Recent content by SteveHolt243

It's true, I have a hard time being moral without God. Sometimes I wonder why I'm not killing people, then I remember it's because of my good Judeo-Christian socialization that reminded me people are human beings. /Snark off. As for the actual topic of conversation, teaching Christian...

I vaguely recall people only being able to cross commission for a very limited list of reasons, and "I'd rather be an Air Force pilot than a Naval Aviator" was not one of them. The obvious solution: Fly Navy. Other than that, I would imagine your company officer has more information than an...

Me. Also lots of my friends and fellow aviators. Some good gouge for you: don't make sweeping statements when you don't know anything about the topic.

HB, "conform to weight standards" always means either within height/weight, or if outside height/weight, within the body fat percentage. Body fat is measured using the neck/waist measurement system - you can look up the numbers on that, but I wouldn't worry about it. I would not stress the...

Renditions - a bit overpriced, but fun. For some reason the conditions were also varying wildly, but the staff was wonderful and when its in good condition, it's a lot of fun. I played at south river a lot. Owned by the same guys as Queenstown Harbor. Best course though is the NA course...

Dude, don't stress it and just try and enjoy your last few months. You'll have nine years to go overboard.

Find a runway? Prefer not to use the things.

I agree, fly Navy instead.

Yes, this is correct. If you choose pilot, your clock starts when you earn wings. In general, this means your commitment is up somewhere between 9-11 years after graduation depending on your luck and pipeline.

Aviators have to do 8 years after winging, all platforms. I think the marines have different lengths for different platforms.

Don't call, let your son deal with it himself, he's a big boy now.

If I remember correctly you could fry people for, among other things, "hijinks," defined in the dictionary as "lively enjoyment." So no, apparently Midregs disallows fun.

PPL isn't a bad thing to have if you want to go tool around in a Cessna, but frankly, it buys you about five minutes of comfort in flight training (Caveat: there may be some massive difference between UPT and Navy primary I'm missing here, but I seriously doubt it). At least in the Navy, the...

Well that got out of hand. To get back to the original thread, you're asking the wrong questions. Think about the culture of the services - you'll spend more time around the people than in the air. Figure out in which service your backup options are better in - there's a lot of things that...

Almost every navy stud you can find will tell you this is bad, bad gouge. Mongo basically covered it, but the general consensus was always that navy training treated you more like a big boy or girl. But I'm sure air force types will disagree. Either way, you'll all come to your senses and...