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Ok, not exactly what you are looking for, but here is how to get selection statistics, etc for a selection board. Remember, selection rates change every year. You can look at the current year results to get a "snapshot in time" for what is going on now, but it cannot be used to predict the...

These are 2 very different communities who fly similar aircraft. I am one of the 3 (that I can think of) COD guys that are regularly on the board. If you have any specific questions, please post them as a follow up. Here is just some quick info though... The COD community is small. We...

I agree with you, I've never had a problem with the card either. The thing is, they are making it harder for the troops to use it as a means to get cash and charge things. There is now a $500/month limit on cash advances, $2K/month limit on charges. Normally these limits wouldn't be a problem...

The split payment is an option when your travel orders are liquidated at the completion of the travel. But my point is this: I'm on 7 month travel orders (deployment) and the monthly liquidation does not allow for the split disbursment. This is fine for me and the other officers because we...

Our cards have $10K limits but very low cash advance limits. We had to get our Commodore to get BoA to approve a $2k cash limit for the troops. I guess there is a recent new policy limiting cash advances to $750 or so.

That's great that it doesn't sound right, but as we are trying to liquidate the 30 day claim right now and they are refusing to do the split disbursment no matter how high we go in the heirarchy, that's the reality. Are your guys WinATOS or DTS? We are DTS. DTS is not the end all, be all that...

Problem is this, you are required to use the Gov't travel card for major items like hotel & cars. If you don't that portion of the claim at worst will not be paid and at best, will just be reported to your senior heirarchy. That is a list worse than the 30 day list. Oh by the way, if you...

It seems that you are trying to rationalize your own illegal behavior while condemning anothers. I would stop it right here if I were you.

Bunk- Are you a 20 year kind of guy or waiting to see how the chips fall? I've got to decide about taking the bonus myself in the near future. Of course making major decisions while deployed probably isn't the best bet, but then again I am in Bahrain...

Agree w/Brett, the Viking was a 0/0 seat too. But someone in the plane was out of the envelope @ 30 deg AOB at 60' coming off the cat. That was why the NATOPS had the envelope charts in it, so the first time you thought about it wasn't as you went off the front end and needed the knowledge!

Steve, Like everyone said, thank God that you had the the training. I'm sorry that you had to have that nightmare in your life. It scares the sh*t out of me when I picture myself and my son in the situation. You were blessed that day. My Hopes and Prayers are with you and your family...

The C-2 Community just turned away from this track. It was proposed, studied and ultimately rejected. I think there are better ways for us to do the maintenance, but 100% contract isn't it.

I don't think so. Although these guys will all be former AT/AM/AD/AE, etc, the next generation will not be. The loss of corporate knowledge within the squadron will be immense. I think the aircrew will get get about 2 or 3 months exposure in each shop as part of their training syllabus, but...

Can you give us as much as you can on both?

The C-2 community is working on the AW conversion too. All our aircrew are going to transition from AT/AE/AD/AM/AME, etc to just AW. I haven't heard about AWV/AWF, etc yet though. From my understanding the AW's in the C-2 community will do some time in each shop to become familiar as a jack...

I dare repeat Mefesto "instruments is where jet guys get jet grades" in Primary.

I think it was a lazy community thing, not a coast thing. It was not required, but SHOULD be worn on the CV. In practice, I never knew a Viking guy to wear the O2 mask on deck. Just the way it was when I was there. Here is the quote from the Sept 2000 S-3B NATOPS: The paragraph that is...

The waiver evolved even more for the Viking. In the RAG you would wear it for tanking and low levels, but not in the fleet. We never wore the mask in the Hoov unless pressurization was lost.

Pretty cool - but damn! Strapping a couple a jets to your feet? Thats just asking for a foot to get blown off!

Whatever you do, do not check your integrity at the door. If you encounter paperwork that asks about your medical history, then you have to be honest. It would be a good idea to read the waiver instruction for asthma so you know your arguments and what to emphasize when honestly answering the...

Yup, a CJ major. I even completed the Police Academy, but I did that more as a backup/time killer while my Navy app went through. I guess I will at least be an inspiration for those like me who wouldn't do well in a major that requires calc...

That story and the transcript always give me the shivers.

Makes me think of the line in "A Few Good Men": Col. Jessep: There is nothing on this earth sexier, believe me, gentlemen, than a woman you have to salute in the morning. Promote 'em all, I say, 'cause this is true: if you haven't gotten a blowjob from a superior officer, well, you're just...

I am stationed in Norfolk - It is a pit and I would rather be elsewhere. But the job and people I work with are awesome.

USS Carl Vinson was a west coast boat until after it's last cruise. It is now in Newport News for overhaul and refueling.

SHHHH! Don't tell the Ruskies, it's a suprise! :)

If my thinking is clear, each platform has at least 1 less desirable location and 1 good (or at least acceptable) location. Based on that, isn't it the same crapshoot no matter what you choose? My second thought is this, you may select Hornets and get the Oceana FRS, but that in no way...

Ok, here is the new thread without all the crap that happened in the first one. KEEP THIS ONE ON TOPIC!!! Thanks... :)

The Navy is downsizing too, just not on such a grand scale. See this and this.

There are cases in each platform for people that will not have a Disassociated Sea Tour. I will not have one because of being a Super JO Viking to COD transition guy. I know also know guys that went from shore tour to DH tour but that was because of the T-Notch. Like was said earlier, a bunch...

Criminal Justice S-3B's for a 41 month tour C-2A's from then on :) I commissioned through OCS

I guess the khaki version is OOC? I am back to the standard VB blue.

I'll cut down to 3 drinks a night, as long as the drinks come in quart sizes... :)

I remember when they did that - It was retarded... I don't think you should be able to call it a deployment if you can drive home from the site.

You can check MyPay also. You can check any recent (30-90 days) travel claim payments and see the full breakdown of what was added together (DLA, hotel, gas, per diem, etc.) to get the payment that you received.

I wear mine still. Some do, some don't.

Nice pics, now show me the pics of Joey doing something stupid! :)

STOP WORRYING ABOUT REP POINTS! I think the point was just that the idea is lame/not funny/could be done better with a hot chick/etc...

I nominate Snort for the first A-hole position...

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Arrrrggghhh!

Didn't an F-16 pilot do that in the gulf war? :D DON'T ANSWER THAT, IT IS MEARLY MEANT TO POKE THE BEAR NAMED ZAB!!!

Yes, the story is for a quiet corner of a bar, not here.... Yup the FRS is closed and the remaining 4 squadrons are still deploying. 2009 is the current final decomm date. ZAB, PM if you need more info.

I know the man who made the flight. Stunning story... :)

Congrats! I just hope the industry survives your departure!

Sad day. The Hoover was a blast to fly and I am going to miss it.

God I loved flying the River Run in the Hoov coming back from the area. Flew it twice in a COD back in April too.

Fallon can still get pretty crazy. Easy stumble to the Q too. Just don't litter, drink the water, speed or Jaywalk.

Thanks for the link to the NSN etc. I guess you can find what 2 different squadrons worth of SK's & PR's have been unable to find. :icon_mi_1

why were NAS Jax and Cecil Field 9 miles apart? It just is... Need more space and the base couldn't grow? Airspace? Different mission profiles for the a/c at each base? Just guesses, but I'll look to A4s for the true answer.