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The MC-130W may or may not get its designation changed to an AC-130W...lots of touchy feelyness at Congress WRT to that... either way it has gun(s) and is a gunship. Why would he get his assignment changed strictly based on that criteria?

Another few months and we'll be reading about all homosexual F-15E crews....

You will be fine. Non-A given for any period of time whether it is 2 days, 1 weeks, 3 days, whatever...is good for the entire TDY. I had a non-A for 7 days for a 2 month TDY to LR. Finance told me I would only be reimbursed for the 7 days at full rate, and I kindly pointed them to the JFTR. You don't even need a non-A letter. Just getting the name of the person you talked to and when you talked to them is acceptable as documentation. If you only know one reg...know the JFTR. It's saved me a ton of money so far. Wonder how much I have lost in the past before finance guy turned me on to the JFTR....

Well I'm going to run for congress... Members of Congress are not eligible for a pension until they reach the age of 50, but only if they've completed 20 years of service. Members are eligible at any age after completing 25 years of service or after they reach the age of 62. Please also note that Members of Congress have to serve at least 5 years to even receive a pension. The amount of a congressperson's pension depends on the years of service and the average of the highest 3 years of his or her salary. By law, the starting amount of a Member's retirement annuity may not exceed 80% of his or her final salary. The current salary (2010) for rank-and-file members of the House and Senate is $174,000 per year. Senate Leadership Majority Party Leader - $193,400 Minority Party Leader - $193,400 House Leadership Speaker of the House - $223,500 Majority Leader - $193,400 Minority Leader - $193,400

Exactly... been on the fence wrt going reserve, however I liked the idea of getting a check when/if I retire at age 42. Would make guard/reserve an easy decision at that point. On another note, I tried doing some quick google searches and found next to nothing wrt this. Why is that? I see non-stop reporting regarding proposed changes to social security, medicare, medicade, etc by Simpson and Bowles, but they mention nothing about military pensions. Why is that? Perhaps this proposal is trying to be covertly approved? Maybe it deserves more media attention.

Or you could just fail your PT test a few times...

Unsure about Sig and Guam. They are still standing up so it's up in the air. The 45-60 days a year I posted above was my past 4 years experience. You will most likely do a 60 day deployment to the CAOC as a LNO is some capacity (RQ4 or MC12), as well as deploy to the desert, but not frequently. Work schedule isn't bad, but not like a typical flying squadron. There is shift work, and the current commander is a prior pred guy trying to bring some experience to the community and stablize life a little. There are three 8 hour shifts in which you will do flying duties and/or office work. Typical day is 10 hours for most, so not bad at all. You will work weekends and holidays sometimes. And with RQ4 guys getting tagged for MC12 more and more it will most likely get worse sooner than later. Of course, you can escape most of this by working outside the squadron and getting yourself a group/wing/TEG/etc job. Not sure if you are coming from 135s or 10s, but if come to GH, you will be UAVs for life most likely. So choose carefully.

45-60 a year in the desert at most...if that. And no. Generally not voluntary. THe "4 year rule" is garbage btw. They look for people with the most time on station, and tag them as required. Once (if) the MC-12 gets to Beale, the dual qual thing will most likely go away and there will be MC-12 guys. If it's your last, then go for it... but I also heard of people possibly getting an assignment to Beale, and getting surprised with a rerouting to the Forks following training.

Also forgot to mention. U2 guys will crap all over you every chance they get. Not sure why they hate GH types, but most do.

Guam ...yes. Sigonella... yes. Grand Forks...yes. And that isn't the end of it either. If you come here, plan to be UAVs forever. There has been talk for a while of recoreing all GH peeps as 11U. Many people are jumping ship just in time. Deployments still are not bad, and there are other TDYs so the quality of life is not bad. However, plan to work weekends and holidays often....but you are still home with your family. Bottomline..if you come to GH you will most likely be UAVs forever. So think hard about it. Forgot to mention.. they have whored some guys out to pred squadrons. So just because you come to GH doesn't mean you won't go to preds.

Talking to MPF and Formal Training here at Beale, I can just elect to do a TDY rather than a TDY enroute, and that my gaining unit pays for the TDY while my losing unit pays for the rental car which doesn't make sense to me. How is it that nobody know this? I feel like MPF/Finance are making $h!t up off the top of their head. Is there no reg I can reference that dictates who pays for what? Nobody wants to pay for the rental car right now.

I am going to LR in a couple weeks for requal, and instead of doing a TDY enroute, I am going TDY then coming back to Beale before PCSing. Now I need a rental car and everyone is pointing fingers at everyone else. Who is supposed to pay for the rental car? Gaining unit or unit I am currently assigned to?

I have no idea.. I read 2 Navs.... but have no idea if its single ship? Formation? Nav and FCO are the same on the Whiskey as far as I understand......?

Just got handed a MC-130W nav/fco position. Been awhile since I been through Little Rock. What is the pipeline training for the W? 1 Month at the rock? Or do I do the full 5 months there? Then to Kirtland? Or.....?

None of those.. showed up on time sober everyday. Thanks.

Yea I thought so too... just wondering if there is something that could be on my training report that could hurt me.. too late at this point, but let's say my FC and I didn't see eye to eye on what really matters, and what doesn't.

Anyone know exactly the weight of a SOS training report and its weight on an O4 board? I know if you get top 1/3 or DG it reflects that, but are the rest of them canned or what? I have consistant strats throughout most of my OPRs as well as the other required crap, so I would assume combat time, deployments, strats, awards, decs etc would hold more weight than the SOS training report?

How is it that people find jobs like "gymnastics coach" at the AFA? Or Jump team pilot at the AFA? Or IP for iraqi student pilots? Is there a book published that I am not aware of? And I don't suppose that there is any sort of "waiver" that allows a nav to teach AFA cadets to fly a DA20? Or even Iraqis? At this point I'll take anything..

I have gotten this to work for some creidt cards, but does this work for mortgages as well?? We also have a timeshare we bought after being on active duty for a couple years, requested the 6% from them, and they sent us a letter stating something about us not being able to get the 6% as we were already on active duty when we got the timeshare.. where is this act spelled out, and what it can get you? Active duty BTW... not guard.

Welcome to a week ago. Glad you could join us. I asked a simple question, and when I get responses like "Yeah...I don't wanna go to work on Monday...anyone know a reg for that? Can I get a waiver?" well that's just . I am lazy because I want 4 fuc*ing days to put my shit back in order after a deployment? I guarantee you that this same guy kicks and screams for his PMCR after his 3 weeks in Thailand. Let me pay my bills, mow my lawn, hump my wife and open my mail and I will be more than happy to go into work the next day.

Yes.. I'm Jane Fonda. I stopped reading the post right there. I figure if it's that moronic that soon, then why read the rest?

Yes kind of like comp time. If you have 7 days the first 4 days are basically get your personal life in order. The next 3 days are get everything else in order. Technically they can call you into the office to do ground duty, but I am pretty sure every squadron leaves people alone in their PMCR. Either way you cannot fly during your PMCR per the reg.

Way to take care of your family. Good on you tough guy.

I didn't think officers wore ribbons on their blues. Come to think of it I don't even own a set of blues.

Yes, $3.50 a day is certainly a lot of money. And we get the same amount of time off that anyone does. As far as I understand the rules apply to ACC.. at least I hope so considering I am in ACC. My wife and I both deploy so the PMCR helps us to take care of all the shit that's been sitting for 120 days. Not like I just don't want to show up for work.. but the fact that I am on non local leave just doesn't let me get that shit done.