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Group or wing?

Ya think?

Starting to get a little personal, here. I think this segment of the thread has run its course... Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

Safety school DG?

are you a wing exec?

It was my understanding from my handful of brainwashing sessions that we are currently flying, fighting and winning in air, space and cyberspace...

Why the hell did the guy filming think the Class C accident happening right in front of him was less important than a routine takeoff?

Trading at .11 today.

Who gets the ATIS?

What do you think about a Space Corps? https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/u-s-lawmakers-formally-propose-a-space-corps-air-force-1796352188 Recently released concept video from congress:

We are doing this all wrong, it needs to be Joint! SPACECOM, SOCSPA, JICSPA, SPAAF, SPAFLT, MARFORSPA, USARSPA. This is how you get more $$, GOs, and civilian billets!!! /s

If already AGR, it is likely to be a rank issue. If I'm looking for an opportunity for promotion, but my Wing doesn't have a position. I would have to go somewhere else if I want to get promoted. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

I am sure the uniforms will be epic!

It's simply a matter of not enough qualified people for the available positions. Most agr positions have very specific requirements listed as mandatory. There are also "desired" qualifications as well.

I think he is saying why didn't they turn down the Art 15 and opt for a C-M. Others have posted about the pitfalls of a C-M vs Art 15, but there is no try to turn down a 15. It is a simple initial on the face of the Art 15 paperwork. You have an absolute right to refuse to accept Art 15 punishment and go to court instead. Maybe I am misreading what you are saying. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

Welcome to trying to fill agr positions in 2017.

I know quite a bit about this issue, more to come on it in a week or so. You would have to trace the cancer back to active duty, and the genesis of the cancer to active duty. They will not approve a connection because it was so long ago, you would have to say you had thyroid cancer in 1984 and it showed up in 2011, no doctor would sign off on that.

You forgot one major thing, a court martial requires the "beyond reasonable doubt" for standard of proof, not the "preponderance of evidence" for Art 15's, Admin Sep/BOI's, etc. And sure the government can add (and less likely remove) charges, however it's completely up to the Convening Authority if he/she want to do that. For example my case started with four specifications of Art 92, however the Preliminary Hearing Officer for my Article 32 hearing (if you go to a General Court Martial, you're having a Art 32 hearing unless you waive it) said to throw out one of the specifications because it was bullshit. Also right before my trial one of the government witnesses was going to plead the 5th if she took the stand, so the CA dismissed the charge with her. So your mileage may vary. Also Officers ONLY go to a General Court Martial. Summary's and Special Court Martials are for Enlisted. As for the federal conviction thing, no one really cares depending what you're found guilty of. And if it's even found, they ask what it's for. Being found guilty of Military Only Related Offenses, like I was, it either wasn't found, nor listed because it wasn't considered a felony or misdemeanor. I was hired by two major airlines and a computer company. No Commander, especially in the Air Force, will offer an Art 120 charged offense an Art 15 with the current witchunt with regard to the sexual assault allegations.

Do the reserves get folks into the school pipeline faster than Guard typically?

Unclass footage released

It isn't that simple. Going to a C-M, even if you are 100% certain of being totally innocent, is a very risky endeavor. A C-M doesn't have the same standard of conduct that a civilian court does. In a C-M, charges can be added, changed, or modified at any time during the proceedings, so basically once you open the door up, anything and everything that is discovered during testimony is in play. You can enter a C-M charged with one thing, and exit convicted of something else entirely depending on what came up during evidence and testimony. Remember that the UCMJ does not include a presumption of innocence, and depending on the charges, has different standards of evidence and conviction than what we're used to in the civilian world. Plus, a conviction at a C-M is a federal conviction, while an Art 15 isn't anything at all in the outside world. Add all that up with the witch-hunt environment which we know exists in the USAF with respect to some topics (like sexual assault, particularly), and that is the makings of a potentially very bad situation for someone accused and being offered an Art 15. During my career, I had the "opportunity" to pay a large chunk of money to two different, very well known and talented former SJAs (and now high profile civilian attorneys) and they both heavily, heavily suggested taking the Art 15 rather than risking a Court-Martial.

I'm going to credit 145 hours in June working 16 days (away from home 9 nights). $155/hr. Actually flew like 70ish. Add 16% DC on top of that. You do the math... These bonus threads make me giggle.

I don't think 13 years means anything...some people will do a legendary job. The problem is the latter part of the last quote, we pick these people due to being execs and aides and staffers and schoolers...not operational experts (or god forbid, a little of both). The pole year is crippling us. We have rigid metrics of what is important to hit BTZ, aka pole year set up. Shiny pennies rarely even deploy, the path doesn't provide time for such inconveniences. If they do, it's only to get the command box check. Check the box, check the box...what's not in the brochure is only the first three are actually boxes you check. Who likes you while you checked those three determines if you'll check the remainder. The number of dudes I've heard of getting BTZ to O-5 but then direct back to the IDE, which they didn't get before...gross. The number of SDE getting picked up candidates because they can't get people to take it...gross. It's all just upside down fvcked up. (My phone just autocorrected upside down to unpaid, it was tough to fix.) Bendy Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

I feel a strong disturbance in the Force, like a 1000 Eagle and Raptor pilots collectively groaning in agony....

Is she a predator? After your wife yells at your son for him hooking up with his teacher and it being nationally televised do you as a father do the following with your son? A. High five your son. B. Ask him how was his first time. C. Ask for his teachers number. D. Say, I'm the proudest father on the AFB base now. E. All of the above

Ok genius i meant that when the viper started taxiing the bone wasnt moving but on my small phone screen it appears that the bone starts moving as the video pans right

I always thought the Air Force was the one place where equality and fairness actually meant something. Boy was I wrong. I knew this all along after I sat in on my first court martial. I thought if the kid who was being court martialed had a REAL lawyer he would walk free. If your defense counsel breaks out a PowerPoint presentation you should fire him/her or expect to be found guilty period. I told the Lt Col for JAG I will not be apart of another court martial due to the AF being just as biased as the civilian court system. He told me the WG/CC really wanted me on the board. I told my CC it's biased to his face too. The proof is in the pudding: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/07/black-troops-much-twice-likely-punished-commanders-courts/102555630/