Looking for gouge? Ask your Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation here (Part 1)

[Flash]

Some old-tyme colors (Orange) I have not personally seen other than an OIC that was Huey pilot with VC-6 in Antarctica before they decommed and he became an HSL guy.

That would be VXE-6, who wore orange for the obvious reason that it stood out in Antartica. We had a few former LC-130 guys in my squadron.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/vxe-6.htm

VC-6 are the guys that fly UAV's.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/vc-6.htm

 

[Son of a Grunt]

What is a "page 13" as used in the co-ed combat thread?

 

[Uncle Fester]

It's an entry to a service record that states the Sailor in question has been officially directed to do something. Lose weight, get their warfare pin, etc.

 

[Brett327]

It's an entry to a service record that states the Sailor in question has been officially directed to do something. Lose weight, get their warfare pin, etc.

Actually, it's any administrative note.

Brett

 

[Uncle Fester]

That, too. What he said.

 

[HAL Pilot]

PG-13 ICO Son of a Grunt

PG-13 ICO Son of a Grunt

You are hereby directed to refrain from further religious pontification or from attempting to direct adults on how to live their lives. Continuing these actions will result in disciplinary action to include temporary or permanent ban from this web site.

HAL Pilot
By direction

 

[submarinerssbn]

what is the NSS and how is it determined?

 

[insanebikerboy]

what is the NSS and how is it determined?

Navy (or maybe Naval) Standard Score, it's what compares/ranks you versus your peers.




It's determined by pure fuckin' magic.

 

[Gatordev]

what is the NSS and how is it determined?

I know this is the Stupid questions thread, but there's beaucoup info on here about NSS, including a thread about how to (allegedly) compute it.

Try here:

http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/search.php?searchid=2460237

 

[HeyJoe]

what is the NSS and how is it determined?

Wait a minute, that is NOT a stupid question.....

 

[usmarinemike]

How did birds get back to a moving boat before reliable radio and satellite navigation?

What do birds use to get back to the boat now?

 

[Brett327]

How did birds get back to a moving boat before reliable radio and satellite navigation?

What do birds use to get back to the boat now?

These days one uses a PIM (Position of Intended Movement) - a lat/long given prior to launch that gives you a rough idea of where the boat will be. Then the TACAN should get you home. There are all kinds of procedures to follow if your NAVAIDS aren't working and you can't find mother on your own.

Brett

 

[Flash]

Here is another stupid question:

How come NMCI won't allow me to use my Navy War College CDs in their computer?

Because that would make sense........and since when did anything that makes sense ever work on NMCI?

 

[HeyJoe]

How did birds get back to a moving boat before reliable radio and satellite navigation?

What do birds use to get back to the boat now?

Birds? Sometimes Blackshoes refer to a carrier as a "Bird Farm", but thay also call surface to air missiles "birds". Carrier aviators do not refer to aircraft as birds. You weren't referring to homing pigeons perchance?

If you meant aircraft, plotting boards were used to keep track of headings, distance, time and expected location of ship (based on expected course after launch). By WWII, a relatively primative homing system was in use, but dead reakoning was always the back-up. During the Battle of Midway, aircraft from the Hornet were lost when they couldn't find their way back. The use of the expanding square search was a standard technique to locate a target or homeplate when either one wasn't where it was expected to be.

 

[Flamedog]

I always thought it was "The ship is moored," But that is four words. I also heard "Free beer on the pier!" TWICE, upon pulling into Australia. Courtesy of XXXX brewery. I give in though, what are the two best?

"LIBERTY CALL!" (Usually repeated for extra effect)