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Agreed. Spoken like someone who's not yet part of the community, spouse or otherwise. Guess my campaign medal from VP-land means I didn't do anything. Until you're qualified and read-in, you're just another stud. Side note: They call someone with 10 hours to go for a PhD "someone with a...

You rat b*stard...now I gotta do it all over again (and try to keep it more or less the same). ;)

Back to the original question: Anywhere south of Cervantes after 10 PM or so.

Hmmph. Yankees...you just don't get it. FYI, neither the "Filet-O-Fish" nor anything from LJS or any LJS-would-be does not qualify as seafood. :D Gagirl, the Lynnhaven Fish House in Va Beach. Lynnhaven Fish House

Oh hell yeah...after experiencing Norfolk and Jax first-hand, I'd jump on Jax faster than a fat kid on a Twinkie. Norfolk/Va Beach is great, but for all the headaches it's just not worth it.

Local P'cola seafood - Chet's on Navy Blvd (or in Pea Ridge/Pace off Hwy 90). They're both owned by an ex-husband and ex-wife (amicably - one runs one, one runs the other, jointly), son owns his own boat and catches all the fish, and it goes direct to the restaurants. Beware - mostly...

Take a footlocker - always a big hit w/ "the locals."

Don't let the "reserve" name fool you. Reserve squadrons fly every day, and if you ever end up on a Navy airlift hop anywhere, it's a reserve aircraft and crew. There's plenty of NALO and AMC business to keep them gainfully employed. For that matter, nearly every platform in any reserve...

And then on the 9th day, God gave the Marine Corps to the Navy who sent them to sea.

From a native: No. Welcome to LA...Lower Alabama. Is it Florida - yes. Is it Miami - no.

Without a doubt, a sure sign of homosexuality. Or the coming of the apocalypse. Both just as undesirable.

You have to shine boots?

What can I say...he's Peepers. He's doing well here, making a name for himself. There's so few of us (NFOs) that we stick out more than the others. Not a bad thing. Just a target-rich environment to bag on blackshoes (sorry Steve).

Probably Dutch navy. Theirs is a really dark gloss gray. Side note, I totally recommend a trip to Valkenberg Naval Air Station. Literally on the edge of Amsterdam, which as those who've been there can verify it's nearly blonde/blue as far as the eye can see. We were making a serious effort...

You were in the same crew as Peepers weren't you? We work together at the same...office.

Jay Beasley has a hangar named after him in Jax. Tell Maj Mills to send a picture w/ his name on a hangar.

Looks remarkably similar to: Jay Beasley to DJ Baker The navy version was written by Jay Beasley, a VP legend who can be verified to actually exist unlike the air force guy. It's all good... :)

Agreed...the S-3 only toted two at a time, but flying at Fallon and turning one loose made for a significant "thwump" and shake inside the plane as it turned loose. Can only imagine the jolt from dropping 4 at a time... :)

I'll do you one better - flying over there w/ live torps + a British sub that showed up w/ out notice in the Adriatic = itchy trigger thumbs. Nothing like splitting the SS3 duty time and being woken up from a dead sleep to be asked "You remember how to do acoustic analysis, right?" (flying as...

AUTEC. Four REXTORPs, two crews, bodies all over the place in the tube. Place looked like Jonestown. That's a reserve squadron for you. Multiple crews each needing a qual...answer - well, hell, why don't we just put both crews in the same plane and put all the torps and buoys they need in...

Forget the Jet Ranger time...$75 was a good deal for avoiding the pink sheet

...And that ain't no sh*t. Worst flight of my life was my 1st P-3 hop out of Jax. 12-hour, dual-crew torpex on the very backside/edge of a storm front that had kicked out tornadoes all over Jax the night before. Never hurled, but I along w/ our IFT was giving serious thought to eating a...

Very nice site and sure to answer just about any question. Thanks guys!

I'm sure it's been posted time and again, but take a look at the Gerber Gouge. If you're in the T-34, it'll make a world of diff. I know Chad personally - awesome pilot. Literally one of the best fighter pilots I've ever controlled, and his info is a definite time saver while also a real...

^Good one - take it from a former struggler - course rules would be a good thing to look at. They'll make sense once you actually SEE the landmarks, but it'll help to know WHAT you're looking for in the first place.

^Oh, Leeroy's the real deal...

Used to have a decent working knowledge, but it's been a while (1988) since I've stripped one down. Finally made it the last few years past the "macaroni and cheese" years and reached that point where I have some money for toys. :)

That was the impression I was getting. Have seen Bushmasters at around $850 w/ the birdcage and bayonet lug that were significantly cheaper than the Colts. Who actually has the MILSPEC contract now (not that it matters - just curious)?

Any prefs among you regarding a civ market M4/CAR-15? Any diffs in the Colt vice, say a Bushmaster aside from price? I'm not in the market to buy just yet, but I am looking around for the hell of it in the meantime. Just surveying the crowd...

That's why I always wear a mask in public. But not the one with the zippered mouth like Brett wears. :D

Well, I'm not beatin' up on the guy, but he did say: I'm not knocking his effort, but this IS a forum for naval aviators (and naval officers in general), and most of what we discuss (minus the hamburger and hot dog thread) centers around what we do now (present tense). If it's a gov't...

So to wrap it all up, where the hell am I? I'm sure as hell not where I was or where I should be, and does the missile know where I wasn't? :confused:

Mine's great. Sit WELL off center and have a 4.0 picture. I'd have to say about a 130-140 deg viewing "window." Some degradation vertically (i.e. standing close and looking down on it), but it's parked at skull level when sitting and isn't a problem. Keep in mind normal changes in eyeball...

Marvelous. It's like a cult, except I suppose a member could derive some value somewhere within a cult. For those looking for a Leeroy ringtone, well, it looks as if your prayers have finally been answered.

50" DLP - that was Christmas this year (and probably the next couple for that matter, as I was expressly forbidden by the home office from buying another TV for 'a long damn time'." Yeah, a bit bigger than a plasma, but no burn-in risk, has truer blacks than plasma, and w/ the in-home-service...

Hate to be a buzzkill here boys and girls, but the front cover of my Natops has a destruction notice that specifically says: "...destroy by any method that will prevent disclosure of contents or reconstruction of the document." If you want manuals, the right answer ain't a back door request...

32.33%, repeating of course... Pals For Life...well, all except for Leeroy. Each one of these guys deserves a good crack on the forehead w/ a tack hammer.

Yeah, gotta admit it's pretty disturbing

Or at least a deck shot of my death-dealing grass-cutting sh*tcan...

Oh whaddaya want? Evidently kmac's running strike control and I'm hauling the mail now... :D By its own virtue, I'll add that mail is waaay more important than strikes anyday (it's true)

You want to take a look at the MILPERSMAN. http://buperscd.technology.navy.mil/bup_updt/508/milpers/1300-080.htm

Nope - congratulations on the education...here's your options or your pink slip.

Go talk to the Blues' PAO - they're a lot less anal. I grew up in P'cola and must have had 4 or 5 personalized annual photos over the years w/ my name in calligraphy (you know the big framable prints of flying over landmark "X"). FYI - I wasn't connected w/ the Navy either. Just catch 'em...

^Yep, even into the early 90's. My cousin was a retired airframer and worked as a civ at NADEP (then NARF) for years before they moved everything from Millington and closed the NADEP for good.

IIRC those are the firefighting training pads for the NATTC students.

"Hi, I'm still waiting on my dash-1..."

I think its from the sense of satisfaction that you're getting to punish the target (shooting) instead of the target punishing you (golf). :icon_mi_1

Agreed - you're doing a lot more work on the elliptical IMO than on the treadmill or outside. It's more akin to XC skiing from what I'm told.

Was in an office tourney today. They invented the concept of the "best ball" round to allow guys like me to escape a lynching by their partners. Can't complain - day off from work drinking beer. To quote from Ferris Bueller: "Do you realize if we played by the rules we'd be in gym right now?"

Amen to that. North Island had a pretty good setup back in the late 80's/early 90's. The E Club wasn't bad, had good drink prices, finger foods, etc. in the afternoons...a good place you could unwind (esp. if you lived on base). The Officer's Club was on the hill, overlooked the water, had an...