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Brabus, DOD IG and Congressman would be first on my stop if it gets disapproved... Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

Guy in my Sq asking for 7 months off. Still waiting after applying in January, although he was told the board has decided but the system has been down for a couple days so no one can tell him. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

If you are asking if the AF is going to give you something with no benefit on their end... Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

I agree, if you are going to do the courthouse, earlier is better. Can you get him added later and get it all done? Yes, but the less I have to deal with MPF and Finance the happier I am. It can be a pain. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

Oh the stories I could tell... Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

Kid came out Asian... husband was black... Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

I disagree, as I see it all the time. For some people choosing the AF carrot has become such a habit, they don't even realize it anymore. How many O-6s are still on their first wife? Of those, how many does the wife wear the rank just as much as the husband? Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

6 months is still way too long for too little payoff personnel wise. When I joined, 90 days was the standard. It may have costed more to swap people out more often, but it was so much easier on the family. What happened? Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

I wish I would have taken a picture. I was a brand new 1LT and hadn't figured out how backwards it was. They did get up and get me whatever it was I needed though. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

It's a weight issue so they can conserve the little gas they have... Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

As long as they don't "fix the glitch" before I get out... Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

First of all... props for posting a picture in your actual profile pic. That is the first thing we ask for from wives and girlfriends (boyfriends if it's an Eagle driver). Second what everyone else said about UPT. After UPT, as a young married couple, things get better while he is not on TDY or deployment. Meet the other wives and form a support group. They will end up being part of your family. Expect him to be gone. Sometimes a lot in one year then not so much the next. I was away from home about 360 something days during my first 2 years after getting to my unit, then got tagged to an Exec job where I had TDYs and Deployments that I volunteered for cancelled by my Commander. I ended up being gone maybe 8-10 weeks total that year, but spent a lot of time at work taking care of an Early Promoted O-5 so he could go to school and make O-6 and higher. Got to be there for the conception and birth of all my kids but a couple of my friends have missed 1 birth (1 missed the conception too). Ultimately, after 10 years in the USAF, my family and I have decided we have had enough, but enjoyed the majority of the time we spent in. The moment I knew I was done was when I left on a deployment 2 weeks after my youngest daughter was born. When I got back months later my wife handed her to me and I could tell she didn't even know me. Now every time I leave on a trip, she asks if it's another "long one". It is a great opportunity, enjoy it, but don't let you or your husbands life be defined by it. Be open and honest and make decisions together what's best for your family even if it isn't what someone above him says is "bad for his career". Never let him leave home while you are fighting, one of our good friends' wife found out the hard way that you never know the day he doesn't come home until it's too late. Although more rare these days, it is the cold hard truth about flying. A lot of rambling from someone about to hang up the job, but hopefully it helps in someway. Feel free to ask any other questions and welcome to the forum. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

Had to run by MPF one day and the door was closed for "training". However the door was unlocked so I decided I would just see what kind of "training" they were up to. Turns out they were all huddled around a laptop in the back watching some Hollywood movie. Then I realized why Non-rated retention was so freaking high. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

Probably safer to land in the middle of downtown Baghdad, 2003. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

We live in the Misinformation Age, and yes 95% of this nation is stupid. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

Every military pilot wannabe on every JQP post/Baseops thread who is trying to get into the AF doesn't realize that the AF has NO problems getting people in. For years, Big Blue has had the pick of the litter for the best UPT applicants through OTS, ROTC and USAFA. All the OTS guys and gals going through my UPT base have all had a ton of flying experience, impressive school and extracurricular records and many had experience in the defense industry. Had one chick who was literally a rocket scientist. It isn't a recruiting issue. It's easy to find a 22 year old with a college degree who wants to get paid to see the world and fly fast in the most advanced aircraft the world has. The AF just can't keep them after they see the price tag and the other crap they will have to put up with for the other 98% of their career. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

Glad he is okay... the pictures strike me as strange though... Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

Laughlin: Pros: 1 on 1 personal relationships with instructors (too soon?) Cons: can't go to Mexico and there is literally nothing there Columbus: Pros: SEC football everywhere you turn (Starkville, T-Town) Cons: none Vance: Pros: OKC in driving distance Cons: it's in Oklahoma Sheppard: Pros: all Studs fly 38s Wichita Falls is probably the "best" town of the UPT bases (not saying much) 2 hours from Dallas, drivable to Austin Cons: all Studs fly 38s Assignments are feast/famine at times (shock absorber for AFPC) In ROTC I remember getting a dream sheet and even a space for reasoning why I wanted to go where. Sheppard/ENJJPT is a separate selection board that you volunteer for. Bottom line it really doesn't matter where you go to UPT unless you FAIP. We also have guys who are moving bases halfway through as part of the influx plan to maximize the SPs through the pipeline. So there is always the slim chance you influx to Sheppard at some point, but unlikely with the T-6s being maxed out soon. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

So off topic but not really. Does anyone remember the AF anti-sexual assault video around the 2006-2008ish timeframe? There were a bunch of airmen and they get drunk and two of them go off and get in the pool, where the guy rips the chicks shirt off even though she says no? Then later on the guy gets arrested on the flight line and his Airman's Coin falls into the drain? Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

Shouldn't the fall vml guys have been notified on Friday that they are on the list? I'm ready to get out of here and I got nothing... Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

No fo real! They hired the hottest chick on base to be the SARC trap!!! I had just gotten there so my deployed goggles weren't on yet! Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

Ah man. Good to know. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

Anything for a Devil Dog. Best of luck brother. Get out before Stop Loss hits. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

Growing up, my dad did over 20 as a Marine fighter pilot before getting hired by a major airline. "Missing" Christmas in the Airlines meant we celebrated on 22 Dec. "Missing" it in the USMC meant we put his presents in the spare bedroom until he got home 6-9 months later. I would take airline life over that any day. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums

5 years ago my ANG unit tried to hire a twice passed over Capt and wasn't successful in getting a waiver. Now it seems pretty easy to get the waiver. My unit has told me that I will pin on O-4 as soon as I get there and they can process the paperwork since I have SOS complete. Sent from my iPhone using Baseops Network Forums