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  1. 2ndGen

    Navy Helicopter Down off Virginia Coast

    Prayers.
  2. 2ndGen

    Army AFAST to SIFT

    Submitted before the SIFT cutoff, so far they are cool with it. If work wasn't so busy, I'd already be scheduled for it, but can't make it to the Ed center.
  3. 2ndGen

    Army AFAST to SIFT

    Good gouge, hopefully my AFAST score yields me a first time go in May. I submitted my packet in January, expecting the March board, but that go nixed. I cheek the warrant recruiting website daily to mark sure I'm still in "b" status.
  4. 2ndGen

    The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery...part DEUX

    Well its obvious that what I'm trying to do is not working, let me get me methods unscrewed. Apologies for the double tap.
  5. 2ndGen

    The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery...part DEUX

    Have not posted on here in years. My career is on a different path now, but my Dad sent these to me from his cruises in from 67-69. I couldn't keep them to myself. He was an A-4 Powerplant Mechanic.
  6. 2ndGen

    The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery...part DEUX

    Have not posted on here in years. My career is on a different path now, but my Dad sent these to me from him cruises in from 67-69. I couldn't keep them to myself. He was an A-4 Powerplant Mechanic.
  7. 2ndGen

    Major Samuel "Skidkid" Leigh

    RIP, sir. 1st Lt. Tom Claiborne went to the same high school I did, graduated a year after me.
  8. 2ndGen

    Flight Slot Guarantee?

    You are not too old to go Army yet, I have a 30 year old friend who is pursuing a warrent officer program. From what I know, age waivers are hard to come by (USMC), I'll be cutting it close, and my OSO has made it very clear that he does not want to be trying to get me an age waiver.
  9. 2ndGen

    AF-One Terrorizes New York City!!!

    My personal view is that, it is not hard to figure out that it is the Presidents plane, its not like it doesn't have quite the unique paint scheme. It also had a fighter escort. I don't think it is a big deal, being blown way out of proportion by the media (surprising I know). The WH let local...
  10. 2ndGen

    First flight of the P-8A Poseidon and all things related to transition

    Thanks, Gentlemen. Sorry, should have doen a search.
  11. 2ndGen

    train crunches without partner?

    You can also go to a gym if you have one.
  12. 2ndGen

    First flight of the P-8A Poseidon and all things related to transition

    I thought the reason the Navy had gone with props, and then turbo props, in the P2 and P3s was because props operate so much better than jets at low wltitude. Do the new generation high bypass turbo fans close that margin of performance to the point where jets are just as goood, or does the Navy...
  13. 2ndGen

    "There I was" stories from a Vietnam era A-4 Driver

    This reminds me of a story I read in Col. "Bud" Andersons memoirs. Stationed in England, trading his P-51 for a ride in an RAF pilots, Spitfire. Of course he was talking about a $45,000 dollar airplane.
  14. 2ndGen

    Air Contract denied Because of flight Physical

    I am contracted as a SNA right now, heading (hopefully) to PLC-C this summer. I have not had a flight physical, becuase they will not send me until I'm a senior, and I have an air contract. If you are trying to go OCC. If you are going to OCC, that might be a different story.
  15. 2ndGen

    Marine Air contracts

    If you have a PPL, you bypass IFS. Selection is done twice, once out of primary and then again after winging. First you chose Pipeline, ie, jets or helos. Then you choose airframe ie, if you had choosen helos, you then choose form your options there, like 53s, Cobras etc. Your choice...
  16. 2ndGen

    "There I was" stories from a Vietnam era A-4 Driver

    Great story, thanks for sharing!
  17. 2ndGen

    Tea Parties

    I agree with Bevo on this. If my tax dollars are being spent by someone that I did not have the chance to vote on, I believe that, yes that is without representation. I don't feel like that is the big problem though. The problem is the elected officials who are not doing what the people who...
  18. 2ndGen

    Selection Time...

    Good luck Sir!
  19. 2ndGen

    OCS-Felony Waiver

    If you havn't taken, or can't get the scores for, the ACT or SAT. Pickle, your form Colorado?! Awesome, myself as well, great hills to get ready for OCS!!:D
  20. 2ndGen

    OCS workouts

    The truth, at the Denver OSO, we have 4 new Lts that kick the candidate butts like 6 times a week. They are all training and preping for TBS. Two of them, can get about 28 pullups in a sitting. Its good stuff, I have dropped minutes off of my run time and added lots of pullups.
  21. 2ndGen

    Marine Air contracts

    Is this for PRK? I think that is what I figured out. Its up to you whether or not you want to go to OCS, suffer through all that training, just to find out that your only choice is something you might not want. I want to be an officer of Marines, ground or air, I don't care. But thats me. I...
  22. 2ndGen

    OCS workouts

    What was worked to keep mine from coming back, are, as commodoreMid said, shoes are mucho importante, and drastic mileage increase and drastic speed increases. Be very carfull with interval training and sprint work. Do that stuff slowly, perhaps the day before your rest. About only resting...
  23. 2ndGen

    G-LOC Question

    Its crazy that in just a quick few seconds your body had time to dream and you remembered it. Thats amazing.
  24. 2ndGen

    OCS workouts

    Sit ups need to be moeny in the bank, need to get those up, Pullps need to be at least 14-15 before I would start being comfortable. How is your run? With the drive that you describe, I would think that it is possible. Keep running with people faster than you. Recon ron and Armstrong pullup...
  25. 2ndGen

    Tiltrotor contract length

    Same here.
  26. 2ndGen

    im an idiot. what to do?

    12 pullups is not failing. Not exactly what you want on your preship, but not failing. I have always gotten more pullups of PFTs than I could on my own or even working out with the PTAD LTs. Its just something about the PFTs. I thinkl you will be ok. Definatly talk to your OSO, so he knows...
  27. 2ndGen

    Tips for running because I suck.

    I'm 6'5", 205 at the moment. As for my stride length, for the most part it is a nice comfortable stride, the last 400 meters of my PFT is an all out sprint, where my stride is about 5.5 feet. What I work on is getting my nice comfortable stride longer and longer. The way that I have been doing...
  28. 2ndGen

    2 questions

    My MEPS physical is over a year old and I don't have to go back, not sure how much that helps but its a tad of info.
  29. 2ndGen

    PRK after USMC Commissioning

    I wouldn't do anything without talking to your OSO. See what he/she thinks and go form there. Did you lose your air contract after the flight physical?
  30. 2ndGen

    T-45 Spin Video

    All I could think about is my Advanced Aerodynamics prof telling the class that spinning in a swept wing is very difficult and almost impossible to recover from.
  31. 2ndGen

    Bringin' back the Cold War Baby!

    So how can Russia think about operating bombers out of Cuba, while insisting that we remove/stop our missle defense program? Its not like anybody is going to stop them.
  32. 2ndGen

    Actual question

    Roger that, consider it dropped.
  33. 2ndGen

    Actual question

    One of my friends, I guess he got into a debate with his brother. It wasn't some random wierdo or something.
  34. 2ndGen

    Actual question

    Ok, I was asked this question yesterday, and didin't have an answer, so I thought I would try and find out. Barring any sensative info, how many G's can the super hornets take. I'm talking the airframe. I know the Navy and Marine Corps limit the G load you can put on them, but what would it...
  35. 2ndGen

    Last boards for PLC?

    I have heard of people getting the call up to about a week before shipping. Good luck to all.
  36. 2ndGen

    The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery

    My dad flew teenie weenies in primary.
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