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Not enough can be said about adding more "useless" check in the box training that is required getting in the way of actual MOS training that my Marines actually need to take to the fight. In the middle of my PTP I have spent more time sending my Marines to required safety stand downs...

He went to Harvard SOB/Kennedy for a dual masters.

The End Of Aviation This is a robust well thought out and written article that everyone here as an aviation community would be missing out on some interesting perspectives if they did not read. I personally feel we will develop technologically accordingly to continue to support the...

Anyone interested in renting a room/living together in Hawaii? I am arriving 5/2 and have a bunch of 3 bed 2 bath condos lined up... seeing if there is any interest here first before I use roommates.com or craigslist.

If anyone could PM me with a contact email or contact number for Breitling that would be fantastic. We are considering a Breitling group buy, it would be most appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Thats crazy, leave TBS early thats like a dream come true..

I am sure he has already talked to an officer recruiter, how else would he have an ASTB score?

You are not currently allowed to wear a seal trident in the USMC. I went through TBS with a Marine Pilot who had interserviced into the Corps to fly jets after spending around 10 years in the teams as enlisted. While he was there he was in my platoon at TBS he never wore it and has been...

The numbers are from the horses mouth.. Were buried in a pipeline brief powerpoint recently sent out from the MOC.

For all the FY 07 Marines selecting this year.. PILOTS – 345 TOTAL R/W – 193 F/W – 102 Maritime – 30 Tilt Rotor – 20 NFO’S – 32 TOTAL WSO – 16 ECMO – 16

" I've thought about being a sub teacher at one of the local highschools. " Your just trying to get the inside track on all the hot highschools chicks aren't you war eagle?

152 I have 25 hours in the 152... it was a lot of fun, supposedly a really easy plane to fly.. I don't have anything else to compare it to but its cheaper then a piper and I can't think of a big advantage that the piper has. s/f

Registration Getting temp dod stickers seems like a waste of time just get your car registered and then get real stickers is what I'd recommend. Just get your car registered when you get to Quantico it takes 10 minutes. The Virginia DMV website will actually tell you what the wait time is...

Real professional forget it then.

Hey gents, Good luck at OCS just remember, never; ever ever give up. That's all you need to know, not a PT plan, a gear list, a study sheet. Semper Fidelis

Well, Lois I find this food to be rather shallow and pedantic.

I have sciatic pain.. I actually have piriformis. This is a muscle that tightens, irritating the sciatic. I made it through OCS and Im almost done with TBS .. stretching helps me.. most of the pt we do doesnt hurt it.. we did 5-6 O courses one day and that kind of did. You can make it, if you...

One of my boys was dressed exactly like that in Gtown this weekend.... tucked in 80s polo and everything.. id say the new lieut uniform is semi tight dark jeans, black dress shoes, untucked nice express or polo button down shirt ... the Marine Corps going metrosexual. Semper.

Marines is 6 helo, 8 jet/prop. Used to be only 6 for prop. s/f

Hey don't forget about the secret night hump after land nav for 8 miles with a quiz right before the last leg on call for fire. Its friggin good to go. Nothing says Marine Corps like 1230 am grab your packs lets go hump on 10 minutes notice. Hiyaut

Mike Company XO... should be able to help you out. You are probably doing it after TBS. S/f

Steve: Prepping a frest PT shirt means taking a huge stencil with your company/platoon letter/number and using boot polish or a marker to color it in onto the back of a skivvie, the platoon number also goes on the front. It's a huge waste of time. You have to do it pretty much every time...

Pharat, Duke lost your not going to graduate.

So basically exactly what I just said jamnww?

http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110007681 Mightier Than the Pen Why I gave up journalism to join the Marines.

gouge is The gouge from the secretary at the office whose been doing this over 15 years. Yes it is supposedly an all female class. No they are not currently allowed to contract males. She said she has seen this before, and it never lasts and she believes they will end up contracting...

I'll see you there. s/f

Anybody ever get hypothermic from Quigley? I mean breaking the ice on it, than going through it than sitting around in wet clothes? Doesn't seem like the most intelligent idea. oh well, here I come winter Quigley s/f

A little humor from the Onion for everyone: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/42609/print/ Life In The Navy Rocks Even Harder Than The Commercial Implied November 16, 2005 | Issue 41•46 After I graduated from high school, I was making good money painting houses, my girlfriend was...

For Marines this is stolen from a post MMX made: according to the FY2005 AVPLAN(public document, but I don't remember the original link for it), there are...(major airframes only, minor ones(training and HMX-1) excluded) 173 AH-1W 86 UH-1N 223 CH-46E 35 CH-53D 146 CH-53E 663 rotary...

I received some good answers, thank you Skidkid and Phrogpilot ... you've given me more than a basic satisfactory answer to give people who are like your becoming a pilot? With WHO, the Marine Corps? So now after saying damn straight... I can explain why the Marines have their own air assets...

Why does the Marine Corps have its own "Air Force"? This question has been asked of me. I've lurked and searched and have never really been given a satisfactory answer as to why the Marine Corps has its own air component. Can a Marine NA or SNA speak up and help me out? Thank you. s/f

Interesting, yeah I honestly think every community has its pluses and minuses .. My OSO is a Herc Driver and Props was his first choice due to lifestyle. I'd be happy with anything. Kinda bummed to be anthroed out of the Harrier but what are you going to do. I don't know how I feel about...

Out of curiositys sake do people in the jet pipeline generally want harriers or hornets? P.S. I'm anthro-ed out of harriers and the T-2, I have no idea why.

Its not too late the board for 191 hasn't met yet, around Nov 5th is the due date I believe. Talk to your OSO.

*cough* for record the Red Sox have 6 World Series Titles 1903, 1912,1915,1916,1918, 2004 ... Thank you not the aformentioned 2. But I'm not even going to get into baseball on here, thats a mistake. Cowboy up baby. Sox fans: www.bostondirtdogs.com s/f

Well the differences Important to you are, OCC is typically a lot more competitive to get into than PLC. But the advantage to OCC is you're immediately active duty and straight into TBS. So if you combine the fact you're graduating a semester early with that you do not have to wait 5-7...

yeah Snowden Village Appartments where I live has 6 month leases in Fredericksburg VA .. and its really not that much of a price difference... 15 minute drive to Quantico in the morning... They also do month to month, if you need to extend or whatever. Plus the standard 5% military discount...

Id take 3 days notice to get in 4 months earlier.. I'm definately good to go... physically and psychologicaly. And it's not like its a big journey I live 15 minutes from Q-Town. Thank you for the responses. s/f

Has anybody ever gone through the experience of a last minute call up to OCS, because a couple of Candidates were injured, dqed, etc before the start of their OCC? I've been selected 191 but rumor has it a couple of Candidates usually get called up last minute for the current OCS ie OCC 190...

0-5 Retired SWO taught my last college class/ is a highschool teacher.. there you go..

It's all relative jmn the how bad/cold it gets.. to a New Englander like me it never gets cold here in VA.. to my OSO a Texas native he thinks hes in the Artic during the winter..

You hit it right on the head with word flucations. I went to college 15 miles from quantico and the weather can range from 90 and hot to 25 and snowing. Virginia weather just flucuates like crazy from day to day. In general tho i'd expect nice sunny weather and it not really getting all that...

Found a nice little website with some Marine Corps OCS Gouge. It may have been posted but for all those going to OCC 190 here you go: http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gtg445f/ocs/ semper fi

Fly Navy: What happens if you move to another duty station? I know it has reciprocity in 28 states, but if you lose your FL residency do you lose the CCW or is still good for 5 years regardless of where you move/have residency? I'm gonna get my VA CCW its 50 bucks instead of the 110 or so the...

Hey, I'm one of those burecrats.. I can give any gouge on Apartments in Fredericksburg VA just pm me.. A TBS Lt/his wife live in the appartment next to mine and a PFC in the appartment below me so theres a decent amount of Marines in my complex. I live in Snowden Appartments which have...

concur Concur, I used to drink coffee an hour before a race.. there is medical research on positive benefits of caffeine prior to racing/working out.. (stimulating heart rate/blood flow etc) Youll be fine and goodluck..

Brett: you gotta crunch in the 3000$ tax-credit with the Prius/a hybrid in addition to the savings on gas.. and the fact your getting a nice piece of machinery Toyota sells at a loss to lower the average MPG of its fleet. If you live in DC like I do you also get a free pass into the HOV Lane...

Thats odd.. because im up for air in the sept 09 board .. (east coast).. re PFTing monday.

I goto a C school... in a class of 60 youd see maybe 3-4 A/A- .. 8 B's the rest C's and D's .. so a 3.0 for where I went is actually quite good... P.S don't rank on geography I was required to take plenty of challenging courses ;-) Climatology baby oh yeah I took my bs elective classes @...