<p>Not sure about AF, but in the Marines . . . </p>
<p>UAV refers to the particular unmanned aerial VEHICLE, in the case of the Marines, the Wasp or the particular flight vehicle.</p>
<p>The unmanned aerial SYSTEM refers to the whold package, i.e. the computer, teh spare parts, the operator, the carrying case, etc.</p>
<p>I wonder if they will change the regs for UAV pilots, because let’s be honest Potter can sit on telephone books at the desk. Why does seating height requirements matter in her case?</p>
<p>DS, Bullet went to the graduation and pinned on one of our posters, he saw a tiny female and wondered if that was Potter. I told him I thought she was next yr.</p>
<p>Pima -> She was doing the live KAFA broadcast in the Press Box. Next year she will be on the field in her Parade Dress. All the 2010 posters here set a pretty high bar for the CC community. Lots of Grad school and other special follow on stuff.</p>
<p>Potter had a break from Powered Flight this morning. She had to pay a visit to the Flight Surgeon who was so unprofessional the first time. They are marking her records and identifying that she only wants to fly UAS (Predator,Reaper, Global Hawk). We will see soon what the future holds. Mean time she is back to flying tomorrow and should be doing a Solo next week. Her IP is going to let me sit with them at the tower during the flight.</p>
<p>She is somewhat melancholoy about everything right noe because she realizes this may mark the begining and end of her USAF Flying Career.</p>
<p>HUGS** to our Pottergirl. I pray it all turns out in her favor. AWESOME things come in small packages…just ask our favorite new mom/Thunderbird! I’ll be thinking of her. …and being in that tower is awesome. I love that airfield. :)</p>
<p>DS, I get where you and your family are coming from, but the beauty for your DD is that you can give her real life examples of how you thought a dream was crushed, only to realize you were happier in what FATE had in store for you.</p>
<p>This is also true for Bullet. Had my Father never been diagnosed with cancer, his career path would have been different. He never intended or thought as an ROTC cadet that he would jump out of perfectly good airplanes with the 82nd, but he did. It is what we do at the crossroads that determine our path.</p>
<p>I recall, when Bullet was at Elmendorf, they approached him to x train as a WSO to Pilot. It was a hard decision, but in the end, he declined. For yrs prior to that option it tugged on him in the “what if” category, yet he came to realize he was more than happy and fulfilled in the position he was in at that time. He didn’t see a need to roll the dice.</p>
<p>Potter, may see this as the beginning of the end, but if it is truly in her cards, someday she may be like Bullet and decide that it wasn’t that. It was actually the beginning of what she was destined for.</p>
<p>So I just read this article and although I am not surprised about the AF releasing ROTC and USAFA graduates due to the RIF. I am a little surprised at the authors mention that they will be required to pay back some of their tuition.</p>
<p>Just wondering what those who have way more knowledge than I have to say about it? I mean is the contract that the cadets sign written in such a way that it states if the AF turns them loose for no fault of their own, that they are responsible for reimbursing the AF for tuition? That seems pretty one sided to me.</p>
<p>[Officers</a> are all paid up - Air Force Community - Air Force Times](<a href=“http://www.airforcetimes.com/community/opinion/airforce_editorial_drawdown_062110w/]Officers”>http://www.airforcetimes.com/community/opinion/airforce_editorial_drawdown_062110w/)</p>
<p>This policy could have an effect on the Air Force ability to recruit the best and the brightest in the future. How will this policy effect future USAFA classes? Is it worth starting or continuing your education at the academy if you could possible end up owing $200,000 toward your education and no job.</p>
<p>Why can’t they just cross-train into undermanned AFSCs?</p>
<p>Update on the update. While packing to head to San Antonio for UAV school, got his official orders sending him to San Angelo instead. They are putting him in Intel. Go figure.</p>
<p>Murphy that reminded me of a friend of ours. He had orders from the UK to go to the Phillipines, his stuff was on the boat, when they changed his orders to GERMANY! It took them over 3 months to get his household goods to him.</p>
<p>It does happen!</p>
<p>How does he feel about going intel? </p>
<p>For our DS that is his back up plan, and honestly, because of his major in school, and his after military career (20 yrs) he wants to come back to DC and work on the Hill, so I think for him he would be happier with Intel than UAVs.</p>