HossHarris

Gents -- I just got a Bushmaster M-4'gery as a gift. Anything I should be watching out for? Suggestions? Opinions?

Will available bandwidth increase as well?

I think the 20th Pursuit turned into 20FW at Shaw.

That's an invitation ... or really a mandate for the LTs to go absolutely APESHIT and ensure everyone is involved in the shenanigans. If it doesn't quickly devolve into an animal house style foodfight you have failed.

Here's the deal: You can stay anywhere you want at any time. This includes a standard hotel, renting a house, or even purchasing a house. If you don't have a Non-A, you're per diem rate will whatever your orders say and you will only be reimbursed the lodging rate for on-base (regardless of what you actually pay). If you do have a Non-A, you'll be paid full per diem and up to the locality rate for lodging up to actual expenses. For the entire duration of the TDY. If anyone (lodging, services, finance, etc.) tries to tell you any different, show them the JFTR or ignore them and take it up with whoever is paying your voucher.

The 'tard is strong with this one.

In before the edit ...

All sorts of Viper ETSS gigs .. Egypt, Poland, UAE, etc. (live like a king, work sucks though)

I can HIGHLY recommend a Garmin 410. Fantastic! For a Blu-ray player you can't go wrong with a PS3!

I, too, have been touched by his noodly appendage! (STS)

And while everyone is excited about the 'islamist threat' keep in mind that the 2nd worst terrorist attack on the US was perpetrated by a plain old middle aged white guy.

Saying/yelling 'allah akbar' does not a terrorist make. How many times have you said 'thank god' or 'god dammit' etc. That doesn't make you a christian terrorist. As far as the mosque connection ... if there is only one mosque in DC (unconfirmed, I'm lazy), then lots and lots of muslims have attended the same mosque as the 9-11 terrorists. I think the difference between this being a heinous crime or a heinous terrorist attack is this douchebag's intention. If he had a political aim, then he's a terrorist. If he did this out of personal cowardice, then he's a 'simple' criminal. Don't let the red herrings cloud the issue. Either way, he should be completely healed medically then executed, slowly, by hand.

While watching the FOX pregame show from the 'stan it sure is good to see everyone in the filler footage wearing their reflective belts in the middle of the day.

http://forums.1911forum.com/ Lots of great information and education in those forums. Recommend you UTFSF, same as here

Meh ... she'd be hotter without one!

3" 1911 with +P hollow points. Easily concealed in damn near everything except a speed-o

Let's see if I can make this fairly simple. When you get promoted to Major you will find out if you are an IDE in-residence 'Select' or not. If you are a 'select' you will go to IDE sometime before your LtCol board. That IDE could be ACSC in residence, or AFIT, or foreign IDE, or go to a civilian school and get a masters. If you are not a 'select' you will have 3 'looks' to get picked up for an 'in-residence' slot. Once a year, and I haven't really heard of anyone getting picked up until their last look. Same 'choice' of school possibilities. You will know when your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd look is. Either way (as a select or if you get picked up after the fact) you will submit your preferences for school and AFPC will send you somewhere in a process similar to, but seperate from, the VML. If you want to get an advanced degree from AFIT you have to apply to AFIT BEFORE they match you to a school. It's an easy process but you need to do a GRE. I personally think if you are a non-select and trying to get picked up for IDE it helps to be 'pre-accepted' to AFIT so the IDE board can see that. I'll let you know how that works out in a few months, since I'm on my last look. So right now, you are a little ahead of the timeline as far as looking for the AF to send you to school ... hang on until yer a Major. As far as doing a masters now, etc. .... If you do well it shows that you have the ability, drive, and time management skills to handle IDE in the future and should be a feather in your cap when you're getting considered for IDE in the future. Once you are a major-select you can start knocking out IDE in correspondance. I recommend the ACSC/Masters DL program. You get ACSC done and a masters in a little over a year entirely online through AU. It's an easily manageable program and then, hopefully, if you get picked up for school 'they' won't send you to ACSC again and you can avoid Maxwell. If you're a 'select' through the promotion then sit back and relax ... they'll send you somewhere. /ramble off

The Wife has a Lady Smith in .357 ... and while 38 special is the way for her, .357 works just fine. A gun that light kicks like hell, but your hand swallows up the entire pistol so it's kind of a wash. I can't shoot a whole lot of .357 out of it, it will actually bruise your palm. The fireball that comes out of a snubby pistol with .357 is impressive and would likely get a lot of attention. -Break- M2: Any recommendation for a home-cannon shotgun? (I miss my 1911's)

MexBeach is nice and quiet and very beachy. But do realize that they roll up the sidewalks in the off season and there isn't anything there to keep the wife happy other than the beach and a few bars. Very few shops, one grocery store (the size of an average 7/11), a few gas stations and that's about it. There isn't much further east of Tyndall past MexBeach either. So you will spend a lot of time driving into Panama City and driving even further into PCB. But don't get me wrong, if you like quiet beach living with generally nice folks and small, family run restaurants then MexBeach is the shit. They also have a free municipal pier that gets plenty of fish and a nice canal system if you have a boat. There are plenty of condo type deals that were built as the housing market was crashing and are available (rent or buy) dirt cheap (for beachfront property with a slip) PM if you want more details.

D'Oh! So obvious I overlooked it ... Harumph!

Did you get the impression that it was primarily a CENTCOM organized, run, and sponsored exercise? (and driving here isn't THAT bad ... you just have to realize there are no rules ... ever ... for any reason)

How the hell did you get Hoss Johnson? (whatcha thinking about there M2? ... and please don't involve me in such thoughts)

You should be ashamed of yourselves!

Nope, F#CK IT all the time. With the money spent on developing, implementing, constantly fixing, and answering questions about DTS each base could have an army of Finance Personnel ready and willing to actually help. And as a side benefit, we might end up with an army of finance personnel that actually have a shread of a clue about what the f#ck they're doing since they would get a chance to actually do their jobs on a regular basis.

Keep the info coming ... I'm already in Egypt and not really playing in the BRIGHT STAR, just providing good ole' american alcohol. This is the first BRIGHT STAR in 2+ years so the corporate knowledge amongst the folks that are/may be coming is pretty low. If you have any experience, even dated experience, share it. If you might be coming, ask the questions!