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Well, I can tell you that the original video didn't exactly sit well when it was shown to groups of squadron wives. Their takeaway was something like: "So...let me see if I've got this right. You screw up while flying and kill yourself and it's MY fault?!?"

So...can I assume the PIC sits on the "correct" side of the cockpit?

I'm gonna toss out 45 degrees as a first guess...but maybe 42? :

Dual Letters From Congress Signal Hill Headed for Defense Spending Showdown

Just add Gato/Balao class fleet subs, and I agree.

Well, it's a new congress, and both houses...as well as the Executive branch... have made a shit-ton of campaign promises, all of which cost a metric buttload of money. Something has to be the offset. You appear to think that the CV/CVW numbers are some sort of sacred cow. I fear they (and...

Budget...authorization...whatever. I still believe huge reductions are in store.

Forget all about "1 less carrier and dozens more warships". Standby by heavy rolls...the DOD budget is likely to be a major bill-payer for, well, you know.

Actually PVC, not rubber. But they are a "thing"...not sure how popular they are. Image below. I'm with you on Tipsy Gypsy.

Will you be world-wide deployable and "routinely relocatable" (e.g., PCS orders) having primary custody of a special needs dependent? Need to think about that as well, in addition to the legal dependency for DEERS issue. Good luck. Many military families have to deal with that situation as...

Sure it is...code "BV" covers it, I'm sure.

When I was active duty, I was introduced to competitive Navy shooting by my boss at the time, Captain Gordon Nakagawa, USN (A-6 pilot, former VN POW, etc.). At the time, competitive shooting was kinda like a "speakeasy", e.g., "you had to know a guy" to ferret out the many opportunities and...

I'll assume he was a friend, so I'm sorry for your loss.

I think we're all talking about the same thing here...

I still don't get why flammable = inflammable. But I've come to grips with it.

You ain't seen nuthin' yet...

"Crystal", and no. Sorry I triggered you.

Anything worth doing is worth doing "overly".

Nice speech, coach. Gave me goosebumps.

The stripper or the guys in KISS?

Well, my personal reason to think "VP guys suck" is that whenever CORAL SEA came into Cubi Point in 1973, there were no frigging BOQ rooms available because the "deployed" VP dudes and their wives and kids took them all. Yeah, right..."deployed" to the swimming pool, BOQ and Cubi O'Club. Ass...

While the two outboard boats look very similar, TRUTTA was a TENCH-class sub, shown here after receiving the GUPPY conversion, and SEA CAT was a BALAO-class boat that received the less expensive "Fleet Snorkel" reconfiguration. I think...

AMWAY. That's the ticket. Seriously, as long as you stay in your self-defined swim lane of "I know I can’t let my [N]avy job be [a]ffected or work on any projects using military resources, etc.", I think you'll be fine. Just not sure how much time you'll really have to do this...but maybe...

XX TURKEY TROTS TO WATER XX WHERE IS REPEAT WHERE IS FAITHBYFLIGHT? XX THE WORLD WONDERS XX

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Is there a functional O'Club there?

College degree = many, many career opportunities. Former commissioned officer = mucho extra credit points. The world is your oyster.

Is it too late to add that I frequented "The Kilt" for their fish & chips?

I always preferred "The Tilted Kilt", but they exited San Diego several years ago.

Meh...not so "whoosh" as you might think.?

Nothing. Garbanzo happens to be the Spanish term while chickpea is the common English term. Same quality product.

Not so fast...some (many?) squadron officers will remain onboard, if the squadron is embarked on the ship. In port on deployment, the "duty guys" will have lots of watches to stand...liberty boat officer (if anchored out), Shore Patrol (in most foreign ports), usually a JO will be assigned as...

No. No. Conceivably...you'll gain Division Officer responsibilities several years earlier in most cases. But leadership comes in many forms and environments. Both have SWO as heir "warfare specialty", but one has been through Nuclear Power School and will have both shipboard and shore tours...

All hail Techno-Viking!

Pictures or it didn't happen.

Then this just became an absolute non-issue.

I see what you did there...not that there's anything wrong with that.

Seems like as good a place as any to post this YouTube video of the history of aircraft carriers from LANGLEY to ENTERPRISE. I skipped the ads about how older men can greatly increase their testosterone levels and sexual performance, but that might be the highlight for some of you...

South Dakota (BB-57) is leaving Philadelphia on 4 June 1942 for her shakedown training to 26 July My father was aboard for South Dakota's shakedown. He worked as an AD for Wilding Picture Productions during the war. During World War II, it was the main supplier of war-related and training...

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So why does it appear so often in FITREPs? I admit it's often expressed as "typically outstanding", but you see my point?

Hoo-ah.

9-year resurrection. Nice.

I do, and they are.

The top speed of 75 kts is impressive. I wonder how long their typical or objective/design mission length was? My second CO in my first squadron (he was an F-4 RIO then) started out as a Naval Aviation Observer (pre-cursor to NFO) in ZPG-3W "Vigilance" AEW blimps on the Atlantic Barrier...

I feel the same way about "The Battle of Britain", even though there IS some camera trickery for the "masses of German bombers" scenes.

^^^ THIS. I mean, like "Just fuckin' A, man" this.

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