Bittersweet Return

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Jamie and I have returned from Pennsylvania safe and sound, as expected. We stopped in Washington, DC and visited the Arlington National Cemetary, as well as the Air Force Memorial, which was very important to me.
At Arlington, the somber mood was interrupted only by a lightly falling rain as we walked through the hallowed grounds [...]

You’re kidding, right?

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Well, the USAF has let me down.  They announced the new tanker aircraft selected today, and they chose Northrop Grumman’s KC-45.  Not a bad choice - at least intially, until you see that the aircraft the tanker is based on is an Airbus A330.  You know - the product of EADS, a European corporation that [...]

AFPC, you suck

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

Open bitch session to whoever at Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC) inputs the job announcements:
AFPC you suck for moving all your open positions and job announcements to USAjobs.gov.  That is the worst fucking website ever when it comes to searching for jobs.  I abandoned the use of it years ago, and I revisited it only [...]

GI Bill compensation goes up!

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

The GI Bill compensation is now over $39000! You can see the rates effective 01 Oct 07 here.