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Ha ha, nice. Shit gets busy pretty quick and the enemy knows the area like the back of their hand.

I would have agreed to the following: if you don't drop all ridiculous charges I will definitely sue you. The best you can hope for is that I am a forgiving soul.

Definitely going to be interesting seeing how this plane works out.

Permenant and whole life insurance policies are essentially high expense investment options wrapped in insurance paperwork. Life insurance is best done as term and invest the rest of your money elsewhere, such as in index funds with Vanguard.

While Vanguard and other mutual fund companies may have more options, the TSP offers all the options you really need. They have pretty much all of your index fund investing available with the lowest costs available. Take a look over at the Boglehead's forum and those guys would slit someone's...

When to use a traditional or Roth is based on the answer to the question: Do I expect to be in a higher or lower income tax bracket when I retire compared to where I am now. As others have posted most officers are at a low enough effective tax rate when you factor in things like BAH and BAS not...

I tend to think the Night Vision Pen is a great gift for them if they also happen to be aviators!

Yup, EKG not required until age 40. I don't need a first class every year so I have yet to have a civilian EKG.

Some examples of things guys I know have done: Contract adversary Airline pilot FBI Highway patrol FAA pilot Other government contractor - Northrop, Lockheed, etc. Start their own business Law school Medical school Investment banker, typically after MBA That's just the stuff I have come up...

Christmas orders seem to be coming in so don't forget to put the NVP on your Christmas list. In other news, VMM-264 just made a squadron purchase of 35 Night Vision Pens!

Thanks JD81. From my recent research it seems as though I can only get the Post 9/11 GI Bill to pay for flying at a part 141 school that is set up direct with the VA and not though a college or university. And that 141 school would have to offer training in qualifications I don't already have -...

The Post 9/11 GI Bill will pay up to $15,000 per year directly towards flight training program. They will not pay for the private though. The way around it is to go through a college program and then you can get private also. Most colleges require you to be working towards a license and since I...

I already have my ATP. There are a bunch of local flight school in the surrounding area, but nearly all of them us the GI Bill through a local community college. That CC requires classroom courses, which I can't do. Mostly I'm looking to be able to fly on the weekends using what is left of my...

Ha, fixed it.

There was a dude on my cruise in 2002 who lost a F/A-18 due to incorrect out of control procedures following departure in a BFM engagement. He actually would have been okay had the guy not been a total douche already. No one liked him and this game them their opportunity to get rid of him.

Low level flying is fun regardless of the platform or speed. The closer to the ground and/or the faster you go the more fun it is.

Like the others have said, it really depends on your community and your qualifications. Weapons school graduates, regardless of platform, tend to stay flying. Non-weapons school grads who want non-flying orders can get them pretty easily. Some of those jobs can be pretty cool (depending on your...

I don't want to go into too many details, but I have sold several hundred up to this point and only one person has ever asked for their money back. Some have broke and been replaced, but not many - less than 15. Sales are slow, but relatively steady. Profitability is enough to keep it going...

Thanks for the feedback everyone. nittany03, you are the first to mention any issue with traps and the 9G/NVP combo is pretty popular. Perhaps it would be worth placing the pen somewhere else during the trap for your situation. Brett327 I am sorry it isn't to your liking. The features were...

I did notice a few orders all heading to Fort Rucker. By all means, convert away!

You don't have to read all six pages. Just click on my signature line to see what it is all about.

I really appreciate all the recommendations guys! In order of what will be most useful to him in the cockpit I recommend the following: Wings kneeboard (9G or SoftG) Night Vision Pen - works really well with the 9G Small flashlight with both white, green and red (Fenix is very good and cheaper...

There is a lot going in in this thread and many of you make valid points. I think most of us understand that local to medium range operations CAN absolutely be taken care of by organic units based on carriers, amphibs, MEUs, etc. however, to try and argue that strategic or long range operations...

Unofrtunately not yet. It is a long process of finding the right designer and then the proper manufacturing set up. I will be sure to keep the AW community notified once I am able to expand the model line up.

I was in P-cola for the mall landing. Good times. Hornet FRS student. Incident #1: Shuts down wrong engine during hot pit and, upon being fully fueled, attempts to taxi in for the hot seat. Mid-ground collision did not occur because he at least had enough brains to use the brakes once he...

The main reason is because LOX is dangerous. LOX leaks can freeze flesh instantly for aircrew in the jet or maintainers handling the equipment. A green apple is essentially a bomb as it is liquified explosives. But as magnet said it also allows for sustained flight or multiple missions without...

As usual Recovering LSO hits the nail on the head. I won't claim to know if the F-22 issues are the same or similar to the issues in the VFA community, but there have been known issues for quite some time since it was introduced on the Hornet. To boil it down on the VFA issue there is a...

From a training perspective, having a different color jet as the adversary is a good idea because it allows you to quickly discriminate friend from foe. Does it need to be cammo? No, it just needs to be a different color. As recovering LSO said, the studs won't see a Tiger hiding behind his...

Unfortunately another reminder of how dangerous this business is. Luckily it seems as though loss of life was averted.

The only time I recommend enlisting is if you want to join your local Guard unit. By enlisting right out of high school they are covering your state college costs and you have a chance to shine with the locals where you will be applying as a pilot in a few years. Other than that one example...

As MB stated, not all CVs. It was the Vinson in 2003 when we had just started deployment. They would clean out the wardrooms completely after meal hours, which of course did not jive with flight ops. One day the wardroom officer happened to be in there on a no fly day (clearly this guy had no...

I doubt that there are many 17-18 year olds heading to Annapolis or ROTC that know married folks get more BAH and family sep pay on deployment. I would venture to guess that very few of 21-22 year old OCS candidates know the intricacies of military pay either. But every single one of them knew...

I totally get your argument. However, my problem is that two officers of equal rank in a squadron are there for the same job. One should not be paid more simply because they happen to be married and have kids. The decisions to get married were conscious ones and every single Naval Officer should...

This Act is merely what I call "feel good" legislation. People make a stink about it because the military has a very good overall rep so congress wants to "look" like they are doing something since they actually aren't doing anything worthwhile. Do I think anyone claiming to be a vet who isn't...

The problem grows with any bureaucracy. As it gets bigger it also gets more complex. It would be great to have more control at lower levels, but most of us probably know of some shady characters that managed to climb into command spots. How bad could they screw things up with even more control...

I don't know, if notoriety and obscurity were my two options I would take obscurity.

You have never been to NSAWC have you?

twobecrazy, your biggest issue right now is that soon the regionals won't be able to hire you unless you have an ATP, which requires 1500 hours. As that deadline gets closer, the hour requirement to be hired by a regional goes up. That is because there is not "grandfather" clause. If you hit...

You are correct that they would do this if they are smart. In fact I know the guy responsible for trying to do this very thing. It took forever, but they got approval to buy a bunch of iPads ... and then they weren't allowed to bring them into any of the buildings for IA reasons. So they sit in...

That would most likely negate the ability to use the Fisher Space Pen ink cartridge though. Thoughts?

That is priority number #1. I honestly didn't expect many military customers to buy my lanyard, but it is a rare sale that goes out without the lanyard. The quick detach makes people want to put it in their sleeve pocket even more than it was mentioned before.

But most likely the ones who would ask that question in the first place fall into a few categories: 1) Prior military who was, and obviously still is, a douche and likes to rattle his sword at the guy "begging" for a job. 2) The straight civilian who has a chip on his shoulder because he never...

Night Vision Pen is gearing up to start work on the next version of the pen. The first step will be to generate the funds necessary for the design and prototype of the version 2.0. That is going to be done via a Kickstarter campaign with an as yet to be determined date. In the meantime, feel...

Though you can answer that you used your GI Bill to get your ATP and type rating together so it didn't cost you anything to do it.

No kidding. 10 digit will get you weapons employment. I certainly don't think you need that specific of coordinates for an air drop of supplies, but then again if they are aways way off, maybe they need better coordinates.

If they said yes, I would be all over that!

You cannot combine the benefits of STA-21 and attend the Naval Academy. Also, as stated, the Naval Academy is for four full years. If you happen to test out of a lot of classes you can start working on your masters at a close by university during your first class year.

That doesn't suck.

I know it has already been said, but keep the focus positive while going through this whole process. Dreams become goals and the focus needs to be on obtaining those goals. The more focused you are on that, the more likely you will be to succeed. Good luck.