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Overall that's good news. None of the traditional helo disassociated tours sound appealing so this might be worth the pursuit!

@AllYourBass do you know when in a JO's career FSEP is authorized? Can it be in place of a dissociated tour? Also what makes someone competitive for the program?

Sounds like a perfect opportunity to decommission the rest of the LCS fleet.

I couldn't find ground beef in the Sierra NATOPS but Motorboating" is still in there.

I had childhood asthma and can share my experience. I was familiar with the NAMI waiver process and went ahead with getting the PFT and MCT done before OCS. The tests were complete at a naval hospital, but no waiver in hand yet. Fast forward 11 months and I'm sitting at medical in OCS and the...

Ouch. Awesome. I'm glad that worked out for you, I'm hoping for the same luck with my detailer and front office.

Thanks Brett. That makes sense and I'd be happy to take a hit on my ranking if that helps someone else get a set of orders they want.

I'm in this unique situation and am curious how this conversation usually pans out with the detailer or front office. I have orders for my shore tour that take me right to 11 months until MSR and would like to extend where I'm at until my contract expires. From what I understand, orders are...

V-22 COD is now listed on the NOM sheet for first tour helo types. Any guess as to how many helo bubbas they're looking to transition?

PSD should know how to do this but at the end of the day its your pay, and every servicemember should take the time to understand what they are eligible for. At some point in your career your pay, or maybe one of your sailor's pay, is going to get royally screwed up. No one is going to care as...

I agree with the second method as well, ever since we started briefing the abbreviated way you get the dirtiest looks from old crusty pilots and crew chiefs.

Is it non-standard to brief CMI's during NATOPS in the Romeo community? HSC is supposed to start going away from reciting EP's during a NATOPS brief. A critique from a brief I had with the Skipper was "good job reciting the EP's in the brief but we should all know that stuff, let's focus on...

I winged 2015 and I got my commercial single engine airplane, commercial helicopter, as well as instrument ratings in helo's and single engine airplane. It's not handed to you once you complete, the senior winger had contact info in his/her passdown binder for an FAA advisor in Milton that would...

If you plan to ditch over the water, you are supposed to open the back doors and jettison the front windows to aid with egress. It helps by equalizing the water pressure inside the cabin so you can get the F out, otherwise, you are trying to push a door against a wall of water.

You better specify where he can use that vaseline, we don't want anymore fraud being committed around here

This is why firefighters stay on unemployment instead of accepting any job that comes their way, the pay does not compare or its outside their career field. In comparison to what most of us are used to the pay is low, but it is much higher than most jobs that are willing to hire you, knowing...

What is your definition of looking for and having the intention of accepting another job? While I was unemployed as a seasonal firefighter I was constantly looking for new career opportunities, alwhile having time and budgets funds to travel, improve my resume etc. it does not require your every...

Hate to break it to you but that is pretty standard for the fire service, more specifically on the forestry side of things. The majority of Cal Fire and USFS employees do this because its great for the younger guys to knock out training, volunteer at their local fire station, improve their...

This thread is always worthy of revival..... I had this new favorite brew at a friend's wedding last weekend. I've tried a few others from knee deep since then and I have not been disappointed.

Do you have more info on this story??

Your assumption is correct. They Navy does not utilize monocular testing with regards to color vision.

And no anti torque requirements just a tail rotor for directional control.

I found the replacement for the TH-57. Have there been any recent attempts at designing a helicopter with rotor tip engines?

Having a measurable value that you can read in the cockpit makes more sense...I guess one could argue that all you need to do is take the rad alt's reading +10. A favorite "gotcha" question the HT IP's liked to ask was "where is IGE measured from?" which is why that stuck out to me on the diagram.

Thanks for posting those @IKE. Why does the OGE chart have gear height on the left side vs rotor height in agl?

@busdriver staying low during a max gross weight takeoff until 50KIAS to stay out of the avoid range on the HV diagram made the "why we do this" click. @IKE Thanks for the explanation, I felt the dismissal of one effect for the other, as explained by some of our ground school instructors, was...

Thanks for the resource but I didn't see anything that references how the two phenomena relate, i.e. both being possible at the same time, unless I'm missing something.

Do we have any aerodynamic experts that can explain whether or not you can have the benefits of ground effect and translational lift at the same time? So my understanding of ground effect is that it provides a more efficient rotor system by dissipating rotor tip vortices that would normally...

They still have two night contact flights which are unaided and 6 goggle flights towards the end of the syllabus.

Pensacola doesn't have one, you have to go to Mobile AL for such luxuries.

Interesting stuff. How long did the transition end up taking would you say?

How was the transition from Navy to Army? Is there is a similar program like the Coast Guard's program has for Aviators?

My old supervisor passed this along and I thought it was interesting.

I wasn't sure the exact time frame. I vaguely remember the staff saying a lot of changes took place close to 9/11.

Florala has its burritos and Bay minette still has the free bbq!

SERE has added other scenarios to its curriculum within the past 10-15 years that covers gray areas such as being detained by a hostile government during peacetime, and also being held in a hostage situation.

Although he was not a POW, he was a detainee which has it's own rules and regulations to abide by. Regardless, I don't understand how someone who hasn't been through SERE would know how to conduct themselves in that situation.

As of Nov 2015 there was still a no fly zone over the horse farm in the eastern operating area.

Fair Winds and Following Seas BzB. You will be missed by all of us.

As long SelRes is still in the cards for me I am happy. Thanks for the clarification.

"Reserve officers must have less than 16 years of total active military service to qualify for receipt of orders or recall under active duty for operational support." Anyone have experience in trying to enter the Reserves with more than 16 years of total military service? By the time my initial...

Thanks Gatordev!

Do we have any private forums for HSC or rotary?

Just winged out of whiting field today!...requesting single anchor wings please.

IMO, owning up to your mistake is of utmost importance so good on ya

I was arrested for a public intoxication the year prior to being selected. As long as your honest, upfront, and don't try to blame the police, bartender, etc for what happened, you will set yourself up the best you can given the circumstances.

Don't count on LASIK right after API, that is not the norm. NAMI does not like to intentionally med down their students.

At one of our recent Commodore's calls, they mentioned the new osprey pipeline that should be rolling out in 2016. Our Commodore said the latest change will be students who select osprey's will stay in the VT's to complete an extended instrument syllabus in the T6. After that they will head to...

I'm speaking about the guys flying hueys. They have generally spent 3-4 years min to get where they are. Yes there are those positions making next to nothing, ie the CWN (call when needed) bell 206 B3's guys making close to nothing. I'm just saying the fire service takes care of there pilots...

I can tell you cal fire and most USFS contractors pay a lot more then then WA's DNR. That article is putting there state's pay scale on blast, that's not an accurate reflection of the rest of the fire service.