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Well, i think i've given all the info i can. sorry it was in a thread that has nothing to do with it, I was just answering questions. Ill check in every now and then to see if anyone has any questions, but I would recomend you have your questions answered by someone who has finished the program...

I understood that, but it did weed out those that didn't really want to be there, me being one of them. I thought I did to my core, but when it came down to it, it really wasn't for me.

exactly! As much as I thought I did, deep down inside, it just wasn't the dirrection my life was going! You put into the words I couldn't trying to give information about my experience to those planning on attending OCS. I've just about given all the info I have, so you wont have to worry...

It was actually exactly what I expected it to be like. The only problem is that I wasn't exactly what I expected. Of course my inability wasn't the only reason I dropped, there is never just one reason. It was just the main reason that made me realize I would be wasting my time as well as the...

who ever said it was bad? I dropped because I figured out it wasn't the right occupation for me. Im just going to go on and get my PhD in Organizational Psychology. I was really looking forward to graduation before (I didn't even walk at my college graduation, but wanted my family to see me...

DOR does put a mark on your file that says "not recomended for return", but Im not going back anyway. The reason I DORd is because I realized I just dont have what it takes to lead Marines, I think I have what it takes to be a Marine, just not an officer. Woa! just realized I accidently...

I was asking the priors in my group, and the SSgt who walked us arround Brawn Field after we dropped, and they all said there wasn't really anything they could do. They would get a slap on the wrist, and thier OSO would hate them about as mine does me right now.

as of pick up, noone at 188 had freaked out yet. All of us who DOR/NPQd were pretty cool about it (the other DORs were priors who at that point just wanted to get back to their units). we did have one guy in my platoon who UAd the first night though, he drove, and they hadn't collected keys...

PSno23, no, cold wasn't a problem at all, im from MT and used to the cold. I did receive a failing PFT (222, the lowest score I have ever had, down from a 274 preship one month before). I DOR'd because after I had that score, I let it really get to me. I realized how much little tiny failures...

Yes, i have been told by friends who went through that your body starts breaking down muscle arround week 6 for energy, but for the people who go in with realy low pullups, this will improve. if you are a buff stud, you are going to loose a lot of muscle because your aren't doing the type of...

biggest things, to remember, DONT time your PFTs on a 3 mile course (use one to submit your package, but after your in, dont use it!) you need to time yourself on a 3.2 mile course because that IS what you face there. you will have a very very sutle uphill grade for one small portion of it (you...

I dropped after I let my initial PFT get to me, and realized I wasn't fit to command under duress, but anyway, it was about 33 degrees and windy durring the first PFT. It snowed about 3 inches the next day. It wasn't that bad when you are in your Gore-tex and stuff, but the first night there...

easiest way to remember it is that every ten seconds is one point.

I dont know the specific anthros, but I was told you have to fit every cockpit in order to be accepted on an air contract. Anyway, the cockpit of the AV-8+BII is very cramped, and I would think a smaller pilot would be preffered.

Have you guys heard about the plans for a tilt rotar gunship? The Deputy Commandant for aviationasked contractors at Bell to look into making an armed variant of the commercial BA609 to serve as an armed escort for the MV-22B. Trial of the TR gunship could begin as early as 2015.

Good one Fly. I bet theres a lot of seamen there!

Wutzu, you called your SIs Sir?

Thanks guys, thats exactly what I was looking for.

anyone know where I can see photos of where I will be resting my tired bones each night?

so... the Osprey is just for the hard core "not doing this for free flight hours guys?" maybe I should look more into the osprey... You never know what youll get, could be fun to fly if I dont get selected to AH-1.

OHHHH GREAPER... Dont' tell me your one of those guys!

dont forget gentleman, it's warmer when it is snowing than it is when it isn't. Pray for snow!

It's about -3 here in GF right now, and about 45 in Quantico, averages for Jan are anywhere from 25-45 degrees at Quantico, I would actually prefer the 25 and snow over 45 and rain. Why couldn't it be like tomorow (65 degrees at Q) for the next twelve weeks?

Really?! I was told the ratio was about 1/3 of the Corps was aviators. My original OSA back in 03 told me the reason they were looking for so many air is because all the ground officers were staying on because the war reminded them why they joined in the first place. Who knows though, that was...

thanks for the warning about ssgt Wright p1nky, as for the cold weather, Im set living in MT, the weather will be nicer there than here. I feel for the guys like HornedFrog who are coming from TX though.

First off, i want to say that this post is information for those of you applying, not fuel for the fire of one of many arguments on this site on this exact same subject. As usual, I have to take the side of crowbar on this argument going on in here. I wasn't accepted to 187 because it was so...

I have no idea what the answer is to your question regarding what the Osprey will be considered, but I do know that it is going to be taking the job of our aging helicopters, so my guess is that it will be considered rotary. Id would like to hear what they are considering it. (another reason I...

when do we start running the CRT and Endurance courses?

hmmmm. just as good for less?... Live in MT! Then you dont need under armour when you go to VA.

wouldn't it be prop or rotary?

I had to get two tattoo waivers in order to get into 188... From what I have learned, the current commandant does not like tattoos all over his Marines. Excessive amounts hurt your chances as do location (must be hidden in PT clothing), and the aubject of the tattoo also effect the decission...

The light test IS just a secondary option if you fail the number test, but if you get a retard at MEPS like I did, you will ace both of them. He didnt realize untill after I had already done both that you didnt need to do the light test if you pass the number test. The Flight One Physical...

Your one sick man Taxman... reading that made me cringe

Crowbar, sorry if I didn't word that well, this is what I was saying (the quote) basically, you dont NEED the extra pair of boots, because you can get through without them. I looked back at the post, and it was a little vague about sxactly what you had told me.The people who talked me out of...

semen? I never had my emen checked? and when you word it like you did, it really looks bad.

yes, you can take your PFT over and over and over again. Boots: You have an approved boot, and you may bring them if you are not a prior. I was looking into it, but was talked out of it by a couple people I know that went through fairly recently (3 and 6 years ago respectively). You will...

you need your degree before you can get commisioned

yeah... no violation here either, just a visual inspection. You get an EKG, resting and raised heart rate, two eye exams (the second of which requires your eyes to be dialated [dont worry, they put in numbing drops before the dialation drops]), about ten vials of blood work (a lot more than...

Holly Crap! what with the hostility towards people who choose to spend thier money on a watch than can assist in thier training. They arent spending your money, they are spending thier own, if they want the ease of using technology to figure out thier stats for a run, so be it, if you dont use...

dont we have anymore East coasters getting accepted? or are most our posters West coast boys? Ive only seen one East coast accepted.

How do you think the lessons/study guides on Microsoft flight sim are? what else do I need to study?

Hooly crap! sorry for the wait! for 187 it was the opposite, and the west coast board met about two weeks after the East, so I know how that waiting feels when everyone else is getting accepted! Welcome aboard, what are your stats? contract? etc...

I don't think the thread needs to be locked, the bashing ended a while ago, but it would be nice if one of the admin guys deleted our negative posts, we kind of got caught up in the moment ona subject we are all passionate about.

Chris, don't feel bad about missing the meeting, Merlin and I were the only ones there. My list of things to bring that I have compiled from MULTIPLE sources is pretty good, but itll take up a lot of space on here (I describe why we need them), so Ill give them to you on Thursday at 7PM(central...

They didn't tell me about it at MEPS, but my OSA went into detail before he let me sign it. It really pissed me off too when the army guys were complaining about there contracts being extended when they signed a form that clearly says that that may happen as well.

But Merlin, it's so much fun to bash on someone when they can't fight back... You do have a good point, I think we all just got caught up in the thread. Fact of the matter is, if this guy gets trough Seniors, he will be our brother (if we also get through since most of us arent even Marines...

I dont think he needs someone raggin on him in a forum. If it is a problem, it'll go away at OCS after he gets a big hairy SI breathing down his neck telling him he's "like nasty!" Lets not be synicle (sp?) in our constructive criticism, we dont want to turn into the forums on military.com...

NO criticism here bud, just a correction, the JSF B isn't VTOl like the harrier, rather it is STOVL, they can't quite get the weight right for VTOL (they can only take off vertically with a "less than full" fuel tank and no payload). However, they are still working on it, and it may be VTOL...

And you dont have to worry about the local recruiter contacting you, they have nothing to do with the comissioned side of the Corps, they recruit enlisted marines, if you want officer info, you will only be contacted by an OSO.

Introduce yourself to powerful people :) Im sure you have a few, just think of everyone you know and you should come up with someone who would be good. Get to know your professors, if you have any in a research field, ask if you can be an assistant on thier research, this si a great way to let...