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That would be, in part, due to USAA abandoning their officer-only membership policy and allowing every enlisted, enlisted man’s kid, that kid’s best friend, etc. to also become members. Surprise surprise, a 17 year old airman fresh out of basic training is more an insurance risk than even a 21...

Not a medical expert, but from what I’ve seen a history of peanut allergies is usually disqualifying for military service.

You won’t get any good answers here. Go over to the Army subreddit.

What do you want to do in the Air Force? If being a pilot is your goal, then USAFA gives you a slightly better chance at achieving that than ROTC. Though this advantage is negligible if you have a competitive PCSM score, good GPA, etc. through ROTC. If you’re not interested in flying, just...

Regardless of the accuracy or inaccuracy of this particular article, Brown is well known for pushing the DEI nonsense. I remember 10+ years ago folks here on SAF whining about how racist it was to suggest cadets would eventually begin to be admitted to the academies based on their skin color...

This is not correct. USAFA incurs a five year commitment vice ROTC which is only four. Also @walker1974, keep in mind that if your son is serious about becoming an astronaut, Space Farce is not the way to go. As someone who served in space operations in the USAF, I can tell you with certainty...

Don’t worry, I already served as an officer so this post isn’t for me. Again I’m just curious because I’ve seen more than a few people on SAF talk about this dilemma.

Wondering if there are any folks on here (or parents of the same) who either chose not to attend a service academy (or other commissioning source) or dropped out of one due to their desire to maintain a relationship with a significant other. If you care to discuss, what was the ultimate result...

The problem with this is you may pay for your own flight physical and still be DQ’d by the military for trivial reasons. I’ve got a flying class 1 medical from the FAA, but the USAF wouldn’t let me serve in any aircrew capacity whatsoever due to a very minor eye (cornea) issue that ended up...

You’re on a scholarship so you have already signed a contract and enlisted into the USAF Inactive reserve, yes? If so and you decide to leave (and assuming you are not involuntary called to enlisted duty in the Air Force per the contract), you’ll be given a discharge from the Air Force reserves...

Correction: A professional social justice warrior.

Don’t be like my (previous) DO.

Google, “CMSAF Joanne Bass PJ”.

Hard to think that was only four years ago. I’d bet a month’s paycheck that he’d still be serving if that happened today.

The unit this guy was the commander of is actually one of my own unit’s sister squadrons. We ended up having an all call because of what happened. I listened to the podcast interview that got him fired, and everything he said was pretty much spot on. It’s now trendy to say that the Air Force...

Most of the officers making these decisions are neither fighter pilots, white or male. Take recently retired Lt Gen Gina Grosso for instance. She was the head shoe clerk up at the Pentagon for quite a while. Exactly the type they put in charge of these personnel decisions.

It sounds like they only backtracked because of the amount of people that complained. I’m sure it also helps that many of the disgruntled folks were from Ivy league schools, seeing as how a lot of the shoe clerk generals making these decisions are also graduates of those schools.

And all overblown. Casualty numbers that were inflated and in some cases flat out lied about, an economy that was purposely shut down by politicians with an axe to grind, and people in panic because the media and government told them to panic.

Personally, I’ve never heard of anyone at the academy who is in good standing being cut. It is possible however that any small misstep might put you in more danger than usual of being asked to leave, if they are looking for excuses to let people go. I’m not sure what current practice is with...

Stay away from missiles, seriously. There’s a reason that career field has a 90% attrition rate.