backseatdriver

So you can't carry a weapon on combat sorties? That's effing retarded. What other airframes fly unarmed?

Yeah - the Air Force has those Those too. Even armed non-pilots (gasp!)

Did you get back from a deployment in the last few months and they kept paying you HFP, Tax free, etc after you got back? If so they may be recouping it.

Wow dude - does all that Kool-Aid they're feeding you at the 563rd give you a stomach ache? While the EWO serves a very important purpose in the self-protect arena (and I appreciate having them on my aircraft), the job itself is very boring. "Protecting the aircraft is a full-time job" consists of staring at scopes for hours and hours waiting for a radar to light you up so you can do your job (and personally I hope the EWO never has to do his job, cause that means a bad day for me). If you're going to go EWO, the place to be is in EC-130s or RC-135s because on those aircraft, the EWO is the mission and you're actively doing a job for the entire flight. Just a humble Nav's opinion, but just as I wouldn't want to be a Nav on an "EWO's" aircraft (i.e. RC-135, EC-130), I wouldn't want to be an EWO on a "Nav's" aircraft (i.e. AFSOC 130s, Slicks, BUFFs, etc.) - quotation marks added to ease Pilots' egos. Recon Nav = 12R = Navs on RCs, ECs, AWACs, JSTARs

Does anyone know where to find a comprehensive list of schools that offer online Master's programs? Whenever I Google it, the lion's share of returns are for schools like University of Phoenix/DeVry/etc. I'm looking for actual universities that have programs. I know FSU has an online MBA, as do a few others. If anyone knows of a good resource that could make the search a little less painful I would appreciate it.

2 out of 3 ain't bad.

No.

They have navs on board for missions when they refuel spec ops platforms.

Your squadron doesn't have real charts at all? No self-respecting nav should have ever allowed that to happen. [ 08. February 2006, 18:17: Message edited by: backseatdriver ]

Hey Co, how's that airspeed and altitude looking?

CROs go through the same pipeline as enlisted PJs except they don't get as much medical training. Everything else is the same. [ 03. February 2006, 00:24: Message edited by: backseatdriver ]

You just described every non-rated career field in the AF.

F#%& the capture and try shite. This is a guy that needs to be eliminated. Period. We know he's the bad guy, and we know what he's capable of and what he's done. Kill him the first chance we get. That way there's not even the possibility of any jury letting him off. As for the weapon of choice, I'd choose the 105mm HE. You can run...

I'm a nav and have two screws in my knee from an ACL reconstruction. A buddy of mine is a pilot with the same thing. As long as you have full use/range of motion, it's not a problem to pass your flight physical. [ 11. January 2006, 17:47: Message edited by: backseatdriver ]

Here's some rather lengthy gouge/opinions about playing the housing game at Little Rock. IMHO, It's a better deal to show up last minute and get forced off base, then you get the full per diem rate. Once they try to move you back on, THEN refuse gov't quarters. Once you refuse, they only have to pay you what it costs them to lodge you on base ($24.50/night for lodging and $10/day per diem since you can eat all your meals at the chow hall) unless your orders say to pay you more. If your orders say "Partial Per Diem Authorized," then you get $22/day - which I think pretty much everyone gets (these numbers may have changed a little since I was there a year ago). All that said, if you let them force you off base by showing up last minute without a reservation, you get the full per diem until you refuse quarters. I'm not sure how it works with single guys enroute, but I know if you're out & back, you still get BAH for where you're stationed at (since in the AF's eyes you're still paying for a place, whether you are or not). If you're married you get BAH whether enroute or out & back. thegotoguy, even if "Accompanied" isn't marked, who says you can't bring her with you anyways? It'll just be on your dime. And to answer the original question, as has been recommended before, The Links is a sweet deal. 5 minutes from base, free golf, the lodging costs cover rent, and they have no problem with you breaking the lease since a good bit of their business comes from LRF studs. Plus, if you're TDY enroute, you can ship up to 600 pounds of stuff to an enroute location, just enough for a couch, mattress, and some other stuff - so you can even get one of the unfurnished places.

Everytime I've spoken with an investigator (for both my own investigation and those of some friends), they always have identified themselves and shown me identification if I was speaking to them in person.

If you just got your slot, I'm assuming you're not going to Pensacola, so here's some info on Randolph. The training at Randolph is approx. 9 months long. At around the halfway point, you track either EWO or Nav (technically everyone coming out of Randolph is a CSO now, but that's a whole other discussion and for simplification's sake, there is still a Nav/EWO split). From what I understand, you get your assignment before the split now - things have changed since I went through (i.e. you find out you're going to be an RC-135 EWO, you go through the EWO course, you find out you're going to be an C-130 Nav, you stay in the nav program). As far as assignment options, you have the following: Nav AC/MC(P)/HC/EC/C-130 RC-135 B-52 E-3 E-8 KC-135 EWO AC/MC(H)/EC-130 B-52 RC-135 I don't know of any websites or books out there. If you have any other questions, or want more specific info, post or PM me.

You need to read more books. I thought it was interesting, but that's about it. If you're looking for a great book, check out Once an Eagle by Anton Myrer. It's fiction, but you'd be hard pressed to find a better book on military leadership. It's a long one (about 1300 pages IIRC) but well worth it. I also second the recommendation of Every Man a Tiger. That along with Schwarzkopf's It Doesn't Take a Hero shows how the generals that were "raised" in Vietnam made sure the same mistakes didn't happen in Desert Storm. [ 21. November 2005, 12:14: Message edited by: backseatdriver ]

Sounds like you'd be a good fit for EWO. If you own all the Star Wars DVDs then you're a shoe-in. (I keed, I keed)

The Eglin guys used to wear the rent-a-cop uniform as well, and switched to BDUs a few months ago. In addition, they salute you when you come through the gate, which I always find awkward.

A/B/C is the level of training you get, and it's not tied to a specific course. Level A = basic unclassified instruction (i.e. what you get in ROTC about the Code of Conduct) Level B - classified instruction (i.e. what you get during resistance academics at Fairchild) Level C = role-play (i.e. welcome to Limnadia ) The "advanced beatings" course is Level C instruction. Until you've gone to this course, you've only had Level B on that stuff.

Short answer: Wear your NDSM to your commissioning. It's a commonly accepted practice, and no one's going to give a @$#%.

Blue Chip is basically a leg up for applying to AFIT. It basically guarantees you an AFIT slot, assuming the needs of the AF don't require you elsewhere. At least that's how I understand it, I didn't get one, so I'm not too concerned with its details. And yes, ROTC DG is the only thing that follows you - no one cares if you were cadet wing commander or not. Of course, if you meet your Major board and the best thing you have going for you is a DG from ROTC 8 years ago, you probably have some issues.

Same as every other officer.

*shudders* Now I'm gonna have nightmares.