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Does he have to go down to the ship's library and wait in line to use the Internet too???

Recommend we make it a Naval History section vice Sea Stories. We get enough Sea Stories in other posts, plus we would want to ensure there is some veracity to these posts vice "So, there I was..." We could add write ups about famous naval battles/engagements or other interesting historical...

Since the H-60 B, F, and H are total redesigns of the Blachawk helicopter (structurally, the aircraft are completely different), then the Seahawk has as much in common with the Blackhawks as the Hornet has with the YF-17 Cobra http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=2381

I think you mean: n45.001512 w 070.422489 Unless you went to SERE school in Karsahkstan...

I had heard the the BUSH was designed with many of the features that the FORD class was going to employ. 3 wires was one of those features.

But the stories from VAW pilots turing circles at 24,000 ft are so much more exciting...!

this lat/long puts me near LA Country Club... nice house though!

What, no love for HS ???

so, while we're on the topic, anyone know the Lat/Long for Brunswick SERE camp?

I'm with Jim on my memory. He sends an email to Pers-43 Actual asking for VR orders, not because he wants to avoid the boat, but because he really loves the mission! The email trail is from Pers-43, to a CDR, to a LCDR at NPC who emails the aspiring C-9/C-40 pilot and tells him to go speak to...

more info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1330608/

The Hornet started life as the F-17 which lost the "lightweight fighter" contract to the F-16. When the Navy lost the A-12, we needed another aircraft fast and the F-17 evolved into the F/A-18. So, I guess you could say that it started life as a single service jet, only to find life with a...

The F-4 seemed to work well for everyone involved. I don't think it was designed as a tri-service aircraft but it certainly excelled as that.

How dare you use logic on this website... Next thing you'll know folks will start stating facts... It's all gonna end with us have to footnote our posts....

And it was called the Selective Early Retirement Board (SERB) and it cut more than just "no loads over 20". They cut a lot of good officers who were still looking to serve the country and the Navy. Was there deadwood to cut, yes. But not everyone. Since many of the non-screen O-5 positions are...

Of if you know them, get a good email address for them and hit'em up for an LOR when it's actually needed. Besides you might do something pretty impressive In the future but since your LOR's were all old, they won't mention how you saved someone from drowning or something like that...

Doing simple math: Keep to the 24 month deployment schedule (pre 9/11 standard)' you need 8 boats to cover both coasts. That gets you 2 CVN deployed 24/7 with a surge capability of 2 more boats. (6 month deployment; 6 month return for upkeep and "surge"; 12 month train up) Boat number 9 is...

With the draw down of land forces in CENTCOM, DOD needs to maintain credible expeditionary power projection capability for Shaping and Deterence phases of all the Theater Campaign Plans, so that is why I think cutting carriers will not happen. Besides being the most visible form of U.S...

Is that a HUD in front of them? (it looks kind of like a teleprompter)

Nothing about LAMPS is ever "right".

"West-side is best-side"!!!

After 80 miles, do you turn around and come back? Then it's one big circle. Then again, I guess you could call it more of an oval....

Totally agree but I hate to say that this type of "support" is common at Personal Property these days. The civilians have ZERO interest in actually providing any type of support to the service member. I've complained about piss poor service and even wrote a letter before but it was all for...

So how much OPTAR (or whatever the Dutch call it) got expended to catch a car with a stolen liscence plate???

That sounds lot like Plane Guard.... I've heard that Naval Aviation is inherently just turning circles in the sky. It's only a question of airspeed and altitude that you do it at.

I had my wallet stolen in Italy years ago while on the TR. The security folks wouldn't let me on the ship because I didn't have an ID. I told them it was stolen and they asked for a police report. I gave them the report I filed at the police station at the Florence train station. The ship...

Part of me finds it hard to believe that what makes a good hook point isn't well documented by now and designers just don't incomes a common hook point for all CV based aircraft But, I can also see having to redesign a hook for each different airframe just another way to pad the final bill...

And soon, the P-3's.... What? Too soon?

Of course now you'd need a CAC slot to enable the NMCI Tactical computers. And if you forget your PIN number, the alert launch will be held up while the AC runs over to PSD to have it reset!

I don't know if the legislation that covers deploying reservists extends to dependants. If a stay-at-home dad gets deployed, then the family is is a very different situation than if the dad worked full time and got mobilized. As for jobs outside the Reserves, if you consider the Reserves not...

Or a civilian at the Safety Center who is responsible for creating and maintaining programs such as these...

What are we supposed to say; the commander of AF Space Command says it interferes with our systems. I have no idea about frequency spectrum management, so I'll just try the 4 star who's in charge of the program. If he says it interferes, then it must. Anything else is just political rhetoric.

Non-sonar hover uses the Doppler to keep the aircraft in the same (at least what the Doppler thinks is the same) location. Same as the Bravo. When in Cable Angle mode (with sonar in the water and Cable Angle function engaged) the AFCS recieves inputs from two sensors on the reeling machine...

My HAC check was prosecuting a sub and launching a weapon without using the TACNAV (the Skipper turned the thing off as soon as the sonar when into the water). I had to use my kneeboard to determine course and speed and then get a (simulated) weapon off within parameters. When I was a DH, my CO...

I saw this make the rounds via email back in 2006 when I was at JFCOM. I asked the Army folks there but they didn't have any additional info

I'm sure the same was thought when the last gen of H-2, H-3 and all the 60's came out with a video tactical display and we never had to learn to use Mo Boards to work an ASW problem. It's the same with all technology, once it becomes standard, we seldomly train to operate without it so it...

As I always say, it's better to be pissed off, then pissed on!

The movie goers aren't bigots, the distribution and production companies are... They see the world in two colors, Red and Black (as in profits and loss statements)

Since the F-18G is a brand new airframe, why would they be looking to replace it with an aircraft that should be being built in the next 5-10 years? By the time the Growler is old enough that it will need to be replaced, Unmanned systems should be more than capable of handling that mission. I...

Ships have showers, clean sheets and hot meals. Not many FOBs have such amenities... Plus you are far less likely to get shot at than your average Army, USMC, LA County Sheriff Department pilot!!!

I'm in the same boat, I just went over 20 and I'm realizing that the folks who are getting commissioned this spring were 2 years old when I was commissioned.... Where did the time go?? (But I do have some pretty good stories about time though) Break-Break BZB, Cat, et al. Keep the stories...

I was waiting for him to sell me the Fighter Pilot Ninja Power Pack kit...

Too bad this mission wasn't completed by the former USS KIDD ...oh the irony if that had happened!

This wargame has so much freakin' baggage, no one who knows what happened takes it seriously. I think the only things you can take away from MC 02 are: 1) EBO is a VERY BAD idea 2) Our current exercises are so scripted that no one actually gets anything out of them. 3) We truly do not learn...

It certainly is a good thing that Iran "chased us out" of the Gulf. This way we could rescue MORE Iranian fishermen... http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/01/10/us-navy-rescues-distressed-iranians-at-sea-for-second-time/

While I don't have a dog in the fight here, the contract is the Aviation Career Continution Pay (ACCP), MB is not continuing his Aviation Career. Regardless of the reasons (his choice or Navy's choice) I can see the Navy saying that they are not making a Career Continution payment for someone...

Says the guy who's using his U.S. government supplies IPAD at War College....

Don't forget it needs to be in 5 paragraph format!

That's how it is today. There is actually a max number of frockings that the Navy can do each year. Most of them are tied to the billet that you are in.