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First off, you have to consider the culture of the Navy. The Navy does not have a tradition of doing PT in the morning. Why? For the vast majority of personnel in the Navy, we fight sitting down. Pilots sit in the cockpit... TAOs fight their ship from a nice comfy seat... Combine that with...

Until now....

You'll also need STCW95 endorsement and last time I checked, that will take a couple of grand to get completed!!

Besides, you get great PT fighting a lava monster (Sorry, had to stick up for my service)

Holy crap.... I knew the Osprey could fly "at altitude" but I didn't realize you guys can get THAT high!!!

Possibile? Yes. Probable? Unlikely Folks go to flight school to fly. Folks that Medically DQ from flight school face issues about finding an available spot in another community. Folks that fail out of flight school face the same dilemma as those medically DQ'd add but the stigma of having...

"Big Navy" is the term we use to describe the Navy as a whole, but more specifically, leadership and direction. For example, we had our flight budgets slashed because Big Navy decided it was more important to spend money on future acquisition programs vice maintaining our current capability...

This was HS in the early 90's. Only 2-3 JO's got Phase 3 qual (mission qual, equate to Level 3 now). With that qual came greater flight time since you were now part of the CSAR crew. Much animosity developed among the JO's trying to position themselves to get the quals. (There was no...

MB, while I will completely agree that the reduction in flight time across the board will have significant impact upon the flying skills of today's JO's (therefore, tomorrow's Skippers), but I think that fact has little bearing on the value/validity of an H2P/H2P flight. Regardless of who's...

To echo Flash and HAL, the sword is a great idea for a gift. It's something they will most likley keep long after they have left the Naval Service. A watch is nice, but will eventually break or be lost. A sword is something she can keep on her mantle or display as a nice memento of her time...

Possibly???

If combat gets green ink, what color ink does space flight get? Do you have to sign your logbook with an official astronaut pen??

So do these guns http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/03/eveningnews/main20039031.shtml count as US weapons or Mexican weapons???

I feel I need to disagree here. The HT's can teach all the decision making they wish, provide you with hours upon hours of solo time, but that will have zero impact on how the Fleet employs pilots. The Fleet decides what it wants from the training pipeline and the TRACOMs and RAGs respond to...

Random thought, I'm assuming the squadron (or Big Navy) had to ask for permission to use Darth Vader's face on the tail. Anyone ever hear any story behind it? I'm curious if it was a big deal, if the Navy had to pay George Lucas, of if they went with the old, it's better to beg for...

Legally there is nothing stopping them however; If you're going to arm the crews, then you will need to train them. The company will obviously have to pay for additional training for the crews. Not sure how the cost of the insurance on the ship would change if you armed the crew. The ship...

What community should I have selected to get to be Hugh Hefner's private pilot??? http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/03/03/playboy-jet-hef-used-travel/?test=faces

The flights down to AUTEC were a real hassle... You have to fly about 4 hours to then spend a week in the Bahamas doing a bunch of flying... For the pointy-nose guys, think of it like a Key West Det but without all the bars and the freaks.

Don't forget:

Is this what A4 and BzB wore during Primary???

I did an airshow down in Ft Myers and the Air Force F-16 there was the Base Demo Pilot. He is/was the only person from his base qual'd to fly in an airshow. He had a syllabus to become the pilot and the base CO had signed off on the plan for his flight. He was asking me what the qual...

BzB, would you please answer the phone; caller ID says it's the "Pot"

Except the Xoom is about $70 more expensive than the comparable IPAD2 (32G & 3G) AND you have to pay a minimum of 1 month of 3G service to have the WiFi portion enabled. So add $20 on top of the $70 for the Xoom. So is 'rolling with Ochocinco' worth $90??? As the old aviation expression...

In HS-3 the big questions on the H2P board were Stabilator issues (it was a downing discrepancy back then) and explaining the blade fold system and sequence. It was really funny when a 60B shut down on deck of the JFK because of a chip light and the pilots did not know how to fold the blades...

The point isn't landing, it's deploying. Deploying (to include getting in and out of hanger during hairy weather) is very difficult and dangerous when you have to hand-push a helo. With the new tractor, someone still has to be on deck walking along, pulling the helo to get it into the hangar...

Micromanagement is by no means a new phenomenon. I think I can safely say that there is no one on AW that was around when this message was released...

This thread started out in the turboprop CAS thread. (threadjack) A poster mentioned that the A-10 would be great for the Marine Corps and it should be modified to operate from aircraft carriers. My point was that taking an aircraft no designed for shipboard operations and operating it from a...

Some 1 of 1's are more valuable than others... In addition to the soft breakout, your CO can signal the board that a 1 of 1 is a front runner by giving him a trait average much higher than his "Reporting Senior's Average". When your record is reviewed in Millington the reviewer will see...

Am I the only person finding it ironic that the OP wants to go Information Warfare but has trouble doing a search???

Start here: http://www.vanavyofficerprograms.com/ They have links to different career paths on the top of the screen. There are lots of folks who will answer questions, but please do some research and come back with some more specific questions in the future.

No RAST, therefore it is more difficult to deploy an MH-60S on a CRUDES than a B/F/H/R.

To add to Otto's post, most HS/HSC(Airwing) will do two cruises. You should be a HAC during your second cruise. Your first cruise you may be an H2P or PQM depending on how soon prior to deployment you arrived in the squadron. I know of a few who have only done 1 deployment during a JO tour...

You would have to redesign the A-10 from the ground up (complete redesign) to make it capable of operating from a carrier. It would be cost prohibitive. Besides with the J-35 program running, there is no way you'll be able to get another aircraft procurement program through Congress. While...

I agree with your thoughts but the Navy just had a SERB for 100 O-6's and 100 O-5's, so obviously retention is solid right now. Granted the ACCP is targeting a different year group demographic, but the consideration is the same. The military has to cut spending and retention is strong due to...

I'm not sure how old the monitor is he's using, but it's more recent than anything NMCI is pushing right now! Plus I love the Korea map just for that added dimension of a real world mission!

Welcome to the Dark Side.... It's OK though, we have cookies!

I like to worship cows as well. Usually on a plate, medium rare with a nice bottle of Sam Adams....

We like to think of them as Warrior Smurf Cammies!!

Thames Street has LOTS of great restaurants. My favorites: For Seafood - The Moorings For Steak - 22 Bowen's Wharf For Irish Pub - Buskers For Sushi - Sushi Go For Pub Fare - Brick Alley Pub For Lobter - O'Club on Thursday Nights (below Market price) For Itailian - Mama Luisa's For Bistro -...

For the record, PsyOp is no longer a current term, the new term is Military Information Support Operations (MISO). (Someone obviously got at least a DMSM for that one...) http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/another-runaway-general-army-deploys-psy-ops-on-u-s-senators-20110223

Does this mean that Darleen Druyun is finally vindicated???

How exactly do I "suck"? Creature asked a question about getting a Master's Degree during shore duty and he/she is not even been accepted into flight school yet. My comment was that that person should worry about more pressing issues, like getting winged before he/she worries about being to...

If you think this is getting berated, then maybe you should look into another line of work....

I'm curious as to the reason you are asking this; your profile says you will commission soon. Shouldn't you be worried about things like flight school, making it to the fleet and then moving on to your shore tour before you are concerned about when you could possibly take classes for an MBA...

I picked up O-4 about a year into my shore duty (deep selected) and it was not good. Once you are selected for O-4, the clock for O-5 and Command Screen starts. Depending on your community, you need to get into a disassociated sea-tour to get whatever qual is expected there and then into your...

Am I the only person who was thinking; "aren't you worried about getting chaffing from the harness?"

I did a search and saw what you're talking about. Foreign service would be either an overseas tour (Japan, Europe, Bahrain, etc) with the US Navy or possibly an exchange tour with a foreign military. I don't know if Supply Corps has an exchange opportunity, you'd need to talk to a SuppO. As...

I have never heard of someone taking covers off to ensure the car has base privileges, but I can attest to the wind up here in Newport!! There's a reason they raced the America's Cup sailboat races off Newport for 100+ years...

Conspiracy theorists unite!!!

It's becoming clearer every day why A-4's is weeping for the future....