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Key word "used". A used 3 series in Italy can be had for sub-$8k quite easily. Probably 5ish.

Instead of F vs A designations, why don't we just break it down between "those who have contributed to the war in the past 12 years" and "those who haven't" ? Let the "Fighter Pilots" thump their chests all they want.

Currently the former, but not averse to entertaining offers from the latter. Blah. The 575M and the F430 are two of the most "reliable" Ferraris made as of late. Yes, I'm aware that's a very relative term though. Buying "modern" cars that aren't necessarily limited run is also one of the...

Not quite yet. I'm going to get a used beater while I'm over there; probably a 3-series, A4, or a VW something. The plan upon return is for something ridiculous and completely unnecessary. The short (but ever-changing) list for now is: 997 GT2, 991 GT3, 991 Turbo, 575M, F430, etc... I...

I like the way you think. You know what? I'll even throw in a signed (by me) guarantee stating that you will get jets.* Nah. Harrier PEP with the Italian Navy. Brutal, I know. * With that, alignment of the heavens, the needs of the DON, and good grades in flight school, you're golden.

Get out of the plane before it hits the water.

You! Yes you, Ensign (or 2ndLt). You know you need a new set of wheels to showoff your newfound status and potential future fighter-pilot self. You also probably need something to blow that career starter loan money on, don't you?* So, in the words of Jay-Z, "come here let me coach you."**...

I had a buddy eject from a Harrier that was upside down underwater. He got out fine, but his lower leg restraint didn't let go. SAR swimmer had to cut him free as he clung to the extended nose gear of the floating plane (drop tanks were empty). When you're upside down underwater with an auto...

I would love to see the Venn Diagram for those who will complain about their spouses losing their job at the commissary and those who complain about "welfare states" and such.

I did not know that. They might be the only people in the world to price match online stuff like Amazon. That's useful to know. Thanks. But ya. This. I'm lazy, the local exchange is pretty small, and I never remember stuff when I'm over there.

Short of fixed-price items (ala anything Apple), I really haven't found anything at the NEX that can come close to beating deals on Amazon. Sure, I've picked up a pair of pants or what-have-you from there, but that's usually due to laziness and a desire to fulfill the need for instant...

With the advent of the internet (amazon.com, anyone?) and "big box stores", the NEX is past its prime and IMO, it's only a matter of time before they get axed in the more populated areas. There is no reasonable justification for a government-subsidized store on base beyond essential military...

Fucking moron pilots.

I'm more "WTF" over how a guy who's 6'0"/160 played ball in college.

Damn dude, lighten up. Getting shot at isn't all that fun anyhow.

No he wasn't. Someone isn't a very observant viewer.

What bonus?

Sorry, but if you live in a town of, say >75,000, there's really no justification for a commissary, or much of the non-service-specific items at the exchange. Taxpayer subsidized groceries or goods at a rate commensurate with out in town? One of the first things I'd kill if I were slashing...

Boo-fucking-hoo. You can't use a commissary or an exchange. How utterly terrible.

The entire shutdown is due to the Tea Party nutters in the House failing to understand that they are not going to get their way with their 42nd attempt to defund the ACA. The shutdown is all about the ACA.

Wow, that's a lot of wrong in such a concise paragraph. Here, let me let Jon Stewart explain it to you, because 1) he's right and 2) he already did it.

Doubly so for the assholes who walk around with an AR-15 on their back and then sue the city because cops drew down on them. There is no justifiable reason to walk around a modern, first-world metropolitan center (or really, any populated area outside of some third world shithole) with a...

As someone at DLI learning a language for a PEP tour in a country not especially known for hard work, I can say that yes, there are some good deals still out there. There is a whole FPME/PEP/FAO world out there that the majority of the fleet is somewhat ignorant on. Hell, I find out about new...

That's pretty much exactly how a jet squadron is. If you're not blowing shit up, you're doing squirrel cages with a firewalled throttle. Of course that's when we're not playing beach volleyball.

It's fitting that a skid Q&A turned into a contest to find the biggest asshole. /smilies

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Yes. If memory serves, 6 of the initial 12 (and of the annual requirement) must be "live" controls. I don't have a TACP T&R or JFAC(A) MOU handy, but I'm fairly sure that's what the breakdown is. Edit: also, "sim ordnance" means nothing to a JTAC. It's all about the type of control for logging...

In the vernacular, the alternate (i.e. not live) is "SimCAS".

It just means something falling off the aircraft. Might be live, might be blue. Something other than "continue dry"

Even "off" it's still filtered. Google changed it about a year ago. Communists.

Robin Thicke went from Emily Ratajkowski to that? Damn, his 15 minutes were a brutal slide. If you don't know who she is, you'll want to google her, trust me... actually, use bing because google filters things you'll want to see.

What jarhead said. I won't lie, I joined the Marine Corps to fly. I wanted to fly jets for the Navy since I was about 5. When my vision started to go, I realized there was fuckall else I would want to do in the Navy (sorry SWOs) and the Marines seemed cool. Hey, we have tanks and big guns...

All this is doing is reminding me how much I absolutely loathe new car buying and car salesmen. I really, really want to see Tesla beat the dealership lobbies in a federal court and maybe slowly end all the pointless con-artist middlemen. A girl can dream, right?

Ah my bad. I misread that it was about the USAA thing and not the foreign sales. I blame the hangover. The struggle is the fact that I want a 997 GT2 or 575M when I get home, and buying a new S4 for 2 years overseas would probably impact that plan. PEP is in Italia flying Harriers with...

The S4 that I'm spec'ing out right now (but probably won't wind up buying) is about 9 grand under MSRP, so you get a pretty good break with Audi. I have a few friends who have done the Audi and BMW buys and have been really happy. I know I should get a beater for my PEP, but am struggling...

I never once addressed "service and sacrifice" nor implied anything to that effect. I was making a broad generalization about socio-economic trends that were advanced by the millions of people born between about 1944 and 1964. I'm not going to single them out for a pat on the back for serving...

I think if we reference the case of Duke v Duke (c. 1983), you'll plainly see nurture trumps nature. Newsflash: all cultures have their upstanding citizens as well as their assholes.

Or it could be that your generation has essentially raped and pillaged this country, taking everything they wanted, exported millions of jobs and boatloads of industry, lived a generally devil-may-care lifestyle for decades and now expects everyone else to pick up the tab and follow their...

FYI - jumping off the platform and swimming underwater for a chunk of the pool is (or at least was) part of the initial WS1 swim requirement for flight school bound 2ndLts.

A lot of them wind up in the intel field.

Perhaps it would behoove you to be semi-comfortable in the environment that your branch of service operates in 90% of the time. Just saying... "I can't wait to be a fighter pilot, but I get airsick every time I'm in a plane." Not sure why we don't attrite more people for such things.

Exactly. Half of me wants to prosecute the guy, the other half just wants to make him pay it back, promote him, and give him a SuppO job.

No, not "everyone" wants jets, even in the caste system USAF. That's a ridiculous assumption and no one would ever say that. It's just that old flight school (and "i had jet grades, but got drafted" helo pilots) mantra of 'distance from the ground = involvement in the fight.' Please, do go on.

Kids with life-sized flight simulators in their rooms won't have to deal with that issue.

What?!? They shutdown the golf course? Why? That's about the only thing to do on that base (besides the O'club). Based on it's condition in 09, it couldn't have taken that much $ to keep going.

Good. It's about damn time. The only imminent danger Zoomies face by sitting by the pool at the 'Deid is sunburn. 2013 will be my first year of no tax free or ID/HF pay since hitting the fleet in '06. Bummer.

Almost certainly. There was plenty of work to be had there. /Driftwood 20 (Sep 10-Apr 11)

Harrier wings don't fold, and we're on the boat all the time.

We have both. In my squadron, we'd wear brown leather with green flightsuits and desert boots with desert bags. Different squadrons/MAGs do it differently.

Um... We wear brown boots in the USMC too. Hell, I don't even have a pair of black boots - traded them in for an extra pair of brown ones.