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ABLE DOG ONE looks like a pretty happy camper! With good reason...:)

I hope to God that this isn't a "whine" about 6 HR XC flights. If so, you have no idea how [f#(king] lucky you are… :)

Good luck…keep your chin up…have fun. It's a memorable start to this chapter of life. :)

Some good words of wisdom here… "Learn it. Know it. Live it."

Well, it's changed over time. On cruise, anyway, it used to be "Sleep until you're hungry…eat until you're tired."

Relax, BzB…it isn't a PH..it's Navy Battle E Ribbon…apparently two awards. Awards appear to be in correct order…but WTF is the deal with wearing Dolphins on the other side?

I admit to not having the balls to click on the link…but I get it. Nice!

^^^ This.

So far as I'm aware or have ever seen, the only "other services" insignia authorized for wear on the Navy uniform is Basic Parachutist and the Marine Combat Aircrew Insignia. Things may have changed. I also "don't know" about transition to NAC wings, but my guess is no...no more than other...

Wow…that's one hell of an attrition/roll-back rate... Yes…much of it is a "rite of passage". I do think I learned a LOT at AOCS that I didn't know before, but the whole thing about being able to "persevere" surely resonates.

Had that job as well..in both F-4 and F-14 squadrons. I never got shortchanged. Neither did anyone else… ;)

They broke off a lot when tanking from "hard-hosed/hard-basket" KC-135 tankers. Just too much of a routine FOD-hazard to worry about. I think the Iranians still leave them off. Same reason.

I see "Wigs" 2-3 times a month here in SD…still a great guy.

Much like the probe-doors on the F-14. Not sure "malfunctions" was the best descriptor in our case… ;)

Doesn't eat much, tho, right?

Wild-assed guess: Been there…done that? :cool: Happy you're digging the next chapter.

I know this paradigm is just foreign (no pun intended…) to our experience, but I'm thinking it's probably a good thing in the long haul. Not necessarily recommending it for the USN, you understand…we'd fuck it up by the numbers and disadvantage those who took that path.

What, you guys never went on a half-day chartered fishing boat excursion? Not the nicest I've ever seen, but what the heck… ;)

Awesome training scenario...

Took me a bit to wrap my mind around this. I assume the "formation leader" is on top, then "meat in the sandwich" flies form on him, and "bottom bread" flies form on numbers 2 and 1. Tricky...

BzB…probably best we move along…nothing for us here… ;)

Apples and oranges. Gilda was dropped from….what? 10,000 feet or higher? I don't know… Gilda detonated 520 feet above the target fleet, with a yield of 23 kilotons [think Hiroshima weapon…]. The next day, the Times carried an explanation by Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal that "heavily...

Yeah…typical…ALWAYS blame the FO… ;)

USS NEVADA, painted in high-vis red-orange for the "Test ABLE" atomic weapons drops at Bikini Atoll. Test ABLE was conducted at 9:00 on July 1, 1946. Weapon Gilda was dropped from the B-29 Superfortress Dave's Dream of the 509th Bombardment Group. Gilda detonated 520 feet above the target...

BzB: You and I think exactly alike. Also remember HOB/HOF (Height of Burst/Frag)…for the guy who's down the chute in FRONT of you…it's HIS bombs you need to worry about… :cool:

Points of order accepted. Move that the minutes of the meeting should reflect the corrections.

Good for the CG…that's more important than people realize…

Good looking aircraft…looks like the paint is easy to keep clean and polished.

A long history of actually wanting folks who know how to drink and drive… :cool:

If you absolutely, positively don't want to pick up an IA billet…don't go SELRES. Choices have consequences.

All? Congrats about the son…nice! Well, you and the son may continue to be frustrated…Most kids do well and get winged…a few don't for many various reasons. It took me probably 20-25 years of active service before I ever gave two hoots about strategic plans, balance sheets, income statements...

Not true. No one in the competitive pool you would be up against is yet what we would describe as "hot shit". You just need to be competitive and better than most.

Why would you ask, NavyDad? Do you have a particular concern? How can we help?

And which, again, is "The Show"? ;)

You are SO good to go…so GO!

Good info and corrections. THANKS! "Punisher"..."Perisher"…I was SO CLOSE on this one! You gotta give me an NFO "pass" on that… I don't think a SWO tour (disassociated tour in our vernacular?) is a bad thing at all. Makes everyone smarter... The "linked read" was incredible…thanks. Truly a...

I believe there is some truth to that in general. I don't see a direct connection. The needs of the service are separate from the needs of the airline industry. Go figure… Lot of questions here: Yes: military pilots are extremely qualified. The industry values that. No: I doubt that...

An issue that will never be solved on this forum…if at all. Don't ask me why...

Um…this may sound shitty as hell, but here goes: If Mummy is paying for college, would Mummy also be paying for Lasik? If yes…then I think what Mummy says goes. You have lots of time. When you're out on your own and can pay the freight…do it on your own.

From the title of the thread…Yes…you need to wait. How are the kids doing? That should still be your number one focus…the Navy is no easier in terms of deployments/family separation. Can I assume you've had the conversation with the wife and kiddies? Make SURE you have NOTHING to lose. Many...

That's probably about how it went for every "sundown" T/M/S that served long and gloriously in its time. Not sure when the whole "Reunion/Association/Fan" communities started…they seem to be mostly post-VN era…but I get it. I think it's Ernest Hemingway who is credited with writing something...

Good. Thanks. My bad. Although I remain somewhat "iffy" on the like/don't like thing. The transition is what it is, yes?

FIFY. Don't believe me, because, thankfully, I was NEVER in an environment like that. But go read some MOH citations and the hundreds/thousands of battlefield commissions that came with or without. You never really know until you know… Now, having gone all "maudlin" with you, I do understand...

Probably…if she's legally adopted, a minor, and fully dependent upon you for support. If any of those don't apply…seek advice from the local DEERS folks who know chapter and verse.

I could be wrong, but it would also be "wrong" if the local cone-heads didn't accept "Certified/Notarized True Copies" of anything belonging to your wife…like a Driver's License. Yeah..can't see taking that away from her. Or a Passport either...

Would it matter? The F/A-18G is the "way ahead" for the EA community. "Learn it. Know it. Live it." ~ Brad Hamilton I'm not sure I ever met a former F-8 Crusader pilot who said "Wow…I really liked the Phantom better!", BUT…some truly liked the Tomcat better…because it, too, had a gun.

Surprised Lemoore doesn't already have one…that base community surely bore a very heavy load during Vietnam…I wouldn't presume to know the numbers…