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02-15-2009 | 08:45 AM

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Gunpig

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Originally Posted by FlyBoyd

You would be surprised at the number of Navy guys on Individual Augmentation (IA) doing some odd stuff. From on of my yeoman (E-4 admin guy) manning a turret on a Humvee on patrol to a pilot in charge of (supervising only) an IED jamming and defusing unit. After asking around about this kind of involvement the response I received (Flag level) was "we (the USN) need to show involvment in this conflict to keep the money flowing (i.e. budget intact)."

The pain is being shared... I am not implying the Navy isn't pulling their weight... I just saw few of them on the ground aside from NSW folks. That doesn't mean that they aren't suffering through a rote in the Persian Gulf on a boat supporting the myriad of Navy aircraft flying missions into country daily.

02-15-2009 | 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy

TAD/TDY numbers are irrelevant for the USAF. It all depends on what job you have and what AEF you support. For those in a high demand, low density aircraft, you just continously deploy. But, once you get home, you get your 4 days off and then go back TDY to fly some stupid mission around the world.

So true, that is the boat I was in and it does wear on you... gone constantly only to break up your two months home with TDYs\Exercises\etc. Sadly, the AF makes it very difficult to rotate out of these assignments into low ops tempo assignments to catch a breather for you and your family. Ultimately this drives good people out who might otherwise take a few years in a training unit to gladly return to the fight in a high tempo unit after the break. Just my .02!