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Enlist at 17, medical retirement at 19 years due to bad knees from kicking so much ass? It's possible. EDIT: Or maybe he did this: https://navylive.dodlive.mil/2012/01/23/navy-offers-early-retirement-program/

8/10 had to do with flying....weird. And MSgt Lee isn't a PJ, he's SOWT.

Ran across this yesterday: https://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123314316 You can check out e-copies of books from the AF library (including Kindle versions of some books) for free. Of note, they have all the CSAF reading list books (to include Unbroken) on the site. Looks like a pretty good resource.

Why the quotations around officially?

Missing the point...

Easy Francis. I wasn't talking about EOD or Red Horse, but the base CE that take 2.5 years to fix a water leak in the vault (true story) among other things.

Don't sell yourself short - our expectations are just as low for CE as they are for Comm.

Yes. Very interesting and thought-provoking (especially if you work in/around SOF). Can get very dry at times (it is a theory book after all) but the case study model using historical examples make for some good reading.

Holy shit! Hope everyone was alright - looks like Dallas is gonna be shelling out some serious cash. On a related note - looks like if you ever get into a serious wreck a transit bus is a good vehicle to be in.

If the Army Heraldry institute designed it, does that mean it's only an Army medal? According to the article, it would rank above the Air Medal and the Bronze Star....

FIFY.

Here's a toast...

Lots of dudes from the Gunship community have transitioned to the contract ISR world recently or contractor world (selling sensor systems, weapons, etc for current and future SOF platforms.....those companies value their expertise, experience, clearance, and most importantly their relationships/access to the communities). A handful become blue suiters at the schoolhouse. Homeland Security/alphabet suit jobs are available and suited to the SOF background, but it all depends on when you get out and what they're going to hire you to do. The retired O-5 isn't going to join the FBI's training pipeline, so at some point that becomes a missed opportunity (usually around the mid O-3 point unless you want to take a 40-50% pay cut). The CIA doesn't advertise what they offer to transitioning military, you just have to apply and see what they will offer. And it's FCO (Fire Control Officer), not FOCO.

That DJ is fucking annoying.

One is all you need.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fht-vNnEOKI&feature=youtube_gdata_player I think it's a stretch to say that just because he drinks it's a takeoff of The Pilot (granted I'm only going off the trailers).

You're right - Clovis is way better than old time FWB/Destin with it's white sand beaches and afternoon crab boils.

Are you effing kidding me? We're almost 11 years into one war, have already started and closed out another one in that time, and NOW some genius decides dudes at a FOB deserve more pay than someone at the Deid. Awesome.

If you believe it, you can achieve it!

So what are you going to do for employment?

Disruptive Thinkers and Opportunistic Leadership

Apparently things are different in the CAF, but in the SOF world it's not kosher to discuss in open forum who is sitting alert where and when....