Originally posted by eagl
What's yer current job again? Time on the drill pad? Oh teh noez!!!
If you're working with the kids, teach them to quit whining and don't get married in tech school or right after graduation. That'll solve half our junior enlisted force problems. Drinking and getting rowdy is fine... Just takes a creative commander who's able to sweet-talk the local cops. Marrying another 2-stripe and popping out 3 kids sets them on the low-rent path for life, and that leads to all sorts of stuff a commander just can't do anything about.
I know I'm not a model modern politically correct kind of officer, but I'd rather bail a kid out of jail and schmooze the local sherrif or mayor than have to explain to a kid why buying diapers and a new turbo neon on his govt travel card is a bad idea, or try to come up with a flexible job schedule for a pair of 2-stripers with an infant and a second one on the way.
Yes sir!
I got to "pre" with a zero week flight a couple weeks ago and it was a total eye opener. I don't remember being that dumb. I've gotten alot of good advice so far. The best being don't just be a yeller. You can yell but allways allways try to mentor. The guys that just yell alot have bad flights who turn into bad leaders.
I graduate MTI School in july and that's when I get me hat officially. It's gonna be a long road and I hope my family will be there to give me the support I'll need.
Thursday we start PT at a brisk 0500. So far I've polished more boots and pressed more uniforms then my whole time at edwards.
