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Are they still pulling UPT grads for RPA?
Slander replied to AGM-88's topic in Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA/RPV/UAS/UAV)
Dude. My roll is pretty slow compared to yours. Here's some facts: Slander: Joined BODN Jul 2005, 154 active posts. NSPlayer: Joined BODN Apr 2008, 1977 active posts. When I post I think about it for a very long time before I do, and then I usually don't. I triple dog dare you to try that on for size, just see how it feels. Just the tip, just for a little bit if you must. Ball busting aside (sts), to answer the original question, I don't think UPT dudes are going to a UAV directly outside of the guard/reserve guys. Nowadays it seems like most dudes are 11M types or 18U direct. -
Only cool if they provide a lesson in 3-1 brevity like the cocks did last year via GoPro and self congratulating stock footage use.
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Are they still pulling UPT grads for RPA?
Slander replied to AGM-88's topic in Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA/RPV/UAS/UAV)
Dude. Is there a topic on this message board you don't feel compelled to respond to? I mean, for God's sake... 1) You haven't been to UPT 2) You're basing your opinion on...what exactly? Not seeing a UAV in the assignment night thread, but you still answer yes? And then say "oh yeah, nevermind. Someone else answered better than me..." 3) Not everything in the world revolves around navs and clock2map2gnd1!!1!! I get that you're really into politics and public policy and you like defending your thoughts in those threads. What I don't get is your inability to STFU when you don't know what you're talking about. Please stop, you're embarrassing yourself. Before you hit the "post" button and probably before you speak in public, think to yourself "do I know what I'm talking about here? Is it my place to speak on this topic?" If the answer to either of those isn't "Yes" with no caveats, don't. It's way better for everyone. It's kinda like a debrief, "was I directly spoken to? Can I answer this question in one word or less? If I answer this question is it possible to be seen as quibbling? Am I really sure this is the right time for me to speak?" /rant. -
St Bernardus Abt 12 and Rochefort Trappist 10. Can't go wrong with a monk drunk.
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Correct. For example, check this out... https://world.time.com/2013/02/21/ceo-of-u-s-tire-company-gets-into-fight-with-all-of-france/
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ehhh....it's Europe...*shrug*
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Anyone know where this can be found online? No cable/sat and in USAFE...
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No, this is wrong. Also wrong. You should be able to only pay a prorated amount through the day on which your lease terminates. You can select that day based on your PCS date, but be reasonable. You can try for March 9th, but expect that they'll make you stay through the end of March at the earliest (i.e. March 30th lease termination). You shouldn't need an attorney. Most states have the landlord tenant laws on their state websites and it's pretty easy to find the military lease termination laws. Additionally, if there isn't anything in the state law, the federal law (Servicemembers Civil Relief Act) takes precedence. What it says is that if you receive PCS orders to a duty station >69 miles away (or so, I think it's 90 actually) that you can break the lease without penalty. I don't feel like looking all that up for you, you should do that, but it'll be 45 minutes well spent. Print out the law, highlight the parts that apply, bring it to the leasing office, speak to the property manager. Document that discussion. If she doesn't help, call the corporate office of whatever company owns the property and speak to the property manger's boss. I've had this fight a couple times and it usually doesn't go past the part of showing them the federal law they're attempting to violate. Make sure that when you move out you have them inspect your apartment and keep a copy of that inspection in case they attempt to recover "damages" to the apartment after the fact from your security deposits. PM me if you need more help than that. Edit to add: Dude, look 1 post up from yours, when I spent the time to go through all the laws and find the applicable ones for a similar situation. Nice job using the search function, but...
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True, but they can pass unconstitutional laws. Someone has to sue to have them over-turned. The person who sues has to be someone that the law has unconstitutionally affected; so in this case someone from congress would have to sue congress for withholding their pay until they passed something. I'd like to be the opponent in that person's next campaign...
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Downside...it happens every year
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What is it about Iowa?? https://www.miamihera...ilot-being.html edit to add article text
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https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4593682.stm Guy rakes his leaves, then starts to burn them. Finds a mouse inside his house, throws said mouse into pile of burning leaves. Mouse is pissed, on fire, runs into his house and burns the house down. CF1: Alcohol? CF2: Poor in-home firefighting skillz EE1: Putting mouse in fire EE2: Fire not big enough to kill immediately RC: Bad ass mouse
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Auto Ground Collision Avoidance System Survey (Masters Program)
Slander replied to faip's topic in General Discussion
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Maybe he thinks the CSAF shouldn't have to waste his time on what uniform people wear at every base...that's what I think. I'd rather he spend time on figuring out how to unfvck the acquisitions, how to market the USAF as well as the USN does to congress, and figuring out just what exactly we're going to lose with sequestration. But if you'd prefer he spend his time micromanaging the MAJCOM and WG/CC's, fine. We'll just disagree.
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1. Shut up Nav, go plot a course with a sextant or something equally as worthless and leave the strafe debriefs for the adults. 2. That was from almost 5 years ago.
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Fact. In my first week and last week at a dependents restricted base in Korea I was asked by junior NCOs if I flew F-18s or F-14s. It was a nice bookend to my 18 months there.
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Who bought booze with taxpayer dollars? Unless you think that using my paycheck consists of using taxpayer dollars, I don't know any bar that uses gubment money to stock the bar. Also, of note, she never actually used any of the numerous formal complaint mechanisms, only said something to various supervisors and then waited 12 years and filed a lawsuit. Nice.
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It's very effective for a/a. Very.
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Ask them about high angle strafe...it's happening
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Publications, Checklists, Flashcards, Etc...
Slander replied to CPT_Engel's topic in General Discussion
Dude UPT is simple. Study hard, know the things they tell you to know, and be good at the ground ops / goings and comings. They don't expect you to be good at the new stuff for each flight, but studying the departures and recoveries is easy, so is learning whatever acro you're going to do. Trust me, it only gets harder as you continue. UPT is finals week for 54 weeks. It's a marathon. Stay strong, be in on top of or in front of the threat and you'll succeed. So to speak. -
Why can't the base commander say "don't wear revealing clothing" instead of "BAHHH THE SKY IS FALLING EVERYONE IN PT UNIFORM" if the embassy complaint in your example really happened? edit: spelling is hard
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So a couple weeks ago the runway here was closed. The fighter squadron verified some clearances and gave about 69 support people incentive sims. They were UTDs -- cockpit replicators with a flat screen but all the switches and everything work. Some of the bros taught them how to takeoff and land, fly an ILS, whatever. I tried to show them how their job fit into killing North Koreans, and why pilots (in general) are so grumpy when we have to walk over to a building and are turned away for "Training Days" every Tuesday from 1200-1630. Then afterwards, I took them over to a map and said "Here's Kunsan. Here's Osan. Here's Seoul. Here's where the North Koreans have 1000s of pieces of artillery pointed at Seoul. Here's where we are going on night 1 of the war. Here's where the North Koreans have SAMs pointed at us." The look on their faces when I showed to them how to shoot an AMRAAM, then avoid the SAM rings to drop 2 JDAMS and then get themselves and 3 of their best friends home out of harm's way said it all. One of them even said "I had no idea how hard this is, I had no concept of what you guys do. This is amazing." She got it. "What" (nice self naming of yourself, by the way), you should go get some perspective from those pilots you're deploying more than. Go find out what they do every day and what they train to do. If you show genuine interest, I guarantee it any pilot over there will explain it to you. Please figure out how you can do your job better so that they have more time to train to kill the enemy and protect your ability to donate your time on the weekends. If everyone did that, if everyone figured out how their job fits into the machine, then we wouldn't bitch. The problem is when people lose that perspective, lose the idea that their job is not the most important one on base and the world doesn't revolve around you. I'm sure you feel like you work hard, and you probably work long hours, so do we. But it sounds like you need a serious adjustment in perspective. Or don't, and continue to be part of the problem. Caveat: One CAF punk's idea. Got it, no MAF stuff, maybe a MAF dude can offer his opinion too but I don't want to spew some made up bullshit about what the MAF does.
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K whatever dude