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Thank you Sir! It's a great feeling to say the very least.

Could I get a set of wings please? Winged out of the HT's yesterday... and finally dragged myself out of bed around 2pm today.

Or wear the gear you brought with you, and save the issued gear for RLP. Your call. I personally bought plain white crew socks and tighty whities, wore them throughout the first month and saved my issued gear explicitly for RLP... stamped it, folded it, etc. Then after RLP I started wearing it...

Try shaving it, and if your class team doesn't like it you'll find out very quickly. What's the worst they can do? (climb up your a**hole and steal the soul right out of your body is about the worst I can think of.) If they don't care, you're good to go.

I know it sucks to hear, but the consensus you'll get here is basically this: get used to missing things (weddings, birthdays, Christmas, etc). This might be the first time you have to miss major events, but it won't be the last. I would not recommend passing up a board to try to game the...

I haven't heard one way or the other honestly.

Two of my friends selected Maritime out of primary, and got a phone call a few days later saying they had P-8 slots. They didn't immediately select P-8s, and you can't put them down specifically on your dream sheet, but apparently they are being selected at the beginning of advanced rather than...

What a boss.

I was thinking the same thing. I guess there has to be a breakdown of CRM to begin with for both pilots to be putting in different inputs, but it definitely would make more sense to have the controls linked.

I definitely made my off call today on base... no one said anything though. ODO must have been in the head.

This is all awesome stuff, thanks for the info!

Ok, so I'm looking for some aviation related art to put up on my walls. I've seen a few random links in various threads on here, but I was not able to find a thread (if one exists) that was dedicated to this type of thing. Where do you all find your pictures, posters, or paintings? I'm looking...

Yup, that would be the Rangers making trouble like normal.

This could be really good... hopefully they don't screw it up.

Thanks for the help!

I just saw this thread, could I be added as well? I am half way through Primary.

You forgot about the best commissioning source out there: OCS. You can go to whatever college you want, study whatever you want, not have to wear uniforms through college, and best of all have a guaranteed aviation contract before you are committed to anything. With both the Academy and NROTC...

I would recommend something brightly colored if possible... there will be a thousand black bags all piled together, so trying to find yours is kind of a nightmare.

Like I said earlier I haven't actually been on deployment yet, so I'll defer to you on this one. I can see what you're saying though. It would be nice to figure out a way to get people other than dependents to the gate too.

They could organize a group and all go in together maybe... have one officer (or president of the wives club or whatever) there to say that all of them are friends or family. It would be more of a pain to organize, but it would allow parents or friends to get through security too. Personally...

+1. The FBO gives you a voucher which makes everything under $10 on the menu cost $3, and the salmon burger is delicious.

I haven't been deployed yet so I don't really know what it's like coming back, but these hardly seem like they're even in the same ballpark. I get the point you're trying to make (i.e., why one exception and not others) but I think they would have to come up with a better reason than a kid being...

+1. I go with the Remington 870 tactical. I'll probably spring for a gen 3 Glock 23 to back that up one of these days.

This movie looks like it could be awesome. I'll definitely watch it. I would vote for a miniseries over a movie... that could be really good.

Airborne is something like 8000% your recommended dose of vitamin C--you're supposed to take it when you start feeling sick, and it prevents the cold/flu/whatever from developing and fixes you before you really get sick. But yeah, you're definitely right. I got a bottle of tylenol and a bottle...

really? our candios didn't check anything. ymmv I guess.

Just trying to give you an idea what to expect. Sometimes at OCS you can't follow every rule. For example, the rule is you have to be in bed--in between the sheets--from 2200 to 0500 every night. But then your class team will give you writing assignments (copying chow hall procedures X number of...

Technically, no. But if you want to bring in airborne, stick it in with your toiletries. No one will actually pull every item out and inspect it when you're checking in. Extra supplies? Like RLP stuff? Put it in your lucky bag, you'll be much more likely to be able to get at it there than in...

This was written by my friend's cousin, who is in Afghanistan right now. I read the story and thought I would share with you all. He describes what he saw the night of the hero ceremony for the two fallen soldiers from Oklahoma, Second Lt. ***, 33, of Edmond, and Spc. ***, 22, of Broken Arrow...

And every week that people get sent to Skywarriors, the rumor circulates that THIS is the last class going there... and it never is.

I have a screw in my wrist, and a plate with a bunch of screws on my collar bone. Both healed fine, full range of motion, no pain, etc. I have a waiver for the plate, and didn't even need one for the wrist. Good luck with your surgery! Rehab sucks, but if everything heals right you shouldn't...

60's. Not sure what variant.

Haha good to know...thanks for the heads up. To clarify, I'm not looking for someone to hold my hand through primary--I'm just saying a little positive reinforcement now and then goes a long way, especially from your onwing.

These are good ideas--I'll definitely try both. Thanks for the help gentlemen.

I'm only a little ways into primary, but this is already bothering me. I've had one COC flight and it was like a breath of fresh air, because my flight leader focused on teaching me new techniques for things that I was struggling with. My on-wing has yet to say anything positive about anything...

+1. I'm only in primary, but I can tell you that my anthropology major isn't hurting me. I chose it because it was something interesting to me and I enjoyed it, which definitely helped with my GPA as well. Choose something that you will enjoy and do well at.

For me VFFs work wonders at eliminating knee pain. I have been running a lot for the past 6 years, and with regular shoes my knees still are in agony after about 5 miles. When I wear my VFFs, I can run for quite a bit longer without any pain at all--either at the time or afterwords. So while...

If only.

Yup. The lucky ones get a cold, the unlucky ones get bronchitis or pneumonia.

This guy just decided he didn't feel like going to a mandatory all-hands brief for some reason. Our class officer bumped into him by chance in the hallway and asked why he wasn't there, so the guy told him that another officer had sent him on some errand. It took our class officer all of about 5...

True statement. However that being said, there will be a point when you realize that basically the only way you could fail out is to do something really stupid or get badly hurt, which you can't help anyways so no point in stressing over it. For me it was after ORLP, because I realized that all...

Yeah I'd watch that.

Most (if not all) of the instructors there will help you as much as you need. Just bring specific questions/issues to them in their office or after class or whatever. I never had an instructor who didn't offer extra help if you needed it. Not that they're going to teach the whole class over...

Just be ready to pay per head if you plan on bringing a bunch of people for Hi-Moms. I think our class paid $25 per guest, so that adds up pretty quickly if you bring a ton of family. If they're just coming for grad, then you'll be fine with however many show up.

+1. pisses me off to no end.

It all depends on how sneaky you are. If you don't draw attention to it it won't be a problem...as long as your DI isn't in the habit of making your class "shave by the numbers." And oh what fun that can be.

When I went through, the Candios had to wash one set of our PT gear every night for the first week. You wear PT gear under your poopy suit, so that's mostly what gets nasty anyways. After that your class will share about 4 barely functional washers and dryers with the rest of the regiment, so...

True. No one will take it away from you, but if you don't want to risk having it messed up in a hurricane, just grab one from the Chaplain. Most of the staff wouldn't mess with it intentionally if they broke into your war locker, but accidents happen. I left mine in my lucky bag and used the one...

Yeah a few of us asked if we could, mostly just to delay going back to the suck of daily life. The instructors at the range said that because of budget cuts they couldn't afford to give us that many rounds.

No. It's purely a fam course.