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I've always had a very transactional relationship with the Navy and SELRES - my objective was to always get more out of them than they got out of me, and I like to think I succeeded in that respect. I've also always worked for my entire career (11 years prior to commissioning, now +22 as a...

That would be "retire", but can't seem to be able to edit (or spell) today...

As an Intel DCO who's going to require in a few months - I will have ~2280 points. I never had any active duty time other than mobs, so I think this total is not atypical. As an O-5 >22 yrs, this will equate (in today's dollars) to ~$1600/month. So not too shabby for a career Reservist...

That's a reasonable explanation - except this was New-in-Box, unopened. My best guess is that it "fell" into the sock box in some big fulfillment center somewhere, and some poor SOB who ordered it had an un-Merry Xmas. Or he got some socks. :-)

For Christmas, my wife ordered some socks from Bombas (which is apparently a sock company). When the shipment arrived, in the box with her socks was an unopened box containing a Gerber 06 Auto folder, retail price ~$170. My wife called the sock company and asked "What's up with the Murdering...

Fascinating historical reading here - a first person debrief of Joe Foss's experience flying out of Guadalcanal in the Fall of 1942 and Winter of 1943. Good discussion of tactics and operations. http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Aircraft/VMF-121/ If you back out to the higher level on the...

I've been a member for 25 years. It's the best deal in country club golf in the DC area, by a long shot. It's especially a good deal if you are out of area, and newly commissioned. 54 holes of golf between the courses in Arlington and Fairfax, gorgeous clubhouse (after a long time of an...

And since HeyJoe is leading the trend in posting pics from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away - here's FlyinSpy after his 200th hr flight in the Prowler, circa 2007. Bouncing at Oceana is a tough way to log a 1.0 - my back still hurts...

Yep, that's the reg - and 200hrs is a pretty high bar for non-rated personnel. The VP and VQ communities in the Navy are really the only platforms left (Marines have some other options), TACAIR is dead as an option with the departure of the Mighty Prowler. I managed to qual for mine only due...

Spot on - almost 8 months to the day after I was eligible, received my NOE in the mail this week. (Not sure how much COVID-19 delayed the process.) Essentially didn't matter though - when the FY21 O-6 Select list came out a couple of weeks ago and FlyinSpy wasn't on it, I set a new land-speed...

Straight outa Chernobyl.... (The HBO series, not the town in Ukraine...)

Thanks - ASOSH shows me at 20 good years (so I've got that going for me...), but no LOE yet. No big deal, the real "play me or trade me" moment is this year's Board results in a few months. Selected, I hang around; non-select, AMF!

Fester, how long was it between your actual 20-year anniversary date and the time you received your Notice of Eligibility? I crossed the 20 year mark back in August, but haven't seen any NOE yet.

Au contraire...

For god knows whatever reason, I saved this on a C: drive a long time ago, and it has followed my system changes ever since. A grim read (even if it is all caps...).

I was there a year ago, in a bag the whole time. We were there as a unit, though, and the skids had been pre-greased. They are an anal bunch, but as was stated - what are they going to do to you?

"Knowing" being the other half...

I completed this when it was still called AJPME. It doesn't seem that the syllabus has really changed all that much, if at all. It was pretty relaxed - a bunch of distance learning stuff (including live facilitation one night a week via the computer). We had a couple of papers, and then two...

Convicted? No, never convicted...

As one of The Few, the Proud, the NAOs - I'll chime in. I'd concur with the general perspective that the qual is a novelty, but I've argued before that it also makes you a better intel O if you have some in-depth knowledge about how your platform is actually flown and fought. Bagging a decent...

Like a bar spoon, a bar cutting board, and a sweet hoodie (not pictured...). $51.26

I have a deep and abiding urge to punch that guy whenever he pops up.

As someone who has worked at your future organization in Chantilly for a long time now, and watched the traffic patterns change over that time, I'd highly recommend dialing up Google Maps with the traffic filter on at (local) rush hour for a few days in a row to get a sense of where the...

From a very limited sample size, it handled the Gemtech stuff with no issues. In a week or two I'll put it thru its paces outdoors with a full set of ammo, and will let you know how it goes. Next up: an SBR'd PS90, which my Spectre II will also fit. It is indeed a slippery slope....

Finally. The thing is ridiculously quiet, too. I shot it in my basement, and didn't need anything close to hearing protection. The action cycling was definitely louder than the shot itself, and the brass bouncing off the wall was also a contributor. I keep hoping the snake that showed up in...

No waiting period, but they still have to do the instant background check and then mail out more paperwork to the local CLEO - then they can mail it to me. In fact, just got notice that it was shipped earlier today. Will post a pic when it arrives; in the meantime, my initial stock of subsonic...

Nope, Virginia. One thing of note is that I went with an individual ownership vs a trust. Not sure if that materially makes a difference as far as the evaluation process goes.

Just got the notice of my approval; 6 months to the day from when I mailed it in. (Silencerco Spectre II, first time down the NFA route.) Had to do the final paperwork yesterday, should have it in hand by early next week!

Always wanted one, now I've got one. 6x40 SA scope. $1400 off of Armslist.

There's a distinction between mobilizations (involuntary) and voluntary opportunities, like ADT and ADSW. The latter cover a wide range of opportunities - many inside the Beltway, but also at fleet concentration areas and overseas. These tend to be split between long-term requirements (ADSW)...

As probably one of the more senior (only?) 1835s on here, I would say the opportunities are rare - but they exist. The best place to find them is here: https://private.navyreserve.navy.mil/CNIRC/ATADTADSW/Pages/default.aspx It's CAC-enabled, but it's where (as the name suggests) all IDC/IW AT...

Left-handed Tavor with Aimpoint PRO. Easily the worst trigger pull I've ever experienced on any weapon, anywhere. Conversely, the best balanced and most compact rifle I've handled. I'll take that trade, although I am considering my options for addressing the trigger issue - I'd rather not...

FWIW, 5 full mob's (and demob's...). The ass pain was considerable. The only easy one was the first one, for OIF in 2006 - that was before the Navy had set up the NMPS process. It was easy - signed some paperwork, and presto we were on active duty. After that, it was a series of multi-day...

It's Hedly!!

I've committed far greater acts of buffoonery that have warranted callsign changes. Ask me about losing 9mm magazines in Afghanistan....

My super-human power turns out to be that I apparently have 124% of the lung capacity of someone my height/weight - which makes treading water a breeze. (Learned that factoid in college when I sampled asbestos as a summer job, and had a detailed pulmonary exam.) When I take a deep breath, my...

Interesting factoid: Steamer paid his own way to go with JPRA to Laos to look for his father's remains. He speaks very highly of them (JPRA) and the work they do. As an aside, for those interested in primary sources, here is a great link with some of the after action details from the Boxer 22...

I learned a long time ago that you should try and keep your "Arrogance to Competence Ratio" at or below 1.0; Snowden seems well into the double digits by that measure...

I'll second the plug for AJPME here. Enrolled now and in Week 15; it takes work, but not at the red-ass / need to gouge my eyes out level. The first face-to-face session down here at JFSC is actually pretty good as far as these things go; the instructors all seem pretty sharp, and do a pretty...

Concur. The city itself is kind of sterile, having been bombed into a giant pile of rubble at the end of WWII. (In fact, I hiked the other day to a huge mound outside the city where they dumped all the rubble, to the tune of 15 million cubic meters. Weird, post-apocalyptic feel at the top...

I'm here in Germany (Stuttgart) right now on some AT, and just spent the weekend down in Garmsich climbing the Zugspitze (instead of going to Munich and drinking beer, which was at times a questionable decision...). I booked my room in Garmisch thru Expedia, which seems to have hotels large...

A prized possession of mine, picked up last year at a flea market in Tokyo: as far as I can tell, it is the commissioning photo for the AKAGI. Neat piece of history!

In other news, range safety rules appear to relax a bit when you're the Big Boss. How about that dude on the far right!! Click here for an interesting video: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2304287/North-Korea-latest-Get-ALL-embassies-told-evacuate-staff-Pyongyang-Kim-Jong-Uns-warning.html

True dat, but my copy-and-paste mojo is apparently weak today... Retrying:

Just don't micturate on the rugs in the P-ways, as they really tie the whole place together....

Push button, something spun inside, image stabilized = spin stabilized binoculars. :) http://www.hayneedle.com/sale/8x25isimagestabilizedbinocular.cfm?source=pla&adtype=pla&kw=&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=CNON005&gclid=CJ6KrcaMy7UCFY6e4AodQlgAtw They were awesome in Iraq for trying to spot the...

Or smash the bitchin's set of $400 Canon spin-stabilized binoculars that you bought with your gambling winnings from a recent ME phase if you drop them from that height. Not that I would know anything about that. (I'm looking at you, Pods....)

Be sure to give it more like 60 days. I've had a couple instances where "the fix didn't take", and had to send in an update directly to Millington. The good news is that the NRTC site automatically generates a "Course Completion Letter" (PDF) that you can easily print if you have to send...