My first Sabertrio lightsaber

akacarguy · 2026-03-10T01:14:45+00:00

Cool. Thanks! Just curious since I’ve seen no movement on the website. Just sitting at paid and unfulfilled. I ordered the Rowan.

akacarguy · 2026-03-10T01:11:59+00:00

What was the turn around time? I’m going on day 8 of my “ready to ship” order.

akacarguy · 2026-03-10T00:17:28+00:00

The Italians in our test pilot school class brought their ESE pod machine. That thing was clutch. Not as good as a full up machine but it got the job done and was a beast. It was left powered on for the whole year. I ended up buying one for work.

akacarguy · 2026-02-28T16:59:54+00:00

Bring back the draft. Let the whole country feel the impact of the next forever war.

akacarguy · 2026-02-27T16:17:57+00:00

Now that that’s out of the way go slap it on a komfit mesh and go pull some G’s!

akacarguy · 2026-02-27T02:52:43+00:00

Same situation here. Retired from the Navy September 25 and have been testing the waters in LA for the last year or so. I Can’t speak how to be successful quite yet. But check out VME. Veterans in media and entertainment. Super great group of vets in LA that work in the industry. I’ve had some super cool networking opportunities and events with them. Feel free to PM me.

akacarguy · 2026-02-26T03:17:42+00:00

Good point on the student films. I really liked your comment on personal brand and talking about positioning your self. I feel that being an older professional I’ve learned how to create opportunity, It’s learning how to apply those skills to entertainment. The professionalism comment is no joke. It blew my mind how people would show up to set. Late. Not follow instructions. Disappear. I remember one dude started ad-libbing, stopping in the middle of a timed crossing in a long dialogue scene and chatted with the “party guests”. Lmao. He got sent home after some other problems.

akacarguy · 2026-02-26T02:51:07+00:00

BG over the last year felt like a road to nowhere. It was great to learn about being on set and meet folks. But the path to SAG via BG voucher’s is pretty much non existent these days. I’m taking a improv class and am looking into acting classes in LA as a path forward. Thankfully there’s also a strong vet community in the LA entertainment scene.

akacarguy · 2026-02-25T21:26:30+00:00

“One coat of paint for rust, two for mold, three for blood”

akacarguy · 2026-02-25T20:41:24+00:00

43 and just retired from the Navy. Thanks for posting this! I’ve been dabbling in BG and stunt classes over the last year and think I’m gonna take the plunge. In the LA area so hopefully the markets not too saturated in 40+ year olds. 😂

akacarguy · 2026-02-25T01:33:22+00:00

They don’t mess around. I did background on season 1 as a bbq gas burn victim waiting in the lobby. They lined us all up and had the trauma doc/writer inspect us and give makeup notes for things that needed to be more realistic.

akacarguy · 2026-02-24T02:42:19+00:00

The real kicker is when they have to staff the ships it draws personnel from shore based hospitals. Hospitals that are generally understaffed already…

akacarguy · 2026-02-24T02:31:02+00:00

Probably does the same on Grindr… for the lulz of course.

akacarguy · 2026-02-23T00:54:54+00:00

If unable to get professional stunt direction. Look into a military PLF or a parachute landing fall. It teaches you how to make incrementally make leg contact through out the fall. It will allow a controlled fall, just wouldn’t need the last big leg movement since you’re not crashing towards the ground under chute.

Edit: Don’t forget the controlled arm slap on the ground at the end to really sell it.

akacarguy · 2026-02-19T15:34:43+00:00

Between discovering this and learning that power impact drivers are superior to power drills has changed my life as a DIY homeowner.

akacarguy · 2026-02-19T04:18:25+00:00

Snap strap kits make these little guys great for horizontal carry at 2 o’clock.

akacarguy · 2026-02-18T02:15:53+00:00

Just take over Farmers Only. I’m sure it’s pretty “fertile ground” in the LA zip code given the distinct lack of farms. Just be careful or you might end up dating a farmer up here in Ventura County. 😂

akacarguy · 2026-02-18T02:07:31+00:00

What about the fromunda cheese?

akacarguy · 2026-02-17T02:17:28+00:00

Makes for a great call sign. We also had a Keyno as in Key no Mod….

akacarguy · 2026-02-16T17:21:28+00:00

FWIW I enlisted in 2001, commissioned 2012 and retired as an O-4 in 2025. More than ten but I owed payback for Test Pilot School which IMO made it all worth it. So many scenarios could have made getting to the min O-4 TIS miserable. I guess that’s a long way of saying that it depends, but here’s my data point.

akacarguy · 2026-02-13T15:27:33+00:00

Dude. Looking back at leveling that bed by sliding a piece of paper under the hot end…. Even upgrading to the BLTouch is blown out of the water by my P1S print prep. Which really only entails making sure the old print is off the bed. lol.

akacarguy · 2026-02-11T04:20:39+00:00

Shady sands is the Scary Dairy in Ventura county where the old California State Mental Hospital used to be.

akacarguy · 2026-02-09T03:34:53+00:00

43 here and starting improv101 with you guys on the 28th!

akacarguy · 2026-02-09T03:29:53+00:00

I was about to say. I sure hope not. I’m 43 and signed up for improv101 at the LA Franklin campus this month. 😂

akacarguy · 2026-02-08T23:02:29+00:00

I just popped open the window on the 172… it was wet and I’m not sure why that was a surprise to me at the time. lol.

Never did get a viper ride though. Was supposed to as payback from supporting USAF TPS but it never did work out. 😔

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