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Winged last Friday, headed to Jax to fly the shiny new P-8!! Request wings please.

SNA in Maritime Advanced, request access to PNA and Orion private forums...please

That two year waiver that you speak of is only up to two years that you were enlisted before turning 27. If you enlisted at 26.5 you would only be eligible for a waiver to 27.5.

You will have to do an in-depth physical at OCS (way more intense than at MEPS) and then another abbreviated physical when you get to Pensacola(depending on your birthday and age). Both physicals will require depth perception tests; the physical at OCS involved you wearing some glasses (like 3-D...

I guess my sarcasm is not as easily detectable as I thought. I certainly don't drink every night of the week, my wife and two year old would not appreciate that. Like I said in an earlier post, it's not the driving in that bothers me, it's just getting used to being babysat again. I guess the...

Roger that sir, didn't mean to offend; just adjusting to being at the bottom of the totem pole...again (although a way better totem pole). It's just weird to go from leading people and QA'ing an aircraft safe for flight to being handheld and given no responsibility. I understand why they do it...

Well, I guess we got fed propaganda. They told us that the reason we had to do physical muster was because of that incident. They said that they did a phone-in muster reporting they were in town, then got arrested out of town for hunting. Because of that, they wanted visual accountability of...

They might be just fine, but because of the Navy's stance that "every incident requires policy change", we had to come in and physically muster every morning...in khakis...at 0700 while in A-pool. Am I being a big whiner...yes, but these ass-clowns made me limit my drinking every week night so I...

Get a smart phone! You will have plenty of downtime with the indoc class after the DIs take over. Plus sending out texts (which you will do by the hundreds) is much easier with a smart phone.

Thanks gents! It seems like it depends on how my orders are written as to whether I get per diem during IFS and API. The lady at student control said something about a 341 vs. a 342 code for the intermediate activity will determine what I am entitled to. I guess worst case scenario I could...

I am heading down to API from Newport next weekend and had a couple questions about being a geo bachelor if anyone has done it recently. I talked to the BOQ (Navy Gateway) at NASP and they said they have no rooms available for me and that I had to live out in town. Most of my BAH goes to the...

I had a SWO CO when the P-3 community tried the "CMO" thing...didn't turn out so well. I know it wasn't exactly a squadron in the traditional sense, but it was blatantly obvious he was out of his element.

Are you currently dealing with an officer recruiter? It sounds like you are talking to an enlisted recruiter and he just wants you to enlist. If you are currently NPQ for depression, then you would be for enlisted as well as officer. More often than not, the officer side of medical is actually...

Well there's your problem, you should have told him to put chocks on your tires; not chalk. Chocks are WAY more effective at keeping airplanes on the ground! ;) (fingers crossed...please don't ban me, please don't ban me)

On the enlisted side we have a week long leadership class we have to take for every promotion past E-3. Usually we just call it PO3 indoc, PO2 indoc, etc. Obviously it isn't anything too intense, but there are some good take-aways. I'm not too sure how set in stone they are about taking the...

Ah, the mighty C-130. We had to take one for a Det in Sigonella...from K-bay. It took 4 days of flying in that loud, obnoxious, cold, bone-jarring, beautiful piece of machinery. It was full of cargo on all of our flights so we climbed on top of all the boxes where the heater vents were and slept...

Is that even legal?? Who are you going for this weekend?

That's awesome! I personally haven't heard of that in the Navy, but then again Army deployments are way worse than ours so it's good they are able to do that.

Yeah, but I doubt very seriously that would ever fly on a deployment. My brother was actually able to watch his son's birth via Skype on deployment (gross, but cool).

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oh yeah....

Funny you mention that, I was fortunate enough to go for a ride in a P-3 when I was an E-3 for Blue Jacket of the Quarter. The pilot was a prior E and let me fly it briefly. It gave me the bug...Started college right after,finished my degree, applied to OCS, got accepted for Pilot, and I will be...

There were around 114 selects at the August boards. You have to remember that the primary alternates were pro recs for the FY-12 numbers and some of them already have OCS dates. I don't have the exact numbers in front of me, but if I remember correctly 80 or so were pro rec's and the rest were...

Great Story!! I think if a maintainer did that today, they would send him to Gitmo...and they probably wouldn't approve his PTS;) I can't believe they used to let maintainers do high speed taxiing. Does anyone know when they stopped that?

Go to the August 2011 Board thread and look at the stats on the people who were pro rec'd...make your package look like theirs.

I'll see you there! Have you joined the Facebook page yet? There are quite a few of us from the Aug board in that class...strength in numbers right?

I think I have everyone figured out now...have to find something else to kill time. I think I made mine too easy to figure out, my creativity level sucks!

I just did yesterday! I'm still trying to figure out who everyone is by their airwarriors name...

Hey guys, I just got moved (back) into this class. I was originally going with this one, then they moved it to Oct. 30, then they moved it back. Ready to get this show on the road!

The funny thing is that was a one star flying in that picture. He came to visit us in Iraq and flew himself...guess he must be getting rusty?

A few more... The best skipper in the world!

Disclaimer: I can't take credit for these photos, they were taken by our squadron MC.

I've got quite a few; I'll try to post them when I get home. I posted a couple in the maintainers thread a while back, but I'll try to find some of P-3s that aren't being repaired.

Hey, don't bring your personal life into this matter!;) Seriously though, that is the dumbest and most inaccurate test I've ever seen. I'm pretty sure I missed all of them, but the guy giving the test just said "you're good, no one ever gets them right"

Yes, you have to put anything that was not a minor offense with less than a $300 fine (regardless if you already had to list it when you enlisted). Word of advice- whatever charges you had, make sure you write a statement explaining them and attach it to the 1420. You DON'T want to have charges...

Yes, but you "alternate" guys are still Pro Recs. You just aren't going to get an OCS date right away. This is the exact definition of Alternate from BOL. "Alternate- This means that you have been professionally reccomended, however, there are no current OCS class dates open for you to be placed...

Yes, as it was explained to me, an alternate is still a pro rec. It would make no sense to decline you alternate selection just to apply for a pro rec. You should be doing your physical at MEPS and getting prepared for OCS... The difference between alternate and primary alternate is just the...

20/40 correctable to 20/20 is correct

I second what Macklin said, just create a post on the main forum. I'm sure someone will be willing to help if you are willing to provide the beer.;)

As an enlisted sailor who just got accepted to OCS, I would have to NOT recommend doing that. Your GPA is good and with a little studying you can bring your ASTB scores up. If you go enlisted, it will probably be about three years minimum until you have a decent chance of getting selected. I say...

I'm not going to sugarcoat this...Your recruiter blows. If what you are saying is true, then you need to call your NRD. Did your recruiter tell you that there was no board in August? Really? What NRD are you out of?

Congrats!! I know what your feeling, I was ok with going in Nov, but then I got pushed up to next month, so I'm trying to hurry up and check out of my current command. So much for transfer leave...

I'm not too sure about that, I haven't heard any talks of an upcoming board. That doesn't mean it won't happen, I just haven't asked. I will try to get some clarification tomorrow if I see anybody.

Are far as your LASIK is concerned, I would wait till you hear something back from CNRC. The medical department at CNRC (N3M) will review your med docs and draft a letter to your NRD and the OCS processor telling them what, if anything, is needed. My uneducated guess is you should be fine, they...

That is exactly what he told me yesterday. Primary Alternates WILL be going to OCS. I even asked point blank to verify. This is from the processor and not the OCS manager, but he was told by the manager, so I would call it acurate. He said all primary alternates are going as soon as the FY-12...

You guys are efficient!

It's looking that way. I tried to find the Facebook page, but couldn't. Do you happen to have a link? See you all there!

I just talked to the OCS guys today and they said that they are saving the November and January dates for Pro Rec's that are dangerously close to the age limit(civilians included). Since I still have 10 months on my waiver they offered me Feb or next month on the 30th...I took next month. I...

Yeah, going to tech schools would definitely be lacking in the partying and debauchery department. If you want to thoroughly enjoy your college experience I would have to stick with the state universities. You just have to learn to balance the "fun" with the "higher learning".

I read somewhere that Embry-Riddle's Aerospace Engineering program was rated higher than MIT and Georgia Tech, plus they have a NROTC Unit. I graduated from ERAU, but I did worldwide campuses, so I can't speak to the quality of Daytona or Prescott campuses. I'm sure there are quite a few grads...