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  1. gparks1989

    Naval Aviations "One" Problem...

    I don't expect the Navy to completely bend over backwards for the defense attorneys. It's the military and there are inherent sacrifices. But the instability of the military and some atrocious duty stations is disruptive to a lot of careers, particularly those that require licensing. And while...
  2. gparks1989

    Naval Aviations "One" Problem...

    I think the promise of remote work is oversold and a lot of companies are expecting more of a hybrid work environment (that has certainly been my experience in the non airline pilot job market). There are definitely remote jobs out there, but they tend to be either pure tech (coding) or they are...
  3. gparks1989

    Shoemaker Scholarship to get masters at NPS prior to Pensacola?

    I'm late to the party, but 100% do this. Take opportunities as they come and don't fret too much about the Navy yellowbrick road.
  4. gparks1989

    Naval Aviations "One" Problem...

    So my controversial opinion is that DTS isn't that bad, at least within the constellation of enterprise software the Navy uses. Yes I'm sure the update process is fucked and that the lowest bidder maintains it (the fact that I can pick Midwest Airlines and ATA as options for frequent flyer...
  5. gparks1989

    Naval Aviations "One" Problem...

    Spousal employment is a big deal. The Navy is paying a bit of attention, but it becomes more difficult with white collar work (aka career, not jobs). Not a lot of lawyer/tech/whatever jobs in Lemoore or Fallon.
  6. gparks1989

    NEWS Tesla Autopilot and similar automated driving systems get poor rating from prominent safety group

    As a current Tesla owner, I find the touch screen a massive distraction. I would love some physical hardware. It's not particularly intuitive either, IMHO.
  7. gparks1989

    Naval Aviations "One" Problem...

    This hits a lot of the high points. One of the most injurious things the Navy ever did was invest in Lemoore. That place is an absolute shit-hole and the carrier break doesn't make it any better. The impact on family life is huge, too. Granted this is coming from someone who was never stationed...
  8. gparks1989

    METOC (or OCEANO or whatever)

    More Googling. SWO w/ lat transfer after 2-4 years is a common accession for some RL communities and is accessible out of NROTC. I read somewhere (probably here) about a then-METOC billet that involved surveying harbors around the world. Sounds like a pretty good gig and interesting career path.
  9. gparks1989

    USN (Current) SNA switching to SNFO possible?

    If I understand your predicament correctly, you're sitting in the pool waiting to start, correct? Have you done the flying portion of NIFE(?)? If that's the case, I would hold off on making any major changes. You may fall back in love with it the minute you get the controls of an actual plane...
  10. gparks1989

    How do I know if I want to go navy or AF

    Same bullshit, different language. That's about the best way to describe the differences. Diversity of air frames is a win in the USAF column, culture/locations is a win for the Navy column. Spent lots of time with the USAF and something about the culture is off to me, but that's a biased and...
  11. gparks1989

    Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 Decompression

    Do you control your rate and depth of breathing, too?
  12. gparks1989

    Completely new to military life

    I found that PPM/DITY moves encouraged a healthy culling of unneeded personal belongings (aka lots of Goodwill trips). Fringe benefit of the do it yourself Uhaul method.
  13. gparks1989

    Sen. Schumer gas for electric car trade in program?

    Don't get me wrong, I give him tons of credit for moving the needle on EVs and space stuff. Really important forward momentum on both counts (I don't understand what Boring has contributed, and Neuralink is creepy AF). I even drive a Tesla (although mine is super buggy and the build quality is...
  14. gparks1989

    Sen. Schumer gas for electric car trade in program?

    Creative geniuses can also outlive their usefulness. Even if you pin the success of Tesla and SpaceX solely on one man, his antics are rapidly decreasing his credibility and usefulness. Plus the amount of power that one very unstable man has accrued is never good.
  15. gparks1989

    Your retirement plans . . .

    EverPresent is the company I’m using. Expensive, but very high quality. Plus this is a one off exercise so it’s worth it.
  16. gparks1989

    Your retirement plans . . .

    I’m digitizing all of my parents photos, letters and other ephemera as we speak. I’m using a service which is very expensive but efficient. Still, it has been very laborious. It would have been much easier than had it been all stored in random shoe boxes (quite literally). To say nothing of how...
  17. gparks1989

    Foreign Langage Fluency—Career Advantage?

    Chinese - all dialects - is highly valued. The degree to which that impacts one's day to day depends on what designator you're in.
  18. gparks1989

    Navy Officer released from custody

    Article I read on the interwebs said sentencing guidelines are something like 2-20 for the offense. It's some mix of reckless driving, second degree manslaughter etc. The negligence being driving while fatigued, I'd imagine.
  19. gparks1989

    Navy Officer released from custody

    Yes there are many layers of inequities when it comes to military justice. But this instance focuses more on the example I pointed to.
  20. gparks1989

    Navy Officer released from custody

    Sentenced to prison for 3 years for equivalent of reckless driving. Allegedly fell asleep at the wheel driving back from Mt Fuji and plowed into parked cars killing two Japanese nationals (elderly mother and son). Later, he claimed that he suffered from acute mountain sickness and blacked out as...
  21. gparks1989

    NEWS Impact of Flag/GO Appointment Delays

    What an utterly bizarre move on his part. What on god's green earth did he gain by this whole episode?
  22. gparks1989

    Post Shore Tour Advice

    Just about every TPS grad I know went AEDO and seemed to love it. Opens the door to interesting work and different duty stations. EDIT especially if you're coming from P-8s. High growth community with lots of good work.
  23. gparks1989

    Flight Training

    Generally the USG's approach to positions that require area expertise - namely thinking of the State Department here - recruit for it, but also want generalists. So a Chinese speaker may end up in Guatemala, for example. What's odd about the Navy's FAO program is that you get designated for a...
  24. gparks1989

    NIOBC / ONI Questions

    That is a horrible idea that guarantees you more misery in the long term or a ticket to civilian land. As one example, if you go as an intel officer to a fleet aviation squadron (don't bet on that first tour ticket to the DC 'burbs) you'll be gone just as much if not more than aviators...
  25. gparks1989

    Flight Training

    That's still mostly the case today. I haven't met an actual winged flight surgeon, although I'm sure there are one or two floating around. Never heard of a boat skipper flying, but that's because the (absolutely god awful but maybe rewarding?) CVN skipper pipeline is a lengthy one that takes you...
  26. gparks1989

    Flight Training

    I believe straight to NPS, at least that's according to the BUPERS page. I also believe the Army has a much more well oiled FAO machine. I was also surprised at how many FAOs there are in the MIPP.
  27. gparks1989

    War in Israel

    Highly recommend this podcast for a good background on the conflict between Palestine and Israel. One of the most informed and even-handed presentations I've seen.
  28. gparks1989

    War in Israel

    I think a lot of Israelis are rightly asking whether or not the guy who has held power since 2009 almost continuously doesn't deserve some blame for what is unfolding. He's likely an impediment to any resolution to the crisis long term.
  29. gparks1989

    High Finance or Aviation - Fearful of making a choice I will regret.

    Better plan. Fly for as long as you can, leave the Navy, go to your pick of top-flight MBA because a.) you have great grades in pertinent subjects and b.) you'll have the military stink on you. Then go build spreadsheets and get paid lotsa dollars to do it.
  30. gparks1989

    High Finance or Aviation - Fearful of making a choice I will regret.

    I'm not even going to bother reading what the OP said (because this question always gets asked and I always give the same answer). But, here's the answer: you can always go into finance, but the opportunity for aviation is more fleeting. Choose wisely. Side note, my dad spent his entire career...
  31. gparks1989

    War in Israel

    I really like our Tesla, but it's glitchy AF and every time the back up camera doesn't work or something else is off I get more annoyed at his nitwit antics. Maybe if he shut the hell up and actually focused on running his businesses, the product could be better. Oh and lay off spreading his...
  32. gparks1989

    Rescinding selection for SNA?

    Just to dogpile. Go to OCS. This is a no brainer. Even after four pages I'm having a very difficult time understanding what the hold up is. The only second bachelors worth its salt is if you get a PPE from Oxford as a Rhodes or Marshall scholar. That is a very niche circumstance and the value...
  33. gparks1989

    NFO Sleep Deprivation?

    A plaque with that poem was gifted to me when I winged. Had no idea about the author's backstory.
  34. gparks1989

    Marriage during the aviation pipeline

    Wait 'til after flight school. If you need it for paperwork/legal reasons, get a courthouse wedding in the meantime. Assuming you want to do it in uniform, looks better with shiny wings.
  35. gparks1989

    Delaying OCS to Redesignate

    For the love of god don't become a SuppO to in hopes of a better of quality of life. The TLDR is you've been given an incredible opportunity; take it and run with it. You won't regret it. It's perfectly fine to have doubts along the way, and the life isn't easy on your family, but it's 100%...
  36. gparks1989

    In which a TACRON CO wants some respect

    Go to the RFMT website and click on billets. It's like Indeed for the reserves. Lotta cool stuff out there. One supporting SOUTHCOM exercises throughout LATAM, another supporting research projects with ONR.
  37. gparks1989

    FBI vs. NFO/Pilot

    Holy hot take. Methinks your "gouge" is out of date. People I've spoken to seem to really love it and they do high impact work (not a lot of local cops doing this, or this, or this). Also the story about your buddy being involuntarily held in "asscrackistan" sounds an awful lot like "there I...
  38. gparks1989

    FBI vs. NFO/Pilot

    This is probably the first of these should I do X vs Y threads where you really can't go wrong with either choice. Like some other folks on here, I was deadset on going pilot out of NROTC and wasn't really thinking of anything else. Upshot of that is that I have a bit more room to carve out a...
  39. gparks1989

    Am I Making a Mistake?

    Love it. Best summation I heard was “USAF is run like a company, USN and USMC like the military, and USMC like a religion.”
  40. gparks1989

    Am I Making a Mistake?

    This. Lotta good info in this (and many other) thread. Also, lotsa cool flying out there but I loved flying in the military. I know there are people who turn down mil to go commercial and can be 121 legacy captains before they are 30. I think they’re out of their mind. Plenty of time to eat...
  41. gparks1989

    Solving the Navy's problems one RC squadron at a time

    Late on the reply to this and by no means an impartial judge on the matter, but I think that's a narrow perspective on the role that 209 plays. 209 supports exercise like Red Flag, the Neptunes, and also supports the VFCs during SFARP. Our jets are the only AESA radars in the TSW inventory...
  42. gparks1989

    Air Force v.s. Navy Culture Differences

    The ascot and popped collar duo is amazing.
  43. gparks1989

    E-6 going away

    I'd argue that the RAAF as a whole is very good. Always come away impressed by them. e Your second point makes sense. But I also see specific US requirements inevitably delaying the program and causing further hiccups and capabilities gaps. Perfect being the enemy of good enough and all that.
  44. gparks1989

    E-6 going away

    Huh. My comments were based off of briefs and experience working with them during a U.S.-UK-Aus Red Flag. I was pretty impressed, especially compared to the other AEW platforms.
  45. gparks1989

    E-6 going away

    Nothing says Red Flag in summer more than heavy survival gear and third degree burns from the canopy rail! Gotta be prepared, especially if you punch out over Texas lake. I will say on most cross-countries, folks go helmet-less.
  46. gparks1989

    E-6 going away

    A.) That's a pretty sweet gig. My wife spent a few years down under for medical school, and we are both set on ending up there some day. B.) I've never understood why the E-7 has been actively flying for so long and we just got around to purchasing it. I also read that they are setting...
  47. gparks1989

    Chinese spy balloons floating over the US and latin america

    FBI also owns the underwater evidence recovery team, which may play a role in this.
  48. gparks1989

    Space Force

    Learned something new! Still seems like a misallocation of funds.
  49. gparks1989

    Space Force

    I had a guy make a very persuasive argument that air power is a reallly just indirect fires which fits well with the army’s mission. Probably a stretch, but an interesting argument.
  50. gparks1989

    Space Force

    I have yet to hear a good rationale for the Space Force. Better idea would have been (maybe) a Space Corps within the AF. Even that seems pointless. And holy shit the uniforms look dumb.
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