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Point of order: Bendy IS a diva. Snickers won't help.

WTF Harley. Nobody wants to see that picture on the feed every time you log in. Huge foul.

I beg to differ based on some experiences at the medical hobby shop. If you really wanted to do right by your airmen, you could have helped them obtain a referral to a real doctor in town.

Some squadrons are pretty tight with their flight doctors. Maybe you are not accustomed to that relationship. At least two enlisted personnel have come to me because their symptoms were being overlooked by doctors due to them being young airmen. I texted our flight doctor and he rolled in on the doctors in the Medical Group to resolve the issues. Someone from intel needed to be cleared for a TDY and the Medical Group was dragging their feet on the paperwork. Texted the flight doctor and he rolled in once again to save the day. Flight doctors aren't always mentored properly just like any other career field. They probably have leadership that solely looks out for themselves. I was surprised when the doc asked me about his PRF. I actually had to call a Medical Group at a different base for the information. And I showed the doc on MyPers how to figure out when he will be IPZ for the Medical Corps. Bros taking care of bros, no matter the AFSC. If you aren't in the AF anymore, how can you call a flight doctor an idiot for seeking out mentorship? I don't think any idiots make it through med school. Bendy....have a snickers.

Well, It's official today - Wedge got his 3rd star and ACC is the home of Cyber. Woooooooooooo! https://www.acc.af.mil/News/Commentaries/Display/Article/203682/acc-afcyber-join-forces-to-provide-the-right-tools-for-cyber-success/ Call it Air and Cyber Command, bitches.

This probably doesn't make anyone feel good, but one of the dudes on the 11M assignment team PCS'd last week to Italy. So, at least his assignment was on time...

Well, it’s pretty hard to keep doctors around, so we had better find a way to retain that talent and experience. The Air Force has to be cautious with these kinds of things. Imagine an Air Force without doctors! Plus all of that specialized training and licensing, along with continually making life or death decisions... And yet here we are, 11Xs.

Raphael: Rafale: Subtle distinction, but different.

I showed up on the MPF outbounds roster before my CC was notified. Sometimes I wonder if the system is really this screwed up, or if we just tell ourselves there is a system.

I know, I was also being sarcastic and making joke.

At least doctors don't have an easy transition to similar jobs on the outside. Phew, where would we be then?

Yes. I like the Creedmore. I bought a LaRue Ultimate Upper kit in 6.5 CM. https:// https://www.larue.com/products/larue-ultimate-7-62-260-6-5cm-upper-kit/ I also built an Alexandria pro fab AR-10 in .308 Comparing those two manufacturers isn’t exactly fair, but my advice: Get both.

No can do Champ. Why would you expect them to do something like that? They have to keep some kind of green boot line going. I do agree that we should ditch them and go back to black boots with the black shirts.

Can we at least ditch the green boots in October?

Just remember with the Eastern Europeans, it’s not genetics but poverty that keeps them that skinny. Also Germany is the ugly friend of most of Europe.

Y'all are gonna ruin the best thing about being a tanker pilot

Listen, man, sometimes Army cooks have it tough.

Down range is the best place to get into the books, in my opinion. You fly and workout. That leaves tons of time to get in the books. Maybe that’s just my community but our guys are way sharper and ready to upgrade at the end of deployments. I don’t say that derisively, simply my communities technique that seems to work. Personal note: I’m the son of a tanker pilot and love the entire tanker enterprise. I’m not the only one. Talk to a Thud or Phantom driver that went downtown in Route Pack VI and had his bacon saved by some warrior minded tanker crews. The tanker dudes won’t be able to buy a drink all night.

If this is what your WOs are telling you at your base, you have a serious problem. Good tanker planning leverages both off-board capabilities and tactical situational awareness to place you as close to your receiver’s objective area as the CFACC’s ALR permits. Your job is to identify and mitigate risk, not to stay outside the WEZ. When was the last war the tankers were able to remain that far away? Hint: probably not in your lifetime. RWR and LAIRCM don’t make you tactical. Neither does flying low to the ground or using high bank angles. And in our most important missions, you’ll never be able to rely on the AWACS to be able to provide you timely threat information. If you’re a tanker crew dog, you need to get back into the books and ask more questions. The next enemy won’t be polite enough to forgive you your flawed logic—and as far as we know our amazing new fighters and bombers haven’t learned how to fly without fuel yet.

We probably need a KC-46 first.

show us where Elon touched you...

More importantly, I've heard of people using Linkedin as a dating site for professionals. Anybody had any luck picking up hot business chicks on these sites? As an airline pilot, I think it's time to start looking for my first ex-wife. Bonus points if I can get alimony out of the deal.

Kenny, I'll give you my opinion on the matter, but I hope others post theirs, as there are certainly many, many other viewpoints. The U-2 guys that have gone in to the aerospace sector were pretty well networked, for the most part. While some of that was through the U-2 Brotherhood, much of it was also because they built relationships with various the people from those companies while they were on active duty. They would go TDY to conferences, site visits, etc... and made the effort to stay with the entire group, rather than bolt and do the "aircrew only" bar scene once the meetings ended. For example, one friend of mine became a trusted agent and social friend to a couple of Flag Officers, an Under Secretary, and and some other heavy hitters you would know from recent news events. I have very little first hand knowledge, but I assume the same opportunities exist within your community. LinkedIn: I built a profile years ago, but have never used it. I'm sure there are success stories out there, but the positions I were offered were not something that I could imagine happening on LinkedIn. The Executive Director position I had from 2014-2016 was purely a result of meeting some CEO's and entrepreneurs at Oshkosh, and spending many hours engaged with them on a personal level for a couple of years. One interesting "networking" thing that happened was at Oshkosh in 2003 or '04. Two of us flew a Beale T-38 there for static. Met and spent quality time with some people from Virgin. A couple of nights later, I'm at a small, private house party in Oshkosh with about 30 people. It wasn't until we walked out to the pool area that we realized Richard Branson was hosting the party. Too bad I had no aspirations to move to the UK or Mojave. In summary, Kenny, I don't think the positions you would want will easily materialize through job postings. But that's just my opinion, since I have no direct experience with social media job hunting.

No, you're not working for 2/3s pay either. That''s the same incorrect logic as the working for 50% pay argument. It's fallacious reasoning based on retirement being only 50% of base pay and discounting what the 2.5% increase means in real dollar terms because 2.5% is a very small number. In simplest financial terms, at 20 years you're working for: (100% pay + any bonuses) + (2.5% added retirement) - $54K. The $54K is what a Lt Col would get if they retired at 20 and you forgo by continuing to work. The 2.5% retirement increase for a Lt Col averages about $3K per year past 20. It's also almost zero risk. Using a conservative 4% rate of return, you's have to earn $75K net to generate the same annual income stream increase. However, you're giving up the $54K in retirement income, so you subtract that from $75K to get $21K. This $21K net would get added to your full Lt Col pay when making a comparison to a civilian job. So what you're really working for in that 21st year is Lt Col salary + any bonuses + $21K. This would be a base income number that you would compare to a civilian job to see if you would do better or worse financially by leaving at 20 years. You'd also have to add in extra money to account for your tax free BAH/BAS pay. Granted there's tons of other factors that go into the decision of when to retire: QoL, you prefer money in the bank as opposed to a gov't pension/annuity that goes away when you die, risk tolerance, etc.

Thanks for the correction! I’m curious why it was changed when the OCPs were adopted Air Force wide.

Guns can jam.

The biggest problem with Texas is all the Californians relocating here!

You mean that time that insurgents holed up in a building originally constructed to serve as a base for the crusade to convert Native Americans to Roman Catholicism only to be summarily slaughtered down to the last man by the Mexican Army? I don't think that makes the point you're trying to make. But if it makes you feel any better, I wholeheartedly support Texas secession and would volunteer my time to put up a 30 foot wall on the Texas-U.S. border beginning the day after the secession. That's one wall construction project I could get behind.

Today, there's some cadet, sitting in his academy dorm room decorated to look like his mothers basement who's only wish is to be a space geek. With his thick glasses perched on his pale nose, he is going to hammer out a letter on his Doritos stained keyboard to Captain Sandecker telling him that, as a cadet, he is ready to sit in and be a satellite jockey. He was a member of the rocket club, has his HAM radio license, and is well versed in all things Dungeons and Dragons. Captain Sandecker, reflecting on the reply from one each Mr. Toro, will answer this young, ambitious basement dweller that the Satellite Operations facility is no place for an amateur, radio operator or otherwise, hazards like hot coffee or tipping over vending machines abound. Discussions of Kirk vs Picard would probably not be understood by just a cadet. Staring at computer screens is for professionals so stop calling, texting, #leaveusthefuckalone. So, the dreams of a lowly cadet get crushed because of a prior Toro Fox 2 to the face (nice shot!) of an earlier wannabe.

Don't forget Administrator on this prestigious forum. I think that's the real top line bullet.

Take this Dr Phil shit somewhere else, Nancy.

Not understanding the fuss. Anyone have any gouge on the Minnesota board coming up? No meet and greets correct? Do they historically hire within?

I'm sorry! His cult deserves it.

If you think telling someone to drink a glass of metamucil is a personal attack then you got me. Calling a rescuer of the Thai teenagers a pedo though is on an entirely different level wouldn't you agree? "Elon Musk called a British diver from the Thai Cave Rescue a 'Pedo Guy' — then Deleted the Tweets Hours Later with No Explanation" https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-british-cave-diver-pedo-feud-thai-cave-rescue-2018-7

You're mentoring flight doctors on their PRFs now too? You really are a truly sought after commodity for sure. Your friend is either an idiot, you're a troll, or you're a liar...what do you want t go with here? ~Bendy