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I would love them to first and foremost investigate our abject failure that was the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Thank you for that offer. The advertising covers the cost of the server, domain name, and now the SSL. I was doing certificates myself, but it was time consuming and when life was too busy (like the last few days), I kept dropping it out of my crosscheck. I've added automated certificate management and it shouldn't happen again.

It's fixed and will be forever now.

Delta has gotten much better since they moved the dude you're talking about. I know guys that have recorded his speeches and conversations because he said blatantly illegal things while representing Delta. That being said, of the big three, I think Delta is still the least military friendly, but that margin has shrunk considerably in the last 4 years. For example, I think that if you were sitting long call and went into the squadron and knocked out a sim, I understand that would be an issue with Delta, but I don't think United or American would care. But if I were a new guy and had CJOs at two of the three, the margin is slim enough that I wouldn't even consider it in my choice. As to the outside employment, it is commander and JAG approval. Commander basically signs that your employment won't affect your service (easy if you're just dropping two weeks of leave for indoc) and the JAG signs that it wouldn't be illegal (like working park time for Lockmart on a project you oversee in your military job).

Yawn….in the Buff we call that “Tuesday”…

Not a tanker guy so pardon my ignorance, but why the “tanker” in quotes? And is a 48 hour mission going to destroy a jet because that’s just absurdly long duration or what?

https://www.amc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3223946/kc-46a-flies-36-hour-record-breaking-endurance-mission/

That sounds incredibly awful. Why is that relevant (future capes is not a rational answer).

This might be it. Granted I haven't been chosen as a finalist, but have rushed squadrons and got invited to interview. I've been to rush events with other candidates and could just see how some of them don't hit it off or are just pricks to other rushees. One guy stands out in mind, I would be having a conversation and the guy would just cut in and interrupt me, downplaying me because I'm off the street. "Yeah well I'm a blackhawk mechanic, so I understand service unlike off the street guys". One senior loadmaster saw what was going on and told the dude to go talk to a Colonel who was plastered and then he joined me to finish up our conversation. Didn't see the dude at interviews. Also be genuine and try to get to know them, I feel these guys can spot brownnosers well. I also saw it as trying to figure out if I would enjoy being around them for 10+ years. It works both ways, you're also in a way interviewing them too. I would look into bumping your scores. Last heavy unit I talked to, had a 90 pilot score cutoff. You mention issues with trying to take AFOQT and TBAS. I was 31 when I took my tests, I had to call every ROTC and AF recruiter down the coast to give me a chance to take the tests. I wasn't the only one, when I talked to other interview candidates they had the same experiences, think of it as a rite of passage 🙂

Trump’s political window has ended. The 2016 campaign was unique, because Hilary was despised by many more than him. Since his first term, and the years since then, the voters he needs (youth and suburban moms) will not vote for Trump. It benefits no one, besides his ego, to keep him in the conversation. His schtick has gotten old and tired. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network mobile app

I need to file this away for future reference as I might be able to partake in this in a couple decades. "Honey, hand me my walker and a stack of $20s, I'm going to go get a free steak!"