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http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=0&id=127254 I can't get the video to embed but it's the Winnipeg Jets intro video for their 2011/2012 season. Some cool CF-18 shots.

I was going to add something- but Phrog has hit the head on the nail. My little brother, an AF flight student at Laughlin, has been told that there WILL be 4 guys in his class that will be going straight to UAVs after they wing next month.

I buy my booze from the NEX just for that. Hell half the time I walk in for one thing and walk out with another because 15 bucks for a handle of Bombay Saphire is too cheap not to buy it.

At the same time don't be that guy who doesn't go out on Friday or Saturday night because of an exam on Monday. It's all about balance.

I thought the same thing, " Wow, I'm a 1st Lt... I can't imagine a situation where I would be the XO of a squadron..."

Something I never heard until coming to Kingsville. It means to throttle back a bit on the power.

Looks like it has potential. Too bad I don't get showtime.

So no date then...

My OSO didn't have any slots left for 200 when I applied, but another office did that they couldn't fill. Apparently some black magic happened and the slot offered to me through my OSO from another office. I'm not sure that you could do that again as this was in the plus up not the draw down...

Minor pro hockey referee and sailing instructor.

It took me a lot of time to get anything from the housing office. I called every day for 2 weeks before I got the woman to send me the paperwork needed to get on the list for Hunter's Cove. Everyone seems to live here. Some live in Paulson Falls, and some live in Hawks Landing.

Old Guy sitting next to me says," That young man either did it right and is still drunk from last night or he's really fired up!" To which I replied- probably a little of both, sir. You did get the best audience response to any question asked.

Been using the NVP for about a month now. The size took some getting used to- it was a little big at first (that's what she said). But it really is a great tool- the lights in the T-45 are mediocre at best and this makes using my kneeboard cards much easier. FTR I'm a lefty and haven't had a...

If you want to be a pilot wait for a slot or go to a different office and "shop" around. Don't be that NFO guy who really wants to be a pilot.

Just do more pullups, Armstrong, P90X etc... all have decent programs that will have your numbers up just a few weeks. I would also advise you to "fix" your spelling and grammar.

"They have that real combat aviator smell to 'em!"

YGBSM- how does the CO not have access to his own club, but a bunch of civilians with NO military connection can have a wedding party? WTF... Why call it a Club at all anymore?

There are no cab companies in Kingsville. As a result we have a couple of duty vans, and a team of duty drivers to haul your ass back to your house/apartment/bungalow after a night at the club. Unfortunately it seems that the only time the club is a good place to go is for winging parties. I...

Men at Work- Land Down Under; reminds me of a cruise video a buddy of mine showed me with some serious pitching deck landings.

I didn't have any problems using the version from the website they gave us on my 64 bit Windows 7 HP laptop. Edit: the one here http://www.bryanweatherup.com/gouge/Primary/ worked on my machine, but it doesn't anymore

The 2 SERGRADS apparently are here instructing in -21 to wait for the next Growler slots to drop. At least, that's the story one of them told me.

I would venture to say that it may be easier with the sensor packages and ISR capabilities that have been developed since '91. And sure the A-10 is in demand- I'm sure anything with some air to ground capability is in demand. The Raptors stay home, but everyone else is in the fight.

It will replace the A-10, but it won't fly the same way/do the same thing the A-10 does. I would like to think we have better ways of killing armor than going low and using a big gun on them. From everything I've read about the Hog in '9o/'91 says the A-10s did a lot of killing, but at a pretty...

Make it cheaper to produce than Jet fuel and we'll probably use it.

Electricity has been anywhere from 100 bucks to 25o- when the A/C runs all day (100+ during daytime here, around 80 at night) it costs you. Plus I pay a little bit more so I can send my money to companies that use only wind energy. Haven't heard any neighbors yet.

How do you look at "quality" hours though? 2000 hours of VFR instruction in a 172 isn't really much better than 1500. I'd rather have the guy with 800 who has 1/2 of that in actual IMC, or aerobatics, or anything else other than straight and level flight. How do you quantify the value of...

No joke. Well that sucks. There were some pretty good times had at that club.

How long ago was this? I thought that MWR ran the place over a year ago when I was in API.

Yeah, there is a lot of daily grind bs in minor pro. There is a reason I left it for this stuff. I worked a lot of different leagues in my tenure in hockey; AJHL, MetJHL, MJHL, UMWEHL, NAHL, USHL, SPHL, CHL, ECHL, and I had a cup of coffee in the AHL for a season and worked a few NHL training...

Yes. Everyone in Hunter's Cove has at least one dog.... and a couple of cats... There is a pet fee, but it's not much (maybe $200) and I think you get it back when you move out if you don't cause problems.

Who did you play for/when?

Kadena and Lakenheath, but they aren't CONUS.

Wow- Were you on the scumbag meth head's defensive council? Armed security is hardly an ambush... And as far as whether it was worth his life or not- the junkie was willing to gamble his life that it was. The armed security guards/dealership thought their cars were worth his life. Did the...

So what kind of orders would you get if they are not PCS? Yes you are still staying with MASTSG-22, but my orders said to report to MATSG-22 for further assigning to Training Wing 2..... for a period in excess of 20 weeks. It's not like you are headed across the field like the helo guys at...

Who did you hear that from?

It's call MAT (Marines Awaiting Training) now. Those guys had some crazy hours. Try to get on the funeral detail. Work for a few hours a week, wear the blues, give honors to a Marine who deserves it, and it keeps you off the duty list. (At least it did while I was there)

I like how the shuttle is blasting through the cloud layer. Very cool.

Kingsville is in the middle of nowhere. Good sailing and windsurfing can be found in Corpus. San Antonio ain't bad if you don't mind driving and Austin is pretty cool if you don't mind driving a little further.We're in the middle of a drought (16 inches below for the year) and it's hotter than...

Patton... wasn't he reprimanded pretty harshly by Eisenhower over his treatment of the two soldiers he hit who were suffering from "Battle Fatigue"? I know it's apples and oranges, but even then it wasn't a big deal until the press heard of the incidents.

Chennault in LA near Lake Charles is pretty good. The Crawfish etouffee is awesome.

There was talk of Boeing pitching an OV-10X to the Air Force a couple years back. I don't think it was more than talk. Some guys around here were involved in the A-29 project- probably around the same time frame. But that airplane flew.

A 5th Gen with drag chutes? That seems very.... 1960s.... to me.

Wow. It hasn't been a good year for the air show circuit...

At VT-2 the OSC would do a lunch time fundraiser for Relay-for-Life every month. It was kind of a themed pot luck deal- donate some money to a good cause and get a plate of food. It was great, especially when your only other options were Subway, the fried food at the bowling alley, or the geedunk.

Hmmm. It's been more than a year and a half since I've been there. Maybe it was someone else, or I'm mistaken. I do seem to recall an instructor from AMS getting picked up by the Niagara Falls unit- thought it was he.

Reference some of the air contract types that did a pump with a reserve battalion as platoon commanders recently.

Paxton is at AF OCS or UPT now. He was picked up by a C130 ANG unit. (Niagra Falls?)

In Vegas.

The restaurant at the top of the Eiffel Tower there is really good.

You wouldn't move your wife if you go TAD... hence Temporary Assigned Duty. There was plenty to do in the MOC if you so chose when I was there. Between the funeral detail, EWS and a couple of classes at Hurlburt I was busy enough. This was in the Nov 2009-Aug2010 time frame though. I'm sure it...