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Raises interesting questions. See federal emissions standards, the state of California, and active duty vehicles. While most bases/servicemembers with out of state tags simply ignore California rules, we are legally supposed to follow California emissions laws. Also, if federal law trumps state...

Same dude. Son of Senator McCain. He was in my old squadron, good dude.

The endowment discussion is appropriately timed. My daughter is a rising high school senior and we are actively taking college tours throughout the Southwest this summer. One common thread when the guides discuss financial assistance is that certain majors have a ton of scholarships available...

Army SF spend a good amount of time in the water. There are ODAs that specialize in dive ops but it'd be false to assume if you aren’t in a dive specific ODA that you won’t go swimming.

Epoxy kits from Lowe’s work great for a permanent solution. Done right it can look really classy

I got a couple of these off Amazon and they are on the wall in the study. They look good and since they are at eye level it’s easy to look at/sparks conversation when people come over.

I think he was saying the Navy wants his tattoo titties covered up

When you check in, see how long the wait is. If significant, see if you can go do OHARP wherever your wife is at until you class up.

They can threaten but they have to pay. It’s an obligation they have to zero out otherwise it’s a failure on their audits. The work around is to send the entire voucher payment to your GTCC. DTS doesn’t verify you actually use your GTCC, it just verifies where the payment is going (you choose...

I’d have to double check the JTR but I’m pretty sure it’s required for everyone to use during PCS. That said, I’ve had a GTCC approaching 20 years and the only thing I use it for is plane tickets booked inside DTS. Everything else is on my personal card and I’ve never heard a peep from admin...

For me, I had about 3,000 helo hours, of which 1,000-ish was wearing night vision goggles. Between the survival vest pulling me forward for hours, the torque on my neck from nvgs and helmet, and the vibration itself, I’ve got multiple discs with diagnosed arthritis in my back and neck...

A guy in my company tested out of calc, chem, and physics. Tough but doable.

It’s like a game of Clue…”I’ll take Ensign Hill in the Disney Backstage with the PVC pipe’

Not fully, I adamantly refuse to cut off my pencil pocket flap.

I offered him $69. He declined.

You’re on a base vector for the ILS, being vectored to intercept the localizer, which is your next route. Squawk 7600, intercept the localizer, fly the ILS. ‘

To add on, if ATC does tell you to call them once you land, don’t tell the guy on the other end your name. Recent situation where we got the radio call and the AC said he was ‘Maj Dummy’ instead of ‘Flathatter 69’ when he called them on the phone. We didn’t do anything wrong, a tower controller...

Talk about being out of touch. Even if he didn’t specifically know these units went away (which I doubt, AirBoss is a sharp dude), his staff absolutely should’ve known. And for the guys in these units, of whom I know quite a few, what a slap in the face. Get specific recognition from the boss...

I might be misinterpreting your post, but unrestricted and restricted was a tongue in cheek comment about helo guys being unrestricted because we could fly anything, vs fixed wing guys who couldn't. I’m not in the loop enough to know if that joke has changed.

To illustrate what (I think) @ChuckMK23 is trying to say, I’ll use the Bush as an example. I went out for a few weeks to support a CQ det in 2009, and if memory serves it was the first CQ det post shakedown. Every ready room had a cork board for pushpins. Not a single person on board wanted a...

I have my BS and MS in math and I would highly encourage you to finish it now while your undergrad experience is still fresh in your mind. It won’t be impossible but it will be more difficult if you waited and did it as a JO. Also, your masters program is guaranteed and you haven’t really even...

Saw something similar at LA driving between gates.

This popped on my feed this morning. Didn’t see anything here about it. Unique program, go fly for NOAA. It does look to have some robust eligibility requirements but might be a good fit for someone here...

Interesting way they titled the article. The CV-22 has already conducted real world, long range CSAR and infil/extract. Wonder what improvements the new Army version would bring that the CV-22 can’t currently do.

No, you are required to provide them the orders, along with written notice. The amount of notice you give them is irrelevant, it’s how long you are obligated for rent. For example, you could get your orders today, inform the landlord, and move out tomorrow. Per the SCRA, you would be obligated...

I can answer this one. The Servicemember Civil Relief Act covers this. You can literally break a lease the same day you get orders, as long as it meets the rules set forth in the SCRA. You getting orders counts. You are required to provide them notice in writing and include a copy of your...

One plus of the AF is that we don't wear full size medals, unless you are some form of color guard. It's only mini-medals and it's only on mess dress. I don't miss the cost and PITA it was to deal with full size medals.

Yeah, I saw he did the dual designator program. I guess that’s where my original statement came from. We send normal Navy docs through the flight surgeon course, but don’t give them the training to dual designate them as full on Naval aviators and also flight surgeons. All the stories I’ve ever...

I think it’s awesome that he winged, especially in helos. But I can’t help but wonder what for? The pilots that NASA selects as astronauts have thousands of hours and Johnny now has enough flight experience to be dangerous. And, as you said, NASA already has a program in place for astronauts to...

100% agree. Not sure if you saw this article and that drove your question, but big AF thinks the same way. While the SOF community will likely have billets for pilots as Fires officers, I think with the increase of organic JTACs there will be less of a need for pilots running around on the...

It’s been a long time since I was finishing my first sea tour and was looking at follow ons. I did look through the NPC website and it appears similar to when I did it. To answer your question, it’s all gonna depend on timing. Outside of weapons school/rag/primary, some jobs I’ve heard of...

They still fly the T-34 at CORTRAMID? That’s cool.

How are PLM and ACLS approaches graded? Do those grades go into who is top hook at the end of a line period?

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Part of why I left the fts Navy was because of the stated goal of removing all hardware from resrons. I saw the writing on the wall and I didn’t want to be in a staff or NOSC for the rest of my Navy career. This was circa 2016 so I’m unaware if that’s still the case, but it weighed heavily on...

From Ward’s commentary apparently the docs onboard said the patient needed to be lower than 100 feet (wavetops as he put it), and the -22 guys said no to flying that low. I know head trauma needs to be kept low but I always was under the impression that meant a couple hundred feet versus...

I have no idea about underwater recovery, but the FBI led the piracy ‘hunt’ in 2011, even though we were in the Arabian Sea. They seem to have far reach.

Doesn’t the Space Force control all satellite communications now? My understanding is the individual services may own the hardware but the USSF has a very large hand in operating them.

Most despondent person I ever met was a post squadron SELRES CDR on a one year MOB to DJ, running base ops. That dude looked miserable.

Guess I know what my next picture will be ?

Speedy Tuesday, just a bit higher this time

Without being a smart ass, it was some antennas and arrays. Anything more than that might be beyond the scope of this board?

I’m sure you’re aware, and I assume it was your unit’s policy, but the manual safety lever on the M9 is worthless and was a holdover from old school military thinking with SA guns. The gun has a firing pin block so if I were you I would’ve just carried the gun with the safety off, especially if...

The US got some closeup pictures today, in true fashion it’s a cheap Chinese knockoff of a spy balloon.

I’ve carried my 1911 condition 1 on my hip with hammer back and safety on. I also carry my Shield 2.0 appendix carry with the safety off. I’ve carried many others but those two highlight the stark differences in gun and safety design. Both scenarios the guns are completely safe and no chance...

Don’t forget that the corpsmen came in and hooked up an IV to the chair. Apparently the IV was left connected for awhile. That was the icing on the cake.

When I had my 6 month vacation in Oklahoma learning the tanker, I recall seeing a total of three Teslas, and they all had out of state tags. It was noticeable as I had just spent a decade in San Diego where Teslas are everywhere. It was interesting as it made me wonder if it was a...

In the tanker pregnant pilots could fly during the first trimester for sure, possibly into the second for a bit. As for civilians, when I switched it took me by surprise how many were in the squadrons. With the deployment construct the AF uses they are needed.

I guess there’s irony to be found in telling the Air Force MAJCOM most like the airlines that they need to develop a warrior mindset, much less to engage with a ‘clip’. I guess I’m being cynical but I find it hard to take Mini seriously when he can’t even use the correct weapons terminology...

You’ve been in for seven, re-enlisted for five more, which, assuming you joined at 18, puts you around 30 at the end of your commitment. I think the upper limit for Army warrant pilot is 33. I can’t speak to the odds of the Navy letting you out early. Assuming they won’t, I’d recommend you use...