guineapigfury

As someone wiser than me once said, "You know it's fucked up when your wistful for Vietnam and you weren't even there."

I also love that the implication is that they will cut pay for the rear area guys as opposed to raising it for the "outside the wire" guys.

The glorious stratotanker doesn't have a bad mix either: Okinawa, England, Tampa, Spokane and Wichita*. *Hey, at least it's not Enid

FIFY

My wife was initially denied dental clearance to go to Japan. I, as a stupid LT, had her get a bunch of teeth removed on the promise of dental care upon arrival. We got to Japan and and were told dependents are seen "on a space available basis". My wife got no medical attention for 2 years and her situation deteriorated to the point that she needed $50K+ in surgery which by a miracle and the intervention of one hell of a SNCO we were able to obtain. What's the point of this? IF YOU DON'T PASS THE CLEARANCE, DON'T FUCKING GO.

Noob perpsective can be valid. You are the frog dropped into the boiling water, while others have been simmering up slowly and may not have an accurate hack on the true temperature. Sometimes you get so marinated in the stupid that you just stop seeing it.

Wait, you would go on a space vacation with Charlize Theron and not bring your flamethrower? Seriously!!??

Isn't the easy solution to change the name of Undergraduate Pilot Training to Graduate Pilot Training and issue every new pilot a master's degree in Aviation to go with their shiny new wings? No more pilots wasting time and taxpayer dollars on nonsense degrees. Combat effectiveness and pilot promotion rates increased and millions of dollars saved. Boom, problem solved. Somebody call the IDEA program and have them write me a fucking check. I will also accept payment in bourbon, pixie stix, and pictures of tits.

Sounds like the bravest guy in Afghanistan.

Sounds like a job for napalm.

That will happen when you gag before vomiting.

Time to get while the getting is good. Worthless "promote me" masters or something useful on the outside, you make the call.

They're at other units as well, just in very small numbers. We had 2 and I flew with one about once a year.

FIY

Is this how Trident is celebrating their near miss with accreditation?

If the Governor of Texas has a pair, he'll give this guy a medal.

Not, but that thread is probably on the way.

Poor comms on my part. I'll try again. As a general rule are USAF fighters sufficiently easy to land that pattern work is unnecessary? And my bad for taking us off topic.

Serious question: Are fighters that easy to land? I had the opportunity to fly the sim/PTT for the KAI T-50 at an airshow and it was really easy, but I assumed it had been "dumbed down" to impress the visitors.

The only upside is you get to watch one of them lose.

Would you rather have her or as your rep? It is an election year after all.

That's why I put in that part about "or call the JAG instead." Currently you sign it electronically, logged in with your ID card, with money going to your bank account. Pretty open and shut case if you're doing something wrong. Am I missing something?

Honestly, maybe what we need is a container that you can check that reads something like "Skip the review, I'm an officer and I'm signing this under penalty of perjury so give me my fucking money or call the JAG instead."

Make the paper voucher into one of those type-able lotus viewer forms, BOOM-even more money saved on paper and data re-entry costs.

Whatever you do, make sure eFinance is dead and buried with a stake through its heart before we bring in a possible third system.