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I've known folks to go the psych route, the pregnancy route, but this one is new to me! http://houston.cbslocal.com/2012/09/14/police-wife-stages-shooting-to-avoid-deployment/ Anyone else ever consider this? Imagine what they would have tried if it was a Navy deployment vice Air Force???

I don't fly over 500 feet if it's at all possible!!

Have you seen some of the Army/Navy ones????

DON flight time is down 14 percent for FY-12. The Navy specifically is down 13 percent. That's across the board decreases in flight time...

The Navy knows exactly how many DH positions they need each year and promote accordingly. What I've been seeing is reductions in the size of staffs (with the exception of C5F which doesn't hit critical mass until they take over the entire island of Bahrain) there is a reduced need for URL O-4's...

And noticeably louder than the P-3! I can't wait when the neighbors realize that the P-8 footprint is getting bigger.... I get enough noise complaints already, now I'm going to get more!!

NAS Jax has two P-8's on the flight line right now. They are expecting a third shortly. I know there is a P-8 up in Pax that occasionally comes down to Jax to do some training.

BZB, Happy Gilmore is a great boat movie.... we need to get you back to sea!!

To sum up: On Sea Duty you are NOT home at least 50% of the time.

To echo what everyone else has said, how well you compare against your peers in your squadron is everything. You can be the #1 of 3 and it's still a #1. (Obviously a #1 of 20 may carry slightly more weight than a #1 of 3, but a #1 of 3 trumps a #3 of 20). Then as Jim123 said, you want the #1...

I used to keep my boat here: http://www.yachtworld.com/portsmouthboatingcenter/portsmouthboatingcenter_0.html They took good care of me. As for boating education, I went through the Coast Guard Auxiliary unit where I lived. They put on a one-day class and give you a CGA sticker for your boat...

IIRC the enlisted personnel were given a stipend to buy the NWU. If the Navy decides to move away from aquaflage, then there will a significant monetary cost to outfit all the enlisted in a new uniform. With the decreases coming in FY-13, I just can't see big Navy cutting that check based on...

So, where do we draw the line as to what is permissible and what is not? It was only a little riot... or No one was killed... or I only blew a .08... Today all the services are forcing folks out who have been pretty good performers; both Officer and Enlisted. If the Army wants to drop this...

I know there is a Jax P-3 heading out there. I forget which squadron. Maybe Webmaster can give you a steer to who's going.

It's all Joboy, Skeeterman and the Lead Ensign's fault....

Sooooo, didn't get the joke...

Aircrewmen would always try to use HF to get a phone patch through the Air Force while we were in Plane Guard.

Holy crap, we're still flying those????

The reason I'm asking is that we've been getting calls all weekend from everywhere from Key West, JRB NOLA and even some Army helos from upnorth that may deploy to support FEMA. I'm not asking for anyone to come, I just wanted to find out if I needed to make a metric ass-ton of parking available...

My instrument check in the HT's we went up to Montgomery. Approach radar was down, so I actually had to give a real PTAPTP report! On leg home, Approach told me I either needed to hold or climb to 7K and contact Center. I looked at the IP and asked him what we should do and his response was...

I'm just trying to figure out of NIP is going to get a gaggle of PPR's from P'cola. If they haven't call yet, then I would expect they are looking elsewhere. Good to know, Thanks for the info.

Did Pensacola aircraft evac for the hurricane? If not, is there discussion about getting out soon? Thanks

Scrubby pad used to clean the aircraft?

I think the better question to ask, is if the students today are still learning skills like TACAN point to point; failed card approaches, partial panel, etc. These are the types of skills that Primary should be teaching. If they are still being taught that and the students can use the latest...

I realize that for every rule there is an exception, but I've seen folks who were the causal factor (pilot error) of a Class A not only get back into the aircraft but recover from the mishap (during DH) tour and screen for command. While I will agree that this is a very rare case, I've seen a...

Is it possible that an aviator only has one single airmanship mistake which causes a mishap gets a negative comment in his FitRep? I would say it is possible. Is it possible that someone gets a DUI the only time they have a little too much to drink and get behind the wheel? Yes, it's possible...

I don't know if was from the mishap per se, but the results of a FNAEB would definitely impact your promotability. Results of an SIR would not be available to the board but information that finds its way into a Pg-13 entry or a blurb on the FitRep would be seen by the board.

For Navy OCS, you expect to run on asphalt, concrete and it the DI's are generous the track. If you go to USMC OCS, you apparently have to run on top of liquid hot magma....

Somewhere in a cave in Afghanistan some Taliban commander is doing a facepalm and wondering "how can we be losing to these people"???

Back in my day VT-6 was the "Love Squadron". VT-6 students were having "aboves" taken away when selection time came around to ensure the squadrons were compared equally. VT-2 was the "par" squadron. VT-3 was the "Red Nazis" and those students actually gained "aboves" at selection time. I...

At some point while flying, take a look outside and smile. You're getting paid to fly for a living! Then get back to trimming up the aircraft!!!

http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/full-spectrum-operations-in-the-homeland-a-“vision”-of-the-future While I don't like the authors decision to "politicize" the article by identifying the insurrectionist as Tea-party affiliated Right-Wing extremists, the article touches on many of the issues...

"I'm Harry Reid and I do not approve of this post"

If the ads are already on TV and the internet, then the obvious political benefit is happening regardless of when the movie actually premieres. Even thought the movie isn't released, you can bet the ads will get heavy play in the days leading up to the election. One side gets all the benefits...

Both EUCOM and AFRICOM are Army-sponsored commands, so expect to do most things the "Army way". Be prepared to say; "why the hell do we have to do it that way.... that makes no sense" A LOT. But on the plus side, depending on your job, be prepared for some good travel while stationed there...

Proving the old adage to never fly an aircraft that could have a midair with itself!

While I can't speak to your experiences in Viet Nam, I've flown around the Salton Sea at night on NVG's and it still has really disorienting effects going on...

Will the robots still cause "crunches" on a regular basis? If not, then they'll never truly replace yellow shirts!

If they are going to go to an all-UAV launch, then I want the FireScout to start covering some of the Plane Guard lines!

This weekend, according to my brother.

My brother took these and was asking if I know anyone involved. Anyone here involved or know what squadrons were involved? Thanks,

How the hell do you fit a golf course onto a base that small??? How did the Air Force allow this to happen????

Like when the Mids show up at the carrier and CAG dictates that every mid gets to actually fly an aircraft. That ends up in the helo squadron flying 8 hours on a "no fly day".

While I'm not a gun expert, I think most would agree this is a good move by the Corps. Http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/07/28/marines-pay-22m-to-go-back-to-their-old-guns-colt-45-caliber-pistols/?intcmp=trending#ixzz21y6J6fBm

Since the final end strenght for officers is statutory limit, we are told how many officers we can have on the rolls. So for every career pilot (LT) you make, that's one less person getting commissioned since every body counts against end-strength. For all the great ideas about creating a core...

And then they'd complain about everything....

MB, you swapped from HSL to VAW, at that point you left the path. You may have done the hard jobs, but assuming you did the transitionnin lieu of shore duty, that's a lot of NOB'd time while guys like me were getting competative FitReps from the RAG. When you got to VAW, you may have been a...

MB, Pugs: Thanks for the steer. Break-Break K-Bay: I would never have called Tawny Kitaen "museum quality".

Hey everyone, Base Ops at NAS Jax has some museum quality models that have sustained some damage over the years and can use some repairs. Most of the repairs are for damaged landing gear. I don't know what compensation is available, but thought I'd see if there was anyone interested in being...

Come on Brett, Forward... From The Sea is soooo 1987; what we need is a more Cooperative Strategy for a 21st Century problem!