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Little Equipment Help

wlawr005

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pilot
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awesome...a similar link was elsewhere on here, but it didn't work. Cheers!
 

Gatordev

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pilot
Site Admin
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You can also try pdfplates.com but if you do, I'd throw some money his way. He converts them to be more Kindle friendly and then pays for the bandwidth to give it to you for free.
 

pourts

former Marine F/A-18 pilot & FAC, current MBA stud
pilot
Yeah, they're loading up GRGs on them. I think the Marines started, then CVW guys followed suit, but only within the last year or so. Great resource for that.

Brett

We had them available at Twentynine Palms, but nobody used them. Partly because of functionality and partly because most people prefer to put lots of work into re-inventing the wheel making products for each flight. How else can you signal to the command that you are second cockpit tour material?

EDIT: and by functionality, I mean that nobody really got to play around with them before hand and get used to them.
 

pourts

former Marine F/A-18 pilot & FAC, current MBA stud
pilot
Glad you see the light. And I don't wait in line for two reasons. One, PCola is the suckhole of America, including ot having an Apple store. Two, I like when they overnight things to my door.

You better take that back immediately. There are infinately worse locations you can be sent as a navy or Marine aviation stud in the pipeline.
 

Brett327

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We had them available at Twentynine Palms, but nobody used them. Partly because of functionality and partly because most people prefer to put lots of work into re-inventing the wheel making products for each flight. How else can you signal to the command that you are second cockpit tour material?
What was your experience in OEF though? I'm pretty sure people are using them there.

Brett
 

Brett327

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Never been to the shit.
Well, that's where that stuff is being used. When you're faced with the possibility of operating in a large range of KBs with TICs going down in unbriefed areas, having a source of electronic GRGs is pretty useful.

Brett
 

MIDNJAC

is clara ship
pilot
During IGS this year, they talked about ipad rules for use, and I completely thought it was just a really bad joke until someone explained that it was real and they are used in country.
 

Brett327

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During IGS this year, they talked about ipad rules for use, and I completely thought it was just a really bad joke until someone explained that it was real and they are used in country.
If NSAWC is smart, they'll start incorporating them into the CAS/CSAR events in Fallon. Maybe they're already heading that way, but I know it sucks to be learning how to use new gear on your transit time to OEF when flying opportunities can be limited.

Brett
 

pourts

former Marine F/A-18 pilot & FAC, current MBA stud
pilot
If NSAWC is smart, they'll start incorporating them into the CAS/CSAR events in Fallon. Maybe they're already heading that way, but I know it sucks to be learning how to use new gear on your transit time to OEF when flying opportunities can be limited.

Brett
Right now I think the issue might be that they aren't very many and they are owned by the Wing/ MAG (don't quote me on that). They showed up at the s-2 a week before we left to get loaded up. For the most part they sat in a big pelican box while there, and I haven't seen one since we left the land of K-spans.
 

NightVisionPen

In transition
pilot
If NSAWC is smart, they'll start incorporating them into the CAS/CSAR events in Fallon. Maybe they're already heading that way, but I know it sucks to be learning how to use new gear on your transit time to OEF when flying opportunities can be limited.

Brett

You are correct that they would do this if they are smart. In fact I know the guy responsible for trying to do this very thing. It took forever, but they got approval to buy a bunch of iPads ... and then they weren't allowed to bring them into any of the buildings for IA reasons. So they sit in a storage locker somewhere ...

Bureaucracy, she's a bitch.
 

Brett327

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You are correct that they would do this if they are smart. In fact I know the guy responsible for trying to do this very thing. It took forever, but they got approval to buy a bunch of iPads ... and then they weren't allowed to bring them into any of the buildings for IA reasons. So they sit in a storage locker somewhere ...

Bureaucracy, she's a bitch.
Surely there's an UNCLAS room they can be used in and trained on. It's not like they have to be in the MP rooms.

Brett
 
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