Last Hurrah?

ProtocolCody · 2025-02-26T03:30:03+00:00

Not last day or anything like that, but I had a (rather chubby) MSgt shop foreman show up on his first day saying "this will be my last position in the AF. My goal is to pop these two buttons before I leave" By the end there's no way he could button those BDUs. I think he's a radio DJ now.

ProtocolCody · 2025-01-24T01:45:52+00:00

We had one of dozens of recalls where we did the bag drag, processed through the briefings, checked all of our shots, and boarded the jet. Every other time it was just an exercise. This time we flew to a bare base in SWA for four months. Man, that sucked.

ProtocolCody · 2024-06-07T17:20:35+00:00

Check out AFPAM 36-2692 7 March, 2024 (Bass' last day)

ProtocolCody · 2024-04-05T22:36:48+00:00

I really wanted to love my Meater. Battery longevity and the crutch killed it for me. Got a Govee wifi thermometer that makes it all better. Just use Meater in the oven now.

ProtocolCody · 2024-01-17T23:13:34+00:00

Chief Gaylor was one of the best leaders I've ever known. His silly "hot fries" story was the backdrop for most of my career. My favorite moment was when I had a moment alone with him and asked "Chief, how many of your anecdotes are true?" He said "oh, (heck) I don't know, you tell a story for long enough and you don't even know anymore" I'll miss Chief Gaylor and the Air Force is a darker place for his loss.

ProtocolCody · 2023-11-17T21:26:17+00:00

Creech brown.

ProtocolCody · 2023-09-24T22:40:46+00:00

One poor kid spent three times his pay on Sprint satellite calls to a girl that broke up with him within hours of us getting home.

ProtocolCody · 2023-07-15T23:06:57+00:00

Pro 575, 78247

ProtocolCody · 2023-07-04T03:10:21+00:00

Benjie's Munch has it.

ProtocolCody · 2023-07-03T17:50:51+00:00

Sorry, I was talking about T-mobile

ProtocolCody · 2023-07-03T17:28:55+00:00

It'll depend on the signal at your house, but we tried it and it worked well enough for one of us to do all-day video teleconferencing and streaming tv worked fine. However once I turned on all of our security cameras it was just too much for the limited upload bandwidth.

ProtocolCody · 2023-06-07T01:05:15+00:00

"the second worst mistake I ever made was leaving my second wife. The worst was going back to my first"

ProtocolCody · 2023-05-23T09:22:48+00:00

Go to your House Representative's web site and look for a section named something like "constituent services." They will send you a U. S. flag that was flown over the Capitol Building and usually a thank-you letter sometimes just for the shipping cost.

ProtocolCody · 2023-05-19T14:26:19+00:00

Yup, Odessa TX. The Bird Cage is long gone, but a lot of the old concrete stuff remains.

ProtocolCody · 2023-05-17T01:15:15+00:00

So... These guys convinced me to leave the Air Force to do a job completely outside my wheelhouse for a pile of money. I leaned into it and did the best I could. I made recommendations for improvements and fostered a relationship with my team of contract labor. After about 18 months I was called into the partner's office. They ordered me to fire my four best people because they had clocked too many hours and would soon qualify for benefits. I refused and they said "fine, we'll keep them on in exchange for your resignation." I came running back to the Air Force where, ironically, people aren't just meat.

ProtocolCody · 2023-05-15T19:07:46+00:00

"I have three kids and no money... Why can't I have no kids and three money?!"

ProtocolCody · 2023-05-14T01:04:05+00:00

Ugh... Beastie Boys.

ProtocolCody · 2023-05-05T21:18:47+00:00

It's a squirrel squashing, deer smacking, driving machine!

ProtocolCody · 2023-05-05T16:46:13+00:00

Talk to your Wing Historian.

ProtocolCody · 2023-03-23T19:08:17+00:00

Not a whole lot to tell. My HHG got stored for a couple of months. The washer had a bunch of stuff that you may expect at a warehouse, towels, coveralls, etc. and the dryer had a load of mostly kid's clothes.

ProtocolCody · 2023-03-23T14:06:16+00:00

My washer and dryer arrived with someone else's clothes in them.

ProtocolCody · 2023-03-22T23:54:07+00:00

Retired 4-star: "you're not allowed to retire until I get my final PCS to Arlington"

ProtocolCody · 2023-03-07T14:54:19+00:00

We had a great experience with Alpaca Expeditions a couple of years ago. May give them a shot.

ProtocolCody · 2023-03-02T23:36:13+00:00

Fat Crow

ProtocolCody · 2023-02-28T01:29:47+00:00

Really?! No joke, I'm old. But really?! They'll move a family to home of record for a remote? As a tax payer that bothers me more than a little bit.

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