For those of you who don't know, I am a member of the United States Air Force. I am a maintainer with the 552nd Maintenance group, which is tasked with keeping our country's fleet off AWACS (Airborne Warning And Control Systems) in top shape. In September 1995, we lost an E-3 in Elmendorf which took the lives of all 24 crew members on board. The ( Read more... )

I passed. Woot.

Well, im off to PT test under the new standards. Lets see if I can pass? :\

The new Airforce PT standards went into effect as of the first of July. They took away the power for units to test their own people, and now everyone has to go to the HAWC, which is like the base wide fitness place. The new PT standards have instituted minimums for things ( like 33 pushups, 45 situps, both of thoes within a minute, and a 1.5 mile ( Read more... )

Good news! I have good news! Guess what happened :3 I got selected for BTZ, which means im getting promoted early! Yayayayayayaya!

Can't wait to take it home next month and shoot some shit XD!!
( Picture under cut :3 )

Why is it that when things seems to be FINALLY going better, that like... 50 things seem to happen in one day that takes away every good thing that you thought you had? I mean, I mostly had a good day today... thought I was gonna get an award, thought I was gonna be able to go to Tulsa this afternoon, and thought I would have a mostly un- ( Read more... )

You know, as badly as I need a vacation, listening to all of these people talk about how good RCFM was, and me knowing the only fucking thing preventing me from going was the fact my supervisor at work refused to approve my leave, makes me want to fucking cry.

So today before leaving work after having a shitty day, my flight chief calls me into my section chiefs office. We sit down and they start talking some bs before he looks over at me and starts to ask me questions. They were asking me questions for my Below The Zone package their submitting at the end of the week. Their actually going to put in a ( Read more... )

( Depressed ramblings ahead... detour to the left there if you dont wanna read. )