Cell Dweller
-
Posts
98 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Gallery
Blogs
Downloads
Wiki
Posts posted by Cell Dweller
-
-
Dudes,
You do realize that the requirement is basically calling for an A-1 Skyraider?
~CD
-
It's been sixteen years since I got out of that organization but, as I recall, you only saluted if you had your lid on. So if indoors with no lid, no salute. Indoors with lid (some kind of ceremony) salute as appropriate...shake, take, salute. Same went for the Corps. The Navy also wanted you to wear your lid while driving on base unless "it interfered with your driving". Well guess what, it always interfered with my driving. I always laugh at the geeks driving around a Navy base "following the rules".
The no lid-no salute rule is the guide that the Navy and USMC follow, therefore officers normally put their hats on before going on base. Otherwise, the gate guard usually will not salute, emphasis on 'usually'.
I worked at a Navy base a couple years back, and that was the norm. If I (AF officer) was not wearing my hat while driving on base and had a military gate guard, there was a 70/30 chance of me getting saluted. Most of the guards were familiar with AF protocol, but those that were not did not usually salute unless I had my hat on (which I normally did not). A few Naval officers I knew said that at OCS or in ROTC, they were told to put their hats on before going on base, and leave them on while on base. Marines will salute cars if they see ANY officer driving. Happened to me a few times, and every officer I knew had it happen to them.
-
Man, I'm glad I'm not a fighter dude. I suck...
Sounds like a fighter pilot to me.
-
That's cool. We had a quilt in our class.
I'll be here all week folks.
Your 4th post, and that's all you have? Weak.
-
“The Great Gatsby” by Kathleen Parkinson. I had to read this in HS. When I first read it I hated it. I went back and read it in college and loved it. Its every mans secret desire to win back the one that got away by reappearing in her life ridiculously wealthy and awesome.
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote 'The Great Gatsby', so I am guessing that she wrote the Cliffs Notes for it? Well played, bubba.
My contribution:
"Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell - a well researched and detailed look at epidemics
"Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk - if you've seen the film, the book reads very much like the narration, but with a different ending
'When Pride Still Mattered" By David Maraniss - biography of Vince Lombardi which would appeal to football fans and those that respect personal accountability
-
Try:
Exotic automobile importer
Contemporary Folk Art Dealer
Private Investigator (sts)
Ice Cream Distributor
Also this line always helps:
"If you are nice to me, I might let you take me home."
-
Here is the full breakdown of parties held guilty for the crash, but it does not mention the praying portion of the incident, rather that the pilots did not follow proper emergency procedures:
From Aviation Week:
Seven Tuninter pilots, technicians and managers have been convicted by an Italian tribunal for a crash in which 23 passengers survived and 16 were killed in August 2005.
The crash involved an ATR-72 that took off from Bari, Italy, and was headed to Djerba, Tunisia, and was forced to ditch in the sea just along the Sicilian coast.
The incident was caused because the aircraft fuel gauges and indicators had been incorrectly replaced by the maintenance personnel with those of the ATR-42. The instruments indicated there was enough fuel on board when the aircraft took off, while there was not actually enough fuel to carry out the intended flight.
The two pilots have been charged with multiple counts of manslaughter and air disaster, and sentenced to a term of 10 years because, in theory, they had the opportunity to reach the Palermo Airport for an emergency landing if they had followed proper procedure. Another five technicians and managers have been found guilty, with the chief operating officer and the maintenance chief sentenced to nine years each, while three technicians have been sentenced eight years each. Two others defendants were not found guilty. None of those indicted were present at the tribunal, and Tuninter lawyers have announced they will appeal the verdict.
-
I concur with drewpey, since you are going to Randolph, you got it easy-skeezy. But seriously, stick to the books when you get there and get started, and drink, did we mention drink?
-
ASBC is for the desk jockeys and casual LTs, and not for anyone over the grade of 2LT. Once winged, or a 1Lt with some responsibility, there is too much else to do to be worried about Kinder-BDE. There are plenty of people who 'missed' ASBC and by the time they hit their Maj board will have distinguished themselves enough that the lack of that sliver of PME will make no difference.
-
AFPC: "We work to put the best people in the right jobs."
Overheard at a bar: "I think southern accents are hot!"
Overheard at Sanford Stadium: "It's great to be a Georgia Bulldog!"
-
It doesn't matter what you do, because your mother-in-law will find a website that says that you can't do it because it's not proper, and tell you that you can't do it.
Just speaking from experience.
-
The Boyd bio was an okay read, with the high points being the simplified explanation of energy maneuvering and the development of theory behind third- and fourth-generation warfare. The author spends too much time justifying Boyd's family life as being a sacrifice of service, which seems to justify his ego-centrism and neglect of his family. The many of Boyd's works could stand to be elaborated on, and are indeed done in other books, but his personal life reads rather dismally, even if the author tries to gloss over it.
-
The newest proposal for the V-22 gun has so far only made it to a technology demonstrator, according to Aviation Week. BAE has shown how a gatling can be slaved and stabilized with a sensor and controlled by an operator. They say that the system can handle up to a .50 caliber gun, but they have not specified configuration or user interface. It is still at a minimum a few years before the Osprey could field a turreted gun.
-
Simple answer is, unless she is an engineer, she will be booted. That being said, if she has some sorry excuse and pushes her PAS on the subject, he/she may put in positive feedback about her, and try to keep her.
-
I can't believe no one has recommended "Fate is the Hunter" by Ernest K. Gann. You all should be ashamed of yourselves.
It was recommended, on this thread, almost 2 years ago. I think you've earned the GUIDELINE tag.
-
Back on track, bring back:
- Playboy in the USO
- The EF-111
- Intel run by intel people, and intel people who care about the trigger-pullers
- US contol of the Panama Canal
- B-61's, bitches
-
He can get hit for conduct unbecoming for being in a sexual relationship with a married woman, but adultery on its own is not a violation, but of course being involved in an adulterous relationship, and in fact cheating on a girlfriend, no matter how trivial as it may seem, may not break any laws, but can be lumped together as a conduct unbecoming charge under the UCMJ. I am just a gatehouse lawyer though, so my scope is very narrow.
-
A general answer to what happens with new guys in the squadron: they get the 'opportunity' to do the day-to-day stuff around the squadron. That is the ancilliary duties like being the Voting POC, or running the snack bar, or whatever little things need to be done around the squadron. This allows the n00bs to build a reputation as being dependable, or not being. I have no BUFF-related experience, unfortunately, except to say that if you get into that community you'll run across some P-cola-trained navs that either went through training a while ago, or were part of last fiscal year's screw up that dropped B-52's at P-cola. Not that that is important or significant, just FYI.
-
Navs have their role in the mission of the aircraft, but the career field experiences vary by airframe. They do not fly, it is that simple, but they are in the plane, doing a job that makes the aircraft useful. Training experiences are very diffierent between the bomb-dropping navs from P-cola and the heavy and beeper-squweakers from Randolph. A pilot flies the plane, and the training experience varies, for what it is worth, once the pilot gets to the FTU. As far as visual stimulation goes, you'll need to clarify that question.
-
I have wasted enough time reading posts from guys who know shit, and the idea that you can sum it up in a paragraph shows me that you know about that. Just do what you are told and things will turn out fine. The pilots and wannabes on this board will just have to watch the future or past flash in front of them. Do not waste my time.
Struggling Snacko...
in General Discussion
Posted
We had some good-old boy civilians bolt the coffee bar lock-box to the sweetner/creamer (STS) table. That puppy is not going anywhere, and when it's collection time we have an old coffee can we tansfer the money into which does not stay in the office.
Getting H2O from Sam's is the best bet. We charge $0.50 for a bottle that is $1.25 down the hall in the vending machine. The bottle cost us $0.20 each, with the dividend going to social activities.