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I haven't seen wishicouldfly on AW for a while, but he is at UO and was picked up for Supply BDCP. Might be a good idea to PM him for info re: an OR in Eugene.

I always feel sleezy about that. Ironically not so much about the pay checks. Go figure.

Hate to be a nerd, but that's not even close to how you use a ";". Lets work on things like capitalization and spelling before moving on to the big boy grammar. http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html

http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14273&highlight=intel+squadron+vs+ship hit that up. on this site flyinspy also seems to be the top authority on the subject.

well I guess I'll play devil's advocate for a bit and say my piece in defense of the strawmen being knocked down. I won't comment on any of the specific weapons systems and/or the suggested cuts to them; I'm sure most everyone on this site has a more informed opinion re: the details than me...

concur. about 75 percent of my BDCP money goes to tuition/paying off loans. it sucks.

hmm...well I leave a definitive answer to someone who actually knows what they're talking about, but I was in BDCP for 8 months before going abroad for 12 weeks and it wasn't a problem. Had to go through some clearance stuff but no snags on days of leave. Does leave work differently when...

well that and yeah, what he said ^

ah the free summer. I spent my last one on a state dept. fellowship in China and the one before that interning with my congressman. I would suggest volunteering or interning with an organization that does something you love. Money, as you note, isn't really an issue so go out and work...

dude seriously? its your life, tell her to get over it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7782422.stm wow. nice duck though.

a wasteland pugs? you mean apart from some of the worlds best (free) museums, thousands of intelligent and beautiful ex-pats, top notch universities and, I don't know, the seat of the federal government, right? :icon_wink DC has go problems sure, but man its a sweet town to be 22 and single...

skyward, you might not like to refer people to Time, but I love citing the Atlantic. They did a piece on her a month ago. its pretty incisive and comprehensive. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200811/michelle-rhee her administrative pedagogy seems to be the new wave.

It easy to change your ADCP, but a tad toilsome. I suggest filling in all your elective courses with "non-technical elective." That helps a lot because you only have to plan for courses relevant to your major. Again, no big deal.

Drill Over, on to Panama http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7764592.stm I guess, curiously, the drill was supposed to last three days but parties called it off after just one. Insights?

my bad on the repost. (hangs head in shame).

Blue Angels to hold open try out! http://www.theonion.com/content/news/blue_angels_hold_first_ever_open or so says America's finest news source. :)

Not in a million years did I think this thread would get back on track. thanks for the update.

just an FYI they strongly discourage applicants for IW who do not have calc and calc based physics. I applied INTEL, IW and SWO, so my personal suggestion for a third slot would be SWO (but then what do I know). Good luck on that whole Chinese thing.

jalevy, I'm doing BDCP Intel right now. BDCP is a great deal, PM me if you want any info on the particulars of my application. Also you need to be a full time student to be in BDCP. Keep that in mind as you think about your options. It sounds like you have some reservations about that...

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200811/map-arctic Most telling stat: distance from Rotterdam to Yokohama over the pole, 5,600 miles. Distance via the Suez (the next shortest route) 11,200 miles. this graphic appeared in the Atlantic this November. I'd be curious to hear how you guys think...

back in 06 my dad and I went up there and did the loop on bikes. I thought it was a great way and pace at which to see the battlefield. please limit hippie responses.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7718156.stm looks like 20 russian sailors dead in a fire on one of their nuke subs.

bluesig1, where you find that picture of the german girls? its all over the chinese mainland for some reason. /end thread jack.

pmasters, what he--see above--said. That and Chinese people are even more proud of there language than the French; its all bound up with a sense national identity and history. They do have this system called "pinyin", with assigns roman characters with tone markings to various sounds. It...

pmasters I was stuck in the "wow-spanish-is-irrelevant-trap" too, so I started taking Chinese at school. Its hard, but I'm sure you assumed that. Tones are miserably hard to master and you spend a ton of time memorizing. That said it can also be a lot of fun and what's more Chinese food is...

eric, thanks for the tip on the olmstead scholarship. fusu

ditto question for INTEL if anyone wants to chime in. pmasters, just you might want to look into state dept. fully funded training which I was able to do independent of the Navy during this last summer (how great is BDCP for freedom). I went to Harbin China on it this summer. take a look...

It is too bad that in American politics the word "elite" is treated as a liability. Sen. Obama has an elite education and an elite mind, as I would hope the most power leader in the free world should. I think the fact that Sen. McCain graduated second from the bottom of his class at the Naval...

Somali Pirates steal battle tanks http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/27/world/africa/27pirates.html?hp What I would give to be on one of the ships chasing these guys.

i'm almost positive that comp sci counts as a technical degree.

yeah the BBC link had a short video touring around the ship and it looked giant. The small size of the Russian fleet strikes me as significant. Seems as though they don't want to send too many ships too far away considering all the activity in the Black Sea and Korea.

mumbles, bevo My point was merely that the US dependence on oil gives this kind of naval exercise a disproportionate relevance. Hope that clears the "WTFs" up. I was hoping this thread would focus more on Russia's role in the world, but, as we have to descended in the gutter of domestic...

bevo, Domestic production will never satisfy American demand in and of itself. Offshore drilling is at best a small piece of a lager answer(s) to the energy crisis. At worst it is junk economics that distracts us from making serious and difficult changes to our economy and way of life...

looks like someone doesn't like that whole monroe doctrine thing.:icon_wink http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7628899.stm

thanks beans. man i love how this site rocks typos. and by no means am i smart; just lucky as all hell.

I was recently nominated for the Rhodes and Marshall scholarships. Problem is I'm a BDCPer and owe the Navy obligations right after I graduate. I've know that a lot of Academy and NROTC types win these scholarships and then differ their service in the Navy for a couple of years, I just can't...

ajb37, good call. kind of an important "not" there. thanks

update http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/10/world/asia/10korea.html?hp "verge of death" according to one american official.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7605615.stm speculative, but at the very least it has some cool shots of a North Korean military parade.

i was never able to understand why the flight portion is on the intel test either. something to do with having to work with people who fly planes even if you never get near one. I scored 5,5,5 on the flight part and did well on the OAR. My OR explained that the board would look at the flight...

Fun Fact: There are four sections on the Chinese gaokao (college prep exam--kind of like the SAT on crack): math, reading, English and your intended major. That means that every Chinese college student speaks passable English. For all those that want to compete in the 21st century, its...

it should be mentioned that it is actually a few midshipmen who asked the ACLU to file suit based off of a similar situation at the VMI. real people are behind this suit not just the ACLU (whatever you may think of that organization)...

as always, thanks a ton flyin spy for the insights.

zissou and flash, the best scholarship to come out on the issue of post-war japan is likely John Dower's book "Embracing Defeat". (it won the pulitzer alongside the national book award and the bancroft prize)...

you can also just mark down "elective/non-technical" in a box if it is a course unrelated to your major. this gives you more flexibility. you need to make sure to have down all the courses requisite to your major.

redsox, I was picked up swo and intel without calc or phys, so don't sweat it too much.

dude, I've had the problem before (i run at college). listen to your body, and if it says "i freaking hurt" take it to the doc's. Going to see a doctor can't hurt, and the knee is nothing to mess around with. best of luck fusu

really? 3.5? that would be awesome. my school says 3.75 so I thought i was just plain out of luck but 3.5 gets me to E-4. anybody got some good info on this?

pmasters check out bdcp. I was in you shoes a year or two ago and this program is just too good to turn down. You still go to OCS, but you can get the salary of SN1 for your last two (non-technical major) or three (technical-major) years of college. If you're on the fence BDCP will push...