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Is A/C a requirement for tankers/heavies? 4-Ship flight lead is required for fighter guys to be IFF instructors, not sure what (if anything) is required for UPT.

There's a USO at Frankfurt. This could have been a lot worse.

This may take the cake - I got married in the base chapel, and most of the folks there were from the squadron. After the vows and kiss the bride yada yada, we're walking down the aisle towards the door as husband and wife and some wiseass throws an RMO out into the aisle...and another...and another...and another. My left hand was holding my new bride, but my right hand went straight into my pocket to my own RMO, threw it on the ground, and walked out. Let's see a fucking shoe clerk do that.

Not a tattoo, but ironically this was the ad at the bottom of the next page I went to....

Former (04-07). Cap-10 is a current (deployed) Lancer, but I haven't seen him on here for a while.

Good for him.

No, he's saying don't shitcan what you've done just because a bunch of douchebags start doing it. Just because a shoe coins somebody doesn't make the coin a bad thing.

I had a response brewing, but this pretty much sums it up.

What a bitter irony. And this is interesting - stats breaking down submissions by service.

I used them when I bought my first car. Just find the car you like, tell the dealer you're ready to buy, then give him USAA's 800 number and tell him to call. My dealer looked a bit shocked when I gave him the number. He looked like somebody ran over his dog after he got off the phone with USAA, and I got a great deal on the car. Like BQZip said, it's a good idea to coordinate with USAA ahead of time, but I was in and out of the dealership in a couple hours.

You're not eligible until your commitment is up. In your example you can make your decision at any time, but you can't accept the bonus until 25 Sep. June. ACP doesn't have anything to do with tuition assistance.

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Interesting. The only F-15s stationed in that area are the S models (their version of the E model), so I'm assuming the "aide" is what their ignorant press calls a WSO. The F-15E and S have a selector valve that is supposed to be placed to "aft initiate" before takeoff, which will punch out both crew members if either pulls the ejection handles. If it is left in "Norm" it will only punch out both crew members if the front seater pulls the handles. If the back seater pulls the handles, it only punches him out. I would guess that the "aide" left the handle in norm, then freaked out and punched out. On the plus side, that mistake probably saved the RSAF a 50 million dollar jet. And this is humorous: If they found the bird, my guess it that it wasn't ingested, it was a birdstrike. The "incident" wasn't caused by a Falcon, it was caused by some jack-hole who punched out of the jet because a bird bounced off of it.

Related to the last post - Dozens of changes reshape PT test Highlights: Fist push-ups are now legal. You can flunk four times before facing discharge. It’s back to you counting for each other, under the watchful eye of a civilian test giver. A civilian test giver can supervise up to 12 airmen. You can bridge or bow your back or take your hands or feet off the floor — but only in the “up” position. Deployed testing and evaluation is optional for those deployed less than a year. Cold-weather restrictions kick in only when the mercury drops below 20 degrees, and wind is blowing at least 15 mph and gusting at 20 mph or higher. And under the "somebody pulled their cranium out of their ass" category, they shitcanned the PT patch.

Hoss - if you can find more videos, that would be awesome. To everyone else who PM'd me - many thanks - I am in contact with both the wingman and the BALO. I hope to hope the story from both the air and the ground perspective. If I can do justice to the story, I'll put a collaborative version up here when I've got all the info.

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He did get the decoration. The reason we're looking for somebody with more background knowledge of what happened is that, since he will never boast about his accomplishments, we're going to do it for him. For his farewell here, we want to be able to put into perspective what a warrior he is by telling the details of what he did to earn that. We got a copy of the official citation, but being able to recount the story from somebody who can provide a first (or second) person perspective is much more effective. In an Air Force that continues to devalue the warrior ethos, he is an example of what Air Force warrior and leader should be, and we want to highlight his actions to drive that point home.

Probably a long shot, but I'm looking for anybody who flew with an A-10 guy around 2003 who goes by "Donk". While putting together a farewell ceremony for him, a bunch of us found out he got a Silver Star on a combat mission in Iraq in '03 for putting his ass on the line and saving a bunch of guys on the ground. He's the type who would never talk (brag) about it, but we got a copy of the official decoration. Now we're looking for anybody who may have a first (or even second) hand story of what happened. If anybody can help out, please PM me.

Ditto above. I think in most places you'll be fine with a King size bed.

Need to look in either in the TDY threador the

Received this earlier in the week - 174 locations that offer discounts. 174_Stores_and_Business_Offering_Military_Discounts1.pdf

Just received this regarding assignment notification. Once again more personnelists are being removed from the equation, but this actually seems to streamline things in a good way (the big thing is that the notification goes straight to your email - no routing through the orderly room or commander). Automated Assign Notification.ppt

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