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My work/life balance in Primary worked fairly well (I like to think so, anyways). Friday nights were off to party, Saturdays were always for the boys. Either went shooting, to the beach, rode my bike, watched football, whatever. Sundays, I got up and lounged and went to church at 11. Got home at...

Aviator wings, pls. 24 SEP 18 out of Whiting Field

If I'd never been to Pensacola, I'd laugh at my own stupidity, but I've been out to Cantonment and to Bagdad and those places make P'cola look like South Beach.

Here in South Flawda, you'll get rained out enough that you get to re-do that airspace brief multiple times!

The single biggest takeaway from IFS is going to be learning the sight picture for a 3 degree glideslope on a civilian box-pattern final at 70 KIAS so that you remember when you see it doing 120+ KIAS rolling out from a Navy overhead pattern. You'll get a crash course in comms and federal...

"ALL THE WAY DOWN ALL THE WAY UP"

That Stew Smith program works. I use his TRX and Push/Pull workouts to great effect. My IST at OCS was 50 pushups, just enough to pass. I almost maxed it out at 80 during my out PFA, and I haven't had a PFA below 75 since.

Everyone that I know has self procured their gloves... I don't know of a procurement process, it was kind of showed to us like "hey these are approved to wear if you have them."

I'd say the overwhelming majority of students these days are rocking the Wiley-X or Outdoor Research gloves.

Hey AW, I know many of you guys are helo pilots, and some of you were/are HT IPs. I'm in Advance Pool right now, just looking for some direction as far as what to prepare for in Advanced. I've gotten my digital copies of the material from book issue but I'm looking for direction as far as where...

My dude, You're still a long way out, but good on you for working out. Much can change from our OCS experience by the time you arrive. For me, running was self paced outside the PFA. Don't suck and you'll be fine.

For the record, I had everything that my surgeon had provided after my cystoscopy, and NAMI still requested records from my urologist. My training jacket literally has four copies of the same sheets of paper because I brought two, NHCNE made one and then requested another. I'm agreeing that it's...

To add on to what you mentioned about the lack of effectiveness of other methods, there's somewhat of a cyclical nature to the prescription of opioid based pain relievers. Usually for a period of about a decade, someone gets the bright idea that reducing opioid prescription can reduce...

I didn't have any of this stuff. Not a factor. Week one, you'll go to the Naval Health Clinic and they'll take all kinds of blood and tests, as well as the dental clinic. They'll make you a new dental record for the Navy, take some x-rays. They even fixed a pre-cavity for me. With your blood...

Those numbers will suffice. I had never been able to finish more than 90 c/u in 2 minutes prior to OCS and during the initial strength test, I hit 105 in 90 seconds because I was totally amped. If you're worried about it, switch to a calisthenics only workout and only do pushups instead of any...

I'm pretty sure the only thing that kept me from failing was the fact that I knew the proper warfare insignia descriptions of my entire chain of command. It'll just make your life easier the more you know beforehand.

They're up closer to Wild Greg's these days, but still close to the one block radius.

Yeah, stop nuking it. I'm glad you're in shape and have the gouge memorized (I did the same thing), but the rest of OCS is meant to be experienced in all its glory. Live life and enjoy it right now. Brush up on info related to the community you are joining. Work on your hobby or pick one up...

pls teach me how to be a motivator

These days you show up to graduation with your rank on, but without your cover until after the ceremony. We didn't have a pinning ceremony, we just got sworn in. Indeed. Some of those silver coins were worth a lot of money. What some in my class chose to do was conduct a "First Salute Ceremony"...

Within the first three weeks. You'll mostly wear NWUs in that span. Your uniforms will most likely be baggy close to commission. They usually aren't baggy six months later, I'm not saying you'll balloon but most will gain some weight again once they go back to eating like a human. Do not get...

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I arrived at 2300 the night before coming from MDT. Everyone will be tired regardless of the time change. I spent the previous year waking up at 0530 and working out, so I adjusted very quickly. Once you've had all the fun of being woken up for weeks during indoc, waking up is no issue.

We started with somewhere around 46, had 1 DOR (for a DQ) and several roll out and roll in, but everyone else that started in aviation got to stay... which is pretty rare. We watched subsequent classes DOR with a much more usual rate (that is, about 5-6 per company, so a two company class might...

You'll wear issued glasses until Candio phase. I recommend bringing contacts if you have them because you'll need them for the fire trainer and you might want them for the M9 pistol course. During candio, you can wear contacts all the time if you like.

>Dumb question >Thread title Aaaaannnnyyyywwwwaaayyys When I was there (summer '16), you could wear a religious item on a dog tag style chain. Multiple people did.

They're required by NAMI to start flying. The MEPS physical you get isn't a flight physical, just a Navy physical. Those waivers are different. You'll get a long form flight physical the week you show up at OCS. The waivers will be assessed from there. I lost 25 lbs. Other people didn't lose...

True story. Incredibly, our class (14-16) was able to commission with only a few transitioning from SNA to SNFO, but everyone in aviation got to stay in aviation, and that doesn't happen very often. Even so, there were like 2 of the 31 of us that were SNA/SNFO who didn't require some kind of...

Get black or navy, preferably in a shorter length. I wore 6" PT shorts, they can't stick out but they are authorized.

When you arrive, you'll have the option to purchase some PT socks from the mini NEX (buy everything they tell you to buy, don't use it until after your first infamous inspection). They're full length tube socks, and they're actually not too bad. I brought my own tube socks, as long as they're...

No. Just make sure the stuff you bring on the list is comfy. Get comfy undershirts. Wear comfy underwear. Use comfy towels. Get comfy socks. Other than that, know your knowledge and drink some flavor-aid.

You won't get it until week 9.

I had a labor intensive billet... I hated Candio phase for that reason. I didnt really benefit, just lost sleep and got chewed out. Even guys that didn't have busy bullets were trying to stay in their hatches and avoid unnecessarily getting in trouble. It was basically downhill after capstone...

I'm almost positive the NEX Uniform shop carries awards for all branches. You'll need to figure out which ones are authorized for wear in Navy uniforms. Your parachutist badge should get stitched on when your nametape does, just make sure that the NEX knows that you need it.

I didn't see motivation in that packing list.

I got some prescribed by the flight surgeon optometrist in the first week. They're pretty cool in there about it, just mention that you take them otc and they'll write you a script so you can have it while you're there.

Landlines on the quarterdeck require you to use phone cards until you get your cell. The current technique is to use a phone card, dial out, and have someone call you back so you only use ~1 min on an 800 min card and there are cards at each phone. But to your (sarcastic) question, I had a...

You'll get them after capstone on Wednesday of Week 8. Most folks got them, and class team just had us open them all at once to make sure we didn't have any weapons or lighters or dumb contraband. Mine had cheez-its and jerky and cookies and coffee and it was clutch.

Bring that waiver and any associated documents.

Unless you need a waiver, don't sweat the records. Only ones I needed were for my kidney stone waiver. Didn't even bring immunization or dental and it wasn't a big deal, they started a new record for me during week 1.

The Chief that currently runs the pool is super cool and might let you do a second class, but other than conditioning during candio, you can't do your first class there. You can ask after your third class since the pool staff will be there but they told us they're not authorized to administer it...

Knee jerk from my baseball playing days. White pants always allowed the undies to show through, I guess I never noticed the liner since the summer white blouse shows everything through it. 2 minutes. You seem to be getting fed some terrible gouge elsewhere!

Just commissioned. If anyone sees your underwear, they're wrong. Literally per our class team, they had zero interest in our underwear. Black and Navy blue compressions are authorized with pt gear. Please for your sake wear white underwear with your summer and dress whites. Other than that, you...

You'll settle your account in week 11, up until week 10, you can just charge everything you buy at the uniform shop to your personal account. The allowance is included in your first paycheck, so you'll pay the full balance at the end.

42 Oldest in our class was over 30 and youngest turned 23. Everyone everywhere in between.

Talking to a recent grad, yes, though the description can vary from class to class, so have them memorized in advance but don't nuke the verbiage itself since it might change slightly; you will need to have the edition for your class memorized verbatim. I say this because I've seen the...

@Signup15 was your class sharked pretty hard on your IST?

Can't speak to your exact situation, since I graduated prior to applying, but I can tell you that I never heard anything back after I submitted my letter of renunciation regarding my background check, only that I had received my FINSEL about two months later (and three months after Pro-Y). Keep...

Many members of this forum include their test scores in either their signature or in their profile page. My recommendation would be to browse the final select thread since those people have all been Pro-Rec'd Y and see what kinds of numbers people have been putting out lately. For what it's...

Maybe some of the priors can speak to this, but how close does my shave need to be? Just a clean daily shave with the grain or will I need to be first-date-newborn-baby-butt close? Just trying to avoid unnecessary irritation.