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I joined the Marine Corps to be a pilot. If you don't want to be a pilot then give up your air contract.

Good eye. We flew the 1266 and then spent the rest of our gas doing pop attacks on the shade tree targets. The WSO in lead's jet got this pic of me during the battle damage checks on the RTB.

...You don't wear non-issued backpacks in uniform in the USMC. When you do wear an issued one it is supposed to be on both shoulders.

When I think about what Navy warfighters wear, I think about 4 groups of warriors- 1) Aviators, 2) SEALs, 3) Surface and 4) Submariners. Pretty sure none of them wear/wore anything close to blueberries. In fact, I'm pretty sure the Surface guys in the destroyers and destroyer escorts in the...

In Texas the fair housing act only says that you can't be discriminated against because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, disability or familial status. Looks like legally he can deny you housing because you are in the military. http://www.twc.state.tx.us/crd/housing_fact.html...

Is the chicken ranch still the entry point for the course rules coming from the west into Whiting? Seems like an expensive venture

1 gun is enough.

This conversation reminds me of the old SNL Super Fans Who would win in a fight, Ditka, or the..... :)

It's still an O'Club but only the bar in the middle of the building is open; the back bar isn't even stocked. On Fridays you'll still catch a few guys at the bar playing fighter die and hanging out. But I get the idea that it's a mere shadow of it's former self. Maybe that will change as the...

No FRS in Beaufort, VFA-106 handles all of that. Normally the flow above is correct, but there are always a few guys who break the mold. FWIW I'm a Marine going to Miramar but doing the FRS thing at Oceana.

GDO = Group Duty Officer. Edit: It's the most fun you'll ever have on a Friday or Saturday night. Remember Pcola and MATSG-21 is a huge training base for all those young PFCs and Lance Coolies who are living on their own for the first time in their short young lives. You get to deal with a lot...

Yeah dude, that's pretty fucked up and indeed is very insulting. I'd say that you were "bagged" on just as much as everyone else. Some guys see it more, some less, but it's there.

Does it really change that much when you have children? I love flying airplanes. Love it (as I'm sure many of us do). Most days there is nothing I'd rather do. Intercept not going well? Bombs not hitting close enough to the bull? That last join up a little rough? F it, I'm in an airplane and...

Remember, you're supposed to suck at flying forms- you've never done it before.

You can't ride the King Kat in Pcola. But I get what you're saying.

You have some bad information. Everyone trains together at TBS. You'll have air/ground/law and reserve guys in your company, platoon, and squad. Competitive air slots are divvied up at the same time the ground guys find out their MOS. Throwing your name in the hat for competitive air does not...

Your class rank.

Which RAG did you go to? -106 isn't like that at all.

I second this. The camaraderie in Kingsville is second to none. You will always find someone to drink beer with by the Hunters Cove pool just by walking down there. There is no need to call or text anyone, you'll just walk over to their house. And the club has the King Kat. You don't have hair...

Yep. All in Graves and Obannon. 6 dudes to a room.

You start getting paid when you show up to TBS. You aren't on active duty until then.

Just stop posting and go sit in the corner.

So pay for 2 bases at a time? Essentially doubling the expense during the transition years? Because that makes sense. The Navy isn't going to leave Pensacola/Whiting just like the AF isn't going to leave Columbus or Del Rio. They don't have any real reason to do so.

True statement. Black B tailcode =/= VT-9

hit up MarineOCS.com There is a myriad of info about TBS there from the poor souls who are there now.

Interesting... Now that I think about, when I was in VT-2 we had no Navy jet guys, but we had 2 Harrier (1 reserve, 1 active) and 3 Hornet IPs. They didn't seem to be really happy to be flying the turbo-wiener but they did a pretty good job of counteracting the typical anti-jet movement that...

I'd argue it also gives an option to the guys who get to strike or BFM and decide that they really don't like pulling Gs or pointing at the ground or fighting another airplane. There were a couple of guys in Kingsville who did that. They were afforded the ability to stay in the Tailhook...

In a Hornet yes, in a glider... I've never been in a situation where I thought "gee, I'd really need a motor here" (I've been low and thought that it would be nice to have, but not needed) just like I've never been in a sailboat and thought the same. It's a different mindset. There are sailplane...

The lack of power doesn't make flight inherently unsafe.

That's how it worked in Kingsville. In El Centro you would get a far reduced per diem (Something like 25 bucks a day), but other than that you got no cost TAD orders.

One of them recently joined the fleet.

OCC is highly competitive, most people don't get in on their first shot. Don't wait. Have the sit down with dad to discuss that you are living your life, not his, and that you are very grateful for the ability to choose your own path that his hard work has given you. Tell him that this is what...

That Lt Col Cantwell is a not only a Marine but a Prowler pilot, so he wouldn't be wearing a Navy crest on his name tag, nor would he have been in VT-4. :)

Video is privatized, guess someone didn't want EVERYONE to see it.

Pretty sure you get a HOR move when you come into the military and one when you get out (if you retire).

I saw that and though the same thing.

Because some people do other stuff before going to flight school and some people fail out of fight school.

Nice! Awesome to see the -102 out and about. Too many people keep her around the flagpole there, but she's a great cross country machine. Is that Mcginnis? It isn't much better than a famer's field. I've been low there (800ft AGL) but scratched a save and pressed home. Here in SE Va we had a...

Congrats! I'm glad I got the opportunity to fly with you a of couple times- good luck!

Federal jobs only require a lawyer to pass the bar in one state. Thusly both my father in law and sister in law worked for the fed. Father in law as a legal policy writer for the VA and my sister in law was a security clearance litigator whom represented the Gov when people contested the denial...

This may belong in the stupid questions thread, but what are the "balls" above the cockpit? I see them on a lot of different Russian helos.

Such small gear for such a large airplane. It just looks funny.

:confused: No impact, no idea.

My old man flew A-37s before he flew A-10s and F-16s. He still says that it was one of his favorite airplanes to fly.

What is a LTCMDR? Do you mean LCDR? :rolleyes:

Yes but their steam gauges don't sit behind their right knee, and are a little bit bigger than ours. (giggity)

They would have come easy to you either way. And now you don't flare anymore!