***United States Air Force thread pt. 4 Still Droppin bombs on your a$$***SRS

[cphustla]

24/7 gym is being "tested" at one of our sister bases

it's ****ing retarded that we don't have a 24/7 gym because the mx and ops group have some of the weirdest hours in the AF

our gyms are maintained by the squadrons... we pay for the equipment and upkeep, the best part about it is its 24/7 and usually at night no one is there, not to mention on the weekends its not packed and open past 5. granted they are small, about the size of a large bedroom, but you have most of the equipment you need in there anyways. the only crappy thing is the gym is far from the dorms, its on the other side of the base near the flightline ( depo base, with guard/active unit)

I'm on dat dere aircrew time. I have guys come lift all the weights for me. Thuglife#

our aircrew have their own gym i believe, may be wrong though, they prob just use the amxs gym since the buildings are literally 50 feet from each other

nah, not MX. Nonner checking in. Southside/northdside are base gyms at ramstein. I think AMXS has its own gym due to the size of the sq, but I'm not 100% because I see maintainers at southside when I'm there.

pretty much every mx sqd has its own gym... im sure they do, some guys in my shop are from ramstein and if i remember right they had their own gym..

[F2.]

Actually... does it suck lifting as a loadmaster? With a schedule like that, it must get annoying, no?

You've just got to want it. Sometimes you've gotta double up and hit 2 a days when you actually have time. Other days it means taking some pw and hitting the gym after a 24 hour day. Or skipping out on drinking for the night so you can get up early and lift

Hardest part is eating right. Turning down dinner and drinks with the crew sucks.

[poisyn]

Sup *******s... dat weekend duty

[Blax0r]

Any of you guys interested in going through any of the USAF Special Operations pipelines?

[OAHUGROWN808]

Any of you guys interested in going through any of the USAF Special Operations pipelines?

Me.

[Ayz33]

Power Pro. Prolly like other deployments. Generator maintenance. Every time I get deployed, Power is always going nuts fixing those things.. the 130F heat breaks em quick.

First deployment?






Power Production - Generators and mobile aircraft arresting system
HVAC - Heating and Air Conditioning

...separate CE AFSCs.

yeah first one..really hoping to be on barrier crew but i doubt it happens

[AFMARQ]

yeah first one..really hoping to be on barrier crew but i doubt it happens

Yeah, barrier crew is chill as fck. Generator shop is always busy. Hopefully most of your big gens there are Cummins, and have a really good contracted tech that can get on base really quick to help with the hard shyt.

Good luck.

[SpiteTheOdds]

Any spec op brahs in here?

More specifically, PJ.

But any spec op would be great.


PM me

Hit up graciejjbrazil. He can probably help you out.

[SpiteTheOdds]

Any of you guys interested in going through any of the USAF Special Operations pipelines?

Yes.

[ace333]

anyone have any Guam experiences? kinda interested

[SDFlip]

Any of you guys interested in going through any of the USAF Special Operations pipelines?

who the hell are you?

[combatdepth]

Yes.

I hope you can make it!

[SpiteTheOdds]

I hope you can make it!

Yeah bro, been thinking about it for awhile. I heard it is really tough though.

[TheTitansFan]

Palace chasing? Good or bad idea?

[cphustla]

Palace chasing? Good or bad idea?

depends... how many years you sign for? how many you have left? what do you wanna do on the outside?

[TheTitansFan]

depends... how many years you sign for? how many you have left? what do you wanna do on the outside?

signed for 6 I can apply in january because I hit my 3 year mark in july. the fy14 cutback program also has palace chase application option where it wont double the time you have left you just will spend the rest of your current contract in reserve/guard. I want to get into medical my goal would be physician assistant eventually.

[SaganX]

How are the gyms in spangdahlem? Does the amxs have their own?

[usafcolt]

anyone have any Guam experiences? kinda interested

was TDY there for 10 days. IMO that was more than enough. Good beaches, but I got island fever..and I was stationed on Okinawa at the time. Not a BAD place at all, just too small for me.

inb4thatswhatshesaid

[F2.]

How are the gyms in spangdahlem? Does the amxs have their own?

No idea about amxs but the normal gym is decent. It's kind of on the small side, but it has everything you could ask for.

[Vaen]

Yeah bro, been thinking about it for awhile. I heard it is really tough though.

I don't think you have what it takes.

inb4 you wash out to TACP

How are the gyms in spangdahlem? Does the amxs have their own?

It's not bad, definitely crowded. Heard rumors they might be building a new one soon, that base has gone through a lot of changes the last couple years with a new hospital and BX and gas station, so I wouldn't doubt if they're planning to put up a new gym.

signed for 6 I can apply in january because I hit my 3 year mark in july. the fy14 cutback program also has palace chase application option where it wont double the time you have left you just will spend the rest of your current contract in reserve/guard. I want to get into medical my goal would be physician assistant eventually.

Is your AFSC on the list for cutbacks? Why not do the Enlisted to Medical officer program? ANCP or whatever it's called and get paid to go to school, even though that's nursing, you could continue education as an O to get the physicians assistant degree.

[F2.]

got any brahs out in Kuwait? Some retard loadmasters got Q3'd, so now I'm shipping out a month early to pick up the 2nd half of his deployment+mine. Keeping in mind it is still only a 3 month deployment, but the reasoning behind me getting the extra month pisses me off.

[BrbTransformin]

How are the gyms in spangdahlem? Does the amxs have their own?

Yeah the one right now is small but it has enough equipment. If you go from 4pm-8pm it's pretty much too packed to do anything, especially in the beginning of the week. The new gym is supposed to open in October, and that's a pretty solid date for now. It's pretty big.

No idea about amxs, I'm a nonner.

[iccyman001]

HamMach.... You're welcome...

Funny how while I'm gone 36 rolls in for the same thing 3 times and then I came back and fixed it lol.


Have fun with that biatch

[Vaen]

What do you guys think of this Developmental Special Duty initiative that's about to start up?

For unawares:

The Air Force has identified 10 Special Duties as Enlisted Developmental Positions due to their unique leadership roles and their responsibility to mentor and mold young Airmen. To ensure the highest quality Airmen are assigned to these positions, the Air Force has implemented a nomination process. For these reasons, individuals selected must be the best of the best in the Air Force and need to be an ambassador and role model for Air Force values and disciplines. Developmental special duties are temporary in nature and are performed by Airmen anywhere from two to four years after demonstrating excellence in their core duty for the Air Force.

"T" prefix – Technical Training Instructor in core Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) (Note: Grade: E4 thru E8)
8A100 – Career assistance advisor (CAA) (Note: Grade: E7/E8; SNCOA required)
8B000 – Military Training Instructor (MTI) (Note: Grade: E6/E7)
8B100 – Military Training Leader (MTL) (Note: Grade: E5 thru E8; SNCOA highly desired)
8B200 – USAFA Military Training (AMT) (Note: Grade: E6/E7; NCOA highly desired)
8C000 – Airman and Family Readiness Center (A&FRC) NCO (Note: Grade: E7/E8)
8F000 – First Sergeant (Note: Entry Grade: E7)
8G000 – USAF Honor Guard (NCO positions only) (Note: All Grades/Min height for males is 5’10” / females is 5’8”)
8R000 – Recruiter (Note: Grade: E4 thru E7)
8T000 – Professional Military Education (PME) Instructor (Note: Grade: E4 thru E8)

Anyway, I was just looking into recruiting duty because I was bored. So with this new process you really can't "volunteer" like you use to be able to do. A commander has to "nominate" you. On top of that when you are nominated you will be put in for 3 of the id'd special duties that the commander "thinks" you'll be good at.

So I'm assuming commanders wouldn't nominate anyone that didn't want to be (though that's not how the program is explained on MyPers), but theoretically you could be nominated for MTI, MTL or PME instructor against your will. Then there's this:

Airmen who fail to complete and submit the application/required documents within 45 days or who fail to communicate delays outside of their control with the OPR will require completion of AF Form 964, PCS, TDY, Deployments, or Training Declination Statement. AF Form 964 renders Airman ineligible for promotion, assignment, reenlistment/extension(s) and subject to separation upon his/her DOS or sooner under Force Management Programs.

I understand needs of the Air Force just as much as the next guy, but are you serious? You're going to nominate the best of the best at each MAJCOM to do these jobs and if they don't want to and would rather stay in their CAFSC, they'll get booted for refusing assignment?

Tell me how that makes our Air Force better?

I'm just saying, I'm somewhat interested in becoming a recruiter in order to get close to home for a few years, but if I didn't get selected for Recruiter I could be selected for something I didn't want to do, which is pretty much any other special duty listed above.

Cliffs:
Someone important decided it would be a good idea to nominate people against their will
Could be given ultimatum to take special duty or get out
Brb losing great NCOs because they don't want to be MTIs/MTLs
Brb wtf over

[cphustla]

yut, been aware for about a month now, our commander and chiefs briefed it to us a while back, needless to say the higher up's nor everyone else in the room was very happy.

its a fail policy imo, prob some civilian thought about it...

What do you guys think of this Developmental Special Duty initiative that's about to start up?

For unawares:




Anyway, I was just looking into recruiting duty because I was bored. So with this new process you really can't "volunteer" like you use to be able to do. A commander has to "nominate" you. On top of that when you are nominated you will be put in for 3 of the id'd special duties that the commander "thinks" you'll be good at.

So I'm assuming commanders wouldn't nominate anyone that didn't want to be (though that's not how the program is explained on MyPers), but theoretically you could be nominated for MTI, MTL or PME instructor against your will. Then there's this:



I understand needs of the Air Force just as much as the next guy, but are you serious? You're going to nominate the best of the best at each MAJCOM to do these jobs and if they don't want to and would rather stay in their CAFSC, they'll get booted for refusing assignment?

Tell me how that makes our Air Force better?

I'm just saying, I'm somewhat interested in becoming a recruiter in order to get close to home for a few years, but if I didn't get selected for Recruiter I could be selected for something I didn't want to do, which is pretty much any other special duty listed above.

Cliffs:
Someone important decided it would be a good idea to nominate people against their will
Could be given ultimatum to take special duty or get out
Brb losing great NCOs because they don't want to be MTIs/MTLs
Brb wtf over

[Jaokiray]

There is quite a few E-6+ rqrmnts on there...so, remember the early retirement option is still out there as well. Could be an extra "persuasion" of sorts to look that direction too. Just throwing it out there.


Side note: Any aspiring/current 3P0's can drop me a line if they got questions.

[cphustla]

There is quite a few E-6+ rqrmnts on there...so, remember the early retirement option is still out there as well. Could be an extra "persuasion" of sorts to look that direction too. Just throwing it out there.


Side note: Any aspiring/current 3P0's can drop me a line if they got questions.

whats the best 3po afsc? 2A6 here

[Jaokiray]

What 3PO the best? Not sure what you gettin at braheim, only diff would be the shreds, and everything is more so individual pref than anything.

[F2.]

this whole syrian thing might actually be serious. we have crews on standby to head over there

[cphustla]

this whole syrian thing might actually be serious. we have crews on standby to head over there

i wish we wouldnt get involved... if we do nothing its going to blow up, if we do something its going to blow up ten fold and right in our face... if you get what im saying