Draneol
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SAMS-E*
but I don't see him sticking around long.
kinda depressed how closed minded people on here are,
If I don't stick around long, it wont hurt my feelings, kinda depressed how closed minded people on here are, when things I've discussed are also across hundreds of different aviation and composite forums. You'd probably piss yourself if you know SAMS was used in classrooms in colleges for NSNs for aircraft parts imported into 3D software for manufacturing/replication/production purposes in a public classroom.
I am sure I'm too green around here to have a vote but I'm on board.
Look bud this is how this is going to go. I'm going to tell you some things then I'm going to go away because although we may be the same age the difference is I've been doing this since I was 18 and I'm pretty damn good at it to be quite honest with you.
All the stuff in the world you find on the internet isn't going to tell you what a 15G really does. Your job will be to maintain a bench stock and to fix whatever I break. Whether that be because it broke/ damaged due to a mission or I just got pissed off and broke/ damaged it. There will be no manufacturing parts and yada yada unless something needs a mod. I already told you nothing to do with Stealth/ Radar absorption will be discussed here for obvious reasons so don't bring it up. Its clearly obvious you don't have an idea what you really want to do due to your multiple posts about multiple different topics (EOD, ROTC, Army Boats, Navy Boats and now 160th). This is not somewhere for you to speak your mind on a certain topic. Come here already knowing exactly what you want to do and learn about that subject.
When this started we were all open to what you're wanting to know. The fact that you repeatedly post back with what I will now call some smart ass remark is unacceptable. The people here are a vast library of knowledge and if you cant figure out how to properly use it that's on you and too bad.
I don't know what SAMS-E is or any of your other super duper A&P acronyms and I don't really give a shit. You are not going to impress anyone here.
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It's not about being close-minded. The simple fact is that the purpose of this page is Special Operations. I'm not an admin so my opinion doesn't matter either way, but if an admin told me I needed to read more and post less I would do that. Especially when it becomes apparent that I'm starting to annoy a community I just joined, and have little knowledge about. I think you have something to contribute, but you may be going about it the wrong way. You don't want to alienate yourself from the very people you want to help and work with one day. My .02
From the rear gears of a UH-60
I could care less to impress someone, never have. Simply explaining what SAMS-E is, isn't showing off, it's explaining to someone who is apparently an aircraft mechanic in the army what the computer system his branch of service uses is and does. Nothing more. If he doesn't use the computer system to determine what he needs to fix something, or to get a part number to a new part that he needs, I guess that's the kind of way the 160th works.This will probably be my last post in this topic, because I feel like I'm starting to beat a dead horse. In my short time here, what I've noticed is that this community, like all of SOF, is close knit and the people here are reluctant to talk to people they don't know. A member here refused to answer a question I had about TACP because I wasn't verified. Fair enough, why should he take the time out of his day to talk to someone he doesn't know? Who am I and what/why do I want to know about TACP? A lot of what you type comes off, to me, as nothing more than an attempt to impress the people on this site, and it doesn't appear to be working. You want to go to the 160th? This is a great place to learn about it, and the amount of knowledge that can be gained from this place is astounding, but at the rate you're going my guess is people are going to be less likely to help.
*waits for admin*
Just stop where you are. The only way from here is down bud. Nobody has asked for your explanation for SAMS and that is way above what your lever would be as a 15G that has nothing to do with everyday operations of Conventional or SO RW units.
Never heard of that. Don't really care for you to elaborate either.
Your information is about as useless to me as Chris Farleys (R.I.P.) workout tips...
I could care less to impress someone, never have. Simply explaining what SAMS-E is, isn't showing off, it's explaining to someone who is apparently an aircraft mechanic in the army what the computer system his branch of service uses is and does. Nothing more. If he doesn't use the computer system to determine what he needs to fix something, or to get a part number to a new part that he needs, I guess that's the kind of way the 160th works.
From what I'm finding, this place isn't very good at all to learn about it. I'm pretty sure I know how this will end, and quite frankly, so be it. I've learned more about Army Aviation in general from my composites program than I have reading every page of the 160th and military support sections on here. Being a tight knit group doesn't really say anything when you're talking about a publicly accessible forum. In the discussion of topics that are publicly accessable.
If someone in TACP would be that stringent on talking about TACP, unless he's talking about things he knows he shouldn't even be discussing, the smoke and mirrors are quite unnecessary. I haven't said anything here that is OPSEC, borderline OPSEC, or even in the realm of OPSEC, nor was my one question. Instead of an educated opinion, it's a pissing match. As if we're all back in high school. If a topic is truly that sensitive to speak about, that is public information to begin with, or that is general opinion, the fact it's really that "secret squirrell" I really don't think people like that should even be on a public forum to begin with if they can't trust themselves to speak about even unclassified, non-opsec information, they should not even be in a position to know of the information they aren't supposed to talk about to begin with.
Never at any point have I asked about specific capabilities, unit sizes, unit movements, names, locations, or any of the other "OPSEC stuff". Just asked a very simple question, that never even entered the area at all of OPSEC.
Oh crap... Can you imagine how I felt after reading all his posts then I had to stumble on yours?!We've ascertained in previous threads that drano is full of shit.
Didn't mean to blow off your question in my above post.
I want to join the military because to me it's interesting, I like the aesthetics of military aircraft over civilian aircraft. I already have guaranteed employment almost anywhere I wish, once I gain more experience that "almost" will be replaced with "can." Don't take this the wrong way, but I'm kind of glad I don't have the mentality some on this site have, if I did I'd be quite bored of myself. Army Hangers at Ft Lewis also are what catches my interest, they always seem to be constantly working without much down time.
I'd imagine with all the aircraft getting shot down around the world, a Structural Mechanic even may be quite busy. Although I am still in debate whether or not to go for 89D. Or to pursue the offer of 15G. For me it'd be a nice change of pace/scenery for a change. Still under debate on taking no AIT or with AIT. But that I guess I'll figure out alone.
Draneol-
Figure out what you want to do, then find the Branch of the Military that works.
You are not going from basic to Green Plt, you wouldn't stand a chance.
You may, or may not get Ft Campbell as a first assignment, good chance you'd go to the next unit leaving for ass-crackistan.
Should you go in, don't waive AIT. The weeks in AIT/Tech School will allow you to mature (in a military sense) and make you a better Soldier/Sailor/Airman/Marine depending on the Branch you select (Hint, with 1 exception the AF has better assignment locations).
Step 1 is figure out the job YOU want, we can't do that.
Good luck.
Our 2 year course covers general airframe and structure in core curriculum.
AF guys would get 10 days for the specific stealth paint formulas for the B2. F-22 an so fourth. Reason we can get AIT waived. Is because MOS schools of 13 weeks of study. Vs 2 years of study.
The Major explained to us it is because our educational background for the subjects is like making a weapons sergeant go thru 11B school after finishing the Q course. (His words not mine). We can choose to do AIT or not. We leave school with all FAA certs needed for structural repair and assembly of the composites and airframe as part of our core class curriculum.