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M2 Johnson is right - give us morale patches and whores!

He should have followed these guidelines - What The Perfect Woman would say: 1. I'll swallow it all . . . I love the taste. 2. Are you sure you've had enough to drink? 3. I'm bored. Let's shave my pu$$y! 4. Oh come on, what do you say we get a good porno movie, a case of beer, a few joints, and have my friend Susan over for a threesome! 5. God, if I don't get to blow you soon, I swear I'm gonna bust! 6. I know it's a lot tighter back there but would you please try again? 7. You're so sexy when you're hung over. 8. I'd rather watch football and drink beer with you than go shopping. 9. Let's subscribe to Hustler. 10. Would you like to watch me go down on my girlfriend? 11. Say, let's go down to the mall so you can check out women's asses. 12. I'll be out painting the house. 13. I love it when you play golf on Sunday's, I just wish you had time to play on Saturday too. 14. Honey, our new neighbor's daughter is sunbathing again, come see! 15. I've decided to stop wearing clothes around the house. 16. No, No, I'll take the car to have the oil changed. 17. Your mother did a great job raising you. 18. Do me a favor, forget the stupid Valentine's day thing and buy yourself new clubs. 19. I understand fully... our anniversary comes every year for Christ's sake. You go hunting with the guys, it's a wonderful stress reliever. 20. Shouldn't you be down at the bar with your buddies? 21. Christ, not the f*cking mall again, come on let's go to that new strip joint! 22. Listen, I make enough money for the both of us, why don't you retire and get that nagging handicap down to 7 or 8. 23. You need your sleep you big silly, now stop getting up for the night feedings. 24. That was a great fart! Do another one! 25. I signed up for yoga so that I can get my ankles behind my head for you... 26. You'd better drive, you're safer than I am and besides, everyone knows women can't drive. 27. Actually, we shouldn't have been given the vote. We're better off in the kitchen. 28. I think a big motorcycle is a great idea. 29. I don't care if my ass looks big in this, let's just go out and get trashed. 30. Aim where you like, it's really good for my skin.

Gents, I appreciate the support, but this is a moot point. For those who don't know, Rainman was a patch-wearer who flew about 69 different types of aircraft. He was a retired Colonel with the stink of command under his belt. He came onto this forum with the tact of a freight train and left with it intact. But at the same time, he probably changed the lives of a lot of people who actually took the time to get past his gruff comments. I would strongly suggest everybody here to peruse some of his posts - you can definitely learn from him. For example: He takes care of his troops His stories are epic He knows his shit. I have no leg to stand on in comparison to Rainman. Done. If you PM me and tell me what this is, I buy your drinks all night long when we meet in person.

I'm not going to start a poll because - no offense to anybody who has started a poll, but - polls are gay. I want to know how often young individuals in the Air Force are mentored. I'm not talking about mentoring in the sense of slamming a guy up against the wall and putting a 3000 PSI finger in his chest, I'm talking about - has a SQ/CC, FL/CC, hell...even a 2FL....ever sat you down and mentored you? Has he asked you what you want to do with your AF career? Has he explained to you how the AFPC process works and why you should be smart on it? Has he explained to you why you should take 6-9 minutes a week to scribble down accomplishments to later hand in to your supervisor as OPR bullets? Has he revealed to you his mistakes with hopes that you will never make them? It occurred to me recently that I was not mentored until about four years ago, and I think that is a horrendous foul. Contrary to SNAP mentality, I blame nobody other than myself for the reason that I should have sought the information. In line with SNAP mentality, I will say that I didn't know I was supposed to seek it. I grew up in an Air Force where the internet did not exist, and as a result I did many things out of ignorance when I came on active duty. Of all the queep taskers that AF leadership puts put, I would argue that mentoring should be at the top of the list (and $hitcan the rest). Stop holding annual briefings on fire extinguisher safety and tell the leadership (NOT by email) that they need to talk to their troops. Commanders need to pull their guys into the bar (if they still have one), find out their first name and names of their kids, then just listen to them talk and find out their intent for their AF career and help them achieve that goal. So are the noobs being mentored?

Nope, I think the Saudis have us beat - or at least a draw - on that as well.

Only if they're Academy (USAFA) grads.

Him Him (towards the bottom) Nickel on the grass

Take it here.

Watch is a good idea for a pilot, possibly a jinx if he hasn't gone to UPT yet. Here's an entire thread on it. The trend you'll see in that thread is that they're mostly aviator watches and they're mostly quite expensive. Please keep any watch recommendations in that thread so this doesn't turn a sequel. Another option is a military/aviation book - 13 pages of recommendations here.

I think Bender's rants generally belong in the "What the Captain means..." area Four months is nothing - definitely nothing to get spun up about and worried about planning out the rest of your life. I'm assuming that you're not going with him to UPT? In that case, you are correct that you will not get to SEE him a lot, but there's not reason why you couldn't have CONTACT with him. They don't restrict you from telephones and email in UPT. Depending on how far apart you are, he probably won't be able to visit you often, but there's nothing from preventing you from going to see him (just realize you won't have much time during the week). That's total crap. How are you supposed to have any idea of what the military lifestyle is like when you've never experienced it? I don't know who has been talking to you, but are they even in the military? If not, stop listening. Talk to military wives (you'll find them on this forum) and take their advice. If he's the one giving you information, where is he getting it from? I know that as a single Lt in UPT I could make some speculations about the military lifestyle for wives, but I really didn't know jack $hit. I think you'd be surprised. Don't see it as changing who you are, see it as adapting to a new lifestyle. My wife has actually done the role reversal twice - she was very self-dependant when we got married and became a little more reliant on me over the years. When I left for a year, she had to figure out how to go back to being on her own. It wasn't easy, but she did it just fine. There is no answer to this, period dot. This will vary with the airplane he flies, where he is stationed, what his job is, and a number of other possibilities. He could have a tour where he isn't TDY more than a few weeks at a time. He may stay on his normal AEF cycle of 4 months every 20 months. He could get tagged for a 365-day TDY to Iraq. There is absolutely no way of knowing.

Ummm....like this? And how did you get the topic to post upside down?

Are you looking for general CRM videos or videos specific to the Tenerife crash? If it's the latter, "Seconds from Disaster" did an episode on the crash. You can find several clips on YouTube.

With Baseops' explanation (of certain users being able to bypass the 'edited by' function), I think I know what happened. A certain somebody quoted two completely separate and extremely long (like 69 sentences long) posts-- rather than taking a quick snippet of the two -- in order to post a one sentence kindergarten response. Said quotes and responses were removed by a moderator who shall remain nameless because they detracted from the thread. When a moderator edits your posts, they can bypass the 'edited by' function and when you go back to re-edit it, the 'edit by' function has already been disabled. That's my best guess, anyway.

Ours were tracked by ARMS, which the 1COs used to print out an excel-ish looking sheet every Monday morning that showed criminals as red and soon-to-be criminals as yellow. In addition to signing out before flying, everybody had to review their currencies and initial. In theory, everybody should know what they require and do it. Additionally, the training dude was supposed to review currencies before the weekly scheduling meeting and schedule guys for sorties where they could update items as required.

In fighters (and T-38s) all the qualified flyers get their names on a jet (no student names for trainers, only IPs). There is no real rhyme or reason to how the names of normal aircrew are put on the jets (the jet with my name on it is not 'my' jet and if I fly it, it's only a scheduling coincidence). The only exceptions are the squadron, group, and wing jets (jets that carry that respective designation on the tail; 333FS, 4OG, 4FW) and these aircraft have the respective commander's name on the aircraft.

Shack. The Saudis are an extremely reactive and defensive nation - if the fight does not come to them, they will not likely take it outside the boundaries of the Kingdom.

Must have been good, here's what the first ten pics look like

You misread it. Two married people can fly in the same squadron - I have seen it happen with three different married couples.

I know of a girl who couldn't pass the fuge and ended up going to heavies.

Spot on. If I had not entered the military, I probably wouldn't know. I think one solution is that instead of simply saying, "Please rise for the singing of the National Anthem", the announcer should specify, "Please stand, remove your hats, and cover your heart in honor of the American Flag and National Anthem." Additionally, try to educate guys when you see them sitting or with their hats on. The trick there is how to come off as trying to be helpful rather than a prick. Yup. I call foul on the sports leagues for not providing National Anthem academics to their players.

I tried to do something similar with my family. My help actually came from an individual at AFPC - she worked her channels and got me a letter entitling me to OHA and COLA based on the day my family arrived (not my later PCS arrival date). PM me if you want her name and email.

I have never heard of this and would surprised if it does exist. A POC would be somebody at AFPC - try the FAQs on the site. Sort of, and it depends. The deal is that the AF tries to fill its undesirable assignments voluntarily (remote unaccompanied, 365s), in exchange for which it will sometimes offer your choice of a follow on. I can only speak to the rated side of the house here (personal experience with Saudi and a few buds who have been to Korea), and I'll say that it can be done but you will need to coordinate with your AFPC functional (the guy who handles assignments for your AFSC), get it in writing, then realize that it could still be changed based off needs of the AF. In the F-15E community, guys who volunteer for Saudi remotes generally get their choice of follow-on and guys who volunteer for Korea generally get dibs on a TX course (to get back into the aircraft, not necessarily their desired assignment location). There's some remote info here, but it's geared towards aviators. In general, two years time on station (TOS) is the minimum for you to be releasable to another assignment, but that can vary. Some short-notice assignments from the AFPC Roboto specify the minimum TOS required. Korea and Saudi are the big ones for my group. Realize that Iraq/Afghanistan are NOT remotes, they are 365s and they fall under a completely different set of rules. AFPC is not as committed to offering you your choice of follow on (I know two guys gearing up to go who have no idea what their follow on is). Also, since you are TDY you are still accruing TOS towards your PCS location. One year unaccompanied (no command-sponsored family), two years accompanied. If you have a functional at AFPC, they would be a good starting point. If you don't know who that is, go to the AMS page. The system is currently down, but from that link you can go to 'Officers Assignments' (tab on the left), then 'Assignment Team'. That will bring up a page where you can find assignment-specific information and should be able to find out who your functional is. Don't do any of this without keeping your commander in the loop.

Good answers above. Here's my additions Understand clearly where you'll be going, what you'll be doing, and what will be expected of you. Not to say that you should know how to do your job on day one, but at least know what you'll need to do to get yourself squared away. I still remember my first day of active duty almost 13 years ago and it sucked - no internet help, no sponsor, and essentially in-processing by hit-and-miss dumb luck. Have your sh*t squared away when you arrive will take a lot of stress out of the process and you'll make life a lot easier on yourself. You're looking at it. Go to the Military Spouses forum and there are stickied threads on each of the UPT bases. If you're going to base that's not on there, search thread titles for the base and you're bound to find an existing thread. You should. If you're going straight to UPT, your sponsor will be your class commander (usually an IP from the OSS). If you're going on casual or a non-rated job, you should get a sponsor from the squadron you'll be assigned to. If you don't receive a sponsor or further guidance, call the MPF (Military Personnel Flight) at your gaining base (go to www.YOURBASE.af.mil and if they don't have a base directory it will at least have the commercial number to the base operator. With the information from your orders, they can steer you in the right direction. Check in the day you arrive if you can, otherwise check in the next business day. You're not 'reporting in' in the standard sense of the word. You will go to MPF customer service with your orders and they'll give you a checklist of what you need to do and where you need to go. There will be somebody at MPF to help you -- as long as you get there between 0900 and 1530. The base fitness center usually sponsors squadron leagues in many different sports as well as MWR/Services sponsored events like races. Here you go. OCSC (Officers and Civilians Spouses Club) would be the big one. There are plenty of opportunities available - if you're looking for something specific, you can probably find details in the spouses section. Covered above, but as for the uniform, concur with drewpey that you should get some guidance from your gaining unit. With no guidance, Blues are always a safe bet. Salute smartly, do what you're told, don't bitch, be on time, and accept every task with enthusiasm. In-processing. A lot of running around base turning in papers and orders, signing a bunch of stuff, and getting things squared away. After that it totally depends. Check here for some info on casual status (if you come on active duty while awaiting pilot training). If you're not APT (or even if you are), then your day will totally depend on what your job is. Realistically, you're job won't be overly task saturating....enjoy the freedom that comes with the knowledge that 2Lts are expected to be somewhat retarded.

Concur with M2 Johnson

Agreed Okay - that one falls under the new rules. Post pictures immediately.