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IOTV with the shoulder/arm attachments can be REAL hard to throw in. Without the arm attachments, it isn't as bad. I did it both with IOTV and with my Air Warrior armor. The long throw isn't so bad. The finess toss into a bunker slit is much harder with all of the gear on. Overhand, underhand...

They used to do this every year during a sailboat race in J'ville. There were several boats with 45' masts that could not clear the 44' center span of the bridge in Green Cove Springs. They would hang someone out on the boom and heel the boat (under sail) to be sure they could clear. Now the...

Niiiice!

Not an urban legend. Check out the story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_White_House_helicopter_incident. The tank incident happened in San Diego. Luckily the Padres were doing poorly that year or the driver might have crushed more cars as he drove in the vacinity of Jack Murphy stadium. In...

Wonder if the monkey will be fitted with a suicide vest? And how long will it take them to realize they don't have to strap explosives to a person in the rocket to make it a ballistic missile?

The devil woman? Perhaps an ex of yours? :D

A little ironic, since they (BAE) make some of the seats and seatbelts in the back of our aircraft.

JU is a good school. True, a finacial bargain it is not. It has no big football, but it has small classes where the professors actually show up in person. It is a good choice for anyone with an NROTC scholarship. To say it is not a REAL college is being dishonest. Note: Yes, I did graduate from...

REALLY? You are in Jax, FL and a MIDN 1C...where exactly are you going to college?

SERE...We all went after winging and at the end of the FRS. We ate at some sort of buffet afterwards. On the DC-9 ride home we kept mocking the aircrew/flight attendant until he told the pilot (reserve O-6). We got chewed out a little, kept acting up, then got chewed out a LOT and threatened to...

Tell Jorge (in Rucker) I said, "Hi! and to hurry up and finish before he misses all the fun!"

...continuing the thread-jack.... It really depends on the mission. Medevac...not so much. I amgetting about half as much deployed as I get stateside full time. Although stupid soldiers doing stupid things (Falling off a makeshift bench while painting, etc..) are keeping me a little busier...

Oh, he has the right to comment (until he gets banned). That right was protected by those of us who actually have served and not just expressed a highly motivated desire to do so. But the right to comment did not come with the wisdom to know when or when not to comment...especially on something...

I guess that was my thought. It takes way more intestinal fortitude to do the small deck thing at night unaided than it does to do any of the Army stuff I have had to do..except low illumination, low contrast, dust landings. (That will scare the shit out of you!) It isn't rocket science and...

Do HSL/HSM still not fly goggles? What other skill set requires a "bunch" of training?

Stupid questions at an airshow: While standing next to a 6 month old HH-60M with < 50 hrs on it, new car smell, multifunction displays, etc..: "Do they still fly these things?" "Is that full scale?" "Did this fly in or was it brought in?" "My Dad flew in one of these in Vietnam."

I was Technical Director on the 2nd floor of the Modis building downtown Jacksonville. Someone saw a news story on msn.com. I remember thinking it was a small plane. Then I heard "jet". It took a bit to realize it was an airliner. As soon as I realized that, I knew it was deliberate. We all...

I think he got a pass. It was former SH-2F guys who really didn't trust their solution, so they dropped where they thought the target was. Evidently their solution was VERY good, but the launch/impact point was not optimal! Then there was a crew who tried to sink the Thousand Fathoms Club with...

I know of one extorp that hit the fair water plane of a sub as it dove/dropped (unguided) before activating. It was one fo the Mayport squadrons (HSL-42 or HSL-44) back in the 80s at AUTEC.

I'm not a NASCAR fan, but that still sounds awesome! Both spending the day like that with real stars, then getting to bring them to YOUR work and show them that real people have pretty cool jobs too. WAY COOL!

In the 80s and 90s, as a young Naval Aviator returning from deployments, all of the hoohah and celebration was an inconvenience and was wasted on me. Now, the thought of returning from a much different deployment in the Army, at the age of 47, solicits a much different feeling. The signs...

Ha ha! I got a Glock 23 in a push button safe in my nightstand, a 120 lb German Shepherd and a monitored alarm system. Oh yeah, and the yappy Puggle my daughter insists that I keep, despite the fact that it still pisses on the floor and it is 2 years old.

Tried this on another computer. Got the same symptoms and permission error.

I am having problems uploading a new avatar.. I select a file within limits (200 x 171) and nothing happens. I cannot select "OK", only cancel. The page has a javascript error in the lower left. I saw a post from last year about folder permissions and uploading. Could this problem be back due to...

I generally agree with what you said, but: Yes, the military should spend more money on MRAPS and "plopters." If you haven't seen up close what is happening to our MRAPS at the hands of some pretty cheap weapons, you should look closer. You would see that this needs a LOT of attention! How...

Even more glad we passed on the opportunity to "upgrade."

There is a solution. The up-turned exhaust. I have some pictures of a UH-60M with them at Ft.Rucker. Unfortunately I am getting an "Upload Failed" and its only 79k. WARNING: They look gay...like the Batmobile. Plus, the first thing an Army aviator will do with them is cook some blades with the...

I did a CG (T.S. Gates) and a CV (Kitty Hawk) tour. The whistles and drills suck, no doubt. So do the arresting gear, catapult and high power engine runs right over your stateroom. I still think they are better than waking up to 107mm or 240mm rockets and mortars landing on your COS once a week...

I've got two Camelbaks, both issued. The only time I have used one is the all-day-at-the-M4-range days. A frozen one liter bottle of water in the Blackhawk door becomes drinkable in no time with the temps in the hundred and teens in the shade and close to 130 in the cockpit. We have the hooks...

The Army is more strict than the Navy regarding flights in the front seat. The weird thing is, I could let you sit right seat during ground taxi as an MTP, while an instructor pilot (IP) would not be allowed to do the same. Back seat rides are wide open in the Army. You show up in uniform with a...

Those are some fun facts. If you want to see some real antiques flying, come out to Cecil Field and see our Chinooks. We have one that was originally designated a YH-47. I believe two of our 6 are late 1960s vintage. One used to be a ground maintenance trainer for many years, befoe being made...

Wow. I remember flying those when they had that "new car" smell. Now the first ship I deployed on (CG 51 Thomas S Gates) is in the Philly shipyards and the aircraft are being sent to the boneyard. Kind of weird seeing as I am currently deployed with HH-60Ms that are barely 1-2 years old. Of...

My wife is a nurse, so my opinion comes from both her and my experience. If you like nursing, by all means, get the degree. I did something similar and it worked out great for me. I majored in Math and Computer Science. When I got out of the Navy, my computer science/programming experience was...

In the early 90s HSL-40 had a "Velvet Elvis" picture we awarded in a similar manner as the green jacket. You were REQUIRED to hang it up or otherwise display it in your office/cubicle.

Before posting about NKO, which I have NO experience with...Does anyone know how NKO compares to AKO? Anyone been on both sites? I've heard AKO is much better, but I find that hard to believe. AKO sucks, but unfortunately is vital to keeping part time soldiers up to date. If you are a part...

The Air Force s still around.

As of a few months ago when I was there, most of those places are no longer open 24/7. And the internet for transients in Buering is spotty at best. Only one chow hall open as well. FWIW, there seems to be a different rumor on consolidation every couple of weeks, and almost all paint a gloomy...

Flying or IA? <sarcasm>Either way, you won't be there for long, because we all know that all troops will be gone by December 31, 2011!</sarcasm>

It depends. If he is a pilot in command he may need it (tomahawk) for his PI (copilot). I've had PIs do some stupid stuff!

He has the luxury to do that as an assault guy. I would love to see him run AND haul all that out to the flight Line after hearing "MEDEVAC, MEDEVAC, MEDEVAC!" We would be off the ground and enroute before he got all that stuff stowed and himself buckled in. Not to menton the fact that he...

I'm here to tell you that Active Vibration Control System (AVCS) is the bomb! After a 2 hour flight in a 60 B/A/L my back was beginning to hurt. With the AVCS in the 60M, 4 hours doesn't bother me. And that is WITH body armor! The seats are OK in the 60M. They have inflatable bladders. Half of...

Yeah. All software programmers are just like the guys you see in the movies...just like all Naval Aviators are like the guys in Top Gun.

I can't say for AD guys. Guard guys are deploying for a 1 year total deployment, which includes about 2 months of mobilization training. That leaves about 9 months actually at your deployment site, with a few weeks tacked on to each end at intermediate sites. We are getting 2.5 to 3.0 years...

Then what was the Thomas S Gates?

We have it in our MEDEVAC helicopters too. We weren't allowed to use it for patients until about 6 months ago due to the percieved lack of oxygen quality. After further investigation it turns out our brand new HH-60Ms can produce medical quality oxygen onboard.

The Army National Guard is another option. We take flight school applications from other services all of the time. A strong performance record coupled with proven flight aptitude (civilian certs) could get him a WOCS slot and a flight school slot in the guard. The difference is that he would go...

I use an Excel spreadsheet I created. Each aircraft type is a different sheet. I have three "Totals" sheets/pages for 6 month, 1 year and grand totals. The "totals" pages total by category and type. I have roll ups for NVG, instrument, unaided night, etc.. Regarding the original post, I have...

10-15 minutes max from dead asleep to takeoff is normal for the MEDEVAC world. I would gouge my eyes out if I ever had to do a true 11 hour preflight! And that comes from the keyboard of a maintenance test pilot! LOL

It was 2007 time frame. After telling him about my HSL experience, he told me he would call back. He never did. I called back 3-5 times and never got a live person or a call back. The Navy's loss. Army's gain.

Yes.