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I'm currently on the Extended Market Index Fund (USMIX) from USAA for my Roth IRA.

I don't even think we fly E-6A anymore, I thought it was all E-6B now. Sure those numbers are accurate? The Rhino count seems really low. That wouldn't even support a RAG and a full squadron.

Drive with one eye closed and get back to me.

I don't make as much as you :icon_wink

Driving is very much depth perception. This is why women are statistically worse parkers. There was a study done where they tested the parking ability of women and men... women always did worse. Why? They discovered their depth perception, on average, is not as good. I can't make this stuff up...

$15k in a YEAR to TSP? That's some heavy duty money.

I recommend smoking and shooting, followed by drinking. I hate this town. I hate it.

Longest. Thread. Title. Ever. It can be a slow process, or it can be so quick you need a power of attorney for one of your friends to handle your moving stuff. Just depends.

The Manatee is the only creature on Earth to beat Chuck Norris.

Cops can be the most ignorant of gun laws and gun handling you'll ever see.

Of course, who doesn't? I also know people who shouldn't own a car, or have a kid, or whatnot. Every state I've applied in or looked at applying in requires a background check, etc etc. Why does that scare you? In VT, there is no requirement to have any kind of license to carry. They don't...

Yeah, I know. I thought you were just making a funny.

Gay guys?

We know what you're saying, but read the posts from the TACAIR types (Fleet types)... it's a different world than helo world. I don't have the experience to tell you why, I just know it is.

Sure that was his toe.... ?

True, I won't dispute that. I was clearly saying it's none of yours, mine, or anyone's business why he wants to carry. The military doesn't need to know you have a carry permit or that you carry, none of their business either. I know I'm a young officer with no real Navy experience, but...

I was more referring to FL law, but thanks for the info. This I did not know.

Always the big question. Are you in a position to react? Are you not and therefore must escape? Etc etc. The "ROE" for situations like that is very... blurry.

That's his business with the state. Hell, it's a shall-issue state, so that's not even the state's business really. He need not qualify it to anyone here. I understand you asking it, and everyone who carries or wants to carry should know why, even if it's something as simple as "general...

But can you carry? Never ever seen a base you can CCW on.

YES. THIS IS HOW I OBTAINED MY FLORIDA CCW. COPY FRONT AND BACK.

IF THIS IS FOR A FLORIDA CCW PERMIT, A PHOTOCOPY OF YOUR MILITARY ID, FRONT AND BACK, IS PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE. THIS IS HOW I OBTAINED MY FLORIDA CCW PERMIT.

Hey, could be seperate stories. Or I just have self-induced ADD.

Neat

This isn't the SNA house, is it?

Story time.

Percocet.... Penicillin.... eh.

The lower receiver on my 20" AR-15 is from RRA. Can't go wrong with them. Dude, don't go with an AR-10, get a FAL before that. :)

Yeah, if you want it to look like the screenshots, it'll definitely take a serious machine. I've owned every copy of Flight Simulator since version 4.0 to 2004. It's a sickness.

Some of these straddle multiple categories. Label them as you see fit. - Resource: Aviation Digital Data Service http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/ - Resource: Aviation Weather Center http://aviationweather.gov/ - Resource: National Hurricane Center / Tropical Prediction Center...

Our checklist is always out, the TW-1 approved condensed checklist that's on our kneeboards. You always check it quickly before takeoff to make sure you didn't miss an item. As far as engine fire on start, that is completely 100% a memory item checklist, per NATOPS. We don't change the normal...

Easy way to tell is the engine cowling. If it is long, skinny, and has exhaust stacks horizontal, it is a T-34C. If it is more blunt and the exaust pipes are on the bottom, it is a T-34B or T-34A.

Haha no, but I did have Microsoft Space Simulator. Man that was tough to learn.

Before that actually. subLOGIC released Flight Simulator 1 for the Apple II in 1979. In 1982, a version was made for the IBM PC licensed to Microsoft, called Flight Simulator 1.01. I started with Flight Simulator 4.0, which was made in 1989. I loved that program, its polygon graphics...

Well that has more to do with grip design. The revolver grip is really meant to rotate if you look at it. What really gets cooky is when you notice different types of recoil, like snap, shove, push, TWIST (Why do Berettas seem to twist, it's so odd).

Microsoft announces Flight Simulator X (10). Check out these tasty screenshots. It's sick. Pure sick. http://www.flightsim.com/cgi/kds?$=main/notams06/fsx0104.htm (Click on the pictures to enlarge)

I did a total brain dump too after graduating. I recently bought some of my old EE books to put on my bookshelf in case I ever want to refresh my brain (Sedra & Smith and Lathi)

"I'm freakin out man"

Ok, I understand it now. VT-7 and VT-9 Navy IPs are being hit up for IA billets right now, for Iraq duty.

Held to a high standard? Absolutely. You represent the United States 24/7. Not only that, but you are responsible for and to those you are in charge of. No one is morally or ethically perfect, nor can they be, it's not possible. But a military officer should be held to a high standard of morals...

A) T-34C engine exhaust stacks put the exhaust directly in your cockpit with cockpit open. B) T-34C has ECS C) Check your NATOPS T-34C guys, but I believe there was no restriction on canopy open flying, so long as you had your O2 mask on and operating.

Actually you have that backwards. A semi-auto action will almost always have less felt recoil than an equal weighted non-semi-auto action, because the recoil action helps buffer the recoil. Shoot a bolt-action and a semi-auto rifle of same weight and caliber for proof. The difference can be...

Now that's just mean.

Nope, very different. Metro covered most of it already. The .45 you usually hear about, especially dealing with 1911s, is the .45ACP, where ACP = Automatic Colt Pistol. It is a cartridge designed for semi-automatic and automatic firearms, i.e. it is rimless. There are revolvers chambered for...

Yep, in T-45 land, we don't touch the PCL unless it is an emergency, and even then if you can get someone else to read it to you (base, wingman, etc), all the better. Our standard checklists are pretty much done by memory because speed (and accuracy) is the name of the game. The "gouge"...

Well, there are something like 300+ species of sharks in the world, present in every ocean, even the arctic and antarctic circles. Naturally they'll be present everywhere. Some sharks trail ships, like the Oceanic Whitetip (a nasty bugger too... they tend to eat shipwreck victims). They rather...

Good article, good post.

Sharks are attracted to loud splashing and their sensors in their nose will pick up electrical impulses and electrical/magnetic fields around metal objects (by chance, it's supposed to pick up signals of moving fish, etc). Sharks have a habit of showing up to disasters at sea, a plane crash...

Dude, what?