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Losing your gall bladder will not disqualify you. It WILL give you incredible, vile, greasy s**ts for the rest of your life every time you eat anything fried, making finding that certain special person a bit more difficult... ("I'm ok, Honey. Just don't come in here for a while...")

Congratulations! I walked on air... the feel of a "real" uniform (not that "highly starched tropical khaki long"), returning salutes from Es and AOCs, the fine fall air, the sunshine...no more DI banging my head against the bunk rail and screaming into my ear that I was a "doofus"...ah...

Of all the NAs I've flown with over the years, most went airline after active duty. Of that number, half have lost everything during airline bankruptcies and "downsizing." Naval aviators have had no secure civilian career since about 1982. Frankly, an NFO leaving the Navy has little with...

I was given a sudden NPQ for allergies/post nasal drip after I'd been an NFO for 17 years. Some numbnuts O-3 at NAMI with too much time on his hands grounded me. After elevating it up through the wing and getting a recommendation from the commodore, I was readmitted to the ranks of the flying...

My prayers are with him, his family, and his friends. "Greater love hath no man who would lay down his life for his countryman."

New Orleans is being evacuated 1 million people with no place to go.

Old School Used to be able to wear either.

Nice gun My favorite is the Makarov 9x18:

There are several things going on here. Older airframes are falling apart from a combination of overwork and too few maintenance $$. The P-3 fleet has dropped drastically from 288 airplanes two years ago to about 149 now, and of that 149, over 50 are laid up for maintenance. That leaves about...

First, the guy is out of uniform. He should wear his wings above his ribbons until he receives a subsequent warfare pin. Then his wings go below that pin. As for the missile O-3 to E-8: in most such cases, the missile billet went away and the USAF had no further billet for him as a Capt. So...

Also, my OSO has recommended that I bring extra socks and underwear to OCS. Does anyone know what colors are acceptable? Don't do what I did! I showed up at OCS with a pair of paisley pajamas in my bag. "BIG mistake!"

Don't give up! The naval service prizes MOTIVATION above almost everything else. Reapply through your recruiting team with copies to NAMI and any other offices you want to know. Keep reapplying! At least three times I had to apply and reapply until I was accepted. First to get into AOCS despite...

You get to fly and they PAY you for it!

Use your ears twice as often as your mouth.

That few? NFO about 30% full 38 slots left = 54 total Pilot nearly 50% full 42 slots left open = 84 total = 138 That's it? A total of 138 NA/NFO slots for FY06? I didn't realize the Navy/Marine Corps was taking so few people for flying. Does this reflect far fewer cockpits or better...

03-06? My husband leaves for OCS tomorrow. He is in class 03-06 You mean it's August and this is only the third class of the year? That's hard to believe. I didn't realize so few OCS classes were happening. Best of luck to you and your husband.

Cars? You guys are allowed to have cars?

Close to my heart >>Sorry if this situation has come up before. I know a lot of people post "what are my chances," but I have a little different situation and am recieving mixed input from people. >>I am a senior in high school, and I have had this dream to become a Naval Aviatior ever...

1. Earning a place in the finest organization in the world 2. Flying Navy airplanes EVERYWHERE and you're getting paid for it (pinch, pinch) 3. Doing something really important for your country and yourself 4. Comradarie 5. The thrill of the hunt; the satisfaction of the passive kill

Precisely what do you wish to do in the Navy? Is there any relevance to your nom de plume, "Crash"?

We have let our ASW capabilities atrophy and will probably have to pay the price. http://navlog.org/brunswick.html http://navlog.org/mma_cnx.html http://www.navlog.org

NAS Brunswick on closing list; P-3s Struggling to Keep Flying http://navlog.org/brunswick.html

South Korea Launches First LPX http://navlog.org/dokdo.html

This site allegedly has some good tips. http://heathalvarez.com/hobbies/ocs.html This is after my time but the guy did a lot of work on it and it's probably reliable. The single best tool for getting through (A)OCS is your motivation. Good luck.

The US Navy is the proud owner of arguably the most impractical set of officers' uniforms in the world, and when they get a chance to fix it, they make it worse. They got rid of the good looking and practical service dress khaki and kept tropical summer short (for those times when your ship...

[i]...Apparently Jeb "the Smart Brother" Bush has said [/img] Better check that attitude at the door, my man.

Re: GPA: it matters more how it was spread. I did well in my major (3.7) but French killed me. It took me four years (including summer school) to pass two years of college French and left my overall GPA in ruins. One or two other Fs (Can you say "applied statistical modeling/integral calculus?"...

On the other hand... You can strike for VP and never have to hit the boat, except when you jump all over someone ELSE's at 200K and 200 feet... VP gets these starting in 2012:

...Considering some people- get Primary grades that deserve jet selection and they "GET" P-3's, (a.k.a We HAVE NO MISSION- Community),they chose to do something different with their time... That's perhaps the dumbest thing I've heard on this forum, and that's saying something. I'd be...

Good luck. Work hard. It's worth it. (Former captain of the Battalion Day O-Course Maintenance Team)

All: I've been reading this forum for several months and the topic of how to get into officer training repeats again and again. I'm an old timer so much of what I did and learned may not be relevant now. But I have to say that if there is one weakness I've noticed among you officer/flier...

The harsh truth is that the US military istripping over itself to move tactical aviation to UAVs and UCAVs. They will, too. The Navy's goal is to have 1/3 of all tactical aircraft unmanned by 2012. The X-45 and X-47 have already been successfully launched and recovered aboard the boat. They have...

The DASH-1 tells the Air Force flier what he is allowed to do. The Navy NATOPS tells the flier what he is NOT allowed to do. It's that succinct and that different. Oh. One more thing: Air Force fliers are pussies.

They are not quizzing you on either emergencies or procedures. These things are very deceptive and certainly from my experience at Vance, they are not doing what their name implies. You are given a list of subjects to study for each one beforehand. On just about every test, they either asked...

If you were to stay in the military for a full 20, would you always be flying or does the amount of time flying decrease with rank increase? No results searching... Active Navy: First tour: yes, second tour no (unless you go to the Training Command as an instructor), third tour probably...

The irony is that 95% of the time you'll wear your green Nomex flight jacket instead. The leather ones look cool but are impractical. Does anyone know if you can wear flight jackets with your khaki uniform off base anymore? This went round and round while I was flying. For some reason the...

Holland Bailed Yup. Holland sold its P-3s to Germany and Spain. They are unilaterally disarming so they can spend all their money on free drugs and abortions for their population. Wonderful priorities. Next time they're invaded and they call us for help, I hope we put them on Hold...

When I joined... At South Weymouth the Navy and Marines had different techniques. If you wanted to fly Navy, they took you up in a base T-34 and showed you some maneuvers, some navigation, some radio chat. After you landed, if you were still interested, you went to the first step in applying...

The old airlines are hitting the wall of today's business realities. When airlines were regulated, flight crew and ground crew unionized and demanded ever higher wages and benefits. Since the government was calling the shots, no one else could enter the industry and thus the majors had a...

Sorry... There is ONE all time great flying movie: The original "Flight of the Phoenix," with Jimmy Stewart and Richard Attenborough. I can't think of one really good flying movie made in the last ten years.

"Needs of the Navy," my man.

Go VP. No seat/size problems and the best liberty in the Navy!

Don't have a jpg... ... but my last crew patch showed a mean-looking bulldog above the logo, "Crew 4 -- because We Can" Referred to a discussion about why dogs, ah, lick their "equipment"...

Hierarchical vs. inspirational.

Junior officer charged with harassing civilian family By William H. McMichael Times staff writer Navy Ensign Jason Michael Carley, left, and Barry Cogen, right — Broward County, Fla., Sheriff / U.S. Navy VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Norfolk-based Navy ensign and another man are in...

I know it seems important now, but not once while flying with the Navy was I required to run several miles. Frankly, the best way to really prepare physically for Navy flying is to put a ladder up to a platform 20 feet high, wait until a day when the temp is above 100 degrees, dress in a...

If you remain on active duty, you are covered by government insurance. If you go into the Reserves between, you lose all government insurance except for days during which you are acruing drills.

One can despise the military, but still support our warfighters. No, they can't.

No Once you get into flight training and get exposed to the different types of flying you are in a far better place to select the community you want -- or think you want. I enjoyed my tacair flights in the training command but knew I didn't want VF or VA. In small tacair airplanes you are...