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They do, but I’m talking about tonnage, they’re talking about TEUs. Containers were a relatively new thing in the 70s, so they were generally not massive ships due to ports still developing the infrastructure to handle them. That doesn’t mean massive ships weren’t being built at the time. Point...

This is a bad graph as hscs says as well. Tankers have been massive since the 70’s, and also completely different in their tonnage. I remember talking to a QM type chief like a decade ago while on an ADT as a reservist doing chart corrections for the boat as it was getting ready to deploy...

We send people into combat in these, so what’s your point?

Which is why I drafted a very vague DFC for him. If we wish it to be real it will be.

Come on man. Are we this gullible? Did anyone really think a Harrier was out there shwacking drones (especially at a higher rate than aircraft optimized for A/A)?

I heard the drones killed themselves after being exposed to the Harrier’s shriek.

I heard these suicide drones were actually manned to be IAW with the Houthi definition of a suicide drone, and that Erhart gunned them, andddd he did it with the canopy open and a cigar in his mouth. And all of this was in a single flight. Also, (rumor) he went and took down an entire Houthi...

/sarcasm

People fly Harriers still? Weird.

Welcome! Your husband should be receiving E-5 pay and corresponding BAH as long as he list you and your children as a dependents. However, paperwork tends to get messed up every once in awhile and require corrections at the beginning, so have a plan for not receiving the appropriate amount for a...

They should make the camo blue to reflect naval heritage. Give me a NAM for that idea.

What are the chances they’re just showing him google earth photos? https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-koreas-kim-received-photos-taken-by-spy-satellite-white-house-pentagon-2023-11-27/

“Tanker Takes Off From Carrier: Fear our Gas” “Lone Super Hornet Launches to Take On Entire Hamas Air Force” Some good headlines from that for you Chuck.

EP-3, NOAA P-3, or CPB P-3 most likely.

Bad gouge; it’s what level of training they complete. It’s just typical for dudes in those units to complete that training and hence why we see it on dudes associated with them. Silver wings are basic jump wings where the gold ones in the Naval Service denote they have met an the advanced...

Dude, all of his links are routed through an organization funded by the Koch brothers… Clearly he is gathering these articles on his own, and not being fed cherry picked articles by a highly biased and financially motivated institution. Really thinking for himself.

Fuck off dude. I’m pretty supportive of Israel’s right to defense, but advocating bombing a million innocent people is beyond unethical, especially when you consider every avenue of escape is closed off to the general population. Israel has the right to respond to Hamas and threats to their...

It’s what’s in the brochure

Also, open source claim that Ukraine destroyed an SA-20 or 21 site in Crimea with an apparent step up of strikes over that past couple of days. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66805897.amp

Hmmm. Insane conspiracy theories; good thing we don’t have people espousing that shit here.

Yea dude it was a joke; I’m refering to BFM. I’m not saying they’re going to hit each other, but an stud with zero experience of where to look in the sky for the bandit will probably struggle (as I did with a brightly painted orange jet). They’ll figure it out. Last time I flew anything with...

Marines watching the Navy discover some dumb arbitrary uniform rules that make zero sense and drag down morale through daily inconveniences. “So you’re saying you rather me run out of gas on the side of the highway than ‘grossly dishonor the Corps’ and stopping at a gas station? You’re a...

Hope those T-45 studs have studied their lost sight game plan! That jet is going to be hard to see in haze gray.

Different LAFFEY, but same valid point (it’s predecessor was smaller).

Helicopters aren’t exactly hard to shoot down, especially with MANPADS… insurgents were shooting down Blackhawks every other week in Iraq for awhile with just RPGs. While modern weapons, they didn’t have any resemblance of an IADS as we know it on their little March. A further data point that...

Navy/Marine Corps - “We don’t have a retention problem; we’ll promote all of them to O-4 and give them more non-flying responsibilities, that’ll make them stay in.”

Against his will? Transitioning (or not transition) has its consequences in all platforms. Every dude I know that has gone FAC from my T/M/S has volunteered to do so. YMMV and transitioning aircraft has its consequences.

No, show me an article that says the US is going to transfer vipers to Ukraine. Yes Kinda

If you want to be a JTAC and a pilot, join the Marines. Solved it for you. The next conflict isn’t going to look like the Middle East where on call CAS is always there and people will actually have to fight it out on the ground instead of just hucking a JDAM to solve the problem. JTAC/FACs will...

Please for the love of god, stop being weird about this.

Do not preference platforms based on the wait for follow on training. It’s a few beans in the jar at the end of the day. Cheers and good luck with your selection.

Don’t let him know about the caterpillar drive. It’s classified.

It’s not the distance, it’s the depth. An antenna long enough for extremely low frequencies would be difficult to get into space (I think). The concern is communicating with submerged subs (you can generally solve the distance problem the ionosphere). ELF has excellent propagation though water...

Or better, let us stay hero’s as Captains in the fleet!

They take us out behind the barn and thank us for our service. Some will transition, some won’t. The legacy commands manage people based on requirements until sundown and career desires. There’s plenty of people that want to stick with legacy platforms until their last flight and then get out...

I don’t think think submarines will be relevant in any peer or near peer conflict due to 50 years of technological superiority and atrophy of not being involved in a conflict since WW2. See how dumb that statement sounds because I know nothing about submarines. We still field the finest...

Are you prior? 31 is pretty old to start applying, fairly certain 27 is the limit there. Okay, dude.

The one and only time he will ever be mistaken for a Marine.

- The one tactical jet in Naval Aviation without a Martin Baker seat. Tip of the spear, once again.

Welcome to flying legacy jets. ?

You guys get fire bottles? Lucky.

Almost like there’s a formula for that…

Yea…never saw you in there.

Man that would suck to select C’s only to find out you suck at landing on a boat.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_military_deception Props if you get it’s reference in literature

Don’t they have these things for your use in the VT’s? Why are you guys dropping money on them if they’re already available?

Life Hack: If your vehicle is completely impractical, you’re never the DD.

I’m deeply disturbed that’s there’s Naval Aviators discussing minivans. If it isn’t completely impractical, then you shouldn’t be driving it.

Only if they’re lucky and don’t suck.