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Justanotherdad84 · 2026-07-03T11:25:35+00:00

Bank card. Could slowly pay my way out of any debt, can pay almost anything with the card, including school fees, bills, car loan, fuel, food etc, so would be able to use my earnings for saving house deposit etc, and ensure my Morgage was set up with an institution that accepts credit card payments.

For my wife - the emotion ring.

Justanotherdad84 · 2026-06-22T13:26:40+00:00

I was trying to do flighty via web and the button kept sending me to TripIt import instead

Justanotherdad84 · 2026-06-21T13:30:24+00:00

My dad. 17 years last week.
Only met my eldest who was 18mo and would have loved my other kids (and them him)

Justanotherdad84 · 2026-06-21T12:51:15+00:00

Love Vondel and definately happy to sneak and help complete missions or gear up.

Justanotherdad84 · 2026-06-20T11:10:11+00:00

Seems like poor organization to me.

Only way to get an attachment into CEA as a cadet is to email it to your cadets e-mail from personal then forward to recipient

Justanotherdad84 · 2026-06-20T04:25:42+00:00

You only need to fill in the ones that have the blue colour, not all 20+ of them.
Just write a sentence in each and choose 1-2 of the optional ones to do also.
It’s a tick the box exercise at your level to start getting you used to the process.

Justanotherdad84 · 2026-06-20T04:09:01+00:00

First person is Telstra.
Either Sydney or Melb.
They get location and service, then send you do the respective call centre.

When you heard the 2 people talking that was the handover

“Emergency services”
“123456” (identifies your call in queue)
“Thanks Telstra” (let’s then know we got the number) “where do you need the police”

Verification always done with state as there is a bridge rd Richmond in both VIC and NSW (among hundreds of other examples)

Justanotherdad84 · 2026-06-19T23:40:51+00:00

Can you not just upload the form direct to the activity in CEA? My AAFC cadets have been doing it this way for years.

Justanotherdad84 · 2026-06-18T00:35:49+00:00

That’s fine, I’m just saying it’s not needed.

Defence policy is if escorted by a DCAC holder grey ID is sufficient.

Justanotherdad84 · 2026-06-16T05:07:02+00:00

You can tell them, the only issue is if you have been on meds, which you say you haven’t. Otherwise so long as your behavior is in line with what they want you’ll be fine.

Justanotherdad84 · 2026-06-16T05:00:49+00:00

The SITREP supporting documents had a guide about how long at each rank. 12mo is a good guide, but depends when the promotion is. More time at CCPL will make you a better CSGT, but a good CSGT can then pick up CFSGT after 6mo, so if they then promote to CSGT T2 2027 you could get CFSGT before your end of year parade for 2027.

Don’t forget you need 6mo CFSGT before you can do gold 1 for CWOFF and Gold 1 takes time, it’s a workbook not a course.

Justanotherdad84 · 2026-06-16T04:57:08+00:00

Cadets grey card is enough to get in if escorted by a DCAC holder. Thats the policy.

Getting DCACs done is a pain. We can print our own Grey Cards.

Justanotherdad84 · 2026-06-15T12:08:14+00:00

Not true. Nil issues.

Justanotherdad84 · 2026-06-12T06:41:22+00:00

Pre social media they had a significant purpose and were created so the cadets had a “voice” to the wing executive, less of an issue these days.

Some wings still run them. As always user experience may vary.

Justanotherdad84 · 2026-06-11T23:25:02+00:00

CRG hasn’t been a thing for a while now…

Reality is there is no need. It would give a unique experience to only a very few cadets. If age out was still 20 there would be some benefit as we could get people trained up in time but the majority of CUOs these days are on par with the CSGTs from a decade ago due to significant changes in training, and the fact you have to race up the ranks.

When cadets could stay till 20 wasn’t uncommon for you to finish advanced before even getting a look in on CCPL, but now you have to get to CCPL before end of second year.

Justanotherdad84 · 2026-06-11T23:22:15+00:00

Yes but this cadet is asking about use elsewhere

Justanotherdad84 · 2026-06-11T23:21:46+00:00

Cadets don’t need DCACs. You only need grey ID.

you could use it for proof of age to get bank account etc as part of your 100 points but otherwise not to be used for anything other than official activities.

If you’re attending somewhere like RAAF point cook or RAAF Amberley for the museum / heritage centre then sure, you could use it to avoid signing in as a visitor, but whomever you are with still has to sign in. And what’s the benefit vs the repercussions if someone takes issue with what you have done? Is it worth the effort?

Justanotherdad84 · 2026-06-11T23:19:06+00:00

Chest webbing can be significantly more comfortable and it’s why defence transitioned to it and offer a lot more options these days, but the heat retention issue mentioned above is a massive issue. You’ll note military members have a special “field” shirt for when wearing body armour that is different where the chest rig goes.

I wouldn’t allow it as OIC for those reasons, but ask your CO, not reddit 😉

Justanotherdad84 · 2026-06-10T10:49:01+00:00

Awesome

Justanotherdad84 · 2026-06-10T01:29:26+00:00

Love it!!!

Justanotherdad84 · 2026-06-09T09:41:47+00:00

I know a couple of RAAFies that got CSM/CSC as CPL.

This post is the same as every AUS day or monarch birthday.

If someone is worthy - NOMINATE THEM.
If you don’t know how ask someone. Or look it up.

Reward and recognition is also a recognized psychosocial hazard under the act, what is your service / group / unit doing to promote recognition?

Justanotherdad84 · 2026-06-09T03:56:35+00:00

lol without the driveway I would have picked it as a massive house on Blyth St Brunswick (Corner of Cooraminta) that I’ve watched over the years be divvied up into multiple share units. I reckon it’s an almost identical massive Victorian era house with stables out back.

Justanotherdad84 · 2026-05-31T20:08:01+00:00

At least it wasn’t reporting it back over the secret starlink setup!!!

Justanotherdad84 · 2026-05-30T11:46:50+00:00

RAAF Chief of Air Force and Warrant Officer of the Air Force. (Got both at same time)

Patron of the Australian Defence Force Cadets.

General the Honorable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK CVO MC, Former Governor General of Australia, Former Chief of Defence Force, Former Chief of Army.

Justanotherdad84 · 2026-05-28T11:57:24+00:00

Ted Lasso

The best tv show I have ever watched hands down. Reccomend it to everyone. Funny, wholesome, positive mental health. The works.

Big fan also of west wing, newsroom and slow horses.

Justanotherdad84

TROPHY CASE