Champ Kind

Ever.

Well put. I will never hold it against a younger guy for not being "required" to waste their time as I did. I will caution them that they may need to be ready to have to bang it out in a hurry when the rules of the game change again. Plenty of blame to go around to the managers who, for years, used AAD status as a major determination for advancement. It sucks I was given the impression I had to do it. I'm glad guys no longer have to, and I hope they use their newly found free time wisely and get into the books and make their respective communities better.

Do you need a PPL to get a commercial?

That'll do it.

Depends on the senior rater, but Article 15s (or any other type of paperwork for that matter) do not mean you are kicked out of the military, but they do serve as "quality force indicators" for promotion/retention. Basically, if you had something negative written about you that made it into your record of performance (training report or OPR), you can expect it to be a factor.

Is it Welsh or Welch?

PM sent

Just PCS to anywhere in PACAF.

What goes around comes around? https://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20140623/CAREERS03/306230034/Loose-travel-dollars-Ayyar-Cornum-Wyman-Moore

There have to be pics out there... Come on, people!

Iraqis need to get their shit together first.

Gotcha. Haven't seen the stats here at Little Rock yet.

CC?

Am I getting old? I could have sworn that in Tweets an "awesome" checkride score was something like a "1E" whereas "passing" was something like a "14G".

This!

It's at the time the report closes out.

How is that new?

Potential mail order brides?

Academia's finest.

First time for everything, Nav.

Seems reasonable.

Didn't take long for this thread to come off the rails...

I also said this: After your reply, I went on to say this: The logic for giving a Maj a FGO strat is the same as giving a Lt a CGO strat.

Even better.... I was at LRAFB when they did exactly what you described except on a Sat night.

I figured my take on it would draw some attention. Danny, you are right... it absolutely does depend. But what does it depend on? It's a result of the senior rater's boss (NAF/MAJCOM). What I said in my post has been the case as I've seen it in AMC. I gather from your posts over the years that you're a CAF guy, and it wouldn't surprise me to learn that bottom lines of OPRs are yet another difference between the two communities. You are correct about the Maj vs FGOs strat. I thought my logic of giving a Lt a CGO strat would translate into a Maj receiving an FGO strat, as I was trying to prevent posting a wall of TL;DR words. Giving a Capt a CGO strat is padding the denominator. Capts are supposed to perform above Lts. That's not always the case, so that's why you'll see Lts with CGO strats. The same is true for Majs. I get what you're saying about my "fluff" comment, but I still disagree. You either have a strat, or you don't. I never said you're hosed if you didn't pull a strat, and yes, the language used does help to differentiate between dead wood and solid citizens. But, to lump a rater saying a guy is "top tier" into actual stratifications is simply apples and oranges. It's a nice way of saying "not my top 20%, but close". Depending on where I was at in my career and who was saying that about me could lead to a little bit of concern. Edit to add: ^ This.