ClearedHot

Mine arrived yesterday as well. VERY happy with the quality.

Anyone shot the Glock 30?

https://news.yahoo.com/obama-tough-call-letting-son-play-football-134811632--spt.html

Document EVERYTHING before you leave is what the old timers have told me. I had not heard about the dust/smoke link, but I have been told Sleep Apnea = automatic 50% disability (M2 didn't you post about that once?). 50% disability is a magic number for several post military considerations including tax free retirement payments, veterans preference for follow-on hiring, and many states have programs for disabled vets such as free or reduced tuition for your kids. One common misconception is the calculation of disability....M2/Huggy/Rainman being the oldest can certainly share their knowledge, but as I understand it if your initial disability rating comes in at 30%, and you subsequently develop another condition worth 20%, the follow on disability rating is not additive, instead it is a function of the remaining value. The VA will review each disabling condition that you claimed was caused by your military service. The highest disability rating will be applied to the most severe disability. The next rating will be assigned for the next less severve disability. This will continue until each disability is rated from zero to 100%. The VA uses a table that determines the maximum rating for all of the disabilities that were rated. The total disability is not additive e.g. If you were rated at 40% for disability #1, 20% for #2, and 10% for number 3, you would not have an overall disability of 70%. The table 1st considers the 40% disability and then the 20% to get a disability rating value. From that value, it considers the 10% which results in your total VA disability rating. Go to www.va.gov and search on "disability rating table"

No it was actually cheaper than that and now I can't find it. I remember there was a $5.00 surcharge for heavy/bulky items, but I can't find the site. I think it was $169 + shipping.

I just saw a couple deals on 22LR a few days ago....5250 Rounds lose...will try to find the link on my desktop. I did hear there was a big gunshow in Las Vegas (this weekend or next?), and most of the ammo dealers that had stock were going there...supposedly what they didn't sell will be available soon.

In the traditional sense, yes the ORI is supposed to go away. It will be replaced with a CUI or Combined Unit Inspection that will have large portions accomplished online and internally before a team ever arrives, the team is supposed to be smaller and same work that has been "Self Identified and corrected" to ensure compliance. There will still an evaluation of a Wing's ability to generate combat power and how a wing gets out the door, but the ATSO portion becomes unit specific...makes sense for Korea, not so much for Altus. The genesis of the idea was the realization of just how many man hours we were wasting getting ready for not really in our job jar...then we were sending large numbers of inspectors out who wasted many more man hours inspecting those same innocuous things.

The following is a list, provided by the White House, of executive actions President Obama plans to take to address gun violence. 1. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system. 2. Address unnecessary legal barriers, particularly relating to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, that may prevent states from making information available to the background check system. 3. Improve incentives for states to share information with the background check system. 4. Direct the Attorney General to review categories of individuals prohibited from having a gun to make sure dangerous people are not slipping through the cracks. 5. Propose rulemaking to give law enforcement the ability to run a full background check on an individual before returning a seized gun. 6. Publish a letter from ATF to federally licensed gun dealers providing guidance on how to run background checks for private sellers. 7. Launch a national safe and responsible gun ownership campaign. 8. Review safety standards for gun locks and gun safes (Consumer Product Safety Commission). 9. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal law enforcement to trace guns recovered in criminal investigations. 10. Release a DOJ report analyzing information on lost and stolen guns and make it widely available to law enforcement. 11. Nominate an ATF director. 12. Provide law enforcement, first responders, and school officials with proper training for active shooter situations. 13. Maximize enforcement efforts to prevent gun violence and prosecute gun crime. 14. Issue a Presidential Memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control to research the causes and prevention of gun violence. 15. Direct the Attorney General to issue a report on the availability and most effective use of new gun safety technologies and challenge the private sector to develop innovative technologies. 16. Clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patients about guns in their homes. 17. Release a letter to health care providers clarifying that no federal law prohibits them from reporting threats of violence to law enforcement authorities. 18. Provide incentives for schools to hire school resource officers. 19. Develop model emergency response plans for schools, houses of worship and institutions of higher education. 20. Release a letter to state health officials clarifying the scope of mental health services that Medicaid plans must cover. 21. Finalize regulations clarifying essential health benefits and parity requirements within ACA exchanges. 22. Commit to finalizing mental health parity regulations. 23. Launch a national dialogue led by Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan on mental health. Ignored violence in movies and entertainment. Ignored violence in video games.

President Obama Gun "Safety" Proposals 1. "Universal background check for all persons trying to buy a gun." 2. "Congress should ban military assault weapons AND magazines with more than a 10 round capacity." 3. "Congress needs to help rather than hinder law enforcement." "These reforms have the support of the majority of the American People."

But how long was an unconstitutional law held over the heads of the citizens? 1976-2008 Some interesting facts about gun bans. Every time gun bans have been tried anywhere, murder rates have risen. Whether one looks at Ireland, Jamaica or England and Wales, the experience has been the same. Not only did murder rates fail to decline as promised, but the rates actually increased following gun bans. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, murders spiked as Washington, like many other cities, was hit by the crack epidemic. By 1991, the number of homicides reached 479, or 81 deaths per 100,000 people, earning the city status as the nation's murder capital. Washington did not generate a decline in gun murders. In fact, the number of killings rose by 156 percent at a time when murders nationally increased by just 32 percent. The year after the Supreme Court struck down the District of Columbia’s handgun ban and gun-lock requirements, the capital city’s murder rate plummeted 25 percent. There is an interesting report out this morning that says President Obama will also propose federal funds for schools to provide armed police security...I thought that was a NRA suggestion that was immediately dismissed as lunacy?

Well Played NRA. https://home.nra.org/#/nraorg/VideoModule/8528

True, however the appellate process can and often does take years (look at the DC Gun control cases), in the meantime Americans will be denied their 2nd amendment right. The President could just as easily give an executive order tomorrow that says all USAF CSOs are forbidden from possessing a bible with more than seven pages. The CSOs would have a right to pursue appellate relief, but in the meantime if they attempt to exercise a constitutional right and possess a bible with more than seven pages, they could be punished. The punch line, it is all legal and part of our system, but it is a really crappy way of running a country.

Look at this little gem from the legislation NY will pass today....simply unfathomable! What is happening to this country? "Ammunition magazines would be restricted to seven bullets, from the current 10, and current owners of higher-capacity magazines would have a year to sell them out of state. An owner caught at home with eight or more bullets in a magazine could face a misdemeanor charge."

Untrue, unless you are a board certified specialist you can actually make more (when the medical bonus is included), as a senior Dr in the Air Force. I know several who have run the math and with the cost of malpractice insurance it was a simple financial choice for some to stay in.

.70 is about double what I usually pay for .223. Found some 9MM for a reasonable price but it is excess Pakistani Army, not sure of quality so I did not but it yet.

Finance Guy, I looked at the section you mentioned and am not sure how to interpret a situation. What if the member is forced to live on base? Do they get BAH for the location they are leaving once they depart? Also, I was told you do not accrue leave the period you are on terminal leave? EDIT...I now see the note ref Government Qtrs, it looks like you get BAH for the Terminal Leave Address effective the day you surrender Gvt Qtrs.

How long will this ammo shortage last? I thought for sure Wolf or Tula would run their factory 24/7 to meet the demand. I'm down to my last 2,000 rounds of .223 and 500 of 9MM, getting nervous, guess I better start rationing it.

I’ve heard the same dire prediction several times throughout my mediocre career and Armageddon has yet to materialize, perhaps this time will be different. The early to mid 90’s in particular saw a few really bad years of retention and prognostications about everyone leaving. Perhaps it was the internet that gave more voice to the chorus of complaints (it helped form this site), but other events like 9/11 stopped a wholesale exodus. As has been discussed in multiple threads, sometimes people bitch and moan but when push comes to shove they are afraid to make the leap and leave the comfort of a steady paycheck. Perhaps this time it is different, on the airline side there certainly does appear to be a perfect storm of hiring about to begin. The real train wreck in my uniformed opinion will be on the fighter side. SECDEF jammed requirements unrealistic RPA and ISR demands down our collective throats through cajoling, public embarrassment, insults and direct orders. Our senior leadership at the time finally got on the bus and went along with the plan and in the process our service mismanaged the fighter pilot so ineptly that it will take 10+ years to fully recover. I honestly think that if there is a wholesale run for the door on the fighter side, our leadership will step in with Stop-Loss. Full disclosure, I am one of clowns you reference above and I guess we have different points of view. Was the force in perpetual beat-down mode, absolutely, that was directed from above and we were at war. Did I tell those same folks to complete SOS and get a Masters, absolutely. The more important question is why did I do that?...because those were the rules as set by on high. Did I think it was right, No, did I try to fight it, YES, did my guys know I was fighting it, No. As a DO and a CC I saw my duties as the following, accomplish the mission, take care of my people, and take care of their families. I wanted my guys to advance because it was good for them and the service, promotions mean more money, and I wanted their families to get that money. By your logic I should say fuck all master’s degrees and SOS, lets party…then sit back and watch as every single one got passed over. For the record, I pushed back, to the Wing/CC when I fought tooth and nail for a guy that didn’t have all the squares filled (I won a few), to the MAJCOM/CC when he asked me personally what the major issues were, to a soon to be CSAF who asked my opinion, and to a Deputy SECDEF who express an interest. It was my job to voice the concerns of “my guys and girls”, but when things didn’t change I did everything in my power to help my folks succeed. On two occasions I also helped to superstars gracefully dismount. I had two WIC grads that were on the leadership track…easily could have been DO/CC’s, and neither one wanted it. I spent considerable time, effort, and favors helping them exit the leadership track without pissing everyone off. For the record I never asked or volentold one of my folks to raise a paw and lead the OG Christmas Party, CFC, or community event. Perhaps I am quibbling, but one of the most frustrating things about being one of those “clowns” was people had no idea how much time and effort you were expending to protect and help them…the only person that seemed to notice was my wife who would call to yell at me because it was the fourth night in a row I stayed at work past 2200 to work on OPRs and such, “do you plan on seeing your son this week?” Institutional change takes time and I honestly think Gen Welsh is trying to turn the ship, but there is a lot of momentum to overcome and a constant fear it will shift right back when he retires. I sincerely hope we can overcome those who want to wait him out and return to the corporate bullshit Air Force…our nation deserves better.

M2 do you really believe the intent is to take guns from the military? I am a member of the NRA (Which supports this legislation by the way), and rabidly support gun ownership rights, but given everything that has occurred I am realistic to know something is going to change. I don't think taking Assault Weapons or banning high capacity mags (I just bought more), is going to solve the problem, but addressing mental illness and access to weapons seems to be a logical step we have to take. I would have to read the entire legislation and hope their were hurdles to make sure it was not improperly used, but finding a way to keep a weapon away from someone who is determined to harm their self or others seems a reasonable thing.

100% true, numerous meetings with him over the years through family friends and he was nothing but humble.

We won't fix anything until we fix this attitude. This one is even better, go to 2:19 and listen...if you can. "Someone needs to pay and someone needs to be held accountable."

Great Price on Thermold Mags I bought a DPMS AR to have a spare at a really good price, these mags work like a champ and are dirt cheap.