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lol, I just almost spit chilli all over my keyboard

Can you receive your commission in Cammies? Would be cool to take off Sgt chevrons and put on Lieutenant Bars after the warrant was read.

First to Fight by Gen. Krulak is an outstanding read as well.

If you lock your knees while standing at the position of attention for extended periods of time, it will reduce the blood flow to your lower legs and the loss of circulation will cause you to faint. I had someone right next to me do it in bootcamp, he just fell over, stiff as a bored, eyes...

Broadsword: I can't speak for OCS, but I am assuming it is somewhat similar to Bootcamp. "KILL" is pretty much like saying "Aye Aye Sir" there, especially in classes or hand to hand training. In line or MCMAP you yell "KILL" everytime you throw a punch/kick/choke/throw/etc... In...

I am not a pilot, but I know the answer is yes. I used to work a few hundred yards from VMFAT-401 the "Aggressor" squadron for WTI (Weapons & Tactics Instructor Course). They use F-5's as aggressors there.

In the Marine Corps you would enlist under the AG enlistment contract. This would put you into position to become a 6172, 6173, or 6174 Enlisted Air Crewmember. You would attend Bootcamp, MCT, and then you would go to Pensacola for a few weeks (sorry I don't have many details on this)...

I noticed you picked all HMH/HMM, is that pretty common? I have heard that most people go into it wanting Cobras, and many leave wanting 53's or 46's. I don't understand why that is though.

Thanks for the information. I stand corrected.

Sir, I am not a pilot, and my knowledge is limited to working with helos and being an aircraft enthusiast, but I don't see how you can classify slats as a basic contral surface. Slats serve to increase the lift generated by the wing and allow the aircraft to achieve a lower stall speed...

He already cleared up that question Broadsword. You roll until your lift vector is where you want, and you pull back on the stick. There are no "horizontal rudders" There are 3 basic control surfaces on a fixed wing aircraft. "Ailerons," "Elevators," and "Rudder(s)."

Most Marines you know loved it? I don't know a single one that does. When I was reading it, and people saw me carrying it around, they all gave me crap. My senior Marines told me to throw that trash away. It was a pretty awful book. Swofford obviously embellish's his story. He tries to...

Sorry...guess I should have put a "/sarcasm" tag at the end of my post. I thought it was thick enough to be obvious :) I was being incredibly sarcastic when I said: "Man, I don't get how a hyper-realistic modern movie about Air Combat like "Behind Enemy Lines" would be so wrong on that...

Man, I don't get how a hyper-realistic modern movie about Air Combat like "Behind Enemy Lines" would be so wrong on that one... Me and some buds went and saw that movie at the base theater...when the "Huey" scene came up at the end I think we ruined the movie for some people because we...

That isn't the boat. He just has a really big, tricked-out van, and him and his buddy are driving home after deployment

Sir, I am by no means an expert, but this explanation does not make sense to me. If adverse yaw is such a dire condition that an aircraft's whole design would be predicated upon eliminating it in the case of a catastrophic engine failure, then how does that explanation account for aircraft...

What Company are you with in MSG? I am with Alpha, going to MECEP Prep in June. I don't think an NJP necessarily DQ's you. I got NJP'd my first 6 months in the Corps, and I was still accepted for mecep.

The official Roth IRA website says you can contribute a maximum of $3,000 to your IRA now, and it should be expanded substantially in the coming years.

Flip/Clux: Thanks for the input. I will start throwing a flak or a backpack full of sand on before I run those stairs. Hopefully when the weather clears up this spring I will find a good way to throw on boots and get outside while still maintaining OPSEC out here. Mostly I have been...

After rereading it, I guess it was kind of a dumb question...if it is all I can really do, it is better than nothing (obviously). I just got done running them actually, and I am definitely going to have to keep doing it. Great workout, probably as good, if not better than simply running...

lol, I dunno how I came across that...I didn't even look at the date. Hahaha...must have been one of those "similar threads" at the bottom or something...I wasn't even paying attention.

Hard copy on that. That is how it was at MSG school (which is why I am trying to overprepare as much as possible for everything). They said they were running at 7 min/mile pace, but I can't imagine having to puke running at only 7 min/miles, and I have never seen 3/4+ of a platoon fall out...

Question: Is the 24 minute PFT, the minimum for all courses at OCS? I will be attending Bulldog. I am not too worried about it as I almost max the run. I am just curious as it is a useful guage for how fast the pace on formation runs will be...at least starting out.

I am not an aviator, and my only link to the aviation community is decidedly narrow (as a 6114 Huey/Cobra Mech/Plane Captain), but doesn't that seem like a slightly broad question to ask? I am certain that the fly time one would receive as a KC-130 FRS Instructor, would probably be incredibly...

jboomer: He said he bet a BIG group of people $500 a piece. I assume that means he walked off with more than $550.

Heh, when they asked about his wounded he said: The enemy fired And they got in the way

You know, in Bootcamp, we were taught that the Marine Corps NCO sword was "acquired" from the Army just after the civil war, when they decided they didn't want it anymore. But I have not been able to verify that in any other historical texts. jrasmussen: To help you along the way from...

Video Clip This is pretty good. Not biased like I expected it to be (coming from the BBC). A great account of the assault on Fallujah from the Marines perspective. Only downside: I couldn't get it to save, and it was pretty annoying watching it streaming because it kept skipping and...

Your supposed to start slow? I always try and run as fast as I can to the halfway point... Then turn around and run faster on the way back.

When I was a kid (w/ my 386 computer) I had the Tornado flight simulator...it was pretty realistic. Spend hours plotting a mission. Takeoff, Autopilot on, go to the kitchen and get a bite to eat, TOT - Pickle your ordnance, Crap your pants while SAMs and enemy CAPs try and kill you, then...

*Disregard* - This same thread got shot down on military.com as follows: Base-closing list nothing more than hoax By Mike Linn: CNJ news editor mike_linn@link.freedom.com A group of e-mails that list military bases likely scheduled for retirement in the upcoming base realignment and...

Blah, how many years have they been saying they were going to close some of these bases? BTW, for those asking about Miramar, the scuttlebutt when I left Yuma was that since they are expanding the airfields and adding a CALA, they were going to move Miramar squadrons over to Arizona. That...

Clux: Just out of curiousity, what unit did you go to OIF with? As of right now, all line platoons are getting a4's and SAPII body armor. The people sending body armor now are sending better more lightweight gear...but the military is equipping standard soldiers and Marines properly in that...

Despite the article, I don't think that Europe is necessarily trying to avoid military action all together. Even Germany has troops in Afghanistan. As you say though, they are very fearful of political upheavals, and IMO, they have a very Eurocentric point of view. Good point. You are...

I have done this sooo many times...but for you (and anyone else who may be reading). I suppose I will give it one more go. Lets break it down: House Joint Resolution Authorizing Use of Force Against Iraq The first few paragraphs describe the Iraqi-Kuwaiti Conflict. S/RES/660...

Flash: The irony is that you gave an example of the internet holding the news media accountable. Blogs were the primary reason those falsified memos were discovered. I think this argument is pretty well done, but I will say that I do hope the bill that is being pushed in Congress to...

I have never been in to punk or anything, but I just made up a mix CD that has a lot of it for working out to. Refused - New Noise (Awesome song to get hyped up to!) Hellogoodbye - Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn Jimmy Eat World - Sugar on Asphalt Jimmy Eat World - Get it Faster Thrice -...

Stand Fast! As to your first statement, obviously discussing every facet of every terrorist Operation since the dawn of time is a little out of the scope of this discussion. Further, I would like to know where I suggest that after 11 September we "s[a]t around with our thumbs up our...

Hmm...I wonder why USAid didn't post a retraction on their website. Good catch.

Flash: I agree with you. Don't take my earlier statement as an argument towards what you said; I was just trying to play "devil's advocate" and think of why the articles writer (a German executive) would list that as an example of Euro appeasment. I wouldn't discount China. They are in...

Straight from the link I posted earlier from the USAid Website: "We've already discovered just so far the remains of 400,000 people in mass graves,"

Oh man...erf...did I write that? Does the 0530 at the time + a pot of coffee in me excuse hold weight for that one? :D I combined the two (Pol Pot and the Genocide in Rwanda) Agreed. But the fact that they blew that WELL out of proportion still speaks for my case concerning the obvious...

I don't understand what you are trying to say. You said what I said and gave a news article proving my point. And actually, according to this news source and The government USAid website, I was wrong...It is more like 400,000. BTW, here is a link relevant to what I was talking about...

Squeeze: I figured I would give her the benefit of the doubt. I suppose if I told you that I ran a 13 minute PFT you would raise the BS Guidon as well :D

I think he is talking mostly about post WWII in the cold war time frame. Although, given the limited context, I can not be fully certain. Given that, the only two comments I could make to contend with your argument are that: A) The writer of the text is German, and I assume that his...

This thread is halfway down the page and has what you want right here.

The article you posted about the military giving incorrect information purposefully, doesn't seem bad to me. Are we obligated to tell the truth about our military plans, knowing that the news is going to report it immediately, and give the enemy up to the minute intelligence information...

David Kaspar has a translation of an article by Matthias Döpfner, Chief Executive of German publisher Axel Springer AG, published in the German daily Welt.

Wow, 21.5 miles a day for 7 days a week! I am impressed. If I do 15-25 a week I feel like a stud. (Of course I don't run 7 days a week either :P)

Here is the best link to the Anti-Terror Rally that occured in Baghdad in December of 2003. He has linked several other sites with further information. The reason I didn't post any actual news reports is because none came up when I googled this...go figure... Iraqi blogs...