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    USN Junk in NATOPS

    Meh - if you have 5 min of gas left, you've already decided what you're going to do in the next 60 seconds - fuel leak is an irrelevant matter, in a way. You get out the checklist and read it.
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    Planning a leave a year ahead of time. Can you help me make an informed decision?

    You could be a stash during that time, or on an extended med down for something you never anticipated (because one does not anticipate such things). You never know. But I'm w/ @robav8r here. However, consider making a career investment rather than a financial one. Here's how you do it: Buy the...
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    CNAF/CNATRA Callsign Review Boards?

    Did anyone else see the USNI article on this? They take POTUS seriously and literally and ask how it could be done. Essentially industry can get started building the next steam carrier in 2028, and it will be less capable.
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    CNAF/CNATRA Callsign Review Boards?

    It's also close enough to another word that, despite the subtle difference in sound, one should probably still avoid it. No, this isn't some slippery slope where we as automatons suddenly can't say anything, but rather a situation where we are, through the ability to think, are in a position to...
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    ATSB test in San Diego

    Those turds! Oh well! Unless things have changed, USC can take care of you. (the one with all the scandals, not South Carolina)
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    ATSB test in San Diego

    Affirmative. I administered dozens of DLPTs and ASTBs to local reservists and applicants during my ROTC tour. Find an ROTC unit, ask nicely, don't be all difficult with scheduling.
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    NEWS 737MAX

    Time to buy BA yet?
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    MAJOR IRR Policy Change...

    Update to my own post. I called the IRR counselor a week or so ago asking when I'd receive orders, since the letter said I'd receive them by US mail. They said I'd get them via email (AMRDEC). Now we're 3 days out and I still haven't gotten them. I called to ask "if I don't receive orders, do...
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    MAJOR IRR Policy Change...

    For those of you who have attended these IRR muster funtimes events, when abouts did you get your orders? I'm 2.5 wks out and not seeing them.
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    MAJOR IRR Policy Change...

    They will provide words of correction. Yeah I have no idea how any issue like that would be addressed. The only punitive measure at hand for an administrative misstep seems to be downgrading of status - not much of a lever for most of us. As for the grooming thing - while the letter (which was...
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    MAJOR IRR Policy Change...

    Drama for comedic effect, only - but my letter stated "Grooming standards must be observed as directed by Navy Uniform Policy." Funny thing is - I thought I was S2 already based on the original content of this thread. Guess I'm not.
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    MAJOR IRR Policy Change...

    Just got my notice to attend a muster - NOSC Alameda in March. So much for my hippie hair.
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    F-35B/C Lightning II (Joint Strike Fighter)

    Sweet roundels... (0:57 or so) Also a VX-23 helmet spotted there.
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    TS Clearance Question

    I had the distinct joy of disassembling and shredding a MIDN's Canadian passport as command security manager. I told her it'd be funny to sing O Canada backwards to seal the deal but she wasn't really enthusiastic about it and it wasn't in the regs. Oh well. As the others stated, you just have...
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    NROTC Service Assignment MIDN/Officer Candidate Input

    Thanks for the shoutout @Gatordev ! Yeah you're looking good w/ the ASTB score (what's up w/ the 6 dude?), but my gouge is going on 3 years old, now. Your OI should have the latest, and it always puzzles me when MIDN have to ask this board for advice, when they have a well-informed OI assigned...
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    GOUGE Navy IRR Muster 2018

    Is there a specific need for the increased SELRES numbers, say to go out and support some mission/mission set? Or, is it just to meet a required quota of officers in that pool (perhaps a specific designator's pool)?
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    PERS-911 won't release from IRR to USAFR

    Was the back-channel advocacy necessary from @grose3 and Mongo? Any tips for others here on how to do what you did?
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    Best Naval Aviation movies

    Made with REAL LIGHTENING
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    Best Naval Aviation movies

    can you at least spell it right?
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    USS Fitzgerald collision in C7F

    That would certainly be an indicator of us changing from a culture adhering to set of laws "A" to a culture adhering to a set of laws "B." In other words, yes we'd become a completely different culture.
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    Best Naval Aviation movies

    No one says that here.
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    From NROTC to SEALS

    @Charles Edward : The people I helped apply for BUD/S via ROTC all had a strong drive to be SEALs. To actually make it, you'll need to have an unhealthy, unquenchable desire to be a SEAL. If that's the case, you're going to be soaking up all that there is to know about the community and the...
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    Which watch?

    SecState said it was Ironman day yesterday... countin' laps for his dinner courses.
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    Which watch?

    lacking a calculator.
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    1/C Avaition Cruise

    This. I was sent to VP30 in 2004. I happened to be from Jacksonville. Pros: Beach w/ my new friends. Old friends, meet new friends. Oh, hi old friends. Oh, hi old friend who lives near NAS JAX and has a jetski. My old Chevy. Since I wasn't doing anything of value, I had the time to sequester...
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    Up-Screened for Naval Reactor Interview?

    Yeah, you're just prescreened - meaning (IIRC) you're eligible to interview. Sounds like they'll wait until after service assignment to decide whether or not to send you for the interview. Breathe easy and work on your med qualification - if you're med up for SNA prior to service assignment...
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    Up-Screened for Naval Reactor Interview?

    Nuke is voluntary. The only non-voluntary program is SWO. If you don't like your service assignment, you can go SWO. If you don't want to go SWO, you can pay back the $ and kiss the USN goodbye. (Not sure how USNA works, but that's how NROTC works) I was the service assignment officer at an...
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    Adventures of Primary

    Congrats on the baby. When it's time for English class, don't homeschool.
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    Chances of Appealing a Headache Waiver Denial?

    Yeah so Aura is disqualifying, and your waiver request probably didn't address it, because you didn't have a diagnosis of Aura (inferring from your post). You'll probably need them to resubmit the waiver, clarifying that you did not have a diagnosis of Aura. MORE DETAIL AND MANMED NERDERY TO...
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    ERAU Mishap in Daytona

    I made the mistake of looking (with one eye only!) at the comments in the Fox News article linked somewhere in this or the other mishap threads. Having done so, (and then spending a weekend away from news, reminding myself that there is joy in the world), I can see why @Joboy may feel this way...
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    Second PRK Surgery

    http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmotc/nami/arwg/Documents/WaiverGuide/12_Ophthalmology.pdf This document is your new best friend. Have fun you two. Fun fact: Looks like Ortho-K is now waiverable under certain conditions. Neato! I remember looking in to that a ways back when I was worried my eyes...
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    NEWS Former Hornet Driver Flies Cross country In Cessna 172 for Fox News

    Can y’all take the personal insults to the t’dome thread?
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    NEWS Former Hornet Driver Flies Cross country In Cessna 172 for Fox News

    Also, if I was a reporter on the military beat, I would probably be on this forum. In which case, hi!
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    NEWS Former Hornet Driver Flies Cross country In Cessna 172 for Fox News

    Certainly, and I did not call her a pig. really I just think it’s comical how Fox overdoes it, IMO.
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    Which watch?

    Oh definitely keep it alive - but maybe the title should be changed to: "Which Watch? Omega Speedmaster. That is all."
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    Which watch?

    So, at this point, 52 pages and now 777 posts later, can we say we've answered this [remarkably unthreadjacked] thread's question?
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    Flight Pay Changes

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    USMC CH-53E Recovers UH-1Y in Okinawa...

    I'm at work. I'm not clicking that.
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    Rafales to cruise on GHWB

    Seriously, like 5%?
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    Weed Stocks and Security Clearance

    You talk about [Link warning!] RAW WATER!
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    Which watch?

    Tried something similar in the 60B as a way to track down the source of chatter on Maritime Freqs.
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    Weed Stocks and Security Clearance

    Also it's a foreign asset, no non? (edit: Canada...)
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    Huge Phuckups

    Nerds
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    MAJOR IRR Policy Change...

    Has anyone gotten a “You’re done with the IRR now, welcome to USNR-S2” letter, or something else to that effect?
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    MAJOR IRR Policy Change...

    @lostSeaBee, in case it's not clear, you're the one blazing the trail here...
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    MAJOR IRR Policy Change...

    @lostSeaBee I'll bite - but my answer's "no." The effort to get what I understand to be 25% of my pay (I served just short of 11yrs AD, so like ) when I turn 65 is not justified by the IRR kabuki dance. There's one base near me that has a commissary only, so that's about it for benefits. As an...
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    MAJOR IRR Policy Change...

    Has anyone in the "3 years IRR for ISP" group called in or gotten an answer on our deal?
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