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You have a higher percentage chance of being an Olmstead Scholar than you do of getting a PEP slot. Additionally, what PEP locations you can go to are based on what community you end up in, so unless you can predict the future... Seriously though, Olmstead is a great deal...info here...

I don't know, I thought the real high point was "I heard three booms... like boom, boom, boom."

This one's going to be interesting. Like any Meridian guy, I've been in and out of there quite a bit and given the limited description of the mishap, this one sounds strange. http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/14/us/alabama-cargo-plane-crash/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Porsche. 'Nuff said.

Just a suggestion but...generally speaking I've found better places to stay when I was boots on ground than by internet months ahead of time. My advice? If you are staying in a major metro area (Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich) reserve a room there...if you are roaming the countryside, eyeball the...

Uhhhh...it is made by McDonnell Douglas. First built in 1978. Last in 1999, only 2 years after Boeing bought them. The Rhino and Growler on the other hand...

...aaaaand never mind. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/07/navy-drops-plans-to-repair-uss-miami-sub/ Fleet decision or political play? You decide.

Sure! How else am I going to find my wingman on a CAVU day!?

This is literally, the summation of my P-3 experience. Good riddance. People here complain about how "non-intuitive" the HOTAS is or how difficult such and such menu is...I just laugh.

Uhhhh...methinks you have that backwards. This was just P-8 going back to its roots...just because the paint job is boring doesn't mean it's not an airliner.

Ceiling of my truck...

Spoken like a guy who never landed on the boat...;)

Yeah, but that would never happen...get real.

See, I don't think you can defend it period...but what the hell do I know?

Which you can't do in P-3/8 land, but I digress...

Second largest applicant pool in history according to the article. Go figure.

Yawn. Someone call me when we don't have to call another country to send our astronauts, female or otherwise, into space. You guys are missing the forest for the trees.

Correct

...and before that... Like a boss. If it ain't broke... This was literally, the most comfortable uniform I ever wore. Cost about $40, was machine washable and required near 0 maintenance, fire retardant, flash burn resistant and you could use it to float...What was the problem again?

Has to be the longest 1.2 seconds ever, sitting there with the handle in your hand.

No kidding, so select Growlers and quit talking about second place.

I'd be the first to admit that 1500 or so of those hours were boring as hell. I'd also say that the day to day quality of flying was part of the reason I transitioned. That said, in that 100 hours or so that are left, I promise you, we had more than our fair share of impact and I have no...

Pu$$y. :) Average in VQ-1/2 when I was there was about 1400 TT (1250 P-3)...I rolled as an IP with almost 1600...I saw three guys break 2k.

Enid, Oklahoma. Nobody is sure whether he's weeping about unmanned helos or the fact that he just joined the Air Force and moved to Oklahoma. I wonder if they issued him an ascot and made him circumcise his pencil pocket? :)

The less recoil thing is a consideration and is certainly an advantage. However, my preference in sporting clays is for a double (over/under) of some flavor because of the simple fact that you have two chokes instantly available. Any good clays course will at some point force you to make a...

The SLP is nearly useless for skeet or trap FYI. Great gun, no doubt, but not what the OP is after methinks.

Can't give you good advice here without some clarification. Trap and skeet are completely different games, and the shotguns used for them are substantially different as well. Usually when people say they are "getting into trap and skeet" they mean they are "starting to shoot some clays...

Looked better than my first trap...

My thinking here when talking to my sailors etc... The first question the board has to answer is "Can this person finish college." There are a couple ways they can answer that depending on the record. First, SAT/ACT scores. Kill them and the board may have its answer. (When I say kill them...

WE GOT A GOOD BINGO! C work on college level courses is not the standard. Period. Do better.

Whichever one gets you ready to crush the SATs... Whichever NKO course allows you to outperform your peers and get a highly ranked EP Eval... Whichever NKO course clarifies your reasons for wanting to be a Naval Officer... Whichever one allows you to interview with senior officers in your...

It does...however, if you're landing anywhere other than the boat in shitty weather, your shooting a PAR. I see your point with the BS approaches to South Field, but about 75% of the approached I've shot to mins were PAR's and that wasn't by choice. Maybe PAR's until MIF met would be a...

Yeah, agreed...lest we forget that most of the aircraft on a flight deck don't have the capability to shoot an ILS.

Aaaah...got it. I read that as you could only get TLE on your move to Primary and no other moves...sorry.

Nope. http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ccsg11/Documents/JFTR%20Chapter%205%20Part%20H%20TLE%20Allowance.pdf

Uhhh...the color? ...slightly lighter material. As to the significance...when in places that are really hot, we wear tan.

Small boys and riverine warfare bubbas...At the location I was instructing at they were about 80/20 Bremerton to San Dog...

Not true, at least across the board. I went to ALSO, TLSO and instructor cert with dozens...

And you apparently, were raised in a cave by wolves... Star Wars man...Star Wars.

I'm just going to be honest...This whole thing skeeves me out. I trust that the mods are doing what they can here, but this request gets the hairs on the back of my neck up...

Good to know that the "spirit of Naval Aviation" is alive and well. What the #^*+ is the matter with us?

Thanks for your time in the line...Looks lime it was one to remember. Enjoy your retirement! Congrats!

Sheeeeeeeet....I thought that's what the IFLOS was for.

There really can't be any doubt that global warming is a threat.

Lol...I hear ya. You might be surprised with a safety razor though...really not that big a deal.

Uhhh....I take your dollar shave club and raise you... http://www.airwarriors.com/community/index.php?threads/Old-School-Shaving.40202/

http://www.cpf.navy.mil/news.aspx/010081

Yeah, but think of the bright side...someday you'll be a CAG and it will all be your responsibility.... I KEED I KEED!!! Too soon?:D

And with that attitude, why wouldn't they want you? :D;)