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Tax Question. I post it here because I figure there are a bunch of us in the same boat right now. I received my 1098 from NBoKC and the VA Funding fee on the house I closed on this spring is listed as a Mortgage Insurance Premium (Box 4). According to the Googles, it appears that should be deductible on my 2013 taxes. Much of this fee was covered by a credit from NBoKC I received at closing, and I think the remainder was covered by the seller's closing costs. Is the entire amount still deductible?

Shoe Flag? That's still going on? One would think they would shut that shit down before they start RIFing people!

I believe you are correct. I fully expect to see more small "improvements" to the AF in the near future. Too little, too late for most of us.

Looks like a couple of job openings.

Certainly not a shot at you HD. Just an observation. Cornholio - thanks for the insight. That kind of gouge is exactly what this thread needs. IMHO, patience is going to pay off during this abortion of a force management program.

Sounds good. Where's that matrix?

Shit! I hope this doesn't reduce my chances of being force-shaped!

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Taxes be damned! I need off of this sinking ship ASAP. That being said, has anyone gotten the "Eligible for Force Reduction" e-mail that was supposed to go out on 31 December? I have talked to a few E's who have received it, but no one on the officer matrix who was expecting it.

You've been vectored. Prepare for the thrust....

Holy shit. 11Merry Christmas. Prepare for disappointment...

Oh, we'll ALL be eligible... until the 11th hour when they decide to change the rules again.

Anybody remember what they were paying out for the last VSP? I tried the Googles and had only found a formula for those involuntarily separated. ETA: Disregard. I guess the AF Times is good for something afterall. https://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20110327/NEWS/103270315/

Man, I wonder what color "ultra-extreme" would be on an ORM worksheet. Plaid?

Hey Chief, thanks for the advice. Now go back to media web and fulfill your true calling.

About four years ago, the Deid moved "soul food" day (fried chicken, collared greens, etc.) from whatever the normal day is to Monday for Martin Luther King Day. As a white male, even I was offended by this... because I was anticipating tacos for the entire 16 hour duty-day. Any know if they have done this lately?

If they keep this shit up, eventually we'll just ignore things like black eyes, risqué photos and unusually places backpacks, assuming it's another stupid training point.

The real sickness in AMC as of late has been the Commander-directed Q-3's, not what's happening on evaluations. I know of a few guys who were strung up by their fingernails for shit that should have been a simple tongue-lashing. Most involved poor pre-flight walk-arounds, none bent metal. Guys are being crucified on Form 8's for items such as safety and judgement for a simple missed checklist step. There's even an AC who was handed (or threatened with) a Q-3 after one of his crew-members drank too much and acted-a-fool while in crew-rest. All of this paperwork was driven by someone in the chain of command of these individuals who could have easily put the top-down madness to the a stop.

After extended TDY's to Germany and the "German Chicks in Dirndls and Beer" thread, I always thought a small farmhouse in Bavaria would be a great retirement. Then I wake up and realize Europe is as equally fooked, if not moreso, than we are in the States. Sechs one way, half a dozen the other...

This one is worth pinning from "The Atlantic" article.

And one more thing... when PA shows up with a camera and wants to film what you are doing upstairs, deny them! NEVER TALK TO THE MEDIA! (Thanks, Rainman) When's the next VSP?

day man, thanks for coming forward on this one. You have been raked through the coals in this community as becoming the proverbial "snowman" PNF (PM or whatever we are calling it this week). I wasn't there. I haven't seen the report. I think you guys got suckered into a shit-storm. Since this occurrence, our safety sups and phase sims reek of fixes that AMC "leadership" has determined appropriate for a shitty radar system upgrade on their jets. You guys became victims to the APS 150 that artificially paints light rain as a torrential down-pour. After a certain point, one becomes numb to what that shitty radar shows. While I think some aspects of the CRM on this crew broke down, I can easily see how it happened. They've re-written section 7 of the dash one and given us some circuit breaker fixes for erroneous returns, but in the end it is still a marginal radar system that most of us tend to marginalize.

Break, Break... What's this I'm hearing about an AMC-level Sq/CC being fired for using the term "Chiefed" in an e-mail to the squadron. Can anyone confirm?

I've heard of crimes against humanity, but this is a new one. Sounds like she earned it.

Thank you. This thread has gone full stupid. Can the mods clip everything since slick first opened his pie-hole?