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Those of you non-married types in API now and slated to go to Whiting: I've got two rooms that will be available in a 1500sqft 3BR/2BA house on 1/3 acre in Milton on 19 December. Location: "Hawk's Nest" subdivision in Milton, right next to Whiting Pines, and a 12min drive to the base. Rent...

Brett327: Your argument that "nobody wears them" is exactly what we're working against. Right now I bet there are a lot of people reading this thread who aren't going to act because the uniform's getting the axe or because it's too expensive. Both of these reasons are the result of it being an...

Update on my problem: I might get it to work out ... apparently I talked to a complete moron at the realty/management office. I went there w/ the other two guys on the lease, and someone who knew what they were doing gave us the lease+lease addendum w/ all our names on it w/o a problem. Next...

:thumbdn_1 OK, now that I'm finishing up API, here's my update on the per diem situation: I was told that I'd be eligible for per diem, but that I'd need a lease for API and a lease for Primary to prove it. I mistakenly dragged arse to get a lease addendum / work out a sub-lease with the TW6...

probably not until the next week, because you'll need your NAMI physical. Those are on Tuesdays... And I recommend reporting on Wednesday to give yourself the most time to get things squared away. That is, IF you are the hard-charging, must-start-API-now type. I was just tired of waiting. To...

In case you're confused about this: whatever your orders say about "class commencement date" is irrelevant. Report to bldg 633 when your orders tell you to report, and you'll class up as soon as IFS and the other administrivia are complete. I see you're a grad school guy - are you...

We're talking about this (DDB) versus this (DDBJ). Basically a tuxedo jacket w/ tux shirt and gold cummerbund versus your regular SDB jacket.

That $368 is a deal. Can I help hit a lower price break? Here's the gouge on Abbott's. And other posts have mentioned that you can use the USMC green gabardine trousers & garrison cap for the other components. That will save you another 35 or so.

I was told by my CO when I was in ROTC that if "Very" is used, then "Respectfully" changes to "respectfully." It looks more natural to me, especially when written out. Very respectfully, Beans

I searched on Craigslist for someone looking for a roommate, and found a place w/ two SNFOs looking to fill a room. It was a little simpler for me because I knew when I'd be starting API and leaving - but they were fine with me living here for only 2 months. If you can wait about three weeks...

Agreed. It's like the limo - you won't see the President stopping in front of the White House in a Mercedes, will you? And the new 747-8's look sweet, anyways.

I heard this guy Bjorn Lomborg on... gasp! ... NPR the other day, talking about how spending ought to be prioritized for the worlds' problems, and how Al Gore's advocacy is leading us astray. Here's an Op-Ed from the guy which fleshes out a viewpoint I think many of you share...

Not everyone has the same situation. It will be different if you report to API with initial duty or change duty (usually the follow-ons) orders. I'm in API on change duty orders w/ follow-on to Whiting, so API is TDY for me. I also talked to PSD today because they switched my BAH from Boston...

why is the guy in the left seat a cyclops? That's definitely got to be an NPQ item. Only weird thing I noticed...

dang, you have pudgy fingers... :icon_tong

Let's see... ALCS starts Friday... Gear issue for me is next Wednesday or so... This ought to be here in time: There are sixty-seven available...

You know, I'm all cool w/ being paid and what-not, but maybe living in the northeast for so long has made me a little liberal. If the Navy screws it up and I've been paid undeserved funds, I wouldn't feel bad about not raising hell when they try to take it back. I'm not budgeting or betting on...

Well... I can't tell you for sure how it's going to work out, but I am one of those types. I have pcs orders to Whiting and am just starting API, which is listed as an intermediate stop on my orders. I have received both answers from PSD, actually. I called this summer and asked them what the...

I am currently having the same experience. I arrived 19 Sep IFS complete (from 2005), had my phys today, and am scheduled to start Friday.

I'm gonna beat MB to it: Next we need the "MANATEE of all bombs"

I got to see a sneak preview of "In the Shadow of the Moon" last night. It's a documentary about the Apollo missions that is based on the astronauts' experience only. It also has a lot of newly released (i.e. "never seen before") and digitized footage from the NASA archives. The filmmakers...

They license the ITA software, actually. But it looks like they make it a lot cooler. The time-price plot seems pretty slick.

Since the OP seems to have trouble finding airfares, I must put in my blatant plug for ITA. They are the masterminds behind Orbitz' search engine. You can search through their website for all airlines seen on Orbitz plus JetBlue. There are also several additional display options for the...

So what you're trying to say is the thread somehow took a route that was tangent to or completely unrelated to the original post? That's so strange. I don't think I've ever seen that before.:icon_wink

Dude, forget it. That's gold she's givin' ya. Run w/ it and kick ass. You're lucky to have a girl that supports you like that. My gf does, too - but only until my service agreement is up. Seeing as that's 10 years from now, I'm not sweating it quite yet.

I'm 3 days away from finishing up grad school at a civilian institution while active in the Navy. The instruction that describes my program is OPNAVINST 1520.24B. Google it. The deal w/ that program, aka "Scholarship Program," is that you have to find your own funding for at least 50% but...

I guess he'd have the same problem if you spell-checked for him. Smiles in effect, though, I am completely behind you on this point and am scratching my head at the sentence structure, etc.

The bee line expy from Orlando to Cape Canaveral is a toll road, and so is the FL Turnpike from Miami thru Orlando. Also, that town in between Jacksonville and Gainesville (Either Starke or Waldo, can't remember) could practically be considered a toll road because of all the speeding tickets...

To update on a few things here: I was able to make a reservation at the BOQ at Pensacola. They're not full, but they did recommend that I make a reservation today rather than wait to figure out anything else. At $27/night or $810/month it's pretty pricey, but I figure I'll save a few dollars a...

No no no, not that high society... this one.

Any UVA grads out there? Your fellow alumnus, Mr. Christian Lowe, has trouble w/ his "there" "their" and "they're" words. Is this no longer taught in the second grade? Maybe I'm being a stickler, but this seriously has to stop. /rant I feel so much better.

Save yourself, shipmate... or whoever you are Allwyn, here is a textbook example of the immediate next post you should make on this forum: Check six was questioned. He spoke up and set the record straight [and gave us lots of aviation-related eye candy]. Now he's got a rep/posts ratio most of...

@ Gatordev: That's what I have been told. And I don't plan on holding you to it, unless you're the internet alter-ego of the person I called last week who actually has a say in the matter. I also keep forgetting that all the new accessions have to do IFS in Floribama. I'm already IFS...

Well, I hope they don't do that with me, but thanks for the info. I'll be a little more careful with what I choose for my 600lb to NASP, then. Care to weigh in on the PCS vs TAD issue? How'd they handle your situation?

OK understand... I should qualify what I say and not try to make definite claims about something I do not control. With that in mind I will say this: I have been told by both my detailer and the Flight Management at API that I will have to wait 1-2 weeks to take my NAMI, and then I will start...

Does this apply to initial appointment orders, or change duty orders? Because I've got the latter, and I'm probably only going to be in Pensacola for about 2 months. My orders say things like "Intermediate Activity," "Ultimate Activity," and "PCS accounting data" with all kinds of numbers that...

Are you saying this because he has asked you: "what percent get jets?"

Since I've spent most of the past 6 years sitting in front of a computer, reading, or doing a problem set, I decided a while back to start using reading glasses. I discussed it w/ a NAMI optometrist and he said it certainly wouldn't hurt. The idea is that the muscles that control the lens have...

Yeah, I'm definitely not expecting it. Since my A-pool wait will be minimal (I only have to wait to get my NAMI before classing up because I'm coming from grad school), I'm just going to let them put my stuff in storage and I'll stay in the Q... if there's space, I guess.

Wichita State?

I just got my API/Primary orders this morning. Follow-on orders to Whiting. My gf is in med school in Los Angeles, and she's doing "rotations" right now, where she does 6-week stints w/ different specialties. She can do her Family Med rotation anywhere in the country, so we're hoping that she...

OK, disregard Threadjack question. I got my orders this morning. Report NASP NLT 21 Sep / Follow-on orders to Whiting - And as far as I can decipher order-speak, it's a PCS move to Whiting. Wahoo! Floribama, here I come! Snake, I'll let you know what I learn when I find out moving details...

^^^ That's how I think it would work. ^^ I'm finishing up my grad school right now and I PCSed here, so I ought to PCS out. If you're coming from another duty station (vice coming from OCS/TBS/stash) you should definitely get follow-on orders for Primary. That's what I was told, at least...

Update on our mutual Navy friend Chris Daly: It appears that he needs to brush up on his leadership traits, and I don't think we have to worry about the blues getting the boot from SF.

I don't know, giving someone a growler could be pretty obscene... "We've got a little problem w/ Iran, so we're going to drop a couple of growlers their way" I guess it doesn't work as well as this.

I think it'd be dc/a. 1 stamp costs S. a stamps cost c --> aS=c --> S=c/a d stamps cost dS --> d stamps cost dc/a.

Squeeze, I think there are two situations here that have been confused, and I contributed to the confusion. 1: "Losing" the lift of the lift fan due to a transmission failure or something of that sort. This was another problem addressed by that R-R guy... he said something to the effect that...

Losing the ass end nozzle dealie sure would cause a nose down pitch! But I don't think it'd matter much to the pilot... Earlier this year, I heard a seminar from a Rolls-Royce guy who's on the Aero side of the lift fan project. If I recall correctly, they were not going to accommodate the...

kmac, I know what you're saying, and we tried to address some of those things, and others we just left off. But we were motivated in part by the problems encountered by the YC-14 in the late 70s. See here: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/c-14.htm . To counter the...

I should've been on this board back when I was an undergrad. The real-world input from here would've been helpful. For props, if we went to two engines, they would have been so big that they'd be moved too far outboard and then you couldn't fit on the elevator. Plus, it starts to look like...