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A nickel on the grass...

So you're saying nothing has changed....

Most of the Viper ARTs I know are just using it as a holding position until they get hired by the airlines.

So if they put out a request for volunteers for a non-contingency deployment, no one volunteers, and they mobilize someone, does that mobilization become USERRA exempt? For example, if a unit picks a dude who has burned 4 years and 7 months of his USERRA time and they mobilize him after he didn't volunteer, can he get fired from his other job?

There's a promotion board for O-1? What's the promotion rate?

Unless we change the way we interpret the law. If you have an AF wide promotion board that is broken down into various AFSC panels, then AF wide you are promoting at the by law required rate. But you could manage each AFSC panel to have promotion rates at a specific level the AF desires to promote. We need more fighter guys, promote 95%. We need less service guys, promote 10%. Then overall you could average out to make the required cut. I haven't read the law you mentioned, but I bet there could be some wiggle room to be creative and still adhere to both the letter and intent.

Anyone else find it telling that the FY14 force management thread that was started just over a year ago has 2.5 times more posts than this ACP thread that started in 2005?

The wet berka contest on Friday night is going to be legit. Uncovered ankles will be plentiful.

If you eliminate the 401K in your math, you're missing a huge benefit of the airlines. The matching 401K plus Delta's 2% (I'd bet the other majors will start that soon) will more than even out the missing $45K a year of retirement pay. matmacwc - the part your missing is all the extra 365's that'll cause. Furlough vs 365.... I'd really have to think about that one. On second thought, I can always be a greeter at walmart, so I'd take the furlough.

Real question is how many will go AWOL and flee to Canada?

I'm sure you realize this now, but so others can learn from your mistake... For next time, and any other younger guys reading this, you generally tell the AF the exact date you are going to PCS. Big blue just gives you a general time frame with a few exceptions. You are given reporting instructions for your next base/assignment/TDY enroute and it is up to you to make sure you meet them. If you have a PCS with a TDY enroute, you need to time your departure to arrive at your TDY at the time the reporting instructions give you. For reporting in to your gaining base, a RLTND is just that. But for a TDY, you generally are given an exact day to arrive on and need to plan your travels accordingly. I don't mean to talk down to you, but I have no idea what your background is and some OTS and one year ROTC guys just don't have exposure to stuff like this. Overall, probably won't be too costly. Live and learn.

The orders that sent you TDY should have had reporting instructions attached. It will usually dictate an arrival date, not a RNLTD. If you showed up early, you might be out of luck. You can try for an amendment; if that works, your golden. Otherwise, find a finance guy (ahem... Finance Guy..) who knows what he's doing, tell him what happened, and he might be able to work some magic for you.

Nothing to see here. The mass exodus is a complete rumor and will never happen. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

Its a good thing we don't have any troops in harms way right now so we can focus on stuff like this.

What would you expect when the AF often uses blues as a punishment? You don't send a kid to time out in their room and then wonder why they don't enjoy being in their room alone.

This is pretty much why I asked. I don't want to throw my cards down if there is no chance at winning the hand. My SQ/CC is a good dude who would likely not change any plans for me, but above him I have no idea. My concern is not really knowing the leadership above my squadron well enough. I don't want to let everyone know I'm planning on getting out only to get a 365 as a result.

Has anyone seen an 11F get approved PC recently? I haven't, just want to make sure that it is not a realistic option before I rule it out.

But at least most guys in Ops know what their job is and how it fits into, or actually is, the mission. If you had asked those Marines how they supported the mission, I bet they could give you clear, concise, and correct answer. Try that at an AF MPF and you'll just get the RCA dog look.

Forget if it is 202v3 or 2-F-16 but if you cross more than 4 time zones it is a 48 hr DNIF. If you go TDY or on vacation to Europe from CONUS or vise versa, you're DNIF for 48 hrs when you get back. It does not apply during AOS movements, only when you arrive at your final destination.

How in the world do you fire someone and then issue a gag order? Even if it involved something classified that could merit a legitimate gag order, surely the rule/law broken is unclassified. Sounds like an automatic IG/Congressional complaint or even straight to a lawsuit.

Almost is enough to make me think the people deserve the ISIS government. Almost. Comparing FGM to male circumcision is like comparing a paper cut to a broken leg.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/07/26/emily-miller-federal-judge-rules-dc-ban-on-gun-carry-rights-unconstitutional/ Let's hope this ruling stands. If it does get appealed to the supreme court, it could have the potential to force a shall-issue CC for all states.

Good to know that you don't need the commercial. I was just repeating what Sheppard Air told me since I figured they knew what they were talking about. This just saved me the time and money studying for the commercial after I knock out the ATP test next week. Is there any reason to get a commercial if you're already going to get the ATP? How about the CFII?

You have to already have a commercial license in order to do the practical ATP exam as it was explained to me by Sheppard Air. But for military, you just need to go take the commercial test. You can take the ATP written to make the cutoff, then go take the commercial written, then go do the ATP practical within two years.

Pretty bold statement. I've worked with many reservists who are stuck in a 3-1 that is a decade old and couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag. I've also worked with reservists who only fly the minimum BMC rates and can still crush the new patch straight from WIC. Making a blanket statement about either side of the force is absurd.