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That's correct. Unless I'm misunderstanding Uncle Fester. I can't speak for big wings and helos, but that's how it works for TACAIR. TOPGUN/HAVOC are the first part of a JOs first shore tour. You complete the 3-ish month course, graduate, and then stay in Fallon as an instructor or report to...

Can confirm. My incoming PXO was a sergrad. He's had some pretty accelerated tours but he caught up to his peers and he'll be my XO this fall.

On my Trans-Pac back to the US for my 2021 deployment our chase C-17 got delayed for a major downing discrepancy after the jets had already departed from Misawa for Guam. We ended up keeping our CORONET schedule and made it to Hawaii before our 72 hour "dailies" dropped dead. In order to not...

One of the more valuable lessons I learned at the Naval War College: Always check your source's sources.

You get your TS clearance when the government deems that you have a need to know TS information. Stop asking for specifics.

I don't have a personal connection, but when we deployed to Misawa a few years ago we were told that the Japanese take American driving violations very seriously. The fact that two people were killed likely makes it even worse.

It's a shame that there isn't another country out there that suffered a brutal loss of life to terrorism and then spent 20+ years of blood and treasure to get nowhere. If there was, maybe that country could have shared its lessons of caution instead of throwing 100% of its political support...

I think this can probably be chalked up to a "lost in internet translation" issue, but I would advise you and your son to be careful about the type of language you use concerning his Naval Aviation career path. The language you use here could be interpreted as you saying that your son has been...

That watch is at the top of my list of "things I need to convince my wife to let me buy."

Based on the state of our Aviation Defense Industrial Complex, I'm pretty sure we'll run out of Rhinos and Growlers before we need to consider recalling people to active duty. I guess we could bring nittany back to hop in the Old Girl one more time, but we'll probably be out of working pods at...

Fun Fact: They can still kill us...

Or honeydickin'. There's at least one prominent Senator from the Great State of South Carolina who many have speculated pays for companionship.

I am not fluent in the legalities of the LOAC having only had one seminar on it at the War College during my time there. Nor do I have a deep knowledge of the history of this conflict. My use of the term "proportionality" was more about total number of casualties thus far in the conflict. If I...

While I obviously can't speak to the allegiance of every person killed in this conflict, the fact that the Israelis have killed over 5x as many people as have died on their side (most during the Oct 7th attacks) definitely speaks volumes about proportionality.

Just keep in mind...the last time a military put fashion over function, our grandparents kicked their asses all the way across Europe.

If you don't, you could find yourself getting a ready room down from a moderator of this forum... Not that I'm speaking from experience or anything.....

I've only been aboard for a couple of months, but what I hear from my squadron is that there have been vast improvements. The Wi-Fi isn't the best, but as someone who's never had Wi-Fi on a (boat) deployment before it doesn't bother me too much. It's just frustrating when you see someone...

Can't view the link because reddit is obviously a no-go on the ship but I imagine it's consistent with most posts in the subreddit. As much as I hate to give the ship any credit, the Ford has actually been serving surf & turf every Sunday for like 2 months now, so my guess is that OP is taking...

Saw this picture on Facebook while I was sitting in my hotel room waiting to figure out how I was getting back to the ship that was no longer pulling into the place I was sent to be Senior Shore Patrol. A surprising number of rubes screaming in the comments to "take that damn Ukrainian flag of...

Our squadron just put in a 7F buy for Overlords. It'll be my first time wearing them, but everyone I've met who has them, loves them.

God forbid the U.S. Navy find ways for its Sailors to express themselves in healthy and creative ways. I'm pretty sure poetry readings on ships have existed for decades if not longer. This "wokeness" bullshit has gotten so out of hand that it's become a scapegoat for anything that Conservatives...

You'd be surprised dude. Things have gotten pretty lax, at least on my boat, regarding sleeves and gloves. Not sure if it's trending on other boats, but I see aviators walking to jets on the flight deck all the time without gloves.

This is the "how to make your NFO throw up" cheat code. On deployment now. Can't speak for @sevenhelmet's experience, but we do still have painted CAG birds (although we're not doing "combat flights"). That being said, the glory days of paint jobs like in our JO tour are gone in VAQ. CVWP has...

Point taken. Poor word choice to express anecdotal concerns from everyone I've ever talked about CVN Ospreys with.

Sad news. The MV-22 strikes again. I can't believe this platform is the future of Carrier Onboard Delivery...

That's correct. I was on weapons instructor detail between my 2nd and 3rd year at the academy. They bring the weapons instructors (us) out 2 weeks early to shoot everyday, learn range safety procedures, and learn how to instruct "students." Then they break us up in to rifle and pistol teams (I...

Right there with you: Dec 23rd. FRS holiday leave block.

I think it's more of a coup. Not sure there's a lot of public support either way right now.

To paraphrase a random Redditor: "Russia used to have the second-best army in the world. Last year we found out it's the second-best army in Ukraine. Today we'll find out if it's the second-best army in Russia..."

The Warzone a.k.a. NIPR High-side has a pretty fascinating write-up on the current events. They're updating it as things progress as well.

The Naval Academy is designed as an all-encompassing 4-year college program. There is no point in spending time/money at a civilian institution if you are interested in attending USNA, especially if you are already performing well academically. The only advantage you would gain by spending time...

Been thinking about finally getting one of those, and 1Password is at the top of most password manager lists. I just need to convince COMVAQWIFEPAC that password managers aren't actually scams anymore. What's your experience been like with it? How hard was it to import all your passwords into...

Are you talking about Precision Landing Mode a.k.a. PLM? It's been around for a few years now and is a separate system from the existing automatic carrier landing system (ACLS).

This. One of the most struggling students I had as an instructor in the FRS was a shit-hot, locked-on senior JO pilot when I showed up to be his Department Head. It's unfortunate that the only time you hear that the person had issues "going back to flight school" is when there's a mishap.

The MEDEVAC wasn't for the pilot though right? It was for the LSO?

Late to the party, but here's my $0.02: I'll caveat this with the fact that most of my Russian studies have concerned war gaming at the operational level. Most of our "academic" experience has been lectures from our Russian Maritime Studies Institute professors on Russian military doctrine and...

Yes, but also no. Both the junior (O-3/O-4) and senior (O-5+) classes at the Naval War College graduate with an MA in Defense and Strategic Studies, but us youngins get JPME I credit while the senior class gets JPME II credit.

The director of the Holloway (Russia) Advanced Research Program at the Naval War College gives a brief called the "Russian Way of War" I've seen several times. He has a picture early on in the brief of VDV guys marching in Red Square and likes to morbidly joke that most of those guys are...

I'm sorry, what?

Just as a heads up for when you get to the fleet: if you end up in an F-35 or any of the F-18 T/M/S, you likely won't be able to use your personal device in the aircraft. There are probably other platforms with similar restrictions. That being said, the one I bought seven years ago to use as an...

Might as well have them do away with all mandatory vaccines if they're going to get rid of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Survival of the fittest Darwin baby.....

Or F-35s...

Carefully, I would imagine...

Dog-piling on this link, here's a continuously updated list of verified Russian hardware losses in Ukraine: https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html?m=1

My $0.02, but I'd also advise you to give some consideration to the idea that living outside the regional/familial bubble you've been encapsulated in for most of your life might be enlightening for any number of reasons.

Tin foil hat: Sounds like a discharge from the USMC is an awful good cover to set someone up as a spy.

Especially since it is one of Russia's strategic nuclear bomber airfields.

Yeah, gonna go ahead and once again ask you to source that claim. It makes perfect sense to say that Afghanistan was/is a tribal country with no sense of national identity, but I don't think the same rings true for Iraq.

Random watch question: my Bremont is long overdue for servicing. Does anyone have experience with mail-in service for a Bremont watch? Any tips or tricks??