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Coasties decided to one up the growler dudes from a few years ago. https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-flight-sky-genitals/

Highly variable based upon wing. That hasn’t been the case anywhere I’ve been.

Semantics perhaps, but overwater rescue would be more PR and less CSAR?

I may have missed it in the comments but even though he is retired, the Navy/DoD can still do an officer grade determination on his final retirement grade for misconduct during his active duty time. Theoretically they could say retire at O-1. Now, an active officer that is dismissed as a...

As far as I know, they have to cancel it when you provide proper notification. You are only financially responsible till the day you provided notification. I realize the situations are slightly different but I cancelled a lease using SCRA when I got PCS orders overseas. I got actual orders in...

I may be misunderstanding the law, but I thought changing your drivers license to a different state was one of the most foolproof/certain methods of establishing residency somewhere? The mere act itself was method of telling the new state that you are choosing to be a resident there? If I did...

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Somewhat similar, I decided to push over and unload the plane. I’m like ‘wheee, I’m floating’ and then I watched my PCL float past my head and land somewhere in the rear cockpit.

Unless it’s changed, Omega replaces the whole movement when you send it in for service. I believe it’s up to version C.

Circa 2006 very few studs wore the leather jacket simply because it didn’t exist in the supply system. You had to be on the ends of the sizing spectrum to get it. I was issued one and wore it all the time. I did get a few random questions from other studs about why I was wearing it before...

New to dealing with reservists eh?

Just to stoke the flames. Helicopters are in fact tactical aircraft 😁

I mean, I know the SECNAV isn’t a gazillionaire like the Mav, but damn can’t he buy a suit that actually fits? Dude looks like he’s wearing a burlap sack dyed gray. 😬😐

Doesn’t matter the service, if you’re a pilot expect to be gone. You’ll miss a lot. It’s up to you to depend on if it’s worth it. I’m going on 17 consecutive years of sea duty and 22 deployments, and for me, it’s been worth it. It may not be for you. Even if you aren’t as crazy as me, you’ll...

To continue the threadjack, flew with a guy back in 2020 who decided to not "anticipate" the beeps on the hearing exam for his final flight physical. Turns out his hearing shift was so signifcant that he was med-down from it. He had a difficult time getting his up-chit and caused him much stress...

That’s incredible. I’m glad they are actually doing them. Think small 😂

When was this? Because I was anthroed out of a few pipelines due to my butt-knee length and at the time (2006) anthro measurements were 100% not waiverable.

In his defense, (unless it’s recently changed) anthro measurements aren’t waiverable.

Submarines want to be underwater. I don’t see the issue.

You will definitely notice a difference with the old school ones. The Wiley X gloves give a lot of tactile feedback that you won’t have with the standard flight glove.

Chip burn exists in most large rotary wing aircraft. Can’t recall for the TH-57 and don’t know about other small helos. Essentially, every rotating gearbox creates metal fuzz. The chip detectors are designed to burn off that fuzz but not larger pieces. In the helos I’ve flown that burn off...

The U-2 also has a string for ball control. I mean, if it works. 🤷‍♂️

I always go to Bellows beach. Quieter and less crowded. Sometimes it’ll be practically empty except for one or two other people/families.

Accurate. https://appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/committee-releases-fy25-defense-appropriations-bill

Wait, so they were counting those missions as 3 points? 🙄

I think you're confusing doctrine with tactics. All branches follow JP 3.50, but the individual service TTPs may vary. That said, having participated in Navy and AF CSAR, the two are virtually identical, from planning to execution.

I’m curious what and how you think the Navy does CSAR?

I did like the Wardroom. Still have my tshirt. Plus, the two drinks per day seemed more of a recommendation, so I never left there seeing straight.

That was exactly it! It was really bizarre to see.

My only experience with Haiti was during the 2010 earthquake. I recall flying near the border of Haiti and looking into the DR. From a few hundred feet, the forests/jungles, etc were lush in the DR, and in Haiti a lot of it was clear cut and barren landscape.

You combined two things here, single pilot IFR and flying IFR. One depends on access to all flight controls, the other just requires practice.

No direct pitch authority tied to the primary flight controls. It programs automatically and it's position is based primarily on airspeed (and a few others). The intent is to keep the nose close to level on the horizon. Without the stab, the helo would get into fairly large and uncomfortable...

Before their new contract, SWA was known to be a place where guys would go and the bail if they job offers at other majors. SWA accounted for that. Now, with the new contract, the word I’m hearing is that new hires are staying put. That’s changed HRs people forecast and they have a backlog to...

I dunno man, I’ve been around AF PA long enough now to know that instead of it being correctly identified as the destroyer USS Carney, they’d say it was Jim Bob on his bass boat known as USS Boaty McBoatface

The Chinese are exceptionally long sighted (the 100 year plan, their legal mandate to not capitulate territory). That said, I’ve always wondered how the economic impact of a war would affect them. I would imagine almost the entirety of Western funds would vanish overnight. A little bit of...

Supposedly the cause of the latest mishap has been found, although this article doesn’t state what it is. Like Brett said, they’ll fix it and move on. The V-22, love it or hate it, is here to stay for a long time...

I got into the T-38 at about 3,300 hours between helos and light and heavy fixed wing. I never failed a flight until the 38. It wasn’t the stick and rudder, I could fly the jet fine. What was tough for me was the mindset shift of having to do everything myself. Ironically the flights I failed...

Shot competitively with pretty decent success rates early on in my career. Later on, it seemed that whenever the west coast matches came up I was either gone for workups or deployed. I might try to get back into it, I was a big fan of Across the Course with my M-1.

My sister and mom absolutely hated each other when I was growing up. She moved out, dropped out, and got a good job in the town I grew up in. After I had been in for about 5 years, she briefly flirted with joining the Air Force and scored somewhere in the 60s. I remember that because she asked...

I have no idea. There are some ‘unique’ things in the AF, that being one of them.

These are excellent points and you’re exactly right. Depending on the squadron type, it is possible that an officer won’t ever directly lead enlisted until senior O-4/5 levels. It’s also very possible that an officer may only have to supervise a couple of other officers until that O-4/5 level...

Here's what I've personally seen. At the squadron level, the culture is almost identical between the two services. You have the different types, fighter guys are different than helo guys, etc, but at the end of the day I've seen pilots from both the Navy and Air Force bitch about mostly the...

If you are able, go look it up on the various networks. Reality is not like how you describe.

You would be surprised.

Yup. A very hot topic indeed. I think that's really about all that can be said.

Man, you do you and it’s your opinion, but you are really reaching here.

I get what you're saying, my question is how do you differentiate on a ship who is actively participating and who isn't? By training, every sailor learns damage control, so can one say that by having a ASCM shot at a boat means all crew are actively participating by being ready to man a repair...

I recall reading somewhere on here that the DFC was a typical award for an air to air kill. I agree on the AM, but since this was the first ever actual hellfire engagement (I think), I could see someone arguing for the DFC. You wanna see awards inflation, come take a look at Air Force awards...

No, the CAR is strictly for ground combat. The awards manual says the strike/flight air medal is the aerial equivalent to the CAR.

I genuinely hope the comms were professional and standardized. That said, we all know they were like ‘fuck them up, holy shit, rifle away, we just shot some dudes, hell yeah, etc…’