>The new software, dubbed the Aerospace Readiness Enterprise System, will merge legacy training, scheduling, and readiness platforms, some of which continue to require manual inputs, which are used throughout major commands.

Looks like Patriot Excalibur, Puckboard and GTIMS will all become one.

I have an opportunity to apply to be an aide-de-camp for a 3 star and wanted to see if anybody could share their experience. Totally get that it'll be highly dependent on who the GO is. I don't really need it as I'm 80% confident I'll get promoted one more time and then be terminal. It could help get a cool job and get to learn and see a lot though.

We now have access to them all through GenAi, but I dont get what the actual, practical difference between them is. Can someone dumb it down?

What’s the first thing I should do? I was thinking of coming through the gate during peak hours and asking the gate guards for directions. That or hold up the shoppette line as I buy $350 worth or Evan Williams. Any feedback or ideas would be appreciated! If I see any of you I’ll make sure to stop you and tell you all about how I was in the Air Force too

Memes aside. Thank you all for what you do and I’ll see you on the other side. This shit sucks but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Got a LOC today. Just curious if there’s any chance at a rebuttal, basically I had a three level go get us tools for a flightline job and I had no knowledge that he’d never checked them out in TC Max. To put it in perspective this guy is like four task away from becoming a five level.

There is one thing that dawned upon me as I left the base for retirement today. We have a very small number of AF personnel that are going to catch hands after they become civilians one day. You can talk to people a certain way on base, but one day you're going to answer for your disrespectful ways that were masked by your rank. I can think of one person that comes to mind on an officer to officer level. I know my post might seem a little twisted. It's just a warning to those who think they're untouchable. After you're handed a DD214, someone is definitely going to touch you up if you cross paths again as civilians.

I’ve got about 11 months left on my contract and lately I feel like I’m just completely mentally checked out of the Air Force.
I’ve never felt this way in my life it’s like everyday the last couple months is just the same exact thing and I can’t stop thinking about how much I dislike where im at right now it’s almost like a constant war in my mind and it just has been getting worse and worse lately
I don’t even necessarily hate the Air Force or my job. It’s actually given me a lot and I’ve done pretty well during my enlistment. But I’ve gotten to the point where I know 100% that I’m ready to move on with my life, and knowing that while still having months left is making every day feel ridiculously long.
I’m stationed far from home and I’ve been away from my actual friends and family for my entire enlistment besides going on leave back home which I’ve done as frequently as possible and I absolutely dread having to go back to my base every time. I have people I talk to at work but everything just feels so fake, outside of work I’m alone all the time. I go to the gym, find stuff to do, etc., but there’s only so much of that you can do before it starts feeling like you’re just killing time.
I recently had family and friends visit me, and I didn’t realize how much I missed actually being around people I’m close with until they left. Ever since then, I’ve wanted to get back home even more and it’s all I ever think about now.
The weird part is that because I’m so focused on what comes next, I feel like I’m just existing right now. I go to work, do what I need to do, go home, and count down the days. I’m still doing my job and taking care of what I need to take care of, but mentally I feel like I’ve already left and life isn’t even real it’s honestly starting to kind of take a toll on me
For anyone who separated after one enlistment, did you hit this point toward the end too? How did you make the last few months not feel like your life was just on hold?

If anyone needs any motivation or any inspiration for their PT/PFA test, I started this year at almost 200 pounds, which was a significant gain from my tech school days. A mix of stress and lack of motivation caused me to kinda be fearful of working out and running.

But alas, standards didn’t care about my feelings, so 6 months ago I decided to whip myself into shape, lost about 15 pounds, worked out 5 days a week, ran at least a mile every time. I was an anxious mess last night, I just wanted to get a 75 and be done. Well, I just did my first official test in a year, under the new standards, and got an 85.5.

Just wanted to let yall know it’s possible (coming from me)!! Let the standards be a motivator and not a fear factor!

Traveling tomorrow, any pick-up nearby so I can pack my cleats?

Thanks!

As I was in the process of moving into privatized base housing (move in scheduled for next Friday) I was notified of last minute PCS orders across the country. I’m freaking out because I have less than 60 days before the RNLT. I had a RNLT change request put in today because my wife is in her third trimester but was told this could (not certain if this is true) cause them to cancel my orders. Ultimately looking for anyone who’s dealt with a similar situation, do I move in and break the lease immediately and leave a month after moving in. Any advice is helpful.

Old system I would get an 85, current system, I got a 75. Lost 20lbs over the last few months. They're gonna get the fatties, but not me though.

I feel like something is off with my leave balance. I usually keep an eye on it and know what I have and suddenly I am down 5 days and I can't figure out what's going on, it doesn't make sense based on recent leave I've taken. Is there a way Finance can do some sort of audit to see what happened? Trying to avoid having to bump leave web/LES and leave history and go line by line. Has this happened to anyone else before?

My husband made staff this year (finally) but his line number is below 1500. He's currently in the 300 course, and is supposed to do ALS soon after. The issue is, he is on a temporary profile due to having surgery less than 3 weeks ago and his profile expires while in ALS. I know there is a PT test, which currently he cannot do due to being on an admin only profile until mid week 1. So it expires extremely early in his cycle.

I have heard mixed things about a waiver and it being accepted or not due to his circumstances. His leadership has not been the best with communication so I want to try to point him in the right direction for information... I just don't know Air Force like I do the other branches.

Edit to add: he’s been trying to communicate with his leadership who hasn’t been giving clear answers of anything, hence why I’m asking so he can find out information clearly.

Has anybody applied to cross train through ETP & it has successfully worked ? Little background I came from ANG to AD and been in total of 5 years . wanting to cross train but since i’ve only been in technically 2/6 year contract AD technically i’m not at my retrain window… would it even be worth it to apply ?

has anyone been having my vector issue the last couple of days? i can’t load anything on the assignments section and then it just shows the last cycle that closed after 5 minutes of load time.