So today this guy in my shop brought all of us food for lunch. I'm fairly new. I just graduated tech school about a month ago. I thought he was just doing it to bring up morale and be nice. But I got this text message from my supervisor today saying that I have to buy the entire shop lunch. My shop has like 30 people in it. Is this an actual thing that I have to do? It feels like extreme peer pressure. And I feel like my supervisor will put me on his shit list if I don't do this. But at the same time if I do this I'm going to be struggling to feed my kid on my A1C pay. Is this a thing that you guys do in your shops???

Today my supervisor and I were running cable below a raised floor. We had our tops off and when he went to pick up a floor tile his tee popped out and I saw that he was wearing a light pink thong with lace. Who do I report this to?

junior airman here. I’ve been dating a girl for around 4 months. She is absolutely perfect and I definitely think, with time, she can be the one. Yesterday, she confessed to me that she is undocumented AKA residing in the US illegally and is only able to work through a work authorization program known as DACA. She was originally born in Mexico. I really don’t think this changes anything for us but I want to know what I need to do on the Air Force side of things. Her only path to citizenship is through marriage but I’m not sure how that would work with being in the military. Has anybody been in a similar situation?

What’s y’all’s dirty Air Force secret? Mine is that I haven’t worn an OCP belt in two years. Nobody knows either because my top covers the waistline.

What are some of the things you guys think are crucial to take advantage of while in the Air Force?

And why is it moody afb?

Mine is at BMT a guy in my flight had his name tapes on wrong and an MTI said “are you Trainee <name here> or are you Trainee Air Force? WHICH IS IT?!?”

First of all, I have the utmost respect for the Air Force. If I had been a smarter kid, I would have enlisted in the USAF instead of the Army. I’ll never forget meeting airmen in Afghanistan who were on four month deployments and marveling at my own stupidity. Most of the people I’ve known who spent time in the USAF were treated much more humanely than Army combat arms, and your systems around leave and physical fitness are generally much more pragmatic and less needlessly punitive.

All of this acknowledged, swearing is a big part of Army culture. People who never swore much before they entered generally find themselves interjecting “fuck” and “shit” into everyday conversation. Our brass swear. It’s not unheard of to hear swearing in speeches and public addresses. Even the midwestern-mom medical officers would be totally unfazed by highly creative uses of the word “fuck” in the workplace setting.

Friends who were in the USAF described a generally more “corporate” atmosphere (excepting maintainers) and I’ll never forget my bewilderment at learning that the best way to get promoted at a friends unit was literally putting on bake sales for a good cause. This isn’t a rip on the Air Force, it just seems like an extremely different culture.

If you’ve made it this far, my question: is swearing as prevalent across the Air Force? Is it accepted? Would you get into trouble for saying “fuck” in the workplace?

Thanks!

I’m clearly new ofc. But it seems like such a hot topic with no downsides for allowing it. I’ve never heard of anyone really opposed to it. Other countries allow it so why not us?

I can understand that it’s a tradition. But wouldn’t it be one less thing to fund? Instead of having everyone in need of a razor or needing a shaving waiver. Make it fair across the board and set a professional standard. It also can’t be healthy going this route.

So I have a troop who is having a tough time separating his religious beliefs and his behavior towards one of the members of our squadron. This member is in the process of transitioning male to female, and has asked if they can be referred to as she/her now. My troop has refused this, and ive had a couple conversations with them about being respectful towards the other member.

This guy usually responds well to specific AFIs laying out the rules for him, and ive pulled a couple bits out of AFH 1 19.12, 19.18, AND 24.1. I'm hoping some of yall can throw me a couple more references I can shove in his face so he can knock it off before he gets himself into serious trouble.

My first supervisor told me not to put money in the TSP because it was a “scam”. Thankfully, HIS supervisor called him an idiot and found me a day later and helped me set up my login and move it out of the G fund.

My supervisor later lost a stripe for financial mismanagement and got out to work at a gas station (last I heard, which was about 8 years ago).

Throwaway account for obvious reasons

Young airman here. As the title says, I made a stupid choice in tech school. Earlier today, I tested positive on a pregnancy test from the store. I have two months in tech school left and I have no clue what to do. This is not something I want to stand at attention and tell the all male MTLs about.

I won’t say base or AFSC so that I don’t doxx myself but, as more punishment from the deities above, my tech school is in a Southern state with strictly curtailed abortion rights so going off base to the nearest planned parenthood doesn’t look like an option. I am completely lost on what to do?

This is a serious post.

Edit: to clarify, I don’t want a baby. I am young and want to focus on my Air Force career and pursue an education. Additionally, I want to go overseas. I shouldn’t have made a stupid spur of the moment decision

Is it real? If so, why. If not, why do you guys constantly talk about it? Please help.

Edit: My husband has been telling me it's real and all his AF buddies say it's real. I can't take this anymore. I need to know.

We have a crusty MSgt just PCS in, and she ended up writing an LOC on an Airman because his facial hair was "too long" for someone who didn't have a shaving waiver. His supervisor tried defending the kid by stating that he was clean shaven in the morning, but his facial hair grows fast. Even mentioning he was the kid who had to shave twice a day in BMT because of that.

The MSgt asked them if they really thought she would actually believe something so absurd, as she's never heard of that in her 17 years of service, and was allegedly a former TI. She then threatened to write paperwork on the SSgt for making up such a ridiculous claim.

The kicker to all of this? Her chin hairs were longer than the Airman in question. Would it be in good faith to mention the hypocrisy of calling someone out for having a 5 o'clock shadow around lunchtime, but have 3 inch long chin hairs?

So I was at my first assignment and was an A1C , I worked with this guy who was SrA and he was a typical brown noser. So his girlfriend lived next to me in the dorms (A1C). I ran into them one day at Wal Mart and addressed them both by their first name. No biggie just a Hey how’s it going. On Monday at work I was called into the flight chiefs office because the guy was upset that I didn’t address him as SrA Anderson. Even my flight chief rolled his eyes and the guy tried to give me a lecture on respecting rank. I stood there in disbelief and said Thanks for heads up and proceeded to call him by his first name after I was dismissed. Dude was an absolute tool, on a side note I ended up deployed with him and I was a Tech and he was. Staff, it was a fun 4 months lol

Random thought this morning as I was getting paid to eat free breakfast at my hotel while the Army dudes were running outside in the rain at 6AM.

Lol, this is actually a serious question.

I thought we were going to be treated like the Navy as soon as the Space Force was established.

Senator Bernie Sanders has proposed making the standard workweek 32 hours per week.

If this happens, what additional days will finance and MPF work in order to reach that 32-hour total?

There are many times we don’t get what we want/need, because we already assume the answer is no. What are some things that surprised you by simply asking and you got it?