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It will probably not be very significant by itself, but it will help you acheive higher scores on the astb, which could be significant.

There's an application form online, that's how I sent my application to the officer programs recruiting office. Of course just filling this out does you no good, you have to go talk with someone about the officer programs, take the ASTB, get interviewed, etc...

I think as we progress with our ratings we get more comfortable with checkrides and eventually figure out that we don't have to fly "perfectly", but just within a set of standards. When I took previous checkrides I was always apprehensive and I just thought that I had to fly "perfect". Now...

Yeah, hydration seems to help with these, and even thought it seems contrary to logic, most people can "run" them off. Try to get involved with more aerobic sports/activities, that may help too.

You'll have your choice of the JSF or a F-22 with a tailhook.

It's a composite.

Going straight up at a constant airspeed will not give you anything more than one G felt in that direction. Even if you are gaining altitude, it's unacellerated flight. Going in a loop is going to mean G forces felt in the direction that is perpendicular to the loop, but this is not relative...

Totally. The bottom of the loop is the only place where you can ADD the force vector of gravity to the force vector of centrifugal (yes, I know it's not a real force, but go do a 60° turn and tell me you didnt feel something) force. In all the other parts of the loop, the force vectors...

That's a lot of water.

I know you are lying. :icon_wink , but thanks.

Because they don't take the ASTB every day, they took it once or twice, and happened to do good on it, but because they haven't made a job of taking the ASTB, there is no real data that can be extrapolated from their experience. We can only offer opinions. The other issue is that the gouge...

You may want a few more "specific examples", that would strengthen the (already pretty good) letter.

NFO, and I got more info today, 24 june is a good bet at this point. More info on friday. My package is complete at this point, but they've only had it for 2 weeks at the "board". I'm a prior service (Army Sergeant). I graduated Magna Cum Laude from ERAU. I have a relavent degree. I am...

A word of warning, just because you can do the "specific" questions on the gouge, doesn't mean you'll be able to do the ones on the actual test, because they'll be different. There were no "LT, CPT, blah blah" questions, but there are a variety of word questions, so the key is to train up for a...

I was told last Thursday to "get my bags packed" because I'd be most likely going to OCS in June (instead of Octoberish). I'm only about 2 months into the ENTIRE application process, but they've had my package and accepted it. Hope to see some of you guys there, I don't know exactly which June...

Both the study guide and the ARCO book were good for the mechanical comprehension section. I say study both. It seems to me that the actual mech comprehension was a bit easier than the ARCO book, but more experience answering mech comprehension questions will always be better. The only...

Yes. I tore some ligaments in my knee and I was unable to run for a while. The only time I've experienced shin splints was when I started running again on a hard surface. It didn't last long for me. It's that sudden shock (when your body is not used to running on that kind of surface) that...

Let me explain it this way; There are standards that I had to meet to become a flight instructor. If one person looks at it a certain way, it seems like I had to fly "perfect". That's why standards exist, if you meet them then great, but if you fall outside of the standard, then you pay the...

Not gunna do it, I'm not a prior professional NCO and college grad to work for those kinds of penuts. You are right, and I'm not going to contribute to the mess.

Yeah, I know it's a play on words and all, but if I got hired by a regional airline making $17 for 65 hours a month, it would be far from "the best of times"....

I can see how this is the "worst of times", but how in gods name is this "the best of times"?

Interesting info; I'm average height, 71", about a 31-32" inseam, and my femurs were basically almost at the max. (measure from end of butt to end of knee while sitting). I was sort of suprised at this because I have pretty average proportions. All of my other proportions were well within...

The trig that you have to know for the test is a^2+b^2=c^2, area of triangles, area/diameter of circles, and supplementry/complementry angles. That is the type of "trig" that you have to know. Sin and Cos type stuff was NOT on the test.

Interestingly, boeing has had a "super 747" with full length upper deck and a totally new wing on the books for a while. I think they like to be generally quiet about it and are taking a "wait see" approach. The A380 may work just fine on big international routes, while the 7E7 is directed at...

6/7/6 isn't bad, 9/9/9 is as high as you can go, and ultra rare. That makes 8s excellent scores, 7s above average, and 6s good, but nothing special. It is a fairly solid score, and if you can study and raise them all by one, you'll be pretty well set. They aren't horrible and you didn't...

exactly, and tactical bombing was something that they never envisioned the B-52 would be used for, and how could you even see how something like that would be used in the future? The point is that you don't know the future of the F22 and what it will do, or even what it is capable of. And...

I talked to a Commander at the Navy Officer Programs office a week ago or so about this subject. I told him that I was a flight instructor, and he told me that he had also went NFO (and later Aviator) with prior flight time as a commercial pilot. He said that the instructors like it when you...

We need pilot strikes again. The sad part is that pilot's know strikes will bury the company, but as I said, someone needs to wake up in this industry sooner or later...

It's not that simple. Management might have it "better" than the pilots do fiscally, but untill you've been there and experienced it, it's kind of lame to say that they don't earn their money. Even considering all of that, if the airline is operating on daily losses, what does it matter? It's...

That's right, and I'm not doing it. I'm a flight instructor/instrument instructor (and I'll get MEI before I go to OCS), but I have deemed that this "game" is not worth playing. I served 4 years in the Army and I had a very professional attitude. I went to college and got a degree and my...

Actually I don't know if that's helpfull, building leg strenth is important, but what is a LOT more important is building your aerobic ability/capability. How many times do you run and your legs start cramping and locking up? If that is happening then you need to build leg strength. Most of...

26, Male. 4 years prior service in US Army, ETSed as a Sergeant. BS in Aeronautical Science, ERAU GPA 3.77 ASTB 7/8/7 OAR 58 LORS from 6 various flag officers and a couple more from company-grade officers. The best LOR I got was from a retired NFO. I'm a certified flight...

You forgot to drink water. Water+motrin=cure-all.

There's one big peice of advice to be given to those new to the military or who are entering it; DO NOT SKIMP ON RUNNING SHOES. Spend a lot of money and have the shoes fitted to you. Get something with decent support and that feels good while running. You may have to try a few different...

I don't care what the CFL is taught, the navy regulation is clear. If they can read and understand the regulation, they shouldn't fail anyone for moving their hands whilst remaing in contact with the floor at all times. If you are terminated for sliding your hands, you have a legit case...

If you are "sliding" your hands they are remaining in contact with the ground. If you raise your hand, it is not. There's a difference. I have to ask, have you even been in the military before? It doesn't say you can't move your hands, it doesn't say you can't slide your hands, it only...

BTW, I'm currently in a PT "crash course" myself, to get ready to take the test after 4 years of just mountain biking. I've increased my situps/crunches from, well, almost nothing, up to 90+ in about 1.5 months. The resistance is working out great, and now my goal is to do 50 in a fast...

Oh, duh, that's right. I remember it hovering with many body panels removed. :D

I'm 180 on this. If they had picked the OTHER JSF I'd agree, but the huge gaping A-7esque JSF is ugly in my book, just as the A-7 was. JSF, A-7 with different body panels :D

Oh, you mean like a ballistic missile submarine? Or how about a B-52 strategic nuclear bomber? Wow, I can think of many "useless" military systems that are simply expensive and may not see any action. Yeah, we should just junk em all and strip ourselves naked.

The study guides and gouges are not great in this regard. I have not run across any (on this site, or put out by ARCO) that give you anywhere near enough nautical information/knowledge. It seems like these guides just hit up small random areas in nautical knowledge.

No, I'm not saying that you were giving that impression. Justifying the cost of the F22 is something I doubt anyone here could really do though, its not that it was worth it or not worth it, we just don't know the extent to which it has affected other programs and how many technologies and...

Well, if the F-22 program never existed, how expensive do you think the JSF program would be? More, less, unchanged? I'd probably wager on more...

Crash course in brain surgery; Go to an pilot-supply/aviation supply store. Buy a private pilot course guide. Better yet, buy the FAA "Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge". Reference number FAA-H-8083-25. This will do wonder's for your aeronautical knowledge if you learn it, and...

Oh, that depends...as an O-1E with 4 years prior, my "pay" is pretty darn good, add up BAH, food, uniform, and flight pay, and it's around $50K/yr. Base pay is 3K month, add 1K for BAH and food, a little more for flight, and it exceeds 4K a month. My point? Put in some time and you won't...

I'm sending out a package right now for commission as an NFO(so I'm not an NFO), but all of those questions are available on this site, just do some searches.

Lots of great advice here. I'm an instructor pilot and when I do one too many spins...well, it's one too many for me. Most aerobatic manuvers are fine for me though. I have never puked, but 5-6 spins can make me feel pretty sick. Especially when I do "one more". Taking the controls is...

It would help a bit if your dream-aircraft was one that wasn't being phased out of the fleet, I suggest the super-hornet :D Finish your master's degree (if it doesn't hurt you age-wise), it is critical to becomming a senior officer.

With the weights, resistance, and movement that I am using, I find that I can do about "half" of my normal numbers when I am doing the crunches by grasping a 25-35lb weight on my chest. This means that if I want to work up to 100 situps in 2 minutes, what I want to do is work up to the point...

Lot's of people can see stealth aircraft, the biggest effect that the stealth has is to reduce the effective radar coverage of the enemy and create huge "gaps" that they can fly through. We've known for a long time that there were technologies out there that could possibly see them, it's no...