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  1. PropStop

    NEWS Former Hornet Driver Flies Cross country In Cessna 172 for Fox News

    Man, it's pious pricks like you who make me very glad to be off active duty.
  2. PropStop

    Teslas in U-2 land?

    Well, Teslas are stupid fast...
  3. PropStop

    FY2018 O-4 Board

    We'll have none of that!
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    FY2018 O-4 Board

    you're totally right there! Across my peer group there were widely divergent DH experiences. One guy I know flew his ass off, did his ground job pretty well, and got hammered for flying too much - being told his focus was his ground job, not flying. Others had much better leadership who...
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    FY2018 O-4 Board

    I would be curious to know how it works out. Had a buddy do it at the beginning, back in '11, said it was a bit of a shit show as they didn't quite know what to do with him. Kinda got hosed FITREP wise. I think an alternate track for SMEs, where you can't go higher than O4 or O5 would be a...
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    FY2018 O-4 Board

    you're quite correct. Since I'd done three "shore" tours in a row I wasn't going to dodge an afloat staff bullet. However, others around me, who had more recently been to sea were looking at some sort of staff work. QOL at my joint staff tour was great. Nearly every Friday off in the summer...
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    FY2018 O-4 Board

    I was a WTI but got a staff job for my efforts - though I do recognize why we want WTIs to go to a staff. Were it possible to go back to a squadron, or be an IP, after my staff tour to get my tactical and/or pilot skills back up to snuff, I'd have jumped on it. But the path was to go to the...
  8. PropStop

    FY2018 O-4 Board

    I'm suggesting that staffs, all staffs joint or otherwise, are bloated and excessive - and less desirable for a lot of people than staying within their specialty. I can't stress enough how important it is to have well rounded people on staffs, specifically people with upward mobility. But...
  9. PropStop

    FY2018 O-4 Board

    The alternative is - not everyone is going to move up the corporation. Some people just want to be good at their job (flying planes, driving ships, or whatever), but they're forced into this path that's not necessarily right for them. I know we've discussed, ad nauseam, this very issue, but it...
  10. PropStop

    FY2018 O-4 Board

    That's a good thing. Maybe the Navy will realize it has been pushing away good people because of it's myopic fixation on staff work. When that's all that's available to many post DH O4s, especially pilots, those O4s are going to bail vice take the staff bullet (or ANOTHER staff bullet)...
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    USS Fitzgerald collision in C7F

    fuck, that sucks. I don't now how ships collide, I just don't get it. But I'm not a ship driver and will never be - I don't know the ins and outs maritime navigation. But this fucking sucks.
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    Combat Time . . . .

    I'm joining an Air Guard unit so I'm beginning to get a peak into AF culture. I've also done a joint tour with the AF (a HQ tour, not down range), so I now consider myself an expert all things AF (kidding). Guys dropping ordnance on assholes enjoy doing it, no doubt. But with exception of the...
  13. PropStop

    NEWS The Not So Friendly Skies....

    Ha! Sponsored is an understatement!
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    NEWS The Not So Friendly Skies....

    But you know what - they aren't playing by the same rules as US airlines are. They are a corporation owned by the state (Dubai) and can hemorrhage money as needed. They can make their service above and beyond anything any US airline can provide, because if they run in the red, they can get a...
  15. PropStop

    Russian Ambassador to Turkey assassinated

    That right there, is the kind of humor that makes America Great Again!
  16. PropStop

    Uniform to college graduation?

    I disagree with everyone else on this thread on this. Show up in chokers man! The girls will love it. It may be the only shot you have at a 3-way in college.
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    Uniform to college graduation?

    Went to an AF basic graduation (buddy of mine went guard...34, father, husband, career...now an E3...), official invite indicated chokers, looked bad ass I tell you. but my arm did get tired. Would have preferred to go in civies but he asked that I go in uniform.
  18. PropStop

    New AirWarriors Header

    LAME! LAME! P-3 or I'm going home. Make it happen!
  19. PropStop

    Are NFO's going to be needed forever?

    This thread has so much potential! Where do I weigh in first?! Oh look, a beer!
  20. PropStop

    A-Pool Wait

    Well, there's always that strategy. I couldn't do it though, even after the nut pounding of OCS. I don't mind working for a wage.
  21. PropStop

    A-Pool Wait

    Some stash jobs are fun and you get to learn some neat skills. I was stashed at the survival pool and trained as a lifeguard. It was only for about 3-4hrs per day, but it was a lot of fun and I got really, really, really good at the helo dunker. Getting paid ENS pay for 4hrs of my time each...
  22. PropStop

    Female applicants and haircuts

    Had the same thing happen in my OCS class.
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    FY-15 ADHSB

    I was told that I'd have a lot of options as an O4 if I didn't pick up on my second look for DH. In fact, I was planning on not getting picked up! I got the impression that you could get out if you wanted to (after turning down DH, not on the bonus) or they'd find something for you to do. If...
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    O-4 List out (last year)

    You're not actually serious are you?
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    Disassociated Sea Tour

    Ask the detailer for the sea and shore high priority fill list. This is how I got a sweet (though non flying) joint gig after my JO shore tour, it was a high priority fill that nobody had jumped on for some reason. I did make O4, but times have changed and I'd never have made it today by...
  26. PropStop

    O-4 List out (last year)

    Or, don't replace them. There are TONS of O4s and O5s manning pointless jobs on (select your favorite staff), who contribute little to the overall fight. This is (usually) not their fault, it's just a silly job that doesn't really need to exist, though it may of served a purpose at some point...
  27. PropStop

    Prepping for Primary

    NATOPS is always a good option. Read the FTI too.
  28. PropStop

    Ft Hood Shootin, again!!

    True, there are boneheads who wouldn't be especially good at carrying. True, training is expensive. I'm not saying we should arm guys, but leave the option open to guys who are willing to take the responsibility (not even saying I would, but I'm pretty fly with my pistol). Hell, make them...
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    Ft Hood Shootin, again!!

    No joke. So far, I've trusted with an $86 million plane with at least 11 lives on it (all armed), a security clearance, and now i'm teaching people to fly...but somehow i can't be trusted to carry a firearm, which i HAVE been trained to use (expert even!), in CONUS. And now I'd like to cue to...
  30. PropStop

    18 may

    Good to see another CJ major! You'll find quite a few of us out there...
  31. PropStop

    Crossfit/Running

    I'm a Crossfit believer - but it requires strict attention to form and good instructors. I was fortunate and had a very good box at my last duty station. If I was doing an exercise improperly, they'd stop me and make me do it right, regardless of what it would do to my score that day. They...
  32. PropStop

    Elk

    It does - for plains bison, wood bison are quite a bit larger. 47-70 is pretty effective against most things though.
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    Elk

    Unless you wanted to hunt Bison in Alaska: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=deltabison.weapons I'd also conjecture that you'd want more gun for going after a Kodiak Grizzly. I hunt with a 308 and have had no problems killing things, but I've not gone after anything as big as a...
  34. PropStop

    What to wear to enlistment swearing in...

    Eh, doesn't really matter honestly. I showed up in shorts and a tshirt, long hair, goatee, smelling of cordite from having just gone shooting. And look at me now ma! But, it won't hurt to dress up. I swore in a buddy of mine, he was in a 3 piece suit.
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    P-3/P-8s officially out of Hawaii?

    HA! Saw that coming...
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    P-3/P-8s officially out of Hawaii?

    Especially when the bonus is now so small. Not really worth taking the risk. I took the gamble on the big bonus and lost (won?), had to do a DH tour (though OP-T, so not a bad deal). If the bonus I had an offer of was as small as it is now, I'd have never taken it.
  37. PropStop

    P-3/P-8s officially out of Hawaii?

    I did 3years at that base (joint tour), wasn't too bad most of the time. Of course, i was in the joint HQ, so had little direct interaction with the base at an operational level. The BX kicks ass - nice gun counter though their ammo prices were never anything to write home about...
  38. PropStop

    P-3/P-8s officially out of Hawaii?

    Should base them in Anchorage, AK! That'd put them within one tank of Europe or Asia.
  39. PropStop

    Extended stays at the hold short for NAS Whidbey Growlers?

    I've seen an AN124 there, complete with russian crew. Not sure what they were doing there.
  40. PropStop

    "Get rid of OCS...Having a degree does absolutely nothing to make you an effective manager."

    Gotcha. I commend you for having the maturity at the time to join as enlisted - I did not. I think I only gained the maturity to be an officer when i was a late state LT! Late bloomer me.
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    "Get rid of OCS...Having a degree does absolutely nothing to make you an effective manager."

    If I wasn't clear enough on my original post - that program wasn't something that'd work for me, but I am glad others do it. I cannot stress enough, the priors in the officer corps are a critical asset and I respect them greatly for both their continued dedication, experience and much greater...
  42. PropStop

    "Get rid of OCS...Having a degree does absolutely nothing to make you an effective manager."

    I'm a non prior OCS guy. I'm pretty fucking good at my job (and I can read good too ;)) and I think I've handled many of my leadership challenges well - yes a few I fucked away, but that's how you learn. Sure, maybe being a prior would have helped, or maybe my life as a ski bum following...
  43. PropStop

    Labral Tear

    Man, i totally misread labral... thought you were talking about something else being torn. Where's that gutter?
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    How do you top what this dad did

    Probably that kid wants to be a ballet dancer.
  45. PropStop

    Gov't Moving your POV

    Has anyone had their POV moved by the Gov? If so, did you have to pick up your car at some location far away from your actual destination? I'm having my car moved to Corpus but they will only move it as far as Dallas, which is actually a long damn ways from Corpus and horribly inconvenient to...
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