Do the fucking inventory. Don't let that NCO or airman tell you everything is tracked. Go and actually look at the serials and compare it to the list. Don't fucking sign shit if you don't know what you're signing.

Im ready for the grilling but i don’t care, I’ve been at my first duty station for over 6 months and im over this. I wake up every day absolutely despising my existence knowing i have to go back to that flight-line and be belittled and disrespected for 8 hours a day 5 days a week. Im tired im beaten and im over it and its only been 6 months. Im not a child im in my mid 20s and spent over a decade...

I roll up to base, earlier than I usually do. I think, “today might be the day”, and I stop at the shopette, and I hop out, a little too eagerly. I walk into the store and pivot, almost as crisply as one would fresh out of basic, and power walk to the tornado stand.

I allow myself to scan it as I approach, and I see the logo for the French toast rollers. Hope begins to rise. I let my eyes climb...

Anybody ever use their GI bill to study abroad? If so what was the process/experience like; also any tips?

So one of my folks applied for the attache program, which closed out recently. They made an announcement on their portal page saying that they have received the applications and are reviewing them and will have all the matching done by the end of August.

The end of August. That's more than 10 weeks to match a few dozen people to assignments.

My real pet peeves are

1) Those who are not selected...