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    The only thing TSP has over other managed funds is lower admin/overhead costs and CZTE contributions. Never thought they were/are like Fidelity Contrafund for invested into company choices. ...and now Roth TSP. Pretty sweet loan-to-Uncle-Sam investment, better than bonds.... edit: clarity
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    Anyone know a quality machinists/fabricator in Albuquerque? I'm doing it right this time - locally - not long distance.
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    Didn't realize that BO.net prompted phone-a-friends....however friend thought: DITY moves, iron-swap or TDY/deployment volunteering, spouse move job to on-base with TSP matching, asking for military discount everywhere, shopping online to avoid sales tax
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    Thanks for recommend on Ticker: SB looks promising as long as manufacturing/durable goods deliveries don't slow..
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    So one could really invest up to $17k yearly into Roth TSP, wow (https://www.tsp.gov/PDF/formspubs/tsplf30.pdf) Sucks you can't convert Roth-IRA to Roth TSP. In essence CZTE contributions to traditional-Roth are Roth-TSP. Those contributions are tax-exempt coded going in, and withdrawn -- but not their appreciation or dividends. It's nice though if your pay isn't CZTE that you can Roth-TSP it = great between deployments. Though I could see the management of directing those funds bi-monthly or quarterly getting time sensitive. I don't like the fact that the US government dipped into TSP during the "non-approved" federal budget period this last year. Scary to think that the Fed's can dip into your funds. Though it's nice that there isn't an income limit or phase-out upon Roth-TSP like Roth-IRA, great for those senior ranking personnel! https://wallstreetnewsnetwork.com/ Someone recommended offline playing the ex-Div date of stocks. I guess this could work if capital invested and dividend gained would exceed daily trading costs....hmm....though the price day after ex-Div drops nearly every time. Would have to trade pre-market to mitigate.
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    After maxing-out Roth IRA's and placing a small mint in TSP, the wife and I are wondering where else could investment money go? Ideas out of ordinary? Heard these: Rental house, raw gold before in case of economic collapse, weekly stock trading, savings deposit program, bullets & assault rifles, lottery tickets We've also gleamed some info from previous threads on the Roth, SDP, and TSP. But haven't seen any good direct comparisons of those common methods or much beyond those common methods. What about a small side-business? Or something else? What is something different you all have heard/seen active duty do as an financial investment outside the norms?
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    "While the two aircraft were too close under existing standards, the Air Force’s models for how far Ospreys need to stay from each other to avoid each other’s wake are “inadequate,” according to the report. Not a CV-22 person however.....tough to argue out-of-it if they were too close per published standards. But if they were farther away than published minimums and still have wake-turbulence problems that's a different matter and they'd have dog-in-the-fight. edit: more comment
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    I have a plan for the iPad 7 inch version or any tablet. The baseplate I designed can actually accommodate nearly any tablet. It's as simple as loosen, remove-from-baseplate, swap, tighten.
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    I'll pass this along to the Phaero app creator. Mine auto-shutdown for high temperature once in the African sunshine. Put it in the shade for several minutes then it worked again. My version 2 iPad holder is/was delayed. The fabrication shop I used botched the 1st sample of version 2, then they put it on the back-burner for a lucrative corporate project. Money talks...unfortunately. I'm moving onto another fabricator and have PCS'd, thus the delay.
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    Hmm...must've forgot the TPS coversheet...
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    After having the privilege and dumb luck to speak with Gen Welsh & Gen Gorenc for 45 minutes last summer in a C-130J cockpit along with a patch-wearing Major, I don't think Gen Welsh will eliminate the requirement to get a Master's degree...only postpone its timing-"requirement" to after an individual's Major promotion board at most. Unless his thinking has changed..... I voiced my concern as a line flying Captain doing a Master's, getting/staying CMR, etc; also expressed concern with crewdawgs being RA's as well as other crewdawgs being in positions that require continuous continuity (ex. fill in the ____) The scary part is if AAD is masked on the Major promotion board, what will take its place? Ancillary duties? Christmas party planning = strat? ADD: Gen Welsh impressed me with his sincere interest for my concerns/problems. He was the only senior leader I've spoken to who seemed to give a $hit to what litte-ole'-me had to say. "People who have dealt with the incoming chief say he is a natural leader who thinks clearly and has exceptional interpersonal skills." #agree
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    Really, based upon a visual arrival which sometimes cars are moving faster than C-5's? That approach isn't but 5 minutes...perhaps busdriver is speaking of longer time VFR, like not during a visual approach.
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    He will have to be space required for PCS or on orders with a working dog. The only way space-A is seeing-eye-dog or seeing-eye-dog in training; or another type of assistance animal. Side note: On an airliner I saw an assistance pony one time...weird and farty.
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    https://tighar.org/Projects/P38/press.htm
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    Isn't this because service member requirements in square feet are determined in the front of the regulation, but family members are not?
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    Ah, the joy of every other African airfield...when you carry your own "verbal judo" equipped SF troops it happens quite often, but only if you have space for said security peeps in your airplane. The Herk is the best and probably lands at uncontrolled fields as much as any AF prop-job.
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    a rabbit trail...
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    Anyone heard of lodging billeting a family of three into a VOQ? Sitution: TDY en-route PCS for several months, family on orders, TLF's aren't available Lodging is trying to place us into a VOQ room with one bed, one hide-a-bed couch, and no kitchen or kitchenette. AFI 34-246, the lodging AFI, doesn't have much on family billeting requirements. Have another reg source or citation? Have meeting with the lodging manager Tuesday.
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    AMC has a Concept-of-Employment signed. As having escaped to the beach/fishing/etc for two weeks, I'm temporarily out-of-the-loop as to most up to date info. The CONEMP specifically addresses some of your questions. https://private.amc.af.mil/a3/a3v/publications.aspx "HQ AMC Electronic Flight Bag"
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    Realize that your PCS can be delayed or turned off at your request and if approved. You don't have to do this from a distance. AFI 36-2110, Humanitarian Assignment. A24.7.9. Threatened separation, divorce action, or the desire to pursue child custody. Talk to 1st Sgt or CC if you so desire....
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    He might not be able to get Big Blue more money, better ops-tempo, or qualify of life (which is pretty good in the AF BTW...)...however What Gen Welsh might be is the personality to get the USAF personnel through this turbulent time by only changing people's perceptions. Who would you follow into a darkening future? (edit: me spell bad)
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    What's wrong is that he's insinuating there is a relationship between riding motorcycles and suicides, namely that both are tragic and wrong, by pairing the two together to combine them against other losses. They shouldn't be compared against each other. If they should be paired, then contrasted why? Other than political ammo against riding what other reason exists?
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    Just the top of the fin, but what about the rest? *not the same photo https://www.gofishn.com/gofishn/14531-seal-saves-shark-attack-victim-in-africa/
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    "Jeremiah Weed, no thanks." "I wish fighters were based at Cannon again." "That CanKun tour was great." "HQ approved flyby at 300' AGL...I'll pass." At airshow static... "Sorry miss, no private tours allowed."
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