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Just got back from a 4 month, easy deployment and now I'm taking 45 days off in a row.
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I did the walk test today. I wanted to die.
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Jun 3, 2017 23:50
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The walk test is awesome.
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Jun 4, 2017 05:25
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Ckwiesr posted:I did the walk test today. I wanted to die. Thank you for your service
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Jun 4, 2017 06:05
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Godholio posted:The walk test is awesome. The walk test sucks more than the run.
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Jun 5, 2017 13:07
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CommieGIR posted:The walk test sucks more than the run. It was absolutely brutal and I never want to do it again. The run is by far easier.
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Jun 5, 2017 17:52
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Ckwiesr posted:It was absolutely brutal and I never want to do it again. The run is by far easier. The stride is too long unless you are really leggy, its more of a jog/power walk than a real walk, and didn't actually do anything to help prevent my asthma issues from popping up. The purpose of the walk test isn't to help people on profile, its to help further filter people out of the service. I'm glad I hit my ETS and decided to stick with my civilian life.
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Jun 5, 2017 18:06
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I breezed the walk test easy because it didn't gently caress with my knees after 200m. My cardio was fine, the problem was always my garbage legs. Now I'm fat and bearded and I haven't run further than it took to jaywalk without dying in a couple of years.
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Jun 5, 2017 23:50
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I saw on Reddit that we might be switching to OCPs soon, and my Command Chief just acknowledged it saying the CMSAF is pushing for it along with unit patches on the arm.
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Jun 10, 2017 06:13
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I was unironically a little miffed that our DOs got sweet wing patches but the filthy enlisted didn't
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Jun 10, 2017 06:24
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Please let it be true. 10 years of the failed uniform has been enough.
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Jun 10, 2017 06:30
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Seriously ABUs look like cat vomit tiger stripes
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Jun 10, 2017 07:18
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They look fine and require 0 maintenance, why do people act so angry over them Are they the ones who iron creases into their ABUs?
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Jun 10, 2017 13:44
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I preferred a flight suit to ABU's, and BDU's were better than ABU's imho but I never ironed those bitches, and never starched them like others. I got a ton of grief over it from SNCO's but no part of 36-2903 said poo poo about mandatory starching and ironing of the drat things. The worst part of flight suit was taking a dump. That onesie makes it take some thought to not have your green onesie sitting in a puddle of piss that surrounded the toilets inevitably. Otherwise still my fave uniform.
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Jun 10, 2017 13:58
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I was always of the opinion that ACUs, while pretty bad, weren't the devil incarnate. But holy poo poo OCP is better in every single fuckin' way, both in garrison and in field. Except they may cost a little bit more, but not enough to be a huge deal. ABUs look goofy.
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Jun 10, 2017 14:51
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I didn't mind ABUs, and I was really lazy with my BDUs. Only time I wore a flight suit is when I grabbed one from the Airmen's attic and used it when I went to pull-a-part yards to keep oil off my clothes.
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Jun 10, 2017 15:17
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The Ripstop ABUs were a big step up fron the twill ones. They're still as ugly and non-functional as ever though.
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Jun 10, 2017 15:34
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Casimir Radon posted:The Ripstop ABUs were a big step up fron the twill ones. They're still as ugly and non-functional as ever though. Agreed, especially if your job consists of being around anything dirty.
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Jun 10, 2017 15:43
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Ckwiesr posted:Agreed, especially if your job consists of being around anything dirty.
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LtCol J. Krusinski posted:I preferred a flight suit to ABU's, and BDU's were better than ABU's imho but I never ironed those bitches, and never starched them like others. I got a ton of grief over it from SNCO's but no part of 36-2903 said poo poo about mandatory starching and ironing of the drat things. There was a video making the rounds years ago investigating the best way to poop in a flight suit. They rejected a number of ways including having your buddies stand on either side and hold it up (too gay). My favorite was always using a handicap stall and tying the sleeves to the hand rails.
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Jun 10, 2017 16:12
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making GBS threads while wearing coveralls is easy. You unzip, pull your arms out of the sleeves, fold them over the back, and then just roll the back down and stuff it in the legs while you're sitting.
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Jun 10, 2017 16:28
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You guys are going about this the wrong way. You don't take your arms out and bunch it below your waist. You take your legs out and bunch it above your waist.
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Jun 10, 2017 19:18
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I thought all flightsuiters wore diapers 24/7 because it made them feel like astronauts Is this not true?
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Jun 11, 2017 02:31
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Wild T posted:I thought all flightsuiters wore diapers 24/7 because it made them feel like astronauts We wear the diapers because we are horrible sex fetishists.
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Jun 11, 2017 03:19
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Dead Reckoning posted:It's not.
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Jun 13, 2017 05:25
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Air Guard adventure so far after active navy transition: five months to get a uniform, 11 months and no AFSC. Deploying to Iraq with my civilian work this month and my chief last drill was like "oh okay see you next year airman be safe!" I was like "D- Do you want like.. proof?" Nah.
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Jun 18, 2017 02:52
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The Air Guard is the most laid back place that's still notionally involved in killing bad guys and breaking their stuff.
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Jun 18, 2017 03:31
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https://www.airforcetimes.com/articles/staff-sergeants-can-once-again-become-mtis I want to say good for them but the article makes it sound kind of desperate. Either that or this doesn't bode well for 17E6 numbers.
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Jun 28, 2017 00:13
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Yeah, the simultaneous lowering of rank and PT requirements for the job seems like a red flag. Though, really, anyone who would choose to become a TI probably has a bunch of red flags already.
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Jun 28, 2017 00:51
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Arc Light posted:Yeah, the simultaneous lowering of rank and PT requirements for the job seems like a red flag.
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Jun 28, 2017 00:56
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Arc Light posted:Yeah, the simultaneous lowering of rank and PT requirements for the job seems like a red flag. At least it's still a
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Jun 28, 2017 01:55
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TI duty is voluntary. Which means anyone with half a brain is going to say "gently caress YOU" and
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Jun 28, 2017 05:20
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Had a guy in my last shop who got nominated for MTI with a letter of non-recommendation from our O-6. Supposedly there won't be any negative ramifications to his career because of it, but I'm always going to be skeptical. -e- My advice was to purposefully bomb a pt test so this may have worked out better for him.
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Jun 28, 2017 09:37
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Arc Light posted:Yeah, the simultaneous lowering of rank and PT requirements for the job seems like a red flag. Manning is down everywhere, and nobody is volunteering for TI duty anymore, its almost entirely a voluntold force now.
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Jun 28, 2017 11:54
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Who the gently caress wants to volunteer for MTI anyway.
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Jun 28, 2017 22:05
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Larry Parrish posted:Who the gently caress wants to volunteer for MTI anyway.
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Jun 28, 2017 23:31
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Seems to mostly be folks who love the big Air Force/admin side of their job, and don't like doing the AFSC-related part of it
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Jun 29, 2017 00:32
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"We are the best the Air Force has to offer." "No I've never done anything that remotely contributed to anything related to the actual mission" "I look pretty."
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Larry Parrish posted:Who the gently caress wants to volunteer for MTI anyway. One of my old coworkers volunteered. She seemed to be a decent TSgt. She immediately despised the job, and is finally at the end of her four year tour. All her years enlisted, and the one assignment she specifically asked for is the one that made her hate the Air Force.
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