A multi-tasker needs all the RAM his PC will handle. I just increased mine to 2GB and I can tell a big difference. On the other hand, 512MB is a pretty healthy amount of real memory for a notebook - especially if you are using a PIV processor. If you have a Celeron, however, it needs a lot of ... Click to read the article details

Flash memory or USB memory is similar to disk drives. In fact it is recommended you 'reformat' them often in order to keep the entire memory clean and workable. I would recommend you reformat your 256MB flash memory with the software that came with it. If none came with it, do a web search on the ... Click to read the article details

Regarding newer motherboards: most newer GeForce series boards are faster, the 6800GS and 6800GT are faster, but hard to find, the 7600GT is comparable in performance to the 6800GT so therefore likely faster. The GeForce 7800 and 7900 series will be much faster, and the 8800 series will be ... Click to read the article details

Make sure that your USB port is working. Right click on My Computer and select Properties then click on Device Manager and you should not see any yellow exclamation points (note that you should have your flash drive plugged in). If you do see yellow exclamation points then click on it and Remover ... Click to read the article details

They made MemPlug for Secure Digital, Memory Stick, Compact Flash, and other formats. If you have a choice I would choose: First, whatever format something else you already have would use, maybe the same format as your digital camera, for example. Second, both Compact Flash and Secure Digital, ... Click to read the article details

Doesn't it drive you nuts that there are so many memory cards, formats, speeds and types in this field? It's enough to make you want to go back to those old days. Well, maybe not. The primary difference between a regular SD (Secure Digital) and a SD/MMC card is that the MMC card lacks a locking ... Click to read the article details

The HP nc6000 notebook has the capacity for two batteries -- a 'primary' battery and a 'Multiday' battery (that slides into the same slot used for a DVD/CD drive.) When on battery power the notebook utilizes the primary battery first until it drains out, then it is supposed to switch over to the ... Click to read the article details

The MMC and Secure digital cards are not the same but are interchangeable. The difference has to do with copy protections of the disk volume on the SD card. This extra feature makes the SD attractive for people who use them in MP3 players. No other cards are interchangeable. The Canon Power shot ... Click to read the article details

I would like to know what types of duties you receive medals for. My students have also come up with some questions. What is the highest ranking Medal you can get? Are there different types of Medals for each branch of the military? For each task or assignment, would there be a different Medal of ... Click to read the article details

I want to cross train out of my current AFSC. Flight engineering is 1 of my options. Would you recommend this to someone who is married? Also how long is the tech school, and to what degree of difficulty is it? I'm a former Guidance and control troop, and I am presently an Avionic back shop ... Click to read the article details

My husband is in the U.S. Army and has asked me for a legal separation, what, if any benefits would I still be entitled too if we were separated? Also my husband is being rumored to be sleeping with a married woman to whom he serves as a team leader he's an E-5 she's an E-2, how much trouble ... Click to read the article details

A jump drive - also known as a USB drive, flash drive, keychain drive, or disk-on-key - is a plug-and-play portable storage device that uses flash memory and is lightweight enough to attach to a key chain. A jump drive, which looks very much like an ordinary highlighter marker pen, can be used in ... Click to read the article details

Given all the benefits, is army pay better than civilian pay? This is a very difficult question to answer. It will depend on education, experience, part of the country you live in, and the risks you are willing to take.

If you are a non-union, unskilled, blue collar worker who dropped out ... Click to read the article details

Why doesn't America patrol Iraq in tanks? Canada had the same problem as USA regarding soldier deaths but now dominates in Afghanistan since we began patrol in tanks. The site of a column of tanks has totally belittled the Taliban and Iraq tactics they thought would work against Canada. Thankfully ... Click to read the article details

I'll be turning 18 next August and I'm pregnant right now. I was thinking of joining the Air Force sometime next year so I can have some sort of stable career to care for my child. I was thinking about joining in a career of information systems. Do you have any advice?

Answer. You will ... Click to read the article details

Students in college and young people often think about joining the military for a few months.

Before you join the military, ask yourself if you are willing to give your life for your Soldiers (or Marines) and your country. If you can say yes to that question, then you are ready to ... Click to read the article details

I am currently undergoing my BA in English at Sacramento State University, but I'm leaning toward a career in the justice dept. I have been looking around for a good place to do my post-grad work and get a law degree and I wondered about the possibility of working for the Navy's JAG program. ... Click to read the article details

I am a in the military. My current residency is Louisiana. I would like to change my residency to Florida. What are the requirements to make this change? Also, I will be going to a 3 month school in Florida in conjunction with PCS orders to Puerto Rico. Would this help me?

Answer: to ... Click to read the article details

My brother is leaving for Iraq. He has to go into combat training August 22nd. His sergeant doesn't know about his mental illnesses, he is bi-polar and has a panic disorder and some type of aggression disorder also. How can the military except someone in this state of mind. To me it seems like ... Click to read the article details

Following is an interview with a soldier about Navy And Marine Corps awards: "Where can I get the info for how and were to put patches on for my self, my unit has no funding to get my patches sewed on, so I have to do it myself if I want to get squared away. The Uniform Regs Chapter 4, Section 2 ... Click to read the article details

A soldiers story about boot camp: "I was there through Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's. Great Lakes are a very inhospitable place between October and April. On the worst days, our Uniform of the Day was anything we could fit under our rain coats, scarf, ski mask, and watch cap... We looked ... Click to read the article details

Here is a third party opinion about getting into the navy: "I don't have a high school diploma unfortunately, only a GED. I've attended college a year as well; I really want to join the Navy because I think it'll help me become a better person in some ways. I'd like to signup and join ASAP. I'm ... Click to read the article details

Waiver approval is dependent on several factors. One of the factors is how badly that particular military service needs your particular warm body at this particular point in time.

Two of the active duty services are currently overmanned (i.e., they have more people on active duty than ... Click to read the article details

Spoken by a soldier in the navy: "I know in the Marine Corps, all Marines both Active and Reserve must qualify for small arms. How about the Navy Reserve? If it is not required can any Navy Reservist get it if you're rating or job doesn't require it? Not required, in general, for the Navy ... Click to read the article details

Following is an interview with a recruit in the Navy: "The reserve recruiter told me that now more than ever, the navy reserve is like a weekend warrior for the working man. He said I would drill for 6 months locally on weekends, go to a 2 week boot camp, and then come back for more drilling and ... Click to read the article details

Here are the opinion of various soldiers about rifles and side arms: "Well, now... although I have a real love affair going with AK-47's - and own a half dozen in various flavors - my all time favorite rifle most certainly must be the FAL. Give 7.62x51, anytime! I'll go with a 1911 .45 any day, ... Click to read the article details

C.A.P. Emergency Services exercises are known as SAREX's. The practice involves assembling a gathering of ground teams that coordinate search and rescue with Cap airplane crews. The U.S.A.F. calls Cap for an actual mission usually when an airplane is reported overdue or missing or when an ... Click to read the article details

To me the A-10 "Warthog" is the MVP of TAC of warplanes. In Afghanistan, they sent squadron of AH-64; they took so much fire and got damaged badly. Call in the "Warthogs", they probable can opera rate in that kind of environment. I read that our "Aging" fleet of A-10's is going to be replaced real ... Click to read the article details

The Navy Reserve expects to mobilize sailors in the near future, according to briefing documents obtained by Navy Times and confirmed by Vice Adm. John G. Cotton, chief of the Navy Reserve. That figure means that nearly one in three available reservists, not counting those who have already been ... Click to read the article details

I have interviewed soldiers regarding their opinion about the MK.23 gun and .50 Desert Eagle gun: "The .50 Desert Eagle gun (DE) is generally considered too unwieldy for combat but not hunting. The Mk23 is considering an offensive combat pistol. Personally I would go with the Mk. 23. It's not too ... Click to read the article details

I have interviewed a soldier in the Coast Guard: "Well despite their arguments to the contrary, all ASTs do eventually die. But usually it is of old age. How many of them die each year is a mystery as nobody keeps track once they retire. Now if you mean how many ASTs currently on active duty die ... Click to read the article details

Packing as in actually carrying, I usually carry a Glock 29 10mm. When my attire forces me to carry something slightly smaller it's a Kahr K9 9mm. On the rare occasion I want to carry something beefy it's the Taurus PT945 .45 A.C.P. I have a Don Hume I.W.B. holster for each. I forget the exact ... Click to read the article details

Following is an interview with a specialist about handguns: "Ruger Standard .22 auto. Easy to learn on, next to no recoil, great accuracy, used from plinking to small game hunting, can be used in a pinch for defense...which beats a phone call not made to 911. If she is gun savvy at all, then a ... Click to read the article details

The following are opinions from soldiers regarding the Coast Guard Aviation program: "My questions are kind of difficult. I've talked to many different recruiters, and retirees. My goal is to fly in the coast guard, I want to fly Jayhawks or dolphins prefibly, but I will really fly anything and ... Click to read the article details

The first tanks didn't have turrets in World War I until the development of the French light tank called the FT-17. This French tank set the design of tanks to modern day even thou it only had a machine gun for is main weapon. Many World War I tanks were huge compared to the early days of tank in ... Click to read the article details

The MV-22 Osprey testing began at the greater Wilmington airport in Delaware over twenty years ago; where the Del. air Nat. Guard holds their monthly drills. This was where it had its first crash. Testing was then transferred to another location. All the marines and marine pilots I have spoken ... Click to read the article details

Now approved is a new warfare designation called "Explosive Ordinance Disposal Warfare Specialist", or EWS. That designation will replace the current EOD designation that appears after a sailor's name. "We are trying to build a community here," said CNO-designated Command Master Chief (EWS/SW) ... Click to read the article details

I have interviewed a navy soldier: "In the summer of 1966 the Howard patrol from 1stReconBn got: 1 MOH, 4 Navy Crosses, 13 Silver Stars, 18 Purple Hearts. One night of work. It was a 18 man patrols. That is in fact a record for any small US military unit at anytime in our history. Navy Docs were ... Click to read the article details

Your fiance will not be limited in his choices whether married or single, unless he has an "exceptional family member" who requires he be stationed near certain specialty medical care or educational facilities.

For the most part, all specialties are open to anyone who meets the statutory ... Click to read the article details

As a commissioned officer, you outrank all warrant officers and all enlisted Soldiers including Noncommissioned Officers. That said, if you go around as a second lieutenant acting like you own the show, and order your experienced NCOs to do stupid stuff just because you outrank them, you deserve ... Click to read the article details

The XM8 was based on the G36, which was based on the American AR-18. So yeah, it can be considered an American design at its roots. But, we probably will never see it in service. Not in this decade anyway. The SCAR and the XM8 are two completely different rifles. The XM8 is based on the G36 and ... Click to read the article details

The 5.56 is going to be the "next" caliber. As of now, there is no need, and no plan to replace it. 2nd, there are about 5 threads on this topic. There will be a replacement in the future, no time soon though. I for one am in no hurry to see the M16/M4 replaced works just fine but there are plenty ... Click to read the article details

Why should Iran not be trusted with Nuclear power, which may lead to nuclear weapons? Is Iran breaking the NPT in any way?

The U.S. Government defines its areas of objectionable Iranian behavior as the following:

--Iranian efforts to acquire nuclear weapons and other weapons of ... Click to read the article details

A conference on European security has opened in Berlin. It is focusing on ways to effectively strengthen European defense efforts with a view to improving joint missions in crisis areas on the continent and elsewhere. The two-day conference in Berlin has drawn high-ranking politicians, NATO ... Click to read the article details

In the Selective Service facts they state that citizens living in some countries may be exempt from induction but they do not state the countries, nor have they responded to my email and phone inquiries, so I would to know if a Canadian citizen living in Canada at the time of a draft would be ... Click to read the article details

U.S. Marines demonstrated the M777 lightweight howitzer to local officials at Fort Sill, Okla. The M777 is a lightweight 155mm howitzer and a critical fire support component of Marine Air Ground Task Forces and Army Brigade Combat Teams and light divisions.

The M777 was designed and ... Click to read the article details

Alright well most of us have seen it.. its time for a workup whether it be a MEU or another pump to Iraq and you happen to get new NCOs (Non-Commissioned Officers) from all over...how do you respond to some NCO that has been at kings bay Georgia and has never deployed for the past 2 years while ... Click to read the article details

The following is an expert opinion by a Military Tanker: "Being a Marine Corps tanker is the way to go. Can't go into a lot of detail about how Army Tankers and Marine Tankers are different, just that the entire culture of the Army is so much different than the Marines. Either way you'll go to Ft. ... Click to read the article details

Yes, everyone in the military knows how inaccurate the current system is. But, it is a standard that can be defended and justified to the D.O.D. (Department of Defense). It all boils down to cost-- just like in the commercial/civilian sector. It takes ten minutes of instruction to be "trained" to ... Click to read the article details

I'm looking at going into the Air Force as a Flight Engineer. Is there anything you would recommend to me? Or more generally anything about the job I should know? I just wanted to get the opinion of someone who has been through it.

I assume from the way you worded your question that you ... Click to read the article details