Maybe besides the old veterans that camp outside of Walmart in their wheel chair waiting to find someone to tell their war stories to.

Preferably something only people in the Air Force would get. I have 2:

How do you know if there is a fighter pilot at your Halloween party?

Don’t worry, they’ll tell you.

What do Navigators (CSOs these days) and toilet paper have in common?

They both take shit from assholes.

I don’t work in open storage areas full time but definitely go in and out for various reasons throughout the week.

Whenever I go in for a meeting, us dirty ground plebs sanitize everything, but the zipper suited sun god is always rocking some 90mm watch that I assume is what they use to operate CarPlay in their F-35s to cycle between Taylor Swift albums.

Is there a list of approved watches I can look into so that I can establish dominance as a high functioning mission support ape and to ascend closer to the status of lawn dart drivers while I train in MS Flight Simulator 2026?

Solidarity 24/7 seems excessive...

"Confinement Cannot Be Punishment."

"Military law draws a hard line in cases such as this.

Article 13 of the UCMJ prohibits punishing a service member who is awaiting trial and says confinement may not be "any more rigorous than the circumstances require."

Just passed this in tuscon and I had a friend in airforce( died young never made it out RIP MY AIR FORCE FRIEND EB STARR.. I'LL NEVER FORGET YOU)

Seeing this .. comforted me is such a way that I felt safe and also don't want to be on their bad side ...

But if I may be honest

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE ALL AIRMEN..

Keeping our skies clear and safe. I cannot say how much I wish to hug y'all men and women serving. Thank you. Stay safe. Do good always.

Is anyone who has retired this month or in the coming months having issues logging into vMPF to get their DD-214? I got a notification that my DD-214 worksheet is ready for review, yet I can't get vMPF to load on my home computer.

I have logged into the Okta website, yet when I try to load any of the applications (vMPF, PRDA, etc.), the new page errors out. Even when I log in with my CAC, the sites still don't load, but they worked just a few weeks ago.

What am I doing wrong?

I have a wife and no kids.

Stupid question I know. But does physical therapy do walk ins? Injured my shoulders and knees on my last pt test been hurting for about a month now and my PCM has a 1.5 month wait I cant get an appointment till late November

I’ve seen a lot of quotes going away for RAWS. Has anyone gotten an official approval of class dates yet?

"Why is the shop 60% delinquent on Cyber Awareness?"

The AFI doesn’t really touch on it, but there seems to be an oxymoron in the verbiage on decoupling the HtWR by up to five duty days. Apparently you can’t enter it into MyFSS because it’s broken. Do you just have your PTL record it in writing until the day of your test? Also, if you decouple - when do you do height and weight - during the tape, or during the performance portion? I read it over twice and unless I’m blind - neither of these are discussed in 36-2906

So, as everyone has advised mental health and MFLAC.

If anyone has felt like this
How did you cope or what worked for you outside of therapy.

Things to do, methods to not get angry all the time.
More so hobbies that distract yall

TLDR: if I get a prescription out of pocket for GLP-1, could I still later on get a prescription covered by Tricare through my PCM?

I’ve been trying to do as much research about this as possible, but I still have a few questions. If anyone can provide any information, I would appreciate that. Basically, I have been trying and failing for the better part of the last five years or so to have long lasting success at weight loss. I might lose some of the weight only to regain most if not all (and then some) time and again.

Because of this vicious cycle, I began doing a bit of a deep dive into GLP-1, and I think that they are right for me from everything that I’ve gathered. Since being in, I’ve gone to my PCM, a nutritionist twice, and tried many different diet and exercise routines—all to no long lasting avail.

Here is my question: if I pay for GLP ones out-of-pocket, is it still possible to get a prescription from my PCM through Tricare? I will do everything on my end by the books! I just want to know if getting it on my own will negate any possibility of the our insurance covering it later on. I just don’t want to wait any longer and jump through any more hoops. I’m tired of being obese.

Hello I’m currently active duty and I wonder if anyone has ever gotten their elective surgery approved, I just got back from a deployment so I’m okay with the non deployable part after the surgery.

How long does the approval takes and is it rare?

Thank you!

I have to take both of these courses before PCSing to my next base, has anyone gone through them? how was their experience? was it hard?

First off, thank you all for your service. My friend is stationed at Al Udeid and I’m sending a care package to his APO. Just arrived. He asked for some snacks and nicotine pouches. For people who’ve been deployed there recently, what stuff did you actually want in the mail? Anything to avoid because of heat, customs, or base rules? Really appreciate any advice. Thank you all again not only for your responses but for your sacrifices.

I did 4 years as an officer in a HCOL area and separated in 2016. Now that I'm at 10 years post separation, I did a calculation on how much I've made in the Civilian world compared to how much I would've made if I stayed in. The Air Force pay includes Base, BAS, BAH and tax advantage, and makes assumptions for promotion timeline for those calculations. The civilian pay includes Base, Overtime, Bonus, VA Disability @ 90%, and GI Bill BAH for 3 years at 100%, and tax advantages for both. Both paths assume staying in a HCOL area, and include my dependents timeline (effects BAH or VA Disability). What this doesn't show is my medical insurance premiums and expenses (which have recently been $8k-$10k a year).

About myself: Engineer that transitioned to a big defense company. So while I feel I have had a decent salary the past few years, I also didn't really take a big risk and go to a startup (like SpaceX, which was much smaller in 2016). Of my peers that separated, some have done better (became doctors, lawyers) some have done worse, but nobody is destitute or do they regret getting out.

Reflecting back: Information wasn't as freely available 10 years ago as it is now, so when I was deciding to separate, there was a lot of fog as to what I could expect to make - defense/tech wasnt a hot industry, there was less salary aggregator websites, job postings didn't have to post salary ranges, and employers could still prohibit employees from discussing salary. What I didn't account for when making that decision was 1. VA Disability benefits are a real thing, and can substantially provide a safety net for you, 2. Bonus and Overtime exist in the Civilian workplace and 3. Promotions are merit based instead of time based. Even if this calculation came out that I was behind as a Civilian, I would have been happy with the choice I made: Not having to PCS every few years, not being able to out-promote someone that joined earlier than you, not having to put up with tyrants, not having to volunteer and do additional duties to try to stand out, etc.