Recent content by wildblueyonder

User 4theflag posting on behalf of my brother, wildblueyonder. I'm sad to say that my brother died in an accident last year. At the time he was at ENJJPT, living his lifelong dream of becoming a fighter pilot. He’s very deeply missed. This account will no longer be actively monitored. Feel free...

Thanks for posting, ma'am. I'm curious whether others have used this site to successfully book discounted airfare. I compared rates for a couple of different trips and didn't notice any difference between American Forces Travel and standard prices. Perhaps it works best for certain types of...

Although I haven't posted much in a while, lately I've been checking in on SAF fairly often. I'm not sure how much "good info" I have to share as an LT, but I'd be happy to chat if folks have questions about junior CGO life. :)

A young man asks his high school sweetheart to prom. He gets his suit fitted, but has to wait in line for an hour because there's only one tailor and five other guys are ahead of him. The same thing happens when he picks it up...he has to wait in line again while the tailor processes other...

I made a habit of keeping my worst GRs long after I finished the respective classes (I still have at least two or three of them). They served as a humbling reminder of my own fallibility, and they even (ironically) provided encouragement when I earned a poor grade in a later class: "I had to dig...

Afraid not, I think he is a current cadet

The footprints are always gold, even if someone decides to paint them over with a different color some particular year...;)

No regrets about attending, past or present. On the contrary, it is one of the decisions with which I am most satisfied. I could certainly point to a handful of scenarios I wish I'd handled better while I was there, but that is true of life in general. I think I matured and learned a lot as a...

Can't speak for AAFCU, but I would advise against Armed Forces Bank. I realized during my first semester that I was paying several dollars a month just to keep my account open (something about a "paper statement fee"). Suffice it to say that USAA has never charged me a paper statement fee, nor...

I'm not sure to what extent they're still going on with COVID, but USAFA also has multiple Majors' Nights designed for 4*s and undeclared 3*s. Representatives of all the different majors set up their respective booths in Fairchild, and attendees have the opportunity to go around and talk with...

1. Do your best in everything, and you will be glad you did for the rest of your USAFA career. 2. Be a team player and a wingman, and help your classmates. Without getting into details, I got a celebratory picture with my fellow 4* squadmates at the end of Recognition. The same group of us...

JF, I wish you all the absolute best and I am confident you will be successful wherever you go. I don't have any information to add unfortunately; I remember hearing of F34's taking varying amounts of time depending on the circumstances. Hopefully yours will be one of the quicker ones. I also...

I think the Platinum does have it over the Sapphire when it comes to lounges. Having said that, it's a HUGE bummer that they dumped the Timberline Grille in DIA...they had a great subsidized food deal going on there for a while.

The same is true for the Chase Sapphire Reserve. It's also got a solid rewards program and a bunch of other travel perks. Some may prefer it over the AMEX, or for that matter, in addition to the AMEX.

There were certain days last spring when firsties had the option to wear OCPs, provided they also owned the appropriate coyote brown boots instead of standard sage ones. If I recall correctly, the direction we received was to wear metal rank in the spot where a rank tab would normally be...