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On the other hand, I've heard a story (possibly BS) about a dude conducting a little experiment about squadron leadership. He got a CAC reader, and stayed home. Answered his email, sent out emails, did all his work by email. It took 3 months for the SQ/CC to realize he hadn't been to work.

We had one in Columbus, OH. I thought it was the coolest thing ever when my parents first took me (I was about 10).

Those guys had to get back to parking somehow. You'd think the pilot would have figured it out when it took full AB to get the jet moving. BTW, I'm a B-1 FTU guy...Heading to Ellsworth this summer.

Differential braking for the taxi, since the nosewheel steering won't work with the gear in the well.

My buddy spent some time in the Army, his favorite was to send the FNG to ask the MSgt for a "pricky-7" (sound it out).

Killian's is my favorite, but I'll go in for Sam Adams, Yuengling, Shiner (most of their variants are pretty good), Land Shark, Corona, and of course the Bud/Miller/Coors families. Not a fan of Guiness (I don't think you should have to chew beer), or Heineken.

How do you know a date with a fighter pilot is half over? He says, "Enough about my plane, let's talk about me".

I'd have been more impressed if it were an all female RC-135 crew. Doesn't seem like it would be that difficult to find three chicks...now the 20-something they have on an RJ, that would be impressive.

I love USAA. I had Progressive in Ohio prior to OTS. When we PCSd to PCola, Progressive was basically going to double the amount of our car insurance. USAA gave me insurance with a LOWER deductible, for less than I had been paying IN OHIO. I love the personal service, the fact that they are always willing to take the time to talk to you and you never, ever feel like they have anything better to do than help you. Perhaps I'm strange, but I really appreciate that they don't do like many banks and just direct you to call this other number for such-and-such department, they CONNECT you and make sure that's the right department before cutting you loose. Snake, do you work for a competing insurance firm or what? Oh, for savings, we use INGDirect. 4.25%, no fees. I understand HSBC has a similar deal.

I thought it was standard. Hell, they taught us that for our formation block (only 4 flights for WSOs) in PCola. "You got that finger up back there!? You better be flipping off that damn camera!"

Eliminate the extra BAH, (or give single guys the same BAH, it's functionally the same thing) and you'll see lots of married guys getting out. I'll ask again, do you think that a married guy should be forced to live in a dorm room with his family on base? Or that a single guy should have a whole house on base to himself? Because that's the point of BAH...to buy the equivalent of base housing off-base.

Nope. You don't have to eliminate the enemy, you just have to eliminate his ability to fight.

I wore mine in early April, still snow on the ground. Yes, it does get wet easily, but it dries much faster as well. I appreciated the extra pockets. I was the only member of my element that didn't have my own Gore-Tex, and I wasn't about to spend that kind of money for a week in the woods.

No excuses for not getting the chocks, but the B-1B is notorious for hot brakes. The WSOs watch the brake temps on the central integrated test system (CITS), and if it exceeds 600 degrees, you don't set the parking brake...it's a recipe for brake fires.

Our SRO was a full bird somehow involved with the Airborne Laser project...never did give us the whole story about why he was going throgh SERE so late (he was a Space & Missiles guy, but I guess since he's flying now SERE had to be done). Just...think carefully about your options before you answer questions. Not only how they're phrased, but actually think about the courses of action available to you, and don't dismiss any out of hand because you think your captors won't agree.

We used to have two spare chutes on the B-1, now we only have one. Doesn't really bother me that we only have one spare chute (because how often is the seat going to fail?). Not exactly the same situation, I know, but still. On the other hand, it does bother me that the USAF thinks cost cutting should be done on safety items.

It certainly sounds like you're getting screwed. Wouldn't be the first time finance or the education office botched something. And what is up with "you're casual, STFU and enjoy your paycheck"? I'm gonna file that one away next time I see someone bitching about finance botching their travel voucher. "STFU, you're getting paid to fly an airplane to exotic locales".

How tall are you? You might be able to get the BMI used and pick up the full 30 points.

Academy guys get a bad rap, but most of them are decent enough. By the time he's been on active duty for, say, six months, no one will care anymore (unless he is one of those "I went to the Academy, I'm better than everyone else" types). I think it comes from USAFA guys having no real life experience, going straight from high school to the structure of the Academy without any chance to be adults on their own. Again, no one will refuse to associate with him because he's a USAFA guy...just be prepared for the jokes.

I guess this dispels the rumor that the ejection handles trigger a video of the CSAF saying "Oh no you don't, try harder".

There was a dude in my JSUNT class that was promoted to Captain halfway through. He always just shook his head when we started saluting him. There were several (joking) threats about what would happen if we kept saluting him.

This is where people get the mentality to check sock colors, point out morale patches are unauthorized, and tell you to take the sunglasses off your head. What we need to do is indoctrinate the new soon-to-be flyers before they go to ASBC, and hope that they can change the rest of the shoe-clerk mindset while the new LTs are still fresh and able to be molded.

I had a few bright-eyed Randolph casuals salute me (1Lt) while I was there for EWO school. I told them to knock it off, and one told me that another 1Lt had told him they were supposed to salute. I told him he was to slap the next 1Lt who demanded a salute.

You just throw it out there. "How do you know when a fighter pilot enters the room? He'll tell you". "How do you know a date with a fighter pilot is half over? He says 'enough about my plane, let's talk about me'".

Just get there real early, and create a barricade for the Code Pinkos. Then you can let folks in and out at will.