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Comment by MarkM on January 23, 2010 at 11:32am

Cora, she will be on a carrier, assigned to a squadron (not ship's company). She will have the opportunity to earn Aircrew Wings.

Comment by Bob Malone on January 22, 2010 at 5:30pm

We have to try something, the current system is not working for you and me and it just may get worse.

This just happened to me, effective Jan 1, 2010 I now have a $75.00 deductable (one time) for each prescription plus an 87 % increase in co-pay on each prescription I currently have.

What do you suggest we do?

Comment by Mike Stark on January 22, 2010 at 5:17pm

Good point, MarkM. As you might guess from previous posts, I'm somewhat sub-centric given my nephew's stationing (Did I mention I'm super proud of him). Sorry to forget that.

Comment by MarkM on January 22, 2010 at 5:10pm

Mike, don't forget Seabees, SEAL/SWCC teams get shot at.

Comment by Bob Malone on January 22, 2010 at 11:59am

Hi Ctyankee,

I in no way ment to imply the $ 500,000 was not ligit. I just thought it was done very quietly and there is nothing wrong with that.

I am an Independent and have been for many years and it appears to me that if we want to get the attention of politicians that is the way to go. If more Dems and Rep change to Ind. it is my hope that they will listen to us especially for the next 2 o 3 election cycles. It was the Independents who elected Mr. Brown.

Bob

Comment by Mike Stark on January 22, 2010 at 11:19am

I thought about that, but that interpretation doesn't sound right. My nephew's boat is in the Atlantic Fleet and very unlikely to fire a weapon anytime soon, except in an exercise. They didn't spend six figures training him just to boot him out in 18 months (more family pride -- he did well enough in schools to join the real navy at E-5) There might be something else, though. Unless your sailor is an aviator, it's unlikely he or she will be shot at. Reallly, really unlikely.

Comment by Mike Stark on January 22, 2010 at 10:14am

@cora -- I'm not sure what it means, but I'd guess it's passing your basic qualifications. For my submariner nephew, this means getting his dolphins, something he managed in 1-2 months -- he was on to qualifying for different reactor room / engineering space watches by the time they returned. Of course reactor folk are the elite, if I may be permitted a bit of family pride!

I'm assuming the surface, carrier and amphibious communities have similar qualification processes.

Comment by Mike Stark on January 22, 2010 at 10:10am

I'm sure the $500,000 was legit, or as sure as you can be with any politician that is. Scott Brown is under no obligation to call up the media and announce his strategy, or even his policy positions. It's the media's obligation to dig.

By the way -- what conservatives call "main stream media" (MSM) or "state media" liberals call the "so called liberal media" (SCLM) or "corporate media". Of those 4, I think "corporate media" is the most accurate portrayal. Even PBS is officially the "Corporation for Public Broadcasting" and has corporate sponsors for its shows.

Comment by MarkM on January 22, 2010 at 10:08am

Cora, the warfare pins are earned by completing courses. If you look at the RDC's you will see a silver pin that looks like waves and swords. Officer's are gold.

Comment by ctyankee on January 22, 2010 at 9:52am

Hi Bob,

What was the gist of the story? $500k doesn't just change hands and get mentioned on the news with nothing deeper to talk about. It was either completely legit and the 'state media' was hoping to garner spin points, or is was completely bogus and ... well they'd've made a big deal about that... so it must have been legit.

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