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BadOptics posted:A specter is haunting NCOA, the specter of transformational leadership. Sooooo, I actually worked that (mostly) into a briefing. Thanks for the inspiration!  Don't worry, I properly cited the quote. My flight was deeply impressed. Or at least, the two of them who recognized what I was getting at. Edit: NCOA was actually much better & more useful than I expected, and I had a whole lot of fun. EPME... good?
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Not as good as my DL! That I didn't read and tested out of.
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The 595th C2G is looking for a mascot. I was thinking about sending this bad boy in anonymously through Guerrilla Mail and VPN. Consequences or nah? Edit: Credit to Admiral Bosch for posting it to the Combat Cam thread. Admiral Bosch posted:My old man found all my old deployment photos from an SD card that I thought had been lost forever. Took this one in a portashitter outside customs at the Kyrgyzstan air base. I reeeeeally wished I had known where this picture was when the GIP dick graffiti book was being compiled. David Bowie Knife fucked around with this message at 22:45 on Oct 3, 2017 |
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Oct 3, 2017 22:40
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Luckily it's already in the book. Page 12 or something
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[TELL] Me how to be a CFC Key rep doing minimal effort while collecting most bullet Gotta love coming back from leave and finding out you're voluntold to do some poo poo.
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nullscan posted:[TELL] Me how to be a CFC Key rep doing minimal effort while collecting most bullet Pretty sure you just get "100% contact" by walking around for a few days, giving your spiel, and dropping off a pamphlet It's a charity function so that's about all people can ask you to do
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nullscan posted:[TELL] Me how to be a CFC Key rep doing minimal effort while collecting most bullet If you are feeling really ambitious, go out to the base gym one morning and trade juice and donuts for donations over a folding table. Trigger warning: May involve paperwork.
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nullscan posted:[TELL] Me how to be a CFC Key rep doing minimal effort while collecting most bullet Announce the fund raiser at roll call for a few weeks, send a mass text to the sq with a read receipt, and any time you're tired of work go "get those last few contacts done" for a few hours. Literally 10min of work and a great excuse for when you want to gently caress off somewhere else. Then just lie about how much money was raised last year compared to this year to make your opr/epr numbers look good. Remember, if the boss signs it, it happened.
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TheGreasyStrangler posted:Pretty sure you just get "100% contact" by walking around for a few days, giving your spiel, and dropping off a pamphlet I did CFC a few years back, and it was basically this. Make sure you being it up at every roll call until it's over. Edit: The more annoying you are about it, the better. David Bowie Knife fucked around with this message at 17:49 on Oct 16, 2017 |
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Oct 16, 2017 17:47
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Found this in the Navy thread, of all places. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/20/air-force-recall-many-1-000-retired-pilots-address-serious-shortage/785344001/
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Oct 20, 2017 22:34
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Uhh gently caress you if you're back in?
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Oct 20, 2017 22:43
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hahahahaha Let's take a minute and appreciate that AF management has hosed up pilot retention so badly that the goddamn POTUS has to authorize a pseudo-draft just to fix it.
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Oct 21, 2017 07:11
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Maybe this is why Welsh got his Order of the Sword.
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Kawasaki Nun posted:Uhh gently caress you if you're back in? Is there anything stopping the pilots from refusing, legally speaking?
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UCMJ?
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Oct 21, 2017 22:38
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Give me a shitload of money and I'll go be a pilot.
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10 U.S. Code § 688 - Retired members: authority to order to active duty; duties posted: (a)Authority.— Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a member described in subsection (b) may be ordered to active duty by the Secretary of the military department concerned at any time. (b)Covered Members.—Except as provided in subsection (d), subsection (a) applies to the following members of the armed forces: (1) A retired member of the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, or RegularMarine Corps. (2) A member of the Retired Reserve who was retired under section 1293, 3911, 3914, 6323, 8911, or 8914 of this title. (3) A member of the Fleet Reserve or Fleet Marine Corps Reserve.
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Godholio posted:10 U.S. Code § 688 - Retired members: authority to order to active duty; duties posted: So, not normal seperated Reserve/Guard members?
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Separated vs retired. Also, most officers who separate also resign their commission once they're allowed to do so, so they're out out. If they maintain their commission, they drop into what's called the Standby Reserve, which is recallable. That's from active duty, but what matters is what status the former ANG/Res person falls into. If they're able to resign and do so, they're done.
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Rekinom posted:hahahahaha It was just too hard to let go of the additional duties and other poo poo that pilots constantly bitch about lmfao
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Godholio: What about medically retired folks that aren’t on the TDRL but instead permanent members of the PDRL? Surely they don’t want the gimps.
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I haven't seen anything that breaks it down like that. Here's the (a?) relevant reg:quote:DoD Directive 1352.1, Management and Mobilization of Regular and Reserve Retired Military Members posted: It does say that Cat 3 should be used for civilian jobs.
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Why ARE so many fighter pilots getting out? It seems like such a cool job that pays pretty well. Is it just so much better in the airlines?
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Deathy McDeath posted:Why ARE so many fighter pilots getting out? It seems like such a cool job that pays pretty well. Is it just so much better in the airlines? From just reading around here (and other message boards), its the fact that the AF insists on forcibly grooming rated officers for staff positions instead of just letting them fly. General consensus seems to be once you pin on Major, youre stuck behind a desk and dealing with all the bullshit of managing at the Sq. level. Not to mention the overall improved quality of life in the Airlines (no pt tests, no group/wing fuckery, better pay, organized labor, etc.) Knives Amilli fucked around with this message at 01:08 on Oct 24, 2017 |
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It happens long before you hit O-4. I've been talking to ADOs who are new (<2yr) captains. That job is supposed to be prepping mid to senior majors to be DOs and poo poo.
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Godholio posted:It happens long before you hit O-4. I've been talking to ADOs who are new (<2yr) captains. That job is supposed to be prepping mid to senior majors to be DOs and poo poo. They keep pushing that poo poo earlier and earlier and you end up with Majors and Lt Colonels who are worthless loving burnouts because by the time you hit that point there's really nowhere else to go if you aren't given a command (and nothing to worry about if you just want to hit retirement and punch out)
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That's been the case for probably a decade. Before I even got out, we had a cadre of ROAD O-5s with no real day job, so they just flew all the loving time. Probably 7 or 8 of them, just doing their own thing. In addition to the CC, CD, DO, and another who's fake job title I can't remember but they were still contributing. That's like 2009/10, before they called back a bunch of retirees (voluntarily).
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Godholio posted:It happens long before you hit O-4. I've been talking to ADOs who are new (<2yr) captains. That job is supposed to be prepping mid to senior majors to be DOs and poo poo. For a while we were sending non-aircraft commander LTs to current operations
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Prediction: The next big announcement is that they're knocking a year off TIG as O-2 and O-3, or raising the 11F bonus to 475.
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What did you all do with your uniforms as you were getting out? I have very little intention of doing the Guard/Reserves, and I have a ton of flight suits, blues, service dress and mess dress just taking up closet space. Debating donating to the Airman's Attic unless there's some reason to hold onto them.
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xaarman posted:What did you all do with your uniforms as you were getting out? I have all of mine in a vacuseal bag in my basement
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SalTheBard posted:I have all of mine in a vacuseal bag in my basement Same. Who knows, there might be a zombie apocalypse or a reactivation for retirees and veterans or some other ridiculous thing.
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Deathy McDeath posted:Why ARE so many fighter pilots getting out? It seems like such a cool job that pays pretty well. Is it just so much better in the airlines? 200K+ per year to work 15 days a month in the airlines. All you do is show up and fly essentially. You’d be dumb not to do it.
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AFStealth posted:200K+ per year to work 15 days a month in the airlines. All you do is show up and fly essentially. You’d be dumb not to do it. I've been averaging 8-10 as a reserve in living in base, but to each their own. xaarman posted:What did you all do with your uniforms as you were getting out? I'm saving mine for next year's Armed Forces Day parade so people will give me free poo poo.
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xaarman posted:What did you all do with your uniforms as you were getting out? My grandfather got rid of all his uniforms and gear (save a captured Hitler Youth knife) after he got out. He died before I was born, and I'd just about give my left arm to have any of his things from his time with the Air Corps. What I'm getting at is, give most to the Airman's Attic and keep a set for any greedy grandkids you might someday have.
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I use mine as work gear for when I'm working on the cars.
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All of mine is shoved into a tote buried under boxes of other useless poo poo. If I ever get down to normal weight I'll use the flight suits in the garage.
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My uniforms mostly got tossed except some coveralls and some dress uniforms i kept.
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I'm leaning towards donating. I doubt I'll be the guy to talk about my AF life to grandkids unless it's anything more than "its a stepping stone to the next point in life" or "you need some direction." I feel torn about tossing my service dress/mess dress, but they do nothing but collect dust - the ribbons haven't been updated in years. Maybe someone else will get some better use out of them. edit: keeping the cold weather gear, OCPs and patches coz they are awesome xaarman fucked around with this message at 17:14 on Oct 25, 2017 |
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