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Absolutely. There’s tons of dudes who rode out the whole lost decade bumming at their guard unit.

I agree but, more than likely, Trump will not win the GOP primary over DeSantis and will then run as a 3rd party candidate and will bring enough votes with him to ensure a Biden (or whoever) victory. Trump certainly isn’t capable of just quietly walking away.

Normally if I’m quoting you it’s to shit all over your political views, but I must’ve missed this gem from a year ago. Absolutely beautiful; nearly pissed my pants!!

Serious question here, not trying to be a dick, but what advantage, other than cost I suppose, does the lightning carrier offer over other carriers?

Maybe work on your gifs as well!!

Those two bros pretty much said it all. Only thing I’d add is to do what it takes to score very well on your AFOQT.

If you’re like me, this time of year is quite depressing. Not because of the holidays or anything, but rather because college football is coming to its annual letdown of a post season, and we’re staring at the realization that there’s nothing worth watching on tv for the next 8 months. The FCS playoffs on ESPN2 is some really good football however. Semi finals are this Fri-Sat.

Best of luck to you all!!

Ooohhh. I’m such a prude.

For certain! In the meantime, let’s continue to capitalize on our progress here while sticking with what we have technology for currently (looking at you New Zealand, Holland, and CA). Maybe not banning gas powered farm equipment before we have a realistic alternative. As much fun as this recent inflation has been, I’m thinking farming via horse drawn plows and hand picking is going to lead to a few more shortages.

Sounds like something a real sick bastard would say. Did someone have to unchain your arms and unzip your gimp mask to allow you to type this??? Just kidding, but seriously, take that gag ball out of your mouth every hour or so, and get a drink of water to prevent dehydration!

I will say, I think you guys won the coaching carousel this year!

Happy to answer your questions the best I can: 1. Yes they are binding, and no you cannot take your commitment to another branch of service. (There are some very limited opportunities to serve on a joint assignment with another branch, and some even slimmer chances of an inter-service transfer, but this is not something you should really even consider at this point) But if you were flying HH-60’s in the AF you cannot (nor would you want to) walk over to the Army and finish your commitment flying their UH-60’s, for example. Also, know that if you go AD, ANG, or Reserve it’s 10 years AFTER you get your wings. UPT is a year long, tack on your OTS and time sitting on casual waiting for class dates, medical, etc and you’re realistically looking at 12 years of service before you can separate. However, I would reiterate what others have said, you’re going to know, before you go, whether you’ve been selected for pilot or not. So, back to your original post - Uncle Sam isn’t going to trick you into something here. If you aren’t selected for a pilot slot you can still walk away from the recruiter, but once they send you to flight school, the AF owns your ass. 2. Yes I took all the tests, I’m currently a pilot in the Air National Guard. Albeit an older one now, hell the TBAS was still called BATS when I took it. 3. There’s a max number of points you get on your PCSM for flight hours. I thought 200+ Hrs was the top, but that could’ve changed. I’ll do some digging and ask some of the new guys in the squadron. I’m sure there’s some folks here who are currently in the process, who have tested recently that can answer that too.

What’s everyone thinking about the final 4? Obviously a larger playoff would be favorable, but I think they got the 4 teams in that should be.

Not sure, but I bet FSU is glad they did.

Ok, I’ll try again here. I’m glad you did some reading, and from what I can gather from your post, you’re 24 yrs old with a bachelors degree, a PPL, you’re studying for the AFOQT, and you’ve talked to some recruiters. These are all good things. What I can’t find in your lengthy post is a question mark anywhere. As I mentioned previously, if you have questions or concerns, we’ll be happy to help, but you mostly told us about your feelings, so I’m not sure what you’re hoping to get back from us. To clear up some things from your post: every branch has a Reserve component. The USAF and Army have both Reserve and National Guard units As @7thokagesaid, every branch has a service commitment too. Lastly, AF Reserve and Air National Guard pilot slots are extremely competitive, more so than AD, so study hard for that AFOQT and get some more flight hours to improve your PCSM scores.

You must be exhausted looking for someone, with a (D) after their name, who makes any of those policies a priority. How do you even mine that information out of a candidate who’s party has been tirelessly combatting the horrific racism of daylight savings time, ensuring their neighbors, in the PTA, are on terrorist watch lists, and isn’t hopelessly perplexed by the complexities of X and Y chromosomes??

Not to mention the NBC reporter, who was there with the breaking news, has apparently vanished and NBC suddenly has a newfound respect for “accurate” reporting.

Arguments for both sides to be sure. However, I do believe that a first round bye would be a big incentive to win the conference and make those regular season games count.

Agreed, it’s a great change. I just love the whole 2026 “unless earlier implementation is possible” part. What is the hold up??!! Has the US mint not printed enough money yet to cover the insane amount of cash this will generate?? I’ve always wanted to hear a good argument against a real playoff and have not.

Yeah, I’d be willing to bet a lot of $ that one, or more, of these guys will lose their conference championship game. Which will completely muddy the entire thing - if only there was a playoff format that could help remedy this situation.

UM fans to OSU fans right now

Did not expect Ohio State to get their ass kicked like that!! Glad Clemson lost too, they’re not very good and that’ll keep them out should someone more deserving lose.

More great games today!! God, I love rivalry weekend.