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I'm shocked we are even having a conversation if this rump ranger's actions were acceptable (commander or not). He's got serious mental health issues and needs to go.

“You want that favorable PCS assignment or not !?!?” Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sounds like the name of a punk rock band.

Welcome to the board man. @Elijah so I’m not the only one who heard the 40 news! My fingers are still crossed. Our wing told us the number in the sense of tempering expectations for the board since we had a lot of applications. Basically don’t forget to figure out plan B and C. So here’s to waiting some more lol

--#1/69 of my CGOs; Capt Dogmask took "Yes Man" to a whole new level! DP!! (sts)

Lol, of course he is. That level of obedience is a wing king's dream 🤣

If you can afford to fly, do it, but do not spend money you don’t have to get an IFR rating - it’s not going to make much difference.

Short answer: Getting your instrument might make you “stand out” a bit more Longer answer: While the “whole person” concept is a thing, keep in mind, the chart that you keep referencing is just a chart, it’s statistics and averages. Focus on what you can control (Test scores, letters of rec, aviation or personal experience) and let go of the things you can’t (Slots available, timing, needs of the AF). Granted I’m coming from the Marine fighter community however being a good or great tactical aviator takes more than just test scores, GPA, college major or where you went to school. Some of the best pilots I know have non-ivy league, non-STEM backgrounds that worked hard and had grit and passion for tactical aviation.

Glad he got out of there! 0/0 test point good... LM says or "understands" he is ok:https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2022/12/15/pilot-ejects-from-f-35-military-jet-makes-crash-landing-in-fort-worth/ “We are aware of the F-35B crash on the shared runway at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth and understand that the pilot ejected successfully,” Lockheed Martin said

Knew an AD guy that was picked up last board. He didn't head to UPT until Nov 22.

@filthy_liar Behold, an excellent and sarcastic answer by @VMFA187 Some valuable insight can be obtained here about flying for the Marines @VMFA187You can change CIA to Marines in this gif below lol

Unless you're on ADOS orders, then it's your home of record. @brabus Type 2 BAH is only for orders less than 30 days.

I hope he's not part of the Leather Dogmask Bandits!

Base zip code. They don't care where you live.

Those two bros pretty much said it all. Only thing I’d add is to do what it takes to score very well on your AFOQT.

A proper surgical mask of the type given out at entrances to VA hospitals aren't "useless" in the right situations such as at hospitals where fellow humans go with weakened immune systems. Again, the mask isn't to protect the wearer, its to lessen the transmission possibilities. My useless comment was out in the general public going about everyday life where you still see people wearing simple cloth masks or bandanas.

GEN: "Greetings Colonel. Are those PMR slides greened up?" COL: "Yes sir"

Juan Brown currently has this pinned as a "highlighted comment" below his video. It was originally attributed to "Matt," whoever that is, and now is attributed to "Editor," although it's unclear who that is, too. That comment has 440 replies, and the video has over half a million views. As far as I can tell, it's a random comment, from a random person, and people see it pinned to a Juan Brown video and take it as gospel. Aviation and Social Media are an interesting combination. Aviation is one of those things that generally inspire people. At the same time, the barrier to actually participating in aviation is high, both in money and time. Social media fills in the gap for a lot of people - you can look at YouTube and consume all kinds of aviation-related media (some of it of incredibly high quality). At the same time, "in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king" holds true. Chuckleheads like Juan Brown and Dan Gryder race to post on YouTube with a video collecting the available footage and data from an accident. They present things in a digestible fashion for the general public. But then they jump off the deep end and add their wild-eyed editorializing. When they're wrong, there is no penalty. When they're right, they get to tout to the online masses about what great aviators and detectives they are. There is almost no downside for them. They both found this new niche of "YouTube Aviation Accident Investigators," so I think a lot of their popularity is that they're first in the space. I can only hope better competition comes along.

“Known facts” lol The problem with Juan (and anyone in this space who doesn’t wait for the final mishap report to be released before speculating/ drawing conclusions on it) is that those “known facts” aren’t really known yet. I am certain that neither of these gentleman were in the brief, have any airshow experience at all, etc. So when they take the data that they have found on the internet as gospel and treat it as fact then the conclusions they draw, however minute or inconsequential, are therefore fruit of the poisoned tree. An example: there is a reason the FAA does not reply upon FlightRadar24 ADS-B position data to issue flight violations - it’s known to be just inaccurate enough that no inspector is going to hang their hat on its fidelity. But from many of these video’s aircraft airspeed airspeed/ heading/ altitude/ ground track is “known” because look at this fancy screenshot I found online. Nope.. Anyway, maybe I’m being a snob about all of this, but if feels absolutely scummy to sell one’s poorly-informed speculation as fact (on a fatal mishap, mind you) and then in the next breath mention Patreon and all the ways your are digitally begging for money from your viewership. If these individuals truly care about flight safety and respecting the memories of the fallen then I believe they would wait until the final report is issued (in a year or more, the horror) and then they can break down that report to their hearts content. Anything less than that is a disservice to all involved.