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This is the finger light you want. That other one is a POS. https://m.brightguy.com/Millite/Millite+Finger+Light

Ah, the perpetual "which is better"... If you love your job in the Navy, or flying for the airlines, or whatever job, and stick around to continue doing it, that's pretty smart. If you hate your job in the Navy, or flying for the airlines, or whatever job, and stick around to continue doing...

The wonderful world of HSC and trying to fit 20 pounds of shit into a 10 pound sock.

I could see the problem being what defines due course and how that will affect longer term retention. If a guy gets a non-due course job through no fault of his own, then he knows very clearly how the Navy values him due to the simple disparity in pay. Why should he stay at that point? All...

All I can think of when I hear people going on about Bitcoin is "We get it, you vape"

I guess I just love to fly then, because I'll take as many hours as I can get regardless of the flavor. Every minute spent in the aircraft is one less minute spent at my desk.

I just did rough math using the mid-month pay stub off of MyPay and it would appear that the flight pay bump has not occurred, assuming my mid-month and end of month pay are about the same.

In all seriousness, then why are you a pilot?

They will walk away with something as long as they do something about it. The high-3 system required nothing other than hitting the finish line to be vested in it. My personal opinion is that the DoD is banking on a lot of people doing nothing or starting to contribute after having been in for...

Are there folks that are in that timeframe that can even opt-in due to time-in-service limits?

Same thing happened to me, I randomly had a refund/credit in my Amex in order of thousands of dollars. They apparently even calculated interest on the amount they paid me. Quality service for sure.

I thought the same thing, or for the guys who are 10 hours ahead and have to do the web stuff at 3am.

http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/messages/Documents/NAVADMINS/NAV2017/NAV17233.txt Sort of a bummer, I did the cd-rom program and actually thought it was a pretty good, low stress way to get JPME completed.

Sounds like you missed a golden opportunity there bucko, in more ways than one.

If you actually get qualified as an offshore Skipper then you learn a helluva lot about seamanship and law of the sea, and that translates quite a bit. That said, being a grinder on a boat doesn't really translate.

The amazing thing, a few guys I know on the list that left their first sea tour without an EP. I wonder if the swing is due to an increase in numbers or because dudes are spooked from the few previous years boards and went separate ways.

The irony is that a meteorologist is ranting about mathematical predictions. Spaghetti models of natural motion are actually pretty accurate when you take the average of them. That's the whole idea behind having multiple variations of spaghetti models in the first place. If you drew a big black...

It's thread's such as these that restore my faith in Naval Aviation

In 2011, in CAG 1, the only way helo guys got green ink was physically getting shot at or shooting, or flying in Iraqi airspace.

Big tips? I've been giving them the wrong big thing all these years...

That's what I was thinking, I think that's the first time I've ever heard of a "two-reset" rule.

You should probably just use casino math instead.

I am trying to find out if the Navy owes interest on unpaid travel vouchers that have crossed over 30 days since it was submitted (was submitted correctly and within timeline by the member). I thought that it was something akin to 5% on the balance owed to the member, per day, for each day over...

I know a guy who did just that but it's definitely not the normal path. I've also known guys who have been SEAL/SF/etc, and then gone to fly with the 160th, but also not a normal path. It is definitely risky but it is doable. It relies on timing and assumes you can actually get picked up for a...

Smart plan that I hadn't thought about. For those, like you, that feel O-4 is a bridge too far, switch now and max it out while you're still in. Then, leave either with a severance check or on your own accord and still have some money in your pocket.

Let's just hope they contribute the 5%. I have a hunch the designers of this plan hedged some bets that a good percentage of folks won't, and as such the DoD will have even less financial obligations long term.

Why does shooting down a jet automatically rate an award? Is this in an instruction somewhere or has that just been the tradition?

Just to throw in an opposing view to the doom and gloom of this thread. I love my job. I've gotten to do 99% of what I've wanted to do in the Navy, there has literally only been one choice I didn't get and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise in the long run. I've been to about 40...

One problem, ranking the current group only deals with the current group. In other words, the #1 O-3 EP in Jan 2013 may be the #4 EP in Jan 2015 but there's no way to effectively convey that to the board in the current system. So the 2013 #1 EP now looks much better than the 2015 #2 EP. If the...

There are wardrooms with 30+ JOs and I think 15 HSC squadrons, so by the very nature of the design there's just not enough slots. While every organization in the Navy is a pyramid to the top, in HSC I think it's much more drastic in between the JO and DH levels. When you add in the wings +8...

Interesting development on an entire non-SOF unit deploying with suppressed weapons. I'd love to see/hear the sound out of a suppressed .50 cal. https://www.google.co.jp/amp/taskandpurpose.com/suppressors-marine-unit-weapons/amp/

To be fair, you are now in the front office so you've been fortunate to see the Navy thus far in a flying role. With your enlisted time you have the luxury of retiring soon after finishing the command tour. Both lend a different colored lens to your perspective than to a guy fresh out of college...

It depends on the rules for the board you are on. The FTS detailer will release the instructions usually two-three months before the board and it'll say what you can do. Some communities seem to have allow cross assignment of designators, some don't. It's sort of vague in the recent board...

Reserve management can range from wing staffs that have reserve components (i.e., MSW) to NOSC jobs to major staffs, i.e. RCC SW. Technically as FTS you can be detailed anywhere that has SELRES or supports SELRES, so if you can convince your detailer (and find a billet) you can actually go to...

For sake of argument, would a Flag rank medical corps officer be considered a code but also incapable of taking command of the aircraft?

It's shit like this that makes me glad I'm in the reserves.

I'm currently working for an Air Force Colonel and having to gotten to know him and his deputy (also a Col), they have both pinned on O-6 much faster than what I've ever seen in the Navy. Both guys are flyers (one's a nav, the other a pilot). The first, the current commander, pinned on O-6 at...

I'd say those dents are less from the refueling and more from the fact that A-10s fly lower than helos and just kill dudes by running into them. That 30mm is just for noise and show.

I've actually had the collective jump and yaw kicks doing that test. A little up and a little left pedal removes any movement in the controls.

Well, since we're doing this

I think the one thing not mentioned about helo IFR is the physical sensations that come with flying instruments in an actual helo vice in the sim. The 60F sim is tricky to handle but I've never gotten vertigo in the sim. I have gotten it several times in a helicopter while flying instruments...

Sounds like the ultimate catch-22. The FAA won't certify/waive any IFR certs for future TH-57 iterations, apparently which could be solved with a dual engine trainer. The Navy/CNATRA won't by a dual engine trainer. I'm sure logic will somehow prevail.

The CD-rom program was the only JPME I did, but I didn't find it too bad. There's only one multiple choice test and it was easy, the rest of the course was 4-5 page papers every few weeks. The OPORD section of the JMO section was a bitch though.

You've lost all respect because now you're bitching about Tricare covering a servicemember's family, not just because a dude with a family gets a few more bucks a month for rent. This isn't money out of your pocket, but yet you're bitching because of insurance coverage covering a family? With...

You continue to highlight the "everyone has to be #1" problem that is endemic today. It's sad.

Your bitching about the pay differences between married and single is the perfect example of what is wrong today. The takeaway from your argument is that everyone has to be 100% the same and a slight difference is unfair. If it's not then you bitch if you think someone has it better than you...

I guess you think every player should get a trophy too eh? The military already sees fit to pay you money to cover what would otherwise be out of pocket expenses, taking care of you. They also see fit to take care of their military families by paying them a little more for housing, and yes...

I guess I'm the anomaly. Granted, I'm in a resforon, but I love my job and I can deal with the random little b.s. here and there. In all honestly, I can knock out all of my annual GMT in less than an hour, as long as I don't fuck up my bosses have never been in my shit, and as long as I'm taking...

I've had some bad boat food that made me wish I was eating an MRE.