SurelySerious

I would argue it is pervasive in U.S. society, not just the military. On that topic, can't wait to read "Everyone's a Winner: Life in Our Congratulatory Culture" As far as the shooter, that's not something that should be on his OPR, it should be part of an OSI (or CID in the Army's case) investigation. Why no one connected the dots would be my question. Not wanting to link him with being a radical Islamic goes back to what Steve Davies posted

I'm pretty sure no one at creech is drawing "combat pay."

Anyone from Cannon, throw spears if I'm painting the wrong picture for this dude. -ACC (Creech, Whiteman): 8 hr shifts (3 non-overlapping per day) which at Creech will end up being 10 hrs away from home when you count transit and showing early for the shift brief. 5 days on-3 off, or 6 on-2 off; depends on job manning (P/SO/MIC) and squadron [for instance, some sqs have pilots on 5-3, whereas the intel kids are 6-2 because the intel manning is short]. Change shift about every 4-5 weeks. -AFSOC (Cannon): 12 hr shifts (3 f'ed up overlapping per day... at least how it was explained to me). Probably have similar transit issues in the Clovis/Portales metropolis. In ACC most SQs deploy for LRE, and from what I've seen it is on a volunteer basis as often as you please, 4 months at a time. Some guys deploy and end up going right back because they wanted to. Less than it used to be. The AFSOC SQs are people hungry, and Whiteman has just opened. Many of the guys dropping UAVs lately have been tagged for Whiteman, but the SQs still at Creech are all still growing (except the reaper only sq, which is offset by the greater magnitude of growth of everyone else there). Supporting ground units, helping eliminate terrorists, defending freedom. Working with return to AD Lt Cols; some of them have some crazy life stories and they're all good dudes. You become pretty close with the people on your shift. Also: Supposed promise that all from UPT will get to go to a real cockpit. -Having to experience the "liked" activities from a UAV GCS (it is NOT the same as flying, but it's better than "working" in MPF [except that the MPF "work" schedule seems to be every third Tuesday, which is probably nice]) -95% of the time it isn't mentally engaging, and there are no windows -Having a community with no coherent way of operating. Every squadron has radically different standards, techniques, and operating principles. Our "tactics" are devoid of any useful information. When you put these together, it makes the collective operation inefficient because the people we support expect one thing from working with one unit and get another from the next, or they have inexplicable and unfulfillable expectations. -The Pred/Reaper and GA GCS combo... quite possibly the most poorly designed weapon system, ever. Given the lack of contract/bidding process, testing and evaluation, and buying a computer company's airplane, we have an abominable control interface paired with an equally abominable aircraft. The "upgrades" we keep getting are stiiiiiiillll total crap. In the last 15 years, and $690 million they haven't had the time or resources to employ anyone who has human factors or aircraft design experience. What the TEG does is also questionable. -Having the intel community talking to you for 8 hrs straight (i.e. back seat driving, sq dependent) -Switching shifts is awesome NOT -You really only have the chance to know 1/3 of your squadron, and due to 24/7 ops in most units, it is pretty much impossible for a whole sq event to take place -The commute -Vegas (Great place to vacation, weird place to live, but that is def a personal opinion)

So you're telling me you aren't sending your P90X before/after photos to random chicks on craigslist while claiming you aren't married?

I'd uphold your assessment of shenanigans.

2! Unlike the tame American version, the Brits have no filter and bash everyone equally.

I agree.

Details from Crossflow meeting with AFPC, paraphrase of their words: Life is about choices; you've got to ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?"

Vodafone: Egypt forced us to send text messages Literally forced? As in they went and strong-armed you to push the send button? This seems more accurate: Vodafone accuses Egyptian government of co-opting network However they word it, that's pretty messed up. It sounds like Vodafone could refuse to send the message, but they won't because then they would lose their business in Egypt.

Generally the ones that go are toolbags 96.9% of the way to shoeclerkdom anyway; they might as well finish at a prestigious graduate-level clerk training base like the Deid. Most people try getting vacation spots in Europe, Hawaii, Alaska or on one of the coasts of the lower 48.

That should be on the CSAF reading list, right next to Red Eagles. This is definitely the crown jewel of USAFA's MSS Dept.

Hah, right, for the 6-9% that can read.

Although I could see a problem when it needs to land and refuel.

The word is that since the Air Force is its own certifying authority (and they want 6900 new 18U personnel), the AF has ignored the FAA’s desires and gone with a shorter training path. Technically, all of our pilots (unless you take the equivalency exam after UPT) are flying around without an FAA Com/Inst license. This new quasi-IFS, though, seems like a huge improvement; it will be interesting to see if between the new IFS and the T-6 instrument sim work at Randolph, the new 18U trainees have more refined skill sets than the old beta test which had substantially less real flying. If they find it deficient, however, and remedy it by adding more flying training, they will eventually realize no timesaving because it will take the same amount of time as UPT. I think the national airspace battle is only slightly influenced by this issue.

Just finished reading Biggest Brother a few days ago... amazing guy.

In light of that, people like shadyisgay, who have no frame of reference or personal experience, should stop speculating what the perceived problem is. While they may have an opinion, they also have no foundation of knowledge with which to base it on, so it is just a waste of time/bytes and makes them sound like idiots. All the while this nonsense rambling on their part impairs the intent of the forum because people who don't know any better reading this forum for help and direction in their career read it and think that the blowhard knows what they're talking about. The reader is thus dumber for having read it, but doesn't know the information is crap. And now everyone's time has been wasted even more.

Conversely, you could stop screaming, "I know nothing about the UAV community, 'professionalism', or pilots," and listen to someone who has some experience in the matter, but you haven't.

Fixed that for you.

Well played.

I can't vouch for that guy (who, if he is just going to IFS as he claims, can't know too much), but at Creech they're all the same. The only difference is the graphics on-screen.

Las Vegas, same. Glad I'm not PCSing in now.

Totally off the discussion topic: The GCS is indeed common to all GA products: fing terrible. Hopefully they don't actually procure GA's latest abomination; please let us buy something from an airplane company. Those retards at GA apparently still have never seen the inside of a real airplane, or employed a human factors person. We've paid them $690 million, you think they could employ one. After that, maybe they could revise the -1 to not be 16,900 pages and impart it with useful information on the aircraft systems so the whole pred/reaper community doesn't operate on WOMs.

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AFI 36-2905 is governing. Run administration covered in Attachment 8, on page 62: A8.1. Course Requirements for 1.5-mile timed run (2640 yards/2414 meters) and 1.0-mile timed walk (1760 yards/1609 meters) A8.1.1. Establish a standard course of accurate distance that is as level and even as possible. A8.1.1.1. If a typical 6-lap track is used: A8.1.1.1.1. For a 1.5-mile timed run, it should be 440 yards per lap; or 6 laps on a 400-meter track plus an additional 46 feet for 1.5-miles. A8.1.1.1.2. For a 1.0-mile timed walk, it should be 440 yards per lap; or 4 laps on a 400-meter track plus an additional 31 feet for 1.0-mile. A8.1.1.2. Course should have limited exposure to traffic, should not have a continuous incline/decline or rolling hills; avoid slopes exceeding two degrees. If using a road course, where possible, start and finish should be at the same location. A8.1.1.3. Clearly mark the start and finish lines (and half-way point for road courses). A8.1.2. Trained personnel will monitor participants, ensuring all members complete entire course and are continuously observed for course completion, safety, counting laps if required and recording run times. A8.1.3. Indoor track may be used during inclement weather.