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We're prepping for a deployment right now, and I was looking for feedback concerning holster styles for wear while on the ground. I've heard preferences expressed for both shoulder style as well as the thigh/leg styles, but was wondering what people's experiences have been. Strikes me that...

Actually, VFA-201 was mobilized in 2002 and did a cruise on the TR with CVW-8. IIRC, they led in boarding rates for all three line periods, and got Top Hook at the end of cruise. Amen, brother! Although I had so much fun in Iwakuni I felt I should probably be paying the Navy...

1615s are Cryppies. Which is a useful segue.... If you have any kind of language talent, it's the Cryppy side of the house you should be considering, not Intel. I think the original questioner needs to be more specific when he says "Intel is more attractive". What about intel is more...

We had a crew on a x-country once where ECMO-2 had to pee like a racehorese, but the relief tube was out of commission. Once they landed, they were parked out in BFE with no restrooms in sight. The pilot went to look for the fuel guy while ECMO-2, lacking any other cover, took a leak beside...

At the risk of beating a dead horse, I'll weigh in one last time and then go back to assessing high schooler's chances of getting jets, and the imminent canonization of Chuck Norris.... A4S - love ya man, and your ruminations are one of the reasons I like this forum. But.... You're...

Ended up with an extra ) in the URL; it really is a great speech... http://www.sgtmoms.com/data/modules/pbm/rendered/beef.asp

Some of you may know "Beef" Wellington, old school Hornet guy, former skipper of VFA-203. Gave one of the best change of command speeches I've ever heard (http://www.sgtmoms.com/data/modules/pbm/rendered/beef.asp). One observation Beef made during the speech relating to the naval aviation...

Why exclude the Strike community?

"Earned" may not be the right word. Lehman's acquistion of NFO wings has always been something of an issue - especially back in 1980, when he was being considered for the SecNav job. Saying that he went to flight school is a huge overstatement. Even calling his course of instruction a...

There's an interesting degree of ambiguity from NGIC and other sources on this issue. If you have an interest in this topic and a SIPRNET account, PM me with your SIPR address and I'll shoot you the summary. (Am TDY to scenic, sunny Las Vegas this week, so it may take me a few days to get back...

"I thought I was mistaken once, but I was mistaken...." I've missed many of points in my day, so this certainly wouldn't be a first. In Bowden's original on-line forum that went with the Blackhawk Down series in the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1995, he had this response to someone querying...

I think what people are referring to here is the self-destruct fuze in PG-7 warheads. See http://science.howstuffworks.com/rpg3.htm for a decent unclassified summary; the fuzing is discussed towards the bottom. Doesn't mean you couldn't screw around with the fuze to try and shorten it, but...

Plenty of intel slots on Okinawa - if you're a Marine. I'm not aware of any Navy-specfic intel slots on Okinawa, but then again I haven't yet committed every global Navy intel billet to memory. Yet. As Brett mentioned, if you end up in the Westpac, either with CVW-5 or as a UDP squadron in...

Back to back sea tours as a JO won't hurt you, and in fact portray you as a hard charger. Back to back sea tours as an O-4, where you could end up with "1 of 1" FITREPS, could conceivably hurt you relative to some of your peers. And by "hurt", don't read too much into it - if you did well, get...

This isn't a factor for 1630s like it is for other designators, since it's expected that your squadron tour would be a 1-of-1. Also, since your squadron tour is inevitably as an O-1/O-2, it really doesn't matter promotion-wise. What the Intel folks like to see is a breakout when you're on your...

At least until recently, all the other non-resident Phase 1 courses were quota controlled - I tried for several years to get into the NWC distance learning, and never made the cut. ACSC is open to all, including USN O-3s. Just get onto the website, sign up, and they mail you the materials...

As far as Master's go, Brett hit it on the head with the "career neutral" comment. So many guys can pick up degrees from various sources, some good, some bad, that it's almost expected that you get one sometime by the time you're an O-4/5. Although a PG school degree is a good asset to have...

I certainly don't want to paint an overly bleak picture - as was mentioned, life in the ready room can be a pretty tough existence for anyone, skipper thru DH thru nuggets. No quarter asked nor given. Spies have it especially tough in these assignments, though, because they are a) usually the...

Insley? Gay as a tangerine.

No matter how you slice it, the life of a spy is one of grief.... Unfortunately, the proper way to address this question is not "Which is better?", but "Which will suck less?" The life of an AI (that's Aviation Intell Officer, aka spy, aka booger eater, etc.) can be a hard row to hoe, either...

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JCA/is_1_13/ai_n6100694 The link above is a good summary from the MP concerning the incident. I was under the impression that in the F-14 a pilot could "de-select" the RIO's seat, so that only he could command eject. True? As far as injuries...

I was in the club that night, and he seemed to think the whole thing was a big joke. I heard that when he got back to the ANZIO, some wag installed a yellow & black handle on his bridge wing chair. I bet that didn't go over as well as they thought it might....

True, but the -209 comment was in response to the statement that "all Prowler squadrons except -136 are at Whidbey." Wasn't meant to generalize.

The Naval Aviation Observer wings are about it as far as potentially earnable warfare pins go - and they are a tough stretch in anything but the Maritime communities. (The requirement is 200 hrs.) If you're out on a boat somewhere, there's still the opportunity to get your OOD/TAO/etc quals...

Don't forget trusty rusty VAQ-209 at Andrews AFB...

I'm a member of both, but I'm afraid I "mixed my metaphors" in the first post - I meant to include a section on the Army Navy Club, and then didn't preview the message.... The Army-Navy Club (the non-golf one, on Farragut Square in DC) is the one with the well-established reciprocal club list...

I've been a member since 1995. It and the Army-Navy Club (which is actually a completely differently organization) are the two best deals newly commissioned officers can fall into. As far as ANCC goes, if you're a golfer it's a no-brainer. The courses are very nice, easily the equal of many...

Kind of like when Bart & Milhouse went out on the town after drinking the all-syrup Squishie, and woke up as Junior Campers.... For me, it was just about like that - woke up & went to work; at lunch, went over to the local Officer Recruiter, raised right hand, & presto! Instant naval...

I can just about guarantee that calling OPM would be an exercise in frustration. Don't overanalyze this - the EPSQ is nothing but a reference from which the investigator will proceed. You may get a little bit more attention than usual during the process, but since you already have a passport...

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What exactly an intel officer does varies widely based on who you are supporting and where you are assigned, but there are a few constants: -Powerpoint: Be it, know it, live it. -Take large volumes of information and distill it down to the essentials: Most of your job is reading...

Brooks Beast are generally recognized as the best of the "motion control" shoes - for overpronators. Good cushioning as well as support. It's worth the time to go to a real *running* store and ask them to fit you. I had no idea I what an overpronator was, but had always suffered shin splints...