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I would suggest not publishing the pictures. Let the Navy release them. If you can get pictures from a commercial site, then post away. Until then, keep them within the ready room. I would hate to be the first one to let the pictures out.

Starting a discussion on the locked T-45 accident thread. Every incident IS fully disected and analysed. It's done in the Mishap investigation process. The people who get the info though are only the communities that would benefit from the "lessons learned". It would be harmful and...

Hey flyinghigh! One of my best friends is a Viking NFO going through the pilot transition down in Corpus (Primary). Of course, everyone down there is on Christmas leave, but PM my and I'll try and put you in touch with him. What community are you coming out of? Like Wink said, he's got an...

S-3 Viking crews wear O2 only in emergency situations. We have the only exception to the oxygen mask rule.

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Landing on the boat, Now that's cool... :) I went the Navy OCS route and it was the best thing that I ever did. I think that the flying we do in the Navy cannot be matched anywhere!

I've been in for 6 years and still have my wisdom teeth. They are fully in and causing no problems. But for my last 2 flight physicals, the doc has been trying to tell me to have them pulled. He said "when I'm 50, they will be a problem". I told him that when I'm 49 he can have them. My...

I guess I can add my story to the rest. My squadron was in the bottom of the bathtub (Short on planes because of IMC) and was borrowing one from another squadron. I flew it and then we sent it back to the squadron we borrowed it from. It crashed on the next flight. Catastrophic fire in the...

I joined the Navy to fly. The Navy has boats. Put the 2 together and you have flying off of boats! A natural choice if you ask me...(Although whoever thought of landing on a boat, at night, in the goo ought to be shot. but that's another story!) All kidding aside, The Jet community is the...

I've been Navy for nearly six years and I don't know a single person who has had a lie detector test...

I hate to break the news, but you can't get these videos on the 'net. You have to be at follies to see them, or know someone who was there and has a copy of the tape. Most of them are not for public consumption, but are highly entertaining.

It was the Sig 228. The others are right though, the hassle of taking your own weapon will be immense. You have to check it in to your gunner, he checks it into the base armory w/your squadrons guns, they get transfered to the boat, then they sit in a safe unless you are flying. It's nice to...

This was an issue in my squadron before we deployed last year. We couldn't find a way to get our own weapons out there. We all gave up and just used the issued weapons. the good part about that was that they were nice new Sig Sauer 9mm's! The beretta's are being phased out so we have quality...

I don't think that PA's is the best example either. Ask an instructor to show you cloud surfing. Good formation flying can be fun too. In T-45's the road reccies (Low Levels) and gun pattern will thrill you to no end. Aerobatics in T-45's are a FAM procedure to get you comfortable flying the...

The Tomcat community will continue to train pilots until about a year, year and a half before the last squadron transitions to the Superhornet. They have to keep JO's going to the squadrons. If they shut down the RAG too soon, then the squadrons would run out of JO's. With the S-3 sundown...

My recent experience has been that the senior hornet drivers are the only ones who use the Mode I. (Normally on dark nights). Most CAG's don't allowed nuggets to do a mode I approach. Auto throttles are used much more frequently. The S-3 has a new digital flight control system that allows us...

Getting up early isn't really a problem. The DI's are not wandering around the battallion. They will stay in their office if they are in the building (Or they will mash the Officer Candidate on Duty but that's another story). Yes it is breaking the rules, but it is what's required. So is...

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I stand corrected. Maybe I lucked into a spot and didn't even know it. I have never heard about the lack of space in the training pipeline. The times must have changed quite a bit in the last 5 years. With the NAPPI process and all of the streamlining of the training commands, I can't...

Check out www.navygouge.com for help too! I know most of the guys that contributed the gouge and it's pretty solid!

When I went through in '98 (was it really that long ago?) we had 13 priors. The only real problems they had was getting mashed by a fellow E-6. They felt like they were not getting the recognition for their prior achievements. It pays to realize the goal at the end and don't get caught up in...

Don't ask... You have to experience Poopie week to understand it. :)

Most of us got up 10 minutes before reville and jumped through a quick shower and shave. It was expected that you would have shaved prior. the funny part is, you aren't supposed to be out of your room prior to reville. Do what it takes to get it done though.

It was awesome. I was lucky enough to have my family there and have my Grandfather swear me in. After 13 weeks it makes it all seem worth it. Even better - starting API the next week!

Gentlemen, everyone relax a bit... I've been in the Navy for nearly 6 years now, and I've never seen people so worked up! I decided on a cold NOV morning to apply to the navy to be a pilot, and I was in OCS in FEB. Granted that was in '98, but I don't think things have changed that much...

Ok, I haven't been out of OCS that long... I went through in FEB 98. What is the rose garden? We had the pit when I was there. By the way, ask the DI for some coffee...I dare you!