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ah, youth.

We're sending at least 3, probably 6 T-6's to West with some shit-hot single anchors. Have fun. Bring your barf bags...

Yeah, I was alluding more to rumors about squadron "re-organisation" a euphemism for going away. Simply an evolution of the current VP trend of pooling assets under the auspices of the Wing, so the squadron (as we know/remember it) concept might be on the verge of extinction in VP-land.

That would be a VP-16 War Eagle on the tail. Hmmmm...yeah, about those P-8's you were gonna get...

Hamilton, Ye Olde Cock and Feather Bar (inject off-colour humor here). Horseshoe Bay..Five Fathom Hole (not a hooker). Good times. end threadjack...

Bullshit. Look, she got out and was interested in doing the part-time reservist thing as long as it matched up to her desires. When it became inconvenient, then she drops that brilliant thought quoted above.

Excellent catch, I also think demonstrating them in various sweep angles is interesting.

unstrapping and kicking the Rast probe because it's stuck in the housing, the unmistakable sound of the probe pounding the deck...the nugget having a little too much lateral drift and missing the trap and having to get airborne again...naked fly-bys during SWO daddy pass and review, slapping...

Just giving you grief, MB. I've got 1952 glorious hours in the Bravo. Sometimes I even miss it, but glad I did it while I was "young". With the hours LAMPS HAC's are getting these days (or lack thereof), no thanks.

Really? There's a patch with a hellhole on it and it says "easy forward, easy right, down, down, down, in the trap, trapped." :icon_tong

Brett's right on this one. NMS recognizes any officer who is commissioned without a break in service and at least one good conduct medal as a Mustang. You're LDO/CWO mess will likely think differently. It was bizarre to me that the LDO/CWO mess shunned URL's who met the criteria above, but it...

Or the JFK. Holy shit.

Guess we'll just go to the club that much earlier...

hmmmmm....

Personally, you don't rate them. At least not yet.

Current brief with P-3/EP-3 and P-8 timelines, FIT stuff, yatta, yatta... enjoy. :icon_tong

Nice work, MB. I, for one, am positive that AWG's will make the cut.

Like all things, change takes time. It's starting to happen, but in the transition (which admittedly could take 20 yrs) there are going to be mistakes. That's why I like this board. Change starts with junior leaders, and one thing that seems more prevalent is a sense of fitness in younger...

Captain Dennis E. Fitzpatrick, to be Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Great leader, terrible golfer. Former JFK CO and Corsair II/Hornet driver. Really looked out for folks when JFK was on the outs. Loved JOPA revelry...'nuf said.

Local Flight Doc Endocreatine input... FS says while technically the "Endocreatine" in Muscle Milk is legal only because NOMI and the FDA haven't caught up to it yet (his phrase, not mine), it is only a matter of time for it to be added to the list with other iterations of Creatine. Minor...

Great thing is, my flight surgeon recommended it to me in lieu of Myoplex which sent me promptly to the can. I'll talk to him tomorrow about it, phrog is correct Muscle Milk advertises "EndoCreatine" as an ingredient. Don't know why it was okay'd to me (FS knows I lift weights), but I do make...

Given the way things are lately, PMC is victory. Recently seen in CMO Maintenance Out of Control Office... NMC, NMCM, NMCS...now with new subcategory, NMCWMFO (Non-Mission Capable, Wings May Fall Off).

What's the data rate for the Link 11 DTS on the mighty war pig?

Rest in peace, Sergeant. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23871813

P-8 airframe photo... Fyi...

NO scuff marks on those knee pucks...or are you still coming into the turn?

Wise words, PSW. I sure hope folks in the VT's aren't reading this crap about their potential students. It might make them disgusted. But maybe it's because they are fiesty.

Bullshit, buy TWO.

As long as you have travel bags, I'd keep it. Parking is usually much more convenient, and the weather where you could be heading is good for riding year round. D & D cycles is in the P-cola area and they are big sponsors for riding events. http://www.danddcycles.com/ Fwiw, when I get to...

Iron Maiden "Flight of Icarus" video link. if you aren't singing the chorus, well.... Fly, on your way, like an eagle, Fly as high as the sun. On your way, like an eagle, Fly touch the sun.

One of the more senior lurkers on this board was the former CO of DeWert. A kid landed a Yellowfin on our way to the NAG in '93, and the CO was working out in the starboard helo hangar/gym. He took over the aft lookouts sound powered phones and backed the ship down to recover the tuna. He...

The DeWert didn't have a #3 engine room. At least not when I cruised on her :D You mean AMR 3?

damn, that was short.

More importantly, Villanelle is a bigamist...:D

The reason why it sucks is precisely because you and enough others "abuse" themselves and get it done. Until enough don't get it done, these requirements will be here to stay. I'm part of the problem too. Getting my Masters on the side, when I should be playing with my kids.

yeah, it's a long story, but I wasn't going to freeball it, nor go flying in short sleeves.

Best $400 I ever spent...1000' in a Fortress.

I go to grad school at UNF. It takes 25 minutes NAS to UNF via 9A/295 at 1400 and 1800 respectively. That's with no accidents/backups on the Buckman Bridge. During traffic hours...figure 45 mins or so, no wrecks. Obviously lots of women in those apartments from UNF, but in a semi-sketchy...

I check-in at VT-4 in April. If it's there (the museums storage area), I'll help in the "re-location" effort.:D Could be a sweet road-trip. RON in Naw-Lins anyone?

Subtleties Flash... The CruDes here (at Mayport) and the carrier was the domain of post-vp30 instructors. So, for info/network purposes and opportunities/billets while possibly remaining in the same geographic area for the RAG/1st sea tour/shore/dis-a, and beyond, if that's something you're...

Jax is where the mafia is. It's also where the P-8 will be fleet intro'd. Just sayin'....

Global Cooling article from Newsweek, 1975. I especially like the "little Ice Age" thing...

I just hope he makes Aviation Greens the uniform of the day when he's CNO...and fixes the damn O-clubs.

Agree, but nobody looks after you like you. Everything in your career is timing and gates. Training, 1st sea tour, 1st shore, 2nd sea tour, DH tour... There are certain places you need to be by certain times in order to have all the checks in the block to promote/screen. Worst case is...

Absolute gold there. I'm finishing up my MA (yeah, I know but at least it's a civilian Masters) just before rolling to my DH tour. It's taken 3 years part time and it sucks. You'll be free to chase other wickets as mentioned above, namely JPME.

The only good thing is if you have any decent amount of flight time, you'll have more hours than any JO in your squadron. Only the front office had more than me when I checked in. Nothing to go throwing around, but when the monthly tallies are posted in Ops and routed, that total time column...

Well, I was a SNA and was 20/70 since I joined the Navy. Didn't matter that I was a SAR swimmer and helicopter AW for 8 years. I had my flight surgeon up me for SNA in Mayport prior to OCS and of course NAMI laughed at me in P-cola. To be fair, they gave me 3 shots at the eye chart. It was one...

Great, I was beginning to think Forrestal and Sara would be at Newport forever. Just getting ready to coddle young NFO's in VT-land. You know, a little of the old ultra-violence...