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I rolled over to check him out and it seems like most of the people there are skeptical of him. At any rate, the last post is a month old, so while it's not completely dead, I didn't feel like reviving it just to call him a fake. Besides, it would appear that you actually need to be a WoW player to make an account, so...well...I'm out.

Additionally, if you're going to an OCONUS base, check out the base library and/or education center. I just found out that Ramstein offers free Rosetta Stone courses through the library. I believe you have to accomplish the course on the library computers, but it's free (which is always a good deal).

And some more…. And here's two more good ones…sans creepy guys peeking in the window…

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Revival for future searchers with a few links that I've come across. MSN Germany Group - discussion board primarily geared toward military USAREUR Arrival info Kaiserslautern American - Ramstein weekly military paper. News, events, and classifieds. Kaiserslautern Schools - Info on all the US schools in the Ramstein area 435 SVS - Ramstein services page I've also attached a Germany's insider guide. Germany_insiders_guide.pdf

Question for finance guy or anybody who has been in this situation - I currently receive tax-free through September and receive ACP (bonus). IRA is maxed out, so I've elected to max out TSP to the tax-free $46K limit. Here are a few questions - - Should I receive the ACP tax-free in it's entirety? The ACP payment date is within my one-year tax-free status. If I elect to contribute 100% of my bonus to TSP, will it go in tax-free in its entirety? - For calculating the remainder of the TSP deposits, would it be beneficial to put in less basic pay now (tax-free) and dramatically raise the amount (75-80%) once I'm out of the tax free zone? I know it will be subject to tax upon withdrawal (tax deferred), but my rationale is to put in more of my taxable income in an attempt to put myself in a lower overall tax bracket come tax time. - Any disadvantages to maxing out the full 46K? Again, I have already accomplished spar's steps 1-4 (step 3 first, of course). I've tried searching the TSP and DFAS websites, as well as e-mailing DFAS, but they are completely useless for getting an answer.

I don't know whether to be amazed by your witty grasp of sarcasm or amused at the cynical rantings of a Phase 3 student. I'll go with amused, good work.

Yes it has. Possibly not anytime recently, but the credit card was mandatory when I was at Laughlin in 95, which raised a huge stink.

These days I've heard of it as low as the Sq/CC level. My previous DO - callsign "Rudeboy" was told he would have to be replotted to be considered for Sq/CC. Everybody thought it was ridiculous, especially since it's a pretty tame call sign compared to some. Fortunately this didn't hold and he is now a Sq/CC. Disagree, going strong in the dark grey community as well. Disagree again. We've named every casual dude we've had - they may not have wings, but those guys were every bit a part of the squadron as us. They busted their asses at work, sometimes put in as many hours as us, went TDY with us (and were almost always tagged as DD), drank in the bar and partied in town with us, and even flew back seat rides with us.

In theory, you could take leave the day after you report it, it would just have to be approved be your commander (and obviously you'd be into negative leave, which also must be approved - as stract mentioned). Barring unusual circumstances, I don't think your commander would have a problem with you taking leave for a few days to go to a wedding. Stract is correct on taking leave and negative leave. It's not permissive leave, it's permissive TDY. 36-3003 (Table 7, Rule 2) details this - you can get up to 8 days after you sign in, and it ends once you find a house. Thing is, your commander shouldn't have a problem with you just taking a few days off work to find yourself a place. In five PCSs I have never had to use PTDY to go house hunting.

That's what the aerospace physiology guys will tell you, which I'm sure is true. Of all the guys I've known who fly fighters, none with a particular body type has been better than others at pulling Gs. Course, I fly a mudhen, so what do I know about Gs?

Search the stickied topics and other vision threads for questions on vision limits and waivers. As for the scar, as long as it doesn't affect your vision, it wouldn't think it would be a factor. I have a scar on my left cornea that is clearly visible if you look close enough. I don't know exactly how it happened other than I noticed it near the end of a deployment to the desert. The only answer the doc had was that it possibly resulted from irritation due to sand getting into my eye. There was some medical term for it, but I don't remember what it was. At any rate, it hasn't affected my vision at all, so the doc told me not to worry about it.

Concur. I got married while I was at Columbus and did the exact same thing. The 60 or so bucks I spent in the four months of being a club member easily offset the much greater expenses I would have incurred had I had my reception off base. Don't let this devolve into a thread on how much the club sucks. If you want to talk about that, take it here.

Maplewood, Raintree and Lanetree are all popular subdivision. With the exception of living downtown or right out the back gate (Goldsboro ghetto), most of the places around town are pretty nice. Currently I would say most people live towards the west side of town around the Lanetree area. There is another fairly new apartment complex to the north of town on either Warrick Circle/Caudill Ave. Try looking at AHRN.com. It's a military-only listing of places to rent and lease by town. It shows lots of places in Goldsboro - I just used it to rent our place.

CH, congrats on your medal! I hope you don't mind, but I'm gonna post it so everyone here can share in your stellar achievements.

Yup. That's the stink I would raise if I was the "attempted murderer" in question, right after I got myself the most outspoken attorney in Sumter. I bet the "victim" and his daddy would reconsider.

Are you trying to go somewhere or no kidding stay in the local area? If you are going somewhere, the only way to 'maximize' your leave is to start on Saturday. If you start your leave on a non-duty day, then that day is not counted against leave. Everything else is counted. So if you left on Saturday and came back on Wednesday, you'd be charged four days of leave. Leave starts and ends in the local area, so if you are staying in the local area, you can start your leave on Tuesday (since Monday is a holiday) and you will be charged two days of leave.

Done. We can all admit that said cadet took some tool-ish pictures and had a tool-ish attitude. Whether or not he will learn from this incident has yet to be learned. In an attempt to re-rail this topic, here is my terribly doctored input

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No joke. Like the guy in the video, I volunteered for the hypoxia test when I did this in UPT. They had me drop my mask (I don't remember what the altitude was) and told me to hold my hands out, palms down. I was given commands to bank left and right with my hands, then recover back to level flight. Unlike the guy in the video, my symptoms didn't have a subtle onset. I was following commands and the next thing I knew, somebody was reattaching my mask and I started hearing two sets of voices simultaneously (both from the same tech); one was his bank commands - which were apparently from 15-20 seconds earlier, and the other was him telling me to gangload my regulator and recover - which was what he was saying real time. Even after I started getting oxygen back, I was so disoriented that I was trying to follow both sets of commands, banking with one hand and trying to gangload with the other (eventhough I knew I was already gangloaded) Pretty bizarre stuff. And oh yeah, it smelled terrible.

Yes. I may have misread - I thought he was asking if his prior to time could be added to his current time to total 24 months. Boofer - if you can prove (with flight records, should be easy) that you were CMR for 24 consecutive months, you should be able to get somebody to submit you for the medal.

Lynne, I've moved your question. If you're a mom, then much of this will probably be Greek to you (as it would be to my mom), but you can refer your son in law to the thread. To answer some questions that may be specific to his case - Depends on a couple things. Is he TDY enroute (I would assume) or TDY out and back? If he is TDY enroute, then two days for him to get from Alabama to Arkansas should be enough. All he has to do to 'report' is step in the door and say, "Hey, I'm here," then go tend to his personal matters. Also, when is he planning on moving his household goods? He can have them picked up as soon as he has orders - which I would recommend doing. She can show up whenever she wants (with orders) - but you are only 'allowed' a certain number of days in billeting for a PCS (I think 30). Past that, you are allowed to stay on a space available basis, but it sounds like a couple weeks should be plenty. Ditto Kayla on the reimbursement and shipping household goods.

The AFI that dictates aircrew ratings allows time from other branches to count towards advanced ratings (Senior Pilot, Command Pilot), so normally this would count for the medal. The problem with your case is that the Combat Readiness Medal requires you to be combat ready for 24 consecutive months. From AFI 36-2803, "The individual must be subject to a continuous individual positional evaluation program; - Have completed 24 months of sustained combat or mission readiness with no more than a 120-calendar day break. So your problem is N/A.

That's correct. That's why we're not supposed to let people set in the seats at airshows (this is waiverable if you're a hot chick). What Bogey referenced is called a 'Spouse Taxi' where they taxi out, get armed up, then fire up the engines and get to about 100 knots down the runway before the abort and taxi back. So to speak. Look it up. EDIT: Fury is better than me at spelling