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I think the question isn't so much for the ultra-fatties that take up two seats, the real question concerns people who are marginal. (ie: The people who are right on the borderline) How do you objectively determine ahead of time who should pay for an extra seat and who should not?

So can you do FAC and then do another non-flying B-Billet such as FAO/RAO? What kind of B-Billets are considered the "good deals"?

**NEWS FLASH** This just in: Outdated ultra-quiet submarine could possibly destroy us all.

Sorry, that is just what I thought of when I saw the video. I will try and diversify my esoteric references to old books. (To be fair, I didn't really reference it last time, I commented on someone else referencing it)

Instead of loading up with tanks and aav's and whatnot, why don't we: Put the "Space Marines" in capsules and fire them from orbiting troop carriers like rounds out of a gun. The capsules would disintegrate as it fell creating a confusing radar signature for enemy gunners on the ground...

The last I heard is that the military (or at least the Marine Corps) had enough Arabic translators and wasn't paying a language bonus or doing anything else special for Arabic speakers. My thoughts: Arabic is todays current interest, China will probably be tomorrow's, and it's better to be...

Military Operations in Urban Terrain. Here is a cheesy youtube video with standard 80's rock: * If you do simunitions cover your nuts, they aren't paintballs they are painballs.

This is the most entertaining thread on AW right now I think. Just took it an hour ago, if the survey is still being sent then: yes.

But then we wouldn't have the Air Mobility Command to provide us with free space-a travel.

Again, you are not being historically accurate. A HUGE portion of the population was opposed to WWII, it took the attack at Pearl Harbor to convince people that we needed to go to a war that had already been going on for quite awhile. There was a higher percentage of volunteers in Vietnam...

The war doesn't affect them. In World War II (for example), people were probably much more cognizant of the war because it affected them directly through rationing. If you name a war in history fought far from home that had little to no effect on consumer goods at home, I bet that the...

1) The movie sucks, go read the book - it is pretty damned good. 2) A better corollary to Starship Troopers wouldn't be forcing people to serve in the military to gain rights (specifically franchise), it would be forcing people to serve in some sort of civil servant capacity. If you recall...

I haven't paid attention to the upgrade program in a couple years, but unless something has changed, the new UH-1Y is supposed to take on more of an active role within Marine aviation. The new engines will allow it to be pretty functional, especially when you consider the CH-46 is being...

Somebody called for Max Powers?

Let me throw out this gem of wisdom: All the young Midn I have been around that just want a ground MOS, (usually 0302) seem pretty good-to-go. All the young Midn I have been around that show up all gung-ho wanting to eat snakes and be a Recon-warrior-ninja-pirate or some trash have failed...

Everyone always asks about Cobras, never about Hueys? WTFO. Seems like no one dreams of swooping down from a hundred feet with your precision rockets (using a highly accurate grease pencil on the window I mean) turning some terrorists hideout (or the buildings immediately surround it) into...

Here's a lesson from Corporal HueyCobra8151's TAD trip to Ankara for the 2004 NATO Conference: If you go on a date with a Turkish girl, and you are in a restaurant crowded with Turks, don't happen to unthinkingly say the word "Israel." This will probably lead to her going into a rage and...

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Muscletech products seem to claim a lot, but I am unconvinced. Nitrotech = Overpriced protein. Celltech = Creatine Monohydrate + Gatorade (effectively) + $$ This link to a forum links to a study by Syracuse University that found that lifting weights produces more growth hormone than NO...

This is the problem with a lot of supplementation, there is a lot of information flying around there - much of which contradicts other sources. It does make sense that the extra weight would slow you down. Internet sources are pretty unreliable, but without looking into it too deeply, your...

Is this anecdotal evidence? If not I would like to see where you got it. Everything I have read says that creatine actually increases your aerobic capacity and the oxidative capacity of cardiac muscle. The 20 lbs of muscle you put on might slow you down, but not the creatine. (BTW, I ran...

So what have we learned? Marines are dumb...I mean caveman dumb sailors are gay (...I mean village people gay) airmen are super-pogues soldiers are wannabee Marines coasties ride around in dinghies all day Does that about sum up every possible joke anyone could possibly make on this...

wtf... Maybe I am brain-washed by the Marine Corps, but why is it that in asking about military SERVICE, the first thing mentioned is the highest quality of life... If your #1 goal is a high quality of life, then why commit to the military at all? There are many jobs out there with...

Being permitted to drive the vehicle is an active duty thing, not a staff thing. The OC's can drive them too. I just can't wait to commission so I can use the staff lounge - they have a coffee machine in there!!

Hmmmmmm.... but somehow... Is anywhere in San Francisco as crowded at any time as Time Square? -- These are the same type of people who won't let an NROTC unit on campus, but will allow Ahmadinejad to give a speech. Funny how the "left side of the spectrum" always whine about...

Someone with a little more salt on their shoulder correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't pretty much all Marine Officers, regardless of MOS, on a career track that narrows down to produce "MEF OFFICERS" of some capacity or another? I guess it isn't the same as leading a platoon or anything, but as...

Fabulous!

Orchard Road (and now Mohammed Sultan Road) have nothing on the mighty Terror Club FWIW the last time I was on an Air Force base, I went to the e-club, sat down in anticipation of drinking a few beers, and some faggoty folk singer crooning into the microphone drove me away. When I go...

2 Sets of civvies is ok if you have room to spare, or care about your appearance on liberty. You are issued silkies there, but it is a good idea to bring more of your own.

Take the cell phone docholiday. Unless you blister a lot the mole skin might not be necessary, the Corpsman will have some to use. For us he actually used gauze and tape which is better than moleskin. Probably don't need the 1/2" stamp kit. I brought a half-inch self-inking rubber stamp and...

Ok, seriously, if you are going to bag on someone's and maybe you should learn to spell GRAMMAR first. Unless of course you are being sarcastic, in which case, my sarcasm meter is already pegged.

I would recommend taking the hit to your max and changing over to the Palms Out method. In the long run it will help you max the PFT. I know a lot of guys who got to about 14-15 (myself included) and hit a complete wall with the palms-in method because it works more of your biceps. Palms...

Let's recap, shall we: * The original post submitted a presupposition, which has been refuted several times, and ignored. * The original poster's response has been to condescendingly tell everyone they don't know what they are talking about - while still asking for help. * The original poster...

It is incredibly important for Russia to keep up with new weapons technology, so that in their next war their underpaid and underfed troops will have something to barter away in exchange for food and refuge from their enemy.

Here is a better idea: Instead of a 4-5 week "indoc" to NROTC, how about a 6-9 week course after their 3rd summer (or so) where we could attrit those who were unsatisfactory according to service-wide standards, instead of relying on varying standards at each individual NROTC unit. It would...

Does anyone know a way to find the tail number of the bird that crashed?

Fucking shitty news...

Article here Apparently they flew a sortie earlier this month that flew close enough to Guam to scramble fighters there. Alright, time to roll out the B-52's and get SAC going again!

I think it is pretty much a case of not having several dedicated weeks to produce the same effect as Bootcamp/OCS - so you try and do what you can. If the unit is strict, then NSO is much more applicable. If the unit is lax, then a week later all the new guys forget everything and start...

Midnjac: I am pretty sure we go to the same school, and while the LOI may state that it isn't supposed to be a Bootcamp experience, it definitely mirrors Bootcamp and OCS in almost every way. I think it is a good system - the first part shocks them into compliance, and the second part educates...

Dammit...I was just thinking I was going to go walk around today with my hands in my pockets, a cell phone ear-piece in, all the while drinking and smoking with my platinum grill in...good thing I'll be in civvies. If they are going to ban horeshoes and all those other ridiculous haircuts, they...

...A lot has changed since the last time I actually qualified on a Marine Corps rifle range in 2002.

That guy has nothing to complain about - the people that live around bases w/ Harriers have it the worst. Hi-power turns make any conversation nearby (read: a mile or two radius) impossible.

In my platoon we did peer evals, then we wagon-wheeled and put our eval for each person on his foot-locker. Then we were instructed to alphabetize our peer evals...in other words: the peer evals were not secret at all and everyone knew everything that got written about them. One guy in my...

This one is worth a repost.

I would agree to that. People in Europe may be sloppy drunk alcoholics, but they can handle their booze for the most part. (IMHO) - It is hard for me to have an objective point of view I think, because I am currently a student and someway somehow, college went from: go to school and learn...

The important part of this argument, is that the drinking age is VERY important, because no one drinks underage as it is. As for Europeans not "binge drinking" because there is no drinking age - after living there for 2 years I can say that alcoholism is alive and well, at least in the eastern...

In the comment section of that, they reference a school shooting that I had never heard of: The Appalachian School of Law Shooting Apparently the big difference between that and VT, was that the students had firearms and subdued the bad guy.

I meant it is ridiculous in terms of my post - bringing skill sets back to your unit. If you want to and can get your led sled as an admin bubba (or whatever), more power to you.

I don't think that every school that a Marine attends has to be necessarily 100% related to his job field. SCUBA or Jump for an admin bubba (I've seen lots of admin guys w/ lead sleds too) is a little ridiculous, but someone mentioned small arms weapons courses and things of that nature, those...