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Aurora85, here are your takeaways: - Diet is at LEAST 80% of the weight loss equation. Make smart choices, and try to establish dietary habits that you can continue post-deployment. Otherwise, you'll go back to your old habits and your old weight. - Do your homework before you take any supplements. I personally found that protein is the only thing that I really need supplemented while I'm out there. But your case will be unique to your routine and goals. Do your homework. - For the energy drink stuff...well...some people swear by it, some people call it crap, some people claim it'll make your heart explode. I say do what works for you. I tried a bunch of different things, some aforementioned and other not. I like no xplode because I can see a marked difference in my workouts when I use it (I train for distance running and overall muscle strength). In my experience, NEVER take the advice of "experts who know what YOU need." Usually they only know what works for them, therefore it MUST work for everyone. Try different things and find what works for YOU. Once again. Do your homework, trust me, you'll have the free time to do the research online (health/workout forums are a good place to start). Good luck and fly safe! FF
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- Avoid the dessert line. - Go the gym at least once during every period of time you spend awake ("day" and "night" and "work shift" are meanless phases once you start flying) - Use N.O. Xplode to make your workouts more effective. - Set goals for how far you want to run / how much weight you want to lose / etc... during the deployment. Working towards a goal is ten times easier than just working out to get in shape. - Workout with someone if able. A crewmember works best, if you can get the whole crew on a health kick, even better. FF
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Checkride/mission superstitions or rituals?
FourFans replied to brickhistory's topic in Squadron Bar
With all the old school dudes here I'm surprised it took so long to hear the standard AF checkride tradition. Please tell me that Champ and I are not the only ones who bring booze to an evaluation, preferably the EP's drink of choice. FF -
Checkride/mission superstitions or rituals?
FourFans replied to brickhistory's topic in Squadron Bar
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Checkride/mission superstitions or rituals?
FourFans replied to brickhistory's topic in Squadron Bar
I've gotta say I'm with Huggy on this one. Checkride superstitions are silly. Good habits are different. You should do the same things on a checkride that you do on any other flight. If your daily rides wouldn't pass a checkride, you need to re-think some things. You want to do good on a checkride? Fly as much as you can and attempt to master every flight regime of the airplane. Be a master of your craft. sex, sleep, and sustenance are important, and all statistically proven to help you focus. But proper prior preparation is paramount. On the day of a checkride I remind myself of three things. Something weird WILL happen. I WILL make mistakes (no matter how small). I WILL be taught something new (EPs were IPs first and they probably like instructing better than evaluating). That's the closest thing I come to a ritual. FF -
If they had that program running at Salem the last time I was there, there would be TONS of pissed of dudes in the gym who were clearly "tubs-o-lard" by BMI standards. A couple of'm could bench press over 500lbs. But that fits. The AF took a broken ass system of bodily health (BMI indexing) and decided to use it as the gold standard. Thanks air staff! Morons. I guess this is what we get when commanders no long make it a point to actually know their people and understand what's really happening with the members of their command. Just impliment mass policies that will "take care of any problems" instead of tailoring solutions to specific problems. So much for leadership. FF
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For the same reason there is actually a KC-135 WIC. FF
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If you don't think we need to get our nuke forces in order and do it RIGHT NOW, here's some light reading for you. BTW, It's not just the nuclear force that needs a re-attack on mission focus and purpose. While the bad guys are getting stronger, we're wearing reflective belts on our blues while putting together awards packages. The metal's gunna meet the meat someday soon. Source
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2's in. The Michigan militia, Detroit, and Teddy boy are stocked well enough to thwart a Russian invasion.
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Shame on you for not running his ass over!
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Don't bring it weak. Operational LED lights required only while in the Ops building. Batman belt buckle sold separately.
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Why is it that everyone except home-grown Americans seem to understand what makes our country great? Is it just me that thinks it's sad that foreigners appreciate American more than Americans do? https://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/25/...inge-112508.php Discuss. FF
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That checks.
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Tracking Semi-annual currencies and metrics
FourFans replied to Swizzle's topic in General Discussion
I'll concur there. A DO or ADOs that aren't driving the schedule can train wreck even the best scheduling/training team. Likewise, baised schedulers can sink even the best of training plans. If I came across sounding like it's all on the ACs, I apologize. FF -
Apply the thinking in your last paragraph to the people in your first paragraph and you'll understand some of the frustration. You've already seen the overinflation involved with AF awards. (btw, yes most casual LTs get PCS medals). Then apply that on a career level. There are some people that spend an entire career showing up at 9 and leaving at 3 on days they don't go to the gym. And these people also complain about having to deploy to the Deid, Diego, or even Guam, and then complain about horrible living conditions etc... No one should ever complain about the volunteers that go lead convoys and pull SF augmentee duty. We ARE complaining about the career AETC nerds that get all over a maintainer with a dirty uniform who's just trying to get his paycheck fixed after working a 12 hour shift. Those nerds are the ones worried about ANOTHER new uniform while we're actively at war in two foreign countries. FF
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Tracking Semi-annual currencies and metrics
FourFans replied to Swizzle's topic in General Discussion
Having worked in training and scheduling and getting a good look at how the system is broken, I definitely agree that the system is hard broke. But letting yourself go NMR to prove a point to big blue is not the right answer, just like spilling the hot coffee in your lap isn't the right way to tell the waitress that the coffee is way to hot. Instead of passing the buck to big blue and blaming the system, mission commanders and aircraft commanders can do a LOT to alleviate the short term problem...but they RARELY do. Ever since the flying hour program went away, ACs have been briefing that they'll finish the flight when they've max'd out the training...but how that usually plays out is that they blow off the extra instrument approach or the extra ARA in order to land when they've got their pre-planned training done. If dudes actually tried and knock out EVERY bean that EVERY crewmember needs, you'd see more flights going full length and less waivers at the end of the semi-annual. I went 5 for 5 semi-annual periods (periods that I counted on the books) of zeroed out training at my last base...and it wasn't because of good scheduling or a proactive training shop. Hell, I was even an exec for 2 of those! Sure big blue is broken, but that doesn't have to impact my mission execution. It doesn't in the desert, it shouldn't at home either. B.L. You can pass the buck to whoever you want, but at the end of the day, your training is your responsibility. FF -
Wow. Not even dignified enough to have their name on something that is even capable of self propelled motion...like the door of the truck that hauls the trailer...sad.
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Sad to say, but there is a fatal flaw with any uniform designed to actually recognize people that have earned recognition in the USAF. The operators (zippersuited sungods, silo sitters, SF, STS, PJs, CCT, convoy drivers etc) would actually stand out because of their accomplishments and sacrifices. The non-operators (services, comm, etc) would simply look like they were in the military...and not "special"...which would inherently hurt someone's feelings. Because Big Blue seems to be all about making the individuals feel good instead of getting the mission done, any special recognition for a difficult job well done would obviously lead to dissension in the ranks. Keep the masses happy, make everyone feel special, don't recognize good work...unless it will look good in the media...that's the AF we live in today. Thankfully there are men like Discus who do this job they hate so much because they love it, and the men and women they work with, so damn much. Amen for the mission hackers who don't care what the blues uniform looks like, because it has zero mission impact on the missions that actually count. FF
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Tracking Semi-annual currencies and metrics
FourFans replied to Swizzle's topic in General Discussion
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I prefer to get in once a day and stay in heaven for 5 hours. So how does my dirt qual play in this game?
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Come on people. She goes to do a standard tube job, the gun explodes and she looses her grip while cleaning herself off. It this really a surprising, non-standard occurance? I think not. I'll bet it even happened to Metzger a few times! FF
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Yeah! Boxhead where the hell are you when the Saudi's need you!
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1. Yes we do all that stuff and more, but it depends on your unit as to the particulars. Quite honestly, what you do with a 4 engine aircraft should be the LAST thing on your mind right now. Doing as well as possible in the 1 engine program should be your #1 concern. 2. You're unit will determine that as best I understand it. First worry about making it possible to have option to go to LR or Dobbins. 3. All C-130s have GPS. It's integrated into the aircraft system, so the info is displayed to you as distances and headings, meaning you have to draw the map in your head. However, don't buy a hand held until you know you're going to want to use it. I bought one...never used it because that's what a Nav is there for. As a 0 AGL, 3 mph pedestrian, your horizontal and vertical situational awareness as you understand it now (i.e. how you would apply GPS info), is considerably different from what it will be by the time you're a winged pilot. By then, if you can't keep SA on your location with basic nav tools on top of SCNS (self contain navigation system) you don't deserve to have a nav do it for you. 4. Again, I'm pretty sure your unit will determine where you go, but if you know you're going to the herk, you WANT to go to corpus (and so does everyone you fly with operationally). A prop strapped to a jet is not something mastered in the course of C-130 co-pilot school. Learn your craft correctly from the ground up...go to corpus (don't worry about the life style there...trust me, you'll like it). Most of the particulars of your UPT training will be handled by your reserve unit. Talk with them to figure out the specific details. B.L. Put the horse before the cart. Make it through UPT Phase I first. Rest assured you will have a BLAST flying H2s IF, and only IF, you make it through UPT and co-pilot school. Don't forget you have to EARN your entitlement, even if the job was freely given to you. PM me if you want more info. FF
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I got nothing for ya on that pegleg. You were lied to.
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2. totallyamazing...2 questions: First: If the bottom of the barrel is sucking so bad, why are they graduating and not getting washed out? Worthless pilots are worthless where ever they end up. The UPT IPs that graduate them are the best line of defense in saving lives that bad pilots will endanger. Stop letting leakers through. Second: If you think deploying forward to support your country and more importantly the oath you swore to uphold is stupid, why are you in the military? Douche bags like you are why the AF is going down the crapper. "Life should only be hard for the Army and Marines and Navy...I joined the AF for good family life" Kill Yourself. Fair weather officers belong in France, not the USAF. Adjust your sight picture, or get the hell out. FF