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So do the prop tips of the mighty P-3. But it's still not very cool. But my IFT can cook a bitchin' burrito while I'm doing ASW, which is very cool.

Roger, Captain. Knew you'd be up to your neck on this one.

Nope. b... off cut off because this thread needed some class...

Sent you email about NAN. Proceedings, too. Navy Times? I know, I know, but press is press...

What's boco (pronounced boe-koe)?

minor grammar changes, passive voice removal, etc.,... 1. Respectfully request the Aviation Working Green uniform not be retired, but be retained and modified to Aviation Service Green, to more accurately reflect the current manner of wear. The Aviation Working Green, a historic uniform...

I was thinking "bitch box" myself...or "growler"...and no, not the deuce kind of growler resulting from mid-rats chili mac either, MB.

Why is mid-rats Chili-Mac sooooo good?

Make sure Aviation Working Green is in the subj line iaw uniform regs nomenclature. If you want to reference the leather flight jacket option, it's 6803.2.b.(2). of the regs. rock on, brother.

40 degrees? Some guys begged for that. Of course, we were in the NAG then. Yeah, it was pretty cold up there. About the only time I was glad to live in the "box" right above number 3 boiler.

AirLant was our ISIC for the last two years and didn't want to spend one dime on the ship. The crew was "down" to 1800 so we had to closeout spaces. The deck was rusty because AirLant didn't want to pay for the resurfacing of the non-skid. Stop and look at it next time, resurfacing is a constant...

Well, I only spent the last 3 years on JFK and I can tell you that: 1. She'd still do 30 plus knots 2. Yeah, she needed a yard period, but she hadn't been out of the water for 10 years! You know what a Sea Ray would look like if it hadn't been out of the water in 10 years? 3. We we're...

from the Navy Mustang Association... What is the definition of a "Mustang?" The NMA has committed a lot time into researching the definition of a "Mustang" Officer and the best combined definition from several sources is an Officer promoting from the ranks of Navy enlisted personnel with no...

All this Mormon talk has made me thirsty. I'm out, bitches.

Exactly. I'm thinking senior JO's should approach respective CO's and Commodores for a read and subsequent endorsement on command letterhead, ultimately fwd'd to AirLant and AirPac. Chiefs of Staff should be the pipe for Commodores. Now, this may take a little time but ideally, we should be...

Good advice. I know a good friend who considered going IA to boost his record and the Commodore pulled him in and told him to absolutely not volunteer. It was refreshing that a Commodore would be frank about the impact of an IA on the screen/selection board. Lots of other good things to do...

one potato, two potato, three potato (pickle)....I swear it's written in the TACAID like that:icon_king

Pardon my bitchin' Wink, I'm just another dinosaur longing for the good ole days. Strange though, beer really takes the edge off. Yes, I'm talking about you too Rob.

Come on, Wink! If anyone thinks a CSG CO would knowingly drive a carrier anywhere near the vicinity of a unlocated ssk...there's no way we'd want to provide ACINT data to the bad guys either. I recall the recent morning briefs to include a USW slide on the location of the other teams assets...

nice...looks like a close relative of the manatee too.

your total weight (you plus bags), divided by total weight of passenger compartment and cargo hold at 95% occupancy averaged out over last ten flights. Ex 1: 180 lb person, plus 30lbs luggage out of a total average capacity of 40,000 lbs available equals .52 percent .52 percent of ((cost...

What's "prompt" re-employment? I don't doubt that it is happening, but if I'm business owner living month-to-month, then losing someone and guaranteeing them their job when/if they come back is problematic. Last time I saw, unemployment is quite low. Plus, these 2 "leaders" have an agenda...

Since I'm a hinge and have to dispense the kool-aid, I'll commend you for an excellent "company line". Hell, that should be a great PAO-esque rebuttal. "Training for ASW" = boats on a rail with re-gen points on pre-determined routes with little to no free-play. I always think it interesting...

bfd. USW today is a joke and until CSG CO's and staffs give a crap, it's going to keep happening. Zulu is the step-child warfare commander, HS birds don't even carry their domes in some theaters. As for VP, buoy allocations are shit. So this shouldn't come as a surprise. Anybody who has truly...

Excellent, Scoob...tell your AMO (Max) to get some too.

Well, I'm wearing them today and so far, two senior chiefs and my 0-6 CO have all said they will buy the set this week and intend to wear them every week (obviously just the pants with leather jacket). I'm heading to the T-Bar later today here at Jax (shocker) and see if the Como is around...

Total bullshit in that the author fails to mention the political constraints placed on strategic planning. Particularly in Op Rolling Thunder...where "Targeting bore little resemblance to reality in that the sequence of attacks was uncoordinated and the targets were approved randomly - even...

It's in poor shape and full of hazmat. Sometime after the new hangar is complete, it will be razed.

True, MB. As a side note, I'm a fan of bunting. I'm talking Great White Fleet stuff, some heinous gold colored shit draping over the bow, and bunting everywhere. I mean have it on all the time, North Sea in winter, address the bunting bos'n.

That's the beauty of ERGM. ERGM capable 5" guns are already here in Mayport. Hell, put one on an FFG in the MK-13 hole and you've got a potent surface combatant from shit.

All of the VP squadrons will eventually migrate to the MMA hangar. The new facility will house/support 30+ aircraft. I'll post some pics of the new hangar, lot's of framing I-beams going up right now.

In short, manpower. A DDG can do what a CVN can insofar as sustained precision attack within certain geographic limits (but it is expanding). 5300 man ship vs. 200 man ship. A CG magazine with 500 precision rounds translates to over 100 sorties of loaded out Rhinos. Tanker hits every 7...

Capabilities? How about GPS precision naval gunfire. Granted only to about 60nm now, but is projected to increase into the 250nm range.

How do you solve the AEW issue on amphibs? not to cut in to the WASP possiblities with LAMPS, but today's overhead is not your father's overhead...

EM1, check your PM.

Anybody got a .wmv of that DC-10/MD-11 doing the low-level retardant drop? That was f-ing impressive. Any idea of his AGL? NMCI won't let me see shit...

I'm in grad school at UNF and know a couple of the department chairs. Let me know if you want me to contact them on your behalf.

In Jan '42, Sara had her 8" guns removed and placed as shore batteries for Oahu. She sortied from San Diego around the last day of Midway, ostensibly with her new 5"/38's...looks like late '42 paint scheme's on the SBD's and that looks like a lone Avenger with it's wings folded. Also, she hasn't...

Amen, brother...

Fair enough. In my twenty years, it's become only more difficult to stay competitive. Tough billets, overseas, perhaps terminating a shore tour early to jump on a tough job to break out, war college, IA's, jpme...these are becoming the norm. I doubt the pendulum you speak of is going "the other...

I don't buy the shore gig as the time to have kids either. It's too competitive now. If you're a female and have kids, you're done. You've got so many more wickets to go through before you can deploy, approved family care plan, spouse co-lo and timing issues. Oh, and the NAVADMIN that...

MB, who's on the podium? Specifically, who is that 0-6 with the 'stache?

These days the booze keeps my eyes fairly glazed over, thus protected. I'd like to thinks it's an evolutionary, darwinist aviator thing. Either that or I need to get the number to that "step" program...;)

What's the NFO manning future for you guys? Approx same number of Fo's, more airframes? or less fo's? What about command opportunity for you bubbas? I'm just curious since a VQ hinge bubba and I were drinking heavily (shocker) Friday and he was downright negative on VQ's long-term future. So...

Tx, I'm waiting till my PRD gets closer to talk about it with the placement o. But definitely want to go for it.

I'd like to petition for a flying gig, CAOC, UAV stuff, or do something with the Marines. I've got a narrow window to work with so I don't jack up my timing. My PRD is in the Spring and my detailer won't say if he's working an intermediate stop IA.

Brilliant move, really. With any luck, the ChiComs will have a decent sweat shop up there pumping out cheap goods so we can fill our lunar homes with stuff. So much easier than hauling it ourselves.

Concur on the Spain HSL tour. A bro now doing his hinge tour in 42 was a PEP. He went to the carrier as CDCO (CIC/TAO), so he had to take some pain, but made DH. Another bro doing his hinge tour now in VP-5 was a Chilean PEP. He followed that up with a shooter tour and obviously made DH, so...

We need more drunk postings...lots of color in those. MB, it's Friday! O-Club time!

Although I'd love to have flown in a recip aircraft, hindsight is just that. Plus the chili-mac on the boat is sooooo good these days.