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  1. Dukeorions
    After a phone call with base MPF found they had me loaded up for a mission qual after PIQ, they just never notified me of it until I called and specifically asked if I had anything projected for after PIQ. Little disappointing to be going back through PIQ starting with the power-up checklist and ending with a instrument fm8, which i have and is current, but at this rate I'm just ready to get out of AMC.
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    I'm an ex slick H co-pilot that had enough hours for the slick J transition course which I just finished up. I've got a RIP to Kirtland for MC130J PIQ. Looking at ETCA, the PIQ course makes you an FP in the MC-J and looks to be geared for UPT direct folks. I've got a projected PCS overseas a few months after I finish PIQ. Apparently there is a lack of available TX courses so that's the reason they stuck me in a PIQ course. If I come out of ABQ as an FP do I go through an in-house upgrade to MP once I get to my unit or can I expect to do that after the PIQ in ABQ before I PCS?
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    Any changes for the TX course for guys coming in from slick Js?
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    I'm deployed right now and received a Kindle Fire in a care package. After getting it all set up the AF WiFi and linking my amazon prime account I go to pull up a streaming movie and it plays for about a second before a pop up comes on screen saying the selection cannot be played due to geographic restrictions. So, Amazon, a deployed member of the military cannot stream Dexter in Afghanistan because why?
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    What do you mean by "blew USAA out of the water"? How so?
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    It depends on how quickly Congress gets the budget signed and the how soon the squadron commanders get the execute call to begin the transition. If congress drops 10 J models on the ramp in three months, obviously that's not enough time to send cadre through from the 50th to be spun up for the new aircraft. You'll probably be seeing already qualified J guys from the 41st picking up some of those spots, especially since crew ratios are going from 2.75 to 2.0. On the other hand, if Congress wants to slow roll the transition and we start seeing airplanes trickling in this time next year, we may have the opportunity to send some H guys through the J schoolhouse. The problem right now though is the J schoolhouse is pretty well tapped out for the foreseeable future.
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    Gun Talk

    Dukeorions replied to VL-16's topic in Squadron Bar

    What's everyone's take on getting a 5.45x39 upper for an AR to take advantage of the availability and low price of the 5.45x39. Next to non-priced gouged 22lr, seems to be the cheapest stuff around to shoot. https://www.usacsales.com/ammunition/545x39-ammo-can
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    Haha, you're damn right brabus. Thanks for the input fellas, sts.
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    I think I've got around 4k worth of 556 and 45 so I don't think I'll be S'ing anyone's D.
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    VFINX. USAA expense ratios are ridiculous compared to VG. As a single 1Lt with no payments or debt, I can live like a homeless person for a couple months if I have too. I'm thinking if SHTF I can easily get by on 1000 bucks a month. Already maxing my Vanguard Roth. I guess the question now is do I try and max my TSP or do I try and do better with something a little more self-directed? I can put everything in index/mutual funds and be sealed in to 7-8% until retirement, but with a little extra effort I think I could double that. I want to be clearedhot rich.
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    Renting now because I'm in between assignments, AKA H models at LRF. Next assignment I will definitely be buying a house. In the mean time, I feel like I can be doing something better than the TSP and SP500 Index, but maybe I'm wrong.
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    24 yr old, 1Lt Pilot: 8,500 in Roth TSP 10,000 in Vanguard Roth (SP500 Index) 4,000 Emergency Fund No Debt/Payments Renting a house with two friends 2K/month going towards investments of some kind Thinking about waiting for the next market correction to get into stockpiling some good companies at good prices for the long term. Otherwise, I'm not really sure what the best investment vehicle is for me right now. Any suggestions if you were in my shoes?
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    Is there any way to transfer a Roth TSP balance to say, a Vanguard Roth IRA without leaving federal service?
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    About damn time you get out of XL
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    I always laugh when I see/hear comments like this one. You reeally must have pushed it up, man. Granted, some cadets are white new-balance with jeans faux leather jacket wearin narps, but a good time could be had by all. Most of my high school friends went to CSU or Boulder. I saw what I missed out on. I'm glad I did. Because after a weekend of hitting the slopes and the beers equally hard, we were back to work, jumping out of airplanes and learning Russian. I feel like we got the best of both worlds. I got to party my ass off and still feel like I accomplished something come Friday. I mean how crazy do you think your civilian college life was? Short of doing coke off hookers' asses on a Tuesday morning, I can't really see what the huge void in my college experience was.
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