Champ Kind

Ya'll wouldn't happen to have any shows lined up in the San Antonio/Corpus Christi area, would you?

"Now choke yourself! ....With MY hand, numbnuts!"

Too late.

"You have...an absolutely...breathtaking hiney. I mean that thing is good...I wanna be friends with it."

Where would pilot training be without sarcasm?

You mean they aren't? I guess you DO learn something new everyday.... Joking aside, I've heard that the C-21 is actually pretty fun to fly. I hear that it handles similar to a Tweet.

Surely not...

Wow, he's a sharp one...

Wow, another Newbie that asks a question, gets honest responses, then gets an attitude.... Go figure.

Anyone know/heard anything about The Shores? It's managed by Ropko and is located off of Ennis Joslin right by the bay and close to the base? The location seems good, and I am a fan of the fact that its $200 bucks cheaper than the Beach Club... Who knows, maybe you get what you pay for. Thanks!

GW, As a current Tweet stud, I can tell you that it has not changed (at least not in my flight). We had standup everyday during the 30-day program, and continue to have standup at least 3 times a week.

HAHAHAHA.... Autopilot in the Mighty Tweet, huh? Yep, its right next to the afterburners, weather radar, and functioning air conditioner....

Can you also talk a little bit about the nature of the mission of the KC-10? I hear it also hauls cargo, as well. Where are some of the regular places that you go on trips? What percentage of the time do you spend passing gas or hauling cargo, or both? Thanks!

There was the infamous bus here at CAFB... https://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123008561

I hear that its fairly selective, and a lot of it is "right place, right time." Several of my buddies' dads are retired Army helo guys, I can ask them next time I talk to any of them to confirm and I'll try to remember to get back with you.

I'm just planning on making every effort to not screw up.... That should increase my chance for staying in by a pretty good margin, I would hope. If not, I might try that truck driving school I saw on TV.... Truckmasters, I think it is. I might need that.

I heard about a lot of guys doing JUST enough hours towards their PPL so that they knew what the hell they were doing, just shy of getting their license, and then getting to do the whole IFT program and get their license out of the deal (ie, 40 or so extra hours of flying time). Of course, the way they are restructuring the IFT program, that will probably no longer be the case.

That is very true, and a great point. Some of my buds and I were just talking about that the other day.... how, no matter what, when we go out and eat, go for a few beers, go on the river, or even when talking to our families/girlfriends, flying does dominate the conversation. As much as I love flying, I actually get happy when some of the LSI instructors start shooting the turds about current events and whatnot during sim briefs... reminds me that there is something else out there beyond the realm of flying.

M2, do you know where one could obtain this patch?

As a relatively new officer, I can say from experience that if you just start investing as soon as you start drawing your O-1 pay, you will never miss it. With ROTH IRAs and such, just remember... It's a marathon, not a sprint. Just know that you are investing for your future, and act like that 10% (or so) of your paycheck was never there, but the dividends will be there for you in about 40 years or so. Oh, and yeah.... stay away from First Command!

I know there have been multiple discussions on "things to do" in the Columbus area, try the search function at the top of the page. In summary, though, there ain't a whole hell of a lot to do IN Columbus, but, the good news is that it is pretty centrally located for some good weekend road trip possibilities. Columbus itself has a few bars. Up the road about 40 min is Starkville, which is home to Mississippi State University. Couple more bars/college crowd (ie, frat boys with bushy hair and pink shirts with decent looking girls attached to their hips). Memphis, TN is about 2.5 hours away, Nashville is about 4.5 hours. New Orleans and Biloxi are about 4 four hours away. A lot of people like to go out on the boat around here, and Columbus has a pretty big lake to go out on. Services has some barely-seaworthy vessels for you to rent, but they are always spoken for and you get put on a waiting list. Tuscaloosa is about an hour drive (home of the University of AL, again, decent bar scene) and Birmingham is about 2 hours away. Atlanta is about a 3.5-4 hour drive... I think you get the point... Places around here for you and your bros to drink and hang out or have dinner. Other than that, save it for a weekend trip. Hope that helps, search for other posts/opinions as well.

From what I understand (growing up next to Fort Rucker for 18 years), Warrant Officers are essentially technical experts in their respective fields. Commissioned officers go through their officer basic courses for their respective fields (ie, aviation, infantry, etc), but, in addition to their expertise, they also command troops. It is my understanding that warrant officers do not command, however, that is not to say that they do not offer their expert opinions based on their/training experience. Also, it depends which branch of service you are talking about. In the Navy and Marine Corps, a lot of the WOs you see are former senior enlisted who were elevated to warrant officer. In the Army, you can have warrant officers with no enlisted experience that are less than twenty years old who came on board through the "High school to Flight school program" [ 18. July 2005, 18:13: Message edited by: PhlashNU04 ]

To each his own I guess.... Do yourself a favor man.... Try and enjoy the rest of your college days the best you can, you've got plenty of time to stress out and work your ass off.

Dear God.... You got me to bite on this one, man. What in the hell could have caused you to have been on the phone that long that remotely involved the responsibilities of an ROTC cadet? I mean, come on dude.....

Seems to me that if you want Bombers out of T-38s and you know it right off the bat, you should be drinking for free most of your time through UPT.