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Great to see the Guard guys getting some love for kicking ass.

How shocking, an organization that uses monetary policy as its sole tool to meddle with the economy releases research that absolves them from the obvious and measurable effects of their meddling. I look forward to NAMBLA's soon-to-be-released study that disproves the connection between pedophiles and childhood trauma in victims.

Yeah, definitely allows us to spend money that has a “tremendously positive return on investment”… “U.S. Spent $384,000 to Study Peruvian Brothels” https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2022/06/02/us_spent_384000_to_study_peruvian_brothels_834482.html?fbclid=IwAR04gSHh7uGawa-weNa4SfZs6T15OoVCYa1OT_3gndNje21WmBRiAD68Vx4

Crazy enough, some states have a policy of making their O-3s ROPMA to O-4. On the other hand, we have a dude who ROPMA'd to O-4 and will be heading to a ROPMA board for O-5 soon. I'm expecting that he'll be promoted. If early promotion is something you're wanting, research your squadrons/states closely.

There are two ways to get promoted in the Air Guard: position vacancy and ROPMA. Position vacancy requires you be assigned to a vacant higher-graded position. Appropriate PME completed is also a defacto requirement. Once assigned to the position, your commander will need to write a letter nominating you for promotion which gets staffing through your JFHQ. You then appear before a FEDREC board (some states have you do it in person) and once approved by the board your package gets sent to NGB. You need 4 years TIG to appear in front of the FEDREC board and then it can take 6-12 months to get approval from NGB. So realistically you are looking at 5 years before pinning on O5, although your date of rank will be backdated to the date of your FEDREC board. The other way to get promoted is ROPMA. ROPMA for O5 is 7 years TIG, so you are hitting the board 6-12 months before that. Doesn't require PME, although if your state is like mine, you will get an automatic DNP going to the board which will most likely result in you not getting promoted. If you are ROPMA promoted to O5 while in an O4 position there is a provision that you can continue to occupy the position until you have 20 years in and can retire.

I think it’s 4 yr TIG, so you should be good. Several of us in my unit were in that timeline (at least within a few months of it).

https://www.dvidshub.net/news/421943/six-members-ny-air-guards-105th-airlift-wing-honored-valor-june-4

Never believe a progressive when they say “nobody wants to take your guns away”…because that’s exactly what they want to do.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/05/27/military-services-lighten-facial-hair-and-uniforms-new-policies.html We're winning boys...one 1/4" at a time 😆 Trench warfare on the road to victory (full beards) but the Krauts are in a tactical retreat and we're moving our lines up!