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Actually, wouldn't someone with a master's degree or similar experience in the service be commissioned with a "comparable" salary of that of other professionals? I know my father was DC (6-wk wonder) into the rank of LTjg after he was picked up by the MSC after he finished his master's degree...

Talking about unions...Chuck Norris knows where Jimmy Hoffa is buried because he put him there. :)

We turn to google for the technical answer: http://www.history.navy.mil/trivia/triv4-5n.htm Now, the first tour JO answer. The warrant is commissioned. He's one of you...but he's been one of them. The warrant will let you fall on your face once or twice and then buy you a beer. Having a...

I'll tell you what...Countrywide has a very nice return on CDs right now and great company to work with (I just got a 60-month for 5.1%). I also found ING Direct. Right now, on new deposits, you get 4.75% for the rest of this quarter and then it goes back to it's regular rate: 3.8%...which...

Not hard to do if you put some of your bonuses in there, especially any per diem money. Actually, call me crazy, but I liked the idea of whole life. It's there if I need it (probably won't) and pays you back in the end if you ever decided that you were covered. Yes, it requires envisioning...

42. No really, it's usually a few weeks after the board finishes. D

I concur with the first statement, it's pointless to grow at 10% per year if you are also paying 10% on a debt that's not tax-deductable. However, I think that you'll find tax advantages better in your ROTH IRA (no tax after 59 1/2) than you will with TSP and may want to look into investing...

^^^ Well said. Anyone who gets you to try and enlist is not an ROTC/Officer recruiter. It may start feb. 1st for the Fall 2007 entry...I wouldn't apply until after you begin your senior year. Also, as you apply to schools, think of NROTC as another school...meaning apply and don't...

My in-laws bought me a helmet bag (black, so different than everyone elses) with my name and wings embroidered. Don't know how much they paid, but embroidered wings on helmet bags are always a great gift. My girlfriend then (wife now) bought me a hand sketched drawing of the MH-60S (helo I...

Ok, so should I not be wearing khakis off base? Am I an idiot for doing so since commissioning? :~)

Did I miss something? You can't wear khakis off base? ~D

Awesome! I've totally heard of this site and others like it!!! I'll post two of the greatest ones! HERE or HERE GOOD LUCK! PS..for $5, I'll sell you a rare, limited-edition bucket of steam!

I thought that when are our landing in a soft-field, you don't want your gear down...not that I'm speculating anything...promise!

That's when it happens...I married my Applebees waitress from the 9-mile rd location... unless you're Brett...then you just piss off aviator's wives when you mention a pre-nup. ;) Nothin' but love... ~D

Other "legal" deductions taken by some people I know ;) 1) Professional Lunch Meeting at Applebees - Written off as "JOPA" Meeting 2) Workout clothing/shoes - Navy requires PT 3) Cell Phone bills - Helo bubbas on "Weekend duty" aren't issued cells but held to 3-hr recall alert Any other...

My .$02... While my heart concurs with NavyWife2001, there's also the fact that no one on this board knows your fiancee. My wife, for example, had been dreaming of the big wedding, 2 weeks of honeymoon, all that jazz etc, since she was 2. Don't bank on wait times between schools. Also...

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You didn't recently post on craigslist did you? Just kidding...good luck and that's a damn good question.

Here is an Interesting read from what appears to be a media forum...most interesting post was this link to a snopes article.

COME ON BOYS! It's all ball bearings now-a-days! ;)

I'm sorry, I didn't hear you...what? ;)

I know that there are a number of maintainers/former maintainers on this board that could definitely support that quote. It is that bad. I fly the MH-60S...the oldest one in the fleet is 4 years old. Today, we had to cannibalize a helo in the PMI hangar to get a JIT part (God bless the...

I can tell you why the helos do it at the LHA...because it's fun. But it also provides a change in energy state - maintaining altitude while the constant altitude AOB bleeds off speed efficiently and sets us up for landing. I'd imagine that there's a good reason back in WWII to keep max...

We (not me, but squadron-mates) plucked your guys out of the water! Amazing story from the HAC (jr LT) and the the 2P (Cat II LCDR who just came back from shoe-tour)...they came and talked about it. The Crewchief is a SH AO who helped me a lot with my gunshoots as WEPS at HSC-26... This...

DAMN Skippy...to fly is human, to hover is divine. The realm of unrestricted Naval Aviation awaits young jedi... Congrats and Good luck.

We had the same problem in Bahrain where the flats had the DSL through the one router somewhere down in the basement. Being on a Cable Broadband connection, however, I've never had the connectivity issues with it.

Just a heads up there staff... Fast movers are awesome and the people that make them up are awesome and most of my helo bubbas wanted to be fast movers...but got helos. If/when you wing...56% of the wingers are going to be helo bubbas. Keep an open mind and remember that the Navy HAS to be...

Ironically, for about 3 more weeks. j/k ~D

Not always...and the FNAEB doesn't actually take the wings. The CNO (or delegated NAVAIR) does. I was on the FNAEB for the "Superman" Flight and we recommend which catagory to assign (A-1, A-2, etc) to the chain-of-command starting with the operational wing in charge of the squadron and ending...

This has turned into a decent, and incredibly funny thread...you guys made my night...after "Charger 67" lost a cabin window over I-64...just got home after all the TFOA paperwork and "OH-MY-GOD-THIS-IS-GOING-TO-TURN-INTO-A-MISHAP" reaction from my Safety DH... ~D

LOL...good to know that I indeed have wasted time on a useless poll. ;( Gotta go fly...Out and in to Charlottesville...good bless the holiday re-up flights. I look forward to the hate mail ;)

Poll to end all polls...:p Listening to the "Bob" out of Norfolk, it talks about this new "Med-spa" where you can get various body hairs removed :eek: (don't worry, this is clean) ...and one of the happy "customers" talks about how her husband got his chest hairs lased off... Begs me to...

It's all we use. I also used it in Bahrain...a 757 area code rang me in Bahrain! ;) Not bad for 24 bones/month.

But that's funny! ;)

Nothing on Google (I'm sure you've tried...) but I found this ;) http://www.lrn2fly.com/humor_defs_lies.htm

Some more...good to see you all again... 1) It's not the falling out of the sky that will kill you. It's the abrupt stop at the end. 2) No one ever died hitting air... ("Climb to Cope") And my personal 3 favorites... 3) Don't EVER bust a BINGO. 4) Don't EVER pass up a chance to get...

There's my hero at HSC-26 that never got his degree and is a DH. They are leftovers from the AOCS (I think that's it...) program...my VT on-wing was one too...Don't know the details of the program, but know that there was the opportunity...

And don't forget that fog itself usually only occurs when winds are calm/variable and dew pt split is <3deg...

Hell, If I just requested a ship to HIFR me, than I'm doing the Immediate Landing/Ditching checklist right after the HIFR checklist, telling the ship to get the RHIB in the water because I'll be ditching to the port side of the ship if/when this thing doesn't work... Unless there's an...

I was on the FNAEB for the HAC...The article, ironically, is pretty accurate. The HAC and H2P didn't know what was going on and the crew didn't say crap until they realized he was going to fall. I was also spinning in the helo on my way out to relieve the crew that finally recovered the...

True, true...but... As with any EMCON, it shall be briefed prior to flight and safety of flight always trumps EMCON...at least in the pubs it does. Do you always follow the pubs? Not necessarily, but you'd better have a good reason why you don't. I'd find it hard to believe that we'd be...

In fact, the only time you have to worry about things not transfering is if you are going Army/Air Force/USCG. Department of the Navy ribbons/medals are exactly that... Just beatin' the dead horse... D

WHAT?! What the hell are you doing partying...GET INTO YOUR NATOPS DAMN IT! Just practicing for HTs. Congrats ;) ~D

Well, you had to come from somewhere close in order to even be in the middle of the IO. I just got back from the AG and it's just as bad, but you have TACAN coverage for 50-60 miles unless the shoes F'ed that up...(again, no offense to the shoes, but some of the vessels we fly on are USNS...

A few other MUST DOs: 1) Make copies of everything. Don't give them originals unless they ask specifically for it...then make sure you can get it back 2) Always hand carry your medical record/info - ESPECIALLY VACCINATION RECORDS. You'll OD on polio meds if they lose your medical records...

BAH is included in Regular pay...it starts from the day that you check into your command...and started by the Personnel Support(sic) Detachment there in PCola... I'm not sure how that works with OCS, if there is someone helping or not, but assuming that you check in before JAN 20th or so...

Cha Ching! $220+ w/deps in VA Beach. $200+ w/deps in PCola. ~d

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I cruised with VF-31 for my 1/C cruise...those guys were solid...awesome that they're takin' the 14 down.