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So, do you like it? Flying in the military? What about living on a boat?
- Thread starter Ryan-90
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Ship life is hard from a separation standpoint but you are a young guy and it seems easier if you don't have kids. I've been in for 15 years with 8 as enlisted on subs...my two 7 month cruises as an officer were tougher since I was separated from my kids. As far as life on board...the close knit group of guys in the squadron make all the diffence and you will get to leave the ship for 1.5 to 7 hrs a day depending on how and where you are flying.
Well hopefully during the first few years of doing that I wouldn't have kids, but that does sound pretty damn fun even with being gone that long
You have to remember work-ups as well. You'll spend a lot of time in Fallon, NV which leads right into weekends in Tahoe. You also spend 3 or 4 weeks on the boat several times in the year leading up to deployment. These training events are where the squadron learns how to live and operate on the carrier and the aircrew practice every aspect of warfighting prior to getting in the big game.
Yeah that's true. I think I would be more than willing to go through the obstacles to be able to fly though.
Being on the ship doesn't suck, per se. The best flying, the whole reason for being a naval officer, are at sea. You stay busy. You feel like you have a real purpose. The camaraderie is great, the ports, a blast. As stated, the hard part is the separation, and you learn how to deal with that. After a couple months, it can get routine. Then the weeks get a bit longer. Of course the routine and tempo can be dramatically different from week to week and cruise to cruise, what with the war and all.
With all I've said, I enjoyed being on cruise and getting to experience things that most can't imagine. I can't even do it justice by explaining it to you. Coming back to "Mom" at sunset or flying with one of your bro's and doing fly-by's of every ship in the battle group because you are just the air spare that wasn't needed. Those are just some of my good (flying) memories of cruise.
THAT depends on what you're doing on cruise... while you may be doing something in the "great scheme of things", it's hard to feel like you have a purpose sometimes...
Hey, I will take that over wondering if my TPS report actually helps the company out or not.
Well I can tell you one thing, if you don't start putting the damn new cover sheet on them, it is most definitely NOT helping the company.
Harrier Dude
Living the dream
There are plenty of TPS report type documents (with associated cover sheets) in the military. Don't fool yourself on that one.
Cruise is GRRRREAT !!! -- where else you gonna' get BBQ like this??
And FREE, too:
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And FREE, too:
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Not to mention the 2 free cans of beer after 90 days at sea.Cruise is GRRRREAT !!! -- where else you gonna' get BBQ like this??
And FREE, too:
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