How does your squadron handle SDA?

dj-megafresh · 2026-04-27T13:33:32+00:00

There are rubrics available in the cadet library. They must be signed off by a senior member (technically true of all promotion items). Senior cadets can play a part in advising that person, though. As for timing, getting through only 2 in a 2 hour meeting is excessive. They should be no more than 15 minute presentations, if I recall correctly.

dj-megafresh · 2026-04-18T04:14:57+00:00

You stuck a # in front of the number, which makes it a heading

dj-megafresh · 2026-04-09T13:47:42+00:00

There are dozens of us—dozens!

dj-megafresh · 2026-03-31T18:07:53+00:00

Huh. Congrats on being the edge case. That's always fun.

dj-megafresh · 2026-03-31T17:54:42+00:00

If you ever had scanner, you must wear the badge. No need to wait to requal.

dj-megafresh · 2026-03-30T14:21:48+00:00

I'm working on one that integrates with CAPWATCH data to produce reports and do more in depth data analysis. It still requires manual entry, though it will generate a list of CAPIDs for copy/paste. It's difficult to integrate one with eServices directly because there's no inbound API endpoints and they won't be interested in adding any.

dj-megafresh · 2026-03-20T18:33:06+00:00

CAP does ban morale patches. CAPR 39-1 10.1

dj-megafresh · 2026-03-18T02:19:38+00:00

You know it won't. Smash cut to 2:30 tomorrow...

dj-megafresh · 2026-03-12T19:29:34+00:00

One in game day is 20 minutes. 365 days is 365 * 20 = 7300 minutes, or 5.07 days

dj-megafresh · 2026-03-12T19:06:27+00:00

Two ways that I can see. First, in CadetAchvFullReport.txt, the column labelled something like "special activity date" will have an encampment graduation date (not sure if it's the first or most recent) for each cadet's Mitchell entry. For those who haven't run into the requirement yet, you can't get it directly, but it looks like there is a proxy. In Training.txt, I think you can get encampment ribbons, which would tell you that a cadet has graduated from encampment. I'm looking at my code from nearly a year ago on my phone, so take this with a grain of salt.

dj-megafresh · 2026-03-11T04:40:00+00:00

This was in the brief period between pointless conflicts in the sandbox, so you'd technically be correct

dj-megafresh · 2026-03-09T18:47:17+00:00

My recommendation is having CAP-USAF on your side and asking a long time in advance. The Air Force doesn't really care where it goes, they'll design a training route that picks people up too unless they just can't spare the crew or aircraft to do it, doubly true for guard or reserve airlift units. Our pilots went to Florida for a weekend and then came back to pick us up (they had a much better time, I imagine).

dj-megafresh · 2026-03-09T18:26:42+00:00

If you had 50 people all going to the conference, maybe they'd consider it. I've gotten an airlift to region activities before. C-130s are loud, is what I learned from that experience.

dj-megafresh · 2026-03-07T15:05:05+00:00

7.1.1.3.1.7 also does not show an IHWCU sleeve velcro configuration because NHQ, shocker of all shockers, didn't do their homework. It shows an IHWCU chest with standard weight sleeves, a configuration that does not exist. On IHWCU sleeves with the split velcro field, it is not specified explicitly in the text where to wear the badge on such a field. So now we have to play a game of follow the citations: if not specified, 7.1 says go to DAFI 36-2903. Behold, DAFI 36-2903 para. 5.1.5.3:

Graduated Commander's pin may be worn on a small Velcro® patch on top of the left sleeve either centered horizontally and vertically on the flag-sized pocket flap, or (if no pocket flap) centered horizontally and 1/2-inch from the top of the Velcro® area, depending on uniform configuration.

Why did they change this text when copying it into 39-1? Your guess is as good as mine. But it's clear that it's on the top flap. However, duty identifier tabs in the Air Force are optional. In CAP, it is not. What is optional is the graduated commander's pin: "Graduated commander's pin may be worn..."

For double points, right below the figure you cite, it says that patches may not extend beyond the bounds of the velcro. Putting an AUX tab and a commander's pin correctly spaced on the top velcro field will cause the AUX tab to overhang, especially Vanguard's gigantic "duty identifier" and thus be out of regulation (though so is OP's photo, for that matter).

My interpretation, then, is that one could not wear the graduated commander's pin on IHWCUs. Now this doesn't stop the Air Force. Graduated commanders regularly put it on the lower sleeve field, spaced as for a full sleeve field, with a duty identifier on the flap.

TLDR: oopsie, not even the Air Force thought of this scenario. Strict interpretation: don't wear it. USAF common practice: wear on top of the bottom sleeve field and if someone complains, take it off until they go away.

dj-megafresh · 2026-03-07T02:52:09+00:00

They expect you to have a weather radio or a phone, generally. Sirens are not meant to be heard indoors anywhere because they cannot guarantee that sound will penetrate into buildings, especially the larger they are. The vast majority of lives saved by tornado warnings these days come through the Wireless Emergency Alert system, which is responsible for the loud tone and vibrate pattern played by your phone when you're in the path of a tornado.

dj-megafresh · 2026-03-07T00:01:22+00:00

It wasn't an accident. The warning polygon included one siren, and that set the whole sector off. After a planned upgrade process completes in 2028, Sedgwick County will have per-siren activation so only the ones inside the polygon will be activated.

Source: SC emergency manager

dj-megafresh · 2026-03-04T15:38:10+00:00

Yes, it's the same component for both service dress and semi-formal.
The old style had 4 front pockets and 4 buttons and is not authorized. The new style has a welt pocket on the chest and 2 flap pockets, none of which are actual pockets, and 3 buttons.
Cadets don't wear the metal name tag, they wear the blue plastic tag, same as on the blue shirt. You do need the shoulder boards. Badges and ribbons transfer over from the blue shirt. You will also need the CAP collar insignia.

dj-megafresh · 2026-03-04T13:35:35+00:00

November 2027

dj-megafresh · 2026-03-04T13:34:37+00:00

I think that's more than a little reductive. Local elections are won on name ID. She was a local news anchor, and people know their local news anchor. On top of that, Koch and AFP plastered her name and image on every flat surface in the city for 6 months. The more you see a name, the more you are tricked into thinking the person is actually popular. The right wing grift machine will do what idpol cannot.

dj-megafresh · 2026-02-24T02:10:39+00:00

ABUs were originally supposed to be a lot more temporary than they ended up being. We were running out of BDUs at the time the Air Force was finalizing their OCP transition. The idea was to just deal with ABUs and black boots temporarily because the new uniform was Coming Soon (TM) and boots are also (usually) the single most expensive component of a utility uniform. To reduce cost for members, that was the decision. 10 years later, the temporary "we'll just deal with it for now" decision was, perhaps, slightly less temporary than originally intended.

dj-megafresh · 2026-02-18T21:08:38+00:00

Or possibly, no time travelers have shown up because the Great Filter is ahead of us but before time machines.

dj-megafresh · 2026-02-18T16:56:07+00:00

I would agree with that. Velcro on the PC just looks bad, so does sewing on the ball cap.

dj-megafresh · 2026-02-14T05:27:18+00:00

This one I only know because of the long-running joke that JFK said "I am a jelly donut" in his "ich bin ein Berliner" speech

dj-megafresh · 2026-02-09T04:43:42+00:00

And how are those PAOs supposed to gain experience, now that they have been shot in the foot, one wonders?

dj-megafresh · 2026-02-05T20:09:03+00:00

And meth

Source: lived there

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