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4 Military Questions You Haven’t Asked Me Yet….But Will

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by Adam Hughes in Military Advice.

Military Questions AnsweredLet’s get right into it shall we?

Which branch of service is the best for me?

This answer is a tough one to give. Everybody is different, what’s right for me may be wrong for you.

The best piece of advice I can give here is simply to talk to all the recruiters and see which branch might work best for your personality.

You’re going to hear a lot of things from you friends and family that may have served. You may have friends that are already signed up with a particular branch, and they are listening to their recruiters and showing their pride in that branch of service.

No one branch is better than the others; every branch plays a particular role when it comes to fighting a war. Which ever branch of service

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Welcome to Your Online Military Resource

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by Adam Hughes in Military Advice, Personal Stories.
My military career at work

Me working on an F-4

As you read in my last post I’ve added a new heading on the compass of the airplane patch. This new topic of conversation came from a day spent on yahoo answers reading military questions, seeing all the questions asked about the military and finding a place where I may be to help.

I figure though that if I’m going to put myself out there to answer your questions, I need to show you that I’m qualified to answer them.

An All-American Military Kid…

I grew up a U.S. Army brat—my father served 24 years and retired in 1991 as a Master Sergeant.

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Calling All Those Interested in Joining the Military!

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by Adam Hughes in Military Advice.

joining the military (image courtesy of www.army.mil)

Let’s Roll…

I’ve been on yahoo answers the past few days. I’m completely in awe at how many
questions are asked daily about the military.

There are two things I’ve noticed while doing this..

  • How little some people know about the Military
  • How rude and condescending people can be.

There are some real winners out there that really need to learn how to politely answer a question.

It makes me wonder if they were in public would they be that rude and condescending if they were face to face with the person

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5 Paranormal Aviation Stories for 1 Spooky Day

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by Adam Hughes in Aircraft Legacys.

paranormal sunrise?There is certainly not a lack for aviation stories in this world. If you spend anytime around anyone with an aviation background I can promise you’ll get to here some aviation stories.

Today though I thought I would share 5 unique aviation stories for you to ponder in your free time. In a matter of hours all the little ghosts and goblins will be terrorizing our streets and neighborhoods stealing all of our candy that we have been munching on all month.

After the uprising of ghosts and goblins recede ponder these 5 aviation stories and make what you will of them. I decided to share some stories of aviation ghost sightings. (more…)

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Is Technology Killing Troubleshooting?

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by Adam Hughes in Aircraft Maintenance, Aviation Opinions.

Troubleshooting at it's finest (image courtesy of www.af.mil)Troubleshooting is a time honored way of grading a mechanic’s skills. It stretches all spans of maintenance cars, boats, planes, you name it we troubleshoot it.

Of course here at the airplane patch, we are going to discuss troubleshooting as it pertains to the realm of aircraft maintenance.

Troubleshooting is a process of maintenance which is completed in order to accurately determine what is wrong with your airchine.

The benefit of a good set of troubleshooting skills is two fold.

1)  You prevent the “shotgunning” of new parts, which is just changing everything until is fixed.

2)  You save money by only changing what is broke. (more…)

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