Dubs

I think there's a nice little summary right below the picture. Technique only

I'm surprised that RV isn't painted blue... or even sage green

The only -130s at Yokota are slicks. There was talk about a guy who mistakenly got orders saying he was going to H's instead of P's (*gasp* Randolph f*cked up??), but I've never heard anything about all new guys going Shadows. Doesn't really make sense especially since the MC-E/P's are on the verge of being replaced

It's a TDY. Enjoy your time at Kirtland and expect to be delayed coming out of there... it's just the nature of the 550th. Kadena is what you make of it. It's busy as f*ck, but at the end of the day I wouldn't really say we do much. Also, you can pretty much count on getting an office job and a few additional duties right off the bat, so while you're at Kirtland I would take the time to really get into the books and learn as much as possible. The SOG just got a new commander and the new AFSOC/CC has some interesting ideas for the place, so by the time you make it out here it might actually be a good assignment. You'll only have the schoolhouse and SERE training wise and if you have a family, they'll need to be medically cleared to travel to Kadena. There's been quite a few inbounds that never showed up as a result of their families not being good to go, so if you do have a family make sure you've at least brought the topic up to them that you might have to move to Hurlburt instead if something does go wrong so everyone isn't blindsided at the last minute. Short of that, it's just getting on the plane and heading to Oki. Oh, if you don't have a blue passport I'd get one. There's been quite a few people that've shown up and been thrown on an off-station within a week of being cleared to fly. If you have any questions feel free to shoot me a PM.

Thanks for starting this thread! I've had the same doubts for awhile (although I don't have anywhere near as much time in as you) and I've come to the conclusion that I'm punching at the end of my commitment for basically the same reasons you're thinking about. The fact that others are sick of the shit and are re-evaluating things lets me know I'm not batshit crazy.

My guess is leather jackets and wings are next. We'll all then be awarded the Air Force Warrior duty badge and a one-size-fits-all sage green jacket of varying sleeve lengths...

That's pretty badass that he's actually willing to listen and willing to hear it from the lowest levels. The only downside is I'm sure the butt snorklers and the spin-up machines are about to turn it up to 11 in preparation of his visits to each base...

If you're lucky enough you'll go through SOS-BC after it merges with Tops in Blue's IQT. You'll be the most badass warrior... ever.

Yep Just thought it was interesting that no MC-P's dropped and wondered if they'd closed the pipeline (at least for now) until the J swap is done because it wouldn't make sense to send someone through P-qual and then turn right around and send them back through J-qual

Hmmm, no MC-130P's... is the pipeline closing up for the J model transition?

Holy. Crap. That walk is re-goddamn-diculous and even more re-goddamn-diculous if you make it while wearing a fleece jacket/desert flightsuit combo.

Same here. No way in hell I was listening to that again

Same thing happened for the SOG out at RODN this year. Phase II was cancelled due to doing real world stuff in response to Japan's Earthquake/Tsunami/Nuclear Reactor troubles

There was a quote on one of the pages that went something to the effect of:

These guys are true warriors!

Truer words have never been spoken!

Fixed.

Were they on oxygen at like 200'?

Call me Ishmael

So, the AF has met and/or exceeded force-shaping requirements? Well at least until the next round of "Do more with less!"...

Do the following two words mean anything to you... reflective belt? If it's good enough for us, it's good enough for a blimp!

I had this book in my hands at an airport bookstore and ended up putting it down thinking I'd be able to find it at Books-a-million when I got to where I was going. I was so wrong.

"2" We all wear the same wings.

I didn't crap the entire time we were out in the field. I thought SERE had f*cked up my body, haha... but when we got back to the Inn I made up for the week (sorry again to my roommate) with the added bonus of not having to worry about freezing my nuts off. The only thing I was REALLY glad I brought was Gortex. Holy crap was that stuff (especially the jacket) a life saver.