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What do you mean by Joint and Foreign Service? I've never heard that term used in my 19+ years. If you mean Joint service, serving at a Combatant Command, a Joint Task Force or the Joint Staff, then yes, you can do it as a Suppo. As I stated earlier, "Foreign Service" is the term for people...

I wasn't an ROTC instructor, but I have plenty of buddies who did it. The Good is: Usually a free Masters Degree from the school. Good hours. Low stress. The (possible) Bad is: Most folks who do the ROTC instructor route get out following that tour, therefore you are sending a...

As opposed to the one built in Europe... Oh wait, I'm sorry, licensed built in NY

Most Suppos will follow a set career path. You may be able to transition later on, however I'm at a lost as to what the "Joint & Foreign Service" is. Are you asking about doing a Joint Tour? Then the answer is, yes, Suppos do Joint tours. Foreign Service is a term that applies to Department...

Officially, USN O-4's are not Field Grade Officers, therefore they are JO's. (Field Grade gets scrambled eggs on their combo covers) However, in a squadron environment the Department Heads are not considered part of the JO's. In the typical squadron the O-3 and below make up the JOPA...

I remember the bonus back in the mid-90's, some folks got it and others were denied. There didn't seem to be rhyme or reason as to why some folks got it over others. I remember it did cause some grumbling between LT's on disassociated (both HS, same year group, same winging year) when one got...

Maybe you should consider being an astronaut: http://www.bupers.navy.mil/NR/rdonlyres/68B91F10-884D-4C8B-855A-60730EEA1F85/0/14014D.pdf Of course you could also apply as a civilian: http://nasajobs.nasa.gov/ASTRONAUTS/content/AstroCandbro_sm_new.pdf If you have more questions about...

I was in Qatar when a 2 star Army General ( I think he was NG, but I'm not positive) called a Navy Warrant, "Chief". The Warrant was very professional and mentioned that in the Navy he is normally called a Warrant, since a Chief is a different rank. The Army two star says that in the Army...

VT's up in Milton. He was about 100 years old in the early 90's, so if he's still there, then we all should start smokin' about 2 packs a day!!

There was a sim instructor at the VT's in the early 90's named Ace Eastman. (He'd walk out during a 60 min sim to go get a smoke, but I digress) He asked me during Intermediates what I got, helos or props. I told him I got my third choice, helos. He laughed and said he got his third choice...

When I got winged in 1993 we got a card with our Naval Aviator number, mine is 22808. Made for a good vanity license plate; when people asked, it was good for a story

Back in the 90's when we had to get our rank sewn onto the shoulders of our bags (just like the Air Force) it was speculated that since we are going to follow the Air Force lead WRT to flight suits, then we'll get to follow their practice of wearing the flight suit off base.... The Navy did...

Looks like someone else is in trouble for making up a fictitious military career.... http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/01/26/maryland-man-arrested-lying-military-service/

I just checked the NPC website, the latest NAVADMIN is 24/11; this one is not listed.

Sad but true. Lying is considered free speech. I guess the underlying issue is lying is illegal if it causes harm. Since portraying yourself as a war hero doesn't really cause harm, it's tough to separate it away from folks embellishing on their resume (or FitRep) or maybe making themselves...

For the record is was -4 degrees this morning here in Newport.... make sure you pack some warm clothes, it's mighty cold when that wind picks up off the water!!

My tie to VADM Stufflebeem was only to demonstrate that actions that occurred years ago can still come back to haunt you later on.

As XO, he is supposed to be the 'keeper of the line' between what is considered acceptable behavior and what is inappropriate, not blur that line. The Navy took a black-eye with that video and in a world of dwindling budgets and political correctness (whether you agree with it or not, it is...

While you pay tops out at 22, the percentage you get (+2.5% per year) increased for every year you continue to serve. So getting out at 24 years means a higher percentage of your base pay, therefore a bigger retirement check once you get out.

If you are an O-5 twice FOS for O-6, then you are 20+ years. If you're an O-6 you are 20+ years. For O-5 you pretty much max out retirement at 24 years. The Navy may be looking to force out some folks at 22 years vice allowing them to make the additional money. While only 200 folks may be...

Depends on where you park. Newport, ironically, has more middle-to-lower class neighborhoods than the other two towns on the island. If you park in some of the shadier sections of Newport, you get what you get. Right outside of base is some of the areas I wouldn't want to park in at night...

Back when the Navy first looked at an H-60 airframe to replace the 46 (with a bunch of Army Blackhawk airframes on the assembly line that were cancelled to move money towards the Comanche program.... D'oh!) Sikorsky said they could move the tailwheel up on the 60S for $1 million each...

HSC has replaced HS as the jack-of-all-trades, master of none!!

Back in the late 90's we complained that the FRS was getting crap from the VT/HT's and wondered why Pensacola was not doing its job and we had to fix all these crappy pilots. I'm sure if you ask HAL or A4's, they'll tell you have the pilots that came after them were crappy due to decreased...

Since he appears to be a right wing lunatic, I'm thinking the media may try to portray this as a terrorist attack. It was act that employed fear and terror on a small scale to bring about a larger political change. That fits a terrorist in my personal definition of the word. This was no...

Have you taken a look at the JSF or Osprey threads lately????

My last det we had 2 birds and 5 pilots. Not to screw the junior guy we didn't put names on the bird. In HS-3 (RIP) we had pilots, aircrew and PC's on the birds. You had to be a HAC and have seniority. It screwed the NAVCAD since he was a rank junior to all the regular commissioning source folks.

First off is money. There was a fight to get this capability years ago. The SEALS (and SOCOM) were saying they just wanted dedicated helos. The Navy says it will be a "SOF peculiar" capability (new squadrons and career path) therefore SOCOM will have to pay with MFP-11 money. SOCOM balked at...

It's much bigger than just the training. Carrier Strike Groups have reluctantly allowed helos to be stationed ashore for prolonged periods. If you are going to do NSW aviation correctly, then the unit needs to train and deploy with the SEALs, not just be available at Al Udied for 3 weeks...

If the Navy is serious about providing NSW dedicated aviation capability then they will need pilots with lots of hours doing that mission. The CWO program offers the ability to have pilots attain those hours. That was my point.

HSC-84 has had some AC folks assigned there due to numbers and quals. They were filling the holes that were being created by the SELRES hitting the I-Tempo walls. Rather than making a whole bunch of FTS to fill the gap, Big Navy decided to roll in some AC folks (in lieu of disassociated or...

You mean like OCS but for CWO's? You can do that in the Army, it an interesting idea, but if the Navy (IMO) were to do this, then it would need to be a much bigger program than it currently is; I'm thinking they'll need hundreds of folks going through CWOCS to make it worth the cost of the...

I think a better poll to provide nelconair3 a better data point was how many Navy helo pilots went to flight school wanting to fly jets? Follow up question would be how many still want to fly jets after flying helicopters?

If you want to be an analyst with no experience, then you may want to pursue a PhD. Most folks in the analyst business have a doctorate. Are you a U.S. citizen? If so, then you may try to get a job at a major command (combatant commands, number fleet, or major exercise base i.e. JRTC, Fallon...

Just to add to Chunks comments, most folks who go ROTC get out at the end of their commitment. Not all do, but most. Trying to push for an ROTC billet will generally signal to Big Navy what your intentions are; most career-minded folks push for the FRS, Flag Loop or Flight School. If you...

BLUF (to bring that back!!) The program is failing because the Navy selected from an open pool of candidates rather than targeting this program at specific rating skill sets. When this program was first announced, my opinion was that it would allow for a career-flyer program like the Army...

If you can manage the 'sustained superior performance' then a transition may not hurt you. I know of a couple of folks who transitioned within the helo communities and still managed to get command. I know of a few folks who were SWO or Sub Drivers when they got commissioned but still managed...

IIRC, there was a mishap in the early 90's where a T-34 did a gear check on a Hornet and the pilot f'd it away and got sucked into the underside of the Hornet. That may be the genesis of the whole T-34's being prohibited from dissimilar form.

The process for a TS is much more in-depth than for a secret. You really can't confuse the two of them... Aaaah, no.

Why does an SNA need a TS clearance????? Is the T-6 that far an advancement in technology that you need a TS????

While my esteem colleague is correct regarding the dining conditions, most carriers wardrooms serve the same chow as the mess decks now. The quality is no different between the Officers and Sailors now. The enlisted do have some chow advantages such as a 24/7 chilli bar or the grill being...

I went diving in Subic Bay a ton of times, none of the diver masters ever mentioned an A-6 in the water. Did they pull it? The only aircraft on the dive charts was an F-4 which was about a 2 hour boat ride away and the dive shops didn't want to go that far out.

I went diving in Subic Bay a ton of times, none of the diver masters ever mentioned an A-6 in the water. Did they pull it? The only aircraft on the dive charts was an F-4 which was about a 2 hour boat ride away and the dive shops didn't want to go that far out.

I went diving in Subic Bay a ton of times, none of the diver masters ever mentioned an A-6 in the water. Did they pull it? The only aircraft on the dive charts was an F-4 which was about a 2 hour boat ride away and the dive shops didn't want to go that far out.

I've done some form on an F-18C with an HH-60H back in 04. I was pretty much max blast and he was about as slow as he felt safe...

The Big Deck Amphibs have to put some pads down (at least this was the temp fix, if there's a permanent solution in the fleet already I've haven't heard about it) under the nacelles of the V-22 because the exhaust was burning the non-skid. New aircraft always bring some growing pains and the...

And this is how you do research for your dissertation? You post a message on a forum such as this and then you are surprised when you receive a sarcastic remark? What you should have done was post that are doing research and are looking for opinions as to the threat from the latest air...

Maritime Patrol Reconnaissance Aircraft - A term that includes P-3 and foreign aircraft involved in that mission area.

Why exactly are the USN personnel wearing float coats on the field???

With notable exception of the SWIT patch. I've seen plenty of quality folks not screen when SWTI's with lesser packages get command. So to say that tactical wording on your FITREP is irrelevant, I'll agree. To say that Tactical qualifications have no bearing, then I'll have to disagree...