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Thank you for the recommendation. "A Lonely Kind of War" was an excellent book. It was very well written, a true page turner.

Very cool pictures. Thanks so much.

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The only opinion I bear, in your case, is that I don't believe you quite understand how difficult it is to get selected to fly for a guard unit. Spend some time on the "What are my chances" section and you might gain a clearer picture of the pain dudes are going through to get to fly an Air Force jet. I don't think "getting your masters is going to slow down the process of getting a pilot slot" because some guys could have finished med school twice before they got picked up for UPT. The point myself and Kenny Powers were trying to make is that, for most of us, the UPT slot was priority one and something we sacrificed greatly to achieve. I don't think your idea is a bad one at all. If you want to fly C-17's go enlist in a C-17 unit and get your masters done while you are a load, that sounds like a fine idea. The part that leaves me scratching my head is, if you really want to be a pilot, and you already graduated from college, why haven't you applied for that UPT slot yet? I'm not knocking your plans man, if you want the guard to pay for grad school that sounds like a good idea...if you want to be a pilot, it might take more than a load with a masters who thinks "Joining the ANG/AFRes has been on my mind for a few years now" is going to get you slot. Best of luck.

Well, being a guard guy I can offer you my advice, but I have to ask what it is you are trying to accomplish. From your post I gathered that you really want to go to grad school, so are you trying to join the guard to get your school paid for, or are you hoping to get a guard pilot slot and feel that having your MBA will help with your packet? If a C-17 pilot slot is what you want then I would say don't waste your time on an MBA because nobody on your board will give 2 shits if you have an MBA or not. I would recommend spending the grad school dollars on obtaining your private pilots license which will score you many more points with the board. Keep in mind guard pilot positions are extremely competitive and if all you are looking for is tuition assistance, well then I would go enlist in any any unit that will provide tuition money at a school where you want to study and not worry about the pilot thing.

Wait a minute, so God's prototype is allergic to peanuts? Seems odd. "Are you trying to tell me Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?"

Same here...Also, I must have been absent everytime they came in and held a gun to my head forcing me to play football. Pretty sure Seau could have walked away anytime he wanted to as well.

Watching the marathon today. Excellent footage, but damn I wish I had DVR'ed it, they have more commercials than program.

Just finished Hero Found by Bruce Henderson. It is about a Navy A1 pilot in Vietnam who was shot down, captured, escaped, and eventually rescued. It was a quick read, author wasn't a pilot so some of the flying stuff was a little elementary , but the E&E story is incredible. Amazing story of the will to survive.

Chem, I would go talk to the guy who is handling your paperwork at your unit. They might be able to put in a request to get you in to Columbus, or whichever works best for you. I'm not saying it is going to work, but it's worth a shot.

2012-12-10T09:41:00Z Court martial for pilot in Montana parachute deathThe Associated Press The Associated Press 8 minutes ago • Associated Press (0) Comments JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — A court martial is scheduled Tuesday at Joint Base Lewis-McChord for a C-17 pilot accused of dereliction of duty for a training accident last year in Montana where a paratrooper from Pennsylvania died after landing on a roof. The Air Force accuses Capt. Jared Foley of reckless conduct for approving an additional airdrop without command approval. Sgt. Francis Campion of Holidaysburg, Pa., was the last out of the plane on July 10, 2011, in windy conditions. He was supposed to land at Fort Harrison's Marshall Field but hit a roof and fell to his death. Campion was training with the West Virginia National Guard and had served in Afghanistan. Foley serves with McChords' 62nd Airlift Wing. McChord operates 51 of the C-17 transport jets Read more: https://billingsgazet...l#ixzz2EfXfQCgS

Just finished "Bury Us Upside Down" and "Low Level Hell" excellent books, couldn't stop reading them. Thanks for the recommendations.

Yup...That is what I did. Alternate at one unit, went shopping, got picked up by another unit. Dudes from the original unit wished me luck and said they would have done the same thing.

Nailed It!!! Which Guard unit never called you back for an interview anyway?

Good advice all... Retake the test. Try Catbox's technique, also try scanning back and forth, side to side, letting your eyes go blurry almost, and only look at the bottom half of the circles. A doc told me this trick once and it worked very well. Good luck to you.

Now that was Funny!!!

The fact that she lacked a Y chromosome probably didn't hurt her chances either though.

It is worth a shot. My guard unit took an AD nav and put her through UPT.

I believe it was mentioned before, so I second it..."By Any Means Necessary" by William E Burrows is a well researched book on the cold war overflights of the USSR. It brings to light a lot of men who were shot down or went missing that never got the heroe's burial they deserved.