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NICE WORK!! Does that guy actually work in J2?

I am in the market for new cell service due to the fact that I keep blowing through my minutes and my wallet cries every time. Before I sign up with anyone I was hoping that those of you in the 'Ville could let me know what wireless provider you have and how the coverage is. In general are you...

Just to be clear, I am not driving anyone's drunk ass to the island. Sorry Bogey. See you all tonight.

You won't have any problems making your own tears at OCS. There are nice people there who are more than willing to help you out in that department.

A few guys hinted at it, but I just want to make sure you know that nothing in the pipeline (except API if you don't get rolled) is a fixed number of weeks. To give you an idea, I reported to Pensacola on 5 Jan, started IFS toward the end of February, classed up for API on 30 Mar, reported to...

The version of the pointless, unanswerable question that I think would be most useful, if there was an answer of course, is what percent of students with jet grades who put jets as their first choice get jets?

A4s must be fat because he doesn't support charging fatties extra.:D And yes I know, I am no longer allowed to fly in your airplane sir. All in good fun though.

We are all ignoring the possibilities of lighting them on fire.:icon_rage

I like the whole paint a fake canopy on the bottom of the fuselage idea. Anyone who would know, does that actually work? Tricky Canadians doing it here....

Oh it has to be fake. Look at the two F16 pics in the article. Same load out, same exact position relative to the exact same terrain. That and the caption says mock up.... It's fake, but still freaking cool.

Given that I almost attrited out of IFS because it took me a few extra flight hours in the pattern to get over a fear of the earth, I would agree with you on that. Apparently flaring does not equal ballooning and those spring steel landing gear on Cessnas only cushion so much.... However, it's...

Nope, I found it on some defense industry site. I have no clue about it's authenticity, but it looks cool so I really don't care.

I didn't know the Marines had F-16s....:D

SLAP!:icon_boxi

Now that's just plain mean.:icon_smil

I think the heavy hitters approach would be better. Regardless of our own obvious coolness, having this attached to a website won't help us in the least. I think we risk making the idea easier to dismiss because the cause will then be a web based grass roots effort, like Code Pink or...

And for the record, if this is considered a low level mutiny, I didn't start it; Masterbates did. I merely offered hypothetical suggestions that I never thought would be carried out and that is what I am sticking with at trial. Sorry dude, but I saw the bus coming and just thought I would...

This is exactly what I was trying to get at. I understand the idea of a petition conjures up images of fat women standing outside the grocery store asking you to sign a petition to tell the city council to pass a resolution that farting on Saturdays shall henceforth be illegal. Perhaps...

It might be worthwhile to have some sort of a petition type thing attached to show interest. If you had enough names it would be relatively easy to defeat the cost argument because it would show sufficient demand. Names, ranks, commands. It could show that there is a general interest in...

I don't know your background, but your profile says you are retired so I will try to tread lightly and show you more respect than you are showing these two mids who did the EXACT right thing. If the lesson they learn from this is the one you propose they should then it is a sad day. From...

So then why would anyone want to fly anything else? COD looks like it hits the big three priorities for must pilots.:D

Mr. and Mrs. Walcott must be so proud...

How does knowing any of that add anything to the lives of anyone? What is your interest in "logging" this information? By the way, the scrolling bar with the recent ejections is really a nice touch, it almost reminds me of a stock ticker. The one about the Indian A.F. jet that crashed killing...

Dude! WTF?!?! You just publicly admitted to watching dancing with the stars, on this forum of all places. What were you thinking? :D P.S. This of course does not answer your question in any way, shape, or form, but it definitely deals with a far more important issue.

I wish instead of passing laws banning protests at funerals they would just pass a law allowing the rest of us to beat the living crap out of these jackasses with impunity. Same thing with flag burning. (Mostly joking.)

Get a good degree that you are interested in and can use on the outside. If you stay in for 20+ and end up working at the sim building until father time starts calling you Gramps there is still no harm in having gotten a good degree way back when. However, if for some reason the military...

My older brother has a green egg and it is everything it is advertised to be. Great for smoking, a little overkill for the typical bbq, but man it cooks well. However, he is raking in those big lawyer dollars and can afford to drop cash on something like that. I think that is awesome though...

I had 20/25 in both eyes distant, given glasses, sent to primary, told to wear glasses while flying and sent on my merry way. I subsequently tested at 20/20 half way through primary (I don't know how) and no longer have to wear glasses while flying. I am no authority on this, but from my...

Well perhaps if you didn't harass them while they were studying for RIs in the wing building and tell them that studying is a waste of time if they want to get jets so they should just drink beer, then perhaps we would hook you up...:D

As far as a tuition cap, nope, or at least there wasn't one when I went through. The catch is if you transfer from one school to another they only pay for whatever tuition is cheaper so if you transfer from State to Daddy Spoils Me U then you get stuck with the difference. You also have to pay...

If you don't already wear glasses it really won't help you. All the exercises do is strengthen the muscles around the eye that get weaker as you wear glasses (the glasses make the muscles not have to work as hard to see so they get weaker so you need stronger glasses so the muscles get weaker...

Of course you have the right to have a kid, even if doing so will impact your ability to meet your military obligations. This is America, you can do what you want, but you also have to accept the consequences as well. The problem is the OP wants to have a kid while leaving her career...

No, it means if you are looking for a convenient time to have a kid in naval aviation (or any other career for that matter) you won't find it. Some times are less bad than others, but from the tone of your posts it sounded very much like you want to have a child on your time frame without your...

I think the general answer on when the best time to have a kid is a resounding "NEVER" from the airwarriors mob, and it has nothing to do with hating women. I really don't think that it is based off of a misogynistic attitude, but a simple response to the question. As far as your career is...

To get back to the original post.... The Navy spends a shit ton of money training and maintaining aviators, estimates vary of course, but it can be very precisely defined as a shit ton. They are extremely selective (okay, maybe not as selective as they should be) but the fact remains that...

I haven't met too many people who weren't socially awkward at some point during middle school and high school, regardless of their type of schooling. I only remember a few kids that were "cool" during that time and the only reason I remember them is because they never went anywhere in life. So...

I don't know. I am fuzzy on the details, but I recall something about her being a friend of the Manatee.... Could be wrong though. Surprisingly, it has happened before.

Her option or yours?

Funny. I got put through Indoc by a bunch of MECEPs and ill mannered mids at MCRD San Diego and honestly think I am much better off for it. Ours definitely was boot camp inspired, though it paled in comparison as it was only a week. From both the time I worked Indoc and the time I went...

Gee, I keep the CO's number on speed dial...helps if we are ever short a guy for golf on Thursday afternoons:icon_smil Sorry, just being a smart ass. As mentioned, without more details no one will be able to help you out. Best of luck.

Or "In Gouge we trust"

Never, you know you like them.

or patches...

What we are all forgetting is that whatever the color of the helicopter that was allegedly following our friend, it was clearly piloted by "homosexual degenerates who like to tease people." On a separate topic, it is interesting that our friend offered that logbook up as proof before anyone...

Not to mention the thumb ring.:icon_tong On a serious note, just get through it. There will be plenty of times to shine later on, as well as other times to once again make sure you don't stand out (like being unknown in A pool and standing out in API). Pick your battles and do your best...

I don't like to beat dead horses, but since you kept the burger paragraph despite numerous, blunt suggestions that it needed to go...GET RID OF THAT PARAGRAPH!!! It eats up words and adds nothing. I think your last paragraph starts to get you where you want to go with this statement in that it...

During my senior year of college I was "lucky" enough to go on a plant tour at a plant in Chula Vista (pretty sure it was Goodrich, but I was half asleep the entire time) where they are building the housing for the lift fan on the F-35b. The engineer showing us around talked about how making a...

If you want C-130s and don't want another move, go Corpus. If you want to actually move through training and don't care about the move, go Whiting. It's way faster. For example, guys I went to API with soloed at Whiting before I had FAM 2 down here in Corpus. I have gotten canceled for...

I use the USAA Performance index account. It's rates vary biweekly and are calculated off of some index that I can't remember. The rate you get varies by how much you have in, but I have never gotten less than 4.5% APY for any 2 week period. Right now I am getting 4.81%. It varies a little...

Steve, I understand your point. However, on subsequent physicals do you think I should go through the "bureaucratic ASS PAIN", as Retread so eloquently put it, of getting the bee sting thing dealt with again? The question asked if I ever did have a problem with it, ever. By the way, the...