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Arc Light posted:One of my old coworkers volunteered. She seemed to be a decent TSgt. Epic
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Larry Parrish posted:Who the gently caress wants to volunteer for MTI anyway. I knew one guy who had planned to be an MTI as part of his "Chief in 17 years" plan.
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Chief in 17 is insane. Goddamn.
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Kuroyama posted:I knew one guy who had planned to be an MTI as part of his "Chief in 17 years" plan. Boy, that sounds like a normal and adjusted person.
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People focusing on getting promoted as fast as humanly possible instead of being good at their job deserve to get transferred to Diego Garcia or uhh, whatever the one in the Azores is called for 20 years
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Larry Parrish posted:People focusing on getting promoted as fast as humanly possible instead of being good at their job deserve to get transferred to Diego Garcia or uhh, whatever the one in the Azores is called for 20 years Lajes Field? That'd be paradise.
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LtCol J. Krusinski posted:Lajes Field? That'd be paradise. I can only assume for the brown-nosing form of enlisted, being trapped away from anyone to brown nose is torture If I could do my old job as a civilian at Lajes I'd leave tomorrow lmfao.
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Man if I could do any job at lajes then I would. I was on a C-141 that broke down there for 6 awesome days. This was a long time ago, mind you.
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I once considered volunteering for MTI duty. But I declined because I hate idiots. I'm in the Air Force. Let me rephrase... I can't handle any MORE idiots than my normal daily quota (which includes myself because I'm still in).
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LtCol J. Krusinski posted:Chief in 17 is insane. Met one who did it in 15. The guy looked like he was 15. Shocking he didn't seem to be an rear end in a top hat, but I have no idea if he gave a poo poo about his people or what his game was.
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Godholio posted:Met one who did it in 15. The guy looked like he was 15. Shocking he didn't seem to be an rear end in a top hat, but I have no idea if he gave a poo poo about his people or what his game was. I'm not sure E-9 in 15 is possible without STEP early promotions around E-5 to E-7 and E-4 BTZ, obviously. I can't imagine someone with 15 years TIS makes a good Chief. Jesus.
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From the stories y'all tell I'm not sure any amount of TIS makes someone good
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LtCol J. Krusinski posted:Man if I could do any job at lajes then I would. Broke down or  broke down? Judging by the number of planes that get grounded as soon as they arrive, the bases flying missions to USAFE have really poo poo maintenance.
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^Well, systematically crippling an already disgruntled career field (acft mx) over two decades will do that. It's not just at the good places, poo poo is broken to a stunning degree everywhere.LtCol J. Krusinski posted:I'm not sure E-9 in 15 is possible without STEP early promotions around E-5 to E-7 and E-4 BTZ, obviously. It was weird as gently caress. He was at Maxwell giving briefs to ASBC when that existed, and the SNCOA.
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Larry Parrish posted:I can only assume for the brown-nosing form of enlisted, being trapped away from anyone to brown nose is torture My shop goes there quarterly. Ive been trying to get a chance to. Im stuck with Moron AB, which is really nice too. Its a ghost town there now pretty much just a crew to keep the lights on and what not (and so the chinease dont snap it up). The base Commander works out of the hotel im told.
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There's apparently talk of splitting the air force's space mission off into its own seperate branch. https://federalnewsradio.com/defense-news/2017/06/house-panel-votes-to-split-air-force-create-new-u-s-space-corps/
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I remember that being a hot rumor when I was in basic/tech school in 99. Nice to see Congress finally get around to it.
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Not happening any time soon. Like decades, if ever. poo poo ain't cheap.
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A guy I know who's lovely at nursing just enlisted because he'll apparently the AF is very hard up for medical personnel and he'll make more doing it that way. RIP you if you're still in.
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Terrible Robot posted:There's apparently talk of splitting the air force's space mission off into its own seperate branch. That makes less sense than cyber splitting off and is probably just as likely.
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Terrible Robot posted:There's apparently talk of splitting the air force's space mission off into its own seperate branch. Merge the army and navy satcom people into it too so we can get a nice DoD wide screaming match
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If anything, it'll be like the NOAA. Everyone will wear a uniform and be covered under the Geneva Conventions, but it won't be a military branch as we'd know it. Done correctly, it would be an organization of technical experts, directed by people who came up the ranks working on satellites. Being the spawn of the Air Force (assuming it ever happens, and I assume no such thing), it won't be done correctly. I eagerly await an organization with no combat experience and a giant inferiority complex about being "armed forces."
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Arc Light posted:If anything, it'll be like the NOAA. Everyone will wear a uniform and be covered under the Geneva Conventions, but it won't be a military branch as we'd know it. I want to meet a moto PHA officer now
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The AFSC break down for 17E7 came out and the promotion rates of the standard promote ranking seems to be hovering around single digits which is super depressing. Maybe testing out of cycle this year might help but I doubt it, looks like a 9% promotion rate in the long run.
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Yikes. I guess it'll just be the commander's favorites - the EPR Must Promote / Promote Now types who kissed the ring the best.
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Eglin's on fire, yo.The News posted:Eglin officials are reporting there were no “significant” injuries following the explosion and fire on base. The incident occurred at a support building near McKinley Climatic Lab.  One of my in-laws is stationed there and assures me that Burger King is okay.
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Derek Dominoe posted:Eglin's on fire, yo. Too soon, yo. Were still mourning the loss of ours.
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Derek Dominoe posted:Eglin's on fire, yo. They didn't post the text of my OPREP when that one guy got stabbed in Sac after his hero tour for jumping a terrorist on a train in France
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Larry Parrish posted:People focusing on getting promoted as fast as humanly possible instead of being good at their job deserve to get transferred to Diego Garcia or uhh, whatever the one in the Azores is called for 20 years Diego you actually had to be reasonably competent since you pretty much worked autonomously. They even make you get a letter from your CC stating you were competent and could be trusted to work with minimal supervision. Of course I got sent there so you see how strictly this policy is enforced
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zombieswithblenders posted:Too soon, yo. Were still mourning the loss of ours. It was a conspiracy by the Shoppette Tornado lobby to regain the crown of 'worst Ramstein breakfast option' since they introduced the full on burgers for breakfast menu. RIP BK.
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Popeyes serves breakfast now so I think there's a new king in town
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AkrisD posted:It was a conspiracy by the Shoppette Tornado lobby to regain the crown of 'worst Ramstein breakfast option' since they introduced the full on burgers for breakfast menu. RIP BK. Have people given up on the golf course breakfast burritos? That was the big thing in 2011.
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one of my favorite Air Force memories is literally being dragged by my commander across Ramstein both hungover as gently caress on a midweek morning past that big NATO building and people going to work after spending the previous night going to a few on base bars and ending up at some crazy aeromedical party. We ended up at some little British restaurant on base that served these amazing English bacon sandwiches whith English cheddar and fresh bread. No excuse for not being able to get a good breakfast on Ramstein.
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Cenen posted:one of my favorite Air Force memories is literally being dragged by my commander across Ramstein both hungover as gently caress on a midweek morning past that big NATO building and people going to work after spending the previous night going to a few on base bars and ending up at some crazy aeromedical party. We ended up at some little British restaurant on base that served these amazing English bacon sandwiches whith English cheddar and fresh bread. That place is aaaamazzzzing. Did you ever try the German one next door?
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AkrisD posted:It was a conspiracy by the Shoppette Tornado lobby to regain the crown of 'worst Ramstein breakfast option' since they introduced the full on burgers for breakfast menu. RIP BK. I wouldnt put it past AAFES to do this.
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They're the reason squadron snack bars are dying.
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lol if your squadron snackbar isn't inside the SCIF and thus free from AAFES snooping. Just lol.
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Would you rather have a snack bar ran by a volunteered, disgruntled Airman or underworked Lieutenant, or would you rather have windows and sunlight?
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zombieswithblenders posted:That place is aaaamazzzzing. Did you ever try the German one next door? We went to a German place for dinner that was really good before we hit the bars that used Germans fulfilling some sort of military/civil service as waiters. Couldn't for the life of me tell you if it was next door to the English place though that whole week was a blur of being told to go places and to drink. Cenen fucked around with this message at 04:26 on Jul 7, 2017 |
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zombieswithblenders posted:That place is aaaamazzzzing. Did you ever try the German one next door? The German place is okay, Brit Cafe is pretty much the place to go for breakfast though. They get busy as gently caress but poo poo is delicious.
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