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From Chief Nugent, TACP Schoolhouse Commandant Here's a memorial fund established by the TACP Association for Lt Col Schroeder's family. https://fundly.com/lt-col-bill-schroeder-memorial-fund

Yeah, no sh!t. So shouldn't members of the military be trusted MORE than an ordinary citizen? Don't you think that members of the military can responsibly carry on base just like normal citizens (and military members) do every day off base? It's not about fear or lack of trust. I keep a fire extinguisher at home, but that doesn't mean I'm scared of fire or don't have complete trust in the fire department and their ability to do their job.

Perfect example of "timing is everything" - I bet if you looked one vml in either direction you'd find someone who meets the requirements to get that assignment, but instead of getting that person, afpc will just get a waiver to whatever that requirement is, send you some one who shouldn't and/or doesn't want to be there, and then you have to pay the price for the porch's mismanagement (non-student lines, etc). This probably belongs in the "what's wrong with the AF thread" but basically this "timing is everything" and AFPC's zero flexibility/ability to forecast personnel needs is slowly(?) breaking the Air Force.

What Huggy won't tell you: NoMo likes an additional UNOFFICIAL photo of the candidate in a speedo as well.

Rock bottom line: once your PRF is signed there is no reason to even think about the board because it is worry that won't help you in any way.

B-52s arrive in Qatar

Exactly, and you are being very generous as to the 6-9 minute response time. Given that half of the law enforcement agencies in Bexar county showed up for this, I am seriously doubting that a structured response will occur within less than 30 minutes. Truth be told, we are extremely lucky that this individual didn't go on a shooting spree before ending his own life. Had he not killed himself after shooting his squadron/cc, he could have easily killed another 20-30 people before chances are he would have been stopped. And even more truth here, in 2005 the Supreme Court has ruled that the police did not, repeat NOT have a constitutional duty to protect a person from harm (Castle Rock v. Gonzales, 545 U.S. 748). I work with law enforcement at the local and Federal levels, and while I have great respect for them I also realize I need to be responsible for my own survival. Plus, the police come in varying degrees of competence, I probably shoot better than 50-75% of the officers I know and I sure as hell do it a lot more often. As for "being armed when the cops show up," it's no different for those who carry off base. Would that be a concern? Sure. Would that be a factor in keeping me from carrying? No damn way! US Code 18 Sec 930 only prohibits the carrying of personally-owned firearms in Federal facilities, which are buildings. The Army has regulations against weapons on base, but the USAF does not, it's up to the base commander to make that decision. Dyess did lead the way in allowing licensed individuals who work on base to bring and keep firearms in their vehicles while at work. It was a step in the right direction, although that wouldn't have helped a bit in yesterday's situation; but if what happened at Medina showed us anything it is that: 1) policies prohibiting firearms on base will do absolutely nothing to stop someone with the intent to shoot somebody and 2) if you really place 100% of your own well-being in the security police or civilian on-base cops to protect you, there's a good chance you might one day die regretting that decision! Plus, I have gone through more governmental background checks at the city, state and Federal level than 99% of the people out there (to include sky cops), so if anyone I should be trusted to safely carry a weapon on base (as I am allowed off), it's yours truly! All that said, my condolences to the squadron commander who lost his life yesterday. As a former commander I always knew there was a risk of this when dealing with certain disciplinary actions, and honestly I am almost surprised it hasn't happened more often. I am grateful it hasn't, and hopefully this won't become a trend but the chance is always there. I am sure none of us want to be the next victim. By the way, I had to deal with a dismissal through my company of an employee who, excuse the expression, "went completely off the reservation." I was seriously concerned fro my task lead who had to conduct the dismissal, so I offered to be there as no other company representatives were going to be present. You can bet your ass I came armed, and positioned myself where I could intervene if the individual tried anything. Fortunately, nothing transpired; but I wanted to make I sure I was prepared in case it did...

Dude, still turning wrenches as a civilian, and management sucks out on this side too. If your argument held water I imagine there would be a lot of dead MX officers now. Easiest way to get rid of one is just follow the mx manual and safety rules to the letter and we won't meet a flying schedule or revenue flight. If your icon is correct all you had to do is show up to a backshop or flight line and production stopped. I loved answering QA reports for Amn Snuffy wearing a floppy hat on the flight line with no engines running high noon in the desert and Amn Snuffy just got NJP for 3rd degree sunburn on top of his bald head by working his ass off. You might have been part of the problem. Yes I liked it better when we were under Op's instead of a bunch of spread sheet accountants.

Some food for thought: Back when I was operational, the guy I viewed as the best pilot in my community was a Ops-UPT-Ops type. I see the WIC guys as getting very burned out very fast. I'd like to see retention rates among patches vice the rest of the CAF ...I'm sure somebody has that stat.

You can pick two of those.

If PA produced videos with 1/3 of the quality of this instead of interviewing Col. X or Chief X for some article that nobody will read about resiliency/SAPR/Uniforms/Suicides/Masters/PME/Volunteering/"the mission" (that's not actually the mission) etc. nobody would ever give PA a hard time. But no they'll continue to cover the latest road clean up/bake sale project or write more stupid articles about shit nobody cares about while ignoring the actual things that go on around base to kill bad guys and break their stuff.