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If you have to ask, you are probably contemplating making adult (and likely misguided) decisions like wanting to buy a house someplace where you will have your fleet tour, or not wanting to move your family twice, or some other nonsense. In that case, don't go to Miramar as the joys of San...

Probably a lot better than I do... What remains to be seen is how it will do when someone else screws up. Kinda tough to see and avoid when you have no eyes, and it is not inconceivable that someone marshals on the wrong altitude. All in all though I think the Case III recovery isn't really...

I don't understand why the F-313 needs to be capable of inflight refueling? I thought it wasn't classified as an aircraft, but rather as a consumable part, meant for only a single brief use, kind of like a condom? Oh, what's that? You say it's cardboard and clingwrap held together by hot...

No, this report is accurate. In an effort to get Phantoms airborne the Iranians were forced to use an F-5 as a rob bird, hence F-5 Phantom. Give the interns some credit. Just wait until you find yourself at the merge with the P-3 Tomcat...you're screwed, man!

Well he had me at the implication that he might f&$^ VFA-41... I read the IG report and it seems that aboard Stennis there are bunch of officers who have been in anywhere from 15-25 years of service engaging in hand-wringing about the occasional profane word and expressing a desire to leave...

Wait, who the hell are you? We can probably tackle that question offline, but apparently I just did a cruise with you. And yes, he is an awesome guy. This just really sucks.

Yeah, all of that might be true. You weren't gonna date her anyways so just ogle her like a good pilot and move on. And sure Otto, they aren't the hottest women to grace the planet, but they aren't bad, and they are a damned sight better than the grizzly old dudes that usually arrive to refuel...

Self induced or actual lost comm? Story?

On our solo cross country in advanced three of my buddies and I went to Shady Grove restaurant in Austin, TX before we went back to the airport for the RTB. We were in uniform and they took 50% off our $100 check. We just gave the waitress the full price so she got one hell of a tip (she was...

Not really sure that spilling these details on the interwebs is a great idea. I am not saying it definitely is an OPSEC issue, but it sounds similar to someone in a squadron publicly commenting about some recent mishap. I don't know if this is a valid comparison, but I don't think this...

Absolutely you could. Thousands did it for decades. That doesn't mean the program isn't worthwhile. Cost wise it seems way better to occasionally lose a guy that would have made it through to wings if in the process you can get rid of a dozen up front that had no business getting in a cockpit...

Also per the Navy correspondence standard: every fifth word needs to be a ridiculous acronym. Good luck.

Only in the C model. A4s instructed in the E model so that clearly isn't relevant here....

Come on dude, you already know we like it. Consider this website for half a second. It's an unofficial message board for our career. So when we leave work, we go home and log onto a website about our jobs to talk with people we have never met about our job and occasionally our hobbies. You...

Sir, I think it's just a cross-generational thing. I think what Cowboy was saying is analogous to "wait for lead to get outside of Orville's head" from your backseat days when you used to instruct in Kitty Hawk....:D

I knew a few guys who went to see the commodore and went on to wear wings. It is possible. Each person's case is different; but the commonalities between all the guys I knew who got another shot is that they walked into the commodore's office ready to show the man that they were hard working...

I don't think so, the spelling is too good for that.

How is any of that relevant to the professionalism, quality of life, leadership, etc. of the SWO community? An inadvertantly botched CACO job and deranged criminal in the ranks are hardly indicative of the entire community. Damn, that almost made me sound like I was defending SWO-dom.:D

Sorry, it was a joke. I did not mean to cause a huge ruckus, and I will get to updating my profile. Making sure everyone knew exactly what airplane I am flying right now hasn't been a priority in my life. Hacker, if you took my comment as anything other than a joke I apologize; the rest of...

Is that before or after it comes apart in flight for no apparent reason? I kid....

That should read don't get caught.

I just had a heinous flight tonight too man. Missed a radio call and it almost ended in a midair. I am still pretty shook up about it, but the beer I just cracked is helping. I don't know what to tell you. I suppose given the whole hours difference I should be asking you how the hell you...

To the OP: If you think it is just aviators taking pot shots at SWOtivators, look at manning levels in the O4-O6 levels in aviation versus SWOs. To save you the trouble of looking it up, aviation is considerably overmanned at those levels whereas SWOs are considerably undermanned at those...

Using ESL's perspective earlier: In that setup, which sounds plausible, or at least is the only quantifiable solution anyone has put forward here, the math works out like so: 50 dudes/shower, 33 dudes/stall 21 chicks/shower, 21 chicks/stall That is more than just the transition being the a...

See that is my main problem with using the military as a vehicle for social change. The way it seems to occur in the present era does not strike me as an effort towards readiness and mission accomplishment. It seems to be a way to make politicians feel better. For example different physical...

On the plus side, hot racking under the new setup could be a morale improving evolution... If they can do it and have it add value to mission accomplishment, groovy. However, the PITA that it would entail does not seem at all about adding to the readiness of the boat. Rather, it seems to be...

Oh I forgot one. 2 = number of Ottowrote/Joboy/Bogey's posts that have been taken seriously. For those keeping score at home that is less than 0.1% of his posts. If memory serves me right the first was his heart warming story about rollerblading and coming out to his father. The second I...

Personally I think mental math is pretty helpful in the cockpit for those of us who haven't developed the SWAG skills and eyeball cal to know "that's about right." Absolutely they need to be approximations, but here are a few that helped me through flight school, or at least instrument flights...

I guess I should have gone with his full screenname on here, but wow, was that really coloring so far out the lines to get that sort of response? Oh. "All in jest", huh? Kind of like Ricky Bobby saying "with all due respect", after all it's in the Geneva Conventions. :D Oh well, now I...

Why? That's like putting up posters of fat chicks. Oh well, to each his own.

Nah, not a hinge and not a stud anymore. I already got all the aboves out of Sticky that I will ever need so the ass kissing, if any existed, has been over for quite some time. Sticky was my onwing, that's all I was getting at, but you have been looking a bit plump these days so please go...

Sir, I think they are available on the CNATRA website without needing a CAC card. You can be my onwing anytime.

I absolutely loved it. Screw you if you didn't, you are wrong. :D "You will be shot for this!" "No, I don't think so. More like chewed out. I been chewed out before, it wasn't that bad." Those that complain that his films have gratuitous violence would probably be offended by seeing...

I'll buy whoever was flying that VR route a beer. That is atrocious journalism. Oh my God, he could have dropped a bomb at any point, blah, blah, blah.

What is the big deal? You have to muster in whites as collective punishment? Ouch. Let me shed a tear for you as you are home playing X-box and twiddling with yourself by 0900. API, regardless of how "inhumane" the treatment at muster happens to be the next few weeks, it is an amazing period...

I was 7 when CAPT Speicher was shot down and am somewhat surprised at how much I have been affected by the recovery of his body. I don't have any personal connection to him, and despite being an aviator in his community I am two decades removed from him, really don't know anything about him as...

The important thing about that one was he realized he screwed the pooch and went immediately to the CO's office and fessed up. My recollection is he got a stern lecture, an administrative pink sheet, and some other relatively minor consequences. Imagine how it would have gone if he said...

I saw the title and thought this was going to be a thread about bird strikes.

Sweet, let's just sell our share of GM and buy 'em all. Oh, wait....

Yes. My Marine roommate and his buddies carried an unnamed Navy O-6 around the casino floors as they all got shit-housed together. How could Marines like that not be welcome at hook. Oh yeah, he didn't have wings (or traps) yet. Neither did about 95% of us on the NALO and none of us caught a...

Amen, except you forgot to add "bitch" to the end of that post.

If you are serious about it quit right now. Man up, accept the consequences, talk to your immediate superior, and get ready for Great Lakes. It is really that simple. That is your out, and to my knowledge it is your only out, so stop trying to find an easy way to break your contract when it...

I am not a Marine, however, I caution you that thinking "learning land nav would be cool" before you go to flight school is going to lead to you being one very unhappy camper. If you want to join the Marine Corps your main motivation should be becoming an officer of Marines. The TBS experience...

I am willing to bet this is how the majority of people have met Master remember the occasion.

Alright, I might be missing something, but what exactly did Never_Fits say that warrants the "STFU you stupid HT student"? At worst he made a bad joke, but he didn't assume to know anything or really talk out of turn. No he doesn't know the protocol for assuming the controls with the autopilot...

The K-Rock club was always a good time for winging parties and the like. I think the main reason is that a majority of the heavies would show up and drink with the JOs (occasionally out-drink). As an indication of both what is right and what is wrong with K-rock, the club wasn't open for New...

I too would like to increase certain anthro measurements, damnit, wrong forum...

Lighten up Francis.

I did this. It helped, not a crazy advantage, but definitely an advantage.

By all means sir, and just because I am a nice guy, I will gladly fill their sippy cups with beer for them, you know, to be in keeping with the theme...