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  1. Harrier Dude

    HuggyU2 - expanding his fame....

    Do you think that there are two U-2 pilots named Huggy?
  2. Harrier Dude

    Gun Laws in your state

    No Texan gives much of a shit what those who aren't from Texas think.......about us, our state, or anything else for that matter. But you're right. Life in Texas is exactly like King of the Hill. Nothing but propane dealers, trailer parks, and rednecks. Tell all of your buddies. You should...
  3. Harrier Dude

    AF Officer to Marine? Interservice Transfer

    Augmenting is a one shot deal. It is not the same as re-enlisting, which the enlisted side does several times in their careers. Once you are augmented as a regular officer, then you can simply stay in until you resign, retire, or are passed over for promotion twice below Major. As a Major you...
  4. Harrier Dude

    Motivational Statement MEGA Thread

    If only somebody had made this a sticky......then using the search function would have found this huge pile of gouge.
  5. Harrier Dude

    Return of Turboprops to CAS role?

    I see what you're driving at, but I don't think that we can have both sets of gear. Our "fighting the Chinese hordes" gear will work in COIN. Our COIN gear will not work against the Chinese hordes. It would be great to have both, but that isn't what we buy anymore. We buy the "does it all...
  6. Harrier Dude

    Return of Turboprops to CAS role?

    The threat world is different now. This would be a great aircraft for the current Iraq/Afghanistan war, but not for anything else these days. By the time we could get those planes back in service, those conflicts will be settled and they'd be obsolete (again). Nobody is going to spend the...
  7. Harrier Dude

    Return of Turboprops to CAS role?

    Exactly. That's why we bought these things in the first place. Also, the Hornet doesn't need all that much room to take off. So it's not like we couldn't use them as well. When we build an expeditionary runway, our constraints should be takeoff roll. Then you can have arresting gear on...
  8. Harrier Dude

    The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery

    Thought of in sexual context, it means start low, climb on, over control back and forth, drift left near the end, and run away......and she may have a fat ass. Close?
  9. Harrier Dude

    Return of Turboprops to CAS role?

    Answer: Catapults....zero. Arrestments....a little. Each MWSS has arresting gear that is expeditionary that can be installed and operated at austere sites. Some of it is more or less "permanently expeditionary installed" at the 29 Palms EAF and Bouge field. The units at Yuma, Camp Pen...
  10. Harrier Dude

    The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery

    What they should have shown is the QA Gunny screaming "HANDS OUT OF YOUR POCKETS AND EYES ON THE DECK!!!!! NO TALKING!!! THIS IS FOD WALK!!!!! PUT THOSE DAMNED CAMERAS AWAY!!!":D
  11. Harrier Dude

    Return of Turboprops to CAS role?

    How are they going to land it on a LHD?
  12. Harrier Dude

    Airline Pilots with Military Wings

    That makes sense. I didn't know any of that, honestly. If you have to pay dues anyway, and it's not like the teamsters, then why would somebody not join? Sounds like piss poor headwork. I guess I had a bad stereotype of unions in my mind. "We" don't tolerate buddy-fuckers in the...
  13. Harrier Dude

    Airline Pilots with Military Wings

    I thought that you had to be in a union at a union airline (which is almost all of them, I'd guess). Is this a choice at some places? I just figured that it was inevitable. Get the job, join the union, and off you go. If I wanted to live a life of politics and infighting.......I'd stay in the...
  14. Harrier Dude

    Airline Pilots with Military Wings

    ^^^^^This is the stuff that worries me about flying for the airlines and being in a union. Is there normally this kind of drama, or was this just a bad period in time?
  15. Harrier Dude

    The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery

    He's probably certifying the TACAN and/or CCA. This is obviously pretty early in the process because he's on glidepath, on course. Later they will add in all of the associated errors in order to be at least 1/2 a mile right of course and 30 degrees off BRC (although the latter can easily be...
  16. Harrier Dude

    JPME Phase-1 via Marine Corpse Institue

    Yes. I think that's sound advice, but it's not like you're screwed if you go to EWS. It's a non-issue.
  17. Harrier Dude

    Lil help please. FOD reflective tape source?

    I don't think anybody uses this stuff anymore. All the tools are etched with identifying numbers as to squadron/shop/box etc. Never seen "FOD tape" before. In all seriousness, it sounds like a good idea......but I wouldn't be surprised to find out that it was banned because the tape itself...
  18. Harrier Dude

    Helo or Jet/Tailhook, that is (my) question as Selection approaches

    Seriously? I've met many, and several of them actually transitioned over later. Big deal. Now, if all of the penis-measuring is over with....... Think about the mission. What interests you more? Dropping bombs or doing ASW? CAS or SAR? BFM or VERTREP? There are no "right" answers. Pick...
  19. Harrier Dude

    JPME Phase-1 via Marine Corpse Institue

    You got that in writing, right?:D You are very likely to get 1 of your top 3 choices, as long as your top 3 choices are what your monitor tells you they are. If you are still a Captain leaving EWS, then the world is your oyster. You can pretty much choose between the fleet, TRACOM, and...
  20. Harrier Dude

    JPME Phase-1 via Marine Corpse Institue

    It's all the same as far as the Marine Corps cares. Resident or non-resident. Do you want to PCS to Quantico for a year of relative peace and quiet? Go resident. Don't want to PCS twice in a year (or worse yet, get stuck in the Quantico/DC suckhole after you graduate)? The do it non-resident at...
  21. Harrier Dude

    JPME Phase-1 via Marine Corpse Institue

    Not that I'm aware of. They've changed the format for EWS to all short answer/essay instead of multiple guess, so the gouge wouldn't do you much good anyway. I think it's the same for C&S. The days of "get the gouge and be done with it in 2 days" are over. Not that I've ever seen that...
  22. Harrier Dude

    JPME Phase-1 via Marine Corpse Institue

    Are you talking about Expeditionary Warfare School, or Command and Staff? We don't normally refer to it as "JPME phase whatever". I'm an instructor for EWS and can point you in the right direction for any questions that you have on that. If you're talking C&S, then just go to the seminars and...
  23. Harrier Dude

    How much you makin' cus Betcha I make more as a Aggie intern

    Hey dipshit, as a graduate of the school that you claim to attend, you make me sick. Stop embarrassing yourself and the rest of us by (unearned) association. You'd better hope that nobody on this site knows anybody in admissions at A&M........oh wait..... You have 1 day to change your...
  24. Harrier Dude

    The Neverending Callsign thread (Best/Worst/Funniest and where they came from)

    Tabby: That's a big bitch, yo! Large air force pilot chick.
  25. Harrier Dude

    The Neverending Callsign thread (Best/Worst/Funniest and where they came from)

    The latest one I've heard: Straw Seems To Require A Wizzo. Not good for a single seat dude.
  26. Harrier Dude

    Marine Air contracts

    What year was this? It sounds like either Wallace or Allison. Both raced for Miller. Rusty has several planes and choppers with thousands of hours, so I doubt that he'd be such a dumbass about it.
  27. Harrier Dude

    Santa's Runway Lights and Christmas 2008 "Must Have at All Costs" (for helo types)

    If you had that thing spinning on a pole at 50 rpm (set to Christmas music.....or Flight of the Valkyries), it would attract buyers, not turn them off. Think positive!!:D
  28. Harrier Dude

    Your Favorite "Gun Related" Quote?

    "When I was just a baby, my Momma told me son, Always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns, But I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die"
  29. Harrier Dude

    Santa's Runway Lights and Christmas 2008 "Must Have at All Costs" (for helo types)

    So, it doesn't actually fly.....it just sits on the deck spinning all day? Sounds like a Phrog on cruise. Is it coming out of phase doing track and balance?:D What you need now is a Harrier sitting behind it, engine turning with the canopy open, waiting to launch (pilot debating jamming...
  30. Harrier Dude

    Marine Air contracts

    Everybody lighten up. Quit giving the kid shit and flaming just for flamings sake. That's what turns people away from this site from time to time. He's young, motivated, and touched a nerve with a few of you, particularly you Osprey guys. Take it for what it is.......youthful ignorance...
  31. Harrier Dude

    SERE school (Survival, Escape, Resistance, Evasion)

    It's not like we don't want to. It's not even a money issue. Like I said before, the Navy owns the school. They fill the slots that they want and we take what's left over. We have to use them as wisely as we can. Single seat folks who would might go down by themselves 100+ miles behind the...
  32. Harrier Dude

    Foreign exchange pilots on USN Aircraft Carriers

    Not so much. The Australian Command and Staff gig was open the year I was up for orders and "timing fit". It was also specified that it had to be a fixed wing guy that year. I talked to the monitor about it and found out that you have to throw your hat in the big "I want to go to Command and...
  33. Harrier Dude

    Harrier gouge? (Bonus: Best/worst USMC base discussion)

    You mean it's a "navy only" swimming site? How is that possible? I would offer the BM a nice tall glass of go fuck yourself. Then again, my diplomatic skills have been noted as lacking from time to time.
  34. Harrier Dude

    Stupid questions about Naval Aviation (Pt 2)

    Because that's where the boarding steps are.:D I've asked this before as well. Rumor is that it's a Brittish deal...even though the AV-8B was made over here. The original design is Brittish and it was probably too painful to switch it up. Our refueling probe is on the "wrong" side as well.
  35. Harrier Dude

    Stupid questions about Naval Aviation (Pt 2)

    That's water that was blown out of the padeyes by the shitter.
  36. Harrier Dude

    Stupid questions about Naval Aviation (Pt 2)

    Yes. You are wrong. You can't gravity refuel a Harrier. Don't know about the rest of TACAIR, but suspect it's the same.
  37. Harrier Dude

    233rd

    My favorite is his line in the second part.... "I crashed, so that's why I'm not flying anymore" He was talking about the video game.......really. Classic Shifty. Only Waldo and Postal will get that one probably.
  38. Harrier Dude

    233rd

    Happy Birthday Marines! Rep to all.......
  39. Harrier Dude

    SERE school (Survival, Escape, Resistance, Evasion)

    It's not money (for once)....it's slots. The navy sends all of their guys through and the Marine Corps gets what's left over. We prioritize them as we see fit. Mainly single seat guys, etc. The good news is that the pilots that get "screwed" by not going are largely our chopper guys, who at...
  40. Harrier Dude

    Article about Marine Motorcycle fatalities...

    Thank God! Finally somebody is doing something productive in this quest for safety utopia!! This will definitley have a huge impact.
  41. Harrier Dude

    Stupid questions about Naval Aviation (Pt 2)

    No....I meant "be". It was a joke. Convicted? No. Never convicted.
  42. Harrier Dude

    Harrier gouge? (Bonus: Best/worst USMC base discussion)

    I like Yuma. YMMV. Futenma is pretty good. Same with Iwakuni and Camp Pen.
  43. Harrier Dude

    Stupid questions about Naval Aviation (Pt 2)

    I don't think you can be convicted of a recent felony. Indicted? Accused? Not a problem.:D
  44. Harrier Dude

    Harrier gouge? (Bonus: Best/worst USMC base discussion)

    You don't have to learn to fly all over again. The biggest learning curve (FAM-wise) is learning to hover, and that just takes time and practice. It's much more like flying form than flying the ball. The next biggest hurdle is doing variable nozzle landings, but that will come wth pratice. Just...
  45. Harrier Dude

    Harrier gouge? (Bonus: Best/worst USMC base discussion)

    Congrats on your wings, and welcome to the club. Everything Vick said is spot on, especially about Cherry Point sucking, but here's some more specifics. If you can get a copy and you're bored/really interested....go for it. It can't hurt. Then again, this ain't the P-3 RAG. There are no...
  46. Harrier Dude

    Article about Marine Motorcycle fatalities...

    We could start by having an officer with a set of balls tell his boss...."Sir, we are at the frictional level here. There is nothing more that we can do to realistically lower this rate. We can shout at the rain all we want to, but this rate is NEVER going to decline appreciably."*...
  47. Harrier Dude

    FYI: USMC Captain Recognition Bonus (MarAdmin 611/08)

    "The end of your contract" is when you can get the "pilot bonus". How is this not going to affect when that is? If my 8 year contact is up in May 2011, and I'm a Major (select) in May 2010, if I ask to get the "pilot bonus"........how are they NOT going to say "Sorry....you're not eligible...
  48. Harrier Dude

    Article about Marine Motorcycle fatalities...

    SAFETY VIOLATOR!!!!!! Listen up all of you nay-saying unbelievers!! We can and we WILL prevent every single accident, tragedy, mistake, consequence, and inconvenience!! The Marine Corps has been kind enough to create all of these programs and regulations so that nothing bad will ever...
  49. Harrier Dude

    FYI: USMC Captain Recognition Bonus (MarAdmin 611/08)

    I'm not a lawyer, but having talked to MMOA about this, I'm almost certain that this will delay you getting the pilots bonus by a year. It won't mean that you aren't eligible for it ever, you'll just have to wait an extra year. When I took the bonus I had to pay back my college money first...
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