Oh yeah. I forgot… one little tip I can give you that got everyone in my flight a demerit on their redline inspection.
Inside the All-Weather coat you’ll be issued in your fourth week are a bunch of stickers. You’ll find most, but if you unzip the liner and turn the sleeve inside out… then reach down inside it, you’ll find another “Inspected By” sticker. Your TI will get you with that one every time, and it’s kinda cheap, 'cause who’s supposed to find that?
Anyway, attention to detail. And make sure you always have at least two AF Form 341’s in the left cargo pocket of your BDUs at all times.
The Navy also has what are called “Safety Time-Outs.” These are used by instructors and students if they feel training has degenerated to an unsafe evolution.
It takes a while to break my kids of the habit of calling “Safety time-out!” whenever they begin to tire during shipboard fire and GQ drills.
A smack in the back of the head and a stern, “I’ll tell you when you’re fuckin’ tired!” usually straightens out all but the hardest rocks.
waterj2, I needed to do something with my life before I got too old.
I’d have to say this is something, wouldn’t you?
By the way, I think my DI is gonna love my earring.
I’ll try to keep my ears open, mouth shut (which is gonna be a REAL challenge for me!), and when they say jump, I’ll say “How High?”. That should keep me out of trouble.
Thanks for all the kind words, all. I’ll keep you posted when the time comes.
Easiest? Easiest? You try pulling a Yeager at mach 2.
I’d bring up trying to land on am aircraft carrier at night, or my brother’s job of working flight deck on the USS Teddy Roosevelt, but that’s the Navy.
On the other hand, #4 is a good point, unless you consider the Israeli strategy (i.e., bomb the shit out of the other sides planes and airbases before they can even take off).
Anyway, congratulation! The best of luck to you.
Say, what does boot camp in the Air Force actually consists of?
Sometime in the first couple of days they will hand out the duties for the duration of basic. They’ll do this while everyone is sitting around and they’ll start by asking if anyone likes bowling.
You DO NOT like bowling. Whoever raises their hand gets to clean the toilets for the rest of basic. Try to get the hallway detail.
Also, you better get your terminology straightened out. The AF doesn’t have MOS’s, it has AFSC’s (I think they’re still called that). And no DI’s they are TI’s. And finally, Basic Training, not Boot Camp.
doors, the detail you really really want is dayroom cleanup. The easiest by far.
Also, you don’t have a driver’s license. Trust me, if you raise your hand when your TI asks who does you will most assuredly become a RoadToad(Road Guard), and you look completely daft marching ahead of or behind the flight with that stupid orange vest on.
