and removing 8 months of ADSC from Post 9-11 GI Bill. AFSC 13B. Was hired back in November for an AGR gig.
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  5. I just want to say that I ended up coming with him and am very glad I did. I got a great job and we have been planning a wedding for when we get back home. I'm glad I got to be a part of this with him and help support him during it. Thanks everyone for your input.
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  6. Why would you just want the greatest IP promoted? Some of the best IP's are Capt's and Maj's...does this automatically equate to these IP's being good commanders? Some of these great IPs are average officers, at best. Regardless of whether or not you agree with the promotion 'system' (I definitely agree it can be approved upon), you are very foolish if you believe technical skill (i.e. being a sharp IP) should trump overall officership. Being good at your craft (i.e. a good pilot/IP) is only a piece of what makes this person a good officer/commander. So while being good at your technical skill should be weighed, it should not be weighed as much as your post suggests...it should be more of a binary question: Is this person a strong/solid pilot: Yes or No. So I guess I'm not in your 'most' category...and this is from someone who has worked for awesome commanders who were average to above average pilots, and who has also worked for commanders who were awesome pilots but below average officers/commanders.
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  7. I think I am tracking where BADFNZ is coming from. The ultimate goal of a promotion board is to select individuals who show the potential to excel at the next rank, which is why a SR may elect to leave off some strats if they are heavily weighted towards a lack of breadth. For example, we all agree on this forum that being an expert in your airframe should be a top priority but a PRF that is overwhelming geared towards flying strats (#1/69 IPs, Top 10% ACs, etc) would not "look" appealing to a promotion board that is looking for an officer with future leadership potential (don't hate the player, hate the game). That thought process is why I have seen "decent" strats left off (assuming there is a decent size pool to choose from) to include a lesser strat of a different category or even a strong bullet that highlights FGO potential (lead team of SARM NCOs through MAJCOM inspection over #1/15 Flight Leads from an OPR 3 cycles ago). Of course, if all the strats are #1 type strats it would be hard to argue leaving them off. The PRF also has limited space to relay the SRs message so filling it with "soft" starts may look more like a way of masking a perceived weakness or lack of breadth. Although determining school selects is not a separate process but a function of taking a slice off the top XX% of the PRFs, a SR could certainly shift focus on a PRF when compared to an individual he/she may be more concerned about simply making the promotion list. I would imagine an individual a SR wants to get promoted but their record isn't great would prioritize grabbing everything remotely positive when compared to an individual the SR is trying to push for school via the promotion board. That person's PRF would probably have some decent bullets/strats left off in order to present the "big picture" of someone who is primed for leadership (more whole person compared to the greatest IP I have ever seen). Although most of us would prefer to have the greatest IP promoted it is not how the system works. So this is why the SR is making the PRF look the best it can, but what is best for one person is not the best for another.
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  8. So many wrongs with your thinking... Don't disagree with people volunteering for these positions are looking for personal gains. But the AF has been hiring/promoting careerists/box-checkers for the past decade+ and I'd say that hasn't turned out well for the AF based on the AF-wide retention issues and the strategic-level miscues. Of course, you'd disagree with that assessment. I'm glad you acknowledged that a working on a Master's degree is a distraction to a person's primary AF job. So it's okay for a GO to get your undivided attention but not your current/previous bosses and colleagues because you want to be on that O-6 trajectory. Got it! You sound arrogant here, but typical for the number of careerists I've encountered in my career. Can you explain what a "run-of-the-mill" Sq/CC job is as opposed to a "special" Sq/CC job? At any point in your career, does the word "leadership" ever come across your mind (besides required PME readings/discussions) and/or is a part of your normal decision-making process?
    1 point
  9. Rainman, I applaud your trepidation to post any stories you may have on this person for the following reasons. 1. If she wins, this post could be used to screw anyone over who said anything bad about her. 2. People that know and remember her will tell the stories themselves. I've never understood any gender/race/religion discussions in the media, or that the USAF condones (i.e. all female aircrew, first female African American...you get the idea). I just wish it was listed that Capt XXXX accomplished XXX with a picture of the individual involved.
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