Mo Rucker

22/12/2023

👀 This kid may have a future in Army Aviation? 😂


21/12/2023

🌋 Looks like we're gonna need to hoser 'er down a bit. 💨

21/12/2023

Glory days!! 😎

20/12/2023

🫡 We remember. Where were you? 🇺🇸 We can't think of OJC and Panama without thinking of our awesome friend, Rick Bowman (COL, Ret.), whom we ironically lost a year ago yesterday. 😔

Rick was a Master Army Aviator, Master Parachutist, and a Ranger — among an incredible host of other honorable achievements. Rick was severely wounded while piloting a Little Bird during a complicated night mission in Panama. He later received the DFC. Rick had a lot of side effects from his injuries, but he had a perpetual smile and a quirky sense of humor that never failed us.

You are remembered, Rick! Much love to Diane and your friends and family!

18/12/2023

🤔 It’s as if this was written by a Flight surgeon! 😂 😳


A new look at Uranus 👀

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope observed the unique planet in new detail, highlighting features such as rings, moons, storms, and a seasonal polar cap. Webb’s infrared vision and sensitivity expand on a version taken by the telescope earlier this year: https://bit.ly/3RBgEWK

18/12/2023

🏫 It's true. WOC school seems to keep getting easier and easier! Some of us had to walk to WOC School uphill both ways in the dead of winter! 😂 🤣 Just kidding but we suspect some of y'all will probably have zero clue what this subject is about — and be thankful for it! 😂

But for those who had to go through the "joy" of getting Peer Eval'd we'd love to hear your reflections on the good, the bad, and the ugly.

We hadn't thought of this uncomfortable practice in a minute but earlier we were referencing a guy who was "Peered out" of WOC school (and eventually convicted of killing a family at Bragg/Liberty) We understand that SGT Tim Hennis was peered out of Candidate School. (Ya don't say!)

Anyway ... Much like the graduation flyovers, we're not quite sure when this practice ended either, but seems like it was in the 80s?

Gotta be real, definitely thought about the dread of Peer Evals more than once when going through WOCS and thought, "Damn. I'd surely be the one in my row, peered out!" 😂

So, if you have any memories of how it worked or any of the other particulars we'd love to hear all about it! Did the OCS folks have to endure this too?

18/12/2023

💥 Dang! Owie! 😂 🤣

16/12/2023

🎶 Just Sayin! Here's something we know a little bit — about but calling a spade a spade, here. ♠️ 😂
✈️ BTW, Did you know the Air Farce song was about Kansas? Yep ... “Oswegooooo ... into the wild blue yonder ... “ 🤣

Please don’t unfollow us!! 😆

15/12/2023

🤔 It's a question for the ages. 😂

15/12/2023

✈️ Pretty Nifty! Did you know an Army Aviator successfully flew a replica of the Wright Flyer? Shoutout to Tanya Estes (COL, Ret.) for making the Army proud! 👏 🫡 🇺🇸


#1903

15/12/2023

👀 Had to do a double-take… Thought we had a rare sighting of double pressed-hams there for a second. LOL 😆 🤣

14/12/2023

🚁 Say, would you guys and gals happen to know of any pilots or air crew who might enjoy the Mo Rucker page? Would you perhaps consider inviting them? 😁 No a-holes please 😎🤣

14/12/2023

Oh no! We almost forgot to share this! Anyone flying goggles this week? 🤩 Geminid Meteor Shower 2023!! Go outside, look east and look up! Some may see up to 150 meteors per hour! A moonless night will deliver a spectacular celestial show if your area has clear skies.

• Geminids are usually the highlight of the meteor year
• Expected rate of around 150 meteors per hour
• Peaks on Thursday 14 Dec 2023, but may be visible til the 16th
• Best display comes on Wednesday and Thursday nights
• No Moon to mess things up with light pollution
• Can be seen in Europe, North America, Asia, or Australia
• 2023 is predicted to host one of the most spectacular displays in years

Let us know if you see anything noteworthy!

#2023

13/12/2023

Gun Guys: you rang? 😆

Warriors that have been flying for the Combat Aviation Brigades that wish to have a stable family environment with a permenant location without deployments and CTC rotations, here is your calling. USAACE and Fort Novosel is looking for AH64E Instructor Pilots to train the world's best in lower Alabama, more information at the link provided at the bottom, apply today!

Applications will be reviewed and referred for selection on 21 December 2023, 04 January 2024, 18 January 2024, 01 February 2024, 15 February 2024, 29 February 2024, 14 March 2024, 28 March 2024, 11 April 2024, 25 April 2024, 09 May 2024, 23 May 2024, 07 June 2024.
This announcement will be closed when a selection has been made.

In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes (1) implementing methods of instruction for student pilot in the AH-64 Helicopter; (2) evaluating student pilots in all levels of development; (3) operating the AH-64 Helicopter while instructing and evaluating the student pilots. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).

Certifications: This position requires you possess the appropriate Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Pilot Certificates, FAA Flight Instructor Certificate and/or appropriate military rating. Do you possess the appropriate Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Pilot Certificates, FAA Flight Instructor Certificate and/or appropriate military rating. (MUST attach a copy front & back).

FAA Medical Certification: Position requires the incumbent to possess a current first or second-class medical certificate in accordance with FAA regulations at the time of appointment. (Must upload a copy of your FAA Class first or second-class medical certificate in order to be considered for this position.)

Minimum Flight Hours Requirement:
Total Flight Hours- 1500
Pilot in Command - 250
Night Flying - 75
Flying Time in the Last 12 Months - 100 (May be waivered, subject to approval authority)
Instructor Hours - 500
Heavy Helicopter Hours - 500 (Up to 250 hours flying time acquired in heavy multi-engine airplanes may be substituted)
Instrument Hours - 75
Actual Weather- 10 (This requirement applies to AH-64E candidates ONLY. Candidate without the required 10 weather hours will be evaluated/hired as AH-64D instructors per OPM requirements)

FLIGHT HOURS MUST BE DOCUMENTED ON THE RESUME IN THE ABOVE FORMAT. (Must attach a copy of official flight records such as DA-759, DA-759-1, or equivalent)

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/764854400

13/12/2023

🎯 💯 🤣 And yes we do play the ol’ game, "That sounds like a ... " 🚨 Attention: Men seeing this, we made a guy version for y'all. Head on over to our profile page and look at the pix.

13/12/2023

🎯 💯 🤣 And yes we do play the guessing game, "That sounds like a ... " 🚨 Attention: Ladies seeing this, we made a gal version for y'all. Head on over to our profile page and look at the pix. (Also Iink in comments) 👇

12/12/2023

😳 This has absolutely nothing to do with flying but talk about fascinating. 😂 At one point they do kind of do something akin to formation flying. 😆

Note. The first video vanished. WE hunted up another version of the same thing. 😆 So help us if this disappears again! 😆

https://www.facebook.com/officialpeacefulwarrior/videos/857052309757811



11/12/2023

🇺🇸 Healing ... Empathy ... Love ... Honor ... Respect 🫡

From 2017: This gentleman's incredibly touching story brings it all home every time. Well done.

God bless Gary Sinise, the Gary Sinise Foundation, and the fine folks who work so hard to make the Snowball Express a healing experience for so many who've lost the center of their universe.

Thank you so much, CBS News Texas for coordinating this beautiful and long overdue tribute.

11/12/2023

Well that and a little bit of time. 😎

Questions? lol 😂

11/12/2023

Yes, we have to agree — it seems like whoever wrote the captions has zero concept of Igor Sikorsky‘s accomplishments. 😂 If Igor and Sergei hadn’t already taken one for the team multiple times in pioneering all the basics of Helicopter flight then yeah this might be notable. Otherwise whatever. 😆

By the way just noticed that Sergei is around 98 years old. 🤩 Wow— What a legend.

https://www.facebook.com/100076298170408/posts/374977498388853/?mibextid=9drbnH

10/12/2023

🇺🇸 Well done! 🫡


10/12/2023

Well done!! 👍

MISSION COMPLETE!!

WE'RE SINGING SECOND!!

x !

10/12/2023

💦 Our customers enjoying an energy drink 😂

09/12/2023

🫡 A solemn, must-watch reminder on the precipice of this game that Freedom isn't Free. Remembering CWO Dwyer who served with the 160th, and recently perished in a Black Hawk accident near Cyprus. 🇺🇸

If you watch or interact with one thing today, we sure hope it is this. And we'll drop a link in the comment to our tribute to Mr Dwyer and his crew.

PS Ignore the typo on the ESPN caption. 😑

The Dwyer family has a long lineage with the Army Black Knights and serving in the military. Listen to the harrowing story of Steve Dwyer Jr. who followed in...

09/12/2023

Btw ... Anyone else think that this year's uniforms will leave our Army guys looking pant-less? Let's hope not but we're not holding our breath! 😂 👀 😱

https://www.facebook.com/MoRuckr/posts/2043260209160505

🏈 Saw Ted Russ on this morning — Way to make Army Aviators every where proud AF! 🤣 🐐

09/12/2023

🚁 🏈 Guess what day it is!!! !!

09/12/2023

😂 Talk to me goose! 🤔 This is hilarious. Did y'all watch Top Gun Maverick and what did ya think of it?

Thanks, Tim W for sharing this little gem with us!



https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=504586324975419

08/12/2023

🍴 🥗 Eating lunch at Mother Rucker was always the highlight of the day. J'eat yet? Where we gonna go? Who's car we gonna ride on? Would we go get some at Larry's? 🐷 Or maybe Effie's Cantina in Enterprise? 🤩 Doug's Deli in Daleville? Or maybe go to the Conestoga in Dothan for dinner? So many amazing choices come to mind. 🤩

🍴For this one, let's keep it close to Rucker, like anywhere within 20 miles of Rucker. And it can be at any point through the years, and it doesn't matter if it is open or closed.

🍴Also, tell us your favorite thing to order at the place you picked.

Feel free to throw out more than one place and if you want to toss out some honorable mentions further afield (outside the suggested 20-mile radius).

08/12/2023

🎉 Gearin up to do this thing! 🏈

07/12/2023

🇺🇸 We remember! 🇺🇸
Pearl Harbor — 7 December 1941

07/12/2023

🇺🇸 We Remember. We Persist. 🇺🇸

🇺🇸 We remember! On 7 December 1941, America was cruelly thrust full force into war when our American service members were ruthlessly attacked at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

These brave souls endured an unimaginable hell on earth and the sights of unholy destruction, and so much death. They found the courage to stand and fight — All for the future of America and the enduring freedom of her citizens. 🇺🇸
Thank you courageous warriors — Thank you. ❤️ 🇺🇸 ❤️

06/12/2023

😂 What would y'all change on this Matrix? 🤔 Don't Volunteer should probably be on there somewhere. 😂

05/12/2023

🚁 Did your class get to do the Graduation Fly-By? 😎
🚁 What year was your Fly-By?
This subject has come up a couple of times in the last few days. For many years, graduating classes at Fort Rucker participated in a mass formation flight that would pass over main post in a big display for their visiting families who were gathered at the Parade Field.

It looked a whole lot like this vintage postcard, except the two exterior Hueys were trailing smoke for special effect. (Unsure when this postcard photo was captured. The date on the personalized bit is 1982.)

We've heard friends talk about this probably up to about 1985, and seems like it was discontinued (for some reason?) around that time.

School us up. When did it start? Why and when did it end? How many were there in the flight? Where did you launch? What else is relevant?

We sure feel bad for the first flight that didn't get to do the fly-by! 😞





Photo Credit: Terry M. Hill
Caption: After completing their basic helicopter flight training program, the graduates participate in a "Fly-by" in formation, while parents and families observe the ceremonies from the parade grounds in front of Post Headquarters. Visitors to Ft. Rucker will also enjoy a trip through the U.S. Army Aviation Museum

Also, our French is not great but it sounds like Christine was all likkered up. 😂

05/12/2023

😳 Kind of off-topic but this is pretty nifty! Do we have any other Lego fans here?

By the way it’s pretty cool what he does with it at the end but that last shot just did us in! 😂

04/12/2023

🚨 📺 ⚠️ Flipped on the tube just now and SOMEBODY had left the receiver on ID. 😂 So this show is on currently. Have Mercy! 😱 😳 😞 Most of us have been cheated on, but geez — this guy takes the damn cake. 😡

The show is called "Who the @ #$ # (Bleep) Did I Marry," and it is about Kris Johnson and her former spouse — Army Colonel James "Jim" Johnson, III — the son of well-known retired LTG James H. Johnson, II, who led the Fort Bragg, 82nd Airborne Division during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. (Sad to say that the LTG defended the disgusting actions of his loser son til the end). 🙄🙄🙄

✳️ [Note: Nothing to do directly with Army Aviation.] ✳️

Jim Johnson, Jr was often viewed as a rising star officer in the Army before getting hit with a bevy of utterly disgraceful and shocking charges.

What did he (allegedly) do?
• Had an ongoing torrid affair with an Iraqi (Kurdish) woman (Haveen Alladin Muhammed Al-Atar) he met in Iraq in 2005-06, who was the daughter of his cultural adviser/interpreter
• Fathered a child with said lover and then invited his lover's whole family to his family home for the holidays while forcing his current spouse and kids to play hostess
• Bigamy: Pled guilty to marrying Al-Atar before being divorced from his own spouse in a ceremony that was carried out by proxies for both of the two in Montana (wtf!?)
• Admitted to making numerous trips to visit his mistress in the Netherlands using official vehicles and government-issued credit cards.
• Acknowledged arranging official transport worth thousands of dollars for the woman
• Paid tens of thousands of dollars of contracts for the father of his lover for things that “were neither produced nor received”
• Found guilty of giving the family an Army cell phone on which they ran up more than $80,000 in charges
• Forged fake divorce documents to screw over his spouse and kids of 20-some years
• Tried to get his wife to abandon their kids in Italy
• Moved his foreign national lover into their family home jeopardizing his security clearance
• And much much more. Way too much to put here.

But the worst thing he did was how he treated his spouse (a former soldier) and children. His behavior was soulless, cruel, and downright despicable. But the actions of his spouse are heroic, especially in the face of such psychotic evil and while battling cancer with no health insurance because Col Johnson faked the divorce decree to screw over his spouse — apparently. 😑

His lies and scheming are beyond disturbing.

Wrote this up in a hurry so we could get it shared while the show was still on. Now y'all won't see this til like next week, but SOMEONE in our household assures us that this show airs in reruns quite frequently. Watching now it is well done, even though the title is salcious. And we are blown away by the egregious disregard for military decorum, laws, and common decency displayed by this cad!

Read More:
https://www.wired.com/2012/06/colonel-flameout/
https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-army-col-found-guilty-of-fraud-fined

This link has a clip: https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/bad-behavior/a-high-ranking-army-official-misused-government-money-to-fund-an-affair

His dad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H._Johnson_Jr.

More updatated in the comments 👇

04/12/2023

😆 😳 Suddenly everything made sense! 😂

03/12/2023

*Training* perk. 😂 Where is your favorite "Hundred Dollar Hamburger" destination? Things to take into consideration:
🚁 Do they offer transport?
🚁 What else?ave swag or perks? (i.e., free t-shirts, mugs, hats)
🚁 Do they offer a free or discounted meal?
🚁 How good is the food?
🚁 Ambience?
🚁 What else?

We wrote lunch for the sake of simplicity, but any meal works.