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Shit man, you put just about anything in between that bolded statement and it would be the truth. Reaper. KMAX. A six pack of O'Doul's. Snickers fun size Halloween candy bag... Edit: We've done some good work with that airplane. But we were limited by what we had, not by the capability of the...

Of course it matters. Do you think the senior Marine isn't going to ask around about him? Which answer to "who is this guy?" will give him a second look vs a hard no out of the gate: "Well, he seems to be a loner, his peers don't really like him, won't shut up about how he doesn't want to fly...

Are you saying that your reputation among your peers doesn't matter? If so, you're very wrong. In the aviation business your reputation will absolutely precede you, and it will carry a lot of weight. You will get, or lose, or never have, opportunities based on what others think of you...

Ah, so a couple of wiki articles and the glossy pamphlet got ya huh? Or was is the lava monster commercial? That was is pretty badass. If it's something that you really want to do, and you're willing to potentially risk your reputation on it (word travels fast- especially about ENS and...

Dude. That shit happened in the 80s to guys who were the exceptions that proved the rule. If an OSO wouldn't talk to you, there's probably a reason for it. TBS sucks anyways. So stop sucking, go to flight school and learn to fly airplanes. Maybe you'll get to fly one that says NAVY on the side...

Even further than that, the USMC should have bought F-15E's instead of the D model legendary Hornet. Edit: Yes yes, they'd never figure out the training or supply or maintenance processes, but as far as what the USMC wanted to do with the D, the Mudhen makes a lot more sense.

Hey new guy- No one invited you to take the stage. So come up with your own damn jokes.

Replace "Manage the Indians" with "Be a SWO."

Why would you expect any love for SWOs on an aviator's forum? What do SWOs say about aviators? (BTW- SWOs lie about aviators- every SWO would trade places in a heartbeat, but I've never met a Pilot/NFO/Aircrew who would give up their job to be a SWO.)

I wasn't serious dude. I remember getting some vaccinations at OCS, but we did all of the medical stuff prior to showing up.

Expect to give all of your blood. The Corpsmen even make you take your own sample. It weeds out the weak asses who can't stand the sight of war. It's why the Marine Corps practices bleeding regularly.

I don't think it will always be that way. I think an archaic system has to move forward or it will fail. The fact is that the fighter mafia did their job once recently, and they kinda fucked it up in the process, and yet they get a fucking medal and a ticket to flag officer, is nothing more than...

You and I both know that it isn't that simple. Having the pilots cap out initially at CWO 100% speaks to the capability expected out of leadership, as well as the credibility that Big Navy wants out of this community. The Navy doesn't want a legitimate, professional, standalone, warfighting...

I can see this working from within the squadrons- but externally I think there will be significant problems that will keep the community from growing into a legitimate player at the table instead of being related to bus boy. From the VMU side, we had RQ-2 SNCO external pilots that were flying...

These are a good points. There are not enough people in either the UAS persistent ISR/Strike or the Intel communities that can actually describe how the joint targeting cycle and the PED cycle intertwine and work together. The USAF tries at the MQ-9 FTU (FRS) but it's too high level of...

It seems to work okay for the C-2 community. And it works okay for the VMU community. Small doesn't mean bad- plus everyone and their brother wants an O-5 MQ/RQ trained guy on their staff. The people they get are varied in both their experience and skill from, "Yeah, I looked a UAV when I was...

Cool. Again. Bourbon. Cheers!

Will someone please tell me why this is a good idea? Seriously; Please explain how this will do anything but keep the Navy UAS program behind every other service.

The 18X community has been strong enough that this hasn't happened in 5-10 years, and it peaked around 2005, when the MQ-1 and MQ-9 transition started. I've always found it interesting that the Navy lags well behind the Marine Corps in this regard. I find it laughable that they want to fill...

I've heard the same thing- but I suppose I haven't been around long enough to say either way. It's also 'Rona and min staffing, so everyone is getting paid to stay home.

I acknowledge the history of it all, but it has always bothered me. I don't believe in any of it. My oath is to the Constitution, not the Bible. Yet we always had a Christian guy try to bless every ceremony. It didn't bother me too much until my wife, after 10 years, said," Why do you do this...

You and me both. Our experiences are about as different as the way we serve (this isn't a bad thing!). After 11 years of USMC promotion, change of command, retirement, birthday, re-enlistment... ceremonies- during the last one- after the benediction- my wife turned to me and asked, "Does the...

It is most definitely not, and no matter what anyone says, be ready to have Christianity thrown at you at every official command ceremony. Everything starts with an invocation from the Chaplain as an official part of the ceremony. But yeah, the military doesn't push a certain religion on...

Right, wrong, or indifferent- OCS isn't the place where you want to stick out among your peers.

Have these guys do it and get on TV! http://www.ricksrestorations.com/

Aviator nerds who actually like to live and work on a boat. News at 11...

Easy- Own the L-19, Fly the AH-1 once- and kill the M1A1 with a couple of hellfires on the AH-1 flight.

It is (er... was...) such a small community within the Marine Corps anyway. I'm sure this applies to just a handful of officers and SNCOs. The joke used to be that the NC Army Guard had more tanks than the entire Marine Corps. I'm not sure how true that was, but it is believable.

Did a Marine steal your girlfriend or something? Yuma ain't that bad man. It's got some good food and beer, the public golf course is pretty nice, and the town generally likes the military being there. It's too bad that the German folks retired and couldn't find a buyer for their restaurant...

Find an ANG unit that you want to fly with and go that route!

I knew about that one. I just didn't read your post all the way through. Probably because it wasn't written in crayon.

Wait- what did I miss? There was another ship that lost in this incident?

The focus of the various services PLC/OCS/OTS/O-Whatever-S is as vastly different as the services are themselves. Marines live in a giant squadbay, and focus on a shitty existence in the field doing small unit infantry tactics. Navy guys live with a roommate or two, and learn about boat stuff...

Fast dumb and happy at 80k- then a motor magically explodes and they have to descend 55K ft in about a minute and slow way down, and then the Foxbats show up... Hmmm....

https://www.goang.com/discover-ang/missions/isr/space-mission.html Space Force Space Guard. For those of us who went to college for the shitty girlfriends and to drink too much PBR.

I joined the Marine Corps solely because it was the first service to offer me a pilot slot. It worked out okay for me.

This thread deserves a double whammy of Lloyd Christmas!

You ask too many questions that have been answered by the internet numerous times since Al Gore invented it... The Marine Corps lifestyle is very different from the Navy. TBS isn't fun. You'll likely live on a boat if you're a Marine. The Marine Corps still has plenty of non-flying tours...

It's the sum of 3 cubes. It's the answer to life, the universe, and everything (yes everything, even your chances)- Look within and you'll find it. Come back in a millenia we'll tell you- let us know if you got in, and you'll understand you're either a 1 or a 0.

The paycheck is still coming in, right? You're still earning 2.5 days of leave per month, right? You're still in the military, right? You're not on a boat or in some shithole country where people are trying to kill you, right? Sheesh man, you've been in for like 2 days and you're already...

Closed in August with a 2.25% with GuaranteedRate.com on a new home. They're aggressively pursuing the VA Loan market.

I didn't see it this year either.

I love the King's Quest games. I recently found all of Sierra's library on GoG.com. Good Old Games is run by CD Projekt Red, and they don't have DRM on any games sold through them. They are way better than Steam.

Yeah, if I opt in to the warzone I lose all of the private forums (PNA, help wanted, and contributors). But if I opt out, I get those back. Easy decision for me- the warzone is a dumpster fire.

Only a meathead yut yut would say that....

It did. Apparently the fargin laser ran a bit too.... Dangerously...