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PJs have limited firefighting gear. It's not enough to save a building... but to suppress a fire in a burning MRAP long enough to pull a dude out is possible.

It's "recommended" credit. So if you're doing the AMU box-check degree then yes. If you're actually getting a decent degree from a quality school then probably not... but it never hurts to ask.

If i'm forced to waste my time with worthless pay-to-play stuff then I'm going to look for ways to do it when it's conveinint for me. IE when i'm already used to wasting an hour a week on worthless crap rather than spending time with the wife or getting drunk with my peers. If that means I can avoid having to waste that time later in life when I've got more going on, both personally and professionally, seems like a win-win to me... But, point made. People who are worried about their own performance might take my efforts to get this crap over and done with as a threat to their futures. I guess I'll avoid having any more people jump to foolish conclusions for sake of their own paranoia. Thanks for the advice.

AMU takes less than an hour a week. I figure ACSC bs should take about the same. I've managed to recycle papers from one class to the next with minimal editing. As I said I don't have kids yet so if I can get this crap knocked out early then I don't have to deal with it later. I'm not talking about doing the full ACSC OLMP. I don't need two worthless degrees. Just the courses from it that count for ACSC itself. Finish AMU in time for my Majors board then finish ACSC only (not OLMP) after being selected. As far as my mission planning skills, point taken. I know the futility of debating that on here so suffice it to say flying always comes first. That's why I'm only doing one course at a time at AMU. I could reasonably knock out at least three at a time if I wanted to put actual effort into it. I'm just looking for an efficient way to check all my boxes with minimal effort. CGOC? That's hitting below the belt.

I'll soon be eligible to start the ACSC OLMP. I am already halfway through a masters program (AMU military studies) which I should finish in about a year and a half. I'm considering getting w/in one class of finishing my masters and then switching to the ACSC OLMP to get some of the ACSC courses knocked out. Once I've completed those ACSC courses then switch back, finish the masters before my first Majors board, and after I get picked up just complete the ACSC requirements. Wondering if anyone else has tried this or if completing my masters would dis-enroll me from ACSC OLMP? Can I switch from the OLMP to the regular ACSC once I'm eligible? Right now I'm married with no kids so if I want to get as much of this BS knocked out as early as possible.

Below is the description I received of the series. They're doing a limited preview next friday on Nellis. I'll hold off posting my opinion (based on the write-up) until after I actually see the first episode. Below is the description I received of the series. They're doing a limited preview next friday on Nellis. I'll hold off posting my opinion (based on the write-up) until after I actually see the first episode.

Exactly. Not knowing what to expect or what is going to happen can actually be valuable in this instance.

A whole $7 here.

Surgery is extremely minor. You should be back 100% in a month or less. Might want to take a week or so of leave afterwards cause sitting down will be a challenge (if they don't put you on quarters). Oh and two words of wisdom for immediately following your surgery... Wipe down.

I hope they institute the percentage allotment for the Roth TSP like they have for traditional TSP. Automatic deposit increase anytime you get a pay raise / promotion. Hard to miss money you never saw.

Make it fewer pages! There is way to much separation of things that don't need to be separated. 1. Let me put in all locations, arrival/departure dates, lodging costs and per-diem on a single page. Give me a check box if one location has changing costs or special requirements and then i can revert to the current PITA way of doing it. ie: Location 1: Date Arrived: XX/XX/XX Date Departed: XX/XX/XX Daily lodging: $XX.xx Daily Per-diem: $XX.xx Special circumstances ? Y/N Location 2: .... 2. Put mileage / non-mileage expenses on the same page. Hell, put em in the same drop-down. 3, Stop telling me arrival/departure dates aren't authorized / stop isn't authorized / etc. If I arrived on a certain date, that's the date I arrived on. Obviously it was either authorized or required. Let it be! 4. Make it look like the paper voucher. The paper voucher didn't require help filling out. The digital voucher should be even easier. If it's not, it needs to be re-done. 5. Once the new system is designed find the lowest common denominator and have them run through the entire process. If they can't do it without help go back to the drawing board. If the program freezes/ crashes/ etc fix it before publishing. And do it on an old gov't computer running vista. Don't use the brand new Win 7 (or 8 or 9 by then) system.

My .02 on Tradition vs Roth. The value of a Roth is that you take the money out Tax Free. The value of a Traditional is that you put the money in Tax Free. The question comes in how to maximize the two. 1) You need to know your taxable income for the year. Remember to take into account any credits or exemptions that apply. 2) Look at what tax bracket that puts you in. Are you close to the next higher/lower bracket? Are you making to much to qualify for some credits or exemptions? How much of a fudge-factor did you use in step 1? 3) If you are square in the middle of a tax bracket and not missing out on any money due to your income level then odds are a Roth is your best bet. It will reduce your taxable income later where it may make the difference of a tax bracket (or two). 4) If you are near the bottom of your tax bracket use a Traditional to get you into the next lower bracket. Remember non-wage income (Investments, lottery winnings, etc). Once you are in that lower bracket put the rest into a Roth 5) If you are near the top of your tax bracket consider putting a little into Traditional. This will help in case you miscalculated your earnings. The majority should go into a Roth. 6) If you are missing out on some other tax benefits due to your income level use a Traditional to lower your level. This is the same as #4. 7) If you have a high-paying job lined up for when you get out of the military that also has a pension plan use a Roth. Your pension is most likely taxable income. So if you're getting out at 20 and coming back as a GS-whatever planning to do another 20 your two pensions together will probably keep you in a fairly high tax bracket the rest of your life. Pay a little tax now and save a lot later. Other considerations: Taxes fill from the bottom while tax savings pull from the top. What do I mean by this? Every dollar you take out of your income is removed from the highest tax bracket first. When it is put back into your income (ie withdrawals from a traditional) it fills the lowest bracket first. Even if the tax rates go up for each bracket in the future, odds are the brackets themselves will get larger. This means it will take more dollars later to fill the lower brackets than what it takes now. Just food for thought. Roth IRAs have ways you can withdraw from them prior to retirement without paying a penalty. Traditionals do not. If you want to be prepared for that possibility keeping at least some of your money in a Roth may be wise.

This isn't an official document, a professional email, or anything else that actually matters. It's an internet forum. Yes, you're right, I should have used the proper spellings but did it really degrade from the message? What's more distracting, the few errors from simply not caring about grammar on a message board or the chain of posts undoubtedly to follow complaining about it?

1. It sucks when your on the ground but life gets damn good the moment you step. There's a lot of non-flying queep that has to be dealt with day to day but you'll get a lot of that in any career field. The difference is that rated types (pilots/navs/enlisted aircrew/etc) have to deal with all that queep in addition to there actual job instead of it being there job. We also don't need someone telling us we're warriors or without us the war doesn't happen or whatever the latest BS spin is. We know where we stand, what we do, and how it effects the mission. 2. Absolutely! Pilots bitch about stuff because we're sick of doing finance, mpf, and just about everyone elses job for them. We have enough crap to do without adding on other peoples lack of work ethic. Plus, on a psychological level, complaining lets you get issues off your chest and out in the open. It's a proven stress reliever so long as it isn't taken to the extreme.

Better to admit it now than have them find out later. Going for a TS clearance required for a pilot slot they most likely will find out. Anyhow things may be difficult for you but keep pushing and you can still get it. Just don't start lying or making excuses for it. Man up to what you did, admit your mistake, and demonstrate that you learned from it.

Gotta love ignorance: Maybe we should send them to bed without desert too. Link

They're being issued in ACC. Right now we're limited to two per person deploying, trying to get a third at least.

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Anyone know if you can transfer AMU masters credits to the ACSC online masters course? I'm not eligible to start that course yet and have already started my masters at AMU. I'd love to be able to knock out a bunch of the extra courses prior to the 6 year point and then finish up with the ACSC online masters course and be that much closer to finishing ACSC itself by the time I make Maj. If not I'll just continue with AMU and deal with ACSC later.

Along the lines of the Avis claim... I had a rental car under my name during an exercise. The rental car was being traded among a group of people and I have no clue who was driving it on any given day (other than I only had it the first and last days). Anyhow Enterprise sent me a notice saying the car had been ticketed and is charging me a "processing fee". I have yet to receive the actual ticket. Is there any way to get out of this fee? I know I can't claim it on my travel voucher. I don't mind eating the fee if I have to but I'd rather not if there's a way out of it. Also anyone have advice on how to beat an out of state ticket like this when/if it does ever appear?

I took out the starter loan as well years back. I have less than a year until it's paid off. Overall I've made more in interest off it than I paid and I used it to create my emergency fund. The only debt I have now is my mortgage which is just over 20% of my income (15 yr) that I'm paying extra on (another debatable decision). I easily got the lowest rate available and am now temporarily ruining my credit rating by opening new cards to get the sign-up bonus ($40 discount on amazon, 10% off at bass pro, etc). To date I have never paid a penny in interest to a credit card but by using own card regularly I slowly rebuild that credit rating. As a general rule of thumb the only things worth going in debt for are Home, Health, and Education. The last of the three being debatable to some extent. And yes, my support of the starter loan goes directly against this rule of thumb. Champ - Your right in that you can get by without a credit rating. But I'd rather have it and not need it. To each his own I suppose. If your responsible with your money either option can be a good choice. If someone is going to get tempted by that big chunk of change in there account then they probably should steer clear. I'm with you in that hopefully people see this thread and make a better decision than they might have otherwise.

Even living within your means most people need a loan to buy a house. Not to mention it's used for risk assessment for everything from cell phones to insurance rates to future employment. Plus what if you have an unforseen medical or other financial emergency? odds are low, and while your on active duty you're probably ok. But it's easier to get a loan to cover it with an 800 score than with no score.

Great advice here. Though I do have a few caveats.. Stay away from credit card DEBT not necessarily from credit cards. I put almost all my expenses on a credit card every month and I have it set to automatically pay in full every month. So I get the rewards, hang onto my money for an extra month, and pay zero in interest. Plus I'm building my credit rating. The pre-commisioning loan is a good deal. It's not just that it's a ridiculously low interest rate, but that it builds your credit history. You can take it out, put it in low risk investments and pay it off with either minimal actual expense or a slight profit. The benefit is you have an installment loan for a large amount of money on your credit history that you successfully made regular on time payments on. This is huge for your credit score. And yes, initially it will hurt your score to take out a large unsecured loan like that. But as you make payments it will quickly turn from a negative to a huge positive.

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When I got to Nellis a while back there was talk of them changing it from "Home of the Fighter Pilot" to "Home of the War Fighter" or some crap like that. I guess they're actually going through with it.