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Mostly.... HS-3 from 93-98 HS-10 from 98-00 CCG-8 (flew with HS-11) 98-00 HS-7 from 01-03 (For the record my pic is me jumping into the St. John's with HS-7 before I left. You'll notice that's a bit more than 10 feet... never trust an all JO crew when you're their Dept Head and you're jumping...

This is the same thing we hear from people who move next to a military airfiield and then complain that the jets are too loud. (Oceana and Miramar both had this issue) Then you get the old lady who bought a house right on the water of San Diego Bay and is no complaining that the waves from...

October will probably be the 'season' for Blues, but like my shipmates said, no one is going to call you on it either way. Just make sure you're clear with your fiancee if you're going with whites (recommend chokers rather than summer, looks far more impressive), some folks get upset if...

Newer IP's are generally more likely to take the controls away from a SNA quicker than an IP that's seen the manuever a few hundred times. Older IP's can walk you through the grade card before the flight even happens and tell you where you are going to screw up; that is because there are some...

Based on numerous discussions with multiple SWO's, if you want command, you need to go AEGIS and stay AEGIS. Amphib guys do important work, but they don't run the SWO world, AEGIS guys do. (Kind of like Hornet pilots in Aviation). I know you're new and are looking for fun and excitment, but...

I asked on AW once before and no one had the email: There was an Ensign in P'Cola who was trying to get VR right out of flight school. (Apparenlty about 6-8 years ago, the Navy drafted a few newly winged aviators and sent them to fly the C-9/C-40). So this Ensign send an email to Pers-43...

The three requirements for residency have always been: Owning property Register car Register to vote. You'll have to pay your property tax to CA, but that's it. Under the soldiers and sailors relief act you can not be forced to pay income tax in the state you are stationed unless you become...

If you are serious about wanting to do uniforms, discuss different military services to have separate uniforms. Is this important?? If you wish to do a serious research paper, perhaps you can analyse different counterinsurgency strategies used throughout history and draw conclusions to US...

Northwest Pilots get ATP pulled by FAA In case anyone ever wanted to know what a serious nasty-gram from the FAA looks like...

Did more than my share of CQ Dets in Starboard D. Remember if you wave off to Starboard, there's a helo out there at 150 feet!!

Back when I was in the VT's we had a presentation each week by an instructor talking about his community and the aircraft. It was designed to give the students a better feel for what everyone does in the fleet. One nugget I took away was, no matter what you end up flying, you will be...

I need it in about 3 weeks. The CNATRA link has got the info, but I was hoping for a PPT with pictures of the aircraft from each stage. I can speak off the top of my head on the career path for an NA and NFO, but flight school has changed a bunch... By the way, who the hell invited the Air...

HC-16 (P'cola SAR Unit) in the early 90's did a video called the Blue Bubbas. They had a Huey painted up like a Blue Angle and did some pretty cool computer graphics (for the early 90's; now they are comically bad) of the helos doing rolls, loops, back flips and then it cuts to the car chase...

Sat on a board and the member are not allowed to discuss what occurred during that board. We can discuss our thoughts on what made a good FitRep/Eval and what didn't. So if you can talk to someone who sat on a board, they can probably give you some gouge, just don't ask them what happened...

Hey everyone, I've been asked to speak to a JROTC unit to talk about aviation. Does anyone have a brief on what the flight school pipeline looks like now? (API for X weeks, Primary for X months, etc.) Flight school has changed a lot since I went through, so all my info is way dated. If...

I went to Mass Maritime and got a direct commision into flight school from the merchant marine reserve. since we don't have ROTC, the merchant marine reserve is considered DC.

chucksjr, I'm up here at the Navy War College; just showed the T-Birds picture to the Air Force Officers up here... Some of them are not seeing the humor that is obvious to us wearing gold wings!!! Great photo!!!

Anyone ever hear of anyone who WANTED helos and didn't get them??

Made the drive from Boston to San Diego once and Norfolk to San Diego twice and I'm now stationed in Newport after leaving North Island. My recommendation is to hit the Grand Canyon on the way out (take I-40 to Flagstaff and then take local routes north). It was a nice diversion on the way out...

You know the difference between dykes and lesbians??? You want to watch lesbians!!

I was stashed at the ROTC Office far too long ago... Had to answer the phone and explain to people why thier precious child did not get an ROTC scholarship. Biggest things seemed to be: 1. What percent of the class were you in; how did you do against your peers? 2. SAT/ACT scores. How well...

I'm a lesbian trapped in a man's body...

She dropped because she didn't want the 10 year committment for flight school and then never flying. She swapped over to be an Admin Officer for 5 years to fullfill her Academy committment.

Just returned from a deployment to the PI with Scan Eagle UAV onboard the ship. Pretty good system. The FLIR is not cooled so it can provide great color video during the day but sucks at night. As for UAVs taking over naval aviation, helo pilots will always have a job. When you tell me who...

Totally agree, that's why I used the quotations for 'legitimate'. He's as corrupt as any other politician there (or here for that matter), but now that's there is no opposition, he's the boss. I honestly don't know if Abdullah would have been better or not; but the devil you know...

We still haven't stopped crashing Harriers and you don't hear people freaking out everytime one of those goes in... Heard the VP at Boeing speak a few years ago and he said that ADM Mullen (then-CNO) committed to purchasing 48 Ospreys for the Navy. The Navy needed to buy that many to keep the...

There are reports that ISAF asked for over 100K and the Pentagon pushed back saying it was way too much and they should send in a number under 50K. That being said, now that Afghanistan has a 'legitimate' leader in Karzai, it's time to deal with this problem. The senior leadership for this...

Passenger pulls ejection handle by mistake http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,571147,00.html?test=latestnews I remember when an O-6 SWO (CG Captain, AW for the CSG) was getting a ride in the backseat of an F-14 in Fallon. The jet went inverted and he started to slide 'up' the seat. He...

Obama has not had a strategy for Afghanistan for over three months; what he has was a plan to change from CT to COIN. GEN McChrystal's goal is to provide some security for the Afghan people so they will not support the insurgency. That does not answer the larger question of what is the goal...

You don't need to get Mess Dress until your a LCDR; unless you're going to wear it for your own wedding don't get it yet. When you need it, check shops out in town that do uniform work, you may be able to pick up a used jacket. I've worn that white top once... for the record merlot does NOT...

There was a lot of 'direction' from SECDEF to the planners for OIF; troop levels, timelines and most important Phase IV considerations. Haven't seen anything written that says Bush was behind the direction, it seems Rumsfeld was directing the show and Bush trusted his SECDEF. The outcome now...

If President Obama didn't have news crews filming the episode, I feel that it wouldn't be viewed as a political stunt that some in the media are portraying it right now. But the President's in a tough spot right now. If he goes against the recommendations of ISAF and the Joint Staff and...

Give a call to the Recruiting District in Detriot (http://www.cnrc.navy.mil/michigan/) Tell them you want to talk to an Officer Recruiter and mention you want to be a JAG. That would be the best starting point. Once you get in with a JAG recruiter, you can get the ball rolling.

While with HS-3... 'sonobouy shitter' in the 60F!!

You'll be PCS'd to the RAG since your fleet squadron might change two or three times while your there. Additionally since most of the RAGs are now single sited, you could end up going from flight school to one coast for the RAG to the other coast (or Japan, Guam or Hawaii) for the fleet.

The rumor mill has reported that after the USS VINCENNES shot down Iran Air flight 655 they flew a banner on thier stern as the departed the Gulf that said; "Shit Happens". Don't know if it's true, but it's dammed funny!

There was a similair fight 30 years ago about getting brown shoes back for aviators. Take a look at...

The Sierra can not have a RAST probe install because the fuselage is not designed to accomodate it. It's more than just having the hole in the floor, the airframe needs to be strenghted around it. Unless the Navy is prepared to drop a sh!t-ton of $$ on rebuilding airframes, the 60S will never...

My fav was an H-60H that took off with 4 Hellfires on the rail and the Emergency Jettison switch somehow 'just fired'. One hellfire M-299 rack and 4 missiles go 'plop' into the sea... Even better, it was the Skipper flying!!!

If you sit in the P-8 simulator, do you get to file a travel claim for Per Diem afterwards like every P-3 crew does right now????

I listed to all the 'women' argument back in flight school in 92, right after Tailhook when women were allowed in combat. The sub drivers wives who are arguing they don't want women on the boats don't have a leg to stand on. As long as the navy maintains standards (which many argue it did not...

The H-60S has done some deployed time on a CRU/DES recently, I know HSC-8 just did a lot of work on that issue. I'm guessing there are limitation WRT to moving the helo in out of the hangar since the SIERRA can not install a RAST probe. As for the ROMEO, it was orignially going a new airfram...

If you are looking for Karma, then there's only one platform where you can honestly say you are saving lives.... helos! As for what the say when you're in flight school, when asked what you want to fly; the correct answer is, "I don't know Sir (or Ma'am) what do you fly?" Always know...

When the Navy bought the H-60B, they moved the tailwheel up so there'd be more room on the smaller deck. A few years later, the Navy bought the H-60F and the Reserves bought the initial batch of H-60H's (which active Navy soon bought into). Since they were being built on the same production...

Hey everyone. Back when I was a JO in HS-10 we had squadron belt buckles (for use in khakis) that had an H-60 on it with HS-10 above the helo profile and WARHAWKS below it. HS-10 doesn't carry them anymore, but can any Wardroom Mess Treasurers give me a steer to a company that is making them...

When dealing with a recruiter, make sure you are speaking to an Officer recruiter. Most recruiters are only looking to enlist personnel. They have specific areas they are targetting (nuclear school, minority, NSW, etc) so if you don't fit into the area they are responsible for, they can't and...

They used to deliver fresh lobsters all packaged to fly right to base ops. You call the distributor and he brings it to you right before you flight. That way when you get home you can steam up a few lobsters and relive the expirience that is SERE school!

To add to this, keep a copy (either hard copy or trons) because your clearance has a 5 year shelf life and you have to resubmit the form to restart the process. I can't remember what the address of my house at my last squadron was, but for the form you need to give a 10 year history. Keep a...

Preview Back on the TR in 95 we had two VF squadrons. During the TransLant home they hold a 'rack-a-thon' against each other. Both squadrons have 10 guys in the rack. The rules are you are allowed out of the rack for 30 minutes each day. The CAG LSOs were the inspectors. So, to help out the...