Rolling Boards/ June 2013 Board

[Macfuego]

The word in the smoke pit is that there will be one, but that is nothing official.

I heard the next board is scheduled for July. There is thoughts about having one in September. Instead of doing it bi-annually, they just stuck some boards in between. We just have to wait now.

 

[zippy]

On a more positive vibe, question for the Aviators out there, who gives out call signs? If you hate the one given you, do you have any say?

A jury of your peers. Your hatred for it cements it.

 

[zippy]

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In threads throughout AW they have said it comes from doing something stupid (or drunk) during flight school or in the fleet.

1) Plays on name 2) Personality traits/quirks 3) Professional buffoonery/stupidity. TRACOM callsigns don't mean shit in the fleet. Your self give callsign from your enlisted days don't either. Don't be that dude who shows up to their fleet squadron with a self given callsign and a nametag to go along with it.

 

[gp360]

They had a March board and a Rolling board that had high selection rates. So I don't see it continuing into the July board cause of the high select percentage. This is personal opinion. Unless you hear of something else.

True. I'm sure the academy's graduation has something to do with it as well.

 

[Mr Spenz]

True. I'm sure the academy's graduation has something to do with it as well.

Ya that and ROTC. But we have to go through OCS first (3 months) they are commissioned at graduation. But who knows this can only become a stress factor when we don't know what's gonna happen.

 

[BusyBee604]

1) Plays on name 2) Personality traits/quirks 3) Professional buffoonery/stupidity.

Yea, there are varying origins for fleet squadron callsigns... name plays are probably most common i.e., "Dusty" Rhodes; "Bug" Roach; "Killer" Kane. etc.

In my fleet Squadron VA-146, we had a kind of short, stumpy, prematurely balding red head: plop a green derby on his head, and he would resemble (and became) "Leprechaun".

Same squadron, mid-cruise on Yankee ops, our CO became disoriented leading a multi-division strike (heading indicator failure), headed for feet dry on Hainan (Red China), vice NVN roughly a 140 deg. error!. Immediately course was corrected by section leaders. Post mission, a JOPA consensus decreed a C/S change for the Skipper to "Prince", as in Prince Henry, The Navigator. Skip' was a good sport, and took it well. That could have been deadly, as a short time later on 21 August '67, a division from our A-6 Sqdn launched on a strike. The lead VA-196 CO, was shot down over Hanoi (POWx2), of the remaining 3... while circumnavigating a thunderstorm to the north, crossed the border and 2 more were shot down by MIGs (3 KIA, 1 POW), and only 1 Intruder escaped and made it home. This, in addition to losing a Phantom that day to AAA, made it a BAAAD day for CVW-14.
*As one wise AW once said... "It ain't all Choker Whites and Dining Ins"!

Apologize for semi-threadjack, but it is Memorial Week, and we don't want to forget these fallen Shipmates.
BzB

 

[BusyBee604]

Yea, there are varying origins for fleet squadron callsigns... name plays are probably most common i.e., "Dusty" Rhodes; "Bug" Roach; "Killer" Kane. etc.

Others from VA-146 "Blue Diamonds" 1966-'67:

"Snoopy" G.
"DoDaddy" D.
"Shoes" S. (great CO, who had huge feet requiring special footwear).
"Mr. Yams" Y. (lost as passenger in airliner attack on Pentagon 9/11)
"Masher" M. (POW 1966-1973)
"Slugger" M.(me???)
"Goose" G.
"CrackerJack" C. (first name Jack)
"Buddy" P.
"Gypsy" L. (KIA '67)
BzB

 

[John Gil]

Got my FS letter and sworn in today. See the rest of you on the 23rd.

 

[Mr Spenz]

Congrats.

 

[Trey4383]

Hey everybody, just wondering, when is the official deadline to submit our packets for the next "for sure" SNA/SNFO board?

 

[NavySquid26]

Looks like 19 June is the day for the 15 July board...

 

[Mr Spenz]

Takes a week + for get your application in.

 

[gp360]

Kits need to be in this week for me... District will need to ship them to get them in before the 19th. I'm sure other stuff needs to happen as well.

 

[Mr Spenz]

You going to get it done and in on time?

 

[gp360]

Yeah got all my stuff in, called NRD today and they shipped my kit out. I still have medical paperwork to get in (largest PITA of this whole process by the way), but I'm already PQ'd according to my physical. I just hope these late documents don't somehow screw everything up.