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  1. DanMa1156

    NEWS Key Bridge - Baltimore

    Sure looks more Germanic to me, but who knows with the way ship registry laws are these days.
  2. DanMa1156

    NEWS Key Bridge - Baltimore

    Yeah appreciate it. No, it just says "ocean vessel departing from Port of Baltimore."
  3. DanMa1156

    What are you reading?

    Thanks, I meant more like I need to find a club.
  4. DanMa1156

    What are you reading?

    Ah didn't know that. Haven't rowed competitively (or anything besides an erg in about 14 years, but I do miss it and would love to get onto a club team one day).
  5. DanMa1156

    What are you reading?

    A rowing term for "a pace and pull of the stroke that can be maintained."
  6. DanMa1156

    NEWS Key Bridge - Baltimore

    I can't speak to USN but on the commercial side, I may personally be affected by it - I shipped a POV to my overseas assignment and I know my car was due to leave the Port of Baltimore soon if it hasn't already.
  7. DanMa1156

    Haiti

    I don't want to touch much of this with a 10 foot pole, but understanding the difference in history particularly with how Spain and France treated those countries is probably a good starter before continuing.
  8. DanMa1156

    Naval Aviations "One" Problem...

    During my HT tour, we had an officer jump on a grenade for an IA to a UN Peacekeeping Mission in Africa (blue helmet and everything, she had to go through Army courses for shooting, driving, etc.), but the deal she made with the detailer was "this time doesn't count against my shore tour," and...
  9. DanMa1156

    What are you reading?

    Ha... crappy mobile formatting or something. Idk. Typing and walking.
  10. DanMa1156

    What are you reading?

    O ooo I have to give this a read. I loved 2034.
  11. DanMa1156

    Naval Aviations "One" Problem...

    That somehow hasn’t died today…
  12. DanMa1156

    Naval Aviations "One" Problem...

    That has changed dramatically in the past 10 years or so and, while not designed to "weed" people out (although they do), they are fairly rigorous courses designed to ensure the instructors are prepared. When I went through (2016) it very much felt like going through Advanced again with a...
  13. DanMa1156

    Naval Aviations "One" Problem...

    Just to go back to the topic of annoying Admin issues, I just PCS'd to an overseas command with a small American contingent - effectively no Admin (my official admin department for USN issues is listed as a PSD that's not even in the same country as I). I submitted my PCS travel voucher. I got...
  14. DanMa1156

    Naval Aviations "One" Problem...

    Hadn't heard about this despite being in the AOR during COVID. What's the story here?
  15. DanMa1156

    Naval Aviations "One" Problem...

    This is a more eloquent way to say what I was trying to in a previous post. BZ.
  16. DanMa1156

    Naval Aviations "One" Problem...

    I understand why it exists, but we shouldn't be shocked that this kind of stuff pushes the needle to make people want to leave - and then they actually do. I don't even think our travel rules are all that bad, but trying to get a travel claim with the tiniest hint of something nonstandard is an...
  17. DanMa1156

    Naval Aviations "One" Problem...

    [/threadjack] One of my roommates at the Academy tried to become the Brigade Commander (the highest MIDN at the Academy) but wasn't selected and was instead assigned to become the Brigade Adjutant (basically the Senior Watch Officer). He made it his one goal into eliminating all unnecessary and...
  18. DanMa1156

    Naval Aviations "One" Problem...

    I didn't mean to suggest government civilians. I am talking about actual corporations. For what it's worth, my dad works for a company that does both contracting for the government but also many other private companies. He knows and sees the pain of the stupid "fall protection" and other GMTs...
  19. DanMa1156

    Naval Aviations "One" Problem...

    You nailed it. I am so sick of how unit level PS's have become almost exclusively a conduit for inserting problems into Salesforce where some GS or Contractor who doesn't understand my PS's request takes a year to review and then decline what I'm trying to accomplish. Not only that, but more and...
  20. DanMa1156

    Naval Aviations "One" Problem...

    Ultimately these are choices being made and the Navy is reaping what it sowed. They aren't going to change base locations significantly anytime soon, admin creep I genuinely think the previous and current CNO want to reduce but I question how successful they will or even can be on it, but this...
  21. DanMa1156

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    LOL, that's not something I ever did, seriously haha. If word got out, I'd have been toast!
  22. DanMa1156

    Naval Aviations "One" Problem...

    In all seriousness, I don't entirely understand what limits us compared to civilian companies with respect to computer access ashore. Does it need to be 1:1? Absolutely not. Does it need to be better than it is? Absolutely. I know I am going to get the "oh you helo guys are so silly" eye roll...
  23. DanMa1156

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    In my last tour, our squadron had Ipads with Foreflight, but GPS only, no ability to file IIRC. I know I could pay for it myself, but I haven't had issue with FSS either.
  24. DanMa1156

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    Going to Imperial got "banned" by order of the Commodore while I was a JO. I suspect this has changed, but the TLDR back then was "no one is going to El Centro, so you can't go to Imperial anymore either." I went once my entire JO tour when my OPS O I was flying with said "hey, we all agree we...
  25. DanMa1156

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    These are great points, but, correct me if I'm wrong - couldn't some of his be solved via FSS? Filing in flight definitely requires you to read the room (Oh, Tallahassee approach has nothing going on? Sure I'll ask them... vs. LA Center is slammed, let's filed with LA Radio), but I've used FSS...
  26. DanMa1156

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    Thanks for the respect. Full disclosure - it was after 2 lessons learned: 1. As a brand new PQM I was with a Weapons Schooler who at the time, I thought meant "Flying Deity." Dash-1 broke up the flight after multiple IMC breakups saying "alright, this is negative training, I'm climbing and...
  27. DanMa1156

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    I think a lot of people made this mistake coming back from the Restricted areas by El Centro and would get lost/dropped in the shuffle of the traffic all requesting instrument approaches. My trick was to climb up high once complete with the range, like 7-9,000 (I know, laugh at me FWs... "high")...
  28. DanMa1156

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    I think this is very true.
  29. DanMa1156

    FNAEB outcomes

    As far as I am aware and have seen, it is in HSC and HSM as well.
  30. DanMa1156

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    Trying to beat this into the brains of (some of) the JOs of my last squadron was a real chore - it's definitely a problem in parts of my community (HSC), although not to the level of it being an EP.
  31. DanMa1156

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    In addition to all of this remember that fixed wing aircraft are dynamically stable and helicopters are dynamically unstable. As robust as the 60's AFCS is - and it is fantastic - it does have its gremlins (anyone who's done an A or a D profile has almost certainly seen some of them!) and it...
  32. DanMa1156

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    Not a NATOPS prohibition IIRC, just a Wing SOP one, but one I (thought?) I saw on both coasts.
  33. DanMa1156

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    Umm. Maybe I'm wrong. I can't say I paid too much attention to that part of the Wing SOP in recent years but I seem to recall that being the rule.
  34. DanMa1156

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    I flew our CAG's last helo flight before retiring. He came to the squadron suuuuuper early and I told him we had a preflight crew but he could join me if he wanted. After preflighting he said "damn, that was exhausting. I have to say though, all these years I've made fun of helo and VP crews for...
  35. DanMa1156

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    FWIW - completely prohibited now - cannot do shipboard 2P-2P flights.
  36. DanMa1156

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    Yeah, that isn't a thing anymore. The 2nd FCP reviews the book and ensures all the work/signoffs/math is complete and correct. As others have said, that meant when I was on det with two FCPs (most common), if an FCP started an FCF, that FCP had to finish it because the other FCP had to not...
  37. DanMa1156

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    I'd also add in that we need 2 FCPs per det minimum, because only another FCP can sign off an FCF completed by the first FCP.
  38. DanMa1156

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    Yeah, everyone else talking about it happening... I've never seen it or heard of it happening in 60 land but I did have a Skipper genuinely look for opportunities with the right mix of H2Ps.
  39. DanMa1156

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    This is definitely becoming a thing in carrier squadrons now too that there are only 18-19 pilots at any given time. When you lose 3-5 qualified JO's at a FITREP opportunity. it's a HUGE hit to the overall squadron health (consider you have 2x front office HACs, 4x DH's, and 1x Train-O; then you...
  40. DanMa1156

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    Both HSC squadrons I've been in I genuinely think we did a good job of screening who made FCP and who didn't and when they made it. The only difference in the squadrons was that Squadron 1 you couldn't get any FCP signoffs until you made HAC; in the other squadron you could start on them day 1...
  41. DanMa1156

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    Interesting. The 60 nowadays has some really nice software and sensors built in, but everything, and I mean everything including preflight has to be completed/signed off by an FCP.
  42. DanMa1156

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    FCFs had to be really challenging on those birds.
  43. DanMa1156

    Do they still do this?

    Safety-O came by with Handler. They reminded the Shooter they are out of regs, not FOD free, and must be terminated.
  44. DanMa1156

    Promoting from O-1 to O-2

    This assumes the NAVADMIN has been put out by (PERS?) in time too.
  45. DanMa1156

    NEWS Is the pivot to China a bunch of bullshit?

    I am not positive but I don’t think it’s an apples to apples comparison. Don’t ask me to explain provincial economics in China, but in the United States, individual states must run balanced budgets or surpluses, because they cannot print money. I think Chinese provincial leaders are encouraged...
  46. DanMa1156

    NEWS Is the pivot to China a bunch of bullshit?

    As I understand it, their "national debt" is only from what we'd call their Federal government and does not include the debt of their provinces. If I recall, when you include their provincial debt, the figure is along the lines of 200%+ of GDP.
  47. DanMa1156

    Shoemaker Scholarship to get masters at NPS prior to Pensacola?

    I bet that's true in helo-land too, but a lot of us keep getting sucked up a YG. I am getting screened with a HW FITREP, but the beginning of the board will coincide at the end of my DH tour which I'm not sure used to be as common in years past.
  48. DanMa1156

    Shoemaker Scholarship to get masters at NPS prior to Pensacola?

    If it isn't... well I'm f'd. But I am very confident when I say it's a Command, not Commander requirement. I would be surprised if it was actually different on the SWO side instead of it's more of a "strong recommendation" for your board. Most of our folks earn JPME after their DH tour as they...
  49. DanMa1156

    Shoemaker Scholarship to get masters at NPS prior to Pensacola?

    Joint Professional Military Education and Computer Based Training. JPME is a requirement before CO... so not a huge deal for you at the moment.
  50. DanMa1156

    Shoemaker Scholarship to get masters at NPS prior to Pensacola?

    Wait, what? NAWDC is a tour for 2nd tour JOs in VFA no? It definitely is in helo-land.
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