Official Modes of Travel for the US Department of Defense

This one should be simple, but it is not. I just wanted to know what to put on an Air Force form 938 for “MODE OF TRAVEL”. This wasn’t easy. In the JFTR, https://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/Docs/Training/DTA_App_C.pdf Appendix K, Table K-3 associates each travel mode with its description, expense category, and single threshold. TRAVEL MODES AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION … Read more

Active and Reserve Mix for USAF Space Command

10:24 AM google.load(‘visualization’, ‘1’, {packages: [‘geomap’]}); google.load(‘visualization’, ‘1’, {packages: [‘geomap’]}); function drawVisualization() { var data = new google.visualization.DataTable(); data.addRows(51); data.addColumn(‘string’, ‘State’); data.addColumn(‘number’, ‘Military’); data.setValue(0,0,’US-AK’); data.setValue(0,1,108); data.setValue(1,0,’US-AL’); data.setValue(1,1,172); data.setValue(2,0,’US-CA’); data.setValue(2,1,639); data.setValue(3,0,’US-CO’); data.setValue(3,1,384); data.setValue(4,0,’US-DE’); data.setValue(4,1,66); data.setValue(5,0,’US-FL’); data.setValue(5,1,322); data.setValue(6,0,’US-GA’); data.setValue(6,1,441); data.setValue(7,0,’US-HI’); data.setValue(7,1,434); data.setValue(8,0,’US-ID’); data.setValue(8,1,48); data.setValue(9,0,’US-IL’); data.setValue(9,1,248); data.setValue(10,0,’US-KS’); data.setValue(10,1,218); data.setValue(11,0,’US-LA’); data.setValue(11,1,243); data.setValue(12,0,’US-MA’); data.setValue(12,1,306); data.setValue(13,0,’US-MD’); data.setValue(13,1,59); data.setValue(14,0,’US-ME’); data.setValue(14,1,242); data.setValue(15,0,’US-MN’); data.setValue(15,1,118); … Read more

ARC and Active Basing

This is just an attempt to understand where bases are and by which component. Total Locations google.load(‘visualization’, ‘1’, {packages: [‘geomap’]}); function drawVisualization() { var data = new google.visualization.DataTable(); data.addRows(120); data.addColumn(‘string’, ‘City’); data.addColumn(‘number’, ‘Auths’); data.setValue(0,0,’ABSTON, AL’); data.setValue(0,1,50); data.setValue(1,0,’ALCOA, TN’); data.setValue(1,1,276); data.setValue(2,0,’ANDREWS, MD’); data.setValue(2,1,18); data.setValue(3,0,’AURORA, CO’); data.setValue(3,1,3); data.setValue(4,0,’BARKING SANDS, HI’); data.setValue(4,1,138); data.setValue(5,0,’BEALE, CA’); data.setValue(5,1,82); data.setValue(6,0,’BOISE AIR TERMINAL, … Read more

All Air National Guard Forces

google.load(‘visualization’, ‘1’, {packages: [‘geomap’]}); function drawVisualization() { var data = new google.visualization.DataTable(); data.addRows(51); data.addColumn(‘string’, ‘Country’); data.addColumn(‘number’, ‘Guard Authorizations’); data.setValue(0,0,’US-AK’); data.setValue(0,1,723); data.setValue(1,0,’US-AL’); data.setValue(1,1,759); data.setValue(2,0,’US-AR’); data.setValue(2,1,658); data.setValue(3,0,’US-AZ’); data.setValue(3,1,762); data.setValue(4,0,’US-CA’); data.setValue(4,1,1627); data.setValue(5,0,’US-CO’); data.setValue(5,1,464); data.setValue(6,0,’US-CT’); data.setValue(6,1,442); data.setValue(7,0,’US-DC’); data.setValue(7,1,49); data.setValue(8,0,’US-DE’); data.setValue(8,1,374); data.setValue(9,0,’US-FL’); data.setValue(9,1,703); data.setValue(10,0,’US-GA’); data.setValue(10,1,937); data.setValue(11,0,’US-HI’); data.setValue(11,1,735); data.setValue(12,0,’US-IA’); data.setValue(12,1,670); data.setValue(13,0,’US-ID’); data.setValue(13,1,394); data.setValue(14,0,’US-IL’); data.setValue(14,1,1120); data.setValue(15,0,’US-IN’); data.setValue(15,1,635); data.setValue(16,0,’US-KS’); data.setValue(16,1,746); data.setValue(17,0,’US-KY’); data.setValue(17,1,435); data.setValue(18,0,’US-LA’); … Read more

Arc versus Active Duty

test google.load(‘visualization’, ‘1’, {packages: [‘geomap’]}); function drawVisualization() { var data = new google.visualization.DataTable(); data.addRows(51); data.addColumn(‘string’, ‘State’); data.addColumn(‘number’, ‘Military’); data.setValue(0,0,’US-AK’); data.setValue(0,1,108); data.setValue(1,0,’US-AL’); data.setValue(1,1,172); data.setValue(2,0,’US-CA’); data.setValue(2,1,639); data.setValue(3,0,’US-CO’); data.setValue(3,1,384); data.setValue(4,0,’US-DE’); data.setValue(4,1,66); data.setValue(5,0,’US-FL’); data.setValue(5,1,322); data.setValue(6,0,’US-GA’); data.setValue(6,1,441); data.setValue(7,0,’US-HI’); data.setValue(7,1,434); data.setValue(8,0,’US-ID’); data.setValue(8,1,48); data.setValue(9,0,’US-IL’); data.setValue(9,1,248); data.setValue(10,0,’US-KS’); data.setValue(10,1,218); data.setValue(11,0,’US-LA’); data.setValue(11,1,243); data.setValue(12,0,’US-MA’); data.setValue(12,1,306); data.setValue(13,0,’US-MD’); data.setValue(13,1,59); data.setValue(14,0,’US-ME’); data.setValue(14,1,242); data.setValue(15,0,’US-MN’); data.setValue(15,1,118); data.setValue(16,0,’US-MO’); data.setValue(16,1,123); data.setValue(17,0,’US-NC’); data.setValue(17,1,206); data.setValue(18,0,’US-NY’); … Read more

My start as an IMA in the Air Force

This article has become incredibly popular. It was written six years ago at the start of my reserve career. Since then, I’ve had an amazing fun, rewarding and high-impact career. First, I’ve had amazing bosses, Shawn Barnes and Tim Kelly, who are both amazing leaders but understood the difficulty of balancing my day job with … Read more

Congressional District GIS Exploration

MathJax.Hub.Config({tex2jax: {inlineMath: [[‘$’,’$’], [‘(‘,’)’]]}}); I wanted to be able to do this with my ip address: I do development and consulting in two areas I really love: fitness and political engagement. For some work I’m doing on the latter, I needed to figure out the latitude and longitude of the geographic center for each of … Read more

reserve questions outstanding

The mechanics are difficult enough to figure out along with the big picture understanding of how an IMA is different than an traditional reservist. Here are some of the confusions I had to come to terms with: * What is the difference between the reserve and the guard? Why do both exist? * Do you … Read more

Building Plots in Visio

I like to automate Microsoft Visio to draw plots. They look so much more professional and I don’t have to fuss with Excel to figure out how to make plots look like I want. Again, this is me practicing my theory of being in control, not letting software control us. Please let me know if … Read more