HS student with Navy dreams

[navalaiationjourney]

Hey y'all! I'm a sophomore in HS and I am going into my first year of JROTC this year, my dream is to be a Navy Pilot, what right now can I do to prepare and get ahead (other than that "get good grades" bs I already know. I didn't have any future plans in freshman year so my GPA is fucked up, I have a 2.5 but will be bringing that up. I am physically fit but because of JROTC rules I am not playing a sport this year, I played jv baseball last year and am confident that I will be varsity junior and senior year. I want to get into The Naval Academy and I'm getting my pilots license when I turn 16. Anyways the real question I'm asking here are what can I do to start studying for OCS, ASTB, etc right now. EX: books to buy, online courses to take, places to go, people to talk to.... Hope someone can help me out, thank you!

 

[FormerRecruitingGuru]

Hey y'all! I'm a sophomore in HS and I am going into my first year of JROTC this year, my dream is to be a Navy Pilot, what right now can I do to prepare and get ahead (other than that "get good grades" bs I already know. I didn't have any future plans in freshman year so my GPA is fucked up, I have a 2.5 but will be bringing that up. I am physically fit but because of JROTC rules I am not playing a sport this year, I played jv baseball last year and am confident that I will be varsity junior and senior year. I want to get into The Naval Academy and I'm getting my pilots license when I turn 16. Anyways the real question I'm asking here are what can I do to start studying for OCS, ASTB, etc right now. EX: books to buy, online courses to take, places to go, people to talk to.... Hope someone can help me out, thank you!

Welcome to the forum. Honestly, your first and only goal is getting into a four year university or community college if the GPA is too low. Focus on classes and keeping a good GPA.

if you want to learn more about aviation, Google and the search option here are your friends. Good luck.

 

[AllAmerican75]

Hey y'all! I'm a sophomore in HS and I am going into my first year of JROTC this year, my dream is to be a Navy Pilot, what right now can I do to prepare and get ahead (other than that "get good grades" bs I already know. I didn't have any future plans in freshman year so my GPA is fucked up, I have a 2.5 but will be bringing that up. I am physically fit but because of JROTC rules I am not playing a sport this year, I played jv baseball last year and am confident that I will be varsity junior and senior year. I want to get into The Naval Academy and I'm getting my pilots license when I turn 16. Anyways the real question I'm asking here are what can I do to start studying for OCS, ASTB, etc right now. EX: books to buy, online courses to take, places to go, people to talk to.... Hope someone can help me out, thank you!

Here's the best advice:

1. Get good grades and knock out the SAT and ACT. You NEED to be competitive for college if you want to be a pilot.
2. Keep working hard and showing your leadership potential and ability to work as a member of a team in JROTC and on the baseball field.
3. Start getting to know your congressmen now. Go meet them and ask them about what their expectations are for academy nominations.
4. Start researching what it takes to get into and through the academy. Don't limit yourself to just the Naval Academy. The Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point also commissions Naval officers and there are quite a few members of the forum who got to Pensacola that way.
5. Keep your nose clean and stay out of trouble. A criminal record or history of drug use will torpedo your chances.

Good luck!

 

[Uncle Fester]

Good advice so far. Plenty more on the rest of the AW forums; there’s decades of professional military aviation experience for you to draw on. We try to limit these new guy/basic questions threads because they’ve been asked and answered hundreds of times and adding more just clogs up the boards. Search around, especially the stickied threads on the officer programs forum.

Good luck to you.