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I think there's a limited number of people who actually want to take the time to keep up a UPT journal like you've seen, and it's just so happened that they all went T-1s. That's probably just coincidence more than anything...though I'm pretty sure we'd get ridiculed beyond belief if one of us had made a journal and the IPs knew about it (at least in 38 land). Do some searching on the rest of your questions...they all can be pretty much answered elsewhere. But the short of it is, timing and luck is everything: you may be in a class of slackasses and look like a god, or you might have a class with a couple really great hands and now you just look average. There could be 6 38s at track select or there could be 2, there could be 5/6 fighters in a drop or there could be 1/4...who knows. Point is, do your best and concentrate on the things you can control - attitude and effort. Everything else is totally out of your hands.

Sadly, I will not be surprised when it does take another one to get some people to pull their heads out of their asses.

I thought it was hilarious...4 nametags, hahaha.

You're both definitely right. No we should not let the govt take a massive amount of our civil liberties...those are the whole point of our country. But, I think the article and M2 are talking about simple stuff that should not be a big deal to you if you're a "good" and "innocent" person. For example, I remember tons of uproars about putting video cameras in public high schools. Mine installed them back when I was a sophomore or something like that. People bitched their eyes out about freedom, etc. Well, cameras in a high school should not matter one bit as long as you're not trying to make drug deals in the hall or something. It's stupid to even complain about. Or how about even email/cellphone "tapping". Do I really give a shit if some computer software reads my emails or listens on my phone calls for key words/phrases? I don't give a fuck b/c I don't have anything to hide. It's not like some guy is sitting there reading my emails and then using them as gossip topics around the water cooler or using that info against me as blackmail. So as long as you're not a terrorist, you don't have one good reason to be against that. I don't care about you whining about "but my email is private!" Yeah, well mine and my family's lives are more important than your emails bitching about your shitty marriage to your sister. Point is, all the info gathered from sources/methods like those are simply used for security and will not be used against you in any other way.

Boxhead, any idea which office on base handles this? I remember going to Education and MPF...both had "no idea" and said it was the other guy's job. After 2-3 trips to each office, I gave up. I remember the education office having a commissioning code on me (I went in to find some info about GI Bill)...I think that's the one you're talking about. Maybe I'll stop by those asshat's office when I get some time.

Here's what I heard for 08-08 T-1 side, in case anyone wanted to know (of course no numbers, just airframe/location)... C-5 Travis KC-10 McGuire KC-135 MacDill, McConnell, Fairchild C-17 Charleston, Hickam, McGuire C-21 Peterson NSA Cannon

That's the problem, it's not in vmpf and not one idiot shoe on this base seems to know anything about it. I just got so pissed dealing w/ those retards that I gave up. Maybe I'll give it another shot (sts) sometime soon. I know it did mean something years back...i.e. DG out of ROTC was given pref for AFIT, etc. I'm not so sure it matters anymore, but like Brick said, it can't hurt.

Mine doesn't show up in SURF and I've been to education office/MPF/every other shoe office on base and have been told 69 times that they don't know anything about it and it's someone else's job. I gave up...that was 1.5 yrs ago. Anyone recently get this shit figured out? Will it even make any difference to me? If not, I could care less.

I'm sure you guys will see the same crap. That's just the way things go sometimes...you can always start working on a masters in the mean time.

He meant it's very competitive to get a pilot slot through OTS (yes, you already have the slot prior to OTS). From what I've seen in both OTS and Guard/Reserves "require" similar scores, LORs, etc. It's much harder to get slots through those two avenues than through ROTC or the AFA. Either way, don't quit your job and go get a bunch of hours. Get your PPL, fly when you can for the fun of it and apply. Many dudes get OTS slots w/ "just" a PPL.

I ended up wearing gortex pants and just the jacket they provided. I wore my every day bellview gortex boots...though my feet were fucking freezing when we weren't moving. I can't tell you what the wx will be like in a couple weeks, but last week and this week it's cold as balls...so expect to freeze your ass off, especially at night. The only extra thing I brought that I'm glad I did was a headlamp and my under armour coldgear. There's really not much else I wish I had, except maybe the gortex jacket (but only b/c dealing w/ the poncho is annoying).

Now the real question: when is someone going to man up and do a repeat of the Phantom pic!

These guys weren't on the list...Thomas Tags. We ordered our normal 38 nametags from Mardon and originally ordered our friday tags from them, but after 6 weeks of waiting and still hadn't gotten them we told them to shove it and ended up going w/ these guys. I had them all in hand w/in 1 wk of ordering. And their quality is easily equal to Mardon. I highly recommend them for their quality and speed.

First off, I don't think Vance is going anywhere anytime soon. Secondly, housing is going to be a huge problem in Enid in the near future. Vance is taking down all the old housing (where most of the O's live) and building new housing, but of course this will probably take the next 3 yrs or so to do. In the mean time Advanced Foods (big company on the outskirts of town) is expanding and adding 800 jobs, thus tons of people moving to Enid for those jobs. Apparently Advanced has already "reserved" all the new apartment complexes that have yet to be built. The city managers are realizing they have a big problem on their hands due to this large influx of people coming to Enid for work and all the new military coming to Vance. So, my thought is this will drive up the average home cost (much more demand than Enid can handle) and hopefully if you guys buy a house before all this happens, then when you turn to sell the market should hopefully still be riding this "high demand" wave. Just a thought.

That's true, didn't think about the parent thing. And yeah, in CO you don't have to do a background check for a private sale. Don't know why I forgot about those two things.

That's a money XC...that's what we wanted to do in T-6s, but wx screwed us. The O&B's I listed are good besides Lubbock (I forgot it was b/c of birds).

O&B: Amarillo...Big Texan is the shit. And even the restaurant on the field isn't too bad. Lincoln...Chipotle is about a 10 min drive from the airport. Alliance...Pretty good BBQ place about 2 min down the road. Ft Smith...You can get a sandwich/chips/cookies/drink deal for $1, and they'll deliver right to the FBO, so you can just eat their. Fayetteville (AR)...Good BBQ. Lubbock...they don't let us go there anymore, but maybe T-6's can still. I've been twice and both times the controllers were douche bags, so I'd recommend this as a last choice. Though there is Freebirds and many other restaurants downtown. Oh yeah, and they also all have good approach practice and are pretty good to the military (minus Lubbock for their d bag controllers and ground crew). XC: T-6 XC we ended up in Dallas on the first night and Lubbock on the 2nd night...due to wx. It wasn't bad...the clubs/bars in Lubbock were actually a pretty good time (I was kind of apprehensive of Lubbock being a fun time at first). Dallas bars were a decent time too. Centennial in CO is a sweet place...16th st in Denver is only a 15 min drive and you can stay downtown, definitely a good time. 38 XC we went to Tallahassee and had a damn good time. Went to a couple places and both had some of the best drink specials/prices I've ever seen.

Some guy really did that? Man, seems like an easy way to bring the pain to yourself.

I realize this, hence why I said don't make it obvious. There's no other way for him to get a handgun w/o someone 21+ buying it for him. It's really not a big deal as long as he doesn't go rob the Kwikie Mart w/ it...then yeah, the purchaser would be hosed as well.

How does the flightsuit work out for dudes who go w/ a bunch of snow? I just know that thing's about as water proof as a ziploc bag w/ 69 holes in it. I just prefer not to be soaking wet the entire time...or at least I want to minimize it. Seems the flightsuit would be no problem in the summer, but I'm not so sure about right now.

I think he's looking for just paper punching. Plus, then when he can actually carry, that's just a good excuse to get another gun!

Check out a gun show if you can. You can find great deals on both new and used. Of course you will need someone who is 21 to buy the handgun, so don't make it blatantly obvious that they're buying it for you. It's also a good idea to take someone who knows at least something about guns...b/c you can get screwed if you don't know what to look for on a used gun/what it actually is worth. Any product from the bigger names like S&W, Taurus, Glock, etc. will be a good way to start out...you can't really go wrong. 9mm is a great choice for a first handgun and for range shooting...much cheaper than .40, .45, etc.

"Surplus" used to be synonymous with cheap, but apparently corrosive ammo from the 1950s is worth 40 ct/rd...what a load of crap.

Wow...I want that, NOW. Ammo prices have gone way up over the past few years, so I'd say really your best bet is a decent sized gun show. The best I can find anywhere online is $4.95 for 15 rds. I bought 900 rds of the Yugo surplus 8mm about 4 yrs ago for like $60...now it costs a bit over $300 for the same, unbelievable.

Tech...yeah I shouldn't have said "all"...but it's obvious based on some comments made both by Clovis residents and by AF who have/do live there that some of the populace has issues. Regardless, it still sounds and looks like a shitty place to live.