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  1. Story time... Pops once told me about the old days when all the F-4 units in Europe would rotate down to Wheelus AFB Libya for desert bombing and gunnery training. The first base to arrive would typically load up beer, ice and bbq items and roll down to the beach to watch jets from the different bases arrive and prep for a 1st night beach party. On one deployment my dad had a new guy in the back seat and having had a nice tailwind on the way down he arrived with a lot of extra gas. He decided to give the new a quick "area fam" which was just an excuse to do an airshow over the beach while the bros set up the grill and "graded" his performance. When he landed the deployed commander was waiting for him as he shutdown and said "you are directed to report to the Wing/CC's office tomorrow at 0700 in your Class A uniform. Back then you were always supposed to have your Class As with you but for some reason his was back in the office at Bitburg....oops. My dad was a large dude and there was only one other bigger dude that bothered to bring his uniform and this guy was 6'6". My dad said he had to fold the jacket up on the inside and pin the sleeves, same with the bottom of the pants. He was the Squadron Patch at this point and helped start the Fast Fac program when he was in Vietnam with the Triple Nickel so most of the leadership at other bases knew who he was, including the Wheelus Wing King. My dad had five DFCs at this point but the owner of the uniform was newer and had not completed a Vietnam tour so his ribbons were a bit "sparse" which the Wing King immediately noticed and make a snide remark about. Over the next few minutes the Wing King very loudly chewed his ass. The base had some sort of conference center and senior officers often would rotate down for conferences. As luck would have it some senior Navy Admirals were there for a conference and had their wives in tow... Unknowingly pops flew right over their outdoor social at 50' pushing 600 knots. Pops said he took the ass chewing and was dismissed so he turned to leave...as he got to the door the Wing King said "Stop!", then with his back turned said "DAMN FINE Flying!!!...now get out of here." He never heard another word about the event except from all the bros that were at the beach that day.
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  2. 0800-1500 sounds pretty cool
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  3. Obviously the turbo.
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  4. The first thing I would do is abolish the ATF!
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  5. Nah. Turboprop. Not a jet.
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  6. Was not sure where to put this. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/retailers-strike-back-7-eleven-workers-beat-brazen-mega-shoplifter-stick
    2 points
  7. WTF is up with the duty hours? Am I retarded?
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  8. This CC needed more ass beatings as a kid. JFC. I had one Sqd CC that banned alcohol in the bar. We all started drinkng at the other Squadron's bar lol. Way to crush morale man.
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  9. Things seem to be going well at Tinker…
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  10. Did I just hear a ClearedHot/Biff_T ticket with M2 nominated as the head of ATF?
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  11. Holy shit, man! That’s a rock-n-roll way to get noticed!! I recommend you walk into the squadron and “shoot your stuff” all over there too. A dude willing to texture the walls himself is certainly going to be remembered. Anyway, your scores are great. You’re still young, and sometimes prior service can help in the decision process; it can also sometimes be a detriment. You could use some more flight time, but I’m going to give you the same advice I give everyone who asks: If you want to get hired at a guard unit, go get to know the pilots. We want to hire folks who will fit in and be a great addition to our close knit group. The more squadron pilots who know you and enjoy being around you, the better your chances of getting picked up. Secondly, if fighters are all you want, start there, if you don’t get picked up, maybe start applying to heavy units too. I can’t stress enough to you and all the Guard UPT hopefuls out there that there is no secret recipe to getting hired. Great scores, great transcripts, great people, they all start to run together. If you want folks to remember who you are come interview season, the absolute best opportunity you’re going to get is to get to know the pilots. Whether that means enlisting in the unit, getting invited to meet and greets, showing up at drills, email and call squadron leadership asking to come visit, kidnap their wife and hold her ransom - whatever. Look, I know it’s not easy and seems weird in today’s age, but that’s why flying in the guard kicks ass still.
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  12. I'd definitely take the 0800-1500 option. That's earlier than I leave already. And with no drinking at the squadron bar, a 1500 departure should get you to the local Applebee's just in time for happy hour...
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  13. Try having Alcohol banned on all state property, which includes every Guard base in the state. Each group gets one sanctioned Alcohol event per year. I'm not saying there isn't fight club, but it's kinda a ridiculous rule. I'm told, it came about because of a particular TAG (our "Joint Chief of Staff") that was Army National Guard. I know of 2 other states who have the same policy.
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  14. You will be held accountable if you are a bystander to any kind of a situation and fail to report it. I would quote this line in my reports for every kind of situation. Every day. "Sir, I was in the SQ bar today at 1500 and witnessed a situation in which there was no alcohol. Thought you should know." Looking back at the thread, I missed this. So he won a legal case against the CMSgt for a Facebook ban? That's pretty funny. What ultimately happened to this guy? Did he make it to 20? I thought he either resigned or was booted from active duty over a drone issue. It's probably buried here somewhere, but didn't he post a vid of a sports car that he spent thousands on turning it into a James Bond anti-cop vehicle with electric shock door handles and a fog machine?
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  15. None of what you said is wrong but I lean more toward "treat people like adults until they give you a reason not to." Periodic inspections are onerous and a waste of time unless you're specifically having dress and appearance issues in the unit. If dudes are coming in with dirty, torn up flight suits, unshaven, and with hair out of regs, then maybe it's time for a blues day. But only for those specific individuals and only for as long as it takes to fix the problem. The uniform is a tool to teach attention to detail, unit cohesion, and pride in your appearance. Much like other silly things you get reamed for in boot camp, its importance wanes massively once you get real responsibilities. Years of training later into the fast jet business, dress and appearance should be a given. Not something you need to periodically spot check. If you trust people to fly multi million dollar supersonic aircraft, you should trust that their uniforms are in order.. unless they specifically give you a reason to think otherwise.
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  16. ...soooooo ops normal for an AWACS unit?
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  17. I mean it's a tough call between the two but.....
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  18. This is corruption. No other explanation.
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  19. Valid, AFSOC is not a clown organization & I should have worded that better. I just hate mandatory service dress, PTSD from post-deployment blues Monday.
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  20. bro I think you might be biased here
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  21. Chang would tell you to bring your flight gear while wearing blues. I’m learning this type of leadership style from his posts
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  22. I'm not sure if you're serious, or continuing the long con from @BashiChuni. If Chang were a real account, sure.... For the record, hats off to @BashiChuni liking his own posts...its like public masturbation and getting away with it. Sent from my SM-N976V using Baseops Network mobile app
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  23. Nothing, this is just the psychology of high school cliques at work here and if it's not a fighter but has some cool factor to it let's let only our tribe have it. #not-a-bit-cynical
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