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Isnt the final decision up to the Bob’s anyways? I mean, a stud gets awesome grades and would be a good fit in jets, but when stuff like quality spread, timing, etc, comes into play, how much say does the IP really have? (yes I know they make recommendations for or against a stud and a...

Any gouge to why?

Unless the process has changed, you don’t interview with a BGO. I interviewed with my Senior Chief, Master Chief, then the Skipper.

I’m pretty sure they don’t fill every slot to the academy that is set aside for prior enlisted, some that apply and get accepted get routed though NAPS first. They look at the ‘whole person’ concept, so the fact that you’ve taken classes on your own, and I assume you’ll get good...

It sounds like you got it figured out but I’d recommend getting real familiar with the JTR. For future reference if you’re trying to do something and ‘business rules’ aren’t allowing you to, but the JTR says it’s ok, the JTR takes precedence. Business rules conflicting with the JTR is...

Fine, you get your beard. You also get high necked collars, bow ties, 100% wool uniforms, and a gazillion button double breasted jackets to go along with it.

The quote is accurate in both directions.

I’m not saying the change of the medical beard policy is smart, or a good idea. I do think that holding to a policy of no beards for the masses is good. Reference my previous post as to why.

I mean, why have any uniform rules? You wanna wear a tutu and flip flops in the office, but you’re the best damn yeoman out there, fuck it right? Dress codes and grooming standards are a good thing.

Yeah, we aren’t other countries. Like I said, I’m a crotchety old fuck and I think it’s a good policy. I don’t think a change for guys with skin issues is a good change though.

I’ll be the crotchety old fuck that says it. The variability of dudes and how they can grow beards, I’m glad we have a policy that keeps people from growing one. Guys that grow patchy, thin beards, or scraggly, or whatever, how do you regulate that? It looks like shit and I can guarantee if...

You’ve obviously never hung around with infantrymen eh?

Seems like he tried reeeeaalllly hard to get the service dress khaki to take hold. I don't know about SWO-land but I never saw it on any air stations.

The tiger stripes are going the way of the Dodo, just like the blue NWUs. Thank goodness I didn't have to buy that uniform too!

I can read it fine, are you sure your eyes are good enough?

Tomorrow they are officially gone. I had to buy a pair in 2009 for a command wide inspection. I wore them once for that inspection and never again. Good riddance! https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.military.com/daily-news/2019/09/29/navy-says-goodbye-blueberry-camouflage-uniform.html/amp

Very few who love flying? I’d disagree, hell, I switched services just so I could keep flying.

Take a read through this, it'll answer everything you can ask about anthro limits.

Yeah, and the measurements are so dependent on the person doing the measurements. About a year before I went to primary they were still doing fit checks for people who were close but when I went through they had stopped doing it. I can see the argument both ways, but if someone is out by on a...

Can’t speak to the living trust, but California does have some specific rules on their weapons. Being military on PCS orders means you don’t have to register them upon moving in. If you get out of the military or switch to SELRES (gray area) and stay in California, you do have to register. If...

The H-60 airframe can handle doing rolls, it’s just pikot skill in rolling a helicopter that limits it. Beyond 60 AOB is gets real squirrrely. No personal experience going past 60, of course. Smiles!

Set thrust to N1 and let it be. I have no clue wtf the actual engine thrust is, but the N1 from the chart gets me airborne!

One thing to keep in mind for FTS these days. Aviation is hurting for bodies in the flying squadrons. That coupled with the shifting screen groups is driving promotion to O-5 waaaay down for FTS pilots. Guys are being hung onto for the squadron manning and not having their highwater FITREP when...

Oh yeah, the term is ‘shiny penny’. Once these dudes become the chosen ones, usually in their first tour or shortly thereafter, they are fast tracked. Getting selected for each successive rank one or two years early is the norm. I worked for a Colonel a few years ago that took over an ops...

I don’t think it’s the O-4 board, it’s the O-5 board where the timing will really hurt them.

Is that a Navy rule? Because I know some 19 year O-6s in the Air Force. They selected two years early, twice.

The forecast when you pin on O-4 is what you said. Reality is that when the Bubba list comes out each December, guys are getting sucked up. I don’t personally know any dudes sucked up two zones but with how wide the net is being cast, it’s inevitable.

Yeah, what’s the phrase, sustained superior timing? I know a few really solid guys that are looking at terminal O-4 now because they got looked at early.

You aren’t eliminated by default. The boards and communities are small though, so an individual is playing the odds to decline the offer with the expectation of getting selected again. I know one guy who picked up HSC FTS, turned it down, switched to VT SELRES, and I’m pretty sure he’s a VT FTS...

As a SELRES you can ask for waivers to stay beyond the 20 year mark as an O-4. From the couple of guys I’ve seen that did that, they weren’t dirtbags and they got the command to agree. I’d say if you were a non-existent or pain in the ass SELRES, it might be tougher. In my entire sample size...

This more than anything else.

It totally depends on the person doing the taping and how rigorous they adhere to the instructions. Outright cheating, no. Stretching the definitions, very much so.

Best part of the Amex travel bennies, just flew from London to Dallas and the Centurion Lounge has a spa and showers. The DFW Centurion Lounge is awesome, even though it’s usually pretty busy. Nothing quite like getting a massage and taking a shower after the long flight. Oh, and free upgrade...

Unless your Michael J. Fox, it’s not too difficult to not cut yourself.

You wanna get rid of bumps? Learn to shave with an old school straight razor. I did and I’ve never had them since. The key is to keep the blade sharp enough to cut through a ginger’s soul.

Need more info, why are you being told you can’t fly? Is it a hard down or do you have options with other services? Personally, if I were in your shoes I’d probably take my ball and go home. You signed up to fly and now you can’t, and you haven’t even commissioned, so you don’t owe Uncle Sam...

I can’t speak to these results but on the O-5 board, not all HSC SWTI types got the asterisk. I personally know two guys who were identical, they had masters, SWTI, JPME, and in a staff tour and one got an asterisk and the other didn’t.

I'm trying to avoid a dick measuring contest here, but I've been involved with actually creating OPLANs and I can tell you that the PR aspect is one of the most important to the COCOMs. Anecdotally, I've personally seen an entire AOR's operations come to a halt because there wasn't a clear...

It’s posts like these that makes me wish we had a SIPR Airwarriors.

Crew from 84 in Iraq got DFCs for shooting a bunch of fools out of a tree during a hot extract.

My grandfather got a DFC in Korea for that very thing, he was the rear gunner on an A-26. I have his personal notebook of his flights in Korea. Along with the citation, it sounds like it was a ‘sporty’ night for that crew.

That's what I just did, unfortunately my MSM write up got downgraded to a NCM.

Publicly humiliate? No. Be honest in communication? Yes. If a CO was here one day and then gone the next, the rest of the command deserves to know why. I don't agree with finding out from the cover of Navy Times, but a lot of feedback from the lower ranks is lack of transparency on what is...

I've seen this firsthand. CO was allowed to have a change of command about 3 months early. Everyone knew he was "fired" but since he had an actual CoC, he wasn't technically "fired".

What?? No Dunkin Donuts coffee???

Nah, he can keep his NAM, he’ll just get deported to Mexico while wearing it.

CAB doesn’t equal CAR. I know Navy guys who were assigned to Army units on IA that received the CAB but big Navy said no to converting it to a CAR. Policy now is IDF to a base doesn’t get the CAR awarded, you have to fight back. Gone are the days of an entire FOB getting it just because they...