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legally not a midget, but thanks for jumping to my aide. you'll make me misty.

huh?

Hopefully whatever they've ordered will be something more useful (to MOST people, I understand what gatordev is saying) than the old one. I tried using it once and promptly tossed it.

If you're BDCP and want to go the USMC route, why don't you just start working on it now? It would be MUCH easier to talk with a Marine OSO and see what he can do to get you out of BDCP and into a Marine program than to try to find a way once you're already commissioned. The way numbers ebb...

From what I HEARD (therefore in reality meaningless) the G-Shock was an SNFO thing.

Kind of pointless if you have the inboard headphone propped up over (not on) your ear so you can hear/understand the co-pilot and FE. Save your money, the TELEX works fine. I know you have to use the ones the IP gives you in VP-30, but your Fleet squadron will give you your own set. I fly...

One of my old Skppers (NFO) decided to sit there on a takeoff that ended up in a runway departure. Supposedly he got tossed pretty hard. I've also heard you can make coins stand on end on that thing due to some kind of magnetic field. Never tried it.

I sincerely hope you didn't fall for that line of pure horsesh!t.

I got all excited when I saw this thread. Damn misleading title.

SLEEP ON YOUR BACK! I broke my left collarbone 14 years ago in a skiing accident and still have a slight inward curvature from ignoring my doctor and sleeping on my side. Stupid stupid stupid.

There was recent thread over at baseops.net discussing the use of OTS as an "officer faucet". From what I gathered, when Academy or AFROTC numbers projections aren't meeting forecasted needs, they open more OTS slots to "off the street" guys. I'd post a link, but my coffee is getting cold.

Re-read the post, think about the venue kmac's describing and what you've heard about what goes on in that training. You won't be in a position to light up ANYONE. kmac, I remember the same speech, I was actually laughing. thread re-rail: the moon rulez (just for Fly)

I'll take a working HF radio in my aircraft over some moon-ex waste of money any day.

aaaaaand...mark.

time hack

Doing what? Any Marine BTDTs who have any thoughts on this? Nothing defensive about debunking bad gouge. According to this logic based on fewer officers per enlisted, does this mean non-flying aviators are doing extra work to make up for the lack of troops? So these guys are turning...

FYI, military pilots in the USN, USMC, and USAF are all officers, not enlisted personnel. "Enlisted pilots" isn't a legitimate term (at least not in this day and age, and I'm not going to explain what it used to mean). Not that you'd be expected to know that as a high school student...

Right, so USN pilots do nothing but fly and then get to go home. Negative. We also hold ground billets and collateral duties. My Marine buddies that are in squadrons don't work any more than I do. If you're going to try to play the "Marine first" card at least get your facts straight...

Postflight today: Me: "There's oil all over the outboard section of the left flap." Other Pilot: "yes, #1 has a leak" Me: "OK, from where?" Other Pilot: "the engine" ah the joys of the language barrier...

Agreed. But then again, some people can pull them off, some people look like jackasses.

Thought of another one, re-qual for flight physiology. Instructor- utilizing pure O2 will have the bottom line effect of increasing the quality of your night vision Nugget Ensign- yeah, but if the O2 mask only covers your mouth and nose, no way the O2 would even hit your eyeballs

There's a great thread about 'dumb things people say' going on over at Tuckermax.com, so I thought we could get some laughs regarding the same thing in a military environment. A few from personal experience: _________________________ VTs, T-34 brief for a night fam. Two students (me being...

JOPA is a nebulous, shadowy organization striving to help JOs avoid the man, duck busy work, fly as much as possible, tear it up off hours, maintain an even strain, look the other way, CYA, and generally support the rights of your average O-1 through O-3. Seriously, JOPA is just a term used...

Cautionary warning: Let's not air any dirty laundry on the board.

In the real world JOs salute O-4s. The End.

Seriously, say it with me: JOPA JUNIOR OFFICERS PROTECTION ASSOCIATION This isn't fvcking rocket science. Salute your IPs. Salute other servicemembers that outrank you. When you see another JO with wings (or student in your case), say "What's up". It's about brotherhood man, get the...

Why do you care? Let it go. Focus on the now.

Befrore anyone jumps all over this guy, good on him for be honest and weighing his options.

Just to clarify, I never suggested any military forces shoot back. I brought up the question of ROE and what our troops are supposed to do. I spent about 15 minutes typing a response, previewed it, and realized we're going to agree to disagree. Rather than spend the afternoon playing back...

Nope. I don't buy it. I'm thinking hard, but I can't recall any other humanitarian effort where survivors fired on or threatened rescue forces in order to 'coerce' them to help. No SAR manual I've ever used had a chapter on "Guy with an AK aiming at you Signalling Technique". Hey, if I'm...

Squorch, I should have clarified, I wasn't aiming that at you, just the haphazard report. Ridiculous.

Because I'm sure those guys have nothing to do other than PT and play basketball. What's their MOS (or whatever they call it in the USAF)? Anyone know what those guys were doing the previous 12 hours? Were they aircrews getting a little downtime before their next hop? Who did the reporters...

Corona, no need for snide comments. That's a warning. BRM, I've known former academy guys who went NROTC successfully. However, with the current plethora of junior officers, it may be harder to make the switch. Your best bet is to go with the program you feel you'd have the best shot with.

Coopers and Bugs have replaced the VW Cabriolet as the "make fun of me car" in the squadron.

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It actually happened last Feb. Whatever. I see your point. I guess I¨have "mil guy" written on my forehead (even without a "high and stupid", a yut yut t-shirt, web belt on my jeans, and queer issued sunglasses). Even in civvies, I've had plenty of people strike up conversations with me...

No doubt. I saw an Army Sgt forced to hand over anything with a pin and frog clip on his uniform at security. Being the Army, that was A LOT of knick knacks. Total BS, but whatever (luckily he had some civvies to change into). No way I'm going to risk something like THAT for the chance at a...

No. You're wrong. edit: There's been a lot of posts regarding the lack of current API gouge. This guy's just posting some stuff he didn't see anywhere else. Good on him.

Still wouldn't mind reading some first hand accounts of the Citadel experience...hint hint hint

Blanket statements like this don't work. Again, I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and hope you mean, "ERAU will not teach you how to be an officer, the NROTC program will". (disclaimer: I didn't go to ERAU) I hesitated to respond here, because I don't want the thread to...

Jesus Chr!st. Let's not turn this into another ERAU bash. ERAU has NROTC, NROTC will prepare you to ba an officer. The Citadel/VMI/whatever military school runs their own program along with NROTC, which will also prepare you. Keep it on track.

So the questions are: Are officers in the Navy right now of such low quality that we need this program? Will this "OCS thing" correct the problem? Considering the cost, would it be worth it? Can the Navy afford the time/cost? Just some questions to feed the discussion (which I...

I think UI means the ones that go outside the window, not a sticky-side up "reverse" deal, or anything static cling that sticks on the interior of the glass. They come in all different sizes, and once you cut the excess clear plastic around the edges, they look nice (I've got a set about 5...

For about a year. Maybe. Find me 3 random Fleet guys and odds are you won't be able to discern their commissioning source. Not arguing, you make a good point, just noting what I've experienced. Since I can't get Steve's article to open, I guess I'll ask everyone in general, what...

How many civilians do you know who hate their boss/manager/foreman/supervisor? People are people, the mil is just a reflection of society.

Better have a plan for deployment as well. Family/friends/kennel...

boy, that REALLY should not have made me laugh so loud. Hi, I'm twelve...

yeah, I should have clarified, I meant real world stuff. Webmaster is smart, I am dumb.

just like any community...feast or famine...there's always a draft going on somewhere

The short version: Less pilots per squadron, more sim training (i.e. pilot and tactical trainers), talk of not every pilot making Patrol Plane Commander. Don't count on many airshows or non-essential trips (the days of "airways navigation training...to Vegas" are probably over). Don't...