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They are so NOT badass. (GR.9 Exchange, 2006-2009)

Yeah, I hate comm brevity too. I prefer people to key the mic, think, stammer, then give me a long garbled sentence describing the problem they have, or maybe just how they're feeling at that particular moment.

But that one's real, and a pretty BA way to go out.

I did the exchange at Witt/Cott, loved my time there, as I recall there is no housing at Molesworth, find a cool place and live out in one of the villages, make sure it has a pub or two. I lived in Stamford, AWESOME place, but too far north for you probably. You can take the train from...

Figure out how to tell your dad you're gay?

It just blew!!!

^^... and their Sergeant rank is higher in equivilency than ours, he'd equate to a SSgt/GySgt.

That bus was cool. For a minute.

Does the 80 knot check still work on a treadmill? Nerds! :)

+1 for proper use of "whom" and just the term "rape whistle".

Please...

Same here, no issues. They'll give you a red tag to put on your dog tags so you can lose that too.

F'in Commies.

Can we make it a rule that winged aviators don't type things like 'cuz' and 'i'? You're killing me.

Why do we keep saying 'Large' when we mean 'Fat'? It's fat. Well, I would say that if you're 7'1" and had a proportional waist then you would need a special belt for a 'large' person, but other than that it's fat.

Part of what made it good was that it was sooo bad. Ready to progress, press.

They were "Swarmed" by Marines. It's like a 12 year old wrote this article. It makes me more angry then the protesters themselves.

Well said. I like making fun of the Air Force (Like Hacker I have also been chased down by the SF on an alert scramble in Kandahar) but we have our own brand of stupid and we're not afraid to use it. Fill out a risk assessment worksheet lately? How about putting on your Alphas and driving...

I can't decide if it bothers me more that the AP thinks 2/3 of 370 is 300, or that 'Gallons' is now a unit of weight. Oh well, spell check worked, PRESS!

HD actually taught it this way at the RAG. It does help to put the nozzles back aft when joined...

Good luck on your hunt, I've been there, because somebody borrowed mine and then PCS'd To all you cheap mofo's who don't own the Sam Browne belt: Go buy it now, do not be like mmx1 and most of my friends who have to scrounge around at the last minute.

It was a continuous det for 5 years; three squadrons means 4 months out of the year in KAF. The jets were rotated out in pairs on a seperate maint. schedule, so you could just high-five with the oncoming squadron and be back in the UK in as little as 8 hours. Since the whole force was pretty...

Second that, wall to wall boobs on the desk, makes it hard to sign out the jet... Fun Fact: I'm actually in this video. For two seconds. With my gas mask on. Honest.

Hey man, she's got personality. ;)

You're just mad 'cause he's right.

Hey Gretzky, the hockey court is nice too... :icon_tong

I had to debate a moment on whether to counsel you as a peer or just yell at you. You write like a 14 year old. You want fellow O's to take the time to give you advice but you can't take two seconds to read through what you wrote and then transmit? Come on Dude... That said, I'd go for...

Holy Crap. What about grammar violations?

But in a new twist the Marines will get them first. In fact there is already a squadron secretly deployed to a gas station in Helmand. We will break them and then give them to the Navy when we collect the 'Super Lightning D/E II+.com' in 2015.

I agree the target should be the Captains, but make no mistake this is also an upper leadership problem; younger officers are wary of being punished if they get a little out of hand when they're boozed up. The problem is that a little buffoonery at the club is a great esprit de corps starter...

In addition: 4. You've got a 50/50 chance of guessing the ships BRC in that shower by picking a direction 90 off the current winds.

Junkball, it says "On Exchange" right next to my friggin' picture. Even a guy from Kalamazoo could see that, you MOTO. :icon_wink Oh, and Go Blue!

I tried to avoid the stamp in my civvie passport by using my official one (it was a battlefield study, so semi-official), but be advised that if you use your official (reddish) passport you'll need a visa, but not with the blue one. I sweet talked my way past a hot chick with a machine gun...

:icon_wink Hope you figure out how to get the vid up, that was as low as I've ever been in an airplane without intending to land! (Brit rules for SOFs :icon_smil)

I make it through half................of your sentences before I'm drawn back to the left by the gravity of Puma's huge cans.

Eye pro is for pansies. "The fact of the matter is: Bones heal. Chicks dig scars. And the United States of America has the best doctor-to-daredevil ratio in the world!" -- Captain Lance Murdoch

My favorite line from WW34 (with gunfire on the net): "When we get stopped I'm going to grab my company commander by the scruff of the neck and I'll get you a 9-line so we can OBLITERATE THESE FUCKING TALIBAN!!!"

Hey WW34, good to hear you made it back, I am too now, we'll have to get together and I'll buy you a pint! Cheers, Your favorite pilot flying an RAF jet with the wrong accent.

Flag Cobra Palin. Sweet.

So it's like a Hornet? :D

A slightly different technique: 550 Kts until about a .3 - .4 then idle, nozzles to full braking stop, reapply full power. It helps to put the nozzles back aft when you're done. Leave the speedbrake in because it's useless. The canopy roll over the top is pretty cool too... but it's best...

Along the same lines.... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/05/AR2008090502666.html

I have much the same opinion as HD, although I try to avoid that too often. NFCU has been great for me.

Yes, most skid guys I know are VERY normal.... (Smiles, backing out of the room slowly...)

As a side note: never keep a piss bag in your flight gear for more than 6 months and then attempt to use it... "so there I was" over Ramadi, endless right hand turns, when nature calls... unzip, unfold, have at it, mission accomplished.... Except now said piss bag is pissing all over ME. I...

Good write-up. I've done space-a several times with good results but have run into some pitfalls too: once had to buy a plane ticket from Hawaii to SD, (not that bad), and I once got on a C-5 heading to Spain that diverted to Newfoundland. In December. And I didn't take a jacket. I ended up...

I think it looks really cool when guys cut the fingers out of their gloves. And when I say cool I mean lame.

Super. Three of the most crap movies ever made. This movie will suck... although these days I think almost every movie I see sucks... which is a sign that I'm getting old.

I entered into this thread 'cause I thought it said 'coitus'. Imagine my disappointment. That being said, don't let the "DQ'd" status get you down, if you really want to do this keep trying for the waiver. I've got my disqualification letter from NOMI (DODMERB) framed and hanging in my...

Sympathies bro, I hate it when the brass get great ideas like this. It reminds me of the 3 MAW policy a few years back that mandated the wearing of the utility cover (8-point) whenever the desert flight suit was worn. We lucky few in Yuma (where the desert flight suit was the uniform of the...