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AFOQT pilot is a little low IMHO. My AFOQT scores: 99 pilot, 92 nav, 95 acad apt, 77 verbal, and 99 quant. My PCSM just went from 72 to 76 after I went from 34 hours to 40-50 hours. I was told at a recent interview with a fighter unit that I had "outstanding scores". I didn't happen to agree, but nonetheless smiled like an idiot and pretended to agree. The PCSM 2.0 makes flying hours count WAY more, and I guess I thought that the "sucks to suck" rule applied if you had a low score due to not enough hours. But then again they told me they look at the last column (i.e. 200+ hours), which for me would be low 90s. What's your PCSM at 200+ hours?

Dude, your wife puts out all the time, brah.

Looks like Congress set the bonus to be maxed out at $35K. JQP is reporting that this is what is in the NDAA that just passed the House. Sure, it's not about the money, but I don't see how going from $60K to $48K to $35K is going to help retention when the starting point should have been $35-$40K years ago. I think stop loss is coming... Get out while you can. I know I am.

I'm getting a sleep study done this week but doctor thinks its very likely sleep apnea.

So glad we found a solution to the fighter pilot shortage. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

It'll be like an old-school green bean tour of Son-Tong/A-Town, take him downtown get em' drunk, find him an acceptable female accompaniment and let nature take it's course.... Ahhhh amore'

Classy.

My experience echoes yours. I don't think we should move out of NE Asia like the isolationists like to suggest, but this region has been on the gravy train for too long. Mr. Lim is getting old, and Songtan ain't what it used to be.

Election day in the States went late into the wee hours of the morning, which put the most exciting parts at about mid-day in Korea. The atmosphere was that of a funeral. I speak often with the ROK Chief of Joint Strategic Planning at school over lunch, and he literally said to me "what the hell did you people DO?" I chuckled a little bit. The ROK is new to the whole democracy game, so don't expect them to always have a grasp on how it works. (Hell, their president is going bonkers over here if you've been keeping up with the news.) This picture also came to mind:

I'm actually unsure of the message we are sending the world. Lemmie drop some info about the Korean perspective, courtesy DLI and a year doing ROKAF ACSC: Obviously, the Koreans aren't thrilled about a Trump presidency. They're certainly nervous, as most of their news about the US is translated almost directly from what CNN and the AP pump out (watching the news cycle hit here about 6.9-36 hours after it breaks in the US is interesting). It's no surprise they think Trump a crass madman...that's what CNN told them. Thanks, CNN. So, after the Mattis announcement, I perused Korean media online. The majority of the copy does indeed focus on Mattis' experience leading troops in the middle east. However, this isn't necessarily seen as a positive here on the ROK, as local media generally view the Iraq war (and to a small degree, Afghanistan too) as a costly failure and huge strategic mistake. (I'm not here to argue this point...I'm just telling you about the Korean perspective.) The rest of the copy I've read describes Mattis as a general that's really respected by the US Military and by US Conservatives. Again...this fact also carries positive and negative baggage. I'd like to say that he's quoted well in Korean media, but that's not the case yet. The only time I've seen him quoted was a direct translation of his "it's fun to shoot people" soundbite about killing terrorists that deserve to die. But only the "fun to shoot people" part of the quote was printed...what was NOT included was his discussion about how the people he likes to shoot are all dickwads that rape women, kill kids, rape little boys, and are generally assholes. Also (and partially thanks to Mr. Trump), he's now "Mad Dog Mattis" to Korean media. Not "Chaos Mattis," which the general has been rumored to prefer. So, to readers of Korean papers and online media, you have a USMC former general who commanded in long, bloody Asian land wars, who has said "shooting people is fun," and everyone is calling him "mad dog Mattis." Koreans are, understandably (albeit incorrectly) scratching their heads and thinking "what the fvck-mida?" I'm certain that Gen Mattis will impress as soon as he starts giving speeches as our SECDEF, but he's got an uphill battle over here in Asia. What we view as a smart, seasoned, and cautious general (who really brings the pain when it's appropriate), Asia views very differently. It doesn't change MY mind about Mattis (I think he's Mr. Trump's best pick yet), but just FYSA. I just typed too fvcking much....and I just remembered that no one cares what the ROK thinks. Thanks for reading anyway. Maybe someone finds it interesting.

My favorite Mattis quote speaks heavily to his philosophy:

Happy to have Mattis taking the helm. I hope he can inspire both our military and civilian leadership to return us to our warfighting roots. One of my favorite Mattis-ism's below. https://www.strifeblog.org/2013/05/07/with-rifle-and-bibliography-general-mattis-on-professional-reading/ "Going into Kuwait 12 years ago, I read (and reread) Rommel’s Papers (remember “Kampstaffel”?), Montgomery’s book (“Eyes Officers”…), “Grant Takes Command” (need for commanders to get along, “commanders’ relationships” being more important than “command relationships”), and some others. As a result, the enemy has paid when I had the opportunity to go against them, and I believe that many of my young guys lived because I didn’t waste their lives because I didn’t have the vision in my mind of how to destroy the enemy at least cost to our guys and to the innocents on the battlefields."

Any chance of sleep apnea?

In fairness, I would expect the Secretary of State to be in the room as well.

My personal favorite is still the Air Force Birthday chow hall menu from an undisclosed location with the J-10.

Since when does "single = not getting laid?"