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Had a NAVCAD Officer 'frock himself' (back when we could frock people) when the message came out. He just pinned on LT bars and walked into the Ready Room. (Back story: The Officer in question had some personality conflicts with the Front Officer prior to this incident) The CO saw the LT bars...

In HS/HSC world you get an intro to 'tactics' for ASW and TERF flying. For ASW you have a week long school, about 10-12 sims, a couple of flights and a torp drop. For TERF flying you have a week long school and two day and two night flights You will do 1 or two VERTREP flights. You get beat...

A good multi-tool. I use a Leatherman Wave http://www.leatherman.com/product/Wave It can ve useful both in and out of the aircraft.

How can you go from a P-3 shooting an AIM-9 to someone making lunch next to a full-sized coffee pot in only three posts and not expect the rest of Naval Aviation to make fun of you guys???? (I am aware some of it is from jealousy)

I agree that having to set the HUD up for each flight was a pain, my squadron had overwater and overland HUD settings programmed for Modes 1 and 2. This way there was an 'approved' setting already configured for everyone to use. If you REALLY wanted to customize your settings, you could use...

Old dudes gonna provide context of the Navy helos for the last 20 years.... Will these be different from the skill set the HH-60H was supposed to have when it was scheduled to get forward firing ordnance (fixed machine guns) back in 1994 for CSAR and ASuW? Or the same mission that we bought...

I'm picturing the President of the Homeowners Association having a mild coronary when he/she sees this! Everybody lawyer up the HOA is on the warparth!!

Other than a Mk-58 floating in then water near a ship.... No. The Navy can spend all the money it wants on gucci helo gear, the fact of the matter is, with the exception of 84 and 85, Navy helo units being stationed feet dry is not going to happen very often. Prior to 9/11 the best Navy helos...

Helos do not typically have O2 in the aircraft. If you are operating in an environment that could require oxygen masks, then a "backpack" like device can be rigged to the back of the seat that will contain the O2 equipment. The only helo pilots I've ever heard actually using it was test pilots...

Your comment on the pad-eyes reminded me of a story... When I did the flight deck cert (fresh out of Newport News) of the Stennis the builders used these brass disks (about 2.5 inches diameter) to use to lay out all the flight deck lines. After they paint the lines, the disks (which were just...

In case anyone is curious as to the process of a ship getting its name, there is an instruction. Go to Appendix A for the details.

RLSO , can we get a grade on this one please?

It's rusty already....??? A whole bunch of enlisted folks are looking down at their needle-guns and saying, "Crap!"

When I was in flight school (92-93), the H-46 IPs told us not to worry about selecting 46's because "the last H-46 pilot hasn't been born yet"! It looks like they were wrong, he was born, but it looks like he was somewhere around 4 years old.

For your security clearance the big thing the investigators are looking at are WRT credit: 1) Are you living within your declared means. Does it appear that you have income from "off the book" sources? If so, that could be a red flag. 2) Are you so in debt that you could be subject to...

I never asked that question. The way it was explained was the person who has to change the number was the last person "who had a DUI".

I was at Shaw AFB in S. Carolina and a similar rule was applicable to the "Days Since Last DUI" counter at the main gate. If you got caught for a DUI, you were responsible to go out the main gate every morning at 0630 and change the number. You had that duty until someone else got bagged, and...

Because we had a CNO who wanted to bring the SDK back. Did you notice that the only time Roughead seemed to wear them was when he was standing with CJCS who was wearing them. About the only way we are getting AWG back is to either: A. Get a brownshoe as CNO B. Get MB appointed as SECNAV Now...

Remember this rule: "Unless it's specifically prohibited, then it's authorized."

Sweeden uses the Phrog for ASW with a dipping sonar! http://www.avrosys.nu/aircraft/Heli/504khp4/504HKP4.htm

ADM Roughhead has stated that there are just over 1200 "commands" in the Navy. He didn't go into details if there were positions that may not rate a at-sea or ashore command pin that are considered "commands"

There was a NAVADMIN back in the late 90's that discussed the standardization of patches. The Navy went into great detail about what patches were authorized on your right shoulder. It went into the myriad of T/M/S patches, 1000 hour, CAG or Type Wing patches, etc. The Navy had to release an...

Don't ever mention that again, even as a joke. Last think we want is some Task Force Uniform member getting a bright idea!!

If the Air Force wasn't having to deal with multiple lawsuits for pretty much every acquisition program they had recently (tanker, CSAR-X, Super Tacano) then maybe they would have more money to pay for things like flight time...

NPC does not have NAVADMIN 164/12 on the NPC website. The website says "A number of changes to the Navy flight suit occasion and manner of wear are contained in the NAVADMIN, including changes to the approved colors for undershirts and aligning the manner of wear of the one-piece flight suit...

Kind of like when one Russian tank driver asked another as they approached the outskirts of Berlin in 1945; "So, who won the air war?" How did this thread turn into a bash the Air Force, to an discussion about the Navy vs. Marine Corps to a Green on Green engagement? Am I the only one...

Already done: http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/episode/00to49/episode_03.html Episode 37: Escape Slide Parachute Join the MythBusters as they test three tall tales of high flying and free falling. The first pits them against Hollywood logic with Buster doing his best Indiana...

Now I am definite that this story is fictional.

Threadjack: When I got commissioned, I started out in the IRR for Merchant Marine Reserve. I got into flight school and sent in my waiver for ADT on my first anniversary of my commission since I was in flight school. I got a letter back from New Orleans saying my MMR/IRR commitment was...

If you read Punk's War you'll see the exact same sentiment as the "Dear Boss" author has. Ward Carroll was just a wee-bit smarter, rather than release it on the internet, he published the sentiment and made $$$.

So this is a cross between The Beach and Crimson Tide... While this is a bit dated now (and also a bit unrealistic), it would make for a pretty good movie plotline! I especially like how the author envisions the CJCS (and therefore the Joint Staff) becoming more than just advisers, but...

I was looking for the old Approach article about the A-6 pilot who had his flat-top with excessive gel explode in flight when the O2 from his masked worked its way up into his helmet. The BN was teying to pat his head to put the fire out. The story has been debunked, but it's still a great...

Sounds like EU helos are able to get the job done WRT to pirates. Wonder what weapons they used... http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/155836#.T7MX9Gt5mSM

I would qssume that quote was in response to a question asking how intergration was progessing with the obvious exception of these two. What night school must you have to fail out of the journalism program is required to work for the Navy times? Anyone know, cause I'm trying to figure out what...

JFK was CV-67. Commissioned in 1967 AMERICA was CV-66. Commissioned in 1965

Yorktown is in Charleston SC. http://www.patriotspoint.org/

I agree it's not rocket surgery, but to I can not buy the argument that a JTF Commander directing his personnel to not consume alcohol while deployed in support of a 2-day Summit is an illegal order.

But just because you physically are not in your work space while under deployment orders, does that constitute liberty?

Every port call you've made has had rules like no flip flops, no midrift baring clothing, no obscene/profane clothing, etc. How does that square with your post? The Ademiral or CO has made rules for the expected behvior of the personnel under their command. If you are "deployed" then you are...

Some are considered strategic reserves; you know, just in case... But I think it was shown in Desert Storm that some ships are too labor intensive to break out of mothballs for an emergency. Due to the complexity of a super carrier, I think they will be nearly impossible to make operable again...

General Order #1 was passed by LTG Honore during JTF Katrina. Except maybe around the HQ buildings I know it could not really be enforced. (Side Note: I was in Jefferson Parish and had an Army Colonel come up and tell me that GO #1 was passed and asked if I knew what that meant. I said that...

Forrestal departed Newport a few months ago. http://photoburns.smugmug.com/Military/McAllister-Towing-Forrestal/12579077_5sdVnT#!i=903251524&k=Wzi5s

While I didn't do a trap (tough to do that in a helo...) but I did do a few CQ dets on Connie while she was at NASNI. Got to do a port call in San Fran during one of the CQ periods! We got delayed while getting underway because NCIS had to arrest a Supply Department Warrant Officer and a...

How many frequent flyer miles do NFO's need to upgrade?

And for the record, I've only been able to get to 180 KIAS twice and that was going "downhill" for a bit!

The Navy (at least the HS community) has had in-flight refueling on the list of stuff we'd like since the early 90's. The problems have always been: Assuming you could get Big Navy to pay for the probes and the structural modifications that hanging a long pipe onto the front of an airframe...

Those per diem checks don't cash themselves....

So, should Naval Aviators and NFOs not be the CO and XO of carriers since it more "SWO-ish" the NAV and ANAV?

What color is the sky in your world???

I agree his community needs to promote their contribution and maybe try to get a little recognition, but trying to deminish the contribution of a bomber crew by equating his "risk" with theirs is the problem. He is trying to qualify his communities contribution with those who are deployed and...