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  1. Hotdogs

    Naval Aviations "One" Problem...

    Calling balls and strikes here but, this is one area where the Marines do it relatively well. IAs are usually fed out of MEF billets and not HQMC/M&RA. Therefore shielding the manpower drain from TECOM. You would never see a TECOM IP get pulled (unless you volunteered, w/ blessing of your COC)...
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    Naval Aviations "One" Problem...

    None of the examples I gave required WTIs to give codes in their TMS. As far as AirO and Staff tours, it’s not about punching codes in a T&R. It’s about the experience you get at the tactical and operational levels with the joint force in the FMF. Not sitting in perpetuity at a training command...
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    Naval Aviations "One" Problem...

    …both you and I know that Marine aviation constantly over-inflates the values of quals and undervalues resumes or experience when it comes to assignments. I’ll caveat these next couple of paragraphs that I don’t envy the monitors job at all, and it is a very difficult position to execute well...
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    Naval Aviations "One" Problem...

    Not to continue threadjacking this thing, but demographic change is a large reason why we are in our current predicament. If you want to solve the deficit - then we need to pay more attention to it. As fas as immigration policy - Lots of solutions going back at least the last 10 years. Not a lot...
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    Naval Aviations "One" Problem...

    Yet you still cited having a 600 ship Navy as some sort of strategic peg for success? Numerous threads on structural and regulatory issues facing shipbuilding capacity and solutions, so I won’t beat that dead horse. Go read them. Your original post purported that the metric above and interest...
  6. Hotdogs

    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    It’s been a hot minute, but unless you were attached to MEU Squadron we typically avoided the Battle of Britain that rages daily over Miramar between MAG-11 and MAG-16. Shot an approach there once, got vectored/dicked around for 30-35 min in the GCA box, got pissed, and never went back.
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    Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)

    Yeah I’m sure VMM squadrons running through Imperial for hot gas with expendables still loaded in buckets, ordnance still in the guns, engines melting the deck, or a CH-53E catching fire on the airfield had nothing to do with it… Some of which you may or may not have known… …but also NAF El...
  8. Hotdogs

    Europe under extreme duress

    FS didn’t have a dual engine six pack and had a massive telescoping bucket for a targeting sensor in the middle of panel… which caused the head cocking for an instrument scan. No VSI in the FS, either. It was a Spatial D machine with how everything was arranged. TOW/HF computer on the left was...
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    Europe under extreme duress

    In the whiskey - rear seat always. FS was a shitshow of ergonomics due to modifications since the 1980s. Most ground gunners can’t breakout the roundels on aircraft during engagements. They’re too small, and the relative speed difference doesn’t make it useful for cueing anyways. If they can...
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    Europe under extreme duress

  11. Hotdogs

    Naval Aviations "One" Problem...

    Your latter comment is more what I’m getting at… Not to mention both parties have done a fantastic job of jacking up the deficit in the last 20-30 years. Anyone want to check what the average fed fund interest rate in 1981 was? Almost 4 times what is today. Inflation rate? 3 times what it was...
  12. Hotdogs

    Europe under extreme duress

    …Umm we don’t motorize entire maneuver formations with solely UTVs?
  13. Hotdogs

    Naval Aviations "One" Problem...

    If you can explain to me individually how any of those are relevant today with associated demographic, geopolitical, and macroeconomic factors, I’d be impressed. People who ramble on about the debt and fairly uneducated on economics or monetary policy writ large. So it’s kind of an eye rolling...
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    Naval Aviations "One" Problem...

    @robav8r information is fake news. Interest payments are no where near the DOD annual budget. Current interest payments for FY23 stands at $395.5B while defense outlays are $816.7B. Not to threadjack, but the defense budget is expected to flatline and decrease over the next decade as a...
  15. Hotdogs

    Auto rotation from Hawaii

    That aircraft was lucky to take off, considering the size and weight of that pilot’s cajones.
  16. Hotdogs

    NEWS Is the pivot to China a bunch of bullshit?

    I actually got a little turned on by Mirage from catching this stray bullet from him.
  17. Hotdogs

    BZ to the Ace

    Great comment. I’m glad we both recognize the institutional hypocrisy when we see it. This is also the same forum that almost had an aneurysm over Harriers getting new radars and AMRAAM years ago.
  18. Hotdogs

    BZ to the Ace

    The fact it was a harrier dude makes it even more hilarious. …and on brand… all the fighter dude’s buttholes suddenly get hurt… …From the same crowd that thinks admin and cooks on a ship deserve CARs and DFCs for shooting 3 small ass boats.
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    NEWS Is the pivot to China a bunch of bullshit?

    Nope. You’re just not great at proving your arguments with credible sources, logic, and pragmatic solutions.
  20. Hotdogs

    NEWS Is the pivot to China a bunch of bullshit?

    Comparing our economies is apples and oranges when it comes to pure statistics. I’m not an expert on it either, but there are large differences in internal and external factors to manage said debt. Not to mention the industries that make up our economies. Only around 30-40% of Chinese GDP...
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    NEWS Is the pivot to China a bunch of bullshit?

    I wouldn’t call a country who created their own demographic time bomb or picks fight with its biggest export market a “wise” country. I don’t think you fully appreciate the challenges that China is facing right now. The housing situation allow is potentially an order of magnitude beyond what...
  22. Hotdogs

    All things MV-22 Osprey

    Nobody’s fucking crying uncle, Chuck. It’s a redstripe.
  23. Hotdogs

    NEWS Is the pivot to China a bunch of bullshit?

    What makes you say that? His books are fairly informative and put a lot of context on how we got here today (Starting with references back to the ancient Egyptians, Ottomans, and British Empire). They are also on people’s short list/quick reads for a lot of advanced PME (Along with Tim...
  24. Hotdogs

    CMV-22B Osprey Rollout

    That the Osprey’s anti-ice system is fucked? We’ve known that for years…. The article highlighted nothing new. Clickbait.
  25. Hotdogs

    All things MV-22 Osprey

    You can easily bust those numbers in 3 years at MATSG or MCAS. Unless you have a better solution than bailing at 15 years with no pension, benefits, and rolling the dice at a guard unit - Then I’m all ears.
  26. Hotdogs

    What is a typical mission in 2024?

    It’s pretty boring for most of the fleet right now to be honest.
  27. Hotdogs

    All things MV-22 Osprey

    The world is not ending. Apply again and eventually they’ll get you in the aircraft. Futemna is always hurting for co-pilots. Every year a crap ton of people rotate out of 1st MAW. You’re also on DIFOP orders, so they owe you CNAF mins (IIRC only 50 of which can be in a sim, unless waived). Yes...
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    What is a typical mission in 2024?

    Hah.
  29. Hotdogs

    Navy Now Taking High School Dropouts

    A) We’re smaller. B) The Corps focused hard on retention by throwing bonuses (finally) at almost every MOS. It reduced overall recruiting requirement. C) Money will only go so far once young people realize $5-10k extra a year (before taxes) isn’t that much in the long run. The concept of...
  30. Hotdogs

    Which Branch Allows Its Officers to Fly the Most?

    Because I didn’t get a response before, and to put a realistic lease on Marine aviation, some USMC experiences here are dated or jaded by community issues. I flew ~1200 TT in 4 years as a 2 pump legacy Cobra dude. 3 pump dudes were easily breaking 1400-1500 hours in 5 years or so during peak...
  31. Hotdogs

    NEWS Seahawks Sink Houthi Boats

    Things you should take note of that I’ve done here: 1) Cited source material 2) Highlight a position on a controversial subject 3) Justified my position with examples/analogies 4) Defended my position against counter-arguments Not everyone is going to agree, and I’m not here to change...
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    NEWS Seahawks Sink Houthi Boats

    Really touched a nerve with this one. I think I’ve articulated it relatively well. I’ll just let it go at this point, because apparently this is too difficult to do or even think about. No, this is how you have a discussion without taking things personal.
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    NEWS Seahawks Sink Houthi Boats

    FIFY. I purpose adding an “asterisk” device for all SWO CARs. Maybe that’ll help with the distinction. I’m not adding any arbitrary rules about the award. It’s quite literally black and white (Pretty sure I’ve cited exact verbiage from the manual). Whatever makes you feel better about yourselves.
  34. Hotdogs

    NEWS Seahawks Sink Houthi Boats

    What happens when your alert lines on the flight sked gets launched one day but not the next? Does the entire ready room log air medal points? There’s clearly a system of people, but I would argue that doesn’t involve the entire crew. Yeah, well maybe it was? I’m not saying sailors shouldn’t...
  35. Hotdogs

    NEWS Seahawks Sink Houthi Boats

    If a Tank or AAV crewman fails to do his job then the tank is combat ineffective. I.e. The tank doesn’t return fire or engage appropriately - You can’t say the same in combat for a ships crew. Active participation is the criteria. Also the vast majority of mechanized crew members operate...
  36. Hotdogs

    NEWS Seahawks Sink Houthi Boats

    Flash, Okay. First the CAR is an individual award and outright awarding an entire unit is absurd (Awards manual states as such). It always has been… Secondly, using the “that’s how we’ve always done it” excuse is intellectually lazy. We can disagree, but you gotta have better material than...
  37. Hotdogs

    NEWS Seahawks Sink Houthi Boats

    You might consider recognition in another way - PUC/NUC + NC/NAMs with Combat Vs for key personnel, or whatever battlestreamers are relevant to ships. The carte blanc “CARs for everyone including the augment CS taxes stealing oxygen…” cheapens the hell out of a CAR (I’m not saying CS rates don’t...
  38. Hotdogs

    NEWS Seahawks Sink Houthi Boats

    An entire ship getting a CAR is a ridiculous notion. Yes, I realize it has been done before. Everyone on this forum (with boat time) knows a significant number of personnel were doing jack and shit during that engagement, regardless if they were at GQ (Yes, I’ve seen it). Meanwhile your service...
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    NEWS Seahawks Sink Houthi Boats

    If true… this is why the Marines and Army laugh at you guys. A CAR for the entire ship? Jesus.
  40. Hotdogs

    War in Israel

    I’d hazard to guess because you never supported OEF or OIF, and don’t recognize the significant policy differences between the campaigns. It’s probably a stretch to say you “fought” or “led the campaign” against ISIS. My man, sitting at the CAOC watch floor on an IA at Al Udeid is not any of...
  41. Hotdogs

    War in Israel

    This is ironic, on multiple levels. Anyone who has supported the fight against ISIS knows it was a campaign of annihilation. It was not a traditional counter insurgency campaign with levels of measured restraint similiar to OEF or OIF. It was probably one of the most successful FID missions ever...
  42. Hotdogs

    War in Israel

    Unsat. Recommend 2 x ETs, ready room confessional, and a refly. Let’s break down the nuance that you’re missing in your very basic scenario. I won’t go into the CDE process. If I can find a basic unclass CDE flowchart - I’ll share it. They’re hard to find because typically each JTF and/or COCOM...
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    War in Israel

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    War in Israel

    …but that’s not what you stated. Let’s refresh the conversation. Utilizing your professional experience as a SME, and in accordance with the appropriate references, Please state why or what conditions Israel is or isn’t acting in accordance with the law of armed conflict? Evidence from...
  45. Hotdogs

    War in Israel

    The article states nothing of Israel committing violations of the law of armed conflict, in fact, it states the opposite. The article cites numerous public warnings and notices of kinetic strikes and operations to civilians. Completely the opposite of the Russians (which you brought into the...
  46. Hotdogs

    War in Israel

    Please cite your source. Please tell everyone (without gaslighting) how Israeli ROE is not in accordance with the law of armed conflict?
  47. Hotdogs

    War in Israel

    Tell me you don’t understand ROE, without telling me you don’t understand ROE. I won’t go down the rabbit hole of CDE estimation because clearly, we have a method and process that makes leveling a 5-story building extremely improbable.
  48. Hotdogs

    War in Israel

    Actually we haven’t. The Russians have leveled many towns in east Ukraine, and they have not constituted war crimes because they were valid military targets. Outside the devastation of those cities or types of munitions used, rarely do you hear about accusations of war crimes. It is...
  49. Hotdogs

    War in Israel

    They’re not even in the same ballpark. The pretext of both conflicts and terrain in which they are fought are completely different. It doesn’t make civilian casualties less tragic, but there is a level of distinction between those conflicts. I don’t know what level of mental gymnastics you’re...
  50. Hotdogs

    War in Israel

    …that people get killed in war? No shit.
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