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1 posted on 02/16/2014 6:22:54 PM PST by phormer phrog phlyer
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Alternate drill weekend?


2 posted on 02/16/2014 6:27:26 PM PST by Fully Awake DAV (Navy Vet when homosexuality was not tolerated)
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A guy cut loose on a weekend cross country training flight. Fairly common to send a CAT IV rag student on the road for his entire 10 hour syllabus.


3 posted on 02/16/2014 6:32:17 PM PST by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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Whenever I was in the field, it was Ops 24/7...don’t see why that would change.


4 posted on 02/16/2014 6:35:58 PM PST by SgtBob (Freedom is not for the faint of heart. Semper Fi!)
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There’s nothing odd about it.


5 posted on 02/16/2014 7:36:52 PM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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6 posted on 02/16/2014 7:55:05 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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Alas; used to see cool stuff, but they closed the local base. There was one time back in the 80’s when a bunch of helicopters, maybe ten or fifteen, went over really low and fast with no lights, on a clear moonless night. Freaky. A very, very high ranking officer and friend assured me that it never happened, then bought me lunch at the O-club.


7 posted on 02/16/2014 8:29:59 PM PST by Born to Conserve
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Your FR name brings back great memories. We thought the CH-46 was old and worn out when I was a young infantry officer three decades ago. Now it’s been over 50 years since the Corps’ Phrogs first flew, and several squadrons are still waiting for the MV-22.


8 posted on 02/16/2014 8:58:02 PM PST by Always A Marine
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I wouldn’t have picked WV for a weekend XC. I’d be in Key West!


10 posted on 02/17/2014 7:19:45 AM PST by paddles ("The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." Tacitus)
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ANG weekend?


11 posted on 02/18/2014 6:22:50 AM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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