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I remember the salt and peppers and the winter blues (Johnny Cash) while in NROTC 1981-1985. I want to say the winter blue stayed for awhile after that.

FIFY Well, because 'full deployment' and VP don't fit together.

If there is something stupid going on in Army Aviation, Ft. Rucker is leading the way!

Would be WAY cooler with "Ride of the Valkyries" or screaming, "This is Charlie's beach!"

I hear most of them came from this guy.

Relax, no one is judging you. :rolleyes:

Well...there is THIS post... ?

CONUS? Close to never. On deployments? You betcha!

My first thought was, "Ewwww". But "Free" is not an insignificant quality of booze.

What's with this putting fruit and such in good* bourbon? ? *I am assuming you all drink good bourbon, otherwise, what's the point?

Ummm...clearly you have never flown a 60M.

This is great!!! I'm at 60+ days right now and have been taking every other Monday off so I don't lose any. Now, with retirement less than 24 months away, this is going to extend my terminal leave!

What happens when a real helicopter tries to do that. :rolleyes: Thank God real helicopters can't do that! Some new pilots make it feel that way already.

Been exploring new trails on the MTB. Unfortunately it's been raining for the past three days. Playing the sax...when no one else is home. I'm not bad, but I am loud. Clearing stuff in the yard. Keeping the yard waste pickup guys in business Smoking a La Gloria Cubana Serie R (Belecoso) while...

Wow! First time in...EVER.., I have agreed with him.

You want things shut down? 'Cuz this is how you get shit shut down. Police break up large Easter party...

I love it! They closed the one trail near me that I could have ridden to. So now I drive 35 minutes to get to a 9,615 acre trail network that has 6 cars in the one acre parking lot. And on the way to the trail, I count 25 people, many of them Karens, riding and walking side by side down the bike...

Yes & no. Yes, with the same power changes, trim is needed. The full throw of the throttle on the B of course equates to less power change than on the C, so in that sense, no, not as much trim is needed. Overall I would say the B doesn't feel as demanding with the trim.

Over 20 years married to an RN/BSN and 13 years as a medevac pilot myself say you are off target. If you had a brother in law MD, or especially a nurse spouse, you might have heard not just one or two stories, but dealt with them coming home an emotional wreck at the end of the day for weeks at...

Ding ding ding!!! We have a winner. It's too bad some of the people running the hospitals don't realize that. Let's just say that if you arrive at the hospital for COVID-19 care, you just might have the labor and delivery nurse, who has almost zero experience with a ventilator, taking care of...

I think this is what came across as giddy. I tend to agree. On a slightly different note, I am disheartened by the ease at which some on this forum dismiss the value of lives in favor of the economy. Who are we, when it is all said and done, is more important than what we own. Those who serve...

Yes, he is.

I have used American Flyers to RENEW my CFI several times. Unfortunately, after returning from deployment my certificates were lost (an unpleasant story) which made it difficult for me to send in my old certificate during the renewal process. A bunch of other things occurred and I lost track...

Just a summary of reinstating a CFI under 61.199. I let my CFI expire due to a deployment and losing track of my expiration year. Under 61.199, if you have completed a military instructor checkride within the past 6 months, you can get your CFI reinstated. I contacted several DPEs and the...

I watched an interview with a professor of infectious diseases. Korea University College of Medicine. He suggests that South Korea (and probably Japan) have populations much more disciplined and knowledgeable about pandemics. He suggests that normal masks, while not 100% effect, are at least...

TB AVN 1-2130SP...but it's an Army pub dated 2001.

I have the answer...and a copy of the reference. Is that a clue? LOL;)

I hope you have a small phone.:D

I've flown the 34B and the 34C, albeit 10 years apart. The 34C is a LOT more peppy!

No you aren't. And that's my point.

Are those people on this forum/site? Probably not. Perhaps you should have made it clear your check-egos statement was meant for them...or was it? Seriously dude? "Little exercises" and "tabletops"? Are you currently building rosters to involuntarily bring in part time people, with their own...

Because you are the first person to say what you said on THIS forum means the rest of us are non-strategic thinkers? Check our egos indeed! Come on down to TIAA Bank Stadium in a few days. I'm sure you'll see a lot of people wearing military uniform who just never saw this coming.:rolleyes...

$%^& you! I could be heading out (on orders) within the next 24 hours to man a drive through testing site. I'm not over 60, but am closing in on it. Maybe I should tell anyone under 50 to bugger off when they come in to be tested. Cool with you?

We've exercised our recall roster. Waiting for state active duty. Go figure. ?

Thought it would be fun to compare: LCU - Senior Enlisted Capacity: 36 troops Crew: 7 Length: 160' Disp: 574 tons LSV - Senior Warrant Capacity: 900 tons/15 Abrams tanks Crew: 31 Length: 273' or 315' Disp: 4266 tons LSD - Senior Officer Capacity: 3 LCUs or 4+1 LCACs or 21 LCMs + 500 Marines...

Tequila's, just off Normandy near where the old gate at Cecil was, is now a convenient store/food store. It reopened a few months ago. Though I never attended a performance there, the thought of buying lunch at that place kind of gives me the Willys. Blue Angels, off of 103rd St is reopened with...

I got only one deployment and corresponding Sea Service Ribbon on my first sea duty due to most of our ships being delayed in commissioning (CGs, FFGs and DDGs). I earned another SSR on my second Navy deployment. So, as an Army Aviator I have two SSRs. I guess that's why it seemed odd a SWO...

Saw the name of this thread and figured it was a bunch of ship pictures, like the other thread. Imagine my surprise when I finally looked in on this! Well done! Note: I know nothing of these performing arts locations around Mayport. Had no idea they existed.:rolleyes:

He: Signing up for SWO DH and no Sea Service Ribbon?

LMAO...Here's the exact wording on the email from DFAS: "This is to inform you that your Aviation Incentive Pay (AvIP) rate increase adjustment that was approved on January 8, 2020 has been made retroactive effective January 1, 2020 and will be reflected in your March mid-month or end-of-month...

Thread resurrection!!! YES!!!! The Army has finally gotten onboard and implemented the flight pay increase. I got an email from DFAS that said that the flight pay increase was going to show on my next LES, retroactive to Jan 1, 2020. Then, underneath was another statement about the difficulty in...

OH YOU NAVY GUYS!!! It says..."FRONT TOWARD ENEMY" The font used on the lettering is licensed to the US Army. The Navy version uses open source fonts and therefore the weapons are less expensive. Similar to the way the Army, not Sikorsky/United Technologies/Lockheed, et al owns the blueprints...

The key fit all six aircraft and opened one! Go figure. I guess it makes sense since they are both sourced by the US Gov't.

Not NATOPS related, but it kind of falls along the same lines of F#$% up stuff: I heard a rumor that this worked, so I tried it... I took my work desk key out to the hangar floor and tried it in the cockpit and cabin doors of our six Blackhawks. Anyone want to venture a guess on what the...

Did that once in the H-60. Steering with no rotors turning was a bit of a challenge at the end.

Oh contraire. Our -10 changes constantly...just not in a meaningful manner. For example, our latest change has a new paragraph added for the BAM window. It's a smaller sliding window on the cabin door window. The whole paragraph tells you how to open and close the simple sliding window. REALLY...

Current UH-60M -10 (our NATOPS) Definitions: The term AUTOROTATE is defined as adjusting the flight controls as necessary to establish an autororational descent and landing. 9-13. Dual-Engine Failure. 1. AUTOROTATE

Except in the late 80s. My favori part of the article... "After U.S. warships bombarded the Sirri base (located on an oil platform) and set it ablaze, a UH-60 helicopter with a SEAL platoon flew toward the platform but was unable to get close enough because of the roaring fire. Secondary...

al_Sadr played a role in the assassination of many of his religious (Muslim) rivals and has spent a great deal of time in Iran, reportedly trying to bolster his religious status and eventually become an Ayatollah. I would put even odds that if he had a chance to rat out Suleimani for the west...

First, I love it! I have friends in the LA guard. They would love it too! Nice 10-22 for shootin' squirrels and such. I wanted to add: You don't have to settle with ONLY a civilian cert. As a leader I might even be inclined to add a few caveats, or restate some of the obvious things in training...