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Yeah, I have no idea how many the squadrons are equipped with now, I remember seeing at least 5 or 6, back in the day. They were used both as a backup on transits and operationally, "and that's all I have to say about that." The main problem we had was the brightness of the screen. Some...

We use Falconview all the time, but the squadron supplies the GPS and laptop...I'd wait until you get to your Fleet squadron to see what they're issuing before buying anything.

Mal, I don't know if this is even what you meant by your question, but from a P-3 perspective, shipping the wife out is a bad idea. IF you are ASSURED you will be somewhere for a SET period of time, knock yourself out. I've had Skippers expressly forbid it. I don't have a clue how other...

There is no way I'd spend big bucks to ship my wife anywhere in a scenario depending on our ever-changing ops/crew manifests/aircraft status. It would suck to have to call the wife and tell her you can't make it, but have fun with the guys going instead of you. Keep in mind when we do det...

Does he keep doing stupid things and not learning from it? If so, maybe.

You can certainly bring your spouse with you to whatever base your squadron is assigned to while on homecycle. You cannot bring your spouse on deployment. Here's the a few good threads on Maritime: http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7111...

Yeah, I made an appointment to talk with the STUCON officer. Done and done.

Right, I'm sure that was an unbiased source. You're comparing apples and oranges. Thread locked, nothing productive is going to come of this.

I don't even bother. A warm Red Bull keeps me as awake as a cold one. Besides, I'm too busy writing 3 page MAFs about props spewing hyd fluid and sparks in the cockpit on engine starts. Who loves the 3rd world? zab.

While I agree with you 90% of the time, let's not forget the single factor and the plethora of free and available a$s for your average JG on Oahu vice Oak Harbor. keep in mind, I'm hammered right now

If it makes you feel any better I can count the times I've had a fridge that actually worked on one hand. The convection oven is MONEY though.

KBay...it's just an awesome place to be. No matter how sh!tty a day you might have at work, you walk outside the hangar and it's absolutely beautiful. I never had "island fever". There's way too much to do. If you don't like the beach or the outdoors, I guess I could see someone getting...

Another vote for K-Bay.

The problem with your idea is these augmentees are not going to ground pounder billets. You're missing the point. The 2 week training is just a very basic course to acclimate Sailors to Army and land based ops. The majority of IAs are going to fill billets requiring specific skills, or at the...

This will not become StudentPilot.net.

Dude, it's the AF. I once had to declare an emergency for a violently ill crewmember (not airsickness, more along the lines of dysentary). They rolled out every firetruck, ambulance, and Security Force vehicle on the base. It was a gaddamn circus. I'll tell you what, those guys do not fear...

How to Discredit Your Own Post with one sentence. Come on man, by now you should know better.

This is a brief item, yet you have no resources issued or available officially?

There's obviously facilities for "residents". Keep in mind that's a 10,000 foot runway. USAF used to det Cobra Ball crews out there as well.

Dunno when, but as stated here: 3. Arrangement. Arrange ribbons in order of precedence in rows from top down, inboard to outboard. Wear either the three senior ribbons, or all ribbons if you have earned three or more. (uniform regs 5312)

All I'll say is this, we had a good time, if I remember correctly. Unfortunately, that weekend was also during the oh-so-important NROTC basketball tournament (oh Jeebus, if this tournament does not go well, we will all be the worst officers to ever hit the Fleet, blah blah blah). We raised...

What happens to DORs these days? To the curb or to another community?

Designate someone to act as the bank (there's usually one non-drinker in the group). Cut them a check from whatever fund you can, have them take this and go to get ones and fives. That way, no one can say "oh I didn't bring any small bills". 'Fvck you, pay me'

As tempted as I am to say this will never happeb, after seeing them actually go through with the flying WO program...

The myriad of possible causes of a mishap makes it impossible to generalize one cause to cover everything. Mechanical failure, crew error, environmental factors, all of these could be a cause, separately or in conjunction. Bottom line, you can't make a broad, sweeping statement without a...

I'm thinking you have no official ties to military aviation and speculation of that nature without any soild knowledge is unfair and irresponsible.

Not blindly, but you have to accept that things can and will change 180 degrees on a regular basis. Get used to it.

Tell that story to any IP working in the schoolhouse and there's a 99% chance they'll back you.

I hope you sat down with whoever coordinates and schedules you folks for IFS, told your story, and submitted a written record of your experience. If you haven't, do so immediately. Do what you can to stop it from happening to someone else.

I made the mistake of sitting near some frogs at an airshow last week in the hospitality tent. I actually had to get up and move, the funk was so funky. They were not faking it.

Do you have short arms, long legs, or a huge gut? I'd start stretching my hamstrings as much as I possibly could.

Just a note on Ultrathins...they're great as your "good set", but if you have to wear them everyday (God help you if you do...I do...) they get dirty and are impossible to clean. I use the normal ones and just replace the ones that get dirty (Comm and Battle E mostly). The Ultrathin ribbon...

Fmr: Don't even bother buying AWGs until you hit the Fleet (hopefully TFU will wake the fvck up bu then, but I doubt it). Most of the time, it's a squadron wide thing, as in everyone will wear them or no one will. Often it's dictated by location and weather (they're great in cold climates...

Aviation Working Greens are still authorized. Trust me. Service Dress Khakis are still in the tomb. Hopefully, they'll stay there. awful.

macattack: Odds are you'll go on a few detachment exercises for pre-deployment training. The shortest I had has one week. The longest was 3 weeks and 3 days.

Here's another AW cliche. Me locking a pointless thread.

Crab meat...check Weaps...check Booze...no (non-pressurized, no heat, bad things. That's why my stash goes in my bingo bag with a large "NO BOMB BAY" tag on it)

Spanish is not in the Dominent category. For reference, I am required to speak it for my billet and I get 75 bucks a month.

FLPB A and B are the new names for FLPP Cat 1 and 2. I assume they're going to start asking who speaks Farsi prior to commissioning in order to schedule DLPTs. You'll also be personally responsible for scheduling your own annual retests. Luckily, the Speaking test isn't required, because it's...

I would pay money to be in Kadena right now.

DLAB measures you general ability to learn a language. DLPT measures you ability with a given language. 99% of the time you have to be in a billet that specifically requires language skills for language pay. So SNWhatevers usually do not apply.

2 sugars and light on the Cremora please.

I'm no English major, but "sanked"? (and no, I'm not attributing it to Shnugg, I left the link in there)

Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. My guess on why the 53s are there...probably to support the ground pounders stationed there. They make a pretty big deal about the name being Marine Corps BASE Hawaii, vice Air Station.

Nope.

Depends. Short/easy answer, if he's changing voluntarily and it isn't due to an issue where the aviator would be under review for a situation where he/she could lose wings (safety), then the wings stay.

Again, from the best threads page (http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/cmps_index.php?page=best_threads): P-3 stuff: http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7111 http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1928 http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7367...

All kinds of stuff in the "Best Threads" list: http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/cmps_index.php?page=best_threads helo stuff: http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9985&page=2 good general discussion on all communities: http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6650...

"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to highlyrandom again." In all seriousness, class act.