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Linda We used to call that game 'Turtle'...the first person to roll a window down loses. Great for the I-10 run to San Antonio (1100 miles of cruise control)...my kids are champions at it! :rolleyes: Cheers! M2

What's the deal with 'Howdy'?

Hacker I think gtyj98 (WTF does that mean anway?) was being facetious... Cheers! M2

I doubt he would keep any of that crap, the first thing any sane person would do is dump it! There are some Ramstein bubbas here in Stuttgart for this exercise, they are wearing those "Bring Your Courage" bozo hats. I suspect there will be a mass burning of that shit once the change-of-command has taken place! I read a rumor a while back that Doc is thinking about running for govenor for West Virginia...you'd think those people would know better, but apparantly they haven't been subjected to all of his AFN commercials. It is one nice thing about being billeted off base in Germany...no ****ing "All Fogelsong Network!" Cheers! M2

By the way, isn't it nice that the S&S refers to Hobbins as "the AF's tech chief" when he is a command pilot with more than 4200 hrs, primarily in fighters... :rolleyes: Cheers! M2

From today's Stars & Stripes... Hobbins was the USAFE/DO back in the late 90's...I can't recall too much about him but I don't think he was too bad of a dude. Of course, anyone would look good after Doc... Cheers! M2

The pea soup/beef stew trick is straight out of The Great Santini (which is an excellent book for you young guys or anyone who has only seen the movie with Robert Duvall). As for prop wash, that is older than I am! Same goes with sending someone out to find a yard of flightline or giving them a 10-amp fuse and telling them to take it to the machine shop to have it cut into two 5-amp fuses. Apparently urban legend has it one lieutenant tagged with that one disappeared for several hours and returned with two 5-amp fuses! Cheers! M²

I ate lunch at an AAFES snack bar today... You all know the rest. Cheers! M2

Bender Only problem is, that pic doesn't need a caption! Cheers! M2

Oh shit, you are in for a great assignment! You have the Dolomite mountain range right there, and the food is excellent. I've only been there TDY on a few HAWK LIGHTNING exercises, and we even stayed in tents one time (this during the build-up to ALLIED FORCE); but it was still a blast. I would recommend leaving your American car/truck back in the States as the Italians drive like maniacs (you'll learn the concept of "nose") and insurance will probably eat you alive. Consider buying a local car (there are some cool ones), but bear in mind Italian mechanics aren't the best in Europe! You scored, nice job! Cheers! M2

First, read this thread... Then go have a beer and wish you could tell your commander to **** off, as he is an asshole. He is just trying to keep you in his unit as you are probably a damn good maintainer and he doesn't want to lose you. But you are trying for bigger and better things in the USAF and anyone who doesn't support that 100% shouldn't be in command. **** the promotion BS, go get your WSO slot and kick ass, and you will do fine. If someone is more worried about getting promoted than doing something substantial in their career, then they should go find another line of work because the USAF already is over its quota of career-minded officers! Cheers! M2

Linda simply recommended a search, which I think we should do to teach the newbies that many of these questions have been discussed (some ad nauseum) before. To quote BaseOps on another thread, Linda's reply was "polite, laconic, and provided direction," and he did follow it up with what Rocker accurately described as "the stock answer to this timeless question." I don't agree with simply *****slapping a newbie by saying "do a search, dumbass;" but I do think we need to get people in the habit of doing so. Maybe I have just been on this forum too long (probably true), but I for one don't like repeating myself over and over again. Maybe we should make it SOP to do what some have done, include the links to one or two threads where the newbie can find the info. Might help relieve the feeling some have that the newbies are being *****slapped! Where's WTF when we need him?? :rolleyes: Cheers! M2

OK, I lied, I am not that busy. Here's the story on an award that commercial won which also states that real military personnel were used... Cheers! M2 [ 14. October 2005, 21:52: Message edited by: MajorMadMax ]

From what I read they are really in the military, but as it is a beer commercial (well, it is sponsored by a beer company), they could not wear their uniform as it would be seen as an endorsement by the DOD. I am sure if you Googled it you could confirm that, but I am just too damn busy at the moment to bother... Cheers! M2

Good idea, maybe there should be... Cheers! M2

I include my military ID to explain why I have a Florida license and tag (well, if there was a tag on the bike), but a Texas insurance card. Yes, it has the secondary effect of showing I am also a public servant and professional, and I do expect to be treated with more respect than some yahoo 18-year-old unemployed punk, I think that 20+ years in uniform has earned me that much. I was almost going to argue the safety issue when I got pulled over a week ago…for one, I was wearing full leathers and a helmet in a state where half of the motorcyclists ride around with just a bandana on their head. Secondly, I have had risk assessment and management hammered into my head for my entire career, I know how to balance it. Three, I have been riding motorcycles for over 30 years, and have had one pretty much my entire adult life. I have completed several MSF and AF safety courses. Fourthly, I have a brand new litre-class sportbike, engineered to operate at higher speeds a lot safer than the 30-yr-old rusting F150 with retread tires I passed ten minutes earlier. Last, I am 42, married with two kids, I am not out to kill myself. I may be having fun on the edge of the spectrum, but I am not suicidal and I know the difference. But, I passed as I didn’t think it would help my cause. The odd thing is yesterday afternoon I was at the local police station getting some unrelated paperwork taken care of, and I had a hour-long discussion with an officer on sportbikes. He was telling me the safest places to speed, and where not to, and pretty much admitted that he was a wheelie fanatic and had owned several sportbikes in the past. It just goes to show you that cops are people just like us, and just like us you will have your heroes and assholes. Hopefully you will encounter more of the former, and less of the latter! Cheers! M2 p.s. war007afa, thanks for the info, I don't know if it is true or not (I hope so), and as it was actually cheaper to go the defensive driving course route, I thought it was the wiser move.

HD Same techniques I used the weekend before last when I got pulled on the motorcycle. Another good tip is to ensure you and the cop are safely off the road when you pull over. I pointed to a parking lot just up the road from where we were, the DPS officer driving nodded it was OK to move to that location. I still was cited (I thought I should only have gotten a warning, but it isn't uncommon for bike to race around the Texas Hill Country), but if you look at the pic in my profile, you will see that I look like I am speeding even when I am not! By the way, I was speeding, and I was told I was doing 84 in a 70 (I never said anything and was wondering how fast they clocked me). I may have been going that fast, or even faster; but I find it more important to keep my eyes on the road and not my speedo! The funniest part of it all was that my license plate had fallen off earlier in the day (the dealership that put it on didn't do a good job, and I hadn't noticed it had come off!), and the DPS officers never said a thing about it! I don't know if that was part of the reason I got a ticket instead of a warning (think about it, I had no tag); but you would have thought they would have said something! I didn't notice it until I got home and parked the bike in the garage... I am taking a defensive driving course on-line to negate the ticket, so all is well and good. Still costing me $141 for court costs and the course fee, but that beats getting points on my license! Cheers! M2

Obviously, we don't know, so once again I advocate asking those who do... Cheers! M2

SV83--Special Survival Training (S-V-83-A). Follow-on SERE training for selected units. (source: AFI11-2RC-135V1 2) Cheers! M2

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That's the same link I posted, I just know the secret to posting URLs! :rolleyes: So, who was it? Cheers! M2

Scoobs Since it is on the open domain... AF bios I hope it wasn't "Doc!" :eek: Cheers! M2

And before anyone mentions it, I am fully aware that we've had a similar discussion before in the thread titled Huh? (a.k.a. Eurofighter a shooting star in clash with US jets)... Cheers! M2

Just to keep everyone abreast on these topics, the following story and pics on the Eurofighter/Typhoon in the US are making the rounds in the UK mil aviation forums I frequent. By the way, I just noticed the title of that article and the article itself conflict, but I think the title was in error, it should have read 'Eurofighter Radars Spot F/A-22s'... The answers are obvious, but the discussion is quite interesting! Just some food for thought here... Cheers! M2 [ 04. October 2005, 09:19: Message edited by: MajorMadMax ]

Wow, did you get those from The Hun?? Cheers! M2