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Mumbles, sounds like fodder for the "What makes a bad leader?" thread. And maybe one on why Front Offices should never "be the same type." Over a fucking 2 engine loiter. Sandy vag.

My favorite: stray voltage on restart might fire off a Maverick.... right.

I've read and re-read your post a few times and I guess I'm missing something. Was the meeting held in order to review the procedures in order to give everyone a refresher and remind crews that it's a valid option? Or did someone have some issue with the decision to do it? Why were they...

He's a Senator. We're done here.

There are pros and cons to the organization, I was in the program for 3 years: Cons: Depending on the individual unit, the professionalism issues and power trips that come with any adult-run youth organization are present. I saw the same thing in Boy Scouts, but if you take it all with a...

Go to DC in July/August, put on your blues and walk around all day. Oh, and ride the Metro. Let us know how things work out. No thanks. Let's find a way to avoid that pain.

if you're referring to the "lapel" pins, they do represent their branches in that manner. Similar (not exactly) to the USN's line officer stars vs. other weird embroidery on sleeves and shoulderboards. I always thought it was a pretty cool tradition and an example of esprit de corps.

All they can say is no. However, the sub guys going to dive school is fairly logical and I could see someone buying off on it. They could feasibly be required to perform those duties in their future careers. Jump school? Why would they send you if you will never use the training/qual as a...

FAO- There has been no news of this, and considering the majority of us already have "real" pins, I doubt anyone is pursuing it. (most Oceano and HR types are in the same position)

Well, since you have nothing in your profile about where you are in the pipeline, it's even more difficult to guess at your chances. If you know for sure this has been done by someone in your situation, please share the story.

The point I'm making is that the inherent concepts behind CRM are not more or less important today than they were in the past. I will agree with you that their organized application and instruction to aircrew has increased, which is ultimately a good thing, despite the sheer boredom...

"These days?" As opposed to when? It wasn't before? What do you mean, "going away?" Is there some impending vacuum of experience in the airline industry? These guys did their job. The End.

Geographically or on the airframe?

Uh, no. Are you saying an AF officer with a "designator" (or MOS, or whatever the AF calls it) of CRO has a job that is the equivalent of a SWO's collateral duty as a ship's rescue swimmer? Do some research on what a CRO is. Comparing a job like CRO to any collateral duty of a USN officer is...

HIGHLY UNLIKELY, if not impossible.

1. Well played Sir. 2. Dual powered. Primary: Nicotine, Backup: caffeine.

My sarcasmometer is gauge limit, but for anyone wondering, a prop malfunction can go from "hm" to "crap" to "compound" to "fucked" faster than you can get to the book, much less open it to the correct page and subsequently figure out where you are. The notes/warnings/cautions are usually...

Right after doing the same to his Aide for letting it slip by.

Wake the fvck up. It's 2008. I'm no Obama-ite, but speaking Spanish is not hard and gives you an incredible leg-up in the job search. Pre-emptive disclaimer: no one is going to change my mind, so retort/respond/flame all you want. I've been on both sides of the fence, in depth, and...

I hope that's a joke, and that you do know who that is and from what film.

make your own. other people's patches are boring and everyone has seen them.

do the reading, write the paper, get the grade, brain dump, move on aka "i believe" button in academics...

No, that's according to Milan Vego, someone I have heard referred to as "the Clausewitz of our time" more than once. His opinion holds some serious weight. His stuff comes in the "Painful Flavor" of JPME JMO Brand Kool Aid. And his book "Operational Warfare" is awesome, it's just the...

If you owe time to a particular community, the odds of switching are slim. It happens rarely.

/\ boo this man.

Stupid. Locked.

I hope that was for reference and you don't think Thailand and Taiwan are the same place.

Search Function: "recommended reading" http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14356&highlight=recommended+reading Start there.

Or we could just say "let's all remember OPSEC" and let the thread stay open. Yeah, we'll do that.

Someone told me "get in this line and you get a sandwich"

You're at the RAG. Things will change.

VO? in a heartbeat.

it's just like Burger King

As long as you remember to keep it in perspective, which it appears you have. There is always "that guy," and if he was in fact "that guy" he will get his.

No Broncos?

not really, but go on... so far so good. How so? You go on to say... by who? you? did you get a hop? good. If you had that much of an issue with it you should have said something to the kid first, then your Midshipman Coordinator in the squadron. Try not to cry yourself...

I know a guy who did this. How? They needed an E2/C2 guy. He had listed E2/C2 as his #1 choice but got #2, P-3s. He had a ridiculously high NSS coming out of T-34s and was kicking ass in T-44s. (note the part I emphasized)

I understood what you wrote just fine.

http://www.uscg.mil/history/OIF_USCGR_Article.html 5 seconds on google

"today's aid worker is tomorrow's CIA agent..."

what, the story? Yeah I watched that go down. Don't do that.

Keep your mouth shut for the first 6 months unless you have a legit question. Watch the more experienced JOs. You'll figure it out. DO NOT show up for the first time at a squadron party, get wasted, and tell your XO how much NFOs suck and why they're worthless. Especially if he has civvies...

please stop.

all the guys you hated stayed in. one guy you liked is still around, and doesn't know why. the rest of us bailed out.

It appears they have in fact all been recoded for FAOs.

We could (but we shouldn't) have a whole thread about trainwreck "first introductions" at AOMs and Hails. (Just say your name, where you're from, and tell a joke. that's it. no one cares about you and will not care about you for at least 6 months)

When you finally check in to your first squadron as an aviator, make sure to find out where the Skipper got his commission. If he was straight-stick NROTC, make sure to let him know how you feel. Good luck.

Those stars mean years in? I always thought they had something to do with quals or hours. Interesting.

If the difference bothers you at all, it will only be in the beginning. The manual they give you to figure out the "glass" EFDS (and I use that with full sarcasm) is worthless. Just work with the actual system until you figure out what the knobs do without looking down. Independent heading...

When I applied for FAO, I believe the requirement was 8 years of commissioned service. I think they either have, or are about to reduce it so SWOs coming off their first tours can apply. I'm too lazy to read the Pers website right now. FWIW, I'm at NPS, with a bunch of other 1720s, and they...