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An officer having to be kept in line by a Private... What an embarrassment.

Well I'm a jet dude, and my fellow charlie bros (which is a redundant statement, because all charlie dudes are bros) think that this Archer teaser was effing hilarious. Because if you can't laugh at yourself then you can you laugh at?

So says the guy who is very early in the pipeline. Smilies and shit. I've found that the key to getting a good amount of sleep in the training command as well as the FRS is to not fall behind in your studies and preperation. Best case is to stay a few events ahead, but at the least don't fall...

One of my IPs in Kingsville was the last Marine Prowler pilot to qual. My Marine Prowler buddies at the RAG say they don't CQ. Makes sense.

Why not? They go through the RAG syllabus. We have a Spanish IP at 106 whose first trap was in a Hornet during his tour here. I also know an AF dude who did a Prowler tour and qualed at the boat in the Prowler. Just because they are AF doesn't mean that they can't be taught how to land on a...

One goes to the boat, one doesn't go to the boat...

I need some new uniform items... where do I get them if not from the exchange?

$35 and no food?! WTF...

Yep. I was on page 4 and I didn't take the survey. 30 pages and 6 years later, still no survey and I am an 0-3.

This would be a good experiment. Use simunitions, and tell everyone that there is a shooter. Have the scenarios be a bit different and make sure that only the shooter knows that he is the bad guy. We in the military go through huge steps to avoid blue on blue and (very unfortunately) it still...

Great 'stache!

Maybe someone has enough money that they don't even want to try... :cool:

I'm not a Catalina fan, and in my experience wing keels and water ballast aren't a great combo for 20kts of wind and the short period yet deep waves you get in bay in Corpus. But, a lot of people like Catalina boats so I guess to each their own. If you're just looking for a couple days a month...

Do it because you enjoy flying, not because you want to pad your stats.

Though to be fair I don't fly without my wallet and phone. I'll get a new one if I have to eject out in the whiskey areas; but I'd rather have a decent way to get in touch in with someone and pay for lunch in the more likely case that I'd have to divert somewhere.

This. While in Primary I wasn't allowed to take leave as a pre-solo stud in VT-2. Thanksgiving 96, Christmas 96 and New Years 72. However, in Kingsville we were given a block option (early, or later). YMMV.

In a jet you'll reference the radalt in the pattern.

Having prior service has as much bearing on what platform you select as your age does. Zero. The only things that matter are the needs of the Corps followed by your grades and lastly by your desires.

Nice- The guys ahead of me had one for their Det on the Bush that said, "Mating mustaches with landing strips". That was also pretty epic.

Limiting who can view your profile isn't the right answer.

That's your first post in the forum? Why are you concerned about it? Something smells funny about this one...

Another plug for Shepard Air. They also have a "gouge packet" of sorts that lists each FSDO in the country and the person you should talk (with contact info) to when you take your paperwork in. Definitely worth the $35 bucks!

The Herc guys would like you to think that.

Fixed it for you. This always ebbs and flows. When I selected I wanted jets. There indeed was a jet draft going on and a few guys who wanted helos were sent to Kingsville or Meridian (if you had jet grades you were going jets). Don't be mistaken though and think that if you go Marine that...

Go talk to an OSO. There has been a lot of "stuff" going on with Marine Officer programs as of late. Also, MarineOCS.com is a pretty good resource about... wait for... Marine OCS.

Nope, 7 days a week, 365 days a year you will fly. There is absolutely no time for boozing, hanging with the other studs, beaching, or chasing tail...

Nana was on the platform. He's a CAG paddles now...

Indeed. As I recall Whiting course rules and the FAM0 (Zero) preflight were the most anxiety producing "events" in during Primary. I know that a lot of people want to go to Corpus simply because the course rules are easier. I think this was my first running monologue in my head during FAMs-...

"We apologize again for the fault in the subtitles. Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked have been sacked."

We've been flying visual approaches since 1903, yet the media would have you believe that attempting to land without an ILS is downright dangerous and reckless to everyone aboard. Makes me a bit... angry. How has a basic skill that everyone beings to learn on their first flight with become...

There are still good dudes up and coming in the RN. They have a hell of a weight on their shoulders- the continuity of British carrier aviation rests with those few who are training, flying and fighting with us.

Stop trolling.

Well, you got something right. If you posted the question in the proper forum using proper language you may have received a decent answer. But you didn't do that. I fully expected you to ask what the frequency range for the power coupler on the jiggymcwhooserwhatsit in the APG 92 radar next.

Fixed it for ya. Block 60+ Vipers are as costly as Super Hornets. Why spend 80% of the money for 50% of the capability? Plus block 30s are like Lot X-XII Hornets. Why would we spend that much money for "old" tech?

Do you like being plugged from behind? A Rhino may be for you. Do you like to do the plugging only? Hornets are in your future.

Yeah, that's bad. It took me just under 6 months from the time I classed up to the time I selected.

I started windsurfing during advanced in Kingsville. You'll have time to do other stuff.

Just keep working hard and put down what you want #1 at the top. Those numbers fluctuate fairly regularly based on a number of different "data points". When I was selected there was a jet draft simply due to intermediate/advanced class up pool sizes. Control what you can control and let the...

Closer to six; but it was a thorough debrief and I did learn that unloading the T-34 stirs up a lot of long lost parts in the avionics compartment. Six days to learn about how it's better to roll inverted and pull or at least roll to a knife edge and let the nose slice through rather than test...

I think I resemble that remark. :D

Perhaps you should have asked how you could have done better before that debrief ended.

I joined the Marine Corps to be a pilot. If you don't want to be a pilot then give up your air contract.

Good eye. We flew the 1266 and then spent the rest of our gas doing pop attacks on the shade tree targets. The WSO in lead's jet got this pic of me during the battle damage checks on the RTB.

...You don't wear non-issued backpacks in uniform in the USMC. When you do wear an issued one it is supposed to be on both shoulders.

When I think about what Navy warfighters wear, I think about 4 groups of warriors- 1) Aviators, 2) SEALs, 3) Surface and 4) Submariners. Pretty sure none of them wear/wore anything close to blueberries. In fact, I'm pretty sure the Surface guys in the destroyers and destroyer escorts in the...

In Texas the fair housing act only says that you can't be discriminated against because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, disability or familial status. Looks like legally he can deny you housing because you are in the military. http://www.twc.state.tx.us/crd/housing_fact.html...

Is the chicken ranch still the entry point for the course rules coming from the west into Whiting? Seems like an expensive venture

1 gun is enough.