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Piss tube. Some guys abhor the idea of using a piss tube, but I've been STD free after using one for 8 years.

I've tried a lot of things but I've given up on camelbacks and I fly with this instead. http://www.fiftyfiftybottles.com/64oz-growler/, and carry the old school helmet bag. If you have so much crap in your bag that you need a backpack, you're taking too much crap into the aircraft. If I ever...

You'll be in the shit man, you'll have the stare. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3297330/

My wife is good friends with his daughter, said he was a pretty awesome dude.

The SBMA zone is actually pretty decent, over the past few years there has been some marked improvement in restaurants and malls. $2 million will help but to make it more than a port call, the airfield is going to require a lot of work for the facilities.

$2 million goes a long way across the bridge in Olongapao.

The port facilities aren't bad, but the airport, especially the old FEDEX hangars, will need A LOT of work.

It's like that, but as you alluded to, "greater chance", or, just because someone is higher in rank doesn't mean that it's guaranteed they will get their first choice. Lots of stuff goes into the selection process.

Real HVBSS, when only practiced once or twice a year, is especially hard.

Dang man, that's harsh. Hopefully you can appeal successfully.

Just because you can't CQ doesn't mean you can't fly. Try for a different community.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33876269 Hard landing or crash, props to the pilot for putting it down level instead of upside down. Take a look at the paint color. Even the "best" f-it away every now and again.

To play devil's advocate, and assuming the BCA was rolled under the guise of medical, would a BCA failure therefore be considered medically disqualifying and subsequently would that require a medical discharge and not an admin separation? I'm just ignorant to the ability to admin sep someone...

Sooooo, football? Go Vols! We're gonna win the Super Bowls this year. :D

As I get older I realize that being a mission lead is probably 80% this and 20% flying. Ignorance is bliss and a syllabus can't and won't expose someone to all of the contingencies that time and experience will, regardless of how much of a rockstar they are.

Mine too. She was complaining because she got "sucked in" to watching it. I promptly volunteered to watch it with her.

No, but his suggestion was saying that BCA should be part of the annual PHA. If that were the case, the Navy could no longer admin discharge those that fail because the doc couldn't legally report it to a chain of command without violating HIPAA.

I hear this thing is supposed to be super accurate and takes about 30 seconds. http://www.inbodyusa.com/

You're comparing apples to oranges. 100% of the people who meet the BCA standards stay in the Navy. Not so with FITREPs and promotions.

That's a sad argument of shifting responsibility away from the sailor and onto the Navy and getting rid of any personal accountability on the part of the sailor. There is a standard, good or bad, that everyone knows pretty much from their first day in the Navy. It doesn't matter if it's accurate...

If they had been in regs, it wouldn't matter.

Who says the military needs to equip them? I would fully expect there to be some sort of training required but the equipping part would be the onus of the person wanting to carry. The military sets the standard on what kind/type of gun (i.e., DAO, etc) but doesn't provide the weapon. To me...

I actually think that problem would resolve itself by making carrying on base optional but not required while allowing it. Then, the folks that want to carry would and those that don't, wouldn't. It's the same inherent selectivness that happens with CCW licenses.

Do you even militia bro? It's because of the thousands of rounds being blasted away that cause the barrel to heat up to to 5000 C. Those 'chanix gloves will save his hands for sure.

The best way to cross the 14th Street Bridge is to not get stationed in D.C.

I do think policy wise the non-religion vs religion conflict is one of the hardest things to define. If we say it's a religious war, it feeds into the enemy's narrative. If we don't, and focus on the more traditional ideas such as just killing dudes till they give up, then it ignores what is...

That's an interesting statement considering the majority of Americans relate to some relgion, if not necessarily practice it. However, the big distinction is that Islamic extremism uses the Koran and passages from therein in justifying their actions. I can't recall a previous time that an...

Except when you compare the people from the groups you listed, none of them take up arms and shoot up recruiting centers. However, the sad reality is that when Islamic extremism takes hold, it usually ends up with plans and/or actions to kill.

Therein lies the rub though. The various radical groups justify and base everything off of the Koran. Daesh wants Sharia law implemented everywhere, and Sharia is 100% based on religion. I agree that the individual motivations of Johnny Jihadist that leaves France to join those dipshits in the...

Call me crazy, but during the timeframe a mid is on his 1/c cruise, wouldn't he be considered part of the squadron wardroom? Hence, as we are allowed to wear flight suits in lieu of the uniform of the day, they are as well. I doubt you will find a specific message saying "1/c mids are...

They get two regardless of how many looks on the active side. A guy here in my squadron picked up O-4 on this board that had FOS'd twice on the active side (he's FTS).

So do they schedule my lobotomy for me, or will something go bump in the night and it's done by the morning? It was a tough list to look at though, like Gator said there's a few names I was hoping to see but didn't.

Well that's surprising. I knew him fairly well at the Academy. Guess if you're gonna go, might as well go big. I hope he enjoys being someone's bitch for, well, the rest of his life.

There is partly what are we using the app for compared to the civilian side. They just need to know where we are at. On ours, we need to work out 9-lines, be able to draw ROZs/GTL/etc, and do it pretty quickly. I use a Samsung while I fly and I have some pretty capable CAS/CFF apps that I use...

No overseas info for AVARE, except for I think Canada.

It can be done, there is a dude in my squadron that is doing it, actually going from FTS to SELRES. That said, on active duty he did a tour as a fires officer with the Marines, has his JTAC instructor qual, and has flown helos in the CAS environment for awhile now. I don't say that to be...

The NGA app is called Aero and it's so-so. You will have access to all pubs, plates, and VFR/IFR charts, but there is only one type of moving map and the plates aren't georectified. It's handy to reduce paper clutter but it is about an 80% solution. I use Kilswitch, which is primarily geared...

Yeah, but nothing is quite as delicious as a Larry's Giant Sub with a dash of Hep-C.

This is the crux. While the policy says one thing, for all boards we go in front of as officers we have our picture in a khaki uniform, so people may judge on appearance even though it may fit the regs. I have a lot of tattoos but you can't see any while I'm wearing my khakis. If I ever make...

As you've obviously met everyone in the U.S. and know everything about people's motives and intentions...who exactly is being close minded right now? :rolleyes:

If we're gonna debate, let's make sure we debate the correct topic. Spekkio said, "Anyone who flies the Confederate flag is sending the message that they would rather not be part of America. To that I say you are welcome to leave." That's what I was talking about, and there is a very distinct...

Agree to disagree. I don't pretend to tell you what something means to you, and that's the crux of this entire debate, forcing an opinion on someone because they "think" their opinion is correct about the meaning. For a point of clarity though, do you tell people who fly flags of countries...

I'm curious, how many of the responders here actually grew up in the South? Flash is the only one who's acknowledged living there (other than everyone's time in flight school). I did grow up in the south, in the "sticks" of eastern Tennessee. I lived on a dirt road in a four room house, a...

How else do we get to keep playing Minesweeper?

They stopped doing fit checks in the aircraft when I went through, this was circa 05-06. If I recall, they only did about 5 different measurements too. I'd be interested to hear if they've started fit checks again.

It's not the boat, so that's a win

You are basically making my point for me. The military can't control and doesn't give a shit about a civilian spouse. They very much care about the fiscal cost of a military servicemember.

You are still missing the point. Your CO can literally order you into government quarters and you will lose 100% of your BAH. BAH, as published by the DOD, is to cover the cost of housing on the private market (for you AND/OR your family), but isn't required to be paid if you can live at cost to...

Argue it however you want but allowances aren't meant to make people money, they are intended to offset a specific expense, which is why they aren't taxable. Pay is taxable because you can use it however you want. I have no problem whatsoever if they can organize their expenses in such a way to...

I had this discussion around here yesterday. My take, allowances aren't intended for people to make money off of, they are intended to offset the costs of living/eating/etc. As the system currently sits, people are reaping the benefits of dual-mil couples, roommates splitting rent, etc. In the...