Norcal Spotted and BS Thread

They got rid of all of that. Its all based off evals and what the board is looking for each year. Yay.

 

You fell off the cliff?

 

Did you get your CO to write up a Special Eval for your E8 package? Or do they do that in the Ari Force? I had a good year, and my CO wrote up an excellent Special Eval when I was up for Chief (E7). I think it made a huge difference to the Board, and I was selected.

 

You made E9!

Awesome. Congratulations. That's freakin' HUGE!!!!

 

I was beat up after skiing yesterday so hung out at home all day. Went to vote, but spent some time in the backyard with the DSLR. Sadie was out looking for lizards but was also wondering what the hell I was doing along the lower fence line.

 

Wait. What? I must have read this wrong, then. So, you're saying you made Board, but not yet Selected? Man, don't want to jinx, you. Sorry.

 

I think I can sell my prius with stolen cats faster than wife.

 

Sure feels like it

Lexi killed me on this hike. Me and the other couple we were with. One in the other couple gave their bags to a mule passing. The last mile and a half killed me since it’s nothing but uphill switch backs. Lexi finished waaaay before anyone in our group, dropped her stuff off up top, and ran back down to hang with us.

From camp, it was just over 11 miles to the exit and I did it in just under 5 hours, including pew and food breaks since we ate breakfast during the hike. I’ll take that as a win since there was over 2500 feet of climbing with most of it being in the last mile and a half.

 

Are you going to stay in long enough to Pin on E9? Thought I saw you were getting out. And if so, don't you have to have time in rate to collect retirement at E9 level?

Does this just mean you're being transferred elsewhere? And not retiring?

 

Like the photos...for some reason.

 

Go figure. My favorite flower, as well.

 

Doesn't work like that. We have what is called stratification. If your squadron thinks you good enough they push you to the Wing (base) level. Then they rack and stack there for top 10% of eligible E7s. I haven't been here long enough, nor care enough to fight and do the bullshit to get to that point. My body knows it wants to be done.

 

My allergies are reacting to this photo... :sneeze:

 

I thank God my body must be accustomed to the pollens here in the Central Valley.

But I have a whole lot of empathy for those who it effects.

I lived in Arkansas for 2 years. The pollen was so thick, in the spring, that everyone's car looked yellow... and when it would rain the run off looked like little yellow streams flowing everywhere.

Oh my God it was miserable.