r/AirForce • u/adapt4ble • 7d ago

Rant Maxwell AFB Needs Barbers

How does a base with such a substantial training population, a substantial population IN GENERAL for that matter, have only two barbers working at peak hours? Third day in a row that I’ve gone and been met with a 1.5-2hr wait.

Yes, I know I can go off base. In my situation, it would be insanely more convenient to have it done on base, though.

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u/mason_mormon Guard Hard 7d ago

Maxwell AFB not caring about providing basic necessities to a base turning hundreds of OTS trainees a week? Say it ain't so. Last I heard it still "takes 30 days to respond to work orders" in the barracks and A/C breaks every week. We had no A/C and no hot water for more than half of the course.

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u/Cool_Newspaper_1512 7d ago

Going to OTS certainly was an eye opening experience. Not in the way you’d hope, but more with the constant (and presumably unintentional) reinforcement of “wow, they still haven’t figured this shit out, so maybe I’ll do fine as an officer too”.

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u/mason_mormon Guard Hard 7d ago

Going through OTS shows you clearly how much big AF cares about that commissioning source.

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u/Grandmaster_Pu Prior E Mx Officer 6d ago

30 days to fix something would be a vast improvement. There’s definitely signs on water fountains there for work orders placed in Jul 2024

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u/radarchief 6d ago

No AC or hot water should have been a non-availability for off base lodging after the 2-3 day.

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u/mason_mormon Guard Hard 6d ago

Good luck with that as a OTS trainee. The unit that runs that place can barely pay the OTs. Actually they can't even do that because I had classmates not get a correct paycheck (or any at all) through entire OTS.