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I'm very curious if you can not be eligible for TERA (which applied to all rated dudes on the last go round) and still be eligible for the RIF?

my boss required a narrative as if it was my in the zone board, but I highly, highly doubt I am going to get anything other than a P. I know other people were doing a narrative as well but if others are being sent up blank and its not standardized across the community that's BS

Totally just a rumor, but I heard recently that these guys were very likely to win the case. Granted, I just heard this from a friend but his "friend of a friend" told him that everything from reinstatement to early retirement (with possible back payments to separation) were on the table. I am very curious to see when and if news comes out about this because it doesn't look good for the AF at all and the guys who are offered packages may by happy enough to not go public with the results. Another very interesting development this year in passed over land is that we all have to submit PRFs, regardless of how many times you've met the ABZ board. There's no details from AFPC that I can find and my command is referring to me as promotion eligible. I have a feeling its a purely a paperwork drill but apparently this hasn't happened in a long time.

I'm assuming you didn't knock on wood... https://sportsbycolin..._Connelly_3.jpg I've been on the internet for 20 years and this is the first time I've seen Jennifer Connelly in a thong? My life has new meaning.

"Mostly lookin for advice from the old guys who have been in this position before" Mow my lawn and learn to keep your mouth shut f*cko.

Our warfighters are getting out because they are " bored because of sequestration"? They really think that? It's NEVER going to get better folks, never.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_uRIMUBnvw trying to figure out how to embed this amazing piece called "Dear Woman". A drinking game could be made out of when you have to punch out of this dreck. I haven't made it past "we want to apologize and make amends for those (destructive masculine) actions so we can move forward into a new era of co-creation." edit: I made it half way through and I'm creeped out beyond words. My daughter is going to learn to shoot and shoot well, this creepy f**ks are scary as shit.

This is absolutely true... But...what concerns me is in a bout 5-15 years the current "popularity" of the common soldier is going to wane and we will get a new generation in congress that mostly forgets or ignores the sacrifices that most of us have made during the last decade. Then military pay, retirement and benefits will be an easy target vs. vote getting entitlements. I would really like to see them start to reform the retirement and health care systems now before it truly is crunch time. I would bet that most people in the military who know enough to care would much rather have a better and cheaper 401k type retirement plan from their date of initial entry. I've got less than five years left at this point and they paycheck for life sounds great but I dont know if its sustainable. I would rather walk when I'm ready with MY money than a have lifetime guarantee from the gov't .

German day on Saturday featured a caricature of a german girl in a Dirndl, with the anatomy and artistic merits approaching WWII nose art. Operations came to a complete stand still, the chow hall (excuse me, DFAC) was put on quarantine and we had an afternoon of mass breifings to talk about the evil of sexism that had been visited upon us. A few very brave young SrA got up and berated all the field grade officers for our insensitivity. They say that DFAC is closed for kitchen renovations but in reality, the AF sexism disinfection team is having to scrub the place from top bottom to remove the scourge of cartoon cleavage.

Tom Cruise may in fact be a D-Bag but has anybody ever taken TMZ seriously or tried to watch that thier trademark god-awful gossip show? Sure a room full of gay guys and plastic-surgery hack jobs can can come up a saucy quip about the "stars" but can't be expected to report truthfully, espcially on a target as easy as Tom Cruise.

Thread revival.... Has Big Blue released any numbers on how many eligibles tried to take advantage of this and how many were actually approved?

In the same way a pic of dudes wife in her mom bathing suit constitutes blatently offensive earth shattering sexual images...this constitutes racism. Of f*** I dont know. Isn't everything sexist and racist and xxxist anymore anyways?

I'm currently at a well known undisclosed location close to the AG. All of the chow halls do ethnic food nights on any given day of the week; Monday=Taco Bar, Tuesday=Gyros, Friday=Pasta, etc... At the chow hall closest to ops someone has put up a white board welcoming people to the chow hall and then letting people know the menu of the day. No problem except recently there are drawings to accompany the ethnic menu nights. Taco Monday has included a Speedy Gonzalez and a luchadore mask. Italian Friday had Mario and Luigi with the words "you'sa welcoma to our-a Pasta night-a" and just yesterday the Curry bar had a picture of the Taj Mahal with the classic Apu/7-11 stereotype saying: "Thank you, come again." I am not offended by this in the slightest but then again there hasn't been a ruggedly handsome Marlboro man drawn in caricature on steak night. Maybe I'm a a little offended because the jokes are so bad. But having said that, in this day and age should I be reporting this? Is this a basewide test to see how many of us can spot racism when its being presented right in front of our very eyes? I'd hate to be the lone holdout of the shake down who's name was not checked off the "can spot bad stereotypes" list. Any help since the 'ol sticks and stones saying doesn't apply anywhere? Really looking for some senior leadership advice on this, should any be around.

That was my thought exactly...the way she wanted to prevent "sexual harrasment" in the workplace was by...comitting "sexual harrasment" in the workplace.

Yeah definitely something that has to be worked out, the Honduran free city idea was a little shaky because they were leaving security to the Honduran Gov't, like you said probably not a good idea. I believe John Mackey (founder of Whole Foods and a pretty committed classic liberal) also has a free city idea that he'd like to get going in Costa Rica where they citizens would be solely responsible for their own security. Both may be dangerous to start but my rational brain tells me that once these places are up and going, the crime and poverty that's so endemic would start to fade away.

https://www.economist.com/node/21541391 https://beforeitsnews.com/libertarian/2013/05/the-blank-slate-state-2503384.html For a nutty but thouroghly committed liberatarian like myself, these "free cities" hold some real promise. If they do end up panning out (I have my doubts the the governments involved will keep thier promises to keep out) I will at the very least spend some of my time in one of these places.

MSNBC is on here at work, I'm half paying attention and could have sworn I just heard some gun control advocate say that this shooting confirms that gun control is the only answer because everyone on a Navy base would have been armed and they didn't take down the shooter. Anyone see or hear this?

Just as important, who will work at AAFES?

At least two Coasties graduated BUD/S before the Coast Guard SEAL program was suspended. If they can get through one of the toughest military schools in the world, I'd say they are military.

yeah but....but...TIB still sucks!

Ok but the recent past hasn't been so hot, the present is confusing as all hell...but you're saying the future is going to be smooth sailing?

Talk to BQZips mom, apparently she's taught lots of dudes crab fishing.

Sorry no pics to add but the Canstatter Volksfest in Stuttgart was spectacular. If you're into beer and blonde 20 somthing women wearing Dirndls, you can't go wrong.