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Flahlight-Fu the deadliest martial art know to SWOs. Is that whythey all carry flashlights?

For anyone who doesnt have wings I would say avoid them to an extent once you are safely in a squadron if you are no kidding sick go see them. The only thing I had while in primary was strept throat and the doc gave me anti biotics that still allowed me to fly. Once in the Fleet it depends on...

Most Fleet squadrons a secret will allow you to see everything you need to know baout your aircraft and the threats out there. COs and Xos will have TS. Other than that Im guessing if your aircraft or mission requires it you can get TS (very long pain in the @ss process)

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Also some not all of your techno engineer types are scared off by the six months of fun in the quantico swamps therefore they are more likely to go to the other services and so our beloved Corps gives aviation guarantees to lowly history majors like me who liked the options if flight school...

At TBS it is basically divided into thirds and then you pick there are many posts that tell all about this process and the good and bad of it

Chapstick, baby wipes, gatorade mix, beef jerky magazines like sport illustrated maxim menhealth, newsweek etc. Are all good ideas. soft toilet paper is good were all very popeular when I was there with the grunts

I all of a sudden miss Tango1 can he be most annoying emeritus?

Uhh let's all remember the Brits invaded Iraq with us and their boys are dying there right besides ours. The blackwatch took over a zone to free a Marine Battalion and since they are the only Ally I would trust to go into battle with let's go easy on them we have some freaks saying some nasty...

According to our Royal Marine Exchange pilot that newspaper is so left wing they pine for the days of Stalin and the Cold war hoping to return to the "Worker's Paradise" they dont put any more stock in it than most American's do in Michael Moore

Ahh yes wonderful weekend it was, it was like tailhook never happened

I'll send some Cobra pictures to you so they can be added, I feel so left out right now. Just kidding I like the new stuff.

I went to Vegas on mine had a great time. It is a whole different world flying in to Vegas yourself the FBO is great and they treat you very well since they are used to dealing with celebs. I originally was going to my hometown but a big hurrican on the east coast stopped that. It is always...

My school had the option of one class a year pass/fail not a bad deal and you can put minimal effort in and still pass

I think that the current system is good there are threads people can refernce numerous times. I think chat might get clobbered by bots and other crap too.

A house is definitely the way to go and DO NOT BE A HERMIT you would be amazed how much drinking buddies end up study buddies and sources of gouge. I fyou get a house make sure you have a good military clause ie one guy gets orders you all have the option to get out

Back in 95 it seemed that PLC had a slightly higher acceptance rate than OCC. The big thing is PLC you are still in college and can always re-apply for OCC if you dont get selected. Things may have changed but the OSO is not going to steer you wrong. Is this a question of going to OCS this...

Why am I picturing him as a guy who didnt exactly tear it up in the fleet?

Having grown up in New England and some bitter disapointments I'm so glad they lost and am cautiously optomistic about the world series

Actual conversation late Saturday afternoon. Guy: "Dude how do I get to Tijuana" Me: "Go south on the five until the houses get really sh!tty" Guy:"Where is the Five" Me: "Go west on Miramar drive and you will see a sign for it" Guy: "Which way is west?" Me: (with huge laughter from other...

Oh God Miramar. The freaky airshow people were out in force there. Did anyone else see the weird dude in the powder blue flight suit and high heal boots. It was as though the Blue Angels and the Village people had a love child together. I love the dumb questions we get though static display...

You forgot the UDT shorts on Pensacola beach with the dogtags.

He gets to decide whether to even submit your package and if he sends a lot of turds it reflects on him too.

#1-any enemy and where #2-zone mark #3-dust, obstacles and slope #3-wind direction #4-where you will be when they land Ask the assault support guys but this i waht I learned from a year FACing And NO not nearly as picky as the Arty guys, just talk to us and we can help, we will pull...

Pecos still do burritos and ice cream what a great deal that was. Wouldnt want to break down there but a nice place to stop.

The Navy needs good SWOs. I had just about had my fillof bad on an Amphib then went over to a Frigate for some mission planning and it was a breath of fresh air. They were professional knowledgeable and all about getting the mission done. I was very impressed with the ships captain but I...

tires are for losers "Two down and bolted" just kidding dont want to start a war or anything.

Ok yes there is a Bell Mafia or wellfare whatever you want to call it and yes a lot of former Coloners and Generals now work for them (great 60 minutes investigation) and yes that is the reason we have among other things the osprey and yankee model huey vice buying the 60 and replacing them...

USAA is good to go when deployed I just tell them it wont be driven and the rates drop appropriately and they dont nickel and dime you. I had a wreck and they just cut me a check and went after the other guy I didnt even have to go get estimates. Sometimes you get what you pay for that extra...

I'm sure they will rebuild. Ah yes great memories at all those places, to be in the pool waiting to fly again, didnt know how good I had it. Coconuts on wednesday night, the beach on thursday, Bama firday and Seville saturday it was a cliche but it felt so right. And you could always mix it up.

1) Carnage and Culture buy Victor Davis Hansen. Great read and deals with some of the cultural issues of warfare. 2) On Killing forgot the author-the psychology of training for war. 3) We Were Soldiers Once and Young 4) I'll second Red Storm Rising a bit dated now but a good read on how the...

Read it on the boat and in Iraq when I had time. Liked it not sure about some thing but definitely made me think. Hard to put down

Do they still have that stupid cheap Hooter's knock off right by the strip club (you know which one I mean)?

Can we find some jet guys to argue with now? Or better yet let's pick on the DASC they really suck

Forward Air controller- and one of the most rewarding though sometimes painful jobs you can do. You call air support in for infantry and tanks and basically serve as an aviation expert to a ground unit. It does have some career enhancing qualities and sonetimes you get a good deal on the back...

Ahh the glorious angst that is the Marine helo community. As frustrated as I have been from time to time with my "tired" colleagues and their lack of tactical savy the bottom line is I admire and respect the Phrog guys for going into some zones LLL but shooting controlling fixed wing and...

A resounding "NO!" to the first part. The Army medevac birds with the big red cross are exclusively medevac birds and go unarmed and I'm guessing a little afraid counting on that big red cross to protect them (that and an escort sometimes) too bad this is a throw back to days of civilized...

Ginger but a very close race

"Well enough about me let's talk about flying"

PCS-permanent change of station, orders to go live somewhere else for about 3 years

First of it it TAD in the NAVY USMC. But since the Army AF uses TDY as teh acronym it stays. It can be anything usually schools ie Im TAD to Pensacola for CRM training. It is basically anything less than PCS when they need you to go somewhere.

I REALLY HATE INCOMPETENT SDOs!!!!!!!!!! Like the ones who say "no Sir youre not on the schedule tomorow at all" Then as I roll in at 0730 and look at the board I see Im flying until 0030. I ran out and the DOSS didnt see me so Ill go back i and fly but that lt and I will have words. Done...

Be number one and it is gauranteed. I dont know how the whole quality spread works but my winging class all pretty much wanted something different. Number one wanted 53s good news for me as number two. As you went down some guys got airframe or coast but not both. Bottomline is study and fly...

I dont know what the most current policy is, I had one my junior and senior years and had enough friends with cars prior to that to get around ok

Ok here it is from a guy that did all four years at Norwich. It was the most miserable time I ever enjoyed. I made some of the best friends of my life and that really helped at flight school when I had lots of other Norwich guys helping me out. I think it did help prepare me to be a...

I remember a safety standaround one day ing the squadron where they said you had like a 1 in 995% chance of dying everytime you hit the starters. Unfortunately when they tell you in flight school about knowing someone in a mishap losing friends etc it is true. I have lost some really good...

it's not like you get any choice in what squadron you go to anyway, just do your best wherever they put you.

mytrailerprkfamily.com if Im not mistaken. Ive seen that and a few other pictures floating around in the squadron smut log (not porn think insult more than porn)

I understand the hellfire for small boats and a couple of .50 cals but anyhting beyond that might nor be necessary, we already work with sh-60s (called T-bone tactics) their radar find the contact, then the Cobras kill it. works well in th gulf

Once you get to Pcola become a FL resident-no income tax and no vehicle inspection. Dont bother changin at TBS not there long enough unless you have to do it. I started as a Maine residents and the taxes and vehicle registration (liberal new england state) killed me so now I am a florida...