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I’m pretty sure he means why are they using it at all? I can’t stand it in a squadron, just call it ‘ops’, ‘maintenance’, etc. It’s a squadron, not a staff.

AGR is more like a multi-year MOB, with the goal of getting 20 years active. The difference is you can revert to SELRES in between the AGR stints.

Still fairly accurate. Lot of ASE push lately to get it up to speed across all services as well.

Stats are posted. 1310 selected at 27% for above zone, 64% in zone, and 1320 at 20% AZ and 45% IZ (ouch). Highest AZ in recent memory. https://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/boards/activedutyofficer/05line/Documents/FY20_AO5L_STATS.pdf

For the A/A kill? Damn, if that’s who you’re talking about, that’s harsh.

I’m pretty sure that if a note about ‘merit’ appears on any fitrep beyond this very next one, the reporting senior is writing fitreps incorrectly.

I found that interesting too, as several HSC CO-selects aren’t on the ‘merit’ list. I guess it’s the difference between the cool kids and the really cool kids.

Message is on the street. I officially feel old as I have a lot of friends on this list. https://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/messages/Documents/ALNAVS/ALN2019/ALN19042.txt Edit: Apparently on this year's board, dudes get bumped to the top based on "Merit". I know of one guy who...

A team guy jumped on the helo with two crossed shotguns, two pistols, and a tomahawk strapped to his belt. No armor, no helmet, just his radio and a baseball hat. He wasn’t exactly small either, so he would probably be the scariest dude you could imagine kicking in your door.

Per instruction you are required to qualify before a deployment in which you are expected to handle firearms. If you don’t qualify, you aren’t allowed to carry your weapon. You also must qualify on each type, pistol, rifle, and/or shotgun. So if you want to carry two pump shotguns in an X across...

To be fair, it’s not like the Navy really trains their pilots and aircrew to really be effective with the current issues sidearms.

Didn't the age limit just increase? https://www.airwarriors.com/community/threads/new-pilot-and-nfo-max-age-limit.46522/

I get your point, but the idea of a missile that size chasing me down is sorta nuts. But, tbh, if I get shot down by a SA-2 in my helo, it really was just my time to go.

Yeah, when the Angry Telephone Pole (a.k.a, SA-2) comes flying at you, I have to imagine it'll make some folks rethink their life choices.

There is 100% nothing wrong with a person wanting to fly a platform that has higher likelihood of engaging with and killing the enemy, and actively seeking out that platform. Just because you aren't comfortable with it doesn't mean others also must feel that same way.

C-40s are also funded by the reserves, so....

The more of a graybeard I become, the more I realize SOCOM is sorta like the dude in the squadron that always bums a dip from other people. As soon as he has to buy his own can, he’s all of a sudden ‘trying to quit’

I dunno man, the CA guard in Fresno may not be the example you want to use. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/04/13/california-air-national-guard-removes-commander-over-threats-against-whistleblowers.html...

From what I’ve seen, no. The FTS bonus has typically only been three years anyways so I doubt they’d prorate that down even further.

"Loss of confidence" comes to mind as the reason why. Someone getting an early PCS or even a "chance to retire" isn't unheard of. It's obviously not blatant misconduct, but at some point the buck needs to stop and letting folks with that much responsibility just shrug their shoulders and...

Making it much easier to interservice transfer into the AF. Allowing O-5s to stay in op squadrons in non-command roles. Creating ‘fly only’ tracks in gray jets, with the very real possibility of making it to O-5 Bonuses are maxed out for every airframe except helos and UAVs Looking at...

The "H" doesn't stand for helicopter, it stands for Hplane Hguard. The "H" is silent.

Working a mini science project. I'm looking for any info on what is currently being done at NAMI for those dudes that are fresh into the pipeline. Specifically, is it still basically a long form with EKG, anthros, etc? Is there any psych or neurological testing being done? The background...

Not always true. I personally know a few people who got DUIs and are still in, and have promoted.

Page after page of people bitching about HSC ultimately devolves into how to best get drunk. Makes sense to me!

I think there’s a joke in there about jet guys getting the correct package...it’s just really hard to see...

https://www.beale.af.mil/Library/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/279960/u-2-pilot-application/ It was updated in 2012 but the info is still accurate. The dude (T-Bone) running the assessment program was super helpful. I applied last year as a Hail Mary and was given a polite ‘thanks but no thanks’...

Or, they could've made it super freaking simple and installed it on a gooseneck mount. To be honest though, figure-8 patterns with an up-slung FLIR isn't rocket science, it just means you have to actually think about the pattern instead of just flying a big ass circle.

HSC overland is a stop-gap until the Army or Air Force can show up. Expeditionary and CVW HSC is not manned, trained, nor equipped to perform more than a few days in the overland environment. Those few days of overland work are almost entirely supported from the boat. For any HSC folks here...

If you go FTS aviation you will get at least one tour in a flying squadron. Depending on your rank when you switch, you have a good chance of getting at least two flying tours, maybe three. That said, everyone will eventually have to do a non-flying job and yeah, NOSC admin is one of them...

Going AF to Navy active duty isn't as common and is a bit more difficult, mainly due to the career progression the Navy tries to force everyone into. Going active AF to reserve Navy is more likely and I've known guys who've done just that. You could then apply for the FTS program in the Navy...

It's becoming more common in reg-AF than it used to be. The IST board is currently accepting 100% of qualified applicants for a transfer over. Who knows how long that will last but with the current situation of AF dudes bailing after the UPT committment is up, there will be a gradual influx of...

What is the ‘scope clause/limitation’?

My first tour was HS and while I could have been oblivious, I don't ever recall FLM concerns. In the 2008/9 timeframe, our bigger concern was flight hour budget. We had guys that had to use the sim to make their annual mins.

Reminds me of Haiti and Operation Unified Response. I'll see if I can find a picture of all of the helos on the Vinson. In the middle of it all there was one lonely E-2.

Of course, this is AirWarriors.

I’m with you on this, and my personal opinion is it comes down to knowing your people. I’ve never had to bribe the PRs with anything to get stuff, and I’ve gotten a lot of sweet gear from them. I like to think it’s because I’ve spent time in their shop getting to know them vice just showing up...

Might behoove you to rework your thought process, you need to make sure there's a vacancy in the service you want to go into. Otherwise you're gonna burn bridges unnecessarily, unless you've already let the cat out of the bag. If you're working your release from the Navy, you have to do it...

This is the best thing I've read on this forum in years.

Exactly. Set the bar so low that you don't have to reach up far to move it even lower.

Damn I wish I could say this was a joke.

This was my experience in 1999, so times have probably changed. That said, I got in some trouble in high school, after I had turned 18. I got it dismissed, and even had the record expunged. When I originally enlisted I didn't understand what being expunged meant so I told them what happened. No...

Except for certain federal agencies who can access it regardless of being expunged or not, a normal employer cannot see or find out about expungements. Think of it like this, a normal joe looks at your record and they'd see a big black sharpie marking everything out and you legally don't have...

Does Hawaiian have SOP regarding how narrow the window can be before you hit the Q corner? To my rotorhead mind, a 20 knot window seems awfully small.

Looks like the crew was rescued with minimal issue. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/national-international/USS-Ronald-Reagan-Navy-Plane-Crash-500256131.html

Not possible. Not waiverable.

The Navy used to only get bravos for training up until a few years ago. A surge of fin failures made them reevaluate and now they won't issue them anymore. I also haven't seen/heard of a Quebec being shot in the Navy, they tend to give us real warheads.

In the F/H the boxes on the lower console were in the exact same position in each aircraft. Annoyingly, it seems like in the S they are just randomly bolted in, so each helo has a completely different layout so you have to look down a lot more.

In the 60F we’d turn the lights on the upper and lower consoles completely off and just count/remember where stuff was at. I still count out with my fingers the buttons on the cdu even though the 60H is NVD compatible.