Question about Air Force basic training

Kinja'd!!! by "DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
Published 12/01/2017 at 12:05

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Do they read open letters (like postcards) in front of the whole platoon? Because my sister is going to basic for the Air Force soon. And I wanna go watch The Last Jedi and then write spoilers on a post card and send it her so it gets read to the whole platoon.

Although I’ll wait like week or two so I don’t spoil it for the DS or whatever the Air Force calls them.

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Replies (17)

Kinja'd!!! "Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
12/01/2017 at 12:08, STARS: 14

This is how an unfortunate incident occurs and a missile winds up hitting your house “by accident”

Kinja'd!!! "For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
12/01/2017 at 12:11, STARS: 7

But the Air Force has assets in space. They are literally fighting the Star Wars.

Kinja'd!!! "Nothing" (nothingatalluseful)
12/01/2017 at 12:12, STARS: 1

Depends on the T.I. I had some that did, some that didn’t. Generally, post cards were read aloud though. Packages, envelopes that felt like they had pictures/cards, those would most likely be opened. Anything that might get a laugh. There’s too much mail to read everything, though.

Kinja'd!!! "If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
12/01/2017 at 12:21, STARS: 3

Nah, they’ll just draw a sky dick pointing at your house.

Kinja'd!!! "For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
12/01/2017 at 12:23, STARS: 6

This is actually how his sister gets horrid treatment for the rest of basic training

Kinja'd!!! "415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
12/01/2017 at 12:26, STARS: 5

I’ve seen pictures of their OCS, I’ve seen the wimpy bikes they ride. So yeah, they probably have a share circle.

-Marine

Kinja'd!!! "415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
12/01/2017 at 12:38, STARS: 9

Horrid treatment with the Air Force Ha! Probably will take her cake course away at dinner.

Kinja'd!!! "For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
12/01/2017 at 12:43, STARS: 1

This is why no one trusts jarheads with nukes.

Kinja'd!!! "415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
12/01/2017 at 12:45, STARS: 0

I want nothing to do with that stuff, fine by me.

Kinja'd!!! "Tristan" (casselts)
12/01/2017 at 12:53, STARS: 2

Why not just FaceTime with her? I’m pretty sure Air Force basic has gotten so soft that trainees get their cell phones now.

Kinja'd!!! "Old Red Wagon" (wr10)
12/01/2017 at 14:02, STARS: 1

I went through about five years ago and they did not read mail in front of the flight. Don’t know what it’s like now though.

Kinja'd!!! "AfromanGTO" (afromangto)
12/01/2017 at 14:10, STARS: 0

Hell the Army even allows them to have a cell in basic. My drill Sergent buddies hate them. But not as much as the fat people.

Kinja'd!!! "AfromanGTO" (afromangto)
12/01/2017 at 14:11, STARS: 2

They may it aloud during the prime rib dinner on Tues or maybe lobster dinner on Thurs. They’ll get a 3 day weekend if 2 people cry. lol

Kinja'd!!! "PatBateman" (PatBateman)
12/01/2017 at 14:22, STARS: 0

How do you like them apples?!?!

I just out-evil’d you.

For everyone else, if you’d like to know what I said, go through my discussion history. I highly suggest you don’t, though.

Kinja'd!!! "Tristan" (casselts)
12/01/2017 at 23:03, STARS: 0

It’s disgusting. I got 60 seconds with a pay phone. It took me 50 of those seconds to dial in the phone card and my parents’ phone number. Meanwhile, the TI was screaming at me to hurry up the entire time. My cell was locked in one closet and the battery was removed, placed in an envelope, and locked in another closet. TIs aren’t even allowed to curse anymore... Their job is to prepare 18 year old kids fresh out of their mom’s house for war. They’re preparing to go into a country filled with people who hate them and want them dead simply because they’re Americans— to have rockets and mortars lobed at them and small arms fired at them, and they can’t be bothered to give up their cell phones and they can’t handle a few f-bombs? Then I wonder why Airman Snuffy can’t put down his iPhone long enough to learn his job and then I get lectured by my superiors about sensitivity when finally lose my shit on them. I’ll take the fat kids over this nonsense.

Kinja'd!!! "AfromanGTO" (afromangto)
12/02/2017 at 01:51, STARS: 0

So how do you feel about them using stress cards during basic?? HAHAHAHA!

I remember a few years ago they changed the PT standards. Is it still possible that they don’t have to pass their first PT test until they leave their first duty station?

Kinja'd!!! "Tristan" (casselts)
12/02/2017 at 16:51, STARS: 1

I’ve heard conflicting information about the stress cards.

The PT thing is a new one... Never heard that. The air force is quite opposite on that actually... PT tests are every 6 months of you score <90, annual if you’re 90+, 1 fail within 3 years gets you an LOC, 2 gets you an LOR/UIF and referral EPR, 3 gets you reduced rank and denied reenlistment.