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Or you could do what you are told regardless of feelings, blend into the woodwork and wait until it is over. This approach is not a bad way to complete any type of initial training. I don't pretend to know how significant brown shoes are in the USN but I can recognize when a command is...

We Were Soldiers.

As for arrogance, havent met many Marines have you? Yes all of the US armed forces are bound by the same UCMJ Laws of War etc and noone here is advocating not abiding by those tenets. There are some very good Army units and I dont want to take anything away from them but there is something...

OPSEC caution in effect.

You declare war on "Afghanistan" yes international law does not have the ability to deal with non nation state players but they are the "sovereign" government of Afghanistan. International law is pretty clear: uniform or in the absence of a uniform something identifying and "blatantly" carrying...

The unfortunately easy answer that no one ever takes is a formal declaration of war. We haven't declared war since WW II. Had we declared war on Afghanistan post 9/11 then all the Taliban are no kidding unlawful combatants (no uniforms, no marking etc) and can be shot as spies etc legally...

F/W or R/W? You can get in and out of Charlie Brown Fulton County from the west (r/w low) without really having to deal with the class B unless there is a learning objective to meet. don't bother ATL tower, dont fuck with the surface area at all. Have fun, it isnt that bad.

I guess when you are unwilling to do any real fighting in Afghanistan your military has to get it's adrenaline fix somehow.

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Actually he is spot on, as soon as the Fed stopped spending on make work projects the economy shrank. WW II namely selling arms to the the combatants then buying them for us to use did what the new deal couldnt. By the way those weapons were manufactured by the private sector. After the war...

Not that I have ever heard. First thing I hear from the old guys is how F'd up the community was in regards to mishaps etc and second how unsurvivable it was when sent down range (before my time but some very strong opinions voiced by both F/W and R/W guys). Anything a Bronco could do an F-18D...

Or the accounts of the Night Witches in Russia. Female pilots who flew biplane bombers at night. They shut down the engine to glide over German positions avoiding visual and acoustic detection to drop a couple bombs ruining Werhmact crew rest then airstart and fly home.

Did you even think this through before posting? any OV-10 an L class ship was a gimick at best. Without ORDNANCE there wouldn't be much point would there?

Sounds like a great deal for the Navy........oh wait.

Looks like some kind of catastrophic failure that he was able to safely land and quickly. Don't know the details but guessing I am closer than the original poster.

Yes. OSOs don't usually blow much sunshine up potential candidates asses.

Yes there is always a tremendous need for Intel Os. TBS numbers varygreatly but even if you dont get it at TBS there are many programs that take Captains out of one MOS to move them to intel.

Do you honestly think any recent graduates of TBS are qualified to teach weapons and tactics?

Is yellow striped ordnance in short supply in your part of the world?

Still on ANVIS-9s though we should be due for an improvement soon.

We're done a discussion of the man who just lost his family is tacky and unbecoming.

Not even close, NAPALM was inaccurate and unpredictable both are very bad for CAS. NAPALM looks cool and had/has it's uses but CAS really isnt one of them. Sometimes smaller bombs, rockets and the gun are the best choice for CAS (it can get close). NAPALM is great for hit the forested hill where...

If you think that is an ass chewing think long and hard about the Marine Corps. You will be held to an all but impossible standard and get a real ass chewing when you fail to meet it and that is just the try out phase. That wasnt an ass chewing that was mildly having a laugh at your expense...

You have a gurantee provided you meet the prerequisites (this is all spelled out in the contract). Assuming you are medically qualified you will be sent to flight school after that it is up to you to perform. The Marine Corps will uphold its part of the bargain.

Why not buy a house live in it a rent a one of your rooms out like you are describing yourself doing?

Most everything is waiverable. I am going to assume you did fairly well at TBS and probably have at least a few Instrucors (SPC Company CO etc)) who might go to bat for you. I do know of many prior guys who were close to if not equal to your age. You earned it start calling in some help and...

That is too bad when I was at the grunts the safety stupidity hadnt infected them as it had the wing. That and organic soy milk in the DFACs in Iraq has doomed our beloved Corps.

It would seem from the MARADMIN that one could take the one year 4K then sign up for the long or short at the conclusion of the one year hitch. This thing smells of even more desperation than normal bonuses.

That sounds bizarre, weather briefers do not make a decision as to when to fly and when not to. Did you use ask to go Special VFR? Did you thank the weather briefer walk to base ops file and go fly anyway, you would have been perfectly legal to do so.

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Isnt every flight as a new guy in a squadron a checkride for all intents and purposes?

Not on the once or twice a year sandstorms come up. PAR for all my friends. I seem to remember getting a VFR stamp in flight school and since then not as much.

You are in an aircraft that puts out a shitton of EM energy and your cell phone interferes with ICS, your shielding must be phenomenal and abyssmal at the same time. I have never had a problem with either cell phone or blackberry in the A/C, I seldom turn them off.

There are fins that "pop" out upon exiting the tube and this imparts a spin like a bullet but once shot there is nothing to guide rockets to the target other than a solid profile and a well aimed shot. There are laser giuded rockets in development but in my personal opinion if they just spent...

As far as I know the only issue is horizontal shoulder holsters. This is based on posts here. I had one in theater until early 08 but I was on a somewhat backwater FOB away from glowbelts and silliness for the most part. My post was intended to illustrate that most holster are susceptible to...

The somewhat arbitrary "flagging" rules are an interesting study. If you wear a thigh drop holster and you sti at a desk/table across from someone you have in fact flagged them. I have the Galco Miami classic but now it seems in the way of most things I will need a new holster for my nest...

Depends on too many factors to even try to catalog. Decent reputation and sufficient amount of contrition coupled with a good MMCO and life goes on for most.

Alcohol and being female rarely works out well in the Arab world. UAE is about the most "liberal" of the public stoning crowd but this is not a good thing. The embassy needs to be involved yesterday.

I have seen (from one of the finest SgtMaj I have seen) and adopted E-6 vice SSGt only in a case where SNM did not live up to obligations encompassed by that rank. guy goes UA and other baffoonery he is hence referred to as an E-6 until his court martial.

Some AF bases have done away with the DOD sticker altogether. Doing away with the DOD sticker basically takes all bite out of on base speeding tickets.

The only "true" interservice transfer of this type that I am aware of was on the reserve side a NG Kiowa pilot got a transfer to the USMC as a Captain to fly Cobras (in the reserves). Those of us observing thought it was more than a little f#cked up that a guy could become a Marine officer with...

I honestly think that if "green" tech can work the military applications would be incredible. If a hydrogen burning engine could be made to power a tank and gives off water as a byproduct-the two things we need to truck millions of gallons are fuel and water as we invade desert nations. The...

What you couldnt stay on gride srope and kept going reft of course? Go home Gaijin.

[/B] I think they call that basic airmanship.

PAR to mins is pretty standard SOCAL flying. Marine layer rolls in while you are shooting at Yuma or the Stumps. Fly VFR on top get a PAR pick, break out at mins taxi to the CALA and download. Pretty much SOP. If there is any doubt as to the competence of the controller ask for the...

No more bad experiences than anyone else but I seldom give up a chance to smut another community.

Before your fuel guage does?

Radar on the Harrier is a fairly new thing and prior to LITENING the non radar variant was much prefered by supported ground units due to having an LST. Radar doesnt really bring that much to the CAS fight.

At least your sensor upgrade is as easy as changing a pod and doesnt take an airframe change and contractor infighting, our FLIR sucks.

I really think we need a DASC(A) package for the Osprey put it in the back go to 10K loiter and talk. Be a nice asset for the MEU.