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Whoa whoa whoa... that's nuanced and logical. It makes perfect sense. It will not stand up to legal scrutiny.

The folks at Marine week have passed us word encouraging them to stay hydrated. The word passed was, well, colorful.

Yeah, that's CORTRAMID... they should be giving the deer-in-headlights response, or should refer people to their officer cat-herders if they get a hard time. Btw I'm on staff for it right now so if they give any of y'all some 'tude, PLEASE tell me. While most are great "kids," some are "special."

So have a cup of quinoa? Or grilled chicken? Or eggs? Or a steak (probably not the healthiest choice). Although a simple protein powder probably won't hurt you much. When you get in to the stuff that's supposed to make you burn fat faster, etc, etc, that's when you start running in to big...

I can't disagree with this more. Fundamentalist Islam is incompatible with the west. Some will evolve out of that thinking. Some will join up. The majority, just like the many Catholics who don't spend every Sunday protesting at the local Planned Parenthood, assimilate just fine and see the...

I have a bet of how this is going. Chiefs complain about MIDN in flight suits to CMC CMC complains to CO/XO CO/XO don't have the [gender neutral] stones to tell the CMC that MIDN in flight suits is OK because they're not commissioning as LDOs, so what the hell else is there. CO/XO instead...

Is someone at/near your command saying that it's not authorized and therefore they should wear NWU or khakis all the time? It's not prohibited, and Uniform Regulations paragraph 6803, 2.a says that "Flight suits may be worn by aircrew members and individuals engaged in flight or flight-related...

That means all those slain get an extra month or two of pay! Guess the bean counters haven't counted those beans yet - nSep'd x 2mos x LT Pay is an expensive delay to the board.

I thought "Joint" always meant "This is what the Air Force has forced us all to do" Do they do that, then switch standards on us while we flail in their abandoned administrative quagmires?

I think just adding USA will do it. Once the USPS has it they'll know what to do.5

I mean the helo way out on spot 1.

OK so what's the story there? How'd that bird get left out there?

There's a callsign here somewhere. Glad to hear the pilot made it out ok. Think that'll fly again?

Considering the ass-pain involved in making a "new" aircraft, even when that "new" aircraft is simply an existing one with some extra plumbing (and radios, and SATCOMs, and don't forget to rip out all the ADS-B, because... military), that might be a hard sell to congress and DoN leadership...

Thanks guys - I'll keep my fingers crossed and my food hermetically sealed (roaches...).

Anyone stay at any of the Norfolk Qs lately? I'm going to be babysitting Midshipmen there for 5 weeks this summer.

Umm... B2 seats (except for the toilet) are eject-able.

My opinion on "millennials" is that it's total bullshit - every generation has its issues, and this one is simply must easier to view and analyze due to the dawn of the "information age." I don't need jolly ranchers to do my job, but if you don't want yours, can I have 'em?

So I joined just after OttoWrote8/BACONATOR had his little dust-up w/ this site and subsequent OCS "notoriety." How'd that work out? Also I must say that Mr. BACONATOR went on to be a nice guy here, before disappearing a few years ago - possibly to that "other" site. Also can we please stop...

Yep - can we please stop feeding it? SO: INTERESTING ARTICLE GALS & GUYS, RIGHT?

To the OP: our new most-frequent-poster makes a good argument for.... Navy.

Your best option is to apply if you want to apply, and deal with the medical condition when asked. Don't wait because you think you might be denied. EEGs are requested to support physicals if some other condition leads the reviewing BUMED entity to think they need one. For example, some items...

Who's got two thumbs and was totally wrong? <---- THIS GUY Thanks for the correction, Brett.

Super-secret training squadron commands. By that I mean they're training squadrons.

This reminds me about a slide I saw once about the demise of the National Aerospace Plane. In short, at one point near the program's cancellation, DoD went to the USAF to ask its commands "who wants it?" The answer: "Everyone!" The response: "OK, who wants to take a cut from other programs to...

Anyone know how this turned out?

Probably PPR for the practice approaches in the gulfstream...

Sexiest. Aircraft. Ever.

This post will be read by a staff, added to an "idea box," and incinerated with all the other good ideas in that box.

I think the quds force hosts one... My google-fu is weak today, though. Also, Redux, you might be able to find some work as a Palinese translator.

"Multi-mission" sells in congress. Wanna get a program going? Tell everyone it can support a dozen missions. Better yet, all the extra parts can be made in a dozen more districts. I wouldn't be surprised if the idea at least pops up outside of this forum a few times before all's said and done.

No. That would be bad for the service. It would not humiliate the POTUS as much as I think you need, and it would humiliate the USN a great deal. Bad for morale, bad for the service, bad for the country. And not bad in the "we had to go through tough times to fix problem ___" way, either...

Also English. It's probably better for whatever you're trying to say.

Stream available here in about 90 minutes.

I'm all but 100% certain that all of our discussions about the tactical advantages or practical disadvantages of the A-10's existence are moot. The battle for/against the A-10 is about money for congressional districts and the lobbies of its suppliers. Those who want to keep it alive have $$...

Typsy Gypsy is the only way to go... want to make friends at your first fleet squadron? Take the lead and queue up an order as soon as you report aboard.

So... as I don't hang out w/ crusty sim instructors who are building stashes of ammo for the yet pending Presidential censure of the 2nd Amendment... does the list of true threats to America for some folks run like this? Berkeley ISIS Rachel Maddow Common Core And I'm not trolling here... the...

If the acft has a discrete squawk, why wouldn't it show up on a flight tracker? An update... hopefully the skipper/commodore are good sports.

In the interest of fairness, this happened in the middle of somewhere in CT a few years ago (not sure what their congressional representation flavor was) and similar freakouts occurred. But wow, it seems there is hatred for Berkeley that is on the order of hatred for our WWII enemies. Is it...

If I end up working for a space-related firm, I'm totally wearing a short-sleeve shirt w/ a black tie.

To express it in terms of numbers, it takes at least 20% less power to do a running takeoff in a helo vs coming in to a hover first. Now that I think about it, it's probably more like 30-40% if there's no wind.

Or, they'd call the F/A-18 the A-18, or the A/F-18, putting what it seems to do more (attack/strike) out front or all by itself.

... and if HSM fongs it away, surprise swim call for all hands!

Well, the graybeards here might have some insight on to this, but the sense I get from folks here is that it's a problem older than social media and 24-hr news. I think as the available frequency of communication goes up (how many messages can be sent from subordinate to superior and back in a...

So you're telling me that a SWO admiral would say "no, don't divert that jet, let's bring it aboard" if the CAG wanted to divert? I'm not talking about other stuff that might even have a tiny bit of overlap w/ the admiral's direct experience. But OK, I am far more idealistic and ignorant than...

Yeah, agree with both of you guys. To MIDNJAC, I agree with you that that's how things are now. I think both of these things should change. Instead of it being "due course" for JOs to bang out JPME before their DH board, how a process to learn about the other subspecialties in our own friggin...

Perhaps a thread split is in order? To address the "what is a CVN for..." discussion, isn't it there to carry FW aircraft to strike targets, in general? In WWII, those targets were mostly enemy ships (except when it was Japanese CVs striking land targets (also I am not a WWII authority)) and...

Shit you must drink a lot of coffee...

Won't disagree on that. The irritating nature of that word aside, I disagree with you here. It's a money issue (along with nearly every other issue). Theaters, not studios, are legally accountable for the impacts. The liability was too much for the amount they stood to gain from hosting the...

I know this is the stupid questions thread... but I smell something troll-y.