phrogpilot73
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The bowling alley at MCAS New River adds Lettuce & Tomato (onion if you want it) and calls it the "Master Guns". I could handle MAYBE one a week...
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Looking for gouge? Ask your Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation here (Part 1)
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Since you are also interested in IB world, look at it this way....you might as well be asking how to predict the value of a certain stock on a date 1-2 years in the future. There are many variables and it's not so much that the navy can't predict that well, it is a supply and demand situation with OCS and other commissioning programs pumping SNA and SNFOs into a training pipeline based on overall projected needs, but specific warfare/community selections are made once in the system (not at OCS so that date isn't a valid determinant at all) and "Needs of the Navy" can change (just like stocks and investments) on a weekly if not daily basis (maybe not that frequently)because the "demand" side is driven by the various Fleet Readiness Squadrons (FRS) or "RAGs" that are associated with the type aircraft you'll eventually fly. So training command(s) tries to ensure they are pumping out the requisite number of rotary and fixed wing aviators at right times to feed the various RAGs. That's why you see different mixes of selections for the pipelines and then again for specific aircraft within those pipelines once winged.
You're better advised to get going and knock yourself out trying to excel so you can improve your chances of getting what your heart desires (that isn't necessarily guaranteed either due again to needs of Navy at time you select).
Some of our 'larger' tech reps did sliders and omelets at the same time, finished off with several trips to the Dog machine.
I vividly remember once standing next to a tech rep in line who ordered not one, but two, double cheeseburgers with extra cheese, ham and bacon, and a fried egg.
Maybe this is where Hardee's got the idea for their Mega-Monster burger. Now all they need to do is install a Dog machine and paint the outside of their buildings gray and assign a side number to them and we'll have brought the Navy to every neighborhood.
That is it!
Wow.. I would love to witness that! But for Peanut Butter Dog.. I might even give that a shot!!!!
Oooooo-o-o-o-o-o ... Tabasco popcorn and a cold OB beer -- heavy on the Tabasco, please ..... got introduced to that @ 8th Army HQ @ Dragon Hill in Seoul .... my life took a different turn after Tabasco popcorn and I've never looked back ...
Kamsahamnida ....
phrogpilot73
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You might try looking back at Old Bay on popcorn... A staple on my first deployment...Oooooo-o-o-o-o-o ... Tabasco popcorn and a cold OB beer -- heavy on the Tabasco, please ..... got introduced to that @ 8th Army HQ @ Dragon Hill in Seoul .... my life took a different turn after Tabasco popcorn and I've never looked back ...
Kamsahamnida ....
CDR Ben Cloud ... who was in "charge" of our CVA race riots.
I met him later when I stated in a loud voice that "I saw Bro' Cloud" when queried @ a Hong Kong pub ... the only problem being he was standing right behind me.
I guess you had to be there to get the full implication ....
Another version is that only half the brain is removed. The hinge is installed in the skull so that the powers that be can later reinstall the first half . . . or, in some cases, take out the other!
Oh, and for the newbies, because I'm not scheduled today and the sims don't open up till 1700 . . .
XO of the ship, as opposed to the XO of your squadron.
When the XO of a ship is traditionally referred to as "Commander" regardless of rank and the CO as "Captain," again, regardless of rank.
AOM=All Officer Meeting. APM=All Personnel meeting??
Due to fuel state, you either trap this pass, or tank/divert.
OPNAVINST 3710.7T . . . the Bible for Navy/Marine aircraft operation. The regulations which exist between the FARs which govern all aircraft in the US and the NATOPS manual which governs your particular aircraft.
By graduating the RAG, checking into your first fleet squadron, and not having gone on cruise.
A "below average but safe" pass.
One who has not yet crossed the equator and become a shellback.
Section=2 planes. Division=4. Light division=3. A division is 2 sections.
Cut lights=green lights on the IFLOLS/FLOLS which signal "roger ball" when first flashed. After that, they signal a power call from Paddles. I believe the official Paddles definition of a cut pass is "gross deviations inside the waveoff window." A pass so heinous and unsafe that it probably puts your wings in jeopardy.
"Sweepers, Sweepers"
The catapult crew has pressed the button, but the cat did not go bang. Keep your power up until told to throttle back; you many suddenly find yourself in the air anyway when it spontaneously goes off . . .
The Handler, who uses the Ouija Board to spot aircraft.
"Tower"=the Air Boss. "Bridge"=Ship's CO
Boarding Rate=Percentage of passes in which you trap versus bolter or get waved off. Interval=distance between you and the guy in front. If your interval is jacked up, you will be too tight on the guy in front and thus get waved off foul deck when he is still in the gear. Thus, your boarding rate will suck. Conversely, if you are long, you will still be in the gear, and thus screw the guy behind you, causing HIS boarding rate to suck.
The first guy down after the deck is set for landing. A good thing, provided you are in the right place at the right time and don't pork it away.
Because if we weren't, we wouldn't be Navy Pilots!
There's always the guy who has to spoil it ....
What, was there a rep prize for the first new guy with all the answers?There's always the guy who has to spoil it ....
Edit: "Sweepers, sweepers, man your brooms. Give the ship a clean sweepdown fore and aft. Sweep down all something something, can't remember the rest but I think squeeze posted it here!"
phrogpilot73
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OR, it could be:
CO of ship = Captain (could be a commander)
Captain (rank) = Commodore (position)
Did you go to his funeral?
phrogpilot73
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I'd be willing to bet he didn't get a chance, he was on the flight schedule that very afternoon...
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