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    Presidental Nom and National Pool

    It doesn't. This is done by policy.
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    Presidental Nom and National Pool

    Glad to be of help. What this should really illustrate is the value of applying for the VP. After the first 150 off the waiting list, every single appointment could go to those who did not receive an appointment elsewhere but applied for the VP.
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    Presidental Nom and National Pool

    Perhaps a sign I saw yesterday applies: Many times when one is less than direct, the message sometimes gets lost. I try to avoid that from happening.
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    Presidental Nom and National Pool

    For USNA, and WP/AFA are exactly the same. US Code Title 10 Para 6954: Then Para 6956: The quoted subsection (A); As you can see, the first 150 are exclusively from the alternates of senators and representatives while three out of every four of the remainder can be from these sources...
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    Presidental Nom and National Pool

    Actually, this is not true at all. Don't know how this misinformation got started. The first 150 apointees must be exclusively from the MOCs and territorial delegates, etc. Three quarters of the remainder must be from basically the same sources. This is why it is so important that all...
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    Coast Guard Helo down in Mobile Bay

    So very true. Of course, closure to thefamily is the most important but next is the fellow aviators whose job is to continue doing the very same mission. Combined with the fact that they are usually Type 'A' personalities who have tobe in charge of everything, including their fate, they have...
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    Coast Guard Helo down in Mobile Bay

    Pima, since apparently your desire is to commence acting in the moderator role, perhaps you should read the forum rules. I have boldfaced the pertinent parts for you: Allow me to summarize. Factual information for candidates and parents. Prior to your quoted scoutpilot's condolences, way...
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    Coast Guard Helo down in Mobile Bay

    My 'data' was a conversation at Pax River a year or so ago comparing the H-60 and the H-46 as VERTREP platforms. The link is there that I posted supporting the 80% though. No comment? vWe who do/did it and parents and advisors of those who do it now, take comfort in that 80%, which holds true...
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    Interesting statistics for nervous applicants

    Don't read too much into this. Federal law requires that the total size of the Brigade just prior to each year's graduation be less than 4400. For whatever reason(s), retention is up. With higher retention, fewer coming in the pipeline.
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    Coast Guard Helo down in Mobile Bay

    http://ftp.rta.nato.int/public//PubFullText/RTO/MP/RTO-MP-019///$MP-019-37.PDF Slightly dated. Mid 70s. But if you get rid of the H-46 and add the H-60 with it's mid 80s commensurate with present numbers you will get into the eighty percentile which I read/heard somewhere else but can't...
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    Coast Guard Helo down in Mobile Bay

    trackandfield08, I am sure we have the same goals in mind.
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    Coast Guard Helo down in Mobile Bay

    If posters make uninformed statements such as the following, perhaps you should “give a crap”. Uninformed statements such as these do nothing to enhance the memory of those professional aviators who have worked and trained hard to be able to cope with situations such as this. It does...
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    Ulterior Motive..not really

    I'm taking bets that this is a midshipman prank and that there is no daughter.
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    Coast Guard Helo down in Mobile Bay

    Not following your logic at all. You're not making sense. I guess the shifting tides of sands in the desert doesn't move things at 5 kts a few hours four times a day. Bays are the worst.
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    Coast Guard Helo down in Mobile Bay

    Completely different ballgame. Actually, Navy and CG helos going in the water is not always fatal to the crews. Very cold water can prove fatal. As can hitting at high rates of speed. However, both the CG and the Navy spend a lot of time hovering. Inadvertent or unplanned water entry during...
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    value of USNA education

    Add all the military training, including such things as YPs and summer training, which makes the SAs unique, and the cost differences would probably be nil.
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    A Call to Action

    Great post.
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    Uniform Regulations outside the walls

    Definitely not post 911. I was assigned to the USS Iwo Jima in the late '70s and we were tasked to host the annual USO Bob Hope show in NYC. From the Dial-A-Date-With-A-Sailor phone banks to the reception at Dick Cavett's apartment, it was, without a doubt, except for The Village People using...
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