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Thronde posted:Well I'm up for the LDO test in January, might as well try for NFO until. Thanks. Where'd you go to ground school? Murderidian, MS or Boring, TX? Ground school is in Pensacola, initially you'll be with the pilots for the early academic ground school (IFS and API) before you go to primary. Primary for NFOs is all in Pensacola too. Jimmy4400nav fucked around with this message at 20:00 on May 18, 2018 |
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Wonder Free posted:Mostly what everyone else has said wrt per diem and boat life. Not a lot of studs really know that MPR is full of huge dorks and has some weird culture issues. I still don't regret it though. Oh snap, I have a few instructors who were just getting in around that time. One of my LTs told me how in the API student pool they had too many people, so they offered ROTC and Academy grads the opportunity to drop contract and leave the military and not have to reimburse their education expenses. Whats crazy is at least right now they're still working overtime trying to fill a bunch of slots and vacancies that are getting ready to open up, so at least NFO-wise the cutting scores aren't as much of an issue. That said apparently too many SNAs have been getting sent to their primary squadrons and just can't perform so the new policy for Primary/Advanced is to crack down hard on folks getting pink sheets out of schools command and in their squadrons. Basically now all of your pink sheets are cumulative, so if you got one or two in API, get none in primary, but then get one in advanced, it could trigger and automatic FPC. It hit bad over here at VT 4 and VT 86, FPCs have been going way up and a couple guys have been attrited (at least before, the word was that in 4 years VT-4 had only attrited 2 or 3 people).
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May 18, 2018 20:12
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Mr. Nice! posted:They already have the plans. They're taking new pictures to see if we've figured out how to keep them from slowly dissolving. We use a mix of Simple Green, the tears of HMs who didnt pick up and the blood of nukes.
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May 29, 2018 17:59
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For the Jacksonville area, are there any spots in particular to avoid for renting a place? A few of us in my flight program are looking to rent a place down there when we go to the FRS. I'm trying to figure out if it'd be better to be closer to base or downtown. Trying to pocket as much BAH as I can.
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Jun 30, 2018 15:47
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Sweet! Good to know, appreciate the advice!
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Jun 30, 2018 22:51
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Jesus christ, wouldnt have thought Numa-Numa caused so many problems  Also, just got my wings yesterday!  Heading down to Jax in a couple days then off to New Hanpshire to get my rear end kicked at SERE.
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Jul 28, 2018 15:53
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Wonder Free posted:
Thanks man, appreciate the advice!
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Aug 1, 2018 19:53
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M_Gargantua posted:Lies. There are no responsible sailors. poo poo, should I be blowing my flight pay on a Bugatti instead of maxing out my TSP? Did I not Navy right?
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Aug 17, 2018 21:15
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The Valley Stared posted:Clearly not. You should have two Bugattis that you can't pay for, one divorced spouse, one current spouse, 4 children with one on the way, and the dregs of your soul crusted to the bottom of your shoes. Well poo poo, they didn't cover that at OCS at all, man I've been getting some bad training. First there was the Top Gun volleyball in Pensacola, now this?!? Man maybe I shoudln't hide a squeaky toy in my rear end at SERE like that one guy recommended.
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Aug 18, 2018 17:42
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M_Gargantua posted:Honestly sneaking a squeaky toy into SERE sounds like a good prank. Maybe not do the rear end part though. One of my buddies knew a guy who did the Air Force SERE and snuck a roll a pennies up his rear end so when he got a cavity search he spilled change like a broken piggy bank.
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Aug 18, 2018 19:08
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EBB posted:...and then they reset the scenario anyways and dumped him in a buried 55 gallon oil drum half filled with piss for three days And that SEALS name? Albert Einstein!
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Aug 18, 2018 23:57
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Back from SERE, Maine has some real beautiful scenery, a real undiscovered treasure if you think about it. I never want to go back to that goddamn state even if you drag me and pay a million bucks.
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Sep 3, 2018 01:27
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Godholio posted:SERE is the best thing I never want to re-experience. Oh yeah for sure, it was really worthwhile training, like a few of the guys mentioned, it was really well executed and instructed. Im pumped I never have to go again that said.
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Sep 3, 2018 02:39
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Wingnut Ninja posted:I can't even edit the "Unknown Event" to get rid of it, so for all I know I'm officially going to be UA for the rest of my career, having never returned. Might as well steal and E-2 and go fly off into the sunset since you never came back to base.
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Sep 16, 2018 16:48
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scripterror posted:
You mean to tell me strippers don't have salty stripper master chiefs yelling at them for sweepers in the stripper dome?
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Nov 9, 2018 19:11
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Laranzu posted:
Nope, they havn't let me leave Florida in almost two years.
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Nov 10, 2018 06:42
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ded posted:I still get mad when I think about my friend who shot himself due to the command treating him like poo poo and the fleet admiral threatening him with a courts martial if he did not give up the names of those who tacked on his dolphins. It's been over 22 years. Don't think I'll ever be over it. Jesus Christ, what was going through that admiral's head? "Oh this guy who may or may not (I know things were different back then) have gotten hazed won't tell me who hazed him? I'm make him feel life poo poo and threaten to gently caress up so he fesses up!" For that matter what was that CoC thinking? Crap, sorry man that blows that happened, I'd be pissed about something like that too.
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Dec 4, 2018 02:44
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CMD598 posted:Maybe just build a new class with new bigger guns and not attach a million requirements that make it a cluster gently caress like the Zumwalt. Instructions unclear, given Lockheed 50 billion dollars to make a one-off Navy super omni-ship.
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Dec 8, 2018 18:57
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FrozenVent posted:What if instead of having a two ocean navy, we had a two ships navy, one on each ocean? Think of all the money we’d save. I'm not saying we should throw away billions of dollars at boondoggle projects, all I'm saying is Ace Combat/ Metal Gear over the top combat vehicles are our nations military workhorses of the future.
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Dec 9, 2018 03:41
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So one of my college friends just reached out to me to let me know shes going to OCS in January on a SWO package. Trying to ask in as nice in as way possible of shes really really really sure she wants to do that/see if her intel application didnt go through.
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Dec 10, 2018 18:59
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LingcodKilla posted:My female friend got raped two nights in a row last year at OCS and her wife got raped a month later. What....the...gently caress?!?
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Dec 10, 2018 19:43
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Jesus gently caress, I hope your friend will be able to get the help they need. Did they at least throw the book at the rear end in a top hat who did that to her?
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Dec 10, 2018 21:12
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The Valley Stared posted:Jimmy, I'd be happy to speak to your friend about OCS and SWO life as a woman if she's interested in getting that perspective. I can provide email info over PM if she wants it. My OCS experience is a bit outdated (I left just over 5 years ago now), but I can offer some perspective on what she can expect. Just make sure she's prepared for Newport winters. It is cold as gently caress up there. That's an awesome offer, thanks Stared! I'll check with my friend and if she says yes I'll shoot you a PM. She'd also better say yes, talking to someone who was on the Fitz would be insanely valuable.
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Dec 12, 2018 12:10
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Also we're putting in our preferences for squadrons tomorrow! Anyone know anything about any of the VP (except VP-1) squadrons up in Whidbey? I heard all of them were alright, but wanted to see if anyone here had any insight?
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Dec 13, 2018 00:06
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Wonder Free posted:Good Stuff Appreciate the advice. Thats interesting to hear the mixed opinion of 47, our class has two PXOs (one heading to VP-16 and the VP-47 one) and I really like the 47 PXO so I was actually looking at that one. I'll have to do some more snooping around.
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Dec 13, 2018 03:36
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Wonder Free posted:A lot of what was frustrating for the current iteration of Super JO’s is the weird place they sort of fit into in the squadron. With the P-8 transition, they were supposed to help to push new tactics and try to get the community to change up how we do things. The issue is that they have to push back against pretty much everyone senior to them in the squadron to do that. So that’s like 8 DH’s, a bunch of chiefs secretly, and the front office. They usually wind up just getting stuck with all of the poo poo jobs the DH’s can get away with pushing off on them. Experiences may vary but that seemed to be what I was seeing with the first wave or two of them. Awesome! Good to know
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Dec 13, 2018 23:18
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vulturesrow posted:FYI it's pretty easy to be the cool guy when you're just a PXO doing a refresher. Good to know, thanks man!
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Dec 14, 2018 16:01
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Madurai posted:I guess it's cool that they can do this but it sounds like a poo poo job to do it. DownByTheWooter posted:that's a cool loving boat I forget, are these what we're replacing the Cyclones with or is that going to be its own thing, or was that supposed to be the LCSs? I may be aviation, but I've always liked learning about the small ships in our inventory.
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Jan 12, 2019 16:09
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1337_ScriptKiddie posted:
Join the flight side! We have per diem and Tuesday cookies!
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Jan 17, 2019 15:13
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Commoners posted:Sounds like a misdirection to cover up the fact that you disassembled the pipe. So if you took the ASTB are you trying to go for any flight jobs, or were you just looking to take the OAR? For what its worth, the supply guys I graduated from OCS with seem to be enjoying it so far (though we only have two years in so far), and quite a few of the people I know who got attrited from aviation have also made their way supply side. All in all, it seems pretty chill. Intel might be more mixed, there were some alright guys heading that way, but there were a lot more interesting characters there. I don't really talk with any though so I'm not sure, I never see them. If you don't mind being a line officer, NFO so far isn't a bad gig, especially if you can get MPRA. Downside is depending on your timing you might get jet drafted and talking to my friends going fighter they all seem pretty miserable.
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To clarify, a lot of NFOs have MPRA or E2s as their big wishlist item, by the time we're done with initial flight training at VT-10 a typical class might have one or two guys/gals out of a class of 10-20 people that actually want jets but in quite a few classes maybe one or two people pick up those big slots, while everyone else gets shuffled to jets. The training environment with the jets is pretty meh, you have a high tempo of stuff to do, and the civilian and military instructors are mostly the kind of alpha bro dudes who don't do a whole lot to foster learning and do more to make students feel like crap. Coupled with the fact that one or two bad events can get you kicked out its not a fun place to be. On top of that, you also have most people in your class then panicking trying to get a Growler slot since according to a lot of the Hornet NFOs there not as good of a quality of life for them out in the fleet since a lot of pilots don't really see a need for them (owing to the fact the Hornet pilots train first as single seaters). Of course, all that said they still are going to be able to fly in some really cool and badass planes, but I can understand it from the viewpoint of the guys who didn't really want to be there. Plus if there another OBOGs problem in the T-45 it'll mean more months of no training.
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Jan 22, 2019 20:31
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vulturesrow posted:Keep in mind Jimmy has had his wings all of about 2 minutes. Very fair point, I'm still at the FRS so I'm probably talking out of my rear end. 
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Jan 23, 2019 04:33
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PneumonicBook posted:Anyone ever been to Naples? I'll be out there for 29 days for AT this year. I'll take a weekend to go to Rome but other than that I dont really have any ideas of what to do out there. If you can get further north, Florence has a ton of kickass museums and neat stuff to see. Tuscany also has a bunch of really cool towns to take day trips to. Siena was my favorite but I'm biased because one of their districts mascots is a snail.
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Jan 24, 2019 20:33
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That ProPublica article I'll just echo what everyone else here has already said, TVS you and the crew did one hell of a job in a terrible situation.
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Feb 9, 2019 03:43
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Or, like my father, when he got passed over on his first O-6 board, used his position at PERS-202 to end the practice whereby Admirals could collect sea pay for spending a few hours on a ship at sea, as well as putting needless strain on aircraft to get them out there. Evidently was costing the Navy ~$120m *per year*. I aspire to be an officer of the quality of your dad. 
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Feb 17, 2019 06:23
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They kind of look like the Coast Guard uniform, which is something people have been saying we should just use for years, so that's a plus. They'd only look too bad actually.
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Feb 26, 2019 04:35
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There was some cool stuff in that video though I do wonder, who exactly goes to those conventions? Are governments literally sending dudes to the trade fair to scope out new stuff to buy?
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Mar 12, 2019 23:15
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Well, looks like my orders finally popped, I got VP-9 over in Whidbey. Can't wait to move back to the beautiful big grey skies of the Northwest. Now I just gotta figure out how to move my cat cross country.
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Mar 14, 2019 05:00
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MancXVI posted:I had a good experience with Alaska Airlines when I got out, their pet policy is reasonable and they had a direct flight from SEA all the way to FLL. I don't know exactly where you're flying from but that's about as cross-country as it gets. Good to know, my roomate and I got the same squadron and detachment times so we're going back and forth on maybe doing a DIY move since we'll have the time and collecting some travel doesn't sound bad.
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LingcodKilla posted:I feel like he was born 200 years too late. Still can’t believe he made commander with his trail of destroyed careers in his wake. See if I make 0-6 my power tripping will be limited to using wax seals on the flight schedule and sneaking a cat on the ship. If I hit 0-7 I plan to drive by the Academy everyday and yell "Dweebs" at the Midshipmen.
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