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Whiz quiz and post-mishap blood work are completely separate things. The blood work will test for absolutely everything. Self-medication (including unauthorized supplements) will get you FNAEB'd. Two CNAF's ago the policy was self-med = gone, no questions asked. Current one may listen to...

What, they think we aren't really going to build 2 or 3 subs a year in the out-years? What could possibly have given them that idea?

Below is a good point and it can last awhile depending upon what you do - get into the acquisition/test world and we rarely see anybody with less than a thousand hours and wouldn't trust them when/if we do.

Thanks to all - I appreciate the advice and keep it coming.

My family and I will be in Newport for a couple of days next week. Anybody have any advice for anything we shouldn't miss, or any great restaurants we have to get to? Much appreciated.

Actually, it is exactly like that. As a taxpayer it would be really easy to get pissed off at how much money we have literally pissed down a hole.

Had to duck into Pax today and saw a crowd coming out of the water survival building. Won't be long until the BOQ's are full.....

Too long and and too much pain to explain it all in the post. (Well, too lazy might be more accurate, but who's counting?) Short version is that there are quite a few instructions applicable to flight pay, but on top of those you need to be familiar with NPC procedures and coding of billets...

Read 3710.7/para 11.2 for a better understanding of ACIP. There is a finite number of "flight skins" in the Navy and to give one to a student in an API billet you would have to take it from somewhere else. Good on everybody who attempted to read and understand some of the instructions, but there...

Nope, SWO will squeeze every bit of blood out of that turnip and leave her happy to flee. But it may be the fastest road to her first choice community.

Still better than the CNAP who told the HC-3 (46 FRS) CO that he would trade our entire community for another F/A-18. Further proof that the truth hurts.

We know: it doesn't. Nice urban legend, though.

NFO = longer training pipeline and longer commitment = longer wait to re-designate to the community of her choice. BTW, the added benefit of SWO - redesignate is that you will have a real warfare pin which will be good for reputation/career.

Reference? MSR remains the same unless you redesignate to a community that extends your obliserve on completion of training. (NSW/a dive program spring to mind, maybe, but I can't picture an attrite getting that - could be others, though). Now, if you take orders with a PRD > your MSR then you...

You probably have a better shot at re-designating with a warfare pin - anybody have stats from the last couple boards?

As opposed to somebody whose world ends (or at least stops for gas) in 60 minutes or less.

HC-5 (HSC-25, now) had a bad rep back in the day - lots of folks dreaded getting Guam in the fear that it was the ass-end of nowhere. When I went through advanced there seemed to be a Guam draft going (7 out of ten classes had the #2 guy get HC-5 regardless of their preference card) - thought to...

Fixed it for you. For me, there is no shame in SAR and VERTREP is a blast. I saw the new community and I voted with my feet. EDIT: I'm not slamming HSC and what they do now, just saying I chose not to play.

If we can specify eras and missions as well - Phrogs (with the dynamic component upgrade) on an MSC ship making the great circle route from Austrailia to Bali to HK to Singapore to Thailand, etc.

A lot of guys in my timeframe put E-2/C-2 first for a couple of different reasons. First, the jet pipeline was so AFU that people were afraid of selecting it and getting caught in another across the board pipeline cut. Also, since so few jet slots existed, the people who were hardcore, tailhook...

You can also see them in starboard d, as they watch harriers have to take gas every two passes...

When I was an RAG instructor and a cone started building a helmet fire for the first time, I would stop them and ask if they were actually on fire or plummeting towards Mr. Ground. When they said no, I would remind them that they could therefore slow down on the stress level. They still need...

There is more that has to happen in the OT world before some of that is applicable.

They aren't pulling out the R's SO console for plane guard (or any other reason except for heavy maintenance). And pulling "everything except the mission racks and SO console" makes it lighter, but does not make it light. The R and S should only be separate quals from a tactics point of view...

That won't affect you for screen/promotion boards - the change to your DOR will flow you into the correct board.

Hint for ASO's Great thing to put in your pre-Mishap plan, BTW, especially for DET-type deployers. (And don't restore it until the XO/CO gets on the 1MC and reminds the crew of the potential fallout - the shoes may not realize the implications of a quick email home).

Unfortunately, the answer is "it depends". First off, different bureaus (and different banks) weigh factors differently. In your example, that unused $4k still hurts you to some lenders even without a balance on it because it affects your ratio of income to available credit but if the account...

^ Fees really do matter - you should know what the fees are on any fund you own and how it compares to similar funds.

If you max your ROTH and 401k right now you would be saving $20.5k/year. Way more than the vast majority of your peers, but you have to factor in your retirement goals/timing to decide if that is more than you really need.

My advice is Roth IRA first, TSP second for tax-advantaged accounts unless you are DINK or otherwise need the pre-tax advantage of the TSP. EDIT - For those that don't know, withdrawals from a Roth IRA are not taxed but the contributions cannot be deducted from your income. Withdrawals from...

Good points - we can make an unwritten rule for the thread that (unlike stories involving transvestites), you can start your questions with "I have this friend..." and we won't call you on it.

Make sure you know your audience before you trot out that speech either to your community or -43. If I was in your position I would go out of my way not to sound like a tool.

One word of warning to the OP; the three guys I know who returned were initially told that they would get back on a solid career track right after taking a hard-fill for the team (Kitty Hawk/Essex, etc). Only one of the three got back in the cockpit (C-12's in Oki) and none got a DH slot back...

Time was I would have agreed with that, but unique circumstances in the last decade changed my mind. I was lucky enough that some of my career choices put me in a position to buy pretty close to the bottom in San Diego. The first house I bought (with 5% down) tripled in price in less than a...

Time was I would have agreed with that, but unique circumstances in the last decade changed my mind. I was lucky enough that some of my career choices put me in a position to buy pretty close to the bottom in San Diego. The first house I bought (with 5% down) tripled in price in less than a...

Just a little more math to throw at this as a word to the wise. If you buy on a VA loan (especially if you had bought in the last couple of years) you need to be prepared to stick with it for awhile. Figure a 200k house and a total of 1% of loan fees (I'm keeping the math simple) and 5%...

And there isn't anything wrong with that. If they served their time honorably to the best of their ability then they have satisfied their commitment. Shake their hand, say "thank you" and move on.

Absolutely right, which is a leading cause of ruined seat cushions around a big-deck gator. Our current scheme makes trying to pick out your "buddy" against the horizon in the afternoon haze one of the trickier parts of a day time flight.

Speaking as an old phrog guy, you guys are nuts. Even a half-assed glass cockpit like the R/S common cockpit is fantastic compared to what we grew up on.

Only been in and out, but it is nice. Close to Hiroshima and on a major rail line so easy to get about. Good times.

Misawa - it isn't even close.

The house is threatening to withhold funding for the tanker program and CSAR re-compete was delayed again (now pushed to Nov). Oh, and they were still RIFfing the bottom of their officer corps. Bad times.

^ I'm with HJ; the timing isn't a coincidence.

My point was that you don't know what he thought about without seeing the whole package. I know you want to think that the words can be taken at face value (trust me, those of us writing them would be a lot happier if we didn't have to speak in code) but that isn't how the system works.

That phrase means nothing without seeing her average, the CO's average, and her place in the competitive group (if there was one). You also need to know if that was in the first or last line or buried in the middle. Then you have to consider the consequences of not having a warfare pin in your...

Not to imply that two wrongs have accidently made a right, but... I know her; she had no business being in the Navy. She wasn't emotionally or psychologically suited for the military - very bright girl and seemed a decent, if immature, human being - but with no military qualities. This was...

You ought to be wary of taking a story like that at face value. That isn't the whole story, just the booted guy's version. I think you will find that the honor concept is easy to live with.

Make sure you let all your instructors in advanced know that you had jet grades but got screwed by the Man. Then, if you make it through, be sure to tell everybody in your community that you had jet grades and shouldn't be stuck there. Having said that: if you think my response makes me sound...

Further proof that it is all about timing: we have the ALOHA thread and more than a couple others to show that you got out of that job when the getting was good. You really can still find it in the Navy, but you have to do your homework and there are definitely risks involved these days (IA's...

There are no dedicated ferry pilots anymore; FRC and DCMA pilots can get to ferry aircraft as a sideline to their primary duties, but unless the contract is written to say otherwise the Fleet has right of first refusal on who performs the ferry flight. Unfortunately the days of being able to...