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what ever happened to the "Fan room"? I sure wish a chief could take some dumbass sailor into the back and straighten him out without the need to go to mast or XOI... Everything is SUCH a big deal now. A little skool of hard knocks education is what many people need!

For those of you guys still in flight school (or waiting to class up), are they still booting people who have been injured and require long periods of time to heal? Shortly after I finished I heard that if you broke your arm or something (and you were doing something kida stupid), you'd get...

here and I thought NFO stood for "No Future Outside" joking, of course. we actually had a great "career symposium" a few months back where we learned exactly how much in demand military officers are - regardless of your job. Officers do very well in upper middle management and upper...

guns don't kill people, I do.

uh...i just guessed it was a boat, the kind that go on top the water.... who joins the navy to go on boats anyhow? :D

well, we won't talk about our sharks with fricken laser beams on their heads....

P-3s right now, junior pilot: I'm lucky to get 25/mo

Why is the superhornet known as the "rhino"?

I'm not sure that the primary site picks are split up on the lines of X number at each. I suspect more come from Whiting as there are 3 squadrons there vs 2 in corpus, but I really don't know. When i selected we were compared to ALL the primary guys finishing that week from all the locations.

motorcycles: gotta have a vest, proper PPE, and to drive on base, a base safety course.

Illinijoe, yes, this was all meant in jest. I don't think it's a big deal to poke fun at those who ask this question. I don't think anybody who is serious about flying jets is going to be turned off by such a prod. I'd hope they'd have a thicker skin. If, however, I bent anyone outta...

So, uh, what do you supposed my chances of getting jets is? I really have no qualifications, but I think it would be cool. What percentage gets jets? Do you have to be good at volleyball? hadn't seen this question in some time, so I thought I'd bring it back for nostalgia. :icon_tong

A4's, that rifle he's holding, springfield of 1903? Looks just like the WWI battle rifle (springfield of 1903, made by remmington in 1917) my grandfather left me... Yeah, not so much on the covering stupid BS now adays. We tried an "official" JO take an O-4's parking spot friday...it...

Ender's game was great. The sequal, "Speaker of the Dead" suuuucked.... I like the "Hammer's Slammers" series too.

one of the best military books, EVER! I've read it a few times, learn something new each time.

when we're invaded by alien forces from Mechulon 5 (really crappy place) and we're forced into a war of survival, these punks will be begging us to bring them along. I've got more respect for muslim terrorists. At least they have the guts to blow themselves up to make a political...

These people make me laugh, and proud at the same time. I am proud that a nation can be so well defended, so well established, that fools like this can sap millions from our economy and yet we survive and thrive! As long as we have a free, capitalist nation, these people will exist. Now, if...

Great site, cracked me up. But you know something - communism IS the best form of government for a society! It makes perfect sense. If everybody works equally hard towards a common goal, you will achieve that goal faster and better than you would as a nation of capitalists, competing with...

i'd like to kick this kid in his teeth. That would be fun...like really fun. i bet he drives a benz and never worked for anything in his life. 500 years ago he'd have been naturally selected out. Sometimes I think the Klingons have the right idea.

tear gas is bad news - but a far cry better than a few 5.56 NATO to the brain pan!

"The United States, which didn't endorse the convention, is the only nation in the world still using the deadly weapon." lets not be using deadly weapons now! I don't think we targeted civies with napalm, certainly the terrorists. I doubt we used chemical weapons. Maybe the terrorists...

then there's the ol' crack in the TACCO's window gag....

A4s, hahaha, now that's funny.

you have no idea how funny what you said is....

I **** ******* for 24 years, **** ** ** :)

Oh, i'm good. I just can't get anyone else to believe me!

I hope that kid never spawns. If he does, his kids will be DUUUUMB! Now, once someone told me that if you have to really dumb parents or two really smart parents, the kids will tend to be more toward the norm. So, stupid parents might have a vaguely functional child. This kid is pretty...

Think how much fun applying that gay "risk matrix" to this incident would be. Set it up with: "here's your situation. You're a young, stupid kid. You and your friends are bored. Franky says, 'hey matt, i got this great idea...'. What do you do?"

that's where my dog got off to!

It has been crazy warm. Cold at night. Basically a huge high pressure system has been sitting over us for a few weeks. Made for beautiful skiing when I was up in Whistler recently, even if the snow as pretty crappy. Nice flying too, the mountains are just AWESOME.

I'm using that if i ever get to give an ORM lecture. That is...beautiful.

WHO TALKED?! ER...uh. I have no idea what you're talking about. I have nothing to be ashamed of!

I wore shorts under mine, some guys did freeball it, but paid dearly....zipper rub, ewe....

I had to swim through a school of sharks, but I had my survival knife so I felt okay.

Fly Virgin!

damn, that's...uh...gross. Almost as gross as doppler well ice cream, but not quite as. I think even as a PPC i'll cook. I don't think i'll go for the fry daddy, as it is messy (but as PPC, i can direct the 3P to clean up). I want to get an electric fly pan and/or a wok. Also something to...

okay, story time. So there we were, out over the PAC at 1500', wind shear like you'd never believe +/- 500' and +/- 40kts of airspeed constantly. We were shaking like a cat s*tting on a sheet of ice. It was bad, it was awful. But, being the 3P on the crew and having planned a magnificent...

the per diem and the women! man, i have been on watch WAAAAAY too long.

funny thing about the P-3 compared to most navy planes...mine IS bigger than yours :D but, in case anybody is wondering, this is just my sarcastic sense of humor showing through here. I mean, come on, like we'd really eat a doughnut while flying!

like a P-3er doesn't fly through the goo. Seems like all we do is IMC flying. It isn't hard. Now do that with a doughnut in one hand and hot coffee between your legs - oh, SNAP! now we're talking REAL flying!

yeah, jet guys don't know what difficult flying is, not at all.

I always thought I was owed the P-3 by the navy. I was born to it. I was entitled to it! I DESERVED IT DAMNIT! It was my dream since i was 9 to fly something with a rack, a kitchen, and laser beams. I got 2 outta 3, that ain't bad. A4's, you wana talk about true stick and rudder...

Like my whole damn wardroom dips on the plane, as do damn near all the FE's and IFT's. I find it rather nasty myself, but wouldn't dismiss the idea of doing it in hour 10 of a 12 hour burner. Most guys just stick a spit bottle into the top of their SV-2 and simply lean their head forward to...

I've seen Prop Gun, but i don't have a copy of it. I need a video camera for my next deployment!

I've not been able to find any good P-3 videos. Do any of y'all have any?

As a P-3er (stick monkey type, not tube rat) I will say that P-3 NFO is a good job. At first you're a NavComm, which pretty much suuucks (at least they all seem to hate it, I know I wouldn't like it). After a certain period of time (depends on the squadron) you upgrade to TACCO. The TACCO is...

what would you say....his chances of getting Jets is? I know, I know, it is nearly random, but really, what do you think....

that would depend if you're the infantry or the tank. If you're the tank, i be that'd be pretty cool.

Here's a cool site with neat photos. This site also has the "rifle vs tank" video i put up in another thread. http://www.strategypage.com/gallery/default.asp

okay, here's a link to the video! Found it! Totally awesome! http://www.webmutants.com/strategypage/riflevstank.mpeg