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I wouldn't wait to apply based on your wife's residency/citizenship status. The SF86 questions concerning foreign-born spouses are pretty straightforward, but pay particular attention to the one in section 17.1 that asks 'For your foreign born spouse, provide one type of documentation that he or she possesses and the document number.' If none of those apply, then simply ask the security manager how to answer. Also pay particular attention to sections 20A - Foreign Activities, 20B - Foreign Business, Professional Activities, and Foreign Government Contacts and 20C - Foreign Travel where applicable. Good luck! M2

I talked to my hiring guy at my ANG unit about open slots. They are right now 60% manned and as a result have had to force crews into longer deployments (used to split them). He said he would rather the unit be undermanned for the next couple years than hire the wrong guys who would change the culture and be a douche for the next 10 years. Unfortunately, joining a Guard unit is like joining a frat. They want to see who you really are before offering you the job. I have been working to get one of my buddies hired at the unit by bringing him by and meeting the guys. He is scheduled to go to a Spring drill and I know he will be offered a job at that time. It took him 3 Trips to the unit and me sponsoring him to make headway. At the last meeting with the hiring guy, he told my buddy, “TR, ART, AGR, Long term alert, whatever you want we can get it for you.” So don’t give up and keep making contacts with people.

It was a joke. I’m pretty dumb but not that dumb.

Yeah I don’t really care about being anonymous. I mean, my home station ICAO is listed in my profile... 552 ACW, OG/CC, Tinker AFB, OK. Col Richard Land. He said what he said in front of all the officers in the group. He’s not hiding how he feels.

Here are my (very quick) numbers that I did for my cost analysis on going back. I assumed 80 credit hours, a profit sharing check might be $10k if I get one, normal progression at the airline, and estimated taxes ( I live in a very high tax state). I looked at different situations for if they offered the bonus or not, and whether I'd get an assignment that got partial tax free (Didn't think too much into it since it's hypothetical... think TDY to the Phillipines CZTE zone every now and then if you need to. I absolutely would not volunteer to deploy). Going back to the AF for 3 years would cost me $177k. I usually do way better than 80 credit hours a month, and didn't bother to run it for any premium pay trips since the difference was already huge. Interestingly, if they offered the bonus and I got some tax free, it looks like the money might favor going back. However, it's still comparing apples to crabapples. I think the A1 would be smart to sit and try to think the way we are (including those that haven't left but are running their own numbers). How do we make up in value the expected difference in value that someone choosing to go another path is looking at. There's only so far an O-6 (many of whom don't really care about you personally) can go with telling you - "you should want to serve just because its service!". Well to me (and roughly equivalent - those choosing to separate) that statement costs $175k to accept for a 3 year tour. Do I want $175k or, having already served my country honorably, want to do another 3 years of queep, and putting up with all the stuff I'd have to put up with. I know my assumptions are very flexible, and also that I didn't factor in an extra 7.5% retirement increase, nor any effects on a VA rating resulting from more service. I lose: current expected situation $176,877.06 assuming no profit sharing $155,677.06 no profit sharing and 6 mos tax free (~15% taxes) $34,261.06 no profit sharing and getting the full bonus $71,677.06 no profit sharing, 6 months tax free and the full bonus $ (63,738.94) with profit sharing and the full bonus $92,877.06 with profit sharing, the full bonus and 6 months tax free $(42,538.94)

Sounds like an ideal USAF Officer/Pilot to me. Exactly what they are looking for. 0% chance she bails for the airlines.

They’re going to need ro recall a lot more pilots with how easy that separation decision would be.

In the MAF they also exec.

"2, I'd rather burn than hear your voice." -Rainman

You're defending the argument for more gun control while not defending the argument for zero gun control...so yes, you're a progressive. When you start acting like a libertarian then I'll believe you're a libertarian.

1. plenty of people talk bad about PEX (Patriot Exalibur), but once you take some time to get familiar with the program and set up your defaults properly (as a scheduler), it's actually a great aid to scheduling. Yes there are some things that could be better, such as when it notifies you there is a conflight, it should pop up with the conflict instead of telling you there is one, so you don't have to navigate away from the page you're on just to see what the conflict is and if it's ok for it to be there. You can set it up to automatically add 12 hrs of crew rest prior to a flight; you can check people's currencies, and in fact filters by grounding currencies to see who should be the priority for a particular event. It's a great SA-building tool. At my previous base, MX was also doing things in PEX, like pulling up the schedule on their own, which made the pen and ink meetings go a lot faster, and plugging in tail numbers against lines. My current unit actually put the whole FHP in PEX, which my previous unit never did. Both use PEX for all Stan/Eval functions. There's a nice Go/No-Go display in PEX with green or red dots, so instead of having to look down a printed sheet from ARMS to figure out what someone is red for, you just click on the red dot and it tells you that person is overdue an instrument approach, or is missing a date for water survival training, or they still need to sign off FCIF 09-03B. Then on the other side of the house, those who are not schedulers can login to PEX and easily see what they are scheduled for, can input commitments they have upcoming (outside of 2 weeks is our rule) such as medical appts or TDYs or Leave. "If it's not in PEX, it doesn't exist" is our motto for commitments and appts. It makes accountability a breeze. You can see with a few clicks of a mouse, who should be here and who shouldn't. Jokes about Skynet aside, PEX is a great tool, just like all things, you have to actually take the time and/or get sent TDY to the week-long training at Eglin to use it to its full potential. 2. There's talk of bring PEX online downrange, but currently there are compatibility issues with currency information managed by ARMS on NIPR and the inherent classified nature of the ATO being on SIPR. In my community, we fly hard crews, who sit alert for multiple days at a time, so PEX isn't really needed for that. Different for a fighter squadron, though. 3. Haven't run across any so far. Having a backup server and database of PEX information is probably a good idea, but unless the folks running your PEX on base are complete morons, that's already being done.