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Im a pilot right now, looking to get out of Big Blue and experience life as a Guard/Reserve guy and an airline gig on the side. After this assignment I should only have around 5 years left on my ADSC from after pilot training. I know the reg says 2/3 of your initial commitment or something like that to even be eligible, which for me was 4 years out of ROTC. I am going to go ahead and follow Bergman's advice and be ready to send the papers up the chain anyways, worst thing they can do is say no. Thanks for the insight though guys. This place is always a wealth of info and advice.

Does anyone thing it is possible to get 5 years shaved off for a palace chase? Or is this just a pipe dream?

Unless you are at Sheppard. Then it is actually 40% of your assignment. So if you do AMAZING in T-6s you can be below average in T-38s and still end up very happy on assignment night.

Im punching as soon as I get a chance.

I like "FLY HIGH". Then we could put the motto on a patch with a pilot who has bloodshot eyes. Take that Air Force!

This stuff just makes me throw up a little bit.

The word is that the KC-135 community is overmanned when it comes to co-pilots, but undermanned when it comes to Weapons guys (usually they take somewhere around 12 a year, last year only 3 or so volunteered). No clue about ACs and IPs. Good luck and let us know how it goes for you!

I would love to see the Honorable Gates in the unemployment line! Cheers!

Hey! Remember when the Air Force actually cared about the people? Yeah... me neither.

I have a size Medium that fits me great. A size XL that is too tight and a XXL that fits great too. I think they just randomly tack on the size tag.

I only beat you by about 6 hours and several posts... but yes it is an interesting look at how screwed up our acquisition process is.

Alright guys and gals, I think I found an official and current dity rate calculator. Hang with me as I explain how to get there. 1.) First of all you need access to DPS, which you can get from your TMO. 2.) Log on to DPS and go to Self Counseling. 3.) Click on the Create Shipment Icon on the right of the screen. 4.) Follow the steps until you get to the part where you put in your weight, then you can go back and forth using the arrows at the bottom and figure out an estimate of how much you will get for your Dity or Partial Dity move. (Don't save it or go too far forward or TMO will get your request sent to them) Let me know how it works for you all! Thanks goes to a friend for finding this, I can't take credit!

Wow... a new uniform, before we even got to the mandatory wear date of the last uniform. Take some time to read this website on the production of our outstanding ABU. It really focuses on how F*d up our leadership's focus has become. https://www.tigerstripeproducts.com/airforcetiger.htm

Because rather than paying my travel voucher that has been sitting at Ellsworth for almost two months... they are trying to figure out what was happening 4 years ago. So based on the timeline... I should expect my travel voucher in 4 years. If Ellsworth wasn't Ellsworth, I would vote to send Finance Guy up to sort them out.

I pictured the cleaning lady from family guy after reading your post, usaf36031.

Wow I have never heard of getting local legs reimbursed during a TDY enroute! So this is legit?

Try checking out U4151 M&IE RATE DETERMINATION FOR OCONUS FULL DAYS in the JFTR. From how I read it, it says to claim partial you need: 1. Adequate GOVT QTRS are available on the U.S. INSTALLATION, to which the member is assigned TDY, 2. At least one meal is available and directed in a GOVT dining facility/mess on the U.S. INSTALLATION to which the member is assigned TDY, and 3. The member is not traveling. I didn't find anything about a kitchen. Hopefully someone who has more experience in this can help out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quick question for you all. I am on a longer accompanied TDY enroute. When I checked in, the lady at the desk didn't have a place for us to stay and offered us the contract lodging till we could get on base. I asked her for a Non-A but she wouldn't give me one. No big deal. I decided instead to get an apartment out in town that was cheaper than the lodging rate at the base so it will all be reimbursed. Now I hear that this weekend they will be completely full both on base as well as their contract lodging hotel, and for the first time in a long time they will be giving out non-availability letters. So whats to stop me from "trying" to move on base this weekend and scoring a Non-A, staying in my apartment and pulling a higher meal rate for my per diem??? Am I missing something?

Slight topic shift. How are the AD guys doing who got sent to Guard Units a year or so ago?

Hey guys/gals, Just finished reading through the whole thread, which answered a ton of questions. I am still struggling though as to what the best thing is to do as far as orders and stuff. My wife and I are living on base at UPT and will be going TDY to Altus for KC-135 school (don't know if it is TDY enroute or if I have to come back). Is it possible for me to move out of our base house and get BAH, while still getting the TDY pay/per diem, thus getting to pocket my BAH? Thanks for the help! I appreciate it!

TIB "claims" Hurlburt loadmaster... sounds like some kind of sickness or disease to me, maybe like zombie infestation, only worse.

AMAZING!

And we just got Vista in our Squadron... two weeks ago.

Good info. Does this work for spouses and dependents as well?

I have heard rumors, hopefully they aren't true, that the F-15C is not going to be dropped to UPT studs anymore. The student rumor mill runs deep. Any truth to this?

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