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Some of the above mentioned things are in the Fleet for Officers in good standing unfortunately. We have to do long weekend Operational Risk Assessment worksheets, yes even Officers. The only curfews I have seen are in libo ports. I have never been called when on leave or liberty unless...

ATC really only provides harrassment when deserved, sounds like you deserved on both counts, no big deal thick skin and all, did you learn something? did you get home alive? if you answer yes to both then no harm no foul. "uhhh student pilot" as a response is an open door to more harrassment...

yeah they are all around the front gate, finance E-1 and above 30% interest compounded on the second. just kidding USAA is pretty good for a signature loan etc.

NEEDS OF THE CORPS decides the MOS for any attrites. Try wearing ear plugs 24 hours before the test, that should get you through it by making your hearing more sensitive. Good luck

A stronger package? Check out Tenacious D, I think they have the answers to all your package questions.

I seriously doubt anyone can top Pohang Korea for worst place on Earth.

It's not exactly a one for one with guns swap, the F-5 is a bit beefier in many areas. They look very similar but have some differences

The Chief makes a good point, the nationalist want us out, they want to be big boys now and flex a little international or at least regional muscle. Dont kid yourself we didnt spend all this time "occupying" Japan to protect Japan, we did it to ease the fears of all the other nations who got a...

Sure doesnt seem that way in Okinawa or Iwo Jima

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Becasue its a TH-57 and cool calsigns just dont really suit it.

I dont think I would be happy as an adjutant. Good advice above if you ahve further qestions ask

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A story told to me once of Saudis training to fly F-15s Approach: "Eagle71 traffic left 10 o clock 8000 ft, report traffic in sight" Eagle71: "I am not happy!" Approach: "I dont care if you're happy or not I need you to report that traffic or I will have to hold you" Eagle71: "I am not...

threadjack The last thing we need is for the Amphibs to think they are surface combatants any more than they do. Most of the amphibs I have been on dont seem to realize that 99% of the combat power they bring to the fight is all the guys in green that they see as reinforcemnts for cleaning...

Congrats now go drop some real ordnance. And put down the mouse and go celebrate, if you remeber your name at teh end of the night you're wrong

wow reaching way back to what two years ago, that was back in the day-didnt even need salt on the table huh (smiles simulated)

Easy there high speed, what are you shooting at? What effects do you want? If you're talking raw tonnage yes they carry more and make bigger explosions but if you have a column of tanks you would probably be better off with a division of Snakes shooting lots of hellfires, not always but more...

AH-1w in the really big pool days of 1997 Commissioned May 96 TBS Sept 96-Mar97 API Jul 97 Primary start Feb98-Oct98 Advanced start Feb 99-Aug99 RAG Sept99-Jan00 Fleet Feb00-today

Try a Cobra, the T-34 is luxurious compared. Once you add seat armor and a TSU it gets a little cramped.

You have gotta be sh!tting me. ok who is screwing around, this cant be serious. Are you sure the Marines are the place for you if you want to be a vegan let alone a vegetarian? By and large the Marines are a bunch of red meat eating, beer drinking barroom brawlers. In fact less than stellar...

When they come back to instruct. In later fams you will start to feel comfortable in the aircraft but the syllabus switches you from front to back and puts you in different regimes that you really wont be truly comfortable or know the aircraft before it is time to fly something else. You get...

I think that probably had something to do with Nixon's trips to China when the Us was playing all nice with the Chinese to provide a counterweight to Soviet influence in Asia. From a realpolotik point of view they had to jump in bed with the Russians since they were about to ahve a shooting war...

This is a very smart move. A closer US/India strategic realtionship is a good thing. Personal opinion India will be the shining star of Asia very soon and this century maybe the Asian century. Think about it, India is second to China in population, has more natural resources and has the...

same reasont he F-111, the F-105 etc were given F they had pointy-ish noses. Yeah they are expensive but built for a time when the B-2 were more strategic (read nuclear) and the 117 were mroe tactical. I am not against mothballing them but think they were a great airplane and did what they...

yeah because a bird that can only do air to ground in heavily defended areas is worthless. we better get something that can chase all those Migs we are going against and soon.........................oh wait

18k every year for six years. i.e on the aniversary of signing up you get a 18k check each year for six years

Marine bonus is 18k for a six year sign up, 10k for a three year sign up. This is for all pilots, a little less money for NFOs. Not a bad deal but some serious thought before signing up for that much time with out an out.

I think its in Pensacola, the good news is that is is free, well sort of. The idea of civilian instruction is to keep you coming back to spend money, hardsore doesnt always accomplish that

Well you will basically be running a DASC. You will take care of routing aircraft from one point to another for a FAC to call them in on targets. The good, a good DASCateer who knows waht is going on and passes on good info to the aircraft is a huge force multiplier, a bad one well the oposite...

Ok, coming in late to this due to some really busy weeks and poor connectivity on the lovely USS boat (damn whistles) As far as the Helo vs Jet there are many instances where it could happen and many where it just wont. The bottom line is the jet will out climb and out acclerate no matter...

No we dont challenge response but we have the PCL out and are following it. Sometime the bird is pretty much started before the front seater straps in.

I was talking starting the engine. Our landing checklsit is minimal i.e is the gun stowed. Two down and welded

I dont care what you fly memorizing checklists is bad, being very familiar is good. They are checklists for a reason. Dont be the guy that has a engine fire or something on start and not have the PCL out. I didnt know any better at the time but Ic ant believe the training command gets away...

Most of the NGLOs (Naval Gunfire Liason Officer) these days are WOs/LDOs. The NGLO we had at my battalion was shit hot. A chain smoking marathon runner who had called in 16" guns in Lebannon. Definitely a been there done that type, he is at ANGLICO now by the way. From what I saw most NGLOs...

Ok as near and dear as tactics is to my heart. I think we are getting close to discussions being held in ready rooms and in the interest of all their safety Im going to go ahead and close this thread. Any additions to the lsit Chuck published may be from sensitive sources and lets not tip our...

Its tough to fast rope guys in while going low and fast. We are treading very close to OPSEC stuff at this point but remember low and fast is not always teh answer sometimes a 2000' pattern doing diving fire for us or a spiral down for the assualts is the answer. Ask any Viet Nam era guy...

Depending on the circumstance and the method, great things, sometimes teh emperor needs to be told he's naked. Not saying this is teh case but quite a generalization there.

Adjsuting the time fuze is very different from a prox fuze that senses it is close and detonates. A prox fuze on an RPG wouldnt do too much good since it is a shape charge warhead and the energy basically goes in one direction very intensely vice a designed SAM that would blast out with some...

We are teatering on the edge of opsec but it is hard to put a prox fuze on anyhting man portable, the RPG does not have one, it is desinged to shoot at armor.

Ok this is more a Helo guy qyuestion but who has flown to the wrong ship? I have damn Tacan was down.

Yeah the 8th and I guys even edge dressed their nuts, that is hard core, sort of.

Very true BUUUUUUT, if you get the NAMI whammy then you have an MOS that might not be what you want. I agree it is a good course and I wish I had done it but didnt for that very reason.

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Cough bullshit cough. The older I get the better I was Smiles simulated.

Nope, just a drag reducer for the fuel cells, very tough to generate lift in stub wings on a helo unless youre talking Hind but you lose some stuff when you do.

Not onyl is this guy bitching on the wrong forum and anonymously but he is bitching about the wrong things. There are amny things to fix in Marine Aviation but he missed the mark and chose the wrong forum. The preferred method to handle this is get out then bitch as a public citizen and tax...

Warrior: The Autobiography of Ariel Sharon and David Channoff. A good read and some really good insight into fighting Arabs. Duel for the Golan by Jeffrey Asher. Walks you through the battle for the Golan in 1973, some good examples of inovation and combat leadership, a little chearleady...

It allows for a safe efficient way to split off your flight for landing at the same time bleeding off airspeed and not jamming up the routes into the airport/onto the ship.

Absolutely not do not make this decision prior to Quantico because you wont have any info. If it is something you are thinking about make it at Quantico after you talk to a bunch of people. find people who had both good and bad expericences in their MOS. Talk to the guy who was a Grunt and is...