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https://grip6.com/products/customs Next order of business for me is a Michigan flag.

Well. Don't do that. You definitely won't be able to fly anything if you do that. There are opportunities for you to fly in sport aviation on the civilian side. You don't have to have a medical to fly gliders or light sport aircraft, you just have to be able to get a driver's license. I don't...

I use a Grip6 belt- works really well and you can customize the buckle easily. Highly recommended.

Unpaid drill? You guys actually make guys do that?

It's not just the Navy Reserve- The ANG is onboard. Are you an airline guy with a day off in BFE, or Hawaii? Log in, read your email, knock out that SOES re-up and log an RDU. You're done before you finish your morning bagel. The DSG guys around here who are smart never leave a drill or AFTP...

If we can get them into a temporary technician or a title 5 job we do that- even a low level GS job is better than nothing. If they're military and already on active duty orders somewhere we work out with their home unit for them to keep their current job until they leave for TFOT. Or, if...

Well, we also tell folks that It really helps to be an enlisted airman from within the unit too. We've hired a good amount of intel, enlisted aircrew, and crew chiefs, into the pilots ranks. You're asking for an easy way to set yourself apart. I can't tell you what others units have done, I...

This is unfortunately true. It's taking us more than a year to get someone to TFOT from off the street. The ANG is... slow

I've conducted an MQ-9 hiring board, and sat on a combined A-10/KC-135 hiring board for my state. This is entirely untrue. Why you get your app thrown out when you don't have a PPL is when your personal statement talks about how much you love flying and want to fly for a living and do nothing...

Who told you that? It helps but it's not necessary. Consistent flight time is good as well, but don't wait to apply, send your stuff in now. Apply like they vote in Chicago- early and often.

There are already NSW units who are doing that. They're flying Group 3 and below, and they're doing pretty well. The USMC UAS Center of Excellence is working on integration of Group 1 and 2 sUAS into squad, platoon, and company level tactics and sUAS as an organic weapons system. What needs...

https://bogidope.com/job-board/ There are 7 units holding UPT boards to fly A-10s, F-16s, C-130s, KC-135s and C-5s. Apply to all of them now. Rush every unit that you can.

FAIPs are like SERGRADs in the jet community, but there are a lot more FAIPs, and from what I understand, it's a pretty crummy assignment. Maybe he lost his ability to hold a security clearance? That's the only reason I could see for keeping someone. That's not so much as a matter of importance...

As an aside, do you guys also get 73 ATFPs per year at no more than 24 per quarter?

A drill day is generally 2 drill periods so that's 6 drill periods per month. That gives you an opportunity to miss drill and still get your points. You can also do what we call RDUs or RSDs in the ANG- you come in and use a drill period not on a traditional drill day. There is a form to fill...

Perhaps in some (loud) communities that may be the case. But in my community I've supported more Marine and Navy units wearing an Air Force uniform than I ever did wearing a USMC one.

Just curious, what's your plan for doing that?

AI is getting really good at doing the ECMO/WSO/NFO/Intel stuff. Pods are getting face meltingly good. Plug in software for real time data query, comparison and analysis is on another level. But up until the MQ-25, fixed wing UAVs really couldn't do a level speed or configuration change...

It's not just vertical lift, it's pretty much that all of their aviation support comes from elsewhere. But then the SPMAGTF supports other folks of a similar caliber in certain parts of the world. Why? I don't know- especially when they're coming from the same piece of concert. I'm sure...

Navy. Marines. Growler. Hawkeye. Proper nouns are capitalized. The Marine Corps had the CLRP, I don't know if the Navy ever did.

We had a couple of PhDs and JDs, as well as quite a few MBA types when I went to OCS- but that was because the USMC was in the plus up for the second (third?) push into Iraq, and had a college loan repayment program where you got your entire college loan paid back if you served as an officer on...

10 Things I would rather do than go to Brown Field as an Officer Candidate while I'm sick: #10 Tell my wife what I really do on a boys' golf outing #9 Kim's Cuban Con Leche within 2 hours of a flight #8 Deploy on a boat and live in Jr enlisted berthing (and I'm an Air Force Officer now) #7 Tell...

Again. You need to stop. What would you tell a Poolee who was trying to buck up against you? You're an E-6 applicant trying to throw weight well above his class. It's inappropriate at best. This place isn't nearly as anonymous as you might hope it to be, and this world that you want to be a...

Or perhaps you're an applicant that should be reading more and giving out a lot less advice.

FIFY.

The Niagra unit is a top tier unit that is really good at everything they do.

You need to stop.

So you're qualified to speak on this then?

But there is a reason for that. Aviation, and many jobs within the military, are going to wreck your back as is. So many folks come out of the military with spinal damage in some way or another. Going into the military with a bad back is not good for the individual or the service.

These are your words and you're not qualified to make these statements.

You could try the USMC route, where every 2nd Lt goes through The Basic School first. Dive and Jump school though... Why would you risk getting hurt and potentially losing your medical clearance to fly over a something that you think would be cool but would never ever use again? Also- don't...

The AF Museum is epic by the way. I take every TDY to AFRL that I can simply for that museum.

Google it.

Adding a bit to @insanebikerboy 's post- Flying AGR jobs are very competitive, and it's rare for units to hire from outside. If they do, it's because they have a very specific need that they can't fill from within or they did something really bad and the State Adjutant General, or the Guard...

You wouldn't have to wait until 60 to collect that retirement. As soon as you have 20 years worth of active duty service (called TAFMS- Total Active Federal Military Service) points you rate an AD retirement. Note that inactive duty periods don't count for this until you have 7200ish total...

I think a lot of folks give it up because of the solitude as well. There are some pretty tight knit communities out there, but they move on a timeline and they can be tough to break into. Strength in numbers for big passages are a thing. Living in warm places without air conditioning and giving...

I liked the "Pull the UHF 1 circuit breaker." "Which one is that, there are a ton back here?!" "I don't know kid, that was kinda your dad's job!"

Why anyone would sail anywhere west of the Seychelles is beyond me. Go south, then take the southern route to Zanzibar if you really want to go. But sailing anywhere near East Africa is a dice roll I'm not willing to take.

Oh everything on them breaks down constantly, but I'm not too worried about it. I've got plenty of sailing experience, and I worked at a marina for 6 years before the military doing everything from teaching sailing to rebuilding engines and doing major fiberglass repairs, to repairing sails. I...

I know a few who are doing the full time cruising sailboat thing as well. That's the plan for my wife and I- we don't have/don't want kids so A 20ish year O-5 retirement will definitely give us that.

Sure thing ?! There is a lot of misinformation and speculation going on about the future of the Fort Smith unit. You're a new guy, and I really didn't want to see someone potentially make some long range career plans based on info that isn't quite accurate. Though the FS unit is a really good...

Not to completely burst your bubble, but the MQ-9 mission isn't going away from Fort Smith anytime in the future (it's a HUGE days and dollars winner with almost zero cost in upkeep), and the F-35 unit will be an FMS FTU that really isn't going to look like a normal Guard unit. The F-16 unit is...

That's true across the country- but it can't be this way forever.

Can't imagine what his onwing was thinking, "Really guys, you're giving me this guy? As if my mom isn't disappointed enough as is..."

Why would you want to be around folks who would be vindictive because of a choice you made about your life and your career? Why would their recommendations be anything other than "We hate to see him go, you're getting a quality person." If Academia is your passion, why are you pursuing being...

If you have an active security clearance shouldn't you be talking to your SSO?

Oh my dear child....

You can't change the past. Accept it, explain how you grew from the experience and let the cards fall as they may. You can't change or control the numbers, only the narrative.