pawnman

Dude, something's going to have to bend. Either your reluctance to talk to women and work weekends, or your desire to be an Air Force officer. Others have stated that there are plenty of contractors in the computers and communications fields, and as a contractor you'd have much more freedom to folow your beliefs. Bottom line, I don't see being able to get out of working with women, even in a potentially "private" setting (not that I'd classify a cockpit as "private"). What happens when you and Lt Jane are the two assigned to close the shop after everyone else is gone? And I really don't see getting out of working on the Sabbath. I also foresee problems with the Kosher thing, especially on deployments, especially if you're one of the lucky few who goes off to play Army for a while.

And as a member of the LPA, you have a built-in excuse..."Shit, I don't know where they want it...they rolled into the ready room and pointed some fingers, told us to come get this monstrosity, and take it back to the squadron...I'm as clueless as you."

Not for me. I got rolled for swimming at nav school. I did have a buddy that was going to be a CRO, but he hurt his ankle, needed surgery and everything, and now he's a B-1 WSO. Guy does Crossfit religiously, and never bitches about any of the exercises. The harder it is, the more he enjoys it.

I had never met anyone who chewed/dipped before I joined the USAF. Now it seems like every other person I know does it. Water bottles full of spit clutter the planning room. Still, I'd rather share a room with someone who's chewing than someone who's smoking. At least I don't have to breathe his spit.

Does this mean B-2s won't be all-wx anymore?

I have noticed that the quality of service has improved tremendously since transitioning to ACC.

Hell yeah. Straight to Final Point for a cholesterol burger and a pitcher of beer.

Hell, I'm a Star Wars fan, but I didn't take it as far as this guy. I just settled for owning the box set of the original trilogy.

I had heard about putting AMRAAMs on the BONE, but the way it was presented was we could launch a missile and keep an AI busy while we pressed into the target.

I think that Col is ripe for a command tour in Cyber Command.

We had an enlisted Navy dude in there with us when we went through. He just kept smiling and declining his mask, even though he couldn't follow any of the directions. When we finally hit the time-limit for putting your mask back on, he just kept giving the techs a thumbs up and shaking his head.

The Dyess OG/CC and OSS/CC are both WSOs, and that's in the B-1. I'm not sure, but I think the commander of the Herks here may be a nav as well...Only met him once at the "Welcome to Dyess" inprocessing brief.

Interestingly, it wasn't on mine when I did inprocessing in November and had to do the two or three information assurance ones. I have heard nothing official about it from anyone in the squadron, only here.

You could always apply to OTS. You, too, could be a 90-day wonder (just like me!)

This discussion came up today, but... Can anyone tell me how the USAF basically requires you to have a Master's to make Major, then sends you to ACSC, which will net you a Masters, AFTER you're a Major?

Apparently people are still required to do practice bleeding for SOS. No idea if it's stopped for ACSC or AWC.

I agree. The clus are often overpriced and poor quality, but you are required to use it by the support group commander. One I heard recently regarding the new promotion "It's YOUR club"..."Really? It's my club? Can I shut it down and go somewhere with good food?"

It's always good to have the info ahead of time. Lord knows it made things tight around our house the month we coughed up the cash for the winging reception, party, shirts, mugs, gifts, etc... If I had known how much I was looking at, I could have budgeted for it. And yes, Bender, I'm married, I have a kid, and I've got two car payments and a crapload of college debt.

That kind of defeats the purpose, I think. You're handing out a silver dollar in hopes that it will be kept as a souvineir, not in hopes that it will be spent. If that were the case, why not just give out dollar bills? I could see substituting a coin-check coin, but not an AAFES gift card.

We went to see it at the Naval Aviation Museum in PCola. The flying was pretty cool, but I think they could have done without the simulated shoot-down and rescue.

Someone should probably repeat a year...the one where you learn customs and courtesies.

I gave out one at my commissioning to my Step-Father, a retired Chief, and one to the first guy to salute me once I was on active duty (a Marine at tech school in Pcola...had to go across the entire BX parking lot to catch up to him...those young Marines will salute from a football field away).

What's the difference between an F-16 and a cactus? With a cactus, the pricks are on the outside. How do you know a fighter pilot just walked into the room? He'll tell you. How can you tell a date with a viper pilot is half over? He says "Enough about the viper, let's talk about me".

Between a flightsuit and ABUs? Or Blues? I'll take the bag in a heartbeat.

How so? If I can check my email from home, and not go to work, sounds like I'm winning. And just because I have a reader at home doesn't mean I have to check my email at home.