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On July 1, 1885 the US Congress officially recognized the US Navy Petty Officer as a separate rank and mess, apart from the general ship's company. Forget the rah-rah. Forget the hooyah. ... On this day, remember the 30-something year old swordsman that saved the green recruit from the hands of a Tripolian boarder. Remember the man that showed you how to sew a sail, told you that watch would be O.K., pulled you into a back office and NEVER put what was said on paper. No matter what Chief might have said. He's the sharp-tongued bastard that fought for you at an eval board, showed you how to cock a pistol without blowing your own toes off and helped you bury your best friend. Remember the man who could have said something about you at Captain's Mast but didn't...and you'll never know why. The woman who turned the right valve at the right time. The sailor that picked bits of Exocet pieces out of your arm with tweezers and made titty jokes while doing it. Those who have turned the white hat into a misshapen dogbowl from years of abuse and those who protect you from the Bridge...because you didn't MEAN to drop your chemlight in the water. Forget competition. Forget fund-raising. Forget collateral duties. Remember f***ed-up port-calls, punching an SP and calling him a liar later and giving the JOOD such a nasty stink eye that you went to your rack without a fuss. We're Petty Officers. We are awful heroes, salted, 3 am, whiskey saints of vicious privacy and always looking to the squad that we love and will always miss. Happy Birthday to us

Here's your problem.... FOR STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 Europe with Expansion pack 2 Made for and tested in SF2 all title merged Unless you have the second gen games this may not work in with the first generation. As to repair, did you make back ups for the files they replaced or overwrote? If not you might be looking at a re-install. Hope you don't have to go that route though.

When you installed those birds did they come with the stores you are missing in the loadout? If they did you will have to add them to your weapon dat ini file. It's a copy/paste job, all the entries should be in a read me some where in the download. All you have to do is this.... Find the read me with the ini entries and copy those lines Open the weapon ini with notepad and scroll down to the bottom of the list that's where you paste the copy Change the xx or xxx in the weapon title to the next consecutive number in the list Save your changes and close the file Now run the weapon edit and use it to open the weapon ini Hit save and close the editor If the loadout entries are there for the stores then they should show, make sure you are using the latest WE if you have the game fully patched to 08 standard. Hope this helps you out.

For the Weapons Editor go to the Third Wire site and get the latest version, the 08 patch changed some things around. I'm like you I just started playing this again after a long absence. Check the KB on how to make the WE work, you have to right click the WE itself and then properties,click the tab marked compatibility and then tick the box that say run is Win95. That should get your WE running, same with the Gun Editor.

It's my way of saying you have a better chance with a cartoon saving you than Red Crown sending any aid. The key phrase in the song is this one..... you knew the job was dangerous when you took it Happy flying!

The only suggestion is that you try the support forum where this mod is located. I have found them very helpful to the end user, just make sure you detail everything you can about your problem. You can find the forum in this topic.... http://bbs.thirdwire.com/phpBB3w/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=8362 Having just checked the Tech Support board I did find a thread concerning WOA issues. You should find your solution there. FYI, you will need to register on the forum to access the boards. I hope this helps both of you out.

Two things come to mind... FOD walkdown Things Falling Off Aircraft report. Both are pains in the neck and do not endear the pilot to the wrench turners. Just glad the pilot or anyone on the ground got hurt.

Only took less than 5 years to realize that the HS and Fleet communities could not meet the demands of the mission, supporting Special Warfare operations. Best part is that as far as tradition and knowledge go, there are a lot of legacy Firehawks in the command that started their careers in HSC-5 and did multiple combat tours so 85 will not be re-inventing the wheel. My one regret is that I can't get the time off from work to attend the renaming ceremony. That said anyone form HA(L)-3, HC-7, HAL-4/5 and HCS-4/5 are welcome, the info was being passed out to everyone beginning late last night. The funny part is how many retirees, myself included, are talking about getting waivers cut to rejoin the unit.

Try this, make a backup copy of your key commands, you will find it in this location by default.... C:Program FilesWings Over *Controls Now down load this file which will reset everything to default.... http://combatace.com/files/file/7317-sfp1wovwoewoi-default-keys/ Read the instructions on the install and re-assign your commands. I had a similar problem a while ago and this is how I solved it. The file will work for Strike Fighters also.

Just got the word that not only HCS-5's mission but the name Firehawks has given to our successor squadron HSC-85. The fact that our unit "mascot" is a Phoenix is not lost on all those who were part of HCS. The phrase in my signature "FIREHAWKS FOREVER" have a new meaning. Maybe I"ll try to get un-retired and back into the game.

Not a way to go..... http://www.bakersfie.../124301434.html I would love to see the OSHA report on this one, then again maybe not.

LGBs will not lock or track w/o at least a Pave Penny installed on your bird, as I have yet to get the second gen games I don't know if a Pave Spike or Pave Penny is included in the weapons addon packs. FYI, Pave Penny is the small laser desinator mounted on a pylon on the right hand side of the Warthog, under the cockpit, see here..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pave_Penny As a rule of thumb I hardly carry LGB's preferring to use AGM-65 on Triple launchers, you can carry more stores that way, add so rocket pods and CBU's and it's going to be a bad day for someone.

My ordie friends and I still at the thought of some gomer trying to figure out how de-arm a blue colored Mk 76 LDPB. Non,non, non, titi bombs make boucoup boom, you go !

When you find youself in danger, When you're threatened by a stranger, When it looks like you will take a lickin', (puk, puk, puk) There is someone waiting, Who will hurry up and rescue you, Just Call for Super Chicken! (puk, ack!) Fred, if you're afraid you'll have to overlook it, Besides you knew the job was dangerous when you took it (puk, ack!) He will drink his super sauce And throw the bad guys for a loss And he will bring them in alive and kickin' (puk, puk, puk) There is one thing you should learn When there is no one else to turn to Call for Super Chicken! (puk, puk, puk) Call for Super Chicken! (puk, ack!)

Punk/New Wave Big Band/Swing Opera and Classical with J S Bach, Wagner and Handel my favorites. Okay why the wide and psychotic range? I was trained from sixth grade in classical choir, I went through High School in the 70's and developed a hatred for disco, so when the early punk acts were played on Dr Demento I knew that there was still talent out there, not mass produced swill for the masses. As for big band and swing, unless you have seen Count Bassie or Les Brown live you could not begin to understand.

Now for a couple of old figures, First one of my display items for the hobby shop. She's probably one of the first female minis that I ever painted and based. Painting was the hard part, do you know how difficult it is to get the seams of her tights straight? This guy was a real chore, he started off as a Cawdor heavy from the old Necromunda game. After some major body work with my Dremel tool, ( Oy! Off wif his 'ed lads! ) and some resculpting of his clothes, he got a new head from a WHFB sprue and became a grenadier for the IG.

The grey monstrosity and the sand 4x4 are WIP Support Vehicle / Infantry Base kit was a GW Leman Russ, ends were swapped and sides top and rear built up using plastic sheet laminated to the desired thickness. Fenders were tops and bottoms of the Russ's side sponsons. Turret is a Forge World resin piece. Light Scout Vehicle / Desert Converted Ork War Truk Gun is a resin piece from Max Mini. Still needs lots of work to add crew, ammo cans, feed chutes and other details to make it look lived in. Light Scout Vehicle / Fire Support Converted Ork War Truk This was my first major conversion using the then Vehicle Design Rules. I had a three truck fast attack unit configured for max damage, this was the equivalent of 6 heavy weapon teams, really nasty if things worked out well on the table. Driver and commander were bashed with ork lower torso and legs "humie" upper torso and heads and in the drivers case ork arms to steer with as well. The gunner was bashed with plastic legs and the metal upper half of the original Catachan heavy bolter gunner. If I remember I spent about 30 hours on this one. As you can see some parts are broke off and need to be replaced but it still looks good for a ten year old model that was actually used to game with.

Thanks for the Holy S**t comment, I really appreciate it considering that I have not touched a model kit of any type in over five years. At one point I had a display case at the local hobby shop filled with 30 plus Games Workshop vehicle kits. Most were custom builds like my tank recovery vehicle. Sadly most have broken by my step daughter and her friends when they would just toss the boxes they were stored in onto a work bench with no heed to what was inside. I do have a couple of items that are still presentable and I may post pics of them later. As to the images I posted, what you see is an accumulation of skills that had thier beginning when I was 8 years old. From 97-06 I had the money and opportunity to by massive amounts of kits at a single time and build a section of troops or support form my IG army every week. I was also buliding kits for the store as well as terrain items. Most of the terrain disappeared when Riverview closed but they sometimes appear aat the store that I now do business with. It's funny when I get a call that one of my pieces has surfaced and the chump that was trying to sell it has to explain why the bottom of his "work" has "STOLEN FROM RIVERVIEW HOBBY" on the underside as well as my real name, Navy rate (AO1) and the the code number for one of HCS-5's Ordnance shop's tool boxes. One guy was in shock when he turned around and saw me walk in as he was trying to make a barter trade with a piece that I spent two weeks getting it to look just right for photo shoots. One thing you all may notice, I don't paint the eyes of my mini's. That's because at a normal viewing distance they would look like the poor guy is on some kind of really bad mix of speed and acid. Unless the facial features are really defined my routine is paint the face, apply a wash, dry brush first with the primary color and work up with lighter shades and smaller width flat brushes. As much as it pains me to admit, I learned the art of dry brushing from a gamer who does 28mm works of art. I gave up asking other modelers for advice or instruction long ago, to ask a modeler around here how to dry brush gets the reaction that I had asked to have a go with his wife. ( I bet given a choice I would be allowed the go with the old lady.) I may start a blog here on modeling if there is some interest.

Okay, in past I have mentioned that I used to play WH40K. I've "retired" from table top gaming but I found a renewed passion for building models after a 5 year LOA. Here are a few picks of some figures I have been working on. The heads are from MaxMini.eu and are about 7 USD for 10 of them. the rest of the lads are GW plastic. The building was a prop I built for the hobby shop I "lived' in until it closed in 2006. These figures are a 10 hour investment in time and effort, but for being away form this hobby for around 5 or 6 years not too bad, IMHO

Get the newest WE from the Third Wire website Run WE as usual, ie: open the weapon data ini and save it. No result= CHECK THE KB

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