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Maybe nobody at MATSG-21 is talking about these things, but everybody who it will affect, including HQMC, is talking about it. The future of NFOs is a regular topic and is not taboo. There are plans already in place to increase the number of NFO to pilot transitions and find new jobs for NFOs...

It's hard to answer this question online without sounding like a flaming dork but I'll give it a shot. Like everybody has said, leadership at each level is different. Where you are now, not much is expected of you. Show up on time, do what you're supposed to do, and don't get arrested. Any...

Like everybody has said, this sounds like somebody somewhere assed the whole deal up. TEMINS is common, but having people pay part or all of their travel expenses with no reimbusement is not. Have you seen your web orders? They should give you the details about where you're expected to go...

Yep. VH-60 is used by HMX-1.

I stay away from Vanguard, which was hard to do in Pensacola since that was all the NEX sold. Their NFO wings are also too small. You can just look at them and tell, so one of my buddies measured them out and found out they were not tall enough according to our uniform regs. Officers...

The latest avplan says that as of FY19 we will no longer need NFOs. However, we are scheduled to start getting ICAP III jets within the next six months. Call me skeptical but I find it hard to believe we're getting "new" jets to use for ten years then park. I don't know what the plan is for...

Before you get offended thinking people are blowing you off, realize that many of the mods and the webmaster are still on active duty so they deploy or go TAD on a regular basis. As such, whoever you sent a PM to might not have access to the site to answer your question. For regular users...

Your inability to read might be more a problem than the swimming: Yes they train you to do the strokes. The program is designed to take someone who knows dick about swimming and get them through. If your strokes suck, be prepared to spend some extra time with the instructors, but don't...

This has the potential to get ridiculous. Locked.

Same thing posted in two threads. Merged.

I'll answer the original question but wanted to address this first. I don't have any problem with officers with no enlisted experience. I've seen super stars and turds from both categories. If you allowed only enlisted Marine to become officers you would eliminate a whole lot of people...

You seemed to have everything figured out when you made this post in September. What's changed now?

While I think your heart is in the right place, it sounds like you need to do some serious thinking before you commit to anything. Prioritize what you want to do in life. Nobody will fault you for picking a mission over military service. What they will fault you for is joining (any service)...

I'm not saying you're wrong (about that) but expounding on my use of a tanker jacket. I'm sure, however, that you do get much use of your tanker jacket in CF, IQ.

Are you talking about the SAM BROWNE belt? I got a tanker jacket while I was a MECEP student and wearing Charlies at least once a week. Before that I never needed one and since then I have never needed one. When you have a leather jacket, everything else is a waste of money, right...

"Hammer From Above" would be a good start.

Per the uniform regs, you do have to have it. I know a lot of people don't, but this is one case where the SPCs weren't shitting you.

There was already one thread about this that had to be deleted. I didn't delete this one so there's a link to the article, but we don't need gossip about who was involved on this site. Edit: Slow connection. What MB said.

We got a brief a while back and several different options were given as far as Prowler FRS, including but not limited to: -Make a VMAQT at Cherry Point -Combine FRS into one of the operational squadrons and have a big VMAQ that does training and sends out dets (the other three VMAQs would...

Most places I've been stationed have a community college nearby that does this. The education office on base always seemed to know about it and always told me that TA would pay for it.

The Interservice Transfer Board message came out recently. Look at Paragraph 3.b.1, WARRANT AND RESTRICTED OFFICERS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPLY TO THE IST BOARD. I don't know if use of "Warrant Officer" includes all WOs and CWOs or not. Not saying it could never happen, waivers exist for a...

I know this is a stretch for some of you, but not everybody in the world wants to be a pilot. At least people like that can make up a partial volunteer force for that 10%. These people you're talking about, do they want to do it for a couple of years or for good?

I have this weird feeling that a high school senior is not a MCMAP black belt.

Hopefully you have better luck than I did. It took 7 attempts to complete my SF-2.

I knew some guys who did some creative stuff to get out of recruiting duty. Plus there were plenty of the guys who just said, "Give me an adverse fitrep and a DD-214" rather than be recruiters. For a while there was a huge backlog, people waiting 2-3 years to get screened for DI duty, so...

MARADMIN link for people who can't see the Early Bird.

WTF is this crap?

That picture predates AW stickers. Sorry to disappoint.

Taken at Deception Pass:

Better than the guy (WSO) in the class after me who intentionally filled his card out wrong. He wanted to be the SRO. Whatever helps you sleep at night. Okay, that was lame.

What a squadron considers a professionally developed officer is somebody with plenty of platform relevant quals. What HQMC considers a professionally developed officer is somebody who's done the circus act-MOS credible, IA or B-billet, joint tour, resident PME...

You do realize that the guy in the front right seat of the Prowler is an ECMO, right? We monitor starts just like pilots do. I get the feeling this guy was just giving him a hard time. I got a couple of those questions when I was there. I would just smile and act like I'd never heard of an F-14.

VT-4? 474 momentary on start 720 continuous 804 (30 minutes) 832 (8 minutes) all Celcius

Well, you almost got away with it, but here's where you got sloppy. You announced on a popular Naval Aviation website that you were going to do it. That'll get you every time.

I did MECEP so I have no insight on getting out and coming back in. Have you gotten selected for a commissioning program?

What they said. I thought OCS was physically brutal, but boot camp was more mental. Boot camp: I was 17, had never been away from home, and I was a beach ball with lips but the PT didn't kill me. Mentally it was tough because it was 13 weeks with no break. I stood on the yellow footprints...

I think what people are missing is that he's not looking for some link to some website that has some phone number on it. For people going into STA-21 and MECEP, talking to current/former students can help decide where you end up going. If the officers at the school give you the old, "Our...

Did you actually look at that site? It's pretty much just a placeholder until somebody actually makes a site. Nice try, but no.

Repost. You got your ass handed to you the first time. What is wrong with you?

While I understand that you're using "acting as PIC" as shorthand for "Logging PIC while sole manipulator of the controls as a pilot who does not hold the appropriate ratings for the category and class of aircraft being flown" I would caution you that there are some people out there who would...

Correct. If you start splitting time and doing the safety pilot thing, it gets more complex but for just taking your special lady out and showing off your skills, yes. Yes. Again, if you are splitting time and flying as or using a safety pilot it's not that simple, but hopefully that's...

Simply put: Part 1 PIC (Acting PIC): You have signed for the aircraft. For example you are already licensed/rated and taking your family and friends out for a flight or taking a plane out by yourself. For military purposes, Aircraft Commander time. Part 61 PIC (Logging PIC): You are sole...

I had two good experiences with Wachovia and will probably call them first when I'm ready to buy my next house.

Your name doesn't show up but I bumped up the vote count by one for you.

With ZBone's approval I added a poll to his thread. All posts were copied from the original thread. You can pick multiple options which I hope are self-explanatory. If you aren't a Marine, don't be an idiot and vote trying to be cute.

Vote for a third party. Go ahead, throw your vote away!

Stop. You always talk about how you worked in the DASC. Being enlisted working in the DASC does NOT translate to understanding how a flying squadron works. You might know the difference between a MWSG and a MAG but you don't know the intricacies of squadron operations. You just don't. What...

^Good post, except for the idealist business. Regardless of MOS, we're all Marines. If you can make it through boot camp/OCS you can take being roughed up a little here and there. Some people enjoy that. Some people need it. I'll admit, at first I wasn't a big fan of the program, but I...

Well, shit. Scrap the program. Somebody got hurt. Of course there are going to be some injuries. Some guys just really get into it and end up screwing up their partner. But to act like the fleet's going to suffer because aviators are required to be gray belt? Not buying it.

Is this a joke? We're talking about gray belt training. Not cage fighting. Not running an ultramarathon.