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Not opposed to corporal punishment necessarily (maybe a bit)...but I will say I got 3 'licks' in the hallway as a 7th grader from a woman who believed the moon landings were faked by Hollywood...so there's that. I probably deserved it, but I have questions about people like this entrusted to...

Are you fucking serious with this shit? So private school students don't rotate classrooms? Prussians?

I do vaguely recall that T-34 red stripe and SNAs being used as platoon commanders during the "surge". During that time, I was busy being TAD'ed out of the FRS to a deploying squadron IOT get that 3rd star on the sea service deployment ribbon as an O-3...good times. Agree with your comments on...

I guess that was during the AFG surge... God bless those dudes, but it must have been some whiplash for them to be redirected to IOC with a follow on tour to a BFE reserve infantry unit as an 0-1 platoon commander. Edit: Or was that without going to IOC?

How is IOC a "good deal"? Unless you have a hard-on for field ops in Quantico after TBS, I'd go with the beach option IMHO.

I was being a bit flip in my dis of home ec...I honestly wish I knew how to cook for myself way earlier in life. Being able to cook an egg in all ways possible is a basic skill...😊

That's good to hear. I'm far removed from secondary education policy,..so definitely no expert...but, I've always thought that there should be more avenues for kids to pursue in HS beyond just prep for going to college (and getting a BS degree and mountains of debt).

As a 7th grader in the 80's, I remember shop class (Don't remember car maint included in our syllabus), but it got balanced out with a few weeks of "home economics"...I'm sure great info, but not for a 13 yr old boy. ☺️

You're absolutely correct. The command's response to: was to vacuum up all the rounds from the squadron. Everyone was like WTF? We're in the fucking desert in Iraq with no bullets? A basic knee-jerk reaction.

I'll relay some observations (from a guy, as a 10 yr old, who shot a hole in the family TV with a.BB gun rifle while whole family was in the room watching Sunday football...I thought I was dry firing) -1st deployment to Iraq: E-4 shoots a hole through meaty part of his palm, while trying to...

That CO got set up by his MA. I'm sure he's great at what he does, but how the F does this happen during a PR photo shoot...not the end of the world, but jeez I'll say this (every Marine a rifleman), I've seen some stupid shit on deployment WRT small arms handling from aircrew. If you're...

I think you go with her, despite being of lesser rank. She's got an expert rifle badge. Harmon Rabb probably shoots with his sights backwards. 😆

There are examples across all branches of the services. I don't believe they're the norm, but it's still amazing.

Despite the coffee selection, this meal looks like something an LHD culinary crew would whip up for a lunch hit, when i was in. Rice dish, maybe a soup...something really easy to eat from a cockpit. We didn't have a tray either god dang it. 😄

The coin of the realm is probably getting your rank updated on the GAL. You should update your Auto-signature with a pithy leadership quote underneath your NIPR address now. 😆 No, just kidding, glad you got it worked out.

Yep. A C-9 out of Cherry Point transported the HQMC manpower weenies every year on the fall "roadshow". It was probably a month det for the C-9 crew, but viewed as a good deal. It started with hitting all the far east (Osan, Iwakuni, Okinawa) bases, with refueling at Wake Island and Guam...

Here's a helpful tool to help you gauge where you are on the Brimley/Cocoon line. https://brimleyline.date/

Last post on my threadjack. If you're interested in the full vid from around 1990, here it is. The story behind how it came to be is wild (basically a local PBS documentary filmmaker in search of a famous mountain dancer...then he stumbles upon Jesco).. it aired in WV, and then spread on the...

Hopefully this clip was included in the training. 😁

That happened to our whole squadron. Our admin chief screwed up the orders for a 2 week pre deployment exercise in 29 Palms, and I think it only affected the E side. Bottom line, they were overpaid 2 weeks of per diem they didn't rate. It was found out about a month after returning to home...

I don't know your current residence, but do know you were a prior Cincy cop. That's basically northern 'Tucky. The Kentucky Waterfall hairdo should pass muster. 😆

Just curious, but are you allowed to let that flow into a proper mullet in the airlines? I'm not read in to current dress codes.

That's a lot of "must plugs", with potentially no good diverts. Sporty stuff.

Yeah, I wasn't contradicting any of your points...I was just pointing out the downside of pursuing an IST to the CG at year 16-17 of AD service. TBH, I don't think the CG would accept a transfer with that service profile. They'd want a dude a little less long in the tooth (TIS wise).

I'll just say this. I think you'll think about it differently as you approach your MSR, getting close to 20. Do you really want to take a pay cut, and be the "new guy" at that point? Maybe so, just pointing out some realities. There is a lot of info on this site about pros/cons of different...

That's how I remembered the IST program with the CG. As an 0-3, you'd do a penalty turn as an O-2. Maybe it's changed, I dunno... The one dude I know that got the CG IST wasn't excited that his Top 5 duty stations request wasn't honored, and got assigned to Detroit. Damned CG detailers!🖕😄

Ah, makes sense. Thanks for the context.

It seems like the authors of that graph know their stuff. Scroll to pt 3 of the attached link where they write of container ship capacities over the years. Maybe the original poster and myself are misinterpreting something from it...

Interesting fact about the increase in size of container ships over the last 50 years. I assume there are mitigation measures that can be put into place with a new bridge to prevent a catastrophic failure, compared to the old bridge that was completed in the 70's. (I know nothing of bridges...

Yeah, my only frame of reference is military mishap and JAG reports. Even though the NTSB probably has a good idea what happened right now, I'm sure it will take time, especially dealing with harbor infrastructure and operating procedures. A civilian tour helo going down is peanuts compared to...

What timeline would you consider efficient?

Looks like a tough CrossFit WOD. People pay good money for training like this these days. 😆

JFC...I had seen a few videos before, but after rewatching...that seems like some big monkey skills...much respect.

As a non-FW former pilot, this may come across as a dumb question...but is the E-2 more of a pig to land on the carrier because of the radar dome? Or, are C-2s similar? Just curious

"Fine looking group of men, wouldn't you say so?" 😆

You're all going to GITMO for exposing this. 😁

ISIS-K: Hey, we did this. Putin: This was a UKR op Anti-UKR Western pro-RUS apologists: That makes sense, let's promulgate this propaganda. ISIS-K: No, we really did it Pro-UKR media influencers: Obviously a RUS false flag op to rally support for more mobilization. ISIS-K: Guys, here's more...

Yeah, I'm with you on this...Apparently the 4 arrested were Tajiks. Something to do with the treatment of Chechnya or other Muslim enclaves in the former USSR? I dunno either.

C'mon man. I never told anyone that, and no monitor/detailer would either. They've got better bedside manners than that...😆 However, at some point it gets down to brass tacks. You can either accept orders, or resign in lieu of them. Hopefully, it never got to that point, but it does in a few...

Just reread your post and I don't think you were speaking on HQ level staffing, but i'll post this anyways...😆 Just saying that there are benefits to having fleet aviators, who know their peers and the culture, making assignments at the HQ level. From what I saw, you'd never want to turn this...

Glad to hear this. Hopefully FRS's do more of this, bc it was lacking when I showed up as an IP. The big difference I saw was when the crew chief instructor division got more professional courses on how to instruct.. Same as pilot instructors, but it was worse on the enlisted side (mainly just...

When the CO signs you off as a HAC (when he shouldn't have and passes you off to a FAC tour). Next, you get orders to flight school, with like one signing hour. It happened a few times

No worries, and nothing personal taken. You make some good points. I'll try to address some of your points (with caveat that my info may be dated) -HMX selection process happens after resident PME boards (very early in stating process) They are owned by HQMC Aviation. Manpower's only real...

Ahh, that's it. So f'ing funny. Thx!

Good job! I can't hear this without thinking of the comedy bit of the French fighter pilot singing "Highway to the Danger Zone'. Can someone point me to a link?

I think this is good advice; however, I will add some caveats or a counterpoint from the detailer perspective. In theory, the detailer should have a global and dispassionate view of staffing billets. In theory. Meaning, there may be a demand signal for MOS X with certain quals. Those billets...

Is that why they can't grow baseball bats in Haiti?

Tough to watch knowing what happened later on. There's obviously multiple examples of shit like this, but it's alarming to say the least. Edit: was trying to embed this link, but it didn't work. Similar basic stuff.

This image is highly doctored to hide the multiple roundels.

I've only been there on pre-employment workups, like most. Great training environment, especially when alcohol was allowed in the huts... I do remember stories of dudes with families planning their PCS drives onto base at night...bc that's a long drive into nothing, and didn't want their wife...