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To hell with this. I'm going back to airwarriors

Cool story. Tell him to do some real work.

Prime Locations!!

Fly to new interesting places!

Yes. Yes I do. This is what scares me about the Navy... No, it's not because a bunch of dudes want to stand around in towels hanging out with each other (besides it's ok now), but because they have a Safety Board in the bathroom! That's just too much...I can do some Ops Limits and Boldface but that's about it.

Enjoy, buddy.

Listening to the Nav talk.

FIFY.

Most hilarious post yet!

GAWDDAMMIT, post some sort of warning prior to placing that undead photo. Major party foul.

DFC rules are kinda funny anyway. Heck, I know a guy who got one just for flying from New York to Paris!

https://enidnews.com/localnews/x797269745/Pilot-receives-DFC

Air Force Aviation is much more competitive. Compared to the Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard I would say the Air Force has the best talent coming in the door, but that is just my opinion. This in turn means that the people you are working with and for are generally higher talent individuals. Then there is the life style...people gripe about the Air Force having some shitty locations. But there are some shitty places to fly airplanes for the NAVY as well. NAS China Lake and NAS Yuma are just 2 that come to mind. Additionally, the Air Force revolves around a flight line. The NAVY mindset revolves around subs, surface warfare, and carriers. So as an aviator your upward potential is somewhat limited from the start, because to the Navy you are no more or less important that SWOs or sub guys. As far as bases most NAVY bases look like they haven't seen any new construction since about 1970, where as most AF bases that we are currently using have torn down and rebuilt the gym 3 times since 1970. Family life. AF wins hands down. For as shitty as the AF family life can be I have yet to talk to a NAVY family that has it better. The reason everyone is mocking you in this thread is because you only have to talk to 1 or 2 people with anything between their ears to get all of the answers I just gave you. Which makes the decision of which one you want to sign up for clearly obvious, but as you said in your opening line it sounds like you probably competed for the Air Force and were found lacking so anchors away matey!

No, WE should feel ashamed. Ashamed that our country has come to this,... and we have allowed it to happen. Sickening.

What's not to love about spending 8 months at sea (plus months of workups on det prior) on a ship with 5000 people (mostly dudes or ugly chicks) while you pay $300/mo for shitty food?

Because we focus on what's important.

Immersive training environments.

At least it's not Fabulous Glennis.. you know, because that's ok now.

You're right, DFC worthy would be the Ramstein -130 Nav who diverted her crew around a storm system know as "Italy."

They didn't know about the Army's warrant officer program.

Prestigious awards

Religious options.

Some sort of line has been crossed here. I'm offended....not by the breastfeeding, BTW.

The Col doesn't like that you used Glamorous in that OPR. His preferred word is Glorious. Send back to the rater for rewrite.

Free peep shows.

I could see getting a DFC for landing with the gear down, but a transponder? Meh.

just watched the second episode on youtube...while the first episode left me feeling pumped up about my job, the second episode had a downer effect. Great episode, but when I was done watching it, it was like "fuck." And it brought back some memories of similar missions I've had over the years. My Js had to dart a guy in the back of my helo to reinflate a lung, and now I know what that looks like, and of course that mission was the worst brownout I have EVER experienced, and my FE and gunner agreed.

It's baffling that the USMC is sending you to San Antonio with little to no idea what happens after IFS. Alas... From the cockpit at Pueblo, the next stop is the RPA Instrument Qualification Course (RIQ) at Randolph. You will fly a watered down T-6 simulator for about forty hours of in-cockpit training, learning how to fly basic contact and instrument missions. You'll learn how to fly ILS, VOR, and GPS approaches to real-world airfields around the San Antonio area. This is on top of roughly 140 hours of academics. The final stage, developed uniquely for RPA pilots, is known as the RPA Fundamentals Course, also at Randolph. During this final stage of undergraduate training, you will gain insight into the basic operation of "sensors, tactics, air tasking orders," and the multitude of skills needed to ensure success transitioning to an RPA airframe. There will be more death-by-powerpoint, but a little more interesting.