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Talk about the understatement of the year... I liked how in his manifesto he said that he was going to use skills he learned at NMITC to gather intelligence. So somewhere, he's browsing the internet and building powerpoint slideshows...

Last post before you board the EPIC?

My Dad's got you beat. The first brand new car he ever bought was a 1967 Mustang Coup. Sold it in 1969 when my sister came along. He regrets it to this day.

The only reason our staff is getting approved for our TAD funds to Lejeune is because we're an MOS producing school...

Oh, you can still get a cock meat sandwich, it just won't be horse...

Fixed it for you. If I had to do it all over again, I'd invest in a good (diesel) truck that would last me a long time, and quality travel trailer. Live in that until I get married, and have a shit ton of money in the bank (or for drinking).

'Cause Lucas is the ONLY way to find a job... :rolleyes:

I think you'd be better off getting an RV. Like, I don't know... A PUMA!

Ours was a '92, and it only had about 100 hours on the engine. Turns out he put in a new motor/outdrive 2 years ago. His loss is my gain (he wanted ~9 grand, but he put it on ebay with no reserve and we won at $6500). Are you planning on boating from duty station to duty station, or...

Is a degree a requirement, or is working towards one good enough? Wife's sailor is a CTR1 who is a little over halfway done working on her degree, and based on her rate - I'm sure she's got the requisite clearance... Want her resume?

That would suck to get from Florida to Virginia, if you're doing it via water. ICW, canals, rivers, that's all it can handle. Deep V hull is needed for the open water...

This. A lot of people in the military underestimate just how important this is for a job search. Got a guy in the squadron who's taking the early retirement, and has been by name requested to be hired by the lead of one of the departments in DynCorp. Never mind the fact that he's got H-3...

Chippendale dudes don't work at Platinums...

Strippers in the BOQ in Yuma after a K-Court... With our female flight surgeon making out with one of them. I win.

King of Shaves business arrangement with Remington fell apart late last year. I saw it coming (when everything on the Remington KoS website was 50% off) and picked up a bunch. Right now, they're looking for a new partner to help with the US market, but you can still order from their UK...

We don't need to wait. It's the gun's fault.

Yeah, it hasn't always been like this. For the last 6-8 months, it seems like we've turned into a party squadron that occasionally flies. Both the AD CO and the Reserve CO are out the door this year, so I legitimately think that they're just trying to keep their heads down until it's over...

I don't know what your current reserve gig is, but here's a snippet of what we've done for recent drill weekends: Nov, 2012 - Birthday Ball/Ball Recovery Sat/Sun Dec, 2012 - 1 flight in morning on Sat, Christmas party Sat afternoon. Sun, 1 flight in the morning. Jan, 2013 - BITS/Safety...

Not exactly. The unemployment rate among post 9/11 veterans is higher than the national average. Of course, there's lots that make that number up (area, degree, etc...) but I can say that a buddy of mine just stopped looking for a job after getting out 2 years ago and is now a full time MBA...

It may not be the most beautiful, perfectly manicured lawn that you'd see on a golf course - but it also isn't the burned brown from a bunch of dogs pissing in the same place. As Master pointed out, bureaucratic nonsense takes away from the bottom dollar. Becuase the military doesn't have a...

Not to mention the ANGLICO guys get all the duckets, so you'll likely have the latest, greatest JTAC suite whereas in the Battalion. That being said, you tend to learn more about the joint/combined world in ANGLICO (for reasons that squeeze mentioned), and you tend to learn more about the...

With the exception of your last two dream items, pretty much that entire list is going to be in the 53K. I worked on some of the software, but we had a lot of cross pollination, so I knew a lot about all the avionics in general. It's going to be amazing. As for the algorithm for predictive...

This thread can only go down hill. For the OP - the Citadel is not the only college in the country with an honor code. The best advice is to apply, and then if you don't get accepted work on improving your package/ASTB scores. Thread closed.

Nope. And because not many people know about his history, I'm not going to elaborate for obvious reasons...

Because we're still Naval Aviators, and the Navy Recruiter wouldn't shut up about nuke...

Not just Army bro... Marines too...

It's properly pronounced "'Merica!" Try to keep up... ;)

Work on your abs. My buddy paid his way through college as a male stripper, and is now an XO of a squadron...

The SGI Octane was awesome in it's day, now not so much... There's not really numerical designators anymore. The 586 started doing away with that, because technically the name was Pentium. 586 was AMD/Cyrix's equivalent of a Pentium. The most current processors for Intel are the Core i5/i7...

I was referencing just the helo. At the time, I wanted to be a USCG helo pilot.

This was my first...

You're getting soft. Real mean accomplish the same thing, without needing a runway...

I don't need it. I've figured out I don't need a runway... The rest of you FW guys?!? Yeah, let me know when you've gone somewhere that wasn't paved.

FIFY... I've been to the boat, and I've dirt-det'd. I would rather attempt a landing at a ship with a CCA (knowing how shitty those controllers are) then try to land in the western desert of Iraq to do a bridge survey every day and 15 times on Sunday. Period.

Welcome to a typical day in Western Iraq for a helo guy... ;)

Yeah, but the unfortunate part is that our funding comes directly from the Navy... For aviation at least...

I will - and if it makes you feel even better, I'll finally pull out the favor from MB and have him order the ingredients for the Bitter JO that will be on tap. Hell, he's already offered to do fixer-upper tasks around the house for Bitter JO. It must be a good recipe! Chopper command has...

As a computer scientist, this makes me laugh...

Pheel the Phrog Burn, Bitches! :D But yea, you're still welcome at my house to enjoy the boat/beach when you get here...

And yet, there was probably still a helo in the D... ;) That makes more sense. Probably should have thought of that before I came off the top rope.

Funny you should mention that. I was 13 when it came out... And when the scene came up with the Coast Guard helo pulling Maverick/Goose out of the drink, my mom was proudly telling everyone that is what I wanted to do. And it was. Little did I know, I was going to go Marine Corps vice Coast...

The arrogance of a carrier aviator. I'd be willing to bet my next paycheck that helos have employed weapons in anger more often than your carrier brethren. I could probably find a clip from the carrier documentary including the douche whining about how he didn't drop shit.

Google goes only so far, enlighten me? Or are you referring to 20 March of the same year, when an operation was ordered as a "go" and lead to the death of 4xCH-46E crew and the 8 Royal Marines in back?

HUGE delta between training/experience of Desert One and today. However, the systems are still essentially the same... Which gets us back to the crux of the original article. The big head shed wouldn't in a million years consider sending a FW aviator to what is essentially a 0/0 ILS approach...

There will be IPs throughout the career that you may not like/learn a whole shitload from. You are simply learning what NOT to do when you're in their position. Honestly, if you are interested in IW - your best bet is to kick ass in the fleet as an aviator - then apply for a lat move...

I would argue that the need to meet the same standards should be in IOC vice TBS. TBS already has gender-normed standards. The purpose of it is to train you to be a basic Infantry platoon commander (think base is being over-run and you need to organize a provisional infantry platoon), and you...

1. Yes 2. Same for everyone 3. For some events, there's a testable standard - for others it's an exposure thing. And yes, there is a follow on Infantry Officers' Course.

Still my all time favorite music video, EVER. And the move at 1:38 in the video is why I LOVE the Scooter as a Blue Angels aircraft. I've seen the F/A-18s do the same thing, and it's just... different...

And seqeuestration all depends on who funds the billet... I work for EWTGLANT (as a government civilian), which is a Navy command that falls under CSFTL. We've gotten a lot of guidance emails from CSFTL as well as the head shed from EWTGLANT which seemed like I'm mere days from being laid off...

Haven't read the thread in a while, but welcome to the squadron, and BACK to the Phrog brother... ;) For the unwashed masses - Puddlz is in the process of affiliating with us, vice 773... Long story... Oh, and for TRACOM gigs - because the "grey aircraft" squadrons are undermanned, the new...