Search results

Never got to go to Palma. First deployment (8 months): Crete, Malta, Rota, and the sandbox in UAE. Second deployment (7 months): Al Asad, Iraq Third deployment (envy of all my peers, because of the number of port calls): Marseille, Toulon, Civitavecchia x 2, Limassol x2, Dubai, plus a...

Yup, that was my brother-in-law's cruise in '94-ish timeframe. They basically got underway long enough to get to the next port. He came back broke, but with a lot of cool shit.

I think I'd be willing to accept the shitty OPTEMPO, if it was hitting 17 port calls in one 6 month deployment, like in the early 90's...

You're all doing it wrong. Shit into a bag/box just forward of the ramp. Throw bag/box off the ramp. Problem solved.

I think it's fuckin' aliens. Or the start of the zombie apocalypse...

They're only replacing the CH-46's. As long as the fleet is flying CH-53's, they'll keep 53's. Remember, they're still an operational test squadron.

I grew up in Maryland (Annapolis to be specific) so I already knew what QOL was going to be like in each duty station. When I talked to their recruiters a while back, they said you'd train at Trooper 1 or Trooper 2 (if I remember correctly), because those are the two busiest. Of course, that...

You know, I can do math. Maybe the Generals/Admirals and Politicians think I can't, but I can. It seems to me we've already likely blown past the "cuts" that had to be made, seeing as has they weren't cuts, but just reductions in projected spending. If everyone in the country did our...

I don't think MB would really like the MSP, being as how they're in Maryland. He and the politics wouldn't get along so well there... I looked into it, and it looks like they changed their requirements. They used to require 2000 PIC hours. Now it's just 2000 total RW hours.

I thought he meant Maryland State Police... It's one of the only Law Enforcement Agencies that I know of that hires civilian pilots. Pay is pretty decent from what I understand, I've got a buddy that retired from the USMC and is now flying for them.

Merged.

The one I used to know over there is up in DC now I think. Former MAWTS-1 instructor, former Phrog guy, alumnus of the Geese and just got screened for FTS HSC command. Great American.

Picked it up this morning, and I work on base, so... I have no idea how it shoots yet. I'm hoping to get a chance to go this weekend, if I can break myself away from working on my as-is, short sale, fixer-upper house (we signed the contract for new siding/doors just the other day, and I have...

Coworker recently bought a Springfield XDs for $599. Bought about $150 of accessories (holster, extra mags, pinky extensions, etc), put 75 rounds through it... And was indifferent about the pistol. He's a huge Sig Fanboy, and I think part of the indiffernce was when he went to the range they...

Why did you have your RWR on in the D? I wouldn't, only because the sheer number of tickles would annoy me... And how did your RWR pick up a laser? I'd assume your ASE is similar to ours, and our MWS is what would pick up a laser, not our RWR...

Wow. I tried to give you a hint that it was a JOKE, and you still missed it.

Well that's just bad headwork... How can you know which lasers are the bad guy lasers and which one are the good guy lasers?!?

I think it's safe to say that this laser operates in a visible red spectrum, if it's in a visible blue spectrum, we know that it's the enemy. That's just common sense...

Wow, never in my lifetime did I think this was going to happen: "It appears that the Air Force and the Marines share something in common..."

Man, you're funny... Smart ass. I was intending on making the humorous statement about a Voltron movie and then decided to Google to see if it existed before I posted... That was the first result that came up...

I'm waiting for the Voltron movie, it'll probably be the last nail in my childhood memories coffin.

FWIW - I had Veteran's 5 point and Spouse PCS preferences when I applied to my current position. Because of the unique qualfications my job required (former FAC/JTAC, former JTACI, NSI or WTI) there were exactly two dudes who applied for it. Me and a guy who was already a GS-13. The guy who...

Phase trees are a bitch...

Here's my advice, for whatever's it worth: Pick one individual's career path and make that the priority. Let the other scrape and scrounge (and even make decisions on education) based on what happens in the primary's career path. I met my wife when I was a Capt in the USMC, and she was a...

Congrats. Don't fuck it up.

You should finish out the thread with the pictures from your calendar... ;)

I chuckled a bit when I read this... They SAY we've got monitors on the SMCR side now, but I don't know who he/she is, or what he/she does. I do know that doing stuff in the USMCR more closely matches what you describe in SELRES.

Transition to the Phrog. We just plug an audio cable from our iPod into the comm panel in the back, select #3 on our ICS panel and voila!

Yep. Forgot about one of our other big expenses. Wish we could tax deduct 'em like kids...

We've got a boat, an RV, guns, a fixer-upper house, a brewing hobby... Yup. Can't afford a guitar.

My guess is that it's an add-on, and the websan is too busy drinking southern buttered pecan roasted foo-foo coffee to have gotten around to it yet... ;)

Concur. It may (or may not) still happen, but again, with the amount of brass that will likely be at my final flight... I'm not holding my breath.

Bunk my man, congrats. I'm envious. I know that when it comes time for me to retire (a mere 2 1/2 years away) there will be no hosing down for my last flight... Why? Because my retirement date is going to coincide with the last flight of the Phrog, and I would expect that there will be...

What he said. My first deployment, our CO got relieved right before we deployed. We came back from a workup exercise on a Friday, got a phone call that there was a formation Monday morning. Showed up Monday for the formation... With a new CO. Didn't find out the details about it until we...

You can make your blades last longer using a Blade Buddy. I use it every day, and one blade lasts close to two months. Less irritation too, think of it as a modern day leather strop to hone your disposable blade cartridges.

For the record I've made a bacon porter before. And it was like the umami of beer. Of course, I tasted it daily once it was done fermenting and I added the bacon. The minute it tasted spectacular, I pulled the bacon and racked it to a keg. Of course, I'm doing this stuff in much less...

Cigar City's Humidor IPA kicks Jai Alai in the dick. It's really that good. Down there you should be able to get Lazy Magnolia, their Southern Pecan Nut Brown is heavenly.

There's an annual DoD memo published that covers the cost/flight hour for every platform in the DoD. And I mean every platform. I'd have to look, but if I remember correctly the high dollar platform was close to or over $100K/flight hour. Once I get back from Lejeune I can attach the memo in...

Based on this statement from the article: And thinking about how the Wrights made their money post-first-flight was by suing people who infringed on their patent, my personal opinion is that there may be something to this article... The Wrights were incredibly legally savvy for their day...

BzB, you must be getting old... The article clearly states that Janes is identifying this guy as having flown two years before the Wrights, and that the Smithsonian disputes that, saying the Wrights were first...

Signal mirrors don't work at night, each item has its place... ;)

Edited to remove obnoxious-ness. Don't do it again.

We use signaling mirrors to teach the JFOs here at EWTGLANT. I've seen it from the air, and a 2x3 is fine. I'd go with acrylic (the ones we have for the studs are acrylic) to prevent breakage, and probably save some money. I've seen both from the air and can't tell the difference between the...

That is truly awesome!

You're right. Only Riddle nerds are capable of amazing design concepts like that. I guess guys that go to MIT, CalTech, Georgia Tech, Stanford, Princeton, UT Austin, etc... are merely farts in the wind compared to a kid from Riddle. I give up. Go to Riddle. I don't give a shit.

You can try the ASTC in Norfolk, every time I've gone there they've been more than helpful. Give them a call, I've also never had them not answer the phone (start with the quarterdeck number). The Naval Safety Center might be willing to help as well. Go to Aviation -> Aeromedical, then scroll to...

You seem to be in love with this degree. Near as I can tell, Embry Riddle is the only college that offers this major. That should tell you something. If it was MIT, Stanford, CalTech, etc... I'd say they were leading the field. Further research yields that there are graduate programs out...

I'm with everyone else that suggests you look elsewhere. Embry Riddle has its place, but I think its overpriced for what you get. Let's use as an example, someone who plans on attending Embry Riddle for Aerospace Engineering, with no intent to do the flight training. You're dropping $30K on...

I don't know about the P-3, but in the Phrog world... The older it is, the more reliable. I've rolled to the backup on our "newest" aircraft that have less than 10k hours on the airframe. Our aircraft that was delivered in '67 and has 11k hours on the airframe? Never had it go down on me...

G-o-o-g-l-e