I like to look at it this way. If we didn't share ideas and expericance we all would be doing the same stupid thing the other guy did without knowing it. Besides what better way to get smacked back into reality then by someone who has been there done that.

 

This sounds like you are advocating an educational process (school) instead of just hard knocks!

>
I like to look at it this way. If we didn't share ideas and expericance we all would be doing the same stupid thing the other guy did without knowing it. Besides what better way to get smacked back into reality then by someone who has been there done that.
<

I guess that is why we consider it so important, that as a society, we collectively raise money, build schools, hire teachers, buy books of collective knowledge, and make our kids attend classes!



-Eric


[link:www.ford-trucks.com/guidelines.html|FTE Moderator]
over!

 

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 02-May-02 AT 10:27&nbsp;AM (EST)]Unforunately the job I do people die because someone didn't speak or teach anyone some step or procedure. Flying A/C into hot LZ's and getting back is very personal for me. I apply educated guessing, common sense, and collective troubleshooting to all parts of maintenance. Whether it be a car, A/C, or jobs around the house. Besides you have to have something to talk about when drinking beer. And if you can't tell by the number posts lately I have had a very slow month maintenance wise around here for me. Last but not least, why change things if they aren't broke? Unless you are improving them.

 

Yep, Teaching is a primary requirement of life in general and specially in your profession! I had to give up drinking beer long ago. I have to settle for nursin a mix all nite or some iced tea.

I just got an email from one of my kid's teachers, he may be in summer school yet this year! -grrr


[link:www.ford-trucks.com/guidelines.html|FTE Moderator]
over!

 

Mark,you do maintenance on Attack Choppers? That is truly badass. I am a Citadel Cadet, and I may have been talked into taking a spot in flight school for the Air Force. I don't know, I'm a Civil Engineer, and I want to follow the money, but I would give all that up for a shot at flying an F/A 18E superhornet (but I'll never join the Navy, and never never the Marines), an F-16, an A-10, an F-22, or the ultimate, the F-35 JSF that they're gonna need some sharpshooters to handle for them. Just a thought.
Cadet 2nd Lieutenant John F. Daly III
South Carolina Corps of Cadets
The TorqueKing

 

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 03-May-02 AT 08:52&nbsp;AM (EST)]Yes, I do maintain AH-1W's and UH-1N's. I am also a Crew Cheif/Gunner on the UH-1N. If you do decide to fly anything go for the A-10. There is nothing like flying a 16 foot gun through the air. Not to mention the survivability of the thing is tremendous. Lose an engine and 1/4 of a wing and you are still flying. Besides, do what you love not what you think you will. Otherwise you will never be happy. And explain why you would never be the badass of them all? Having the title US Marine can never be taken away. I thought about the Air Force, Navy, Army, and Coast Gaurd. What sold me was what the recruiter told me 10 years ago. He said "You can't be an army, a navy, a air force, or a coast gaurd. BUT you can be a Marine." I love being in the most policaly incorrect organization of them all. I look back at the choice and I am glad I chose this service. Too much political crap in the other services. But I am off. I will be writing on here when I get a chance. I'll be in NC for the next 7 weeks. Until then, Semper Fi!

 

Off the subject a little, but my father worked many years for a defense contractor. One of his sayings was that Mechanicle engineers build weapons, civil engineers build targets!!!

Reggie

>Mark,you do maintenance on Attack Choppers? That is truly
>badass. I am a Citadel Cadet, and I may have been talked
>into taking a spot in flight school for the Air Force. I
>don't know, I'm a Civil Engineer, and I want to follow the
>money, but I would give all that up for a shot at flying an
>F/A 18E superhornet (but I'll never join the Navy, and never
>never the Marines), an F-16, an A-10, an F-22, or the
>ultimate, the F-35 JSF that they're gonna need some
>sharpshooters to handle for them. Just a thought.
>Cadet 2nd Lieutenant John F. Daly III
>South Carolina Corps of Cadets
>The TorqueKing

 

Mark, I didn't mean any smack about Marines, I go to school with them every day, and I admire thier loyalty and undying dedication to duty. I just see to many dumb infantrymen, and although I love them too, they are every bit the heros that I think every man in uniform is, but the my mentality is that "it's only more noble to work harder if there's no smarter way to do it." -me. I laugh at the comment about building targets, and I am sick of Civil Engineering, I hate studying rocks, and studying things that I can reference in a manual if I need to know that bad. That's why I'm going to finish here at the Citadel with a degree in Civil Engineering, we really do have some great techers here, but my passion is for things that move. I want to solve problems, design my own experiments, and invent better ways to do things, and better machines for America. It makes me sick to watch Vietnam War movies, b/c our guys are basically on the same level of technology that they have from an infantry standpoint, that's why I like to think that with new and better war machines, like the new F-35 JSF, we can improve standoff weapons to the point where no enemy will ever see the face of a hostile American, exept in an interrogation chamber. I really admire the service of guys like Mark, and you guys are seriously the reason why I'd join. I've taken 3 years of college ROTC, and all they make me do is hate the pure beurocracy of it all. If I go, I wanna fly, if I can't fly, I'll work for Lockheed, and design/build the tools that will keep that Eagle flying so high they'll never touch us. Keep up the good work guys.
Cadet Second Lieutenant John F. Daly III
South Carolina Corps of Cadets
3rd Battalion, Mike Company
Academic Officer