Extra stuff to bring and tips for a Flight Sergeant on VAWG Encampment staff

[PilotDiver17]

Hey guys, just wondering if you have any tips or gear suggestions for me. I'm a flight sergeant at VAWG ENC.

[a2capt]

Whatever is on the packing list.
Seriously.

You're going to be doing pretty much the same thing as the flight. You don't have time for it.

[PilotDiver17]

Ok thanks, but what about stuff like duck tape, sharpies, gatorade powder, iron, and halls. Should I bring or ditch them?

[a2capt]

That's executive staff's problem. 
An iron.. perhaps.. otherwise.. let others worry about it.

[PilotDiver17]

Got it Thanks!

[dwb]

Hey guys, just wondering if you have any tips or gear suggestions for me. I'm a flight sergeant at VAWG ENC.

Congratulations! Flight sergeant was one of my favorite staff positions at encampment. You get to know the members of your flight well, and it's a great hands-on way to exercise all of your small team leadership skills.

Plus, you get to keep tabs on your cadets over the years to see where they end up. For instance, one of the cadets from my flight is now the VAWG encampment commander. 

[PilotDiver17]

Is it Lt. Hancock?

[dwb]

Think older. Maj Ciesla.

[Danger]

Cough drops, lemon juice, and a clipboard or binder. Lemon juice helps keep from losing your voice. And definitely a camelback- you have to be with your troops instead of constantly running to refill your canteen.

[lordmonar]

Hey guys, just wondering if you have any tips or gear suggestions for me. I'm a flight sergeant at VAWG ENC.

Same thing as the students......everything on your packing list and nothing else.

What is good for the goose is good for the gander. 

[Eclipse]

Cough drops, lemon juice, and a clipboard or binder. Lemon juice helps keep from losing your voice. And definitely a camelback- you have to be with your troops instead of constantly running to refill your canteen.

Lemon juice would likely be confiscated coming in, some encampments do not allow pacifiers hydration packs.
The cough drops are a toss-up depending on the activity.

Bring only what is on the packing list.  If staff have been authorized anything special, bring only that and nothing else.

[Майор Хаткевич]

I've yet to meet a flight staff member who needed anything outside of what their charges needed.

[Danger]

BRING A WATCH . YOU WILL DEFINITELY NEED A WATCH AS A FLIGHT SERGEANT.

Here in MNWG, watches are contraband for cadets. I don't know if this is the same for other wings, but you will definitely need one, as it is a job of the flight sergeant to get where you need to go on time.

[Cap'n]

A watch. (If you have two, bring both of them!)
Clipboard/binder.
Throat lozenges. (If you use your voice right, you shouldn't need these.)
LE/AERO textbooks, 1-2 volumes, and modules 1-6 only. (It doesn't hurt, and if you need some material for down time you can always look there.)


Also, regardless if you're staff or a basic: if you wear contacts, BRING AN EXTRA PAIR, along with your glasses. I'm the kind of person that will lose my contacts just because I forget to take them out in the shower, so if you're prone to tearing or losing them, bring extras.

[Eclipse]

I'm the kind of person that will lose my contacts just because I forget to take them out in the shower, so if you're prone to tearing or losing them, bring extras.

Do your eyeballs fall out or dissolve? 

If you forget to take the out in the shower, how do you lose them?  I swim with mine with no issues, though admittedly I don't
stand under a hot shower head with my eyes wide open...

[Майор Хаткевич]

I'm the kind of person that will lose my contacts just because I forget to take them out in the shower, so if you're prone to tearing or losing them, bring extras.

Do your eyeballs fall out or dissolve? 

If you forget to take the out in the shower, how do you lose them?  I swim with mine with no issues, though admittedly I don't
stand under a hot shower head with my eyes wide open...

Near sighted or far sighted? If Near, I'm surprised you haven't had Lasik.

[Eclipse]

Near sighted or far sighted? If Near, I'm surprised you haven't had Lasik.

Near sighted - I prefer not being blind, or having irreversible blurring and starred vision at night.
I envy the people who have had it with good results, the ORM is too high for my taste.  I recently got
multi-focal contacts which are excellent and am going to stick with them until Retinax V gets through clinicals.

[Майор Хаткевич]

Near sighted or far sighted? If Near, I'm surprised you haven't had Lasik.

Near sighted - I prefer not being blind, or having irreversible blurring and starred vision at night.
I envy the people who have had it with good results, the ORM is too high for my taste.  I recently got
multi-focal contacts which are excellent and am going to stick with them until Retinax V gets through clinicals.

Both my parents had it done in the last year or so. I'm quite jealous, but with life having other priorities, I just don't have the $3500 right now.

[Eclipse]

Near sighted or far sighted? If Near, I'm surprised you haven't had Lasik.

Near sighted - I prefer not being blind, or having irreversible blurring and starred vision at night.
I envy the people who have had it with good results, the ORM is too high for my taste.  I recently got
multi-focal contacts which are excellent and am going to stick with them until Retinax V gets through clinicals.

Both my parents had it done in the last year or so. I'm quite jealous, but with life having other priorities, I just don't have the $3500 right now.

The cost is also nothing to sneeze at.

[Майор Хаткевич]

Yep.

That's a car down payment. Or a used Bike!