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BTW congrats to Qasem Soleimani. This marks three years since he quit smoking.

This year's bonus is a link to Airline Apps. It's the most they could afford.

Major Tom

What will be worse is when one of you guys find out and everyone else is still in the dark…..

No one saw this coming.

https://www.swapa.org/news/2022/two-legacies/

Approved separation date ✅

I've always thought that the entire Air Force personnel system is pretty much designed to fill one job-Chief of Staff Air Force. The personnel system doesn't seem to place enough importance on building senior leaders (colonels/generals) who are experts at strategy, acquisition, foreign cultures, EW, cyber, etc., expertise (for which AADs are useful) that complements and force multiples Ops.

And trying to find the right spot on the wing to block out that stupid blinding light was always a good time.

https://nypost.com/2023/01/03/we-met-working-at-walmart-and-cheated-on-our-spouses-you-should-follow-your-heart/ This is a warm hearted love story about cheating on your spouses while working at Walmart.

So true!

I feel like next week is the week!! 🤞🏻At least I hope so haha. Anyone heard anything more on their end or is our current guidance still "mid-January?"

While I like visting, WX and beer you know, it's full of CA douches. Sat next to one today on a flight from LAX. I cannot understand why they are such inconsiderate assholes. So snapping off would be a Pro. Wx would move to the new coast next to Otisville (Superman ref) and breweries can be rebuilt.

Was that a pro or a con? Asking for a friend...

I haven’t seen a PSDM yet. Memo sent out late last month to the Wing/CCs said to look for it this month though.

So I agree and disagree with you. I agree in the sense you are 100% right. I got established in the higher ed space after separating and learned a few hard lessons along the way, such as 1.) Degree matters and 2.) School matters. I disagree in the sense that there is a very active and very strong DEI initiative to overturn that, especially in the veteran space, because veterans by nature are non-traditional students. There are some problematic issues with the current hierarchy of schools and degrees, specifically to how veterans can utilize VA benefits on education following separation, etc... So its in our interest to attempt to upend those status quos. What I have found in my recent relationship with an elite university (and I don't refer to it that way self-gratifyingly, rather that's how the top 20 schools or so refer to themselves) is that my BS degrees did distinguish me from other candidates in-so-much as they saw it as preparatory for my current program. So while the private sector didn't particularly value those degrees, the higher education sector did. I also agree that the Air Force needs to do this better by actually curating education experiences for talent by 1.) identifying individuals interested in a "warrior scholar" pathway, 2.) providing more opportunities to pursue those programs and 3.) actually providing values to individuals that pursue that path. In regards to #3, IDE/SDE are not the only opportunities to earn AAD in the Air Force. There is also AFIT, several fellowship programs, etc... the problem is, often those people fall out of their career field for 2-3 years and they get totally railroaded on stratifications and career development. If the current guidance is meant to address this very problematic facet of the current system, I would support that.

Did you know in the private sector they have AI driven software that can automatically scan and classify all documents in your companies IT spaces. But we are still stuck filling out a 6 question questionnaire every time we hit send on an e-mail because the DoD can't get onboard 2022 and as a result we have far more leakages and mislabled classifications that endanger our national security.

1. Our culture of "safety" and "equity" will stop a lot of progress. 2. Unless a politician can get rich off of it, it ain't got a chance. The people in charge are the ones who lived in the glory of what their parents built. They don't understand America or the world in their most fundamental sense. Hence, we're complacent and have allowed ourselves to become preoccupied with feeling good vs doing good.

Damn, i unintentionally timed that perfectly. Got to the almighty BAC+ as a Captain then AAD was masked, so haven’t touched it after making O-4 and O-5. Unmasked but already have the line number so kiss my uneducated ass!

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Better than sending 11Ms to work 11F staff jobs. At least 18X should know a little something about ACC. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The article contains an interesting line: "[the idea that there is a link] between a football game and patriotism of the country does seem a bit disjointed". It's called American Football. How much more concrete of a link could you ask for?

I felt that last year when people started finding out and I was on a long tdy away from my unit.

>>>-GO-NOLES-;;->