R J
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« on: November 30, 2010, 01:58:37 AM » |
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11/30/2010
Excellence First was the motto of my Army company at Fort Gordon, GA., and we were required to repeat it every time we greeted an officer. One afternoon, however, I met a second Lieutenant at the entrance of the building where I work and forgot to recite the motto. After receiving a scolding for my breach of protocol , I reached out to open the door for him, but he said, “No, allow me.” As I walked through the open door, I nodded to him and said without thinking, “Excellence First!”
Jeffery A. Hursey
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HayHauler
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« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2010, 04:30:24 AM » |
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Wow, kinda ballsy.... Hay  Jimmyt |
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Varmintmist
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« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2010, 06:18:06 AM » |
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You can get away with that stuff, but you gotta be right.
I 11A-799'd the CO, 3 times in a week. 11A-799 is the code for no trouble found pilot error.
I had a E8 breathing fire over me, until I pointed out the page, paragraph and sentence in the book, and told him that it was impossible to fix because it was working correctly.
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However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.
Churchill
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Jess from VA
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« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2010, 06:28:22 AM » |
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P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.
P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.
P: Something loose in cockpit.
S: Something tightened in cockpit.
P: Dead bugs on windshield.
S: Live bugs on back-order
P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces 200 feet per minute descent.
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.
P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.
P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
S: DME volume set to more believable level.
P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That's what friction locks are for.
P: IFF inoperative in OFF mode.
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.
P: Suspected crack in windshield.
S: Suspect you're right.
P: Number 3 engine missing.
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.
P: Aircraft handles funny.
S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious.
P: Target radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.
P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.
P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.
S: Took hammer away from midget.
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Sludge
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Roaring River, NC
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« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2010, 10:31:43 AM » |
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P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.
P: IFF inoperative in OFF mode.
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.
LOL I have closed several MAFs like the first one and one kinda like the second one but it was with a HF radio. Off in that case was written vertically. O F F I guess that threw the guy off  |
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"We have two companies of Marines running rampant all over the northern half of this island, and three Army regiments pinned down in the southwestern corner, doing nothing. What the hell is going on?"
Gen. John W. Vessey, USA, Chairman of the the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the assault on Granada
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Varmintmist
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« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2010, 03:25:09 PM » |
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The dreaded O-F-F mode.
Had a pilot report that the compass wouldn't slew in third position.
Cleared it as position 3 is O-F-F
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On a det to Fallon Nevada, we were the bye bye crew, the ones who stayed behind and made sure everyone else left. The CO of a different sq called for a electrician, his ADI (horizon ball) was not working. He wanted me to pop the panels in back and check the breakers. NP, I crawled up and did it. After I determined that there were no breakers popped, I signaled for the front canopy to be opened (EA6B) and crawled up. He was telling me how it had to be a breaker when I reached across his chest and flipped the power switch to ON. He looked at the ADI and looked at his XO and said "You stupid f___" and proceeded to berate the guy, loudly and in front of God and everyone. Thing is, it is on the pilots checklist.
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However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.
Churchill
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Sludge
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« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2010, 08:37:10 PM » |
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LOL I never had one that bad. Varmint, the A-6s were great planes. Rugged old war horses. Were you Marine or Navy?
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"We have two companies of Marines running rampant all over the northern half of this island, and three Army regiments pinned down in the southwestern corner, doing nothing. What the hell is going on?"
Gen. John W. Vessey, USA, Chairman of the the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the assault on Granada
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Varmintmist
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« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2010, 10:33:10 PM » |
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Corp Swinging with the Wing for 4 during Graham Rudman. No promotions, no transfers  , and all of J. Carters benefit plan. Attached to MAG-42 on Whidbey as permanent personnel to VAQ-125, the navy training sq for Queers. Since they trained Marines to fly em, there were Marine personnel to fix them. |
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However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.
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Sludge
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« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2010, 04:53:35 AM » |
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I was in CH-46s at New River. HMM-266, HMM-264, and HMT-204. Crewchief.
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"We have two companies of Marines running rampant all over the northern half of this island, and three Army regiments pinned down in the southwestern corner, doing nothing. What the hell is going on?"
Gen. John W. Vessey, USA, Chairman of the the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the assault on Granada
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