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I'm leaving my Dalewood house for a year starting in September. I'm leaving most of my stuff there, but I'm open to making room for a student to live there while I'm gone. You can move in any time between now and September. It's a pretty nice house, ~1100 sq ft. You can live here for $300/month...

It seems to have become a trend that whenever the press picks up the trail of some supposed injustice, apparent malpractice or uncouth behavior in the military, someone HAS to be fired. This makes me wonder whether loyalty is still a two-way street in our Navy. There must be a point in the...

As an update, I still have two bedrooms empty in my place. There is a sweet pool in the backyard. I'll be gone most of the time between now and July 2011, so the house won't be very busy. The place will be available for roommates until at least Sept. 2011, and possibly longer.

I think $600/month is now more in line with the current state of the market here.

If they bring back the battle ships, I'll be first in line to redesignate SWO. Maybe put a giant chemical laser and some rail guns on it with propulsion from an aircraft carrier.

I'll be moving into this house on 30 January. A potential roommate could move in anytime after that. I forgot to mention it has a 2-car garage (I only have one car). It's located on on the end of a little street, so there is almost no traffic going by. The living room is pretty ginormous.

I'm moving into a 4 BR / 2 Bath 2100 sq. ft. house and will be ready for a roommate by February. The bedrooms are pretty spacious compared to many of the houses I've seen around here. It is a newly constructed house in Hanford, within about 2 miles of the mall and Wal-Mart. It is a 20 minute...

I'd like nothing better than to see it restored... so I can shoot it down.

When it's case III at the boat (at night and in bad weather) we use a hi tacan of sorts. Ashore, the hi approach books each cover a larger area than the low books do, so you can get away with having less paper in the cockpit. I've never flown one except as punishment.

A .22 will do it, but don't use .22 hollow points... I've tried this on pigs and they just bounce off the head. Other methods include a hammer, a skid loader, or a bale mover. Take your pick.

For what it's worth, the captain in question lead me to the break at the boat for my first time, so I can't help but look up to him. I thought he was a good instructor and the kind of senior leadership we could use more of in the Navy. I'm glad he got his 1000th trap. Only 974 to go for me...

I hated the idea of flying for most of the training command (thank you, USAF) and a good part of the RAG. Having a flight canceled would make my day. But I was too stubborn to quit. Flying was what I always wanted to do, and I was going to do it whether I liked it or not. All that has changed...

This could be a good direction for the super hornet. I'm willing to bet it would fly even better with both wings removed. With inflight jettisonable wings it could be the new F-104. Sign me up.

Three words: Bert the Yeller. I think he still flies a TA-4.

Primary at Vance isn't so bad. I'd do it again. You just have to be a little flexible. It will make you glad you're not in the AF.

Are you quoting Spock, or is it just my imagination?

You assert this based on what? I would seriously like to see an objective study, if one is even possible. Were their decisions to include openly homosexual members intended to improve the ability to fight and win war, or were they intended as social programs to make people feel good? Some...

They are called G-suits. Sorry if the thread is now derailed beyond repair...

What I'm getting at is this: Would transgender people get to choose which uniform they wear and which PT standards they use? Maybe there would be a new set of unisex uniforms and a single set of PT standards for everyone.

Something I had never thought about... What about transgender types? That might be the next issue that would come up after homosexuals are allowed to serve openly. Not to get too far ahead, but would military healthcare then pay for sex changes?

Who cares??? There are worse places to land than a golf course. People are such a bunch of overreacting pansy hypochondriacs.

Yeah... I don't like riding on airlines or in cars that I'm not driving either. The combination of having no control and no ejection seat is what does it. Like someone said, in flight school, your only anxiety will be about avoiding downs (and airsickness/G-LOC in my case:icon_smil). For the...

Well, my body doesn't like G's, I'm almost 100% non-aggressive, and yet for some reason I thought it would be a good idea to ask for jets. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to fly a helicopter. It must be the most chill job in the world, like flying an ultralight or something. But then, I...

I heard the marines were getting the next generation of the hornet family.

Who says that if the airplane were to stay in one spot that it can't still fly? What if the aerodynamic friction on the moving treadmill causes air to flow over the wings? Can you say Euler? I win.

OK, so he didn't go under any bridges, but it was still the best part of the show.

That picture was photoshopped. They must have moved the bridge somehow. Your logical arguments have no place in an online forum. Maybe I will believe what I want.

I was watching from the right side of the pass from the jet's perspective (POV 90 degrees clockwise from the video POV). From where I was it looked like he went under. This video pretty well convinces me that he went under the bridge.

Yeah, well I've flown a hornet under bridges and between buildings upside down while dogfighting mig-29s on Over G Fighters. You won't hear me bragging about watching CG jets fly under a bridge on a movie. Lame.

Did anyone get a video of the Blue Angel solo when he kicked up the water behind his jet? That was probably the coolest part of the show. From where I was it looked like he actually flew under Golden Gate Bridge. Can anyone confirm this? If he did, I'm surprised it isn't on youtube yet.

Not to derail the thread or anything, but... As we all know the warp drive will be invented in the USA. The Vulcans will meet with us, not the chicoms. Sending a few people to the moon will mean nothing when we control the entire galaxy.

I think the Flanker would be hard-pressed to match the air conditioning performance of the Rhino. Aside from that, I wouldn't be surprised if the author of the Flanker v. Hornet comparison was moonlighting as a Sukhoi dealer.

For Grunt, I took math and science at a community college during my last two "high school" years. It gave me a leg up when I moved to the university. In particular, it is good to take calculus at a community college, since they don't tend to use it as a weedout course like some universities do.

As a former homeschooled kid, I take offense to that. That is about as ignorant as you can be on this subject. I have heard the same thing from so many people that I normally won't admit to being homeschooled, even if asked...because I get so pissed off by this bullshit that my head's going to...

Because we all know we need to be more like Europe. Why don't we just give up, join the EU and sing coombaya? Better yet, let's surrender to the French.

What the hell is a kilo? Kilo what??!!! Kiloquad? Kilometer? Kilojoule??:icon_rage Someone needs to fix the people who run around saying kilo as if it actually means anything other than the number 1000 before larbear flips out and goes postal. Why can't we just measure drugs in good old...

Lower your shields and surrender your computers. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service ours. Resistance is futile. -- NMCI mission statement

Then there is the shrill call of the female pilot that violates my eardrums every now and then. Nothing like waiting your turn to key the mic when a deafening "shrieeeeek, nag nag nag, shrieeek" cuts to the front of the line. Yelling/shrieking into the mic won't make you easier to understand...

According to that fighter pilot chick site, the AF has 49 active duty girl fighter pilots. They have around 3500 fighter pilots all together (1.4% chicks). The thunderchickens have 6 pilots, and 2 of them (33%) are chicks, only one of which might be considered to be hot. Hmmm... I just don't...

Are you sure you don't mean 106?? It's one thing to look, smell and fly like shit, but being treated like shit is totally not cool. I got my "stud needs to be shat on" X's out of the way at Vance, thank you. Although, I seem to have lost my certificate.

Two words: eject

Hey, fat chicks aren't for everyone. That is debatable. Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but doesn't the hornet have an A/C vent right between your legs pointed precisely where it's needed most? I hope it does, because that's why I signed up.

I'm not really qualified to offer advice, but that hasn't stopped anyone else... It really comes down to which airplane sounds coolest and which one has the best air conditioning. Jets sound totally sweet, and I heard that hornets have really good A/C, so guess what was first on larry's...

So you will pay me 350/month to live in your house with your kids? Make that 450 and you will have yourself a deal.

If anybody else is heading to Lemoore, I'll be looking for roommates whether I end up buying or just renting.

I'm moving to Lemoore for the RAG in a few weeks. I was thinking of buying a 3 or 4 bedroom place and renting one or two rooms out while I live there. Has anyone done this before?

Yes, but underachievement needs no incentive. Back to the original topic. I did the Aero E/NROTC thing and it turned me into an overworked, sickly, sleep-deprived sort of creature with no life. It can be done, but in doing so, you might miss out on the better elements of your "education."

I wonder if the Navy is thinking one step ahead of us. Maybe they don't so much want officers with engineering backgrounds as much as they want engineers with a Navy background. As in retired officers working as engineers on defense projects. Is it possible there is some perceived benefit there?

Wait, I think I answered my own question. Earhart = pilot = Maverick, Noonan = 'FO = Goose.

For all the times I've heard about Earhart, only rarely have I heard anything of the navigator. I guess it sounds like more of a feat for a lady to keep the wings level and nose up going around the world than for a man to navigate around the world? Just curious why the story would be any more...