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First, the reason that Academy =/= ROTC is just how the service assignment process works, and BUPERS/HQMC billets that are available. Second, your service assignment is solely due to your performance at the Academy. I don't know how the current system works, but in the past, grades...

I'd put this in the category of "bad gouge". Academy =/= ROTC. As an Academy guy, and someone that is of the same rank as a good chunk of your chain of command, I'm telling you that it's a bad idea. EDIT - and for full disclosure, I can understand your thought process. In the end, I got what...

No more detail is required. You didn't get what you wanted. You got what the Navy needed. Don't take it up the chain, because it's not going to change anything other than making you look like a whiny bitch. I had two classmates that were former Marines, and wanted to go Marine Corps after...

Because Admiral Mullen liked them.

First float our stateroom was the keeper of the porn for the MEU (don't know if you guys have 'em on the west coast, but on the east coast - there's a box o' porn that gets cross-decked, there's shit in there from the early '80s.). Our XO kept swinging by to get porn during the translant home -...

Shhhh... You're letting the cat out of the bag! :D

Harriers take off with at least two emergencies every time they leave the boat - min fuel, and single engine. Those boys have balls... Especially when they were having a lot of rollbacks...

I think it has to do with the "dreaded 3 engine landing" mentality. Both airframes (KC-130 and P-3) have four engines. Every other example is a 2 engine a/c. An engine loss in a 60, 46, C-2, E-2, F/A-18, etc... is a serious god-damn deal. So by the time you're signing for it, you better be...

Large, multi-engine aircraft, that doesn't go on a boat. Yup. I think your logic is sound.

For the record, I am not MB's neighbor. I was repatriated from Centralia, and have never looked back.

Quail is tasty...

I was going to weigh in, but wasn't sure if it was the same in the Navy SELRES as USMC SMCR. O-4 is like making O-3 on AD. O-5 is like making O-3.5 on active duty. It requires work on your part NOT to get promoted to O-4/O-5 in the reserves.

I agree with most of what you've said, up until this. And I even agree to a point with this statement. However, I don't think leadership training produces micromanagers. I think leadership training EMPOWERS micromanagers. True leaders are the ones that are sitting in the back of the...

Understatement of the decade. You should have said "broke as shit." Some of the youngin's that only know the post 9/11 Corps are going to be in for a RUDE awakening...

Ewwww... Dude...

I may subscribe for the month... However, I wonder if this docu-drama would have been made if we HADN'T been at war for the last decade... When it comes to Army-Navy football, nothing's changed... BEAT ARMY!

When I was there (holy shit, has it really been 13 years since I graduated? Damn, I'm getting old), we had one semester (3 credits) of Naval Leadership, where we learned the Stockdale leadership module. The textbook was "Naval Leadership, Voices of Experience". We also had a semester long...

For us, we can do the occasional RIDT (reschedule of drill, I used it every Saturday drill when I was in Culinary school) but the expectation is that you're there for drill weekend. The only guys they let do the "all of your year's drills at once" are guys that took some sort of shit job that...

I heard the same spiel when I joined 774. AR isn't a bad program, and if you're the primary breadwinner (I'm not) or you don't have a totally sweet civilian job, then it's worth looking into. Same pay/benefits as AD, only the rest of your life is spent with reserve units. As a pilot - all the...

After having commuted to a reserve unit, and being local - I don't recommend a long commute. It should be someplace you can drive to if need be. Here's the thing - for any flying job, expect that you're going to have to average ~4 days a month to hit your mins. Drill weekends are sometimes...

1A. Not to mention you get paid two days pay for one days work while doing NKO/annual lectures, etc... 2A. He has to go IRR at a minimum since he's taking the seps money. Might as well get paid a little extra on the side, right??

Two words. Noise Complaints. Fucking pilots... So apparently the dude who is living in Buford, WY is looking to retire. I think the coup might require less firepower than I thought...

Of course, real men want to fly helos... So if you want to cuddle with a hairy stud in a sleeping bag - follow his lead... :)

But if we're the county commissioners, we can outlaw cold weather. I think...

I think I have found my dream town. And it's in a state where the gun laws are awesome. Time for a coup d'etat...

Gotta love Phrog guys. We tell it like we see it! :D

My logisitics chief in the squadron when I was the 4A had a son with Down's syndrome. His only limitation was CONUS + Hawaii duty stations.

I'm pretty sure that I can say in an open, public, internet forum - that it can't hover. The day you can tell me that you can land (and launch) a Rhino from an LHD/LHA, is the day that I'll agree that we can replace all USMC TACAIR assets with the Rhino. Whether you believe it or not, having...

Guilty conscience, my friend? :D

Who's got two thumbs and agrees with you? This guy right here...

Why would I make fun of a Herc dude for ensuring that he had 360 degree security around his aircraft at Roberts International Airport in Liberia? After all, there was a Battery of Arty dudes there as provisional infantry, acting as QRF and a company of Nigerians providing outer security. Never...

I'll counter your "joke" with truth. What does a jet guy look like to a helo bubba? Cold, wet and scared. You don't want to be on it, if you get the idea...

And here I thought it was something that I should have learned in Culinary school...

Here's my guess - Norwegian Cruise Line is thinking/working towards sailing out of Mobile (other cruise lines may be as well, but I'm certain that NCL is). PNS went through the wickets to be able to draw international cruisers to their airport, who are willing to drive to Mobile - because now...

The definition of an International Airport simply means that customs is there, and it can act as an aerial port of entry/departure...

Enlisted guys are the ones who fly the UAVs in the Marine Corps. There are pilots assigned to VMU squadrons - but they're not the actual pilots. Don't see the issue.

I've had one or two bird strikes in my life... Rotor blades do things to birds that I didn't think was possible...

My wife's in the Navy, and she's got an account on MarineNet... So I'm guessing yes...

P.S. - Unfortunately, those two days made me realize my sexual orientation (I'm oddly aroused by other men), so I went back to flying fixed wing shortly thereafter... ;)

For us, TERF is prohibited with no radalt...

Apology accepted... ;) http://www.airwarriors.com/community/index.php?threads/b767-gear-up-landing.38053/

You're correct, they'll fly the H-3 CONUS as much as possible. However, short-fused missions, they'll roll with the H-60 CONUS for the exact reasons you mentioned. Takes less time to re-position...

I don't remember it being a "hook up" from the standpoint of free stuff, but the scenery is awesome and the restaurant is very good.

When you're looking to take courses for retirement points, it's tough to find ones that don't require a proctor.

The only way I've found so far is exactly as you describe. As for proctors - damn near anyone can be a proctor, but I think it's safe to say that the educational office on Quantico likely has a proctor. When I used the MCAS NR education office to proctor an Embry Riddle exam, it was me showing...

Can't figure out how to do it with the new software - let me take it to the mod side to figure it out.

Same here. I'm glad I wasn't the one who lost... Speaking of, do we want to pass the hat again and send another big check to the memorial fund? I'm down if that's the case.

I forgot one, "who gives a shit if we're coming back early, I'm still logging a 3.0..."

Think about it, would "Radio Free Phrog" REALLY be all tactical-like and call Knock it off because the day's over? Those calls are more along the lines of "Dude, are we done yet?" or "Have you reached all the training objectives?" or "Let's hiaku before this crap weather rolls in." or "I've...

It is rather dramatic, because we only use it for an egregious safety of flight issue. One so egregious that it made whoever called it feel like it was time to head back to the ready room to debrief. Every other time (even if it's at the end of the mission) we still call terminate.