disgruntledemployee

September 19, its "Talk Like A Pirate" Day. Be sure to throw in a "Arrh, me gear is down" when talking to tower today. Out

I just visited page 8 again of the U-28 thread and my Malwarebyes popped up a warning. That is the only page I've seen a warning. Chances are one of the picts on that page is an issue. Out

And some 'round here think I'm a bitter angry little man. Out

I like your enthusiasm for wanting to better prepare for UPT/wanting to be a good aviator. Nothing wrong with that. For instrument flying, the basic rulebook is AFMAN 11-217. If you take on flipping through that booger, please don't try to memorize it. Use it to gain familiarity. And I think that what most here are saying, gain awareness and don't try to teach yourself. The good ol folks teaching UPT will show you what you need to know. Move out on your own and you risk going down the wrong path. What you will find is that once you are in the program, any headstart you gained by reading ahead is gone quickly. There are some UPT blogs out in the net that can show you a day in the life (if you can get past all the individual awesomeness spew). Enjoy puking on your first ride, Out

Is anyone enrolled in the Veterans Advantage program? They give 5% discount on United and some other perks. Just looking to see if anyone has thoughts on it. Thanks. Out PS, just read that its 5 bucks a month in fees.

You select the best leader. Leadership is not measured by how much AAD you can attain. This isn't a Cyber Awareness CBT of Farmville. So if I'm the selector of SOS attendees, and my leaders are sitting at the table with their lists of potentials and its time to pick the next one and its between the flyer and the non-flyer, I'd start with "state your case." The first one that mentions AAD will get the response of "big whoop-dee-doo, got anything that means something?" You see, the point is that anyone can enroll in school and get pretty certificates to hang on the wall. It takes about zero leadership potential to do that and some self-motivation. But you keep on singing the AAD song and its stuck in your head like a bad one hit wonder. You look silly singing it out long all day except to the boss that has the same lame-ass song stuck in his head too. Out

Page 8 of the U-28 thread, when I first go to the page, my Malwarebytes pops up with the following warning. Its the only page this happens on. Its the page with the rollerskating Batman.

I, I mean we, call them Super Es in honor of the E model dash 1 used to operate them, the AFTO 1C-130 E(H)-1. Its a nickname and we like it. And they fly faster due to magic. Out

Shouldn't be too much of a performance issue at MT for the ole Super E. If the H can handle C Springs, it can handle MT. Don't be surprised when it trues out higher than the H1. Out

I'm getting the same using Firefox. BTW, I happen to get a malicous warning when I was on the thread where someone posted the semi-naked Batman in roller skates. Before that picture, all was well. Once Batman arrived, I received warnings from Endpoint Protection. Out

If you need "combat" in your airplane name because it makes you feel a certain way, have at it. Try not to take yourself so seriously, warrior. Out

"Next up for auction is a 'Destruction of the Syrian Goverment' package. The winner gets 30 days and nights of continuous bombardment. Bidding will start at 1 Trillion US dollars, paid up front. Some of you border nations may want to pool your cash. Oh, and the winning bidder get to give Iran the middle finger." Full sarcasm? Out

But when I was at SOS, we jacked the Apollo 13 award. I mean we were so badass that when we walked up to each challenge, it was like we were in slow motion and shit, and we had a dude that would play this kickass theme music. You shoulda seen it, man. The whole audience was in mouth-breathing awe of of our captainy awesomeness. We'd throw out one-liners, use hand signals, and even made up secret handshakes. We were the top guns of SOS. Our mock PRF boards were so excellent that they snuck in a whole set of actual board records--we killed it. And the wargame, we fist-pumped all night long after defeating the enemy in record time. They didn't stand a chance. We celebrated by getting some fabulous tats. Man, those were the best days of my life and we really showed the AF that we were the most awesome leaders, ever! Thanks SOS!

Doesn't mean we need to be a part of it.

Why any individual in Congress would vote for unilateral military action that does not serve our national security interests is beyond me. Some may rebutt, "But they used chemical weapons and that's not right." Fine, show me the right side. I'm pretty sure we're already at war with al qaeda and we HATE hezbollah. Again, show me our national security interest. "But the President said there is a red line and now we have to do something or else we look weak." So the fuck what. The Prez was looking to look tough, made some bullshit statement, and now he's being served a shit sandwich. Eat the sandwich, talk about your golf game, and how you're looking forward to basketball season. Oh, don't forget to add that dragging our nation into another war is not what Americans want right now, chemicals or not. If you want military action, get a coalition of many nations. If it doesn't include Jordan, Turkey and Israel, then drop it. Those are three nations with real national security interests with respect to Syria. Perhaps even include Iraq. Is war or some form of military action in the middle east for 23 years enough yet? Out

Yes, the AFI states that, but I have seen AMC pull IP school slots (delete the person from the slot) for not signing the 2-yr ADSC, even after acknowledging the AFI as correct. That was a few years ago and things may have changed. If you work it at the MPF level and show them the reg, it should work out in your favor. Report back what happens, I'm interested to see if things have changed. Out

So what you are saying is that e-mail/word doc I sent to my rater with lots of plain English words describing what I did and the results can be cut/paste/edits into an OPR???? And that the rater doesn't need to spent countless hours OPRsmithing the shit out of everything to shoe horn it into the form??? And that execs/sr raters don't have to spend even more hours figuring out what the hell each item means, filling up white space (or not), making more acronyms, losing even more meaning with each edit, etc??? Are you a witch? Proceed direct to the first big blue koolaid post and drink until you pee blue. Don't forget to TIM. Out

Combat Platypus, yep tha's a good name for the plane. Yeah, I like to say that I fly the Combat Herc. Hey, does anyone fly the Combat Bone? Combat Falcon? Combat Hog? Combat Buff? Combat Barney? Combat Fred? Combat Eagle? Combat Wacker? Combat Extender? Now, I'm just laughing like a 3rd grader. Out

Well crap. I wonder what I should do with this MFR I got some years ago and used on PRFs. Rip it up? Nah, I think I'll use it again, just because I can. Out

If you want ORI Excellent in your PRF, draft up an MFR with the facts and have the commander sign it. If he thinks its worthy of the ink and effort, you can have your excellent. If not, then he/she doesn't think it will affect your outcome (that's what I think). Now if you earned some special ORI recognition, that's worth something. Enjoy writing your PRF, many of today's generals wrote their own back in the day. Out

Hinterland IPA was had last evening. Its a micro from Green Bay. https://www.hinterlandbeer.com/Beer.html The best part, it comes in pints! Also, just had this very malty IPA from a Chi-town micro called Hopothesis, https://www.hopothesis.com/formulations/ I admit, I'm not sure about this one as it was different from what I expect from a good IPA. But I was intrigued with each sip and we'll see how the other 5 go from the 6-pack. In all fairness, I judge IPAs against Rogue's Yellow Snow. Out

I got this from the base deployment supply store: https://www.blackhawk.com/product/STRIKE-SERPA-Combo-Kit-Beretta-ONLY,84,1416.htm It gives you shoulder, drop, belt, and MOLLE options. Just add the quick disconnect kit and you're set. I used the belt for walking around base and shoulder for flying (our old ass vests didn't have MOLLE loops). The best part with the QD set is that you can connect it at different angles, so if you get "corrected" that the muzzle must point in a certain direction, disconnect and adjust. The holster itself does a decent job of protecting the mag release helping prevent the the trouble and LOR for losing a mag. Out

Nope, just you as you have made a grave tactical error in attemping to play the "MWS Race" card in order to stir the pot. Your strategy needs work. Go find some doctrine to read, the last refuge for the unimaginative. Out

But its in English!

All I hear is that you think crow tastes like chicken and you meant to eat it. Out