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http://www.quantcast.com/airwarriors.com Interesting. I'm not wise enough in the ways of the internet to know how they're capturing some of their data, but I'll assume there is a method to their madness. It appears that the typical AW visitor is quite a bit wealthier and smarter than...

Interesting news and numbers - especially the part about the 66K who have not been to Iraq yet. I've always been curious about the same numbers for the Army; I'll assume it's at least a proportionately larger number. Which is part of my IA heartburn: Why send Navy bodies into "general...

Case study in the power of the internet: Exhibit 1: Washington Post, Sunday 14 Jan: "When Adm. William J. Fallon -- the nominee to command U.S. forces in the Middle East -- was tasked with resuscitating military ties with China, he took on the challenge with characteristic gusto. The...

I'll bite - Bug Roach is #1?

Also note what's parked behind the E-2 on CAT-2 and on what appears to be EL-2. Wonder if this was a "modeler's choice", or by some direction on high?

First step - dolphins. Next step - frickin' sharks, man!

Try this: -From NKO home page, select "Navy E-Learning" from the orange-colored "Learning" block on the upper right -A new window will pop up; this is the Navy E-learning window. -Under "Content" on the center left side of the window, select "Browse Categories", then "Department of...

Oh contraire, mon frere.... (What purpose did they serve? Other than to remind us that we were "in the sh!t", probably not much; I would have ditched the helmet quickly if I found myself walking.)

Also if anyone touches his stuff.

I happen to have some dated-yet-amusing knowledge of these requirements. To be "deployable" or "mobilizable", an intel officer has to have a 9600 NOBC - that's Naval Officer Billet Classification. This is basically a code appended to your name in personnel records that says "This guy has been...

To say nothing of a lateral combatant command-to-another-combatant-command move. Not unheard of, but not exactly common either - in fact, I'm having a hard time coming up with the last time this has happened. Given the list of FOs and GOs that are available at any given time, it's interesting...

Will they consider you? Sure. How competitive you might be is another story. Back in the Old Days (which, for the purposes of this discussion, was pre-9/11), when they were looking for SelRes intel officers they wanted someone with skills - you know, bowhunting skills, numchuk skills...

Again, it comes down to the difference between Warner & Brunswick; note the difference between what each say about boots under "Required Gear": Brunswick: Issue boots that are well-fitted and broken-in (during winter months 1 Nov through 1 May footwear will be provided) Warner: High-top...

I went to Brunswick, and found that their web site's advice on what to bring was spot on; can't vouch for Warner, but here is their link: http://www.faso.navy.mil/wartimesere.htm Three quick comments: 1) Trying to get gouged up before going actually hurts rather than helps you 2) The...

From http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/planes/q0077.shtml "Having received permission from the US government, Iran decided to purchase the F-14 Tomcat over a competing F-15 Eagle offer. An intial order for 30 F-14s was signed in January 1974, and this number was later increased to 80. The...

Not that I've heard or seen. There are certainly opportunities, and there are certainly SelRes who have volunteered, but I haven't heard anything about involuntary IAs in the 1635 world. Doesn't mean that it hasn't happened, but if it has it's not widespread yet. If this pace keeps up...

It gets even more fun when they actually *do* move your account, but mis-spell your last name in the process, preventing you from logging in because your last name is no longer *yours*, then spend the next year explaining to you that "It should work, there's nothing wrong with your account."...

Threadjack: When I was at ONW for the first time back in 2000, we relieved -128. As they were packing up, they got a giant copper Fighting Phoenix (plate? bowl?) from out in the Alley. The thing was huge, probably 3 feet across, and looked great. Did that get donated somewhere, or is it...

The most recent example was from a couple of months ago - VFC-13 Det Key West was renamed VFC-111, a re-awakening of the Sundowners. I thought it was interesting that of all the old squadrons they could pick, they chose one that is a direct face shot to the Japanese. I'd hate to be explaining...

I'm no NMCI fan; in fact, I have a 3+ year running tale of woe with my personal account. But I did see a good example last week of what the whole intent of the NMCI effort is about. We went on a BFMC det to Key West (who says the Reserves don't live large?), and after arriving in our assigned...

Whenever there is a question about a term or definition, there is one (and only one) definitive source: JCS Pub 1-02. In this case, Air Superiority: That degree of dominance in the air battle of one force over another that permits the conduct of operations by the former and its land, sea...

Like NMCI, the GTCC is a great example of a good idea gone wrong in execution. The first time I tried to use it for a rental car as an ENS it was declined because "it hadn't been activated by my command." YGBSM. I use it for COMAIR tickets and that's it.

In Army-speak, a battle captain tends to be a watch officer in a Tactical Operations Center (TOC) or equivalent that essentially minds the store for the CO; best analog is OOD underway. Hard charging infantry types hate the job, since it takes them off the lines and puts them in a staff...

That's apparently something new. If you connect to their site from a .mil account, then you get in no problem. Otherwise, they ask for a username and password. Don't know if it would work with a CAC card reader and a PKI.

Hear it from the horse's mouth: Approach, March-April 2004 I've Lost My RIO by Lt. Geoff Vickers My squadron and air wing were detached to NAS Fallon, Nevada, for strike training. Most of us attended lectures all day, but I was tasked with giving the battle-group-air-warfare...

Here's an eyewitness account that was generated shortly after the incident by a Hornet guy: Flying **** : -Cruise was pretty easy and interesting: 54 days at sea, 40 traps , and 45 hours in the month of October alone! Yes, we flew our asses off! Since I'm one of three department heads...

Unfortunately, yes - I know too well...:) Fortunately, there is the internet, which has a use (albeit minor) other than porn surfing: http://webcom.com/~amraam/aakill.html Note the comment in the notes below about "the only turning fight of the war." As usual with anything (other...

From Le Figaro (pretty much the French "horse's mouth"): "The force will also be protected by a very short-range surface-to-air (SATCP) missile defence section and a Cobra radar of the artillery brigade from Haguenau."...

From the "there I was..." file: was on an orbit south of Baghdad this summer and saw something kinda-familiar looking. Took a pic, and then went back and looked up the reference imagery: sure enough, Osirak (Tuwaitha). Or more precisely, what's left of it...

Wink is spot-on. Since it looks like we're in for the proverbial "long war", and intel will continue to be a high demand designator, there will be the opportunity for Reservists to find active duty opportunities. Like Wink said, though, it's exactly like being a contract employee - you would...

I would second this recommendation, and suggest you consider the Direct Commission program. (See http://www.navy-reserve.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=912 for some basic info.) This might be much more appropriate to the present stage of your career, from a financial, professional, and level...

...who saw Ferris pass out at 31 flavors last night. I think it's pretty serious. Thank you, Simone.....

He's their spy. Good guy, too - met him up at COPE THUNDER a couple of years ago. As you can tell from the clip, he comes across as confident and conversant - wish all the rest of his/our compadres could be that way!

I won't steal the thunder from the book (because it is a great read if you're in this line of work), but the author was a squadronmate with DeathRattler, and had the same (!) malfunction the previous day - resulting in a flameout, fire, and loss of control. Unlike Death Rattler, the author...

Awesome recounting of the whole incident (and the previous one) in this book, "The Second Luckiest Pilot". A great overall read! http://www.amazon.com/Second-Luckiest-Pilot-Adventures-Military-Aviation/dp/1557508216

There are about six things that a spy can do that genuinely helps the squadron out - here's a brief summary: 1) Tell them about things that can hurt them: On deployment or in exercises, this means adequately knowing the threat and ably briefing the threat. (And those are different by the way...

<Minor threadjack> Don't laugh too hard - desperate times call for desperate measures, and in the Spring of 1980 we were pretty desperate....hence the CREDIBLE SPORT effort. LONDON (CNN) It's now known that the U.S. planned a second rescue attempt. For it, the U.S. military made radical...

Lots of urban legends have some grounding in reality; this might be the genesis of where this one came from: Air Incursions and Attempted Air Incursions Robert K. Preston (February 1974). On February 17, 1974, Robert Preston, a private in the Army, stole an Army helicopter from Fort...

Can't speak to the NFO side of the question (although my favorite hobby is playing "ECMO Jr"), so I'll take a stab at the intel side: Pros: -Having a tap into a vast information pipeline; if you take the time and effort, you can get great global/operational/tactical SA with the assets at...

Our keys to success on this were the following (which map well to the suggestions already made): -On the way out on Friday, we overflew both our hold point and our route into the field. This was invaluable in terms of giving us a sense of the terrain and what we would be looking for the next...

OK, no posts here for a month - so here's a good story with a useful intel moral at the end: Squadron just back from Iraq, not a whole lot of people looking to go on a weekend x-country - even if that x-country is to do a 2-jet fly-by to start the Busch-series NASCAR race in Kansas City. The...

Because no one is posting to it... :icon_tong It's used infrequently enough that when someone does post there, it does generate some curiosity - usually morbid curiosity, but curiosity nonetheless. Post more down there! The previous poster was correct - Navy Intel folks typically aren't...

Thanks to everyone who posted on this thread and planted the idea in my head; sent my paperwork in 2 weeks ago, and received my like-new-used former Greek issue Garand yesterday. Have wanted one for a long time, and had some post-OIF tax free $$ burning a hole in my pocket. Got a "Service...

Make him get his own damn coffee. "Hey SDO - is this pot fresh??" :icon_tong

That's known as "flying your a$$ off." Unfortunately, quite literally...

My favorite was how one local station kept referring to the unit as "VAQ-Two-Hundred and Ninth Squadron"; at least the Washington Times can get the name right....:) Navy air unit returns from Iraq flight duty By Arlo Wagner THE WASHINGTON TIMES September 14, 2006 More than 100...

Their loss is a real bummer. I worked with the Nimrod guys when I was on ONW, and was extremely impressed by their talent and professionalism. (To say nothing of their ability to put away amazing quantities of beer.) It was an interesting contrast between the Nimrod crews and the RJ and EP-3...

Ditto - and for a heckuva deal: $165, unengraved!

Live it up while you can, boys - once you hit 40 and 2 kids, I think these become mandatory issue....:(

Jambo!!! (The security guards at our base in the Sandbox were from central Africa, and they always lit up if you greeted them or said anything to them in Swahili!)