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That sucks. I am sure you have seen this on STAG's website- "....All unused unopened products may be returned within 30 days. A restocking fee of 15% will be assessed on all purchases over $100. All returns must be approved in advance by calling 860.229.9994 and speaking with a technical...

I am not an Officer, but am a retired Navy Chief. Your father is extremely misinformed. The military is not full of high school drop outs and criminals. And our Officers are not dudes/dude-ets who can't find jobs; they are highly trained, motivated professionals. He might be set in his ways...

If this is true. I hope they all fry! That is beyond theft, actually Grand Theft, Fraud, Bribery, etc.., all felonies. Taking money from guys/gals who really need it is despicable. Have fun in the "Federal Nation of Incarceration"! Shitbags.

I've heard the same thing from the same people as Zis (quiet professionals).

Good one! I learned THAT tactic early on as a Chief. "I ain't leavin' 'till this shit is fixed".

Anyone seen this? Thoughts? http://ammunitionaccountability.org/Legislation.htm

Why's that? Just curious.

And simply- "GET SOME"! Anyone who has sent rounds down range out the door of a helo knows this.....

Seriously WELL TRAINED badassery!

It's a physically demanding school. The tricky part is you will attend a bunch of much less physical schools before reporting to ARSS (Aviation Rescue Swimmer School). Try to get some workouts in and keep your performance level up as high as you can without neglecting your studies. You should...

There's the galley with coffee maker, toaster oven, and hot water makers. Then there's two racks, a table with bench seats. Those instruments could require IGS to operate depending on the weather.... On a serious note- Congrats to the Flying Warrants! Awesome program, and don't fark it up...

Aircrew Wings Caught mine out of a pitcher of beer at the NAS Moffett "E" club circa '83. I went through the HS RAG as a Helo guy in '93. SAR pups in my class drank theirs out of a flight boot donated by the biggest stinky sweaty instructor I could find. Then, they were "pinned" on...

Just dug out my old NATOPS jacket, it was actually Oct - Nov '82.

If they make it through ARSS, they will most likely have follow on orders to a helo squadron, not a choice. If they attrite out of ARSS, fixed wing orders if there are enough billets. I have seen exceptions to this also, ie. SAR qualified Maintainers going to a P-3 squadron into a non-flying...

Big Red Det "B" Concur with HAL. I was there too, CAC 4. No Sensor Operators were sent back to DG that I remember. We, as HAL stated, manned the aft observer windows with NVG's and a pickle switch. The only one I know of that was sent back to DG was an AZ who wrote letters home...

Missouri Bar was a "VP" hang out in Olongapo, a friend of mine had a poster prominently displayed in the bar that said "If you can't hover you ain't sh*t". He was a VP guy who went HSL, then back to VP. In 1987, the AO on my crew had his hand crushed by a DICASS (hucking buoys, always a...

My sincere condolences go out to the families and friends of these aviators.

Congrats sir!

Rest in Peace LCDR Davis, you will not be forgotten. My sincere condolences go out to the family and friends.

I would say yes. As a PGR Ride Captain for my area I would petition hard to attend. We only go if invited by the family(ies), unlike the "uninvited".

Chairforce One of the best pilots I ever flew with was an Airforce exchange pilot. He was an instructor pilot with HS-10, taught CSAR. That guy could FLY! The rumor was he had something like over 5k hrs and 80% of that was NVG time. The Airforce P.J.'s and maint. guys I worked with in...

Join the Patriot Guard.

To me That's the only thing that matters right now...:) Ohh and OUTSTANDING job to the boys and girls of HS-8! (again)

Only Helo crewmen merged into the rate. All fixed wing crewmen retain their original rates.

Excellent point, I sometimes get wrapped up in the "more fire power is better" idea. It is, however, another tool for the tool box. Looks NCEA is still a battle. I was involved in the "green tip" ammo fight, but that's a whole 'nother story!

Think CSAR

Waiting for a third world diesel sub to shoot a wake homer.....

Nice! Friggin awesome! I heard my old squadron is first to transition and is getting the GAU-21's. Hellfire? Still?

Excellent chioce!:D

Aw If you are in DEP you should be able to access Navy Knowledge Online, an excellent source of information. Talk to your recruiter about gaining access to that web site. To answer your other question (If I may)- After Boot Camp you will go to: Naval Aircrew Candidate School Aviation...

Schweet! I have a Glock 27 in .40S&W, it is a sweet shooter. Don't like shooting it without the extended mag., I have big hands. The only thing I have ported is a .300wby Mag, friggin' LOUD! But it kicks less than a .308 and drops Wapiti.

AO's Crazy bass turds all of ya! 'Course the floor under SS1/2 is heated. The AO on my crew did the hammock over the P-chutes thing too. I was disappointed when they removed the IFO from the crew, ruined the whole "A P-3 crew can fly to any base in the world and be self sufficient"...

A couple come to mind for me- In a P-3- Flying into Kodiak at night with a 50kt + tail wind and touching down at about the 3 board, then waving off.... Yikes! From my seat I could look over my shoulder at the stbd over wing hatch and see trees waayyy too close. There is more to that...

Recovery efforts Roger that.

True! Just waiting for hunting season..........:D Shhhhhh!

Makes sense wrt aggregate rotor wash. Now, how do I get to jump out of one?:D The whole idea, to me, of having a SAR/ASW/CSAR/VERTREP/SSC/ASUW etc.. platform with the dash speed and payload of a V-22 gives me a woody!

Yes Sir I do! I have been saying that since 9/11. Fair Winds and Following Seas to that crew and pax. I hope the families and friends find some peace.

I'm there! I'm all over it! Be there in say 20hrs or so?? You NEED a good Chief to participate in a pub crawl with you.:D

MV-22 Rotor-wash At the risk of killing another thread I humbly ask.... How atrocious is the rotor wash from the 22? Can it safely perform an over water rescue, ie. deploy a swimmer and retrieve said swimmer with survivor? I have heard stories of the 53 actually pushing people...

And.. My condolances to the family and friends of the recent mishap. Fair winds and following seas shipmates. You will be missed.

A'dubs Nothing wrong with the tactical Dub's getting their PC quals.. Some squadrons have been doing that for years. I believe that most if not all HSL dubs get PC qual'ed at some point. (then I just read Master Bates comment, so maybe not anymore). As far as being a "Crew Chief" goes...

True. I used to avoid any ASW conversations in public with my Flight Engineer when I was a P-3 Acoustic Operator, because he laid claim to finding more subs than I had. A claim I couldn't refute! "Feather! 2 O'clock, 1 mile"

Very sound advice if you find yourself in the water at night. Also, kicking you legs and flailing your arms stirs up the bioluminescence, p!ssing them off and marking your location with a bright green glow......

V-22 question Where did the MC get their 22 pilots from? The Helo community? I walked (Hovers and I can stand up in it! Gotta love that.) inside one for the first time last summer at an airshow. Looked "helo friendly" up in the cockpit.

Doing early morning "pinky time" SAR jumps in Kaneohe Bay on our way back from the sand box NAKED. Landing and finding out that we woke up the base CO AND his family, who observed the bare naked display. Loading up a helo with 4 machine guns, an insane amount of ammo, and coming back...

Fallon I was in Fallon when CDR Kleefish and RADM Prout had their mishap. Pretty sad. Bad day for the whole Airwing. Mike AWC(NAC/AW), USN, Retired U.S. Navy Rescue Swimmers, "So Others May Live".