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Nevermind, Diesel nailed it.

Sq/CCs have the functional's ear. You're just one of a bazillion guys they're trying to get put into the "right" job. In my 14 years I've sent exactly one email to my assignment team, and that was because it was requested by the functional. I communicated my assignment desires to my Sq/CCs through my ADP and let them work it. Of course, I've had good commanders that cared about my future. That doesn't seem to be the case everywhere. Edit: this response is general and not directed to Champ. Just quoted for context.

So no assault actually happened? Sounds like a sexual harassment case to me. Do people on the outside go to jail for sexual harassment? Or do they just get fired? Edit: missed the paragraph on the office encounter. Yeah, that would be an assault.

Does AFPC even hire GS-6s? I assumed everyone there was a GS-15 retired O-5/O-6.... #sarcasm

At least your golden retriever can be trained...

Ah gotcha.

Wow. Had no idea that JROTC pulled full active duty salary. Good guys finish last I guess.

Is that common? I mean, you're the only person I've heard of that has written a do not promote me letter.

Former O-6 now teaching JROTC. I'd say karma got him.

Huh?

You're right. But most won't be approved or will only be approved for a 6 month curtailment.

There's no ADSC for promotion. All it does is make a guy serve his 10 year ADSC for UPT. Something 99.9% of all pilots intend to do anyway.

Not a traditional shadow box, but I've been interested in these trunks and coin holders from https://www.relicwood.com

I've never had to do anything more than a ribbon chart for a rack and stack. A lot fewer man-hours involved in that. And now that Wg/CCs control the process of who attends ACSC in-res it makes sense to simply turn the O-4 board into a rubber stamp for promotion. O-4 wasn't really competitive anyway. I want to say my year group to O-4 was 95% promotion rate. It will be interesting to see how this will affect O-5 promotions 4 years from now.

Can confirm... Had mother AF yank back hundreds from my 365-day deployment voucher three years after the fact because shipping pro-gear turned out to not be authorized.

If you're within 3 years of separation then just decline the assignment.

Were you a T-38 FAIP or otherwise fly the -38 as something other than a student? If you flew it previously as something other than a student you shouldn't incur an ADSC. If your only time in that jet is as a student then you will incur an ADSC. That's how I understand it.

Lt Col LAF CY17A gets to start pinning on 1 December. Increment: 122

That's a good point. Thx!

I like to think of it as ($160 x 12) x 6 = $11,500. It helps with the sadness. :D

My plan is to head straight to my PIT pad without ever checking on base. Google "corporate apartments San Antonio." I didn't have much luck making contact with anyone a couple months ago but I didn't try very hard.

Plane owners: how much does it cost per year to own? What is the break even point between renting and owning in terms of hours flown? Now that my kids are getting older I want to teach them how to fly.

ASAP reporting should never be punitive. Otherwise nobody would report.

Good to know.