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You're coming out ahead considering your bags are all $free.99...

Hello Avacados! http://www.navytimes.com/story/military/2016/08/04/us-military-dumping-dumbest-uniform-ever/88048346/

Did the inverted flight demo a few days ago and snagged a washer off the canopy that floated up. Thanks Beechcraft!

For serious, can't the OP get a GeoBachelor chit signed and live in the BOQ while his wife in in Pensacola? Is there some CNATRA rule I missed that doesn't allow it?

"Stranger Things" is pretty awesome. Just dropped a few weeks ago. Only 8 episodes, so not that much of a time commitment.

Public records have your name and address! Welcome to home ownership!

Option C) Coast Guard

Threatened by CAG.

@Gatordev tbey didn't take your wings back then for taking photos.

I find this whole thing fascinating. I'm not a tinfoil hat kinda guy, but this seems a little too convenient. The power consolidation is happening: 2700+ Judges removed Somewhat related, power cut from Incirlik AB: http://abcn.ws/29Zb2nR

Can an NFO "operate" a Triton, or does it need an actual 1310 to operate?

You buy a gold pickup truck yet? Nothing says Persian dude in South Texas like that.

The squadron can send off for printed and bound copies through supply.

I have the Mini 4 for kneeboard use in the land of Orange and White. Pretty nice. Had an Air 2 before this and gave it to the wife. About the same performance wise. The 9.7in Pro seems quite nice as the new hotness. Heard good things about the new screen and speakers for use watching movies...

Have you used both? I have and it's night and day in favor of ForeFlight.

To each their own. I want the App Store, ForeFlight moving map/approach plates (worth it for this alone), tons of iPad games, MS Office for iPad, built in LTE/GPS, tons of 3rd party accessories, and beyond.

Most folks I've talked to who had the Surface thought it was neither a good tablet nor good laptop. Edit: It may be discontinued. http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/06/surface-3-stocks-dwindling-as-microsoft-plans-systems-demise/

New MacBooks are nice, that's what I'd buy if I was looking.

A lot of the folks here expressing frustrations about the boat tour are guys who would have no problem going to a sea tour doing the job they spent years of their lives becoming experts at. Instead they have no choice due to the winging contract that they signed as a bushy tailed MIDN/OC...

So you say this having or having not been ships company?

There was a populist pilot rally scheduled for the OClub, but then the retired guys organizing it realized they closed the clubs in the early 2000s. Whoops.

I hear it really hurts when they pull that second anchor out. Like, maybe you can sit down in a week or so. :eek: In all seriousness, I've known a few who did this. All good dudes/dudettes.

There's an IFC for it! Just have to get blessing from CNAF to be a blessed squadron. :rolleyes:

Yes. Technically.

You're missing my point. I don't care about IX-514 the hull. What I want for the future of Navy helicopter pilots is the best possible training in the world, including a chance to see a boat. I've asked the question and been told the FRSes aren't reporting a diminished product, so the Navy...

Not that I've seen but I'm still new. I would hope the STAN folks would nip that in the bud quickly. It gets beat into your brain pretty quick that grade sheets are written not only for the student but also the CO, CDRE, and ultimaltey, CNATRA, in the event of poor performance.

NAVAIR Airworthiness site is the place for the latest and greatest. They don't issue paper versions anymore.

Common outgrowth of flying almost 100% night aided in the fleet, even around home.

Have you tried to get into that IKEA on a weekend? Maybe you do need a Harvest Hawk Osprey!

You could file IFR with just a working VOR/TACAN, transponder, and radio if you wanted. You specify the type of available navigation equipment onboard via a code when filing.

The Brits thought it was a good enough idea. This thing still flies.

From everything I've read about the -53K, it shares very little with the older E models. Essentially a clean sheet design internally. @Pags We've gone around on this before, so no need to rehash. Everything has constraints and the Navy bought all the helicopter they wanted to afford, nothing more.

Or we could, ya know, not keep recycling a helicopter design from 1970 to save money.

IMO, if they ever did an engine upgrade, it would be to the newer GE D model engine, since it's more or less of a drop in replacement. However, I don't see it happening. Too many other priorities for why meager money gets spent on helos.

That explains why no one can find you on duty!

A smart person once told me Naval Aviation really values two types of "graduate eduction" for JOs. One is the kind you get after a few months in Fallon and comes with a patch. The other you get at the FRS while you're instructing there. All others are nice, but won't help you be a DH and...

Isn't it on your winging certificate too?

^^ What Pags said. We brown shoe types sometimes forget we spent 2+ years getting NOBs in flight school while our black shoe friends were haze gray and underway. Until the rules of the game change significantly, we are all playing out the clock to the O-4 board with (probably, timing dependent)...

I don't think we've actually verified that's a true statement. LCS hasn't exactly worked out. In any event, the Virginia class is the US Navy's version of a cheaper sub platform. It can do everything that's needed at a cheaper price than its predecessors (Seawolf), and is one of the few...

While there are merits to it, I wouldn't waste the money. We've been teaching folks with no experience to fly for over a hundred years now. Focus on preparing for the closest thing you've got to worry about.

Some squadrons use the pelican cases.

You guys get that most UAV dudes aren't asking for this shit, right? A lot of this is garbage participation trophies pushed on them by higher as an attempt to placate their morale shitshow. If you want to make UAV guys give a shit, treat them like professionals, pay them like professionals...

JFC. You think our morale is low? This sounds awful. No amount of bonus money will make this worth it. Giving them green ink for their robot logbook is just window dressing on the Titanic.

Agreed

Yes. I would have the car as a backup plan for crazy weather, having to go somewhere that isn't NAS, odd show times, meeting friends, etc. Pensacola ain't a big city where you can get away without having wheels.

No/Yes

A couple of thoughts: -I was stuck in a soul suck cubicle job after graduating and had exactly 0.0 hours of flight time before going to OCS and flight school, and I wasn't in the minority there amongst my peers with respect to flight time. The Navy has been teaching rocks to fly for a long...

Disclaimer, this was what happened to me a few years ago. When you commission out of Newport, your orders to PCola will have a Report No Earlier Than and No Later Than date (or at least mine did a few years ago) for travel down. Mine was commission on 29 Jan, Report NET 31 Jan, NLT 02 Feb...

The contortions Academy folks went through to avoid the rules ("secret" in company relationships, party apartments in town, sneaking around the yard) just seemed pointless. I get that a lot of people make that decision at 16/17 to go there, not knowing about the larger world, but you only get...

If I was you, I'd take the Purdue ride and never look back. I went to another engineering school in the Midwest and visited Purdue a few times. Legit college town, lots of fun.