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Not so archaic anymore. Only the remaining standard Group II's (fewer and fewer as time goes on) have a mechanical CAINS. All others (Group II Nav Upgrade, Hawkeye 2000, and MCU/ACIS aircraft) carry GPS-aided ring laser gyro systems.

I've seen that email (yep, it's making the rounds everywhere). Personally, I don't see how they can do it. There are regular jobs that still need to be filled in units stateside and at sea. What's more, they couldn't hope to roll everyone into one of the C5F or IZ jobs - there's not that many...

I'll be "that guy" and say what most are thinking: your chances are slim. Tough enough to get into an officer program these days for many who have impeccable records. Witholding information regarding a felony is a non-starter even if you weren't prosecuted. Honestly, I'd start looking for...

I'm sure that varies (like it does at every Rag in every community). Can't speak much to life for the student pilots at -120, but for us NFOs it really wasn't that bad. By and large most of the instructor FOs were okay and willing to cut us some slack even when we did some really dumbsh-t...

They spared no expense. :D

Hessians...Blackwater contractors...ehh - same diff. They'll come back, get disgruntled, and start thinning the herds at Michaels and Home Depot parking lots from vantage points in the treeline (which isn't to say that's always bad). ;)

Was thinking exactly the same thing...and they (Airtran) make a point to tell you too.

Oh, don't get me wrong. I know exactly what you mean - didn't meant to imply they were point A to point B guys. Hell, here in DC or in SoCal I'd say that giving the traffic guys Hellfires would go a long way to improving the traffic situation. Just meant they'd be professional pilots -...

Word of warning for P'cola: the prices there are artificially high right now IMO. I was born/raised there, & most of my extended family still lives there. Prices are higher in the area right now because of a shortage created by Hurricane Ivan in 2004. It made houses you never would have...

Snap... :)

Yepper...she was a Nav/Comm in my squadron. She was a good FO. Still waiting for her ride I think, but I know she's been the "voice of CAPCOM" on a couple of occasions if memory serves right.

When I see that CDF Cobra, all I can think is "Only you can prevent forest fires...I mean it dammit." [fingers on Master Arm switch]

Actually helps the Army in that regard considering their pilots get in the cockpit and stay there vice juggling as many collaterals and varying tours to far flung assignments...kind of a professionalization. Downside is you're essentially Chopper Dave in the News5 copter for your career, so no...

Kiss my ass, Brett. ;) I got my bonus and 3 weeks later they announced it was going up to $25k from 15. Oh yeah, that's the bureau looking out for us. No "you might want to hold off for a few weeks" or miraculous paperwork-losing-and then-refinding. Can't get another piece of paperwork...

I was on the same page, just wasn't gonna go there.

It may be that the scholarships require "a year of calculus and a year of calculus-based physics" or at least that was the case when I went through. If so, then Physics I wouldn't be enough and would require the second semester. Personally, I was a CP'er and didn't take either (thank you GI...

In E-2 land, there aren't set crews. Some guys might get extra attention if they're junior and still coming along, but by and large as long as you have a qualified CAPC (AC commander up front) and a qualified CICO (mission commander in back), the remaining pilot and 2 NFOs can be anyone in the...

Not optional. Service khaki (short sleeve most everyone is familiar with), your top three and warfare pins are req'd as a minimum. If it's in your top three, you're wearing it. Only working khaki (usually shipboard) is pins only.

If it weren't for the tape swap and link gouge, I'd say we probably had as much interaction w/ the SCORE building guys across the line on the fleet side. And, I remember the days of VS ASW alerts...fortunately never got called in but had friends who did. Is it just me, or did that place (the...

Yes. It sucks. That's about all we'll say.

North Island's was known as "Sleepy Hollow" by a lot of us. Never had much interaction except to pick up/ drop off tapes until the VP guys invaded. Some "deployment" site...

A: A hall monitor???

TSC is the "new Navy" name for the old Anti Submarine Warfare Operations Center. When ASW fell out of favor in the early 90's for $$$, a reinvention with the new name showed they weren't just about ASW anymore (yeah, that'll teach 'em!). CV-TSC is the new name for the carrier's ASW Module...

Navy time... R 031952Z DEC 04 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//DNS// TO NAVADMIN UNCLAS NAVADMIN 273/04 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/DNS/-/DEC// SUBJ/ANNOUNCEMENT AND GUIDANCE FOR ISSUANCE OF THE GLOBAL WAR ON /TERRORISM SERVICE MEDAL (GWOTSM) FOR NAVY PERSONNEL// REF/A/DOC/WHITE HOUSE E.O...

That only works when you're a trooper. You're joining the big league now, meaning you want to play - you have to pay.

Nice thought, but we ALL outrank YOU. Buy another round.:sleep_125 :D

Let's see... I've had my leave chit lost on numerous occasions, haven't been augmented even though I signed my augmentation paperwork, had records "misplaced", temporarily lost 8 years of service time, etc., etc., etc. Need I go on? :D I was a PersO...some in the office hack it, some don't;)

Think he meant you can't wear EAWS w/ pilot/NFO since technically the pilot/NFO wings are "warfare" per the regs. Regs say you CAN continue to wear enlisted warfare pins until earning an equivalent officer warfare insignia. Since Aircrew (Naval or Marine Combat) are their own category and not...

Now THAT is how justice should work - swiftly and expeditiously :)

Jacksonville University and University of San Diego cover board if you're on scholarship.

Congratulations...everyone swims a mile in API with times averaging right around an hour (USNA, NROTC, and OCS). You're currently qualified to drown.

It just didn't have the same context if you couldn't immediately reference the pic.:blindfold

Try another airwing. In ours, VAW took top hook for multiple line periods and the cruise. Takes more than just 1 hotshot per squadron.

Good on you HAL (like you need my approval...). An old DH was one of the last E-2 AEGIS exchange NFOs and wears his. Amazingly enough, we no longer exchange with them. Who'd have thought.

Got my SCUBA cert while I was there. No kidding, some of the most beautiful water I've ever seen and close to some of the world's best diving (Palau, Tinian, Truk).

The battle group had just as many Tomahawks. The Spruance DDs (those that hadn't already been converted to VLS) carried armored box launchers on each side of the forward ASROC launcher. Those converted to VLS had a mix of Tomahawk and vertical launch ASROC instead (~45 Tomahawks per ship). W/...

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Ahh, CAS control...it's like I was in the fleet and never left... :)

Yep, heard the same thing re: minimizing approach time and getting into friendly gun range should there be trailers looking for easy kills.

But which is worse...the fact he's wearing it to begin with or the dude smiling and sizing it up...?:eek:

Yeah, but what prior would want to wear an EAWS pin as an aviator? A couple of months of part-time study to get your EAWS qual...or a couple of years of full-time study to get your Aircrewman designation...not much comparison. The training pipeline to get my NAC wings took longer than my NFO...

Say "Google Images is my friend.":D

...and my Hawkeye... Could use a few more P-3 pics though - 5 isn't quite enough. Don't you just love it when people b!tch about something that's done for free... :D

OTC/ISIC justification: "Loss of confidence in command abilities." Mastermind. Seriously - no film = no proof. When are people going to learn that sometimes cameras "just aren't a good idea" and that not everything should be a Kodak momment.

Nah, but evidently it helps if you're a Harrier skipper wearing an elephant head banana hammock.

Fewer ships in the present day CSG than previous CVBG. My battle group in early 90s had the boat, 1 Leahy CG, 1 Belknap CG (both were SM2-ER shooters), one Tico, 2 Spruance DDs, 2 Perry FFGs, 1 Sacramento AOE, and 2 LA SSNs. Rather than just power projection ashore, it was literally a battle...

1. Chavez is an idiot. 2. Canada has more oil (2nd to the Saudis), and we're already friends with them; so he can go p!ss up a rope. 3. We don't want his third world banana republic and its problems. Mexico has lots of oil too, but you don't see us standing in line to take over there either...

Oddly enough, I think Marine retreads are authorized to wear both at the same time but not Navy types...strange, huh?

Not being crass, and not trying to overstate the obvious, but don't sweat the matter. If you overconcentrate on the failing statistics, you're missing all those who succeed (and you'll see some that succeeded but shouldn't have). Yes, people wash out of OCS just as they do in all commissioning...