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Ah yes, Alaska coming in number 1...er...49...er, whatever, it's awesome. Most cops I talk to up here rather like it. One said to me, "Sometimes the only backup you'll have is a citizen with a gun. While it's not as good as a trained officer, who speaks cop, it beats the HELL out of being...

Well, on the good side, when I asked the F-22 guys here to set up a static display for a visiting JMSDF delegation...they were happy to help!

Ah yes, and Darwin's Theory is still going strong! Though i tend not to like a lot fo the clientele, i'm more a Humpy's fan. Funny story though!

Well, obviously scholarly pursuits were not his thing, or else he would have been a pilot!

wow...

Hey! Next time I'm callin' the cops man! I see you slinking around in that brown, windowless van of yours... Yeah, I know your game! "Free Candy" my ass! Speaking of said yard... Know anyone who needs a 3bdrm/2bath house with a huge yard?

The F has the convenience of coming with someone who can carry your bags out to the plane and, probably more importantly, will help you sing "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" to a girl at a bar. I KEED, I KEED!

"Demand" for NFOs is a strong term. More like "desire" as in, we desire to have someone pack our luggage out to the plane. Maybe expect is a better term. So in a round about sorta way, there is a "demand" signal of sorts. I KEED, I KEED!

We had a flight doc leading our class since he was an O-3. Nobody even brought up the line vs non-line thing - and he wasn't even an intimidating prior SEAL. :) I was still in OCS mode during API, I would do anything anyone with some semblance of authority told me to do.

I'm with A4s, how someone wasn't seriously injured on the CRJ is pretty remarkable. They got ROCKED! I think the reason the Air France A380 was going so fast was the Lufhansa jet chasing it just outside the camera's frame! In a report I read, the Air France pilot was yelling, "Oh non! Les...

My grandfather installed belly guns in those planes during WWII. He had a real fondness for those birds. The B-29 is just a beautiful plane.

Between what y'all have said and what I've learned from the gun-geeks at several of our finer firearms establishments, I'm going to go with the 5.56. Already have the SKS, may as well diversify!

Hey guys, I just bought my first AR lower!!! I know, how did I go this long without one? Anyhow, I went with the Plum Crazy lower because we had a group buy at work - couldn't pass up the price. I was thinking of going with a 7.62x39 upper since I already have a SKS and a small stash of 7.62...

Hey, it worked for me. I filled four bags my first flight (and I mean FILLED), three the second, two, then usually one until I got meds. I was able to over come it by my checkride and have a few revisits during PAs. Of course, the T44 was no fun when you were in the back on a hot Corpus day...

The types of reactors involved couldn't be more different... Pretty much a Chernobyl type incident couldn't ever take place in a Japanese reactor. Not that this fact will dissuade the anti-nuke folk.

I can confirm the LT being too senior comment. Had a guy at my last command who was an NFO, not interested in NFOing any longer (finished commitment). He was a PT stud, could smoke the PT at BUDS i expect (just one fo those guys). Anyhow, even with an admiral pushing for him, they wouldn't...

I think we could armchair quarterback this one for a while. I blame the unions. I have been drinking.

I know I know! it's a SWEET rifle!

I generally think these are isolated incidents...or rather, i want to think they are... We've become damn paranoid about brown skinned folk these days, somewhat for good reason, but generally speaking, i think people are wound a bit tight. Going through all the BS to get on a damn plane now...

I learn so much on here! That is interesting though, when nerds consider other people to be more nerdy. Didn't know there were degrees.

As it turns out the army does fly citations - they have a few up here at Elmo. They do no OWN them, however, and the planes don't say US Army on the side, they say "United States Department of Defense". From what i understand when the Army divorced itself of the AF the agreement was the Army...

Wow, i didn't think anyone had been that close to a Mig 28 before!

Now THIS, was a freakin' good read!

Guys would routinely have their eyes dilated by the docs throughout OCS, then had to face the day wearing those big shades eye-cutters just love to give out. Happened to me once during OCS too. Anyhow, the DIs never said anything about it to anyone - but you'd usually only be wearing them for...

For t-shirts - if able, get the Costco "Kirkland" brand of t-shirts, one size smaller than you usually wear. These are the best white tshirts i've ever owned and wish I had them in OCS. Not that i wear khakis more than once a year or so anymore, but they sure were nice when I had to wear...

Agreed on Hardcore. I started playing it about two weeks ago and although they don't have my favorite mode, Demolition, it's still much better. I'm a huge fan of the G11 and the CZ75. Every time I go back to playing the regular game I am reminded what irritated me about it so much - having to...

That's a sexy plane right there! It would be a kick to take something that large and pull the kinds of maneuvers they're pulling! Sweet video, thanks!

Anchorage went up $50! Which i believe is more than our base pay raise... Now if we could get a COLA bump...

'cause your planes are dated! Not that I have ANYTHING to talk about really...

Great find, thank you.

Don't forget the shootdown of the EC-121 in 1969... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EC-121_shootdown_incident For you VQ bubbas out there.

Iran is training our enemies? OMFGWAWGTDN?!

hmm...not really no! And i prefer to be compared to Emeril Lagasse, thank you very much! @PerDiem - i think their full bellies offset any irritation they may have felt. Or at least nobody dared to bring up the issue with me, less they get a wood spoon across their knuckles! :D

grenades, lots of 'em. Always flew with a ton of water (i'd piss 5 times in a 10hr flight, no dehydration for me!). Sometimes flew with a griddle, pancake mix, johnsonville breakfast links, maple syrup (the real stuff), pre-mixed scrambled eggs (onion, cheese, peppers, ham), few jugs of OJ...

So, if i read this correctly, if you're under 12 years they don't care and you'll continue to receive ACIP regardless of the billet you're filling. If you're over 12 years and have not met the MOF, but you are on DIFOPS orders, then you are on conditional ACIP and need to submit your flight...

I would pay $50 more for an airline that provided good service (not even great, just good), good food (included in the price of the ticket), no stupid fees, and provided a mandatory fitness program for their staff. One airline that sorta does this is Horizon. Much as I don't like flying on...

I don't think it's about gun rights, that's not how i read it. I think he's using it as an example - and I think he's got a point. Roger, the book has been around for a while, but I hadn't read it (or an excerpt from it) until today.

People occasionally post questions in this sub-forum wondering why they should join the military, if they have the right motivation and whatnot. I'd never read the following until my boss sent it out to our team today. I think it's a great read and very, very poignant. which are you?

Too awesome for words!

Okay, great, he decided not to do it...so why were there protests and more planned? Two people killed in a protest in Kabul over something that didn't happen. Those people confuse me...

So let me broach this question - if the government were to step in and force this guy stop, citing public good (the yelling FIRE in a movie theater example), then where do we draw the line? Or better yet, say he backs down on his own, due to pressure from the government and community. What if...

Actually, i expected some spirited debate, which there now is - I think there's a lot to discuss about this subject.

Hmm, I really thought there'd be a more exciting argument on this one!

Guys, thanks for all the replies. Here's the more detailed info from day one: Ammo - Czech .308, 165g I think, it was on sale and I realize now why it was on sale - very dirty stuff and I'm not sure it was very accurate. I completely immobilized the rifle on the Lead Sled. Barrel - 22"...

So I took my shiny new Ruger Hawkeye All-weatherout yesterday to get her dialed in for the hunting seasons. The rifle is brand new and I mounted a Leopold scope on it (not top of the line, but not a bad one by any measure). I sighted it in at 25yds (which is how far it had been bore sighted to...

Thanks. It was pretty fun to build. I may take up woodworking over the winter and try to refine my product.

Thought I'd share a project I recently undertook to build a going away gift for the captain in charge of my shop. If anyone knows Grits, he just retired after 26 years. Former boat school guy, A7 driver, then F18 driver, skipper, etc. Anyhow, the gift our shop came up with was a Navy civil...

Ruger Redhawk .44 mag, 5.5", Alaskan chest holster. I only carry it on the trail, along with bear spray.

I interviewed with the 249th Airlift Squadron last summer - a really great group of aviators.

Sad news. This plane flew over me as I was running tonight, shortly before it went down. http://www.adn.com/2010/07/28/1385727/cargo-plane-reported-down-on-base.html