Don't think we've done a base/location shout out in a while! So if you're up for it, feel free to drop a comment with your duty station. Good way to find locals!


Tough times our ole Air Force is going through. Budget cuts, sequestration, more rollbacks, rumors of a change in the promotion system to match the Navy where you earn the rank, wear the rank, but don't get paid for it right away, etc. Times are tough, times are lean. But as is the usual economic ebb and flow, it wont last. It might get worse before it gets better, but it wont last. Just have to tighten our skirts for a bit kids.

Also don't be surprised if we see another uniform change before the end of the decade. Congress has already made preliminary moves to go with a single, DoD-wide uniform for all branches so expect that if you're going to be in that long. I mean...I know we're all SO attached to tiger-stripe with green boots... but for those us that have been around long enough to have worn BDUs, we know of better times.

Probably see some changes in the PT format again. Less points on the waist measurement and more on the run. I'd say based on the inexact science of the waist tape method and it's completely irrelevant impact on overall fitness (large waist does not mean out of shape).


I know updates are sporadic. A lot going on and this isn't high on the priority list... but I haven't forgotten it!

So. That being said.

As you were!

~The NCOIC