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  1. H60Gunner

    FAA gives tired controllers an extra hour to rest

    Sure whatever, if you want to think and take the post out of context go for it. Really? Beadwindow.
  2. H60Gunner

    FAA gives tired controllers an extra hour to rest

    This is going to be good. I WAS married to a Navy Air Traffic Controller for 13yrs. They are some of the most egotistical, narcissistic, swolled up headed people I know. Most Navy pilots I flew with in my 20yrs were not. Roger Out..... Ohhh just in case anyone was wondering... I...
  3. H60Gunner

    What to send a deployed spouse?

    "And I ended up in Devo's pigeon coop sweatin' like a runaway slave". Sorry for the T-jack. Awesome ideas from vil., you rock! I personally dug magazines. We had a whole smoked turkey sent to us around T-giving, that was a huge hit. It make it through the mail just fine.
  4. H60Gunner

    What to send a deployed spouse?

    Fuck no we didn't watch that shit. The "Smokey!, Devo, Craig, You got knocked the fuck out" one with Ice Cube. "Big worm, big perm, big snake." "You can't catch a crack head" [smiley] "Private Pyle, you look like 200 pounds of chewed bubble gum". Hmm, I sat in a little room in the back...
  5. H60Gunner

    What to send a deployed spouse?

    We watched "Friday" every Friday, along with a very frequent showing of Full Metal Jacket in the HS Ready Room on the Carl Vinson one deployment. I think I am still disturbed from that, can quote lines from both.....
  6. H60Gunner

    Squadron Cruise Video

    Awesome vid! I did not know that about RRs being moved down below the hangar deck and escalators.
  7. H60Gunner

    Navy SAR Swimmer school

    Nope this, in 1988. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Mirecki_incident And guess you could DOR then too. I don't remember having that option, at any HRT I attended prior to that.
  8. H60Gunner

    Rotary Wing Roundup (Helos at work in Maritime Environment)

    Oceanography is taught from the beginning, then studied for exams and PQS requirements in depth. If your AW's are not the squadron SME in that area there is a serious training problem. How to program the weapon, not so much, there is no way to flip the switches from the back, you know...
  9. H60Gunner

    Rotary Wing Roundup (Helos at work in Maritime Environment)

    Pilots don't need to be ASW guru's. You have us for that!:icon_tong In the H-60F the crazy A-dub in the back giving you crap can punch up an air plan, all you have to do is fly the FTP's. Magic! Ahhh how I loved spanking the shit out of submarines, H-60 or P-3 it was a blast!
  10. H60Gunner

    Rotary Wing Roundup (Helos at work in Maritime Environment)

    They are in a hover. A B has no need to hover during ASW, the F has a dipping SONAR and has the software to compute attacks and drop torps in a hover while dipping.
  11. H60Gunner

    The Great Pirates off the Somali Coast thread

    We need to do more of that. BZ to the crew. Get Some!
  12. H60Gunner

    spotting the deck...big time

    Great video. I think I watched the "apparent" rotor rpm decay like that a few times in Fallon!
  13. H60Gunner

    Naval Aviator to take helm of Information Dominance Corps

    He is an HS guy, we walk on water and piss excellence.:icon_tong
  14. H60Gunner

    Type of camera while deployed?

    Another vote for the Olympus Stylus Tough. I have the 12mp one. I am really hard on equipment, and almost every pack trip I go on something gets stepped on, dropped in water, kicked, mangled, etc.. This little camera has survived so far. Don't forget to purchase a spare battery, mem card and...
  15. H60Gunner

    Yahoo! Were #48, last place, Yahoo!!!

    Damn it! My state is 43rd! 43rd! Bullshit complete and utter BS. The only thing Arizona has on us is that pesky "you can carry concealed without a permit" law. I'm writing/calling/emailing/visiting my Congressman/Senators/Governor. :icon_rage We need to be number fifty I say!
  16. H60Gunner

    How many ships does the Navy have?

    One problem with that is there is not always a land base to operate from. And one squadron might not be enough to cover requirements depending on the size and scope of the conflict.
  17. H60Gunner

    F/A-18E vs F... benefits of one over the other?

    Hmmm.. we did that in Fallon a few times. Make a run across Owens Valley and see if the F-18 can pick you up. Also, there is a video out there somewhere of a jet taking out a helo with a bomb after said jet expended all A/A weaponry attempting to splash the helo. Israeli?
  18. H60Gunner

    Laser pointers...

    We had the same kinda thing happen out at Holtville. Some dude was laying in the back of his truck parked under a tree, pointing a laser at the sound of our helo. We could clearly see him on NVGs. A call was made to the sheriff and it all stopped. Sometimes we carried weps on those missions...
  19. H60Gunner

    SF 86 Time

    To add to helolumpy; I just did my PR, eQIP lets you print the entire deal out to save for next time. I did it the hard way and skipped filling out the SF-86.
  20. H60Gunner

    SF 86 Time

    You're not?
  21. H60Gunner

    Since when is a go-around for separation a "mishap"

    Watched the talking heads on national news hype this up. About half way though the story I fell asleep. About as exciting as watching turtles screw.
  22. H60Gunner

    Hornet down near Lemoore

    Roger that...
  23. H60Gunner

    Personal carry

    Over the 26? Just wanted something bigger than a 9mm. I know it's not much bigger and if you shoot +P it's pretty much the same.
  24. H60Gunner

    Personal carry

    Why do you like the 26 so much? As I said in my earlier post, I carry a 27 and like it very much. I bought it without ever shooting one, and since I was doing a lot of backpacking at the time, the weight pretty much sold me on it.
  25. H60Gunner

    Personal carry

    Personally I carry a G27 in an IWB Black Hawk holster. But, I have big hands and can shoot it well. Glock has an "extender" mag for the 27 that allows you to wrap all 3 fingers around the grip just barely. I have been drawn to the Kahrs because of the single stack and might work better in...
  26. H60Gunner

    The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery

    One of the carriers I was on had that vid on a loop. Pretty impressive. I don't know if it is true or not but someone said his belt buckle snagged up on something and was all that save him.
  27. H60Gunner

    Flight suit redesign, what would you do?

    I had a couple of those. Still trying to figure out wtf the zippers on the side were for? Pocket pool?
  28. H60Gunner

    10 new rules of gun safety

    I think it is funny as hell!
  29. H60Gunner

    MEDALS?? We don't NEED no STEEEENKIN' badges !!! *split thread*

    So, here are two scenarios wrt medals, bluff is it all depends on who is in charge at the time of the possible medal deserving action. Scenario number one. A Navy Rescue Swimmer performs an in water rescue of a sailor who fell overboard in the Persian Gulf at night in a high sea state. It was...
  30. H60Gunner

    current project

    Is the crimped launcher ammo different from a standard blank round? I've seen blank ammo that was crimped at the end and some that had a small red plug in it. And did you launch the training round yet? I can see some fun times launching that!
  31. H60Gunner

    Wings for all my friends

    That's total bullshit! J/K.:icon_tong Air Medals are awarded for-"The medal is awarded to any person who, while serving in any capacity in or with the Armed Forces of the United States, shall have distinguished himself/herself by meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight."...
  32. H60Gunner

    A good time not to be a Sixth Fleet staffer...

    Are targets too. If the intent is to "halt government troops now around 100 km (60 miles) from Benghazi" then I would venture to say ground targets are going to be fair game.
  33. H60Gunner

    Hunting with the M1A

    Great hunt Bevo! Good to see people getting their kids into hunting. I have three boys, oldest would hunt everyday if he could, middle could give a rats arse about hunting, youngest has been begging me to go since he could talk. For bullets I like the 180gr Barnes TSX out of my .300wby...
  34. H60Gunner

    Napoleon wants to be a Chief

    Thought this was friggin hilarious; https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WOakraccUp8
  35. H60Gunner

    We win! Firearms per capita in the world.

    Cool! I don't believe the numbers because "The report, which relied on government data, surveys and media reports to estimate the size of world arsenals..." Best estimate based on available data. But, glad to be part of the estimated top gunslinger country! I'm doin' my part!
  36. H60Gunner

    That's flipping gay. We should get vertrep back! :p

    Had that happen on the Nimitz once. We were able to recover some of the mail that floated. Dudes in the water, stuffing helmet bags full of mail and sending them up the hoist. I personally pickled a load over water that was swinging out of control, wasn't mail though.
  37. H60Gunner

    The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery

    Fine with me, I have zero authority over anything on this website, it was merely a suggestion. My frame of reference was(is?) wacked and I was thinking of another site I frequent where you would have been lambasted for the name.
  38. H60Gunner

    The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery

    Meh, not really up to me. Just know how it can go sometimes when someone uses the title and didn't earn it.
  39. H60Gunner

    The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery

    @ Seal Dude, I know some frogs who will take offense to your user name. Might want to change it, unless of course you are a SEAL.
  40. H60Gunner

    from a sub chief

    I have no idea what diplomacy is taking place right now behind the scenes. I forgot where I heard/read it but someone said WWIII would start with a fire in the mid east region. Not really a doom and gloom guy but I wonder if the perfect storm is brewing?
  41. H60Gunner

    Man Overboard!

    I logged .1hrs of flight time snagging a blue shirt from the water one night. I think I posted the story on here. Anyway, good job to the HS-15 crew! The helo in the pic sure doesn't look like an H to me more like a F. I also fell victim to an F-14's jet blast, it rolled me down the...
  42. H60Gunner

    Two Sevens

    Totally worth it, nice rifles.
  43. H60Gunner

    Lifestyle MV-22 Osprey Pilot?

    The question was answered, very well if I might add. Retard booted.
  44. H60Gunner

    Another nail in the coffin of Old-School Naval Avaition..

    My day was not THAT long ago. The point I failed to make was made by The Chief and Jim123 above, it isn't proper to call a MC "Chief" but they shouldn't take personally.
  45. H60Gunner

    Another nail in the coffin of Old-School Naval Avaition..

    What's the big deal about saluting? I fucked up and saluted a PO3 Sea Bee reservist once because he had ironed the crow on his collar so flat it looked like an eagle. No harm no foul. I about saluted my arm off one day walking to the BX onboard MCB Coronado, passing a bunch of young Devil...
  46. H60Gunner

    Another nail in the coffin of Old-School Naval Avaition..

    I never met a MC who disliked being called Chief. Maybe it was an inter-service penis envy contest.
  47. H60Gunner

    "Stolen Valor" story

    Glad they busted this fake. These dudes piss me off and I hope he is prosecuted under the Stolen Valor Act. Funny how these "stories" all have common themes. "All my records were lost". I personally had an awesome exchange with HC-7's squadron historian regarding a very similar issue.
  48. H60Gunner

    How does South Korea deal with pirates? Commandos and machine guns.

    Not much of a surprise for me, having worked with them. Their national sport is a martial art. Sadly, searching the interweb I discovered some crap about Star craft being the number one national sport now or at least hugely popular.
  49. H60Gunner

    Deployment video causing heat for Enterprise Skipper

    Anyone besides MB, HAL, Pickles, and fedoc can tell me my real name in a PM I'll give rep. (and mods don't count) ea6b you have my last name wrong. close but wrong, and good source that is me.
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