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As I've always heard, Detailers don't lie, it's just that sometimes the truth changes.

Somebody read Shattered Sword!

Squorch, I will not defend anything the detailers are telling anyone, but the fact remains that historically speaking, the RAG has always had more folks screen for DH than VT/HT's. I've seen lots of briefs, including listening to CNATRA himself at NHA saying that the Navy needs to increase the...

Transom has a web based service where you can check flights. It was on SIPR so I don't know if that's a show stopper for you. You could look up the status of any AMC or NALO flight. No info on space A availability, but you can see what's coming and going into an airfield

SECDEF there will be no changes for those currently in the military. He's made no promises about what the retirement program will look like 20 years from now...

Check here: http://www.simplyhired.com/a/jobs/list/q-helicopter+pilot Of course, it helps if you have 5,000+ hours like many Army/National Guard pilots will have when you interview for the job....

Kind of like our old CNO???

Had a squadron mate get Type 2 and could control through diet and he got a waiver. It then got worse and he was grounded. And as far as the Navy goes, it really don't matter what the FAA does. The Navy considerations are much more stringent (think eyesight) than the FAA.

If flights suits are not meant to be seen off base, then why all the push to standardize them? If it's a uniform, then it requires standardization. If it's just working coveralls, then who really cares what color T shirt I wear under it? Nothing says Naval Aviation to the general public like...

I was talking to this former Navy fighter pilot and Desert Storm Ace named Skeeterman... He said that I can get jets even though I'm 39 years old right now. Since he is going to write me a letter of recommendation and I REALLY want to fly and I'm not taking no for an answer, it's all but...

Since the HSL/M leadership is adamant that LAMPS will NOT fly overland if there is even the possible hint of a threat, there is a lot of training (unprepared LZ's, LZ tactics, defensive maneuvering, Etc.) that a typical HSL/M pilot has never been exposed to during his/her career that is required...

So has every started getting black T-shirts for under their bags? Is the JOPA going to protest by not wearing black?

I kept my 3rd AE up for 15 years doing the take home test. There is an AQD for having a Engine or Deck liscence. PLUS if your liscence is still current, you can wear the giant chicken pin on your uniform! Doing the take home test was easy when you can buy the USCG question bank and answers...

Keep all your options open. If you go ROTC, it is expected that you will major in some kind of engineering. The Navy actually tracks the number of folks in different majors. The Navy has expected percentages of folks in the different majors. You may get to major in other stuff, but expect...

I guess there must be a lot of fat and calories in that freeze-dried ice cream you can get at a museum...

Looks like NASA has realized that we may be short of astronauts in the near future, so you plan may have a chance after all! http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/09/07/nasa-needs-astronauts-report-says/?test=faces

I have seen a Mk 46 EXTORP broach a good 30 feet out of a helo while at AUTEC after a hover launch. Since I've never heard this story from a helo bubba, I am disinclined to believe it, but after seeing what a LWT can do, I can only imagine what a heavyweight torp, like a Mk 48 could do...

I have a submariner up here in Newport that swears that a sub launched an exercise torpedo that broached and hit a hovering helo. He can't remember a timeframe but says that it's mentioned in submarine school. I tried Google with no-joy. Has anyone else ever heard this story before? Thanks

John Lehman gave us back our brown shoes and leather jackets. What I always thought was funny was that he was an o-5 in the Reserves while he was also SECNAV. Imagine how that FITREP debrief must have went.... Skipper: "Well Commander, I hope you like your evaluation, you may notice that I've...

Johnny could have been an Air Force pilot sporting that cravat!

Except the flight deck will now smell liked burned microwave popcorn...

There was an issue with the I Bsr and a long-time bartender was fired and some issues that raised. This Facebook page was created around then: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2210453063

We're about to start the Falklands case study up here at NWC, bring on the Argentine A-4's!! http://files.turbosquid.com/Preview/Content_2010_02_20__03_11_45/A4-Q%20Armada%20Argentina%2008.jpg2d4ee323-d03f-4bef-a551-09248ec5eb42Larger.jpg

For hotels, if you can get into the Navy Lodge on North Island, you can walk out of your room and be no-kidding be standing on the beach (and be within per diem rates). You need to reserve early since the retirees lock that place up often!

Long story short is no. The amount of time it would take to ready the deck would be too long if the aircraft had an emergency in progress. If the carrier was at flight quarters, I would highly doubt that the Commanding Officer would risk the lives of his flight deck crew allowing some civilian...

For NAS Jax: If you want an older home in an older neighborhood, then considered Ortega, Avondale, Riverside or San Marco/Miramar (other side of river from NAS Jax). If you want "old school" Jacksonville (read: Redneck) then consider West of NAS Jax in "West Side". If you want a newer home...

One thought to consider, if the field is closed and something happens (Class A) there is the possibility that the NAS could be singled out as a contributing factor. For example, the runway was not safe for ops, but since the field is closed, it's not a big deal. Now do you think an NAS CO is...

It's not operational, by choice... By conscious choice!! http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=lesRVU1RgNg

Since we've had the F-22 operational since Mid 2000's and have about 170 airframes, I'll disagree with your point. Depending on how you define 5th GEN, (stealth technology incorporated) you could make the argument that the F-117 which was operational in the late 70's was the first 5 th GEN...

Since they just had a board to kick out a bunch of O-5's, I'd say that we can't afford all the O-5's we have right now. IMO you can't make the assumption that the selection rate for O-5's will be up sound 90% based on this years numbers. The Navy wll keep the percentages where it wants and...

BI is spot on. During the post ODS RIF, the Navy elected to make endstrenght by Cutting the numbers coming in vice booting folks who were already in. That squeeze on accessions is what caused the T Notch.

Never fly higher than you're willing to fall!!!

Can you really ever have too many helo bubbas???

\ This is what happens when you buy COTS vice designing the system you want from the ground up. Yes, it may be financially prudent, but you may be eliminating some quality folks from a certain aircraft because you elected to go with the "cost benefits" of an existing airframe vice a dedicated...

IIRC the H-3 connector was different than the H-60. When I went through HS-1I think I remember that the IPs needed to borrow a helmet when they flew the other aircraft. As for the Army, when I flew a UH-60A for DLQs, my helmet worked fine in the Army helo. Best piece of flight gear I had was...

It can get down to below 40 and rainy in Jax in the winter at night.

Heard a good USAF Leather Jacket story from my neighbor (USAF heavy pilot). When the Missile folks were authorized flight suits and leather jackets, all the missileers at Minot ran over to base supply and stood in line waiting for their issue. Soon the missile crews were wearing their leather...

Not as bad as trying to start the helos in the exhaust of the "six pack"! In the Gulf it would already be 100+ degrees and now add the exhaust from a bunch of jets! But when the ships blew tubes, the crap would settle over all the aircraft on the roof. Everything was covered with a layer of...

It may have gone something like this...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN_Nod65e7o

These two units are in the Navy Reserves. The Navy Reserve doesn't "make" pilots, they have people who are already qualified naval aviators join the Reserves after leaving Active Duty. So, if you want to fly with HSC-84 or 85, then you will need to get into flight school through the Naval...

Where's the old school helo helmets that I've always heard were designed by a jet pilot to make us helo-bubbas look as goofy as possible!

Not to mention your old RAG instructor....

So, how do we fix the problem? Lots of folks feel leadership is lacking, how do we realistically select leaders in the military since the present system is failing (according to some in this thread)?

I heard a retired three star tell an appropriate story. During Desert Shield he was one of Scwartzkopf's planners. The plans shop was getting pissed with all the politics that kept occurring and changing their plan. While bitching, this 3 star (O-6 at the time) ask the GEN why didn't someone...

It actually says WHITE reflective tape in 3710. Page 8-1: Protective helmet — The helmet and visor housing shall be 100 percent covered with white reflective tape except as modified by approved aircrew system changes. Up to 30 square inches of light-colored reflective tape may be applied so...

And there will always be a couple of folks left to write the OPNAVINST on how beans should be counted, PPE that must be worn when counting beans and what training has been incorporated into the annual GMT schedule (on NKO of course) to discuss proper bean counting technique. Otto will complain...

Sorry, MB, once you crossed over to the world of non-swing-wing aircraft you have stepped away from the light! The MQ-8B will be for the 1% that can't complete the HT's.....

If they look like Kristanna Loken in T3, then I'm looking forward to the new robotic overlords

Of course it's an promo for the new Planet of the Apes movie, but it's still pretty funny!

Imagine being the officer who has to explain to the Admiral why the pax run in the UAV self-destructed in flight and they need to launch a SAR bird... Regardless of technology, when it comes to ferrying people around the fleet, leadership will always want a pilot at the controls rather than...