Military terms cross reference chart
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Army handwarmers=pockets
AF foul Wx gear=umbrella
The best food I ever had in the military was at an AF base.
AF foul Wx gear=umbrella
The best food I ever had in the military was at an AF base.
dnewton3
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Please, all, make sure you don't include the inappropriate acronyms ... a good way to get a warning or banned.
AZjeff
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When our son was considering which branch to enlist in I talked with a man who had 10 years in the AF and he told me this: In the other branches the officers send the enlisted men into battle to fight, in the Air Force the enlisted men stay at the base and send the officers off to fight. Interesting way to look at it.
I'm reading "Tanker Pilot". There is an acronym for the tankers in the case of a real nuclear war. TOAD - that is what they do. They Take Off to refuel the B-52s And Die. They know they won't be coming home.
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Some of us turned down the USAF to do real flying…The air force envy is quite strong in this one.
How about instead of hating on the Air Force, people just up their ASVAB game so they can make the cut?
GON
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You know what they say, if you don't have what it takes to be a U.S. Army Aviator, being a U.S. Air Force Aviator is a great second choice.The air force envy is quite strong in this one.
How about instead of hating on the Air Force, people just up their ASVAB game so they can make the cut?
GON
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My recommendation for any young person would be as follows( of course MACRO - individual situation and plans/goals make this just a generalized recommendation):
- Coast Guard
- Air Force
- Navy
- Army
- Marine Corps
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When I was young, I bought a tee shirt on Govenor's Island, NY, when the Coast Guard had an open house.
The USCG, in block collegiate lettering, matched my chiseled, square pecs.
Everyone asked me where I was stationed or when was I discharged.
I swear my mother tossed it.
A high school teacher who had been in the Air Force recommended it as it was "...the most modern branch".
That's all he said.
The USCG, in block collegiate lettering, matched my chiseled, square pecs.
Everyone asked me where I was stationed or when was I discharged.
I swear my mother tossed it.
A high school teacher who had been in the Air Force recommended it as it was "...the most modern branch".
That's all he said.
My first choice was AF ROTC, but when asked if I could launch nuclear weapons, I answered truthfully, "I don't know." Apparently that was the "wrong" answer.The air force envy is quite strong in this one.
How about instead of hating on the Air Force, people just up their ASVAB game so they can make the cut?
The Army didn't ask me such questions and I got an Army ROTC scholarship.
The Army also sent me to a Pershing II nuclear missile unit. Of course, I was branched Signal Corps.
I did 4 years active. When President Bush was looking to make the Army smaller in 1992, I volunteered to help.
I went to work at a local AFB once I got out as a subcontractor for Sun Microsystems.
Still in the Sun/Oracle game 33 years later.
As a 25-year USAF man, that list is funny as hell...and not too far off-base. Might be why my oldest son joined the Army two years ago!
And the whole first-name thing (and calling officers by cheesy call signs) always got under my skin. When I joined my final unit in 2015, an NCO asked me "What's your call sign?" I replied, "Major W."
All that said, every branch is uniquely awesome and equally deserving of our support. While the rivalries are a lot of fun, we always pull together to get the job done whenever necessary. My best assignments were joint assignments...hands-down.
And the whole first-name thing (and calling officers by cheesy call signs) always got under my skin. When I joined my final unit in 2015, an NCO asked me "What's your call sign?" I replied, "Major W."
All that said, every branch is uniquely awesome and equally deserving of our support. While the rivalries are a lot of fun, we always pull together to get the job done whenever necessary. My best assignments were joint assignments...hands-down.
I am a third generation Army man after my grandfather and father served in the Wars. I lasted one week in Air Force ROTC back in 1972 because it was ALL about nuclear weapons. As a survivor of the Cuban Missile Crisis I had a problem with the emphasis. Understand, my father spent his entire career at Boeing in the development and delivery of nuclear weapons and I do not fault him for that. Anyway, in December 1973 I enlisted in the Army National Guard.
My number three son did go through college on an Air Force ROTC scholarship. The Air Force promptly sent him to Wright Patterson for a master degree in aeronautical engineering on top of his BA in mechanical engineering. I am proud of that.
My number three son did go through college on an Air Force ROTC scholarship. The Air Force promptly sent him to Wright Patterson for a master degree in aeronautical engineering on top of his BA in mechanical engineering. I am proud of that.
You should be. The AF Institute of Technology (AFIT) affords remarkable opportunities to learn from the best in the business. My final years were spent in partnership with the big brains at Wright-Patt working on some very tough problem sets. Your boy is in very good company with some of the most capable folks I've ever met.
Indeed. I worked with the AFMC folks at WPAFB a lot when I was stationed at another AFMC base in GA (yeah, THAT one, the one that gave A Freaking Million Civilians (AFMC) its name).
Lots of incredibly smart and dedicated people serving and working there. They're the kind of people that remind you why you love your country so much.
Yeah, I had the good fortune of serving after SAC officially stood down in 1992. But because I joined in 1994, there were still PLENTY of old heads around to remind us how bad it used to be and how soft we all were.
When ACC emerged from the SAC/TAC merger the cultures still remained pretty distinct. The former fighter guys from Nellis who showed up at Dyess (a SAC base) spent a lot of time passive-aggressively barely following some of the more absurd holdovers from SAC.
Like the time I stepped over a red rope lying on the ground to save a few steps going around to the ECP. I didn't realize a rope on the round was the same as a rope actually suspended as you'd do if you actually were roping off an area. Hadn't come across that in my whopping 6 months experience.
5 minutes later, I'm eating chainlink with the two other gents (including an NCO) and getting patted down while Airman Snuffy SP holds a live loaded M16 at low ready. (this was back when security police and LE were separate career specialties and hadn't yet been merged to create "Security forces."
That was a bit of "SAC" nonsense I could have lived without.
Military politics is always stomach-turning. Swordfighting is not a lost art, IYKWIM…
