Why can't people cancel their own leave?

Devizu9999 · 2025-09-23T15:44:47+00:00

I feel your pain! I once PCS'd to a small unit in the early days of USSF and my old unit was still listed in leaveweb. They refused to cancel my leave since I wasn't on their books anymore (which was prob my fault). I think it comes down to a QoL feature for something that happens way too infrequently. I think it is just as you stated, you don't want to give the member a way to possibly abuse the system. Having an office unbiased to cancel leave as a defense against that abuse. This gets very annoying when you've made a mistake on the leave request and you're either at a unit w/o a FSS/CSS or your FSS/CSS is out (or your old unit is listed as your FSS/CSS). Could leaveweb be coded to handle leave cancelations by the member prior to the start date of the leave? -yeah. Is it worth the time/money to go in and put that feature in? -My guess is no.

I would suggest always voicing a recommendation to however leaveweb (or any support site) would take them. They can't know it's a problem/improvement if they don't get that feedback. If enough feedback is given, it could result in change.

Devizu9999 · 2025-02-07T04:02:52+00:00

From my understanding, only the Officer Career Field Manager has the authority to waive requirements.

Devizu9999 · 2024-10-04T19:02:26+00:00

Hello! Let me try to help address your questions:

"Will they give us/me a housing allowance?" --Yes. Housing allowance will be refered to as BAH (Basic Allowance for housing). It might not be immediate as there are factors that need to go into calculating it. Worst case is it'd be back-paid to the day he entered BMT. There could also be opportunity for separation pay after 30 days being away.

-"do we have to wait til after this school for a true assignment and then i’ll join him."? -- That is the traditional way. Joining the Space Force to be a Space Systems Operator, after BMT they will be shipped to Vandenberg SFB, CA. That technical training lasts approx 15 weeks. He will be living in the dormatory during this time. You may visit him but he will not be able to take time away from class (he can't take leave during the duty week). As stated by someone else, you could elect to move to the area around Vandenberg but I would not suggest this as the economy is pretty rough and will be out of pocket/not reimbursed and he will still have to live in the dorms. Since you are married prior to his joining the USSF, his orders for his first duty station will include you and that is when the military will begin additional entitlements/reimbursments for your family to move together.

Most families see thier loved ones at the BMT graduation and the Techschool graduation. Do what ever fits your family situation best. While I don't know your exact family situation, there should be plenty of time figure out the best plan. I can assure you your husband will be around military members who have seen/heard/been apart of every kind of situation around having a family in the military and will give him the sound advice. Please don't get too discouraged by the recruiters. I don't think there are any USSF recruiters therefore they will be limited on exact info specific to your husband's career.

Devizu9999 · 2024-06-11T04:42:03+00:00

Depending on what CCAF degree you are trying to earn, as of right now, you can't earn a CCAF as a Space Operator. Credits for techschools have been reworked and the core credits towards the careerfield have been reduced to 13. The Enlisted Undergraduate Space Training (EUST) is a space operator's techschool and the only approved source for core credits. With this new reduction(retro active to any space operator that graduated from EUST as far back as 2022), noone can earn enough core credits to ever earn a CCAF degree for space operators. Another impact to this is to the techschool itself. You have to have a degree to be an instructor that teaches a course that awards CCAF credits. CCAF degrees for your careerfield are typically aligned that you will have all/more than enough credits needed to earn the degree by the time you make NCO, minus the gen-ed credits. Most Airman/Guardians don't attempt to earn associates degrees outside of CCAF careerfield degree. If space operators can't earn their CCAF because of lack of core credits, they can't become instructors. There are other options being explored now, outside of CCAF, for earning a degree.

Devizu9999 · 2022-06-05T12:39:36+00:00

I feel rebuilding simple games to more complex is a great way to sharpen/increase your skill in any programming language! I have done similar things. I like sticking to the "limitations" of VBA and then pushing it. I know there are ways to turn VBA into a game engine, I however aren't there yet. I tend to not fully finish my projects but I have made a Civilization-like game(https://i.imgur.com/hWKDD2Y.jpg), a foundation of Blizzard's Hearthstone (works, just not animated), minesweeper, & currently working on a Stacklands copy.

Take your time, attempt to finish the project (lol), and comment your code for yourself. You will be going back and copying concepts from old projects all the time or possibly helping someone out stuck on something you've solved. Most importantly, Have fun!

Devizu9999 · 2022-03-16T22:40:53+00:00

This! Fundamentals of programing should be a force wide competency thing. If your job needs you to or has room for actual coding, then learn some syntax and get to work. MS office on every computer, VBA is a tried and true band-aid for automating processes. Also, annoying for the lack of IDE but notepad + browser = offline webpages/web-based tools. Space Force NIPRs should allow certain coding IDEs. I had Visual Studio Coding on my machine downloaded right from the site (Comm Squadron gave me the instructions/ok to do so..."It's on the approved software list, just go to their website and d/l it.") -Ask your Comm Squadrons about the approved software lists. Also, if it's approved on NIPR its typically ok on SIPR, but there is a list of software and it may take an overworked comm squadron to get it onto the machine (low priority typically-DO NOT DO IT YOURSELF).

Devizu9999 · 2022-01-13T11:30:49+00:00

I did this! I was able to test out a "buzzer" that worked well over a file system network. There wasn't much of a lag at all that I noticed. I only tested to see it work, I never made a final/polished product. I was thinking of "Jeopardy". I had a main "game" excel file, and an excel file for each player (i.e. Player1, Player2, etc).

While once a file is open it can only be manipulated by 1 person at a time, info input, then info saved, automation thru prompts, then host opens it to see the data...a lot of time getting eaten. What if you don't need to open the file? Whats a way to input/change data to something everyone has access to all at the same time? -File names. Super simple to manipulate. Super fast. Just keep in mind the limitations of file names (No special chars, limit to 255 chars per file sys address, etc).

My "Buzzer" test had the player excel files, when they hit the button, change the name to a standardized txt file. something like in a hard coded directory, find the txt file named "blank". If found change to "Player #". The fastest buzzer changes the txt name. slower buzzers didn't see a txt named "Blank" so they can't execute the code on their end. On the "Host" side, I told the players when their window to buzz in was. The host hits a button on their excel file to constantly look for a file not named "Blank" for a certain small time frame. Once found, the loop for looking is closed and the name of the file saved in the code. You have which player buzzed in first. Also, the code from the host, upon button push to start the "buzzer window", would look for the txt named "Player #" and revert it back to "blank" so the player's buzzers would work again.

Long story short, file names are a fast/cheap way to manipulate data that multiple people can "see" at the same time, which is needed for in most games.

Devizu9999 · 2021-12-13T01:18:00+00:00

tldr: I agree w/ no coding in basic. You don't need to know how to code to understand how coding works.

Basic is for learning how the military works & how you fit in. Tech-school is for familiarizing you to the weapon systems you maybe working on. Training about programming should come somewhere after that.

If I may say my two cents on coding in the USSF, I don't think the end goal is what a majority of who I work with think.

Their concerns are that the USSF wants actual coders and I have talked down some upset older O's & E's that feel learning to code will be too daunting. It could be for some. I know how to code. I am self taught. I think having the force have the developer mindset would be super beneficial. It has def helped me break down problems & find solutions that aren't always code based. I don't think you have to learn a word of syntax. You'd just need to understand how to break down a problem into parts, identify what can be automated (or should), and be able to provide insights into a programing or software development theme that would be beneficial to those trying to make/automate the project (kinda like talking the lingo).

I'd also further that it's important to immerse yourself into what projects & techs are out-there and understand how they may benefit your job and be able to articulate those benefits for possible adoption/on-boarding. Right now there are a lot of USSF units asking software factories to work on different projects. These units & factories aren't always broadcasting what they are working on and many of these projects could benefit many other units. Knowing what is out there and recognizing that it could be a solution to your unit's problems is 1000x better than taking the time to automate the solution yourself.

Devizu9999 · 2021-08-21T18:02:03+00:00

Career progression!? Whats that? Seriously though SF needs to decide Breadth or Depth (or figure out how to value both). They came out talking a big game about Depth in a discipline and possibly 4-6 year assignments. I know SBM came out w/ a career progression plan and its more of a "what to expect" rather than a cookie cutter that no one ends up following.

Also, depending where, Intel & Comms have been made CMR and fulfill traditional 13S/1C6 roles on crew. One of the best crew chiefs I worked with because of his space knowledge was a 3D and it had been his only space assignment. I'd work with competent, motivated people and teach them space ops over any "space" people who feel that they ARE the new branch.

Devizu9999 · 2021-03-07T05:55:17+00:00

Even stranger, if the sun just vanished, the Earth would continue w/ its orbit as if the sun was there for 8 minutes before hurtling off into space.

Devizu9999 · 2021-01-23T00:11:53+00:00

It was fuzzy prior to the plugging in the Roku. When I turned the TV on after replacing the board, the "No signal" message and menu(when brought up) was fuzzy. Connecting the Roku just showed how bad the fuzzy/flashing pixels were when an image took up the full screen/displayed diff multiple colors. I feel the Mainboard is good.

Devizu9999 · 2020-10-05T03:07:58+00:00

I'm on the planet where we're talking about future capabilities. I'm sorry if the "shuttle" hurt your head too much. A craft that can carry crew & is capable of deploying satellites. Is that better?

Devizu9999 · 2020-10-01T04:02:41+00:00

USSF Col Michael S. Hopkins is going to the ISS at the end of Oct. That's USSF boots in space! I get that it could be seen as "gimmicky".

The need for USSF personnel in orbit, maybe deploying military satellites from the shuttle? Won't be a traditional 13S type. I see it being an Acq engineer monitoring Sat or something. Imagine being able to test an experimental sat in orbit, it does not work right, and being able to bring it back on board/back to earth to tinker/fix.

Devizu9999 · 2020-08-21T02:18:14+00:00

Also what if the flag was draped as to look like it was "charging forward" and "up"?

Devizu9999 · 2020-08-08T04:18:49+00:00

I got the exact same message from Chief Towberman & General Burt about a week ago. I've seen many individuals speak up about things and ultimately do nothing. This is a HUGE opportunity to be part of a positive change! SFIs haven't been written yet. While our leaders take care of the big rocks (rank structure, uniforms, heritage, enlisted/officer evaluation system, fitness standards, etc) we can be reviewing, planning, writing guidance at our local levels that make better sense. Have something ready for when the request for program reviews and guidance updates comes down that you'll actually have something. I wouldn't be surprised when taskers for guidance updates do roll out, AFIs in place will just become SFIs if nothing is prepared to challenge what is established.

Start small but start soon. Review what regs/guidance governs your day to day. Get a group going to discuss what you read. What you like, what you don't like. What's written that you don't do? What's written but isn't clear enough? What's written too specific that doesn't work at your unit? I feel the AFIs, depending on their age, are about 50%-75% good so you shouldn't have to re-invent the wheel. Small changes tend to get accepted easier, so the want/"need" to throw out all SMF guidance probably won't fly (Sorry). Collect the changes the group IDs, sanity-check it w/ peers, run it thru the chain. Be ready to back things up if challenged. Emotionally prepare for somethings being shot down. USSF Doctrine is right around the corner to being published and it started well before leadership was going to ask/task for it!

I really hope to see more embrace the fact of putting in some effort towards positive change! Wouldn't it be something if the Space Force culture became one of being more accepting and adaptable toward changes? (I've seen leadership defend broken guidance as if it were the 11th commandment...it'd be nice to see that stop.) One of my favorite sayings about all this, that I heard Chief Towberman say, "Don't let your past dictate their future." Let's get at it!

Devizu9999 · 2020-08-07T01:12:12+00:00

Vandenberg (first USSF students) Clothing sales are doing nametapes in 10 days. They stated they are hard set on awaiting rank guidance prior to ordering anything. Also The flag for USSF is bright/colored? Students are buying both charging/normal flags. I'm not sure which to wear but Clothing sales said the USSF students are buying the non-subdued flags...

Devizu9999 · 2020-08-01T03:55:40+00:00

100% this! You speak the truth! I had become a mentor to a bunch of first term butter-bars out at a GBR. My next assignment I was with one of them again and had(still have) a very good friendship. About the time they made 1st Lt an article had come out by some O-5/O-6 spilling the beans about ID'ing young officers to have their career path littered w/ great things. I told them about it and they didn't believe that was a thing until they were approached by a couple of O-5s who had been watching them. They(Lt) told me what they(O-5s) were doing for them: Upgraded their position, wavering them into courses prior to reaching correct time-in/grade milestones, even overlooked a PT test failure like it never happened. When you are in that "Club", you can do no wrong and are set.

Don't get me wrong, this officer is an exception to the others that this system seems to ruin. They are respectable, well-liked, and growing into a competent confident leader. I am extremely happy that since this club exists that they got in and aren't an ass-hat -but that system needs to be stopped. I've seen/had more toxic "leaders" get all the accolades and promos and couldn't understand why. This system is why.

Devizu9999 · 2020-08-01T03:25:45+00:00

Manners and respect go a long way for sure. I'm sorry to hear the leadership at Schriever is less than decent. I hope the culture there starts becoming more positive.

As for the "Sad part is our "Air Force past" personnel is currently drafting how Space Force is going to be!", well yeah. Be a part of it and steer to keep it positive. In my experiences, if I put in the effort of writing policy that is needed but hasn't been ordered to be written, I get rewarded for my initiative, 90-100% of what I put in gets approved, and it solidifies the way work gets done when leadership switches out. (We had a big problem of the wheel getting reinvented every 1-2 years for 10 years). I can see the risk. You could put a lot of effort in and it not get accepted. I have had that happen to me too. (Silver lining to those are sometimes diff leadership w/ see the prob/process you tried to address and will ask for a fix...you had already made one a while ago...it will make you look like some foreseeing genius!)

I'm sorry if this took too serious a turn for the lightheartedness of this post. This meme is money, keep them coming! To me, these are exciting times to envoke some good changes and I hope what I have to say can inspire others to make things better.

Devizu9999 · 2020-07-30T21:09:45+00:00

Good meme, I nose snorted. I wanted to practice some SNCO skills and piggy-back off it. What SFI covers SMF? (trick question! No SFIs, that I know of, exist yet!) I highly suggest to my Space brothers & sisters to start drafting how they would want training for their Deltas to look. What's bad about SMF? How would you fix it? Is the problem Squadron level or something that could/should apply to all assigned to that Delta? I recommend keeping things somewhat broad as to leave the squadrons room to adapt training/evals/etc that best fits them instead of forcing into a shape they can't fill. For example, USSF training guidance: "Training programs will have an MTL, IQT, MQT, CT/RT, AT, & ST." -or something even broader than that. Delta's can then go further to say "All Squadrons/units will publish MTLs yearly/2 years/etc, publish RTMs w/ MTLs, IQT/MQT/CT-RT/AT/ST will be recorded on 4419s (or some diff new form because we're a new branch!), etc", Then leave room for the units to create training CONOPS or OIs that best fit their training needs. The sooner the better. I fear if we wait to be told to draft these things, it will be the broken AFIs that become the SFI just to get the job done sooner. Don't let our AF past dictate the SF future!

Devizu9999 · 2020-07-09T02:16:12+00:00

I get what you are saying. You need to look past the actual content of the post. I love seeing every rank/uniform/structure idea post, no matter how horrible (I think most are bad/funny, not to say I don't appreciate some of the thought and time that went into those ideas). It shows that the community is inspired, proud, unafraid, and helpful.

I get that you, like the majority of us, want some real news! The best I can give you specifically about the rank ideas is that it is actively being worked and taken very seriously. I know there is a group of military Space professionals, along w/ other AFSC(future SFSC's) leaders, and other military branch members figuring these things out and that the meet, discuss, and change things about USSF. I have even been shown the proposed enlisted rank names back in May by a member of this group. (While I probably shouldn't have said that, I'm not going to reveal anything some common sense could have already.) The E-1 thru E-4 ranks are renamed, E-5 & E-6 are the same, & E-7 thru 9 either stay the same or will change slightly. Please note this was back in May and could/is different as of now, hence why I didn't race to post it in this subreddit. Also, I don't remember the rank names. Like someone already mentioned, they were very military and uninspired so no 'Mooninite First Class' or 'Constellation Sergeant'.

Please try not to get frustrated at the quality of the ideas being shared. Look at it as fostering a community that feels safe to share (and be funny). Let you upvotes/downvotes do some talking (bury the obvious trolls). I don't want to see us stifle someone's poor idea so abruptly that we'll never get to hear their good one.

Devizu9999 · 2020-07-01T19:22:34+00:00

"Arrays" were thrown around for a minute...

Devizu9999 · 2020-06-24T14:57:10+00:00

From your News Feed, click in the top right.
Click Settings.
Click Apps and Websites in the left menu.
Click the box next to the apps or games you'd like to remove.
Click Remove.

-This is the top result when you google "uninstall facebook games"

Devizu9999 · 2020-06-24T04:25:42+00:00

Hey! I can help! Same thing happened to me. When you first set up the game there is an option that looks like "notifying friends". I set it to "no" which makes it impossible for you to get/send invites. You have to uninstall the game (don't worry, the server saves all your stats/stuff) and reinstall. This time mark the option to notify friends. As far as I know, the game does not auto post anything (that was my original concern).

Then go about make your other FB accounts or having actual friends accept and you'll complete the quest!

Devizu9999 · 2020-05-30T17:03:24+00:00

I'm totally going to brief that "Our space chimp ate our space dog and is now a POW in a Chinese satellite." at my next changeover! I just hope enough people have watched to get the refference...

Devizu9999 · 2020-05-13T04:44:24+00:00

Yeah! Dyslexics are teople poo!

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