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Just another quick tip...my biggest problem I had to overcome was you need to relax your upper body while straining (besides your abs). Your shoulders, neck, arms, etc. should be relaxed just like when you're flying 1G. It was really hard for me to overcome this b/c it's just natural to tense up your whole body, but in reality you need to squeeze the shit out of your legs, ass and abs. Close off the airway and breath properly and that's it. Let your shoulders, arms, neck relax and that'll help you...it definitely helped me.

With a bad strain, you can actually screw yourself and you'd be better off just sitting there and not straining at all, seriously. It wouldn't be a bad idea to go ask the Aero Phys dudes for some tips on your G-strain. I honestly didn't know shit until I went to the fuge and really found out how much is actually involved in a G-strain. Most people have a resting G-tolerance of around 4-4.5. Yours may very well be down around 3.5...but that's not really a huge issue. If you have a proper strain, get on the strain before you're playing "catch up" you'll be fine. Drink a shitload of water. Fatigue and dehydration massively lowers your G-tolerance. I was tired as shit and definitely pissing yellow today before my 2nd flight...5.5 felt like 9. Some days you're just not as good b/c of those two factors mostly. So, you just have to strain harder than usual at a certain G to compensate. Biggest tips are work on your G-strain, don't just blow it off like 99% of us do/did in Phase II. Get as much rest as you can (probably the least in your control) and drink a lot of water all the time, especially in the summer when it's hot as shit...like now. You'll get more tolerance naturally as you go on, so don't worry too much...but definitely don't start telling people you're graying out all the time...at least unless it becomes a serious safety factor down the road.

Sounds like a good idea scooter, I'll get that started...because I just know those assclowns are going to tell me I owe them $$$ in 6-9 years.

So after reading this, it sounds like it'd be a good idea to save all claimed receipts for every TDY in a file cabinet. Guess I'm a TDY behind, but better safe than sorry. Is there any reason to get copies of the travel voucher or are the receipts good enough?

I didn't say they were gay like TIB...that would be overboard. But, being the honor guard commander is still something I would not want to do. I'm not questioning the patriotism of it all, the need for their services, etc...but when it comes down to it, it's about marching around. I do admit the stuff those guys can do is impressive, but seriously, it's still just marching/throwing rifles around. I'm glad someone likes to do it, but I sure as hell don't want to. Thanks for the enlightenment.

The guy who did the check at vance a while ago was in a King Air. But, sounds like they're also using other stuff...just wondering. That's not what I said LJ. Don't put words in my mouth. It would be incredibly gay to march around for Generals and blah blah. I have nothing against the funeral/presenting flag side of the job and think it's a great thing. But that's only a part, all the other stuff is gay; that's the part I was commenting on and that's my opinion.

Alright, fair enough. Obviously I'm biased towards my side of the fence. Seriously though, I'm sure being in OSI is a hell of a lot better than being a standard shoe in any other job. I just sure as hell wouldn't want to deal w/ the sick crap those guys have to deal with. Just me though. Good luck on the board, I hope it works out for you.

It seems that 98% of OSI is queep and spending the other hours dealing w/ some fvcked up cases...again, from your desk. The other 2% is freaking out when I tell them some dude has more than one beer in a sitting. Holy shit, say it ain't so! I don't see how people think that job is so awesome.

They're nice people, it's just they're horrible at their job...or at least they're horrible w/ my stuff, but I'm sure there are many more here w/ similar problems as I. It's frustrating when perfection is expected out of the Ops side of the house (as it should be), but mediocrity seems to be the goal on the support side (as far as Finance and MPF go). It's good to know level-headed people who don't suck at their job exist in the Finance world, just apparently not at Vance.

I'm always very polite to them. I've never been irate and it's true I only bash them on here or in the SQ. I firmly believe being nice gets you a lot farther than blowing up at people, even if it's completely warranted. However, it just makes my blood boil that EVERY time I deal w/ them, they lose something, completely screw it up, things magically change (for the worse of course), they never have a good reason for why somethings screwed up, etc. Yes, they're using DTS, but for some reason we had to do the old school way this time (I heard it was b/c Holloman wasn't in DTS, which is where we went TDY...but I don't know for sure). At least w/ DTS the screw-ups are minimized.

Just a friendly update...Finance is still batting a 1000. Went in the other day to ask why the fvck I hadn't been paid for my TDY over a month ago. Their answer: "uh, we lost your paperwork." And of course they didn't think to tell me about this...apparently standard procedure is to just wait till I go in and ask. Finance Guy...you know anyone who can get these fvckheads at Vance to get their shit together? Man I hate these guys.

I would report it. That's a pretty big surgery. Like you said, everything's fine, so it shouldn't be too big of a deal. They'll probably test your range of motion and that's about it. Have all the reports/x-rays from the civilian doc ready and then tell the AF. I wouldn't skip out on saying something about a surgery.

Either you really suck, are shooting terrible ammunition, or something is wrong w/ the weapon...but the last one is very unlikely compared to the first two. Every Glock I've shot shoots as straight as a laser. The only better I've personally shot was a USP and a Sig...but the difference was not worth the price of the USP, and I liked the Glock better for carry over the Sig. But seriously, give it a good cleaning and buy some decent ammo...and you're probably jerking all over the place when you pull the trigger, naturally trying to "compensate" for the larger kick. It's a VERY common mistake in new shooters. Try getting some dummy rounds (blast caps) and have a friend load a magazine w/ real ammo and a dummy round somewhere randomly in there (you should not watch him do this...it's gotta be a surprise). Then start shooting, one shot at a time, a few sec in b/w each shot. When you get to the dummy round, you'll probably be surprised at how much you naturally jerk the gun around when trigger squeeze comes. Doing the blast cap thing fixed my problem of doing that back in the day.

I don't know, flying 15 approaches in a King Air would be pretty fvcking boring. What's the pay like?

I know brick, I was just stating my complete disgust for a completely gay job.

Where do I sign up! (insert vomiting icon...I can't find it)

What a badass. What happened to all the dudes like him.

Wow, that sucks. From the couple I went to when casual (someone had to pour the shots), the songs were definitely there. And that's at a UPT base...I would have thought AD would have been even better.

The best part of the whole "deal" is you get to do pretty much the same exact shit a few years down the road (SOS). I agree getting some extra money, hanging out with friends and getting tanked in Florida on the weekends is a descent deal, but the course is retarded and has not made me any better of an officer..."real world" (as much as UPT can be anyways) experience has done that. I know this doesn't encompass all people (and yes everyone is entitled to their own opinion), but everyone who thought ASBC was relatively valuable and a descent program also were the people who thought ROTC was a great program and taught you a bunch of meaningful lessons on life/AF...yeah right.

Cell Dweller is probably spot on. But to be honest, if you can't pass the AF PFT, that's pretty damn bad. You have to be in horrendous shape to not be able to pass; I find it almost impossible to believe that a "varsity athlete" can not pass the PFT. Regardless, everyone should go to FT being able to pass the PFT. If they go not being able to pass it (as in this case...unless they made her take it w/ a sprained ankle, then that's a different story), then that's their own damn fault and I don't feel sorry for them. She's probably going to get the boot unless their some very good circumstances on her side.

Go to the doc. They're still bothering you and waiting will probably just make it worse. If you're absolutely worried about going DNIF or getting the screw, then go to a civilian doc and pay out of pocket. That's an option if you're willing to pay for it. But seriously, you're having some knee pain when you play sports, not just sitting there. I highly doubt you will be DNIF'd for something that probably (at least from what I can understand from what you've said) has no effect on your standard, every-day mobility and ability to fly an airplane. And like I said before. it's much better to get a problem fixed at the beginning of Phase II than it is half way through.

Are you sure ells? I thought if you were planning on any bank over 60 or pitch greater than +/- 25, you had to have a chute, period. Isn't in the FARs somewhere?

Definitely is a "non-standard" airshow. Last year (I think), a Corsair's prop "chewed" through an RV-4 while taxing, killing one guy in the RV. Stuff like this unfortunately is much more likely to happen at something like AirVenture than it is at a "traditional" airshow.

If you own the plane, you might as well own the rigs. They just have to be re-packed every 120 days by a rigger w/ that cert. It costs around 40 bucks or so for the repack, depending on where you go.

Any liquor store can order it if you can convince them to. I told one once that I'd buy the whole case if they ordered one...they had it 5 days later. And this is a liquor store 30 min at least from the nearest base.