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The VP community has actually NATOPS check cards??? You guys have way too much free time on your hands!!!

I would recommend against turning down the slot, if you get it. Unless you have an exceptional reason, the Navy may view it as you having higher priorities than flight school. I don't know if they will actually brief tat you turned the Navy down during the board, but I, personally would not...

First off, a Masters Degree is a "check in the block" for most unrestricted line officers. There are some specialties where getting a Masters in that field is actually career enhancing. For example Oceanographers should try to get a Masters since they are in a science field. I've heard some...

I know in HS when we do a good deal flight for a reenlistment, etc., we are not allowed to do anything else besides single-ship pattern stuff ( no autos) and some scenic flying. The last thing you need if something bad happened and then trying to defend flying a non-pilot in the cockpit hen you...

Anyone have a copy of this email? I was talking about it the other day and some have not seen it.

When I sat on a Chief's Board it was commented that Recruiting Command hands out NAM's like PEZ....

Conducting business with a prostitute is illegal under the UCMJ, even in areas where prostitution is legal. Article 138-34 Pandering and Prostitution (2) Patronizing a Prostitute. (a) That the accused had sexual intercourse with another person not the accused's spouse; (b) That the accused...

The Louisiana Guard was operating under Title 32 (State control) during Katrina. When I was there, there were lots of non-standard things occurring and folks making up rules they thought were in the best interests of all involved. I know the U.S. Marshals had to respond to a couple of...

"The scandal regarding as many a 12 Sercret Service agents being sent home because one allegedly tried to bring a prostitute into his hotel room, which resulted in a confrontation, has now widened to include five U.S. service members."

And for goodness sakes, don't ever bounce a check to a hooker!

Did you guys have a fuse box???

Active: http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/messages/Documents/ALNAVS/ALN2012/ALN12028.txt Reserves: http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/messages/Documents/ALNAVS/ALN2012/ALN12029.txt

No beds? Will VP folks get hazardous duty pay because of this? (sorry, no smilies on the IPAD)

My room mate during my first cruise did that in the BOQ at SERE school. Although it wasn't a drawer, it was his BOQ room mate, an SBS LT, shoes in the closet. The morning started with, (SBS LT) "I'd appreciate it if you would wash my shoes out this morning." (LTJG Pilot) "Why?" (SBS LT) "...

Well is the United States Marine Corps is asking for guidence on how social media Impacts thie rule, then they must be concerned that there may be some gray areas.

This is my point; the policy is not cut and dried. Why else would Rep Duncan Hunter become involved or the USMC seeking further from OSD...

So you think there is no "gray area" in this rule? Suppose a sibling or classmate is running for public office. You post a picture on your Facebook page of you with your sibling/classmate at a campaign rally and you are wearing civillian clothes. On that same Facebook page you have pictures...

Anyone else check out the facebook apge in question? I don't see any photos of individuals in uniform making political statements. The page is very anti-administration, but compared to some sites on line, it's pretty tame. The issue I have is how social media is being adressed by UCMJ (or...

So your jet does not have a GPS approach, but your bombs do? I guess that's a good thing....

Of course you could land and pick up your wife... Then crash... http://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/10/us/national-news-briefs-3-soldiers-are-charged-in-fatal-helicopter-crash.html?ref=bahamas

While I am one of the first to blame the city of Va Beach for encroachment... Look at the folks who are complaining about ops at Fentress... You bought a house next to an airport; WTF did you expect to happen? But when I bought my house in Norfolk, the realators were really up front about...

My bad, I just meant mishap...

To answer your question, if you do something stupid prior to wings, then you can get booted from flight school. Do not pass go, do not collect $200 (or wings of gold) Once you get your wings, you go through a Field Naval Aviator Evaluation Board or FNEAB (pronounced Fee-Nab). To read

The city of Virginia Beach has been encroaching on Oceana and Fentress for years now. This was actually a big issue during the latest BRAC, so the City of Va Beach actually had to start enforcing its own zoning laws and telling developers they couldn't keep building on any open piece of land...

And every statement on my FitRep is 100% true, as well!!

Whne I was the RAG NATOPS Officer the gov't printing office ran out of H-60F/H manuals and wouldn't print more for 6 months. In the interim I went to Kinkos and got manuals printed for less than $50 a manual. We did not include the "pull out system diagrams" since they are the size of 4...

If you classify the IPAD, then you'd have to diable the Wifi and 3G/LTE capability. There goes you moving map functionality....

The problem isn't the iOS, it's the apps. I heard from a coworker that some apps are made in countries that may be on the "other side" geopolitically. One more common app, GoodReader was designed in Russia so the Air Force cancelled the buy...

Since I dropped my IPad 2 about 3 feet and it now has a crack in the screen, I wold say there may be some durability issues with IPads. I would equate it to the Toughbooks the Navy bought for the maintainers. There were rated for a 6 foot drop, so all we have to do is make sure we don't buy...

Getting ready to PCS and personal property says we can request a specific moving company (or decline a specific company/mover). I have the company I used last time, but that driver only does coast-to-coast moves and I'm going North-South. Are there any folks who would care to recommend a...

I don't know about you, but I got to listen to poetry while I was there...

My info is a bit dated, but I worked in the ROTC office and the Whole Person concept was looked at for everyone. Since the Navy is a unique career, the Navy wants to know if you enjoy group activities like sports, drama, band or other club-type activities. In addition to participating, the Navy...

Now that base security is stopping folks for running on base and wearing headphones, I can not come up with one single benefit for ever living in gov't housing. There's very few places to eat and if you have one beer you have to sweat getting pulled over.... Maybe times have changed from...

Matbe in VAQ world, but in the helo world very few get a TS

Following you advice K-bay.... (by the way, the Vacation song is STILL stuck in my head!!)

http://doni.daps.dla.mil/secnav%20manuals1/5216.5.pdf Admiral ADM Vice Admiral VADM Rear Admiral (Upper Half) RADM Rear Admiral (Lower Half) RDML Captain CAPT Commander CDR Lieutenant Commander LCDR Lieutenant LT Lieutenant Junior Grade...

He saves that for the P-3 bubbas http://www.airwarriors.com/community/index.php?threads/ever-wonder-why-naval-officers-have-to-sign-stupid-page-13s.38713/page-3#post-690142

When I started we had ECU's. Then the DECU's came out and it had 6 functions over the ECU (now, I'm calling on brain cells I thought I killed off a long time ago) Hot start prevent, auto-relight, Fault Detection (tq codes), fault isolation, Tq spike elimination, 400 Hz Airframe Power. The...

I think it may have more to do with the fact that for the carrier, we typically can take off up the angled deck, so we are in translational lift before we go out of ground effect. I know I've had to side-step off the carrier and for those (depending on weight, temp, DA, etc) I've used C-power...

AsK the Prowler bubbas who's jets did some time at D-M before joining the fleet! I know the salvaged some jets to become drone years ago... But I do agree that most of the aircraft there are too obsolete or too far gone to be useful again.

When you turn C power on the air conditioning shuts down.... Therefore, we like to have it off! All that throwing the switch does is allow the computer to govern the engine at the higher temp limit. The NATOPS limit for 903 deg C ( upper limit of C power) is 2.5 mins. So, if you fly around at...

With the T-700 we can reach temp limits for the engines in a hover of flying at max speed. On a hot day we may hit temp limits before we hit tourqe limits.( helo pilots talk % torque numbers for power settings) The engine will have electronic governing at a certain temp (851 deg C) but the...

It was 38 degrees outside when I went running this morning up here in Newport. Fortunately, it wasn't windy. When that wind picks up... It's freaking cold!!

And have a steak and a beer... I'm on the boat and guess what, it's chilli-mac night in the wardroom!

Of all the things I never thought I'd ever hear a P-3 Bubba say, this has to be right at the top!!!

Saw this at work the other day. Didn't know if I should post it here or under the Great Green Fleet thread...

Fog vs. Catmado.... Phantom on Phantom crime???

BZB was a nugget during the Battle of Ft. Sumter....

Am I wrong to be surprised to learn that the H-46 wasn't used in the Civil War???

When I saw that GatordeV was posting to this thread, I was like.... Wait a sec, Gatordev isn't winged yet???