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Yeah, Buehring does give off that vibe. But most pure Army FOBs/COBs in Iraq were like that. ECHO in Diwanyah in 2011 was no exception. The comforts of home were hand built by soldiers from whatever scrap wood they could get. Erbil medevac definitely went outside the wire on the 2016/2017...

While I didn't make it to Erbil, I was the C Co 1-111th (those Army guys) SIP for the deployment in 2016/2017. That is until I got attached to the 77th CAB and occasionally farmed out to ARCENT. I knew Navy and shipboard "stuff." At least I got to keep flying out of Buehring, doing shipboard...

They were relieved by Army National Guard HH-60Ms from Florida. CSAR is not Medevac which is not Casevac. They share a lot of overlap, but also a lot of differences. The Air Force has aerial refueling. I'm sure they practice this a lot. The Army has Fat Cow/FARP capability with Chinooks...

Just to add... On #1, be careful about the Army Reserve. They will move you. I know a few that got moved out of Clearwater after leaving the FLARNG in Brooksville and working a few years in the reserves. If you become an IP in the National Guard(may apply to reserves as well), you can be a...

The Guard takes off a day of age 60 for each day you are deployed overseas, in 90 day increments. That, with some AGR time got me 53% at just past my 58th birthday. Does the Navy Reserve do that too? The Army National Guard wasn't a bad way to finish out. The deployments were austere with real...

Boots boots boots... For years Bellevilles were the only authorized flight boots in the Army. Then, Rocky finally got there's approved. THEN, the Army switched to the Coyote brown color boots, which when faded from use looked the same color as the old tan boot. :confused:The Coyote brown Rockys...

Ahh yes. You have given your argument an inoculation by siting Dunning-Kruger, while simultaneously insulting your foe. This is nothing more than a thinly vailed ad hominem attack. What you have said is, "You're stupid and don't know it. I am the better informed because I recognize you are...

Well...I don't nap when I'm in the car....at least not yet. :D

Mine have noise cancelling, Bluetooth, and a setting for white noise or ocean sound for tinnitus. BUT... it's a pain when my hearing aids, phone and car all fight for who is in control.

Why is that? Maybe because you will be vested at 5 years and eligible for GS medical retirement at that point? Do you get civilian flight physicals and have to report VA disability eligibility? When I switched back to GS-13 from AGR just before I retired, I got my last flight physical with the...

As someone who has hearing aids, this is not exactly true. If you turn up the volume of the TV, radio, etc...because you can't hear, then yes, it will do more damage just as other loud sound will. But hearing aids don't preserve your hearing otherwise. I got my hearing aids for free coming off...

As of a year ago, 60 pilots in a FAC 1 position were required to fly 48 hours every 6 months, or 96 a year. FAC 2/3 is 60 hours annually. Incidentally, that applies to National Guard and Reserve units as well. As a FAC 1 I flew 1040 hours in the first 6 years I was in the guard, 477 in the...

Army warrants, definitely! I flew as much or more as a warrant than I did in the Navy through O-3. I never flew as an O-4. As for longevity, I flew my last flight as a CW4 just 10 months shy of my 60th birthday. In that month (January 2023) I conducted two MTP evaluations and an instrument...

I was going to work for a few years after my recent military retirement, but decided to take a year off. I am enjoying it. I have a military retirement 52%, GS retirement 24%, VA disability that's up there, and turned 60 last month. I won't say they are inflation proof, but they do have COLA...

We had annual quals in the Army National Guard. For pilots, it meant M9/M17 and M4. It takes up an entire weekend to get the battalion qualed. On a one-weekend-a-month basis, individual weapons qual was a REAL pain in the ass. Then another weekend for crew served weapons. This was EVERY year...

Yes. I was at Mayport then, but definitely saw the plane on the runway afterwards. That construction was NOTAMed for a LONG time. It wasn't any last-minute construction project. They removed more than a foot of concrete. If I remember correctly, it was more like three feet off concrete removed...

FWIW, I flew past my 59th birthday as a warrant officer in the Army National Guard. Not a lot of hours, but that was due to a 10 year break in service. There were only one or two years that I couldn't fly as much as I wanted to.

I had these coozies made in 2011 when I was in Diwaniyah to celebrate his "peaceful" demonstrations.

There are a bunch of listings for sale on Facebook Marketplace. My favorite was a well done photoshop of it parked in a Buc Ees parking lot. Sadly, that one was taken down.

Any neighborhood that might contain a large dog. DON'T let your cats roam free! If they wonder into the wrong backyard a large dog can kill a cat in 3-5 seconds. I have seen it happen.

Why is it I get the idea the Navy can take any idea and make it worse through poor execution, yet take an a$$ed up idea and execute it perfectly? This is what will probably be the result...

Maybe Air Guard, but not Army...obviously...since I was in the Army National Guard for 16 years and had been shooting the M17 for over a year before I retired in February. But then again we were the second or third unit nation wide (Active Army and National Guard) to get M model 60s. Active-duty...

I know it's not answering the direct question (Navy), but my last two quals in the guard were with the M17 (and M4 dual qual).

The universe is big. The radius of our GALAXY is 52,850 light years. Our solar system is about 2/3 of the way out from the center on the Orion spiral arm of our galaxy. Light speed travel is very unlikely to bring intelligent visitors to our planet from within our own galaxy. There are people...

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There were still a couple of Knox frigates and Adams destroyers in the middle 80s. Slightly off topic, but this discussion reminded me of a story... Flying the "old" SH-60B, we got a mission to transfer a sailor with a red cross issue off an Adams class destroyer. Flying from the right seat, I...

Do you get the Navy equivalent of a Retirements Points Accounting Management (RPAM) NGB Form 23? This comes out annually for National Guard members for us to review our points and retirement eligibility date, based on active duty service overseas under certain titles of USC. See this link for...

Now, 6 days after the fact, I remembered the title for this post and had to add something... Wednesday February 1st was my first true day of retirement. Wouldn't you know it, I came down with the flu and had to cancel my retirement party for last Friday. I guess I literally crossed the finish...

I'll see your 15 years and raise you another 26 years.

Same with the UH/HH-60M, except we have TACAN, VOR and ILS. Thirteen years into service and we are just now, in a limited way, get IFR GPS...on SOME of our aircraft (the ones deploying to Europe). It's a Garmin hack.

When the SH-60B came out, the Navy had SH-2F capable ships and SH-60B capable ships. Heck I even rode in the back of a Seasprite into Somalia in the 90s. I imagine a solution might look something like that. The 60R sticks around as a legacy aircraft as new ships are built to hold the next FVL...

Come on...you got to admit it...come on.

I kind of expected the same, so the quality of the event made for a nice surprise.

I went to my Red Carpet event this past week. My official last date is 31 JAN 23 (or January 31, 2023 in civilian form). It hadn't really hit home until I received a framed certificate detailing all of my awards and military assignments. They F'd up the Navy part, but what do you expect? They...

Is the HGU-56/P new or special for the Navy? We've been using them for a long time in the Army.

Really? How old are you? Over 60? I get that the Naval Reserves might have a problem with age...due to your year group and all that. But unless you are creeping up on retirement age, you could most definitely join the ARNG as a warrant. I was 44 when I joined the ARNG. I have done two combat...

Good news indeed!!!:D

We have a decent footprint down there right now. I didn't go down because A) I am now OIC of an AVIM maintenance company and B) I am retiring in less than 4 months. I have turned in EVERYTHING!!! Here we are doing a 120 hr for a Chinook heading back down tomorrow.

This would not be uncommon for immediately following surgery. 40% would be appropriate for someone who could raise their arm half way or less from their side to parallel to the ground. ie in the neighborhood of 25 degrees. The rating has to be reevaluated (after 6 months and every two to five...

Different regs in the Army, but you get 365 days to be on a "temporary" medical profile and still receive flight pay. Since flight pay is service wide, I would think the Navy has a similar policy. I tore my labrum (3/4 of circumference) and rotator cuff, had surgery, and was back flying in 4...

I never flew something to the boneyard or museum. My experience has been mostly on the other end...I am the first Army pilot to have my name in the log book of at least a dozen aircraft. Yes, even military helicopters have that new-car smell when they haven't even flown to the first 9-11 tail...

OK...12 years ago this was a shit show. What I want to know is what happened to Friggity over the past 12 years?

I almost forgot THIS famous Army Aviation "movie". Fun fact: The star of one movie is also an extra in the other movie.

Watch 'Fire Birds' and you will never be able to erase Army Aviation from your mind...in a bad way. Not even bleach will work.

Not sure how it works for a carrier, but for the small boys, they use a wind hunting circle. The ship starts by picking a random speed and heading and observes the relative wind speed and direction from instruments on the bridge. They toss some chicken bones and crows feet on a plate, light some...

No? It doesn't stop you from making fun of people who don't drive Jeeps, does it?;):D I really just posted to a) show that not all Subaru owners hate Jeeps, b) there are atypical Subaru owners, and c) I like to post pictures of my Suby just as much as Jeep owners like to post pics of their...

Don't hate Jeeps, don't own a cat, have never eaten tofu, might have eaten a cat (don't know), have a hat with the flag of a country that no longer exists (does that count?), don't have the Beatles on a play list, but not opposed to the idea, don't have many guests at my house because they would...

The Seahawks I flew had AC. It may not have worked well, but they had AC. From my perspective, having flown both, the Black Hawk is more brutal from a heat standpoint. The damn thing is painted dark enough green that it should just be black. Preflighting in the summer REQUIRES gloves to not...

Hi all, I laughed so hard I pissed and sharted myself, because, you know, that's what old guys do! I don't fly jets, but I am still flying Black Hawks and I am just shy of 59 years old. I do try to get my copilot to do the top of the aircraft on preflight, but that is more laziness than...

So when I give up my CAC at retirement I assume I lose my free TSA Precheck status?