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We got a frantic call from HST AIr Ops asking if Jax can pick up the divert responsibility 4 days early. Big Time on HST said 60 kt winds and 30 ft seas!

Which is why you'll be flying the Triton in a couple of years....!!!

Don't go the FOIA route first; call the school houses and ask to speak to an instructor. Tell them what you what type of information you are looking for and why. Going FOIA right away will not win you any friends since it causes a whole lot of pain for the folks who have to dig up all kinds of...

Godsp We'll miss you Dink-Dink!

As a former MO, I'd be more concerned with the reason to have them on at all unless you're expecting a threat. (Not sure about Yuma, haven't seen the JIPOE yet). Why take them to an airshow where they could get a facet broken...? Unless something has changed, they're a pain in the butt to...

Unless something changed in the last 9 months, there is no push to get rid of the in-residence requirement for Phase II by any of the services. I could see the Navy wanting to try to get a CDE Phase II, but I don't see the other services, the Joint Staff or Congress buying off on it.

You sure, it didn't stop in Yuma, enroute to an air show at Lake Tahoe?

You obviously have never been comm jammed by one P-3 turning over to another P-3 on station, in the middle of an actual submarine prosecution. ASW C&R = Control and Reporting, not Continue & Ramble!!!

Key West is still planning on having their air show, they are 23-24 March.

By rule, if the Blues don't come, then I can't have an airshow. If the Blues are shut down for long enough, then they will cancel their Airshow Season (which is CY based, not FY). So, even though my Air Show is FY-14, if the Blues cancel for CY-13, then I'm S.O.L. I'm holding out hope that at...

Did you get to come home to Grace Kelly?

Anything after April 1st is kills. NAS Jax is October, so we get to keep planning, but with no idea if we'll get to execute.

AJPME is for Reservists only, if you were interested. For Active Duty you can only get Phase II in residence.

The runways in the picture... they laid dirt and planted grass on some of them. Flattest soccer field I ever played on!

No one KNOWS what is going to happen. There's lots of spinning and people answering tasters, but there has been no formal guidance to do anything (except don't spend any money). Like others said, don't worry about the things you have no control over.

From Duffleblog: http://www.duffelblog.com/2013/02/predator-drone-is-first-recipient-of-distinguished-warfare-medal/ I almost wet my pants when I read: I hate to say it, but my human counterpart is a droneopotamus. He sits around in the Ground Control Station all day, eating Doritos, and...

We could use the Super-T ICW the P-8, it will drop the buoys that the P-8 can't because: 1. It's not cleared to drop ordnance yet 2. It will not fly low enough to actually drop buoys Screw it, we don't do ASW anymore, so forget the whole idea...

I'm partial to the Alternate Not Available on the approach plate.... You know, in case a couple of cosmonauts had to divert from Kazakhstan due to weather, NASA says "no freakin' way"?

Fixed it for both of you...

If there is not an already established consortium that the school is in, then you're out of luck. Trying to get an NROTC unit established takes incredible horsepower. John Kerry has been trying for 10 years to get one at my alma mater with no luck. You can transfer to a school with NROTC or...

It's all good, afterall, Congress paid the money to develop the second JSF engine... Oh yeah, that's right, DOD killed it and Obama was going to veto any bill that had funding for a second JSF engine. Glad this one is not having any teething pains!!

Or being field day'd!!!

If you are a squadron commander, you share a bathroom with one other person. If you're with the rest, it's you're high school gym bathroom.

I'm a JMO professor who just left teaching in Newport and now I'm teaching CDE in Jax. PM me your questions.

The military can absorb this cut to the budget as long as leadership (specifically strategic level leadership) understands that the toy they have like to play with for war and humanitarian assistance is no longer available. I don't mind doing less with less as long as leadership understands...

With the exception of Broadside cartoon; that's still pretty funny!

No, it's you guys flying downwind for runway 10.

Mea culpa, wrong pin.

Shouldn't Congress being doing more important stuff like stopping the entire DoD from being shut down on march 1st? Or this: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/18/us-pols-launch-campaign-to-save-olympic-wrestling/ Oh yeah, I forgot, the economy is humming along, unemployment is back...

Don't forget email... Our noise complaint hotline is via email now. Plus we individuals who are habitual complainers who bitch to the newspaper, city hall and CNIC. Had to give an interview to a local paper after they got noise complaints sent to the editor. To this day is amazes me that...

BzB, I did not include the DFC since it could be earned for outstanding airmanship that may not involve combat. Since the post I referred to referenced combat, I originally had it, but then deleted it. http://dfcsociety.net/?page_id=306 I agree that most DFC's are for heroism in combat, it...

Maybe it's just my jaded perspective now, but I can only imagine the number of noise complaints a cross-country low level would generate today!!

1. Medal of Honor 2. Navy Croos/DSC 3. Silver Star 4. Level 12 HALO Medal, however the medal is for achievement in cyber and drone warfare but the write up actually states that the recipient did not show valor in combat. So, I'll look at this for what it is, an over-inflated staff medal...

Or it could be that if there are two ways to do something and one was is easy and makes sense, VP will always choose door number 2.

Waiting on word March 1st, but unless something very fortuitous happens, Naval Station air shows will be cancelled just as soon as the Blues send out their cancellation message..

Prior to ACTC helos had a PQS book for H2P and HAC. It was titled and called PQS. Then ACTC was adopted and that took over.

Obviously this young man things he's joining the Air Force....

Kow, if they're your buds, then they probably got snapped up in a heartbeat by the police due to outstanding warrants...

I'm not sure which is worse, the liking Iron Eagle or an NWU paint scheme...

This is a key point, the Military is not and never has been a business model. The risks of failure between a business and the military are not even in the same universe, let alone ballpark. We crave redundancy and ponder the 'what if' (branch planning) as a routine. We hedge our bets...

To echo a lot of the arguments: The mission of the carrier today is power projection and helos are not in the line of work, therefore we are still the red-headed step-child of the airwing. Most CAGs I've come across are more than willing to let the helo guys go off and do their thing is: A)...

I saw the CNO guidance today... Disregard my last.

Blue Angels and Fleet Weeks are tied towards recruiting, therefore, they will be protected. And for those that doubt me, I will gladly share the 60 page CNIC instruction and 75 page Region instruction governing Air shows and Fleet Weeks!!

... and cue the music....

The San Francisco hit a sea mount that was not properly charted but the CO got relieved anyways.

That's a good example of Sun Tsu's "death ground"!

And you're basing this on...???

How does this relate to Cops and/or SWOs?

The Army had a soldier steal a Huey and fly it to the Whitehouse. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_White_House_helicopter_incident http://bigstory.ap.org/content/robert-preston Because of this incident all Army helicopters have a key to enable the Ignitors.

I do partial DITY moves every PCS since I'm towing my boat. I lose money on the tow since my milage with the boat on is horrible. But since the Navy won't move it, it provides me some relief to getting it to my next assignment. Biggest pain in the ass is dealing with the civilians in PPO who...