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As someone who married after OCS, I believe I have the unique qualifications to answer this question. Unfortunately, everyone's unique and my experiences will not help you at all. The best thing you can do is get your best friends (individually or all at once) and have them interrogate/quiz you...

We had room inspections with lockers opened and as well as closed. For the dude worried about the chafe, don't worry about it. There's something about newport that just makes small stuff like that work out. Maybe it's the DI's. For instance, I was worried I'd get blisters. Never happened. Now...

I agree with you. I'm just saying that the dude here made it sound like he couldn't push my app through without the certificate number from the MCA test.

This. It's the game they play (you can't really win, but you can do your best not to lose all the time). Yeah, you shouldn't wear boxers, but I knew a few people that managed it because at some point they'd have to do laundry. Now, whether your D.I. will let you get away with it is a whole...

I just got my commercial license and asked about this. Mr. B******* (he helps us out here in multi-engine land) said that only works if you don't want the commercial and you just want to add the instrument rating on to your already existing private pilot's license.

My mistake posting an RAF one. Not sure what you mean by 'roundels'. I take it by the others' posts here, that there isn't a "fighter" version on the US side (only attack)?

1) Fun on an aviation forum? Never heard of it! 2) You be crazy, started all these threads like this. The mods don't quite know what to do with you yet, but you make a mistake and they be all up on you like a fat kid on butter. 3) My favorite plane (makes me jealous that the marines get to...

When I was a young'un, I can recall overhearing conversations about this gary powers guy and how he should have used the cyanide. [This of course being at least 3 decades after the incident.] I guess I never really considered what it meant to be that guy until now. I figure, and this is just...

Much appreciated.

Yeager was never an astronaut. Or are you saying something else?

Could I have access to the p-3 forum if I don't already. Thanks.

The only thing I know about the Army is that they only fly helos (is that what you want?). Also, a great question to ask someone that's "been there, done that" is when the selection for aviation happens, either before you step foot at WOFT (sp?) or if after a certain amount of time at WOFT you...

This is to the OP. It's a little far ahead for you (you're working on selection/preparing for ocs), but just keep in the back of your head that you don't need more than one or two of each uniform item. You're going to want to buy more than that. (I certainly could've done fine with only half of...

The one I linked to is fairly reasonable. The only difference is it's about 6-7 more dollars than the 9g, it was made to be man-handled and you have to go out of your way to get.

Summing up the goodies.. nvp my favorite kneeboard to date (in my limited experience): http://www.flyboys.com/fb1316.html a2 aviator (LED version) by surefire electronic logbooks (ipad or otherwise) aviation watch (this will get costly, its easy if you pick something stylish, reliable and can...

A few pages ago someone suggested chase-durer, and no response was given. I'm curious though, has anyone owned a watch from this brand? Any opinions on its reliability? The wife got me this as a present for my recent accomplishment. No, the picture is not mine. I found this picture on...

Newly winged aviator from corpus. Could I get a set of profile wings? And is PNA short for "professional naval aviator"? If so, I'd like a join for that too. Thanks.

Without getting too in depth in the responses, there seems to be a huge assumption made that I was referring to 5's. I was actually referring in large part to graded items that mif says are "3" where a "4" appeared to be reasonable evalutation based on the subjective/objective standards in the...

Grading in flight school is like grading an essay, it's subjective, objective and you get extra points for style. There's nothing wrong with it, as long as it's mostly standardized (which is usually true). Unfortunately, you sometimes come upon instructors that have different views than what...

That's funny.

Can anyone confirm if they are taking people coming out of advanced and directly training them for the P8 yet? Apologies if this has been asked. I can neither confirm, nor deny that myself and a few people I know were allegedly officially selected in primary and then allegedly unofficially...

How do you take your coffee, Sir?

Always been a fan of your posts, Sir. My experience at OCS was a great example of the OP's worry. I had a full flight physical with the Marine Corp @ Miramar prior to attending OCS, so I knew I was within limits (20/20, good depth perception, everything fine). Come OCS, it was the second/third...

Worth adding to this discussion is that OCS is a magical place where the paperwork moves slower than the visits to the flight doctor. Here's the gig, as I remember it: If you are NPQ'd in OCS, your chances of being redes'd to something else (NFO if you're qualified, or another designator) are...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgHN1GvF40I 3:58 "There are some positions that are a bit rough..." "There've been a few scrapes, but...nothing major" "Well. Not majorly" "I love Sarah more than anything in the world, despite the problems she's had with her vagina"

You will know long before you get to graduation that your car has problems. And you'll probably have time to fix them, even if it's a pain. For what it's worth, someone in our class did have a dead battery. Disconnecting the battery is probably a good idea, but just be ready to be quick with...

Her closing remarks weren't strange given her politics. It was her job on base, that I found strange. Some combination of environmental coordinator/maintenance supervisor/supply person. She controlled what cleaning agents could be used on base as well as buying replacement lightbulbs. And I...

At OCS, they showed us a video similar to this around candio phase. It was a more recent version, but old enough that the video was still about AOCS in Pensacola.

That's legit. Glad to see that he received an award for his off duty "work."

When your senior chief is calling you Sir and telling you to "go over the horizon" and "never come back."

For serious? That's awesome. I have nothing to add, except, as a guy that went into pilot training with only a PPL- I'm soaking up as much as I can here and am going to practice the approaches with the cai lab programs and try to get as much out of it as I can before I actually have to do it...

If I didn't already have a bike (and I was living nearby), I'd strongly consider it. That particular bike can go a long ways (mileage wise) before it needs work.

Second the shin splint thing. I didn't do cross country in HS or college, so no amount of running would have prevented the shin splints I got during OCS and am still getting (doesn't mean I didn't try though). Jt, shouldn't you be studying EP's like the rest of us?

Major congrats, man! Kick ass in advanced! I'm hoping for that kind of luck, but it will be a little while. How long, from beginning of ground school until selection, was primary? Also, which squadron were you with? (I'm vt3)

start? I'm thinking it's about time I stop.

This. Get through OCS as fast as you can. 12 weeks is enough. And this. To the OP. QED.

Actually, he's just being honest. Just like how lack of O2 produced different reactions in the altitude chamber, people changed when they got stressed out. And for the most part, the urge to buy t-shirts and OCS memorabilia really did get carried away. I definitely got lured into that buying...

For the Marines, I can definitely see running as important. I have a more basic question. Why is it that only the MC levels the playing field with the CFT. Why can't Big Navy adopt that?

That sentence seems more complete if you add "...if you are already a winged aviator." There are some people on this forum that were accepted under similar waivers in the Navy, but in the last few years, I haven't seen/heard/read anything like that. Good luck to you in getting it though I...

Yes. But how do you fix that? You mean security concern (because the bank is protecting its assets)? Also, aren't most banks private entities that can pick and choose their customers? I understood your initial point, but your "proof" seemed unrelated at best. :) edit: Still not sure about...

Are you having withdrawals?

This is not just Navy. This is everywhere. Besides being sierra hotel the common counter to this is having an IN like sharing your alma mater or being part of the same fraternity.

I thought that was a recent rule that banks created specifically because an old guy with a baseball cap and sunglasses kept robbing banks at gunpoint.

Normally, when I hear that combination of words, I think this:

Wow, that must have hurt. That's incredible though. 10ft did that much damage? Ouch, man.

Awesome scores. What's your major in school? And you're also an instrument pilot? Very nice. Just make sure you help out your future fellow studs! Good luck with the app process.

Obviously not a coastie, and you should try to get that waiver if you can (assuming you're within waiverable standards). My only comment is that it's difficult to get those waivers now-a-days and it might be more efficient to investigate getting PRK done. I was born with 20/20, my only initial...

That sounds like a question for a recruiter. However, I do believe you are right, (as an extension of what you said) that you must be completing a bachelors from an accredited school.

Allamerican seemed to answer your question from the pain aspect. It's still possible to hurt yourself doing pushups with improper form even if you have a strong core though. I would recommend going to a gym where you have a mirror, align yourself parallel to the mirror and watch your form for...

A few weeks ago I did the mile swim and someone in our class was prior aircrew. I'm not sure if you're talking about the same guy (he had to get a 100 on FR&R to make NSS and he did). Anyway, come to think of it, I can't remember if that guy actually did the mile swim with us. (I'm pretty...