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I'm sure it is air frame specific but FWIW almost all the Navy IST's in the U2 program made O5. Insanebikerboy, make sure you put your leave balance on your DD214 to help the transfer of leave. It was a big fiasco for me.

Another option to consider if you want to fly jets is the Air Force U2 program. I'm not sure how they handle IST's for WO's but I have heard of previous Army guys flying over there. http://www.beale.af.mil/Library/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/279960/u-2-pilot-application/

Is this black magic working for anyone this year? Did they shut this down or do I need to look harder?

I seem to have missed something on your spread sheet on the first block of Cumulative New Pay. Why is it negative? I read the comment but it didn't make any sense. Also, your "running total in TSP" formula is off by one block. It should be $k$2 not $l$2.

There is a slight misunderstanding of how the accelerated syllabus is utilized. When we identify a stud who is eligible they simply follow the normal flow until they have meet or exceeded MIF in all areas. I can't prove the numbers but I have yet to see an accelerated stud have a poor NSS...

12 x 12 room for rent, fully furnished with queen size bed. Internet, electricity, water, sewage, trash, and recycling included. Off street parking. Walking distance to the Oar House, Shoreline Deli, Joe Patti's, Nick's Boathouse, the baseball stadium and downtown. 5 minutes from NAS Pensacola...

Does anyone else find it odd that the aircraft nose dived just from running out of gas? I wonder if that is part of activating the parachute?

There was a pretty long thread about specifically not going with Asian Imports. We used them for all of our models and our deployment plaques. I think they have the highest quality and accuracy WRT to details in their products. Also, the girls that work the desk are hot. On the other hand...

I got my PRK performed with the wavefront technology back in 2004 but it did start to degrade around 2012. Now I'm back up to about 20/40-20/60. Dry eyes have been a minor irritation, especially in the morning but never to the point where I bought eye drops or anything. The place I got it...

So full of piss and vinegar! Like the others said before you biggest chance to make the kind of changes you'd like to see will be as a div-O or even a branch O. During my Div-O tour I attended more Captains Masts than I would have liked but in all cases the CO and XO took my input on cases...

I don't think it would be worthy of original list, but another "museum" worth checking out is the Fantasy of Flight Museum in Orlando, FL. There are over 20 aircraft and they fly one every day. They also have a great aviation military history exhibit.

I know this was brought up in another post, but it seems pertinent. Heck, it may be the closest thing we see in space from our side for awhile. In all seriousness, would any one consider this option? I presume if you do the IST to the AF there is no coming back...

Wings Please! I had them before but they got lost in the software transition? Also, if there is still a P-3 and a PNA forum can I get access to those too?

Any priors ever dream they are enlisted again? Every couple months I have a dream where the detailer sends me back to the boat, but even though I'm a JO I still have to stand Engine Room Lower Level watch. (dirty and not fun!)

But more importantly, how are lunches at the O'club?

Any love for IR 63 down near Key West? I was thinking this is one that a P-3 could try. Your overwater and IFR!

As a former waiter I'd say paying me in cash is actaully a favor. I think very few people will try to "change" your credit card slip, but at the end of the night a server may "forget" to claim a portion of his/her cash tips. For that reason, if I had good service I try to tip 20% with cash...

How do you suppose they came up with $300,000? How many dealerships they could have robbed over the next 20 years?

My wife and I came back through BWI on Space A with a group from the Army who were returning from deployment. They funneled us in so that we had to go through the returning celebrations. It was really awkward walking with a bunch of guys returning from 6-12 months of deployment since my wife and...

I just received an email today informing me that my damage claim had finally been recovered.....from 2006.......for $18.

Looking to rent out a room while I am on deployment. Perfect for a student going through 30. Female student/professional with two dogs looking for a quiet female roommate in a 3 Bedroom 2 bath 1400 sq ft house with a large yard and fireplace. Home is located in historic Avondale, right...

This is why I was never brave enough to camp or hike at Eglin!! I loved figuring out what the rumbling sounds at night were after living nearby for almost two months!

I've noticed that every else but the actual instruction it is said that an engineering degree is not required but calc and physics are recommended. Then you read the instruction and it seems to clearly state thou shall take calculus and calculus based physics to receive a waiver for the lack of...

Except we'd have to have 3 aircraft on the "ready" and preflight 12 hours early to ensure Time On Target!

I'm not a "mod" or anybody but I feel comfortable in speaking for a majority when I say that you weren't wasting any one's time. As long as you at least put in the effort, in this case, doing a search beforehand, people will be much more willing to assist you. In fact, that's good advice for...

Would the walls to the head be invisible as well? :eek:

Wow! "People seem to want VT-3". I never thought I'd see that in writing!

Is there any reference that explains exactly what each pocket/piece of the flight suit was designed with in mind? Are the pocket designs completely random, or did some actual thought go into each one? For example, the inner thigh pocket with the parachute cord is for a flashlight, right?

"The commanding officer who just assumed command a week ago." Talk about a welcoming present! Seriously though I'm concerned over the fall out of this. I'm extremely curious what the circumstances were but I know that's not for public forums. Should be an interesting Monday....

Just wait until you get to the fleet and the second question you get asked on every brief is where did you go to school? I did an online degree with New School University. It always gets a strange look....

Well, ultimately I went with a Remington 870 that they had for 319 and a walther p22 for practice. I found a range that rents a couple of different sigs and almost every glock there is. I've heard so many good things about sig on this forum but the glock price tag is a bit easier to swallow...

Shooters of Jacksonville is having a big sale right now and they are offering a special where you get a sig sauer full size and a sub-compact gun "frame" but only one trigger mechanism for both. Comes with a case and I can't remember if it's one or two mags. Total cost is 649.99. They said...

We are looking for someone to replace us as tenants so that we may terminate our lease early and move into our first home! This apartment is set back and away from the central office but close to the mailboxes and dog park. It is a downstairs unit which is great because it gives the patio a...

+1 on what was said above. Sorry to see your hopes up so high and dropped. There is much to be said for re-applying even when you don't get the initial nod, so it should only be better if you were previously pro-rec'd. I'm sure that alone should bring you slightly higher up the stack. That...

I've read that even though the tickets will get you closer the view is terrible. Apparently a line of trees blocks the view while the shuttle is on the launch pad. I highly recommend viewing it from Titusville. Specifically at Space view park or a better and lesser known location Parrish...

Geez, where are people gonna get their quals done now!? Hanging out in lower level was a PQS buffet! I think all this is going to lead to is a HUGE increase in smokeless tobacco.

I'm sure this gets asked alot on the ship but I couldn't find it addressed here. If a person that works on an aircraft carrier wants to get at least one cat shot/flight off of the ship, how would he/she ask? Is it even permissible? What if it's for a re-enlistment? I swear that I've heard of...

When I was nuke instructor up in Ballston Spa, NY there is an "epcot center ball" looking containment facility for an older prototype. It can be seen at different areas in town. It's easily a couple hundred miles from any water source other than the Hudson river but locals swore it was used as...

Ditto to everything recommended above. I'd like to re-emphasize the two of shower stuff ESPECIALLY towels and shower shoes. I was stuck without a towel for the last 4 days of an underway b/c someone saw fit to steal mine! A funny but useful tactic I and a few other guys used was to have the...

Just to confirm, are these past two posts directed at me, or someone else?

This remind me of two great stories I heard when I worked up in NPTU Ballston Spa, NY. 1) A group of protesters arrived at the gate and demanded entrance into the facility to throw rice on one of the reactors for an anniversary of Hiroshima. Obviously they were denied. In response a group...

When I was there in Fall of '07 they issued you a box of stationary that you had to stamp. Since it was the hardest thing to stamp you usually ended up with three of them anyway. My family always got a kick out of the fact that it was "Navy" paper and envelopes. Stamps you can probably bring...

I know this is a little late coming but it should still be useful since the first post is now "old gouge". http://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/perdiem/ Lots of good stuff here. It also includes the link above.

Some others I was able to dig up. I present the second one for you, Xmid!

"A smoking hole in the ground is a small excuse to pay for a bitchin' maneuver" My favorite advice from a sim instructor: "Never pass a head, and never trust a fart"

One more thing I'd like to add is to remember that their are a few places in Officer applications where you get to speak for yourself. These are great chances to not only explain your past actions and what you've learned but separate yourself from the crowd with your maturity from the lessons...

Check my previous post (I don't have many) for one experience of a young 0-1 and his trial!

I went to OCS little over a year ago and I concur with what's posted above. Kiss that hair goodbye!

I think we all (OCSers) know who came up with the spag and meatballs bit. Had to be the same CDI that gave us the idea to have the indoc class draw self portraits. The same guy that made his class build a snowman in the hallway, lol. And the same guy that made his class dig out fox holes in...

My personal favorite: Every second lieutenant acquires embarrassing memories when he wears gold bars; it seems to come with the job. The first time the Air Force sent me on temporary duty by myself, I experienced probably the most embarrassing moment in my life, which I tell here in...