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You're hopeless, and you don't seem to understand the real issue here. I'm not a criminal, and should not be treated like a suspected criminal. I'm willing to accept risk if it means keeping personal liberties. Air travel is pretty safe. It was safe before the body scanners and enhanced pat...

Beers on me! My old man was flying that mission (in the ANG) right until he retired. Said they didn't get any help from the CG. But this was also a few years ago.

Why do you think the CG was involved? How much do you want to bet?

You're wrong. The DC ANG guys do this fairly regularly. They don't fly in formation with a 182...

I seriously doubt as many people would complain if the implementation of the policy was a little less offensive. A lot of people will eat a shit sandwich if it is presented well enough.

TSA says the underwear bomber of DEC 2009(!) is why we have to be subject to such invasive scans and pat-downs. Does anyone see the problem here? That happened almost a year ago. What else has there been in the last year to warrant such procedures? TSA doesn't give a real reason, they just say...

a TSA Agent working in MS makes 29k a year. QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: Have reached his/her 18th birthday at the time of application submission; Be proficient in English (e.g., reading, writing, speaking, and listening); Have a high school diploma, GED or equivalent; OR Have at least...

True for the B and C model. The A has an internal gun.

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2010/11/military-f-35-lockheed-gets-deal-for-lot-iv-111910w/ Looks like Congress is still down with buying some...

That is the way it's like right now in Primary with the T-34 at Whiting. There are maybe 2 slots of open sim time a day for both the BI and RI guys.

Was SWA really like how she describes it?

It would probably turn Primary into TBS take2... and that would be terrible.

I went to OCC-200 at 26 years old. There were some guys who were older.

No. In fact it has been significantly shortened. A year ago it went from 25 to 15 hours. It ends with your solo, which you have to have by 13.5 hrs... It may be going away totally. There isn't really any significant data that says it reduces the # of attrites and DORs in Primary. In fact, we...

Meh, I'd say it's becoming truer everyday. VT-6 is going to start sending instructors to the T-6 FITU soon (like Dec soon). Rumor has it that VT-6 studs classing up in the March time frame will fly the T-6. VT-2 won't be too far behind them. Most of the west line is T-6's. T-34 CPTs and Sims are...

Try to hold your tongue when you get an instructor with long hair and a beard, in a flight suit, wearing wings and patches from Marine units he was never in. It's one thing to wear a squadron tee-shirt or hat. It's another thing to get dressed up like a Marine hornet driver to teach IFS in a...

Right, but then you are deploying a CSG, and have to cross coordinate. That defeats the purpose of a MEU...

Some old west coast guy around here has got to know Bozo....

At Marine OCS there aren't any safety lines on the ropes course. If you fall you may hit a net, or you may stop suddenly on the ground.

Wasn't the "God" part added in from the original in the 1950's? Didn't we get scared that the communist heathens were going to kill "God" unless we did something?

This one comes from another thread: What is an S-3 pattern?

And I've had a Marine serve me at a Mess Night. What is your point? Oh, and I've never met a Marine under the age of 45 who wears Jorts.

... You've never had the privilege of being called a Marine; I don't expect you to understand. Though I may have been mistakenly called a Soldier, you will never be mistaken for a Marine. :icon_zbee Cheers!

"Soldiers of the Sea"... It's different.

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2010/11/marine-corporal-dakota-meyer-nominated-for-medal-of-honor-110810w/ More on the story of Cpl Meyer. Will be interesting to see how this one plays out. Sounds like he has the support of the Commandant, hopefully the rest will follow.

I'm just a Primary stud, but I'd have no problem with it at all. The old man used to bring my brothers and I swag t-shirts back from different conferences and exercises or squadrons he flew with. We thought they were the coolest thing since sugar on cereal.

That is one huge contrail...

My brother is a Stud at Laughlin right now. Do you have some questions or something that I can pass along?

The A-37. The Old Man has always said that this is/was his favorite airplane to fly. Small, way overpowered (apparently you could hit VNe straight and level with the engines turning at 90%; exaggerated a but I'm sure but you get the point), and it carried a mean punch.

Neat stories. Though I'm sure there have been times when some AF guys have made some Navy guys eat their words. The old man likes to say that the top 1% of any service will beat 99% of the guys from any other service; but that those top 1% would be lucky to win 2 out of 3 against each other...

This has been covered ad naseum. Search the site... And... fill out your profile...

This is not true at all.

He wasn't full of shit. If he had slots to fill why would he turn down potential candidates to fill those slots?

Every service is worth looking into. You don't quite know who you'll fit in best with...

I just dug up my contract and looked. It says k. Any projected delay in assignment to flight training may result in a temporary assignment to duties as dictated by the needs of the Marine Corps until assignment to flight training can be effected. So basically yes they can send you to IOC and...

The Mods attack! :) Is it wrong to correct someone when they refer to a Marine as a Soldier? I'm not seeing a difference here.

I'm not a 2LT, I'm a 2nd Lt. Hopefully one day you will understand why I'm anal.

I don't think the Marine experience at IFS has changed. I know that the Navy guys doing IFS at Skywarrior in Pcola are having a tough time. AFAIK the Marines who do IFS in this area do it at AMS in Milton/Peter Prince. Skywarrior has a completely different atmosphere. I've had one experience...

It's like showing up for a Christmas party on Halloween; I'm so late.

So I finally googled AWGs to see what they look like. ...Look like our Service Alphas, but with a black tie and some striping on the cuffs and no belt.

And I thought the dummy cording shenanigans at TBS were crazy. What happened to simply being accountable for your gear? Pretty soon you'll look like you just walked through a spider web with all the 550 cord hanging off of you. And THAT is super tactical...

Meh, nothing the guys from the 1FW and a couple of their F-22s couldn't handle.

Seriously? Flash cards of ELOs? What T-34 sims are you getting time in? I am starting Primary ground school on Monday and have yet to even see a T-34 sim... You are wasting your time. Go out and have a life. As far as re-des boards go, don't do anything stupid and you will be fine. That air...

Dude had one good question, got a little praise for it, and now has shotgunned a metric shit ton more stupid questions; each one more stupid than the last.

When I went through (Delta 09) they had each individual intel slot selectable. Some guys top 4 were all intel slots, as a result many of them got #6,7 or 8... Good point on the MAGTF Intel O MOS. "They" made it a big point to tell us that all intel MOS's end up in the same place.

Nope. It's all about TBS rank and what third you finish in for the quality spread.

You put it on your dream sheet at TBS just like any other MOS. There are no guarantees..

Reminds me of the Ballmer Peak!

....I would hope so. Hopefully you didn't marry the kind of woman who keeps your balls in her trophy case and makes you put the blinders on anytime you go out of the house!

Right. And why do we need the capability to take a cat shot and trap on a boat? What does that bring to the MAGTFery that a B model on an gator Navy boat doesn't? Serious question: When it comes down to it what are those C model Hornets that are launching off of a carrier doing for us as whole...