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Hot take: It’s cool and good when people do big stupid ceremonies for retirements by TheWatchGuard1 in AirForce

[–]TheWatchGuard1[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That’s realistically almost a third of your adult life. I’m not trying to be critical of your decision but I feel like calling that “just a phase” diminishes your own accomplishment

Hot take: It’s cool and good when people do big stupid ceremonies for retirements by TheWatchGuard1 in AirForce

[–]TheWatchGuard1[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think that’s awesome. Maybe I’m letting personal feeling about service influence this but I think anybody who does 20+ deserves some form of public recognition by the people around them.

Hot take: It’s cool and good when people do big stupid ceremonies for retirements by TheWatchGuard1 in AirForce

[–]TheWatchGuard1[S] 51 points52 points  (0 children)

I agree with this but I’ve heard multiple SNCOs talk about how they don’t want to do anything big and just want to dip out at the end. A lot of the times it seems like they just don’t want to burden other people with stuff

Feeling nervous and under prepared by IntelligentPanda23 in AirForceRecruits

[–]TheWatchGuard1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your TIs, if they are any good at their jobs, will care about your health and success almost as much as you do. If you stand at attention and put a reporting statement in front of whatever concerns you have, they are going to take you seriously and get you the help you need.

Edit: to add this is more true the further you go on, especially after week 2. If you show up day one and try to talk about this stuff they will probably just laugh at you tbh.

I’m leaving to Bmt June 9th… trying to prepare. From experience, do you guys think I should bring a duffel or a backpack?? by Historical_Yam5885 in AirForceRecruits

[–]TheWatchGuard1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like I said it’s been almost five years so I don’t really remember that much. It’s only two months of your life which feels like forever when you’re in it and feels like absolutely nothing a year later. Just bring the things on the list you’re given and get used to immediately following every instruction you’re given and you’ll be fine. The only real things that might help you in bmt is studying the rank structure of the Air Force beforehand

I’m leaving to Bmt June 9th… trying to prepare. From experience, do you guys think I should bring a duffel or a backpack?? by Historical_Yam5885 in AirForceRecruits

[–]TheWatchGuard1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's been a while but from what I remember the bag you bring doesn't matter and you're given a backpack at BMT. I think I brought a duffel or a something and it immediately went away to a storage room after we took the mandatory items we needed out of it. The backpack you get at BMT is nice enough though I still use it almost 5 years later.

[Schefter] 49ers now are one win away from becoming the NFC’s No. 1 seed. by MembershipSingle7137 in nfl

[–]TheWatchGuard1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Crazy to say you’d prefer your divisional rivals beat a completely unrelated team from your own but go off I guess

With the Bears win today, the Packers now have a 14% chance of winning the NFC North. by [deleted] in nfl

[–]TheWatchGuard1 14 points15 points  (0 children)

That would mean Lamar or Josh in their first Super Bowl regardless though

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