Air Force cancels Officer Training Boards

[germb747]

It was the same with SOS too. Back in my F-117 days, before this was a requirement, I didn't feel like going to SOS in residence. On the Air University, under the FAQs, it specifically stated that completing SOS in correspondence was seen as the same as completing it in residence. So I did it in correpsondence and washed my hands of it. A couple months after I finished is when our WG/CC mandated that due to the shortage of SOS slots, he would only consider those for residence who had already finished it in correspondence, and directed this edict through the Group/CCs and SQ/CCs for all their officers competing.

I hear this stuff is still going on, particularly in ACC. Seems like a waste of time, money, and resources to me. Why in the hell should anyone have to complete the same course via two different methods? I'd like to go in-residence, but if anyone makes me do it via correspondance first, forget about doing it again!

I really hope i can just do SOS via correspondence and not go in residence

Fair enough for active duty, but us reservists only get paid "by the job", so a trip to Maxwell might be worth it just for the orders (read: $$$).

We just had this course called "RODE" at Lackand for reservist CGOs. I tried every trick in the book to get out of it, but I was conned into going anyway. And when I got there, they acted like "Congratulations on being 'selected' to be here" as if the competition for a slot was keen. The part that sucks about it is that now I have to read a couple books and write papers about them (on my own time, off the clock) before "Phase II" of the course. Oh well, it was a couple fun nights of drinking on the river walk

 

[ian]

I hear this stuff is still going on, particularly in ACC. Seems like a waste of time, money, and resources to me. Why in the hell should anyone have to complete the same course via two different methods? I'd like to go in-residence, but if anyone makes me do it via correspondance first, forget about doing it again!



Fair enough for active duty, but us reservists only get paid "by the job", so a trip to Maxwell might be worth it just for the orders (read: $$$).

We just had this course called "RODE" at Lackand for reservist CGOs. I tried every trick in the book to get out of it, but I was conned into going anyway. And when I got there, they acted like "Congratulations on being 'selected' to be here" as if the competition for a slot was keen. The part that sucks about it is that now I have to read a couple books and write papers about them (on my own time, off the clock) before "Phase II" of the course. Oh well, it was a couple fun nights of drinking on the river walk

but you can do that every night!

 

[hook_dupin]

On a side note, the 19th AF/CC was at IFS today and promised people who got an RPA out of UPT will have a chance to return to a manned AC. Is he blowing sunshine up our holes?

In one word: yes. Yes, the man is blowing smoke up your hole. RPAs are currently having nearly exponential growth. Manned aircraft are declining nearly at the same rate. Does it really seem smart to transfer the experienced RPA guys over to manned platforms at a time of such large RPA growth? No...no it doesn't. I predict Creech then Cannon in your future. Don't feel glum, though...I think the civilian market for RPAs will explode. The News, the cops, and all the pipeline patrol dudes don't need to be there...they just really need a camera to be there.

 

[Hacker15e]

Welcome to JC, Hook!

I was almost down in your neck of the woods today for the 28th Change of Command, but won't be able to make it.

 

[HuggyU2]

To be honest, SOS was actually a pretty fun course...but ONLY for the guest speakers. The rest of it was chaff.

Some of you might know JR McDonald,... former Eagle Demo pilot. He was at SOS with me (different flight though). Knowing his style, he probably was a cut up in class, and said a few things that raised eyebrows. He still ended up being a DG.
At our evening BBQ, he was wondering how he was going to go back to his squadron and take the "humiliation" of being a DG. I laughed my butt off at his "predicament".

 

[Hacker15e]

At our evening BBQ, he was wondering how he was going to go back to his squadron and take the "humiliation" of being a DG. I laughed my butt off at his "predicament".

More than one of my squadronmates has had to return to the squadron wearing those Scarlet Letters and face the same humiliation.