hee hee, I love this one!
hee hee, I love this one!
Hell, he's holding it upside down! Must be an Air Force guy.
I wouldn't say that. I'd rather shoot my foot than my face. Smart if you ask me.
OrangeRazor wrote: Thread bump! Just found out my BMT ship date: July 13th! 4 1/2 months to prepare myself...oh boy...
sounds like its time to start working out, it will be much easier for you if your fit
also learn the rank structure, air force song, and airmens creed forwards and back, you will be asked
a few days before you go get your hair buzzed and when you leave wear plain clothes, you do not want to be the guy who sticks out
In reply to 2.0dohc:
Oh yeah, I've already been working out hard for the past couple of months. I may be able to pass the PFT today if I pushed it, but I want to try and max it if I can. I may do a practice one today just to see where I'm at.
I did a year of ROTC in college, so the rank structure and Air Force song I've got down. My recruiter gave me a packet of stuff to memorize, and the Airman's creed is in there too.
Definitely am not going to try and stand out...not gonna give the TI's any excuse to discipline me.
I'm going to throw this out there just because.
During chow, the TIs sit at a table called the snake pit. After eating, the goal is to make it out of the building without attracting their notice. At dinner one evening I had just sat down when I sharted. I left my meal and managed to make it out of the building without being stopped but that was the hardest I have ever tried to become invisible.
Just found this thread, first I will say Congrats, then I must turn my attention to Oesterkraut briefly
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I told you you would end up here in OKC or Offutt!
Been doing this AF gig for 19 years now. It's a good life, but as it was alluded to, it is a different USAF. The logic was that we were behind the lines, projecting airpower and shattering the toys of our enemies. It is still a unique capability that we do better than anyone, but sadly, the front lines have been re-drawn and we are not always far behind them.
Our beloved Security forces now spend way too much time doing what the Army does, and I have mall security guards at my gate. I love them for what they do, I just wish they did it here so I could se the comforting presence of a uniform at the gate.
Offutt is really not that bad. You are going to get a great education at DLI, but Offutt has the largest Education Office in the Department of Defense. It is the only base that has a deadicated facility just for off-duty education. In 1998, there were over 16 schools represented on that base and many many ways to pursure a higher education on Uncle Sam's dime. If you were looking to come to the dark side of the force (Officers) Offutt is the place to do it.
Ask me how I know.
The aircraft you are on still has CSO's as well as airborne linguist. Depending on what you speak, you may spend a lot of time in the East or the West, Its a neat platform, I was assigned to the 343 RS which operating those babies in 2000 while on casual status.
Omaha is a good city. Home of the College World Series, one of the best zoo's in the nation and just down the road in Pacific Junction Iowa is a racetrack. Lemons is coming there this year. There is also another several hours away in Hastings Nebraska. Scribbner (sp?) dragway is in the middle of a cornfield made from an old practice runway for B-29 pilot's being trained at Offutt just north. Very good time, true grassroots gearheads
But it gets cold, I mean cold there. There have 4ft of the white stuff laying around right now. One March while I was there the temps would drip into the -75 range with wind chill.
It is what you make of it. Every job, every assigment, every TDY. You can revel in the newness and interesting aspects of it, or focus and whine on what you don;t have.
I would offer two pices of advice;
1st, skip the buzz haircut. That makes you look like you think you have already made it, and they make you pay for another anyway. Get a reasonable normal short-ish hair cut and wear the most normal clothes you can. No logos, no flags, no holes on your jeans and comfortable sneakers.
2 As cool as you plane is, it ain't this;
so don't be jealous.
Wow...thanks Mental! It's these kind of insights that reassures me when I get nervous about my future. I couldn't tell you how much time I've spent trying to decide if I wanted to take the plunge, or stay a civilian and pursue other endeavors. In the end I knew I'd regret it if I didn't try it. I still see quitting ROTC as the worst decision of my college career, but I'm looking to remedy that.
Speaking of which, I already have my BA, but I am thinking of getting my MA (which I've heard can help with the Officer boards, so long as the GPA's good) so I truly appreciate the education info.
I didn't really plan to get the buzz cut anyway. In fact, my haircut now is so short (nearly a buzz) that I was planning on growing it out a few weeks before BMT. Plain clothes I can definitely handle. Certainly nothing with "Air Force" or the Air Force symbol on it 
But...ugh, I'm already sick of the cold and snow in Ohio, and it barely got to the teens here. We have gotten plenty of snow, but nowhere near the 4ft. you describe. Guess I'll be investing in a Jeep if I get assigned there. Personally, I'm hoping for Mildenhall.
EricM, I was on the 15th MEU. When were you on again? Hmmmm....400 rounds out of an M14?
You know, it is never too late to admit you are wrong and go to the Marines. But if your mind is set on the chair force, it is just like 81gtv6 said, "serving is serving". Thanks for your time, Airman.
-Les
Mental wrote: 2 As cool as you plane is, it ain't this;
The radar must have cooked your brain!
Fun story: When the Air Force was evaluating the YF-12 (fighter interceptor version of the SR-71) They had warning signs near the very big, very powerful radar. No one took notice. After a few weeks of vain attempts to get the crews to comply, the commander called them all to the apron for a demonstration. A 4x8 sheet of 3/4" plywood was erected in front of the radar cone. A technician turned on the radar. After a short while the plywood began to blacken in a ever growing ring, smoldered, and finally burst into flames. The radar beam was that powerful. From then on, when the radar was energized, no one went near the thing.
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