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So is there any new word if the Navy is actually gonna pick some of these up? According to a pamphlet left in the ready room, their on the hook for several. I think it'd be a fun aircraft to fly. Glad to hear it's doing well.

Just for argument's sake, what would be the reaction if the retirement age had been moved from 60 to 55? I'd imagine there'd be a lot of similar bitching.

Just so you're aware for your example, most insurance companies won't pay if you're not wearing the gear required IN THAT STATE. So, here in Florida I can ride around on my motorcycle without my helmet all day long, which some people may say is stupid, but it's legal, so insurance will cover it...

I've always liked the old adage "you get what you pay for", so it makes me wonder if we don't have to pay for it, will it actually be any good? Methinks no.

Interesting slide show. I noticed the inclusion of "Aviation Support". Is this foreshadowing of a new HAL squadron?

Yes, to all of the above, but most of all......timing. Those all play in, but you could be super stud with 0 pinksheets and everyone wants you to go A and if there's only one slot open for B, you're going B.

So I should finally be finishing the pipeline here in a few weeks and have a question about doing the geo bachelor thing once I PCS out of Milton. Here's the situation. I'm trying to select 53's, Navy side, so if I get it it'll be either Norfolk or Corpus. The rag is in Norfolk. My wife...

It's what I do when I know a guy who makes prison shivs is around. :icon_tong

I understand your sarcasm, and I didn't mean "safety net" in the literal sense. I was simply alluding to the fact falling off of the ledge would probably kill a person regardless if they'd be drinking or not. I'll maintain till the day I die that climbing out on a ledge at that height is stupid...

That shit is funny..... :)

Which I totally agree with. The point I was trying to make is that I think climbing out on a ledge 60 feet up with no safety is stupid regardless of having been drinking or not. With respect to the Academy's breathalyzer tests, there obviously has to be a number, otherwise there wouldn't be much...

I think crawling out onto a ledge 60 feet up is stupid, having been drinking beforehand has no bearing on that. Don't get me wrong, I think the administration is doing a good thing in trying to teach mids a responsible way to handle alcohol. What I adamantly disagree with is how much...

Yeah, didn't work out too well last time there was a ban on it.....Prohibition anyone? This will come across harsh, but I have no sympathy for stupid. I have sympathy for accidents. Accidents are just that, unforeseen. Stupid is a result of poor decisions and irresponsibility. Teach...

While I don't know about jets per se, the principles are the same. That said, if you pull full aft stick, trims tabs won't let you pull further, they'll just ease the amount of pressure you physically have to exert on the stick. Combine that with the rapid movements associated with BFM/ACM, I...

I've never liked these arguments, because if I argue against it am I saying it's ok that "one mid" dies? Not at all. It's the same as saying "if gun control saves one life" then it's worth it. Sure, maybe some rule/law/regulation can save one person's life, but at what cost and number of...

MB's reply may have been kind of confusing, but what he meant is that if you PCS to a new duty station your BAH can't go down once you get there. That means now that your in Corpus and getting $860, and say for example in 2008 it went down to $800, you'd keep getting $860 since that's what you...

It's just the way it goes. There are some things that NOMI is willing to waiver for someone who is already in the pipeline vice someone who hasn't gotten accepted yet.

Few things, as Flytpay said, don't give up. From what I gather from your post is that the people in Leavenworth told you that you'd be doing a DITY. It also seems that they gave you a paper trail to that effect. What that means is that if you've got the papers to prove they set up your move...

Want some Kool-Aid?

Yup, and without being any kind of eye doctor, I would imagine they kind of let the glasses thing go since you're looking only at the gauges and the goggles can tune in for the distant visual acuity. The whole process of looking through the lenses and then back under to the gauges did take me...

I don't wear glasses but I seem to recall from the NVD training that since the tubes are so adjustable that the pilot can essentially tune them to the same effect as wearing glasses, canceling out the need for them. I guess they just figure that the uncorrected eyesight isn't bad enough to worry...

Nah, not enemies, just fat women and weirdos.

Yup, 1000 feet per angel, so angels 5 is 5000. Cherubs denote 100's of feet, so cherubs 3 is 300 feet. I have no idea about angels wrt to helos, but I have heard cherubs kicked around some here in the HT's. A couple of good links for that kind of stuff...

I've heard that said "handshake" involves kicking each other in the nuts.....you guys can keep that one all to yourselves :icon_tong:D

Couldn't be about the money I'd hope. ESPN is reporting he makes $1 million (wow!) a year coaching Navy. The only thing I could think is that he wants either a new challenge or a chance to get into the BCS.

So, other than convention or just common practice, is there an actual instruction somewhere covering that kind of stuff?

TRAWING 1, 2, and 4 all point up. 4 and 5 point down.

Looks like it'll be Utah and Navy, Air Force is playing in the Armed Forces Bowl. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/bowls.htm

Now you tell me...dammit! If only I had AFN here in Milton:eek:

How about they shoot a baseball off the cat, see how far it can go?:D

If we go overseas, here's how my dogs are gonna get there.

I've heard good things about being an attache' and flying as part of your job. Along those lines, if you try and get a post as an attache' and part of the job requirement is to fly C-12's, does that mean you have to be qual'd on that beforehand or do you get trained up before you go? Either...

Wow, now that's a good idea....."hey, let's shoot this nuclear device at a target a mile away....oh, and what way is the wind blowing again?".....geeze :rolleyes:

Why don't you just ask someone in the squadron to drop you off/pick you up? Save you some change and throw that dude a $10 for gas.

JSF as Last Manned Fighter? UCAS for my friends?? I was watching "America's Hangar", about the Air and Space museum, on the Smithsonian Channel tonight. One of the curators, a former Marine fighter pilot, made a statement that he thought that the JSF was, in his opinion, probably going to be...

Hmmm, doc can't remember which surgery he did.....I would wonder if he even did the right surgery on my eyes!

Question that came up in conversation in the ready room today, are dependents/non-mil spouses subject to the UCMJ?

Yeah, all I was trying to get at is that some people I know say that the distilled water on the boat tastes "funny" just because it's so pure, as compared to what they drink at home. I personally couldn't tell a difference.

Part of why the water may taste "funny" is because it's distilled so pure. It has to be almost 100% pure since it's used in the power plant too. Granted, JP fuel (or something else) in the water has a distinct taste I'm sure. However, some people complain that it tastes funny because there...

Ah, there you have it, hanging on the rack it looked ok.

If you have to ask what a growler is.....you don't wanna know :eek:

As fuel is pumped out of a tank, water is pumped into it. Since the two don't mix, it's not an issue of contamination. And yes, it's a ballast/safety issue, if the tanks aren't filled the ship can mess up it's center of gravity, and if I remember a half empty tank can be somewhat of a...

Ah yes, that makes sense, mine were/are only secret. The OP didn't specify TS and Brett said everyone got an interview.

^^^ Ok, that's what I was getting at/asking, thanks.

Well, compared to a size 50 flight suit, yup....tiny! :icon_tong

Geeze, 250? It was $50 a month when I got there....the last real Plebe year. :icon_tong

Really? Not being a smart ass, but I've never been interviewed, both when I was a nuke and then when I was commissioned. All I did was fill out the security questionnaire. I suppose that could technically be called an "interview".

In light of MB's ongoing thread for aviation greens, I went trolling through some local surplus shops last weekend and found a nice set of aviation greens. Only thing, they are too damn small for me so one of you tiny dudes may be in luck. Anyways, they were at the Army-Navy shop close to...

Are you talking about losing an engine? I was referring to normal flight with both engines operating normally, that there would be (I think) very little yaw, hence the lack of need for a rudder similar to a stabilator. Of course, it has to be big enough to handle the yaw from a loss of an...

Isn't yaw in a turbojet/fan not as much of an issue since there isn't p-factor associated with the fuselage? Phrased another way, I thought thrust in a jet was almost entirely down the longitudinal axis and very little across the lateral axis. Caveat: obviously if an engine is lost, yaw...