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I think the actual clause in the orders that gives you flight pay is "You are to report to Commanding Officer, {insert unit name here}, for DUTY INVOLVING FLIGHT OPERATIONS." The admin guys are like robots. If they see that phrase (or whatever the local variation of it is), they mark you down...

Note that the above technique favors what the Marine Corps likes to call the "weaver," or staggered firing position. If you use the "isosceles" or squared-up position, a pistol-mounted or head-mounted light may suit you better.

A sure-fire way to delay your training is to get a DUI enroute to Quantico.

It's not the candidates' job at OCS to screen out other candidates. That's the staff's job. You may have your own ideas of what qualities make a good officer. The staff might have their own. Let them decide who the shitbags are, and who the hotshots are. While you are a candidate, you are...

If you are currently able to access the NMCI environment at work, go to the Homeport page, and check for links to OWA (Outlook Web Access). The proper, authorized way is to take a short online course, print off a completion certificate, and have your unit commander sign a letter authorizing you...

We just had a PFT cancelled the day prior due to having zero birds up. Everybody wept bitterly.

Fake it until you make it. Verbatim memorization will carry you through early fams, until the point where you have to think about what you're doing and why. For the record, I'm a fan of the EP MP3's, and have made them for all 3 aircraft thus far.

We Marines liked to have it laying around our apartments to impress the squids when they came over to drink and/or study.

Aquia the city, or Aquia Terrace, the apt. complex in G-ville? Aquia the city is quite close to G-ville, so don't write it off.

I got a few buds in Temeculah. They claim 45-minute commutes, using NWS gate.

In addition to your methods of being more competitive for PLC, consider becoming a woman. When I was going through the OSO, he had quotas to fill, and I don't imagine that's changed much.

On the green side of the house (in helos, anyway), they allow us to do a coast-over-platform type of selection. Is this not the case elsewhere?

I heard a rumor that the PLC Jr/Sr program was going away, in favor of the 10-week Combined. Any truth?

As long as the media portrays somebody as the "Bad Guy" that we have to defeat, the public will support just about anything. I cite as examples King George III, Jefferson Davis, Emperor Hirohito, Hitler, Stalin, Osama, and Sadaam. (Wasn't it about the time we captured Sadaam that the public...

If you're staying at Pendleton, the cities of Vista, Escondido, San Marcos, and Encinitas. If you're just passing through enroute to New River, Oceanside is your best bet, due to its proximity to base.

Yes, I dread the day when I'll become the "they" in question.

I thought that was the only official documentation that I'm a real pilot, so mine's in a safe.

If you have something legitimate come up, they'll work with you on it (after heeing and hawing for a few minutes).

It's actually quite easy to identify them by counting. If there are 394 vibes/minute, it's a 1-per vibe. If there are 788/minute, it's a 2-per vibe. Anything above that is a high-freq vibe.

As promised, 2 sources of gouge: 1. Get your photo done. 2. Check to make sure your Fitness Reports are all in. Go to https://www.manpower.usmc.mil/portal/page?_pageid=278,1937147&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL...

I heard they're checking the sex offender registry, so I guess we're both right out.

I got advised today to check on my OMPF (Official Military Personnel File). Don't have it with me, but I'll see if I can post my promotion gouge up here sometime.

I'm geo-bach-ing it up in San Diego, and I'll share a few tidbits I wish I knew before I made the choice. First off, if there's any way to make your orders TAD (instead of PCS), do that. That way, they'll pay BAH for your wife, as well as BAH or per diem for you. If you go PCS, and your wife is...

I forgot, which one is the good actor?

I had trouble following the plot.

A former Ranger once posed this question to me: "You know what sucks about war? Nothing." I'll let you know how accurate this is about a year from now.

What, are you 14 years old? Check that grammar, boy!

Are both the pilot and copilot ICS powered by the same bus? If not, therein lies the answer (i.e. drawing power from a different bus). Another possibility is the method of signal amplification. Perhaps each station has its own amplifier, and in the case one sh!ts the bed, the other one will pick...

There will be a lot of down time during/before flight school. Use it wisely. Be proactive about getting your books before, or shortly after, you check in. The common advice on here is to sit back and party before API starts. While there is a lot of wisdom in this, that means you'll be studying...

They actually did an entire episode about Star Wars, which I believe includes that skit.

Don't worry, I heard the JSF only takes guys 5'5" to 5'8", and 150-175 lbs.

Here are a few old threads that might answer some questions (i.e. I did the search for you): http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=135750 http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18088 http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5599 You're welcome. P.S...

You've obviously never seen "Pirates of Penzance."

They were sold out of phrog toy models. Unsat!

Is the libo longer than 24 hours nowadays?

Enjoy life in VT-6, because you are absolutely spoiled rotten there. Especially compared to the HTs.

I hope you know that one just doesn't "get" SNA or "go" recon. In your case, your best bet might be enlisting to try to get recon (they're the ones that do all the badass shiat anyway, not the officers, and you'll have a better chance), and then applying for a commissioning program trying to...

Black and white poster plus some motivated markers.

It's not that they couldn't figure it out; it's that they just don't care.

If someone would pipe up with what company he's likely to be in, she can just send a letter to each platoon. One of them's likely to reach him.

Hey, just trying to keep up with the 17-year old future jet pilots with about 300 rep points. My word has to be at least as good as theirs.

Unless things have drastically changed, you probably won't get your own email address at TBS. I didn't get mine until I showed up to the FRS. However, with a little legwork, you might be able to set yours up ahead of time. The only catch is you can only access it from NMCI machines. The first...

Wings don't make you immune to negative rep. Tread cautiously.

Just got duty switched so I could make it.

So you're saying that it's not important to memorize the conditions in which pregnant women can fly?

Hills, baby. And sprinkle some sprints in there. I've found luck with this: run a whole 3 miles at an 18-min pace, but broken down into sprints and rest. For example, run 12 1/4-mile legs in 1:30 each, with 3:00 rest in between (start shorter if this is too hard). When you can do this, increase...

And that means ALL primary students will be accelerated, because the T-6 is faster than the T-34.

I heard that the whole company gets loaded onto a gator, and makes a dual airborne/ground assault on mainside Quantico. LCACs, AAAVs, phrogs, and the whole works. They even get a UDT det attached to them.

I remember my I4404 quite well. The instructor paged through the OPNAV, quite literally page by page, and asked about something on almost every page. I asked my jet/prop buddies about their experiences with this, and they just laughed at me. I guess it's easier to get away with not knowing this...

My impression upon check-in was that the instructors were trying to squash the attitude that helos were easier than other pipelines. Another theory is since the maneuvers are, in general, easier to remember, we make up for it by an in-depth systems and aero knowledge, and there are no such...