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Go to a 3 day cycle and squadrons will treat the debrief like the msn planning (i.e. sending one or two reps). Try enforcing flying once in three days to a traditional guard/reserve buba who wouldn't get his RAP even if he went the full two weeks and see how that works out.

This is part of it, but here's the other part that people are missing: Relaxing obejctive standards (i.e. weight, PT standards, etc) gives AF management more subjective say on who gets retained, who gets separated, who does and does not get promoted, etc. The AF has publicly admitted that one of their main goals is increasing diversity in certain jobs and ranks...well, having to navigate through objective standards can get in the way, especially when the pool of these diversified members is much smaller.

Two gems tonight from the Air Force Magazine Daily Report... Air Force Exceeds Recruiting, Retention Goal —BRIAN EVERSTINE The number of Active Duty airmen currently in service has exceeded the Air Force's goal for Fiscal 2017, thanks to an increased effort on recruitment and retention. There are about 317,800 airmen in uniform, up from 309,000 a year ago—that's 800 more than its stated goal of 317,000, said Lt. Gen. Gina Grosso, the service's deputy chief of staff for manpower. Speaking at an AFA-sponsored, Air Force event Wednesday in Arlington, Va., Grosso said many inside the Defense Department, and in the Air Force itself, didn't think it could grow its ranks that quickly. But fast work inside Air Education and Training Command enabled the service to exceed its goals, Grosso said. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James has placed a high focus on building the ranks, which she said dropped too low because of budget constraints. James told reporters earlier this year she was considering enacting a little-known law that enabled her to bolster the service's end strength by up to two percent—or as many as 6,340 airmen—above congressional mandates. Is Uniformity Needed for All in Uniform? —BRIAN EVERSTINE The Air Force is thinking outside of the box and is considering relaxing its fitness standards for some career fields or changing its tattoo policy in an effort to broaden its recruiting pool. Lt. Gen. Gina Grosso, the service's deputy chief of staff for manpower, said USAF needs to "think deliberately about how we value uniformity." Standards across the entire force "scares a lot of people," she said during an AFA-sponsored, Air Force event Wednesday in Arlington, Va. "Do I care what a cyber warrior weighs?" Grosso asked, adding if someone who works on cyber networks needs to focus as much on their mile and a half time. Similarly, does the Air Force need to enforce standards related to tattoos the same way now? "Do I care that someone has a flower on their arm?" Grosso said. Still, the service must make sure it doesn't stray too far from the requirements it has had for decades. "We're certainly going to need some people who are brawny, and we're also going to need some people for their intellect as well," she said. Hello early 2000s?

The Air Force does NOT care about you, they care about increased health care costs as it impacts the bottomline. The way the seniors spew the core values is ohhh sooo Ironic given the lasted indicators. Internal memos calling to relax standards at Fighter RTUs...relax PT standards...what next...drug standards. The way we manage people is absolutely laughable.

I read the second article as "well, we struck out with the hottest chick in school, but we still need to have fun after prom so... we'll settle for an average-looking chick from another school"

You're asking a lot of questions. I'll be more direct... - I find it incredible that you're "seriously" considering this, yet you haven't called the ROTC Det at a major university to get first-hand answers. Why not? They may be 100 miles away... but I'm guessing you have a phone. Maybe a car. Invest in your future and go find out in person. - much of what you're asking has been posted here already. Many times. Try reading through the forums and doing your due diligence in discovering what's there. You'll find answers to things you might not even have considered asking.

1. C-130's arn't heavies. 2. You could always have gone AD if you wanted a pointy nose that badly.

Sts?

Could be wrong, but I bet that would be the still at IDE while meeting their BTZ board demographic group. That goes back to the practice bleeding memo from a few years back. Shiny pennies would do PME in correspondence as a select so they could be picked up on a BTZ board while they were at IDE or SDE.

Wow, 11 BTZ LtCols with no IDE and a DP got promoted.

Yeah, but the Packers are on this Sunday.

FIFY.

DLF - 7 T-38's. 2 Saudis 1 Kuwaiti 3 AD 1 guard So much for boosting 11F Pipeline. Let's put more international's through.

In my squadron it's not frowned upon to have a drink or two at the end of the day. There's kind of an unwritten rule I noticed...wait to crack open a beer until 1530 or so. Or if the boss says beer light's on of course. And obviously in debrief after a flight. Beer is always welcome in debrief, checkride or not! Apparently in the old days, it was common for the morning flight's crew to arrive to find the previous night's crew in the bar either still drinking or passed out. Well, I guess this wasn't too long ago...the guy who witnessed this (and participated in it) has been in my squadron for maybe 10 years, if that. Those days are long gone though.

Ragged, One data point contrary to the doom and gloom some have suggested. I failed a PT test while TDY en route to a PCS. TDY commander was never notified about it and, frankly, I'm pretty sure he would have looked the other way. Gaining commander told me to get another one done ASAP (before OPR closeout), so I did. Got an excellent on it as well as the six tests since the failure. I've been asked once about it, mostly because the sq/cc thought it was a typo or error of some sort. I told him the story and he just rolled his eyes and said not to worry about it. Hasn't made a bit of difference...so far.

Today I learned heavies weigh over 300,000 lbs and the C-130 is half of that at most. yeah also considering applying to the AD board