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  1. usmarinemike

    Current NATOPS

    Dude, when I was a young guy I *thought* I understood what these guys were trying to tell me. Now that I've been doing it for 10 years I realize that it's the best advice I was ever given....ever.
  2. usmarinemike

    A-10 article

    So leaving the MEU/ARG out alone vs a credible Gen 4 threat is unlikely. Every F-15/16/18 pilot on the planet would be angling to go to that AO. And guess what (speaking of politics), the CFACC isn't going to be a Harrier guy. On top of that, in 2012 when the Odyssey Dawn rescue went down...
  3. usmarinemike

    ITX/Camp Wilson

    I lost a good buddy in a H-1 in pretty much the same desert awhile back. Tough business we're in. To the OP- If your ready room isn't into the self-flagellation thing, bring a small air mattress that will fit on your cot. Also, bring plenty of extension cords. I'm not telling you to daisy...
  4. usmarinemike

    New AirWarriors Header

    Sorry guys. I haven't been around for awhile so I probably don't have any right to this, but...I think it's ugly. I said it. It looks like what somebody would make if they were making fun of AW. A parody. I'll just go back to what I was doing.
  5. usmarinemike

    Key West Billeting

    Gentlemen, What's better at NQX? Trumbo Point or Truman Annex? Thanks.
  6. usmarinemike

    SECNAV Criticizes 'Blueberries'

    http://terminallance.com/2012/07/26/terminal-lance-214-meritorious/ This is about right. I try to keep it real at pro/con time. What I see though is that most of the best workers are also usually the most squared away. There are exceptions, and I also sometimes catch myself in a "Harding...
  7. usmarinemike

    F-35B/C Lightning II (Joint Strike Fighter)

    So what would you say is half assed about it? It's not an afterthought. It was planned to be just as it is. The plane isn't built for close in hooking and jabbing. It's made for stand off tactics and precision guided munitions. If you're in an environment that's not permissive enough to use...
  8. usmarinemike

    SECNAV Criticizes 'Blueberries'

    No matter how this whole thing ends up, the Marine Corps is going to find a way to be different. It's not just the institutional insecurity, which is very real and probably warranted. It's also that there are enough anecdotal examples of the enemy picking up on inadvertent differences between...
  9. usmarinemike

    Expeditionary Warfare School

    Yeah, the EWS website isn't really for the EWSDEP program. The preferred method is seminar. The secondary is all online, but still at the same pace as the seminar. The independent guided study is going away very soon, and the only way to get it is if you're in zone and need to square...
  10. usmarinemike

    Boston Marathon Explosion

    Seriously man? We have PLENTY of home-growns that could have done this. Since we're speculating wildly I'm throwing my uneducated and ignorant guess in the ring for a manifesto surfacing from a right wing extremist. It was Patriot Day in Boston and tax day to boot.
  11. usmarinemike

    Navy using a laser for Point Defense

    CentCom is the biggest laser safe range in the world so I think they're covered. And the 3710 says I shall wear LEP. Don't you wear LEP?
  12. usmarinemike

    F-16 dodges SAMs

    It'll take you three or four more years and a back story before that video gives you the proper level of chills that it should.
  13. usmarinemike

    FAC Tour: The good and the bad

    Interesting. I though they were just a 75XX line on the monitor's list. I figured the front office would get involved, but only at the squadron level.
  14. usmarinemike

    FAC Tour: The good and the bad

    Tell us how you really feel. I need to ask though, why would a community be afraid to send anybody anywhere and why is it "the community's" business?
  15. usmarinemike

    FAC Tour: The good and the bad

    If this thread isn't sticky'd, it probably should be.
  16. usmarinemike

    Iranian Qaher 313 Aircraft/s

    Helmet Mounted Cueing...Duh. My favorite part is that the pilot's head is about 3 broken necks above the headbox on his ejection seat/milking stool. You can also see his entire femur above the canopy rail. I'm having a really hard time getting my mind around the idea that the government of Iran...
  17. usmarinemike

    The motivating parts of TBS

    Wait...The STEX? Like where you stand around that big-A sandbox? What about watching Harriers dropping HE in suburban Stafford?
  18. usmarinemike

    What Are my Chances Now?

    I indeed did give him way too much credit. He did make it past the Hummer cut though so he's sort of headed that way.
  19. usmarinemike

    What Are my Chances Now?

    http://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Fighter-Pilot-Beyond-Edition/dp/0615434487/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1358477733&sr=8-1&keywords=becoming a fighter pilot in 2011 The Head Rush Power Pack has competition, gentlemen. Why is it always the FAGs (and future ones) coming up with this stuff? Word on...
  20. usmarinemike

    Marine Jets: The Good, Bad, and Ugly.

    Who is they and on what planet? That gouge doesn't sound quite right?
  21. usmarinemike

    Marine Jets: The Good, Bad, and Ugly.

    I understand your enthusiasm, but get to the FRS and start picking brains there. This community is very small, and you can control your destiny. It will get interesting over the next few years as far as manning and hours go. You'll have a really good time in the FRS because their mission got...
  22. usmarinemike

    Life Insurance for Aviators?

    I did a search, and there's nothing before 2008 on the topic. I'm reaching a point in life where SGLI might not be enough, but it seems like anybody who flies a TMS with F,H or A out front gets a bonus double premium each month. Has anybody found a reliable company who will insure you for a...
  23. usmarinemike

    USCG to USMC questions

    I'm just throwing things out here, because I'm not a helo guy, but what about the Navy? Despite the Marine Corps' Naval tradition, I have the impression that the Navy and CG have a bit more in common than the Navy and USMC.
  24. usmarinemike

    Alcohol testing for all my friends...

    Who gets to be the ASPO? (fingers crossed, cringing) no whammy, no whammy, no whammy.
  25. usmarinemike

    Do you use an iPad in the cockpit? Would you?

    I knew about the iPads you guys carry, and I really like ipads(I'm on one now). The guy from China Lake (you almost certainly know him) said the problem is that it's an Apple product and it needs to be tied to iTunes without an app, and an Apple app was too hard to develop. This app they had...
  26. usmarinemike

    Do you use an iPad in the cockpit? Would you?

    Got to mess with a tablet today that had software written especially for Tacair application. It's an Android product, and it has a surprising level of functionality, but it's built almost completely for carrying GRGs (that is gridded reference graphics). Anybody know how many GRG sheets there...
  27. usmarinemike

    Airline aircrew wearing military wings

    Unfortunately, it's more likely to come with baggage and a desire to settle down too quickly.
  28. usmarinemike

    TS for USMC Pilots

    If by the chair you mean the ripped up seat cushion at "Mom's" (the greasy, greasy flight line diner at Meridian) across the table from a socially promoted lackey bureaucrat that's bemoaning my lack of acquaintances remaining at my previous 5 duty stations whilst I stare at my coffee cup, then yes.
  29. usmarinemike

    Airline aircrew wearing military wings

    This is quite true. But dont forget that brown boots and leather jackets are both A-OK to give as gifts. And, if you're Navy she can smash the back of her hat down, too. Seriously, maybe an officer crest might be a better choice at this point.
  30. usmarinemike

    TS for USMC Pilots

    I got roped into this course when I was there. It was prior to flight school, but I had come from Marine aviation C2. It made a lot of sense to me, but it was still a complete and utter skull drag. The guys I went with were even worse off. They didn't have an initial steer of any sort. If...
  31. usmarinemike

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    It's called the SJU-4A and it's made by a company called Stencel which I think has been bought out by some other company. It has only 4 modes of operation and control functions that aren't quite as complicated as the NACES's, but simplicity has its virtues. In the worst case (low and slow mode)...
  32. usmarinemike

    F-35B/C Lightning II (Joint Strike Fighter)

    I'm sure it's not something we've never seen before. The fact remains that there's a door concealing the boarding ladder that the pilot can't affect, and that the typical FBO lineman probably doesn't have the means to open. Of course you could use the hang and drop method, or the one foot...
  33. usmarinemike

    Gaza

    Cool graphic. Trying to figure out the exact meaning of the two greys on the right? Is it simply a measure of efficiency? And what type of unit is a quad?
  34. usmarinemike

    Gaza

    I thought the same thing reading the NY Times article about the cease fire. The people in Gaza are counting the cease fire as a glorious victory and they count it as a defeat for Israel? As opposed to what? Getting flattened by the Israeli Army? There's so much at work internally there that...
  35. usmarinemike

    F-35B/C Lightning II (Joint Strike Fighter)

    Not to mention the need for a special tool to even get the ladder open. With all of the engineering that went into it they couldn't make a way for the pilot to get himself out or even for a PC to get him out without high speed wrench. It doesn't stop us in the TAV8B at civilian fields to not...
  36. usmarinemike

    Budget Cuts and Flight/Simulator Training

    How is it pointless? With proper networking/linking and steps to minimize sim-isms you can get very detailed, dynamic training. You're not handcuffed by range restrictions, threat emitters work and can shoot you down, the red situation can change, etc. We can so much because of range...
  37. usmarinemike

    Budget Cuts and Flight/Simulator Training

    I think this is the only aspect that can't get replaced. Everything else can be replicated with current technology with enough work and imagination. I would say that CNATRA is the LAST place that simulation intensive training should get any more intensive than it is because that's where you're...
  38. usmarinemike

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    My guess would be that with earlier generation sensors it was probably considered infeasible for a single seat guy to work a radar air to surface attack timeline in the goo by himself. This timeline is still published (not sure why) in one of our pubs, and just reading it sounds like you need...
  39. usmarinemike

    Gaza

    Also the new regime in Egypt. Despite the Mubarack era outliving its usefulness to the Egyptian people, it was a known quantity that did have a diplomatic understanding with the Israelis. That's gone, so I think a lot of people are wondering what the Muslim Brotherhood is going to do to show...
  40. usmarinemike

    Gaza

    I can't quite quantify it right now, but this one seems different somehow. It seems it's going to be Isreal v. Somebody in an actual war sooner rather than later. The word Powderkeg is being tossed about more than usual lately which is a word that shouldn't be taken lightly.
  41. usmarinemike

    GoPro and other cams in flight

    Let it simmer. Everybody will probably see it eventually. Btw, there's no money shot...sorry.
  42. usmarinemike

    GoPro and other cams in flight

    Details details. What are you, a Major or something? Something that may be salient to your GS job, the Gen IV TPODs that are hitting the street soon are supposed to have an absolutely badass resolution. Can't remember the details past that (wrt what it is and whether both the CCD and FLIR are...
  43. usmarinemike

    GoPro and other cams in flight

    Little bit of Harrier Air to Mud action. All GoPro.
  44. usmarinemike

    Transfer to Coast Guard before/during/after Primary

    For the love of God...Use an emoticon if you're at all not serious.
  45. usmarinemike

    Time off/leave between TBS & API

    It's like I'm back in the hallway at Graves Hall.
  46. usmarinemike

    Bad Day Refueling

    I wouldn't normally say anything, but I finally made it into the basket on the first try today, so I get to say That was absolutely heinous.
  47. usmarinemike

    Felix Baumgartner

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    goofin' off at TBS, 1968

    Damn Lieutenants. Hope I'm still kicking 10k's when I'm over 65 though.
  49. usmarinemike

    F-35B/C Lightning II (Joint Strike Fighter)

    I wonder if the special skin means no iron maiden.
  50. usmarinemike

    Cleared HOT - Issue 8 Cover - Its a Cool Shot

    If you get that close, you're wrong.
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