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Started by Punx Clever, November 17, 2010, 12:52:05 PM

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MendoDave

#45
December 22, 2010, 03:23:54 PM
Dude your wings can be your wings.....If you get them.  I have mine and that's all there is to it.

Bick

#46
December 22, 2010, 03:29:57 PM
Quote from: Punx Clever on December 22, 2010, 03:18:37 PM
You won't when I get my wings...  [evil]

Just to one-up you, Punx...


:-*
It's all in the grind, Sizemore. Can't be too fine, can't be too coarse. This, my friend, is a science. I mean you're looking at the guy that believed all the commercials. You know, about the "be all you can be." I made coffee through Desert Storm. I made coffee through Panama while everyone else got to fight, got to be a Ranger.

* A man can never have too much whiskey, too many books, or too much ammunition *

Punx Clever

#47
December 22, 2010, 03:55:12 PM
Paolo, I was talking about how rediculous it is that the navy is even considering giving me some.  You air crew bubbas make a lot of good shit happen.

Bick, keep em. They are the wrong color.
2008 S2R 1000 - Archangel

The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.  - HST

LMT

#48
December 22, 2010, 04:06:50 PM
Heck, I do not even have wings and have been up in an F-4!

MendoDave

#49
December 22, 2010, 04:09:53 PM Last Edit: December 22, 2010, 04:26:33 PM by D Paoli
That's OK I don't have to fly with you, so I won't be scared. I've been out since 99'







This was my job.     For the US Navy of course.

C130 Flightdeck

GAAN

#50
December 22, 2010, 04:32:38 PM
oh look at those cute pins

I got my wings in highschool...

;D


Scotzman

#51
December 22, 2010, 08:24:38 PM
Quote from: D Paoli on December 22, 2010, 04:09:53 PM
That's OK I don't have to fly with you, so I won't be scared. I've been out since 99'







This was my job.     For the US Navy of course.

You wrote stuff?

QuoteLater in the pipe... and yes. I expect many "fond" memories
Before you go, let me know so I can give you tips on stuff to bring and not bring. It's a "fun" couple of weeks though.
"Get your haggis right here. Chopped heart and lungs boiled in a wee sheep's stomach.
Tastes as good as it sounds. Good for what ales you."

Dieter29

#52
December 23, 2010, 04:23:56 AM Last Edit: December 23, 2010, 10:03:44 AM by Dieter29
Great thread.  Bick I am a big fan of the "Hawk".  I flew some recon/orientation flights in Afghanistan with an Army unit and I got a few rides in the S-60.  Punx Clever, enjoy flight school, it is a bit tedious but it is all worth it in the end.  I have a bunch of friends who are instructors at P-Cola now and let me know if you fly with Maj Kirby.  I have good of dirt on him, he is a good guy though.  I am a Marine CH-53E pilot and it is humorous hearing the Navy and Army fight for second place in the aviation hierarchy.  Oh, Marines have the best uniforms as well.  It does not get any better than Dress Blues.

MendoDave

#53
December 23, 2010, 09:14:48 AM
Quote from: Scotzman on December 22, 2010, 08:24:38 PM
You wrote stuff?


Yes. That is the sole purpose to have a flight engineer in the flight station. To write stuff.

Punx Clever

#54
December 23, 2010, 04:13:18 PM
Quote from: Dieter29 on December 23, 2010, 04:23:56 AM
Great thread.  Bick I am a big fan of the "Hawk".  I flew some recon/orientation flights in Afghanistan with an Army unit and I got a few rides in the S-60.  Punx Clever, enjoy flight school, it is a bit tedious but it is all worth it in the end.  I have a bunch of friends who are instructors at P-Cola now and let me know if you fly with Maj Kirby.  I have good of dirt on him, he is a good guy though.  I am a Marine CH-53E pilot and it is humorous hearing the Navy and Army fight for second place in the aviation hierarchy.  Oh, Marines have the best uniforms as well.  It does not get any better than Dress Blues.

With all due "respect", take a look at your paycheck next chance you get. Its still department of the navy... not department of the navy and marine corps. :P

Also... choker whites win every day of the week
2008 S2R 1000 - Archangel

The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.  - HST

Bick

#55
December 23, 2010, 04:20:03 PM
The two of you girls can fight about dress up clothes all you want.  Since I have been back in, I have yet to don class a's.
:-*

We're out earning our pay.

It's all in the grind, Sizemore. Can't be too fine, can't be too coarse. This, my friend, is a science. I mean you're looking at the guy that believed all the commercials. You know, about the "be all you can be." I made coffee through Desert Storm. I made coffee through Panama while everyone else got to fight, got to be a Ranger.

* A man can never have too much whiskey, too many books, or too much ammunition *

MendoDave

#56
December 23, 2010, 04:50:50 PM Last Edit: December 23, 2010, 04:54:49 PM by D Paoli
Quote from: Bick on December 23, 2010, 04:20:03 PM
The two of you girls can fight about dress up clothes all you want.  Since I have been back in, I have yet to don class a's.
:-*

We're out earning our pay.




Speaking of uniforms, I see that a lot of things have changed. Such as the new BDU uniform that replaced those dungarees we used to wear. (Those were a disgrace to the service) and the old aviation rates no longer apply to aircrew members. All aircrew are are of the AW rate now which used to stand for Aviation Warfare Systems Operators.

That would have made me an AWF (naval aircrewman mechanical) with an NEC of 8206

I wish I would have been around for the uniform change. Of course the best uniform is a Nomex flight suit.  [thumbsup] unless you end up someplace real hot.

DRKWNG

#57
December 23, 2010, 05:03:33 PM
Yea, the new Navy cammies are great!  Especially when you fall overboard. 

Scotzman

#58
December 23, 2010, 05:45:52 PM
The blue cammies are easy to maintain, but that's about as far as it goes.

What's that on the Marine flag, oh yes, Department of the Navy--the men's department.

The Stallions/Superstallions are machines though.
"Get your haggis right here. Chopped heart and lungs boiled in a wee sheep's stomach.
Tastes as good as it sounds. Good for what ales you."

MendoDave

#59
December 23, 2010, 06:01:39 PM Last Edit: December 23, 2010, 06:04:22 PM by D Paoli
Quote from: Scotzman on December 23, 2010, 05:45:52 PM
The blue cammies are easy to maintain, but that's about as far as it goes.

What's that on the Marine flag, oh yes, Department of the Navy--the men's department.

The Stallions/Superstallions are machines though.



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