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It looks like a mockup from a cheap (and I do mean cheap...) Hollywood/Bollywood movie. Intakes way too small, overall fuselage way too small, the "pilot" in the seat looks like he's in one of those airplane rides at a cheap amusement park - lower that canopy and the dude is going to need a...

I'm a fan of Taylor of Old Bond Street, old-school British stuff: http://www.tayloroldbondst.co.uk/acatalog/mens-shaving-products.html I especially like their shaving soaps, which make me stink of class. (Or at least stink less of ass...) You don't have to shell out big bucks for their...

http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2199/1 Interesting interview with Harrison Schmidt, NASA's first scientist / astronaut regarding the value of his pilot training (Navy and Air Force). I never realized they had him go through a full syllabus. Also interesting his comments about the value...

Neat stuff! Although the hit distribution looks fairly random down at the street level (especially in central London), there is some interesting clustering going on - like the SE corner of Hyde park, or just NW of the Tower of London. Makes you wonder if there were certain landmarks on...

Google is your friend (and mine): A quick search of "NC 1131/5" gives plenty of useful hits... http://kellybeamsley.com/intel/1635_intel_app.html

The link, for those so inclined... The Ready Mobilization Pool 2013 (RMP 2013) is now posted on the CNRFC N35 website: https://private.navyreserve.navy.mil/cnrfc/N-Codes/N3/Shared%20Documents/N35.aspx

I have to say they were the *cleanest* float coats and cranials I've ever seen. Almost as if they've never been used before....

I had lunch with said Quijibo two weeks ago - still a balding, middle-aged North American male. We both started at the same civilian organization 18 years ago within the same week, and have worked there ever since. His advice to me, when I asked him about being a spy in a Prowler squadron, was...

Already have one - Holmes Harbor Cellars, owned by CDR Greg "Elvis" Martinez: http://holmesharborcellars.com/

If you go to BUPERS On Line (https://www.bol.navy.mil/DefaultPub.aspx?Cookies=Yes) and log in you can select the "Stay Navy Retirement Calculator", and plug in all your numbers. They give a slightly different (lower) result than yours, $2264 and $2581 respectively, but they're in the ballpark...

MB, are you doing these courses on NKO or NRTC? I've found the NRTC courses to be very formulaic and easy to knock through. Plus, your point capture automatically updates, although it can take ~3 weeks for the trons to move between computers... NRTC Link...

No. That outlook is one that leadership happens to have right now, but if that were truly the case why do we even bother with SELRES units? If all the Navy wants out of its Reservists is a ready pool of warm bodies, then let's do away with the unit structures that we have today, and pursue an...

For all the bad press they've received in recent years, this is an impressive website. http://public.mapper.army.mil/ANC/ANCWeb/PublicWMV/ancWeb.html Makes it very easy to both revisit history and visit old friends.

Based on the comments made in this thread, I started knocking out NRTC courses - logged 52 points last year on them, for a grand total of about 18 hours invested. That should work out to be an extra $26 a month for the rest of my life, inflation adjusted! (Have to wait another 12 years to...

In other news, the first Mandarin translation of the phrase "disassociated sea tour" has hit the PLANAF rotary wing and MPRA communities...

The Elon Musk / Space-X expereince still reminds me of a paraphrase of the old saying: Q: "How do you make a small fortune in the space launch business?" A: "Start with a large one."

Love it - extremely accurate. Apparently the older Tantals from Century had some serious keyholing problems attributed to workmanship and barrel sizing issues, but Century got their act together and fixed the problems. I've always liked the AK-74 muzzle brake design, and it seems to work...

My latest from Buds - took them almost a week to get it shipped, where in the past they seemed to get things out the next day. Can't complain though; love the free shipping. My second 5.45x39; unlike some older Century Tantals, this one doesn't have any keyholing problems. A bargain at $419...

From my days on the Army Staff in the mid-90s, they considered "presence" to be a mission that had 4 distinct components: 1) Influence 2) Assurance 3) Deterrence 4) Crisis response I think you can still argue that our presence in Europe (and Japan, and Sout Korea, and everywhere else) has...

Check out A-Space Airwarriors on the high side. Underutilized, but there.

I had vowed never to buy them until absolutely required. Checked into a new unit last month, and presto - required. :( Decided not to waste a day going to a Uniform Store, and then another day going back to pick them up after all the crap was sewn on them. Instead, bought everything required on...

This makes for interesting reading: http://usaf.aib.law.af.mil/ExecSum2011/F-15E_Libya_21%20Mar%2011.pdf

As "The Princess Bride" taught us, "mostly dorks" means "a little bit non-dorks". Should you end up in the intel community, strive to be a non-dork.....

Thank god it wasn't on a treadmill.... ;)

If you go to the Navy Reserve APPLY website (https://private.navyreserve.navy.mil/Apply/index.aspx, CAC card required) and select "JO APPLY", you can sort by the various NOSCs and regions to see what jobs (and units) are out there. Generally doesn't cover the hardware units (or most intel...

The spirit lives on: VAQ-209, Bagram 2010

Still haven't been to the range, but the C-93 seems as agood as the H&K 93's I've seen. Century gets a bad rap, which seems like they've earned over the years, but they also seem to have make some steps to improve quality control. This item at least so far seems like a good buy - fit and...

Had 9 day's worth of AT from last month burning a hole in my pocket, so did some aresenal rounding out via the good people at Bud's Gun Shop. The C-93 on the top was from the "Always wanted an H&K but couldn't afford to drop $3K+" department, the Sig SP2022 (9mm) was from "Wanted an M-11/P228...

Sporty!

Good pics plus "the rest of the story" about the HEXAGON series: http://www.space.com/12996-secret-spy-satellites-declassified-nro.html. Interestingly, up until last week it would have been a major security violation for anyone with a clearance to post the words "HEXAGON" or "GAMBIT" in...

Board results are out: https://private.navyreserve.navy.mil/Apply/index.aspx (CAC required). The weeping sounds you hear are the O-6s who didn't get a pay billet....

I was working in my civilian job as an intel analyst, ironically at the time on Iraqi WMD issues (yes, they used to be a legitimate and pressing concern.) I got a call from my wife asking "What's going on?", to which my response was "Huh?" In the intel world if you don't work in an operations...

Two English nuns are driving down a road at night. Suddenly, a vampire jumps on the hood of their car. The first nun yells to the other "Quick, show him your cross!" The second nun leans out the window and yells "Hey vampire! Get the fuck off our goddamn car!"

FWIW, I'm not sure what you need 3 sets of khakis for. I have two sets, but honestly the second set hasn't been worn yet (and that's after 12 years and 3 mobilizations.) I suppose if you eat ribs for lunch every day you could conceivably need 3 sets, but it would seem to me to be a waste of $$...

Last year they were out right around the end of September. For JasonB - the APPLY Board is how CO/XO and other senior Navy Reserve billets are allocated. Kind of like a game of Musical Chairs - if the music stops and you don't have a pay billet, then it's off to the VTU with you (or you start...

He was the skipper of the NORMANDY, If I recall correctly. His face was pretty scratched up from being dragged thru a creosote bush, but he was joking about how "he checked and made sure the seat worked." I don't think he understood that no one else thought it was something to joke about. I...

Holy shit! Those cables on the ground are a trip hazard!

I'm getting a laugh on how I take the DADT training on NKO - but I have to go over to NFAAS (Navy Family Accountability & Something System) to log that I've actually completed the training. WTFO? Doesn't the leadership trust NKO to track the training? Why would I go to NFAAS, which I'm pretty...

I see him pinning "Kick me" signs to the backs of each of the board members as they walk in the room, and then taking their milk money... :icon_tong This is very analgous to the Air Force putting Dave Deptula (a longtime fighter guy - http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5213) in...

It's fun to point and laugh, but these pics are a good illustration of why "the bomber will always get through" mentality developed in the 20s, and why Douhet got such an audience in the 30s (and in the USAF up through and including yesterday...). Without radar to provide early warning, you...

Worn with pride... :-)

I think you're referring to a MAS (Manpower Availability Status) code. This is a code that's tracked at the NOSC level that reflects a member's availability for mobilization, and has all kinds of little medical nuances to it. (I've picked up all kinds of administrivia knowledges as an XO....)...

Digging one up from the archives... http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php/132489-The-Proverbial-Blind-Hog-and-the-Acorn....?p=265153&viewfull=1#post265153

One way to screw with airline pricing models, which escalate prices as you get closer to the travel date but then plummet in the last 24 hrs to fill any empty seats: 1) 30 days out, book 10 fully refundable, full coach fares. 2) 24 hours out, cancel all 10 fares 3) Re-book your one...

Promotion boards look at hundreds/thousands of records, many of which are going to look essentially identical - water-walking, blue-chip-spud-f@cking #1 EP reincarnations of Nimitz, Halsey, and Nelson. There aren't too many measurable factors that can help break things out for the boards - and...

I'll use a single data point (my own experience with these boards), but take into consideration it's somewhat dated - as in 12+ years ago... Question 1: Why do you want to do this? (i.e., pursue a direct commission) (My answer: "Do you want my real answer, or my prepared answer?"...

Received the emails below from multiple sources; I never had a chance to check the Naval Aviation 100 website (http://www.navalaviation100.org/) earlier, but it seems that all evidence of the "timeline" that caused such consternation has disappeared. (Apologies for the formatting, and don't...

Circa 1974, apparently - interesting clip here:

I was at a fundraiser for Mark last week with some of the more "old school" 209 alumni, and this was a topic of conversation. I think the real Magic 8-Ball answer is still "it depends" on a number of factors - including the fact that none of the POM'd jets are currently slated for 209. If Mark...