Air Force Basic Training Discipline and Punishment

Air Force Basic Training Discipline and PunishmentAir Force Basic Training Discipline and PunishmentDuring zero week, the Military Training Instructors (T.I.s) will explain what happens to those who are not quite cutting it. Recruits are all given little forms (designed to keep in your breast pocket), affectionately known as 341s. If you goof up significantly, and your T.I. (or another T.I.) catches you at it, he/she will demand that you give him/her a 341. Getting too many 341s pulled can cause you to be recycled. Process of Being Recycled During Training Each day of training is counted as a specific day (day one, day two, day three, etc). Lets say youre not hacking it, and have had several 341s pulled by day 23 of training. Your squadron commander (on the recommendation of your T.I.) can recycle you by moving you to a flight who is on day 5 (or earlier) of training. This gives you a chance to relearn what you should have learned in the first place. Being recycled is the ultimat e threat, and T.I.s often use it as a means to keep everyone motivated (Ill recycle you so far back, youll be in your grandfathers flight). However, regenerierung is not as easy as the T.I. makes it seem. The T.I. has to document the behavior, show documentation that he/she tried to help the recruit change the behavior, convince his/her bosses that recycling is the best option, and then convince the squadron commander. One graduate of Air Force Basic Training puts it succinctly Only people who get recycled (for disciplinary reasons) are the bonafide screw-ups. In our flight, we pretty much knew who would be leaving us rather quickly and that it was just matter of time. There was only one recyclee that baffled our flight and even T.I. expressed minimal regret. I think that by mentioning this tidbit it instilled a little more confidence in people who are just coming in. Minor Infractions Many minor infractions are corrected on the spot by dropping you for pushups. The regulations restrict the number of pushups a T.I. can make a recruit do (15 for males, 5 for females), but you can be dropped up to five times, one-after-the-other. Additionally, if no one is watching, a T.I. might occasionally fail to hear your count, and you might wind up doing more than the authorized amounts. Another way that the T.I. can make this punishment seem worse than it seems is to do a slow count, making you stay in the down standort for a long time. In any case, its wisest not to be a barracks lawyer and tell the T.I. he cant make you do that. Correctional Custody Those with serious attitude problems may receive an Article 15 (nonjudicial punishment) with the sentence of Correctional Custody (CC). If you think regular basic training is bad, try 30 days or so in CC. Every single second of your life is regimented. Your commander will probably tell you that CC is a privilege,however as at least it means the Air Force has decided to try and keep you. After youve been re-blued, y oull normally re-enter basic on the exact same day you left. In other words, if you entered CC on day 10 of training, youll recycle to day 10 or so of training when you are released from CC.

How Far Would You Go to Land a Job

How Far Would You Go to Land a JobHow Far Would You Go to Land a Job?How Far Would You Go to Land a JobTheres something to be said for creativity when youre looking for a job. Whether it will actually get you a job is an entirely different issue.Earlier this month, advertising executive Alec Brownstein told the world how he used Google AdWords to land a job. Assuming that creative directors at top New York ad agencies Google themselves regularly, he pitched five of them by name, with this message Googling yourself is a lot of fun. Hiring me is fun, too, and a link to his personal web site. His cost? Six bucks. The result? Four interviews. Two job offers. One offer accepted.Not a bad return on his investmentTodays technology has allowed job seekers to take creative approaches, from video resumes to DVDs to social media. But some even use low-tech approaches, such as posters and sandwich boards. In the pre-internet era, I knew a guy who printed his resume on drink coasters so that hiri ng managers could steal a glimpse of his skills and accomplishments with each gulp of a beverage. Im not sure whether it led to a job, but I thought it welches genius.However, while these approaches are creative, they may not always work.Brownsteins idea was a winner probably in part because of his creativity, which is a must-have skill in the advertising industry. In that same vein, an experienced project manager can convince a company to hire him by submitting a slide presentation that demonstrates his success with past projects. Or, consider a customer service representative who could promote her credentials in an audio file to demonstrate how she would project the right demeanor over the phone.Creative approaches may not work for everyone, but they can certainly grab someones attention. I believe theres no adequate substitute for a resume and networking, but I welcome comments from those of you who want to try to convince me otherwise.

Heres how much time and money you save by working remotely

Heres how much time and money you save by working remotelyHeres how much time and money you save by working remotelyHeres one mora reason to convince your boss to let you work from home - it pays.Looking at data from job boards and the U.S. Bureau of Labor, SimpleTextingrecently calculated how much money U.S. employees save when they forego the drudgery of office life. No more offices mean no more expensive commutes, no more costly work uniforms, and no more $15 lunches you end up buying in a rush. Sign us upSurvey Los Angeles and Atlanta save the fruchtwein money by working remotelyIfyou work remotely all year long, you will save about $444 per year on average in gas alone. For urban populations that need cars to get around, it makes sense that these city residents would benefit the most from working remotely. Not needing to drive to work would save Atlanta residents about $555 in gas money and Los Angeles employees about $510 annually.SimpleTextings findings back up other research on the financial benefits of telecommuting. When you do not need to commute to work, you are less inclined to pay to eat out for meals. Americans who eat at home spend an average of $6.30 per day on lunch while those who dine out at least twice a week spent $11.14, one national survey found. Those sandwiches and fancy salads may seem like pocket change but they add up - buying just two lunches a week turns into $1,043 a year.You not only save money on expenses, you also earn more, on average. According to a 2017 FlexJobs and Global Workplace Analytics report, the average telecommuter earns about $4,000 more in salary than office drones.You get hundreds of hours of your life backWhen you get the opportunity to work remotely, you also get the immeasurable value of time. As any extreme commuter knows, traveling to work sucks out time and energy from your day, but it is a more stark number to see the wasted hours of your life tallied up. Employees in San Francisco, for example, save a bout 270 commute hours by working remotely, while Chicago employees save 294 hours annually. New York City residents reclaim the most time back - 343 hours of their life - by foregoing a daily commute, SimpleTexting found.Think of all the projects you could be creating with those hours, all the time with your family you could get back by working remotely. These are thoughts that more of us are having. The number of Americans choosing to work from home four to five days a week has spiked from 24% to 31% since 2012.close dialogAdvertisement close dialog/* effects for .bx-campaign-1012255 *//* custom css .bx-campaign-1012255 */.bx-custom.bx-campaign-1012255.bx-type-agilityzone .bx-close z-index 2-ms-keyframes bx-anim-1012255-spin from -ms-transform rotate(0deg) to -ms-transform rotate(360deg) -moz-keyframes bx-anim-1012255-spin from -moz-transform rotate(0deg) to -moz-transform rota te(360deg) -webkit-keyframes bx-anim-1012255-spin from -webkit-transform rotate(0deg) to -webkit-transform rotate(360deg) keyframes bx-anim-1012255-spin from transform rotate(0deg) to transform rotate(360deg) bx-close-inside-1012255 top 0 right 0 /* KD - Remove padding from video wrapper and set height to 100% */.bx-custom.bx-campaign-1012255 .bx-row-video .bx-video-wrapper padding-top 0important height 100%.bx-custombx-campaign-1012255 bx-creative-1012255 .bx-wrap height auto/* KD - Change positioning to static as that was not necesaary and here you can adjust the height of the video element */.bx-custom.bx-campaign-1012255 .bx-row-video .bx-video-wrapper video position static/* rendered styles .bx-campaign-1012255 */.bxc.bx-campaign-1012255.bx-active-step-1 .bx-creative *first-child width 100%.bxc.bx-campaign-1012255.bx-active-step-1 .bx-creative backgr ound-color transparentborder-style nonemax-width 900px.bxc.bx-campaign-1012255.bx-active-step-1 .bx-close stroke whitebackground-color blackborder-style solidborder-color whiteborder-width 1px.bxc.bx-campaign-1012255 .bx-group-1012255-AFvXBOB padding 10pxbildschirm blockwidth auto.bxc.bx-campaign-1012255 .bx-element-1012255-J0EiS8Y width auto.bxc.bx-campaign-1012255 .bx-element-1012255-J0EiS8Y *first-child padding 2px 4pxfont-size 10pxcolor rgb(255, 255, 255)text-transform uppercasebackground-color rgb(0, 0, 0)background-color rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.34)