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At HS-10 we had a couple of folks get NPQ'd while students. There is no one sized fits all answer here; it depends on your condition. If you are 'not deployable' then you can request to get out. If you are still deployable, you can still ask, but your odds of getting out are reduced. My...

There is a tailor shop in the Midtown shopping center at the intersection of Granby and Little creek. (Same mall as Uncle Louie's) They sewed my leather patches onto my jacket with no problems. It's right near NOB so if you're up there, it's an easy drive.

One of the rules of good staff work and planning is to send out and request LNOs. In addition to bringing expertise and a different perspective to the world, they answer the the 'who the hell do I call' question when stuff arrives. One of the biggest hassles with staff work is knowing who you...

To pile on to the discussion, the Request for Forces (RFF) / Request for Capabilities (RFC) process flows like this: If a JTF Commander (GEN Odierno for example) needs a force/capability, he sends an RFF to the Geographic Combatant Commander (GCC) requesting that capability. First, allow me...

It actually is the JFACC who will make that determination who gets what missions. The GCC will only weigh in in the very beginning when providing commander's intent in the planning process or when the components don't get along. I think we are in agreement here that the Air Force needs to be...

It looks alot like the NG UCAS X-47. I wondering is this is the prototype or someone who's good at photoshop??? http://www.as.northropgrumman.com/products/nucasx47b/gallery.html

Part of the agreement between the USN and the USAF was that the Navy would provide Prowler capability to the USAF and we could plan on using thier big-wing tankers for overland missions. The way I'm viewing Maj Gen Scott's comments is that with the retirment of the Prowler, the Air Force will...

Up here at the War College one of the case studies is the Falkland Island battles. We have a Brit Officer on staff who gives the Brit perspective. We had an Argentine student who gives thier perspective. It must be kind of awkward to get up in front of a bunch of fellow professional...

Since the JAGMAN did not go into the Human Factors that were involved, the CO was relieved due to the findings of the AMB. NOTE: The AMB did NOT recommend the CO be relieved, he was relieved for the mishap and the issues that were uncovered during the AMB. The senior member of the board...

Having sat on a couple of AMB's, including a Class A with all 4 crew lost, the 'privlidge' statements allow the personnel called before the board to speculate. When it's a Class A and everyone in the crew dies, this speculation allows the board something to consider when everyone involved in...

Back in 96 HS-3 as part of CAG 8 get shifted to the JFK. Since the Admiral now had an airwing to go with a carrier, he decided to take his new toys out and play. First we were going to pull into my hometown of Boston. That got turned off and I was pissed until I found out we did a NorLant -...

Battleship cove wanted to get a carrier for years. They were talking about getting one back in the early 80's. One problem, they can't fit a 1,000 ft long ship anywhere in there!!! Massachusetts will screw this up somehow. If Teddy was still alive, the money would be found somehow and...

Word that filtered up here into Newport was that when the SEALs turned this guy over to the Iraqi authorities, he complained of assault. The Iraqis referred the accusation to the U.S. leadership. The Americans are treating this as they would any other allegation of assualt since we are...

USS San Fran after it hit the uncharted submerged mountain off Guam in 2005.

Forget which sub, but this was taken from the cockpit of an HH-60 in 2003 during a fast rope-ex

I think the mishap you are referring to is this: This was a USMC H-46 conducting fastrope training to the USNS PECOS off the coast of San Diego in 1999. 7 Marines lost thier lives in this mishap. The F-16 story is BS. The only story that was even remotely close was an A-7 that landed on...

And having a civillian trial for the Gitmo detainees won't have any hiccups at all.... jfulginiti, you're right, don't let the bastards get you down!!

It was probably his aide's fault for not dressing him properly!!

I had a USAA for my 23 foot Chaparral for years. I don't think you should sweat Progressive since they are subcontracting through USAA, therefore you should expect the same service as you would as if it was USAA.

Gotta love 104 KIAS at 70K!! By my math it would take an H-60 28 minutes to autorotate from that altitude!! A buddy of mine at JFCOM flys the U-2; he talked about strapping in for 9-10 hour flights every other day!! I don't know about the rest of you out there, but my ass was only good...

At NHA in San Diego, the question of new 53's got asked during the Flag Panel. The 'official' answer was that based on the present life expectancy of the MH-53E in service the Navy has until 2012 to make a call on whether the MH-60S will be able to handle the mission of if they'll have to buy...

A couple of years ago the word from NPC was that HS squadrons had the highest 'at sea' time of any community. VAW had the highest OPTEMPO of everyone. The VAW guys were sucking up a lot of dets doing counter-drug flights while the HS guys were getting stuck with all the CQ dets for the Fleet...

Back when Cecil Field closed the Navy decided to move the S-3's to NAS Jax. The Navy had a meeting with local residents so they could vent about the noise the jets were going to make... (Obviously, these people didn't have to live next to #3 Cat....) So about 30 minutes after the meeting...

The Boston city council just sided with the Navy and the USS CONSTITUTION is allowed to continue the cannon salutes!! http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/20091119councils_action_hushes_warship_foes/

This is the Navy, when has 'sense' ever entered into the equation???

Don't forget the guys writing backwards on clear plexiglass in Air Ops!!! The first time we went to the computer (ISIS, I think it was called) system on the JFK, it crashed half-way through the day. No one had a clue of what was airborne and how much gas anyone had. Everyone came in to land...

Looks like the pirates off HOA tried to attack the MAERSK ALABAMA again!!! http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,575529,00.html

As the folks in the PR shop if they have them available to install. If they do, it can't hurt to ask. If they don't you have two choices: 1) Wait until you get into the RAG and try again there. 2) Buy them yourself and wait until you run into a PR who can do the work. I would recommend...

A Hornet pilot at the controls? How did they get an S-3 up that high to pass gas after 1.4 hours???

ODU is got some really nice campus grounds right on the James River, once you cross the street from ODU, you're in the ghetto... The Larchmont section of Norfolk is just north of ODU and is also on the water. That is one of the most desirable places to live in Norfolk! The think with Norfolk...

Unless we are apologising to the Musim for Iraq or Afghanistan... Of Native Americans who rightfully own all of CONUS.... or European, forgive us for intervening in WWII... or Gay for slighting you when it comes to civil rights,... or Mexicans who just want to come to Americans and get a better...

I was with HS-3 when we did the Flight Deck Cert of the JCS. I was in Plane Guad for the first arrested landing for the Stennis.... When I was with HS-7 on the HST I got stuck in PG for a single hornet bagging traps while in the Med. I was getting pissed because I was told to 'make gas'...

KLethalz, I noticed you live in San Diego... last time I checked there are at least one or two sailors and Marines walking around San Diego. If you are serious about doing research, then get off you computer and talk to people. You will find out more for interviewing a live person that...

Since the DOD is the largest 'discretionary' portion of the federal budget, it's the logical place to cut first. Problem is that cutting the DOD budget causes jobs to be lost downstream in other Congressmen's districts... Sen Michael Bennet (D Colorado) recently introduced a new bill that...

If you are serious so of the things you should look into: -EOD - Those guys do skydiving, diving and get to play with explosives. Down side is you run towards the bombs.... -SWCC - Not sure how many officers they take in a year, but they do a lot of stuff with the SEALs.

Cron, thanks for posting the video! The audio portion is just music, there was no dialog.

Concur. We called it "Dinner Dress Bozo"

At my winging each Service did a toast to the other Services. I'll never forget, we had a Coastie say; "To the Marines, may your careers by as long and successful as your TBS stories". It brought the house down, except for the Marines who seem to have a lack of sense of humor when it comes to...

I did fast roping to a SSN once, the weather was a whole lot better than the CG guys had. Gotta give those guys some respect; the NHA heroism award should just be renamed "Scariest Coast Guard Rescue by a Sitka/Kodiak Crew"!!

I love when Kevin Costner (in a horrible Boston accent) tells him 'you will not get shot down!' Like any pilot going into a combat mission is actually trying to get shot down.... What, you want me to come back from this mission??? I better go redo my jet logs since I was planning on getting...

The Brits got one name perfect: HMS DREADNOUGHT. Not only is the name pretty cool, but she is considered not just the lead ship for a class in the Royal Navy, but every battleship afterwards was compared to her. Battleships in World War I and beyond are classified as pre-DREADNOUGHT or as a...

I wonder how many of the folks NPQ's answered 'yes' to the drug question??

The USCG a few years ago decided to accept some grads from Embry-Riddle with multi-engine quals and send them straight into the C-130 pipeline. They were bypassing Navy Flight School, but at the completion of the C-130 RAG, they were pinning Navy Aviator wings on them. The Navy leadership shit...

If you really want to go to Law School, why don't you do that, then you can be a JAG. Haven't you seen the show, they get to fly F-14's from the backseat!!!

Agreed with your thoughts that naming shouldn't be political; however in the real world, it's not going to be that way... I find it interesting that the Navy wanted to name the DDG-1000 after Zumwalt. His biggest contribution to ship building was to move away from incredibly overpriced...

He was the CO of the battlegroup Cruiser who was also the Air Warfare commander for the BATGRU. He was at Fallon to get a better perspective on Air Warfare or whatever BS they use to justify a boon-doggle. He goes up in the back of a Tomcat; the pilot does some G warm-ups, goes inverted and...

What I find most ironic is that President Truman cancelled the first super carrier, the USS UNITED STATES!! Then during a Democratic administration (Thanks Bill!!) when the Navy is looking for the $7 Billion+ to build a new carrier, it's mentioned that the previous CVN were named for: USS...

And if there is a sword arch, beware of sword fights breaking out at church.... and the reception!!!

Now that is some of the best advice I've got in a long time!! Thanks for the info!

I'm getting to old to learn all this new sh!t... So @ MIF = Average???