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Yup, just like wlawr said. The whole system made it easy for the nervous CAT-1 to find the boat during CQ. Basically just had to zoom out on the moving map and drive to the corner of the working area where the boat was supposed to be, wait for the tacan symbol to appear, and then set up the...

The moving map changes everything. The T-6 point to points were mind blowing because you had to look at DME and the tail of the TACAN needle to find the cut. With a moving map, you just draw the course line through the TACAN, zoom out until you see it, and then aim at the part of the needle you...

The biggest issues with the iPad in the cockpit for me are the bulk, even the smaller iPads, and that the screen is never bright enough during the day. At full blast it’s still too dim and burning battery. The fact that we are still having 50 boxes of DOD charts delivered every update has to...

VT-27 made the student do the NATOPS brief from memory so it was 2 pages of rote memorization covering things like inadvertent IMC or ejections. The Milton squadrons had the IP brief the students.

Request NA wings please. Meridian 25OCT19.

Wings soon. Looking to replace my Ironman with something $500 or less to celebrate. If I take my watch off I'll lose it.. so I'm hoping to find the watch that can take the daily beating and still look good for date night. Basically, one that isn't coming off in the cockpit, shower, beach, bed...

This was the Corpus forms brief typed out in a Word doc. Recited verbatim each brief:

Wanted to brain dump my Forms info before I lose it. For anyone about to start the forms block - it's essentially one flight that you got a half dozen cracks at before you solo. You've got to know the flow from startup to shutdown before you fly so you can focus on perfecting the actual...

They've always been the circles on the left when I did it. There's some tips and tricks on how to pass.. looking at the outside circles, looking through the image, etc. Practice doing 3d stereograms online: http://www.eyetricks.com/3dstereo.htm

The landing pattern is going to be a big chunk of your Contacts NSS. You'll get a grade for each flap setting as well as an overall mark per flight, combined with basic airwork, headwork, etc. The grading system (unless they've changed - which seemed like it was about to happen) is based on...

I graduated OCS a week before my 27th birthday. The guidance was that if I rolled back a class then I'd lose my SNA slot. Turns out, a non-prior rolled into my class, turned 27, and was immediately granted a waiver. It's going to be needs of the Navy, but if you're a gambling man, just get to...

A question came up about studying comms so I figured this would be helpful: The comms in Contacts are very scripted. Use the course rules guide that the sim guys use - there was a binder by each sim. Borrow the folder from an inactive sim and photo copy the pages in one of the sim offices or...

Wanted to add how helpful it was sitting in on buddies I3100 sims and practice sims. If you have friends a week or two ahead in the syllabus, see if you can sit in the back and observe. It's a huge boost to see how things play out, especially the comms. Same goes for sitting in on practice sims...

Mine was 12 weeks and was low-stress. Leave was encouraged.

Ween yourself off nicotine a few weeks prior to OCS. Unless your hell-bent on smuggling it in (wouldn't recommend), you'll be without your favorite dip for at least a month.

I was surprised with how little press these events got. First time an Israeli F-16 had been shot down in decades. Putin and Netanyahu seemed to have a quick agreement to tone down any escalation. It'll be interesting to see where Iran pops up next.

I did MEPS in early 2015, failed DP, and luckily the Navy accepted my civilian doc's DP test. Definitely used the above advice and haven't had a problem since then.

@froggystyle Hey Chief, have you come across Navy pilots that have deployed with ya'll as JTACs? I vaguely remember reading a SEAL memoir that talked about an F/A-18 guy doing that in Ramadi. Sounded cool as hell.

Did OHARP last summer after OCS. Go talk to Stucon about changing your location. Honestly, they don't care so it shouldn't be an issue where you go. It was a set amount of BAH for me as well.

There were a handful with visible tattoos. One had a sleeve, another had a sleeve and calf, and a third had a half sleeve. I wouldn't worry about it.

You should be fine as long as it doesn't go past the wrist. I had OCS classmates in 2016 with full-sleeves and calves.

I was given a print out with all my stage scores, commissioning source, preferences, API NSS, etc. There was a block for “All Prev Pilot Hours.” A couple stash Ensigns in the various squadrons could find the trends.

50 hours. It helped.

Thanks for adding this man. These are definitely hard truths. Luck is major factor - the draw with sim instructors and that you'll fly up to 14 flights with your on-wing, which can be a gift or a curse. I second living with buddies with minimal distractions. A good method is to find dudes in...

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The administered course rules book is not as effective as the "Cubic T-6 Course Rules" binders you can locate at the simulators. These binders have full-color, drawn out explanations of course rules. If you can get your hands on the updated, colorized PDF copies, this is the best way to study...

There is a direct relationship between the amount of time that passes with the canopy closed and no AC and the amount of tension in the cockpit haha

Great stuff man. Thanks for the input. I've attached a picture of my setup. FSX was great for BIs and RIs as I could log additional hours, but there's really no sub for the practice sims. If you're doing those everyday during RI ground school and in-between sim events, you'll be money. FSX also...

I agree - this definitely tapered off. At the beginning of Contacts and RIs there was enough material to study, but I was running on fumes towards the end. Limped through forms.

Thank you!

Add ons: Download the digital copies of the NATOPS and FTI. This will save a ton of time looking for information (using Control + F) as well as not having to lug the books around. For instruments, use https://www.e6bx.com/e6b/ for jet-log calculations. The whiz-wheel just takes too much time.

Selected jets! Luckily flew with a lot of good instructors and had an open slot this week.

Just finished Primary and wanted to consolidate the advice I got from the Sirs and Ma'ams on Airwarriors, past threads, IPs, students in the pipeline, etc. Part I – Pre-Primary Read “Moonwalking with Einstein” by Josh Foer if you’re a reader. It’s about memorization. The better you are at...

Just read the powerpoint and the 21.5k figure seemed fishy. Still, the whole thing makes a good case for maxing TSP. Maxing at O-1 requires ~50% of base pay. I'm sending about ~40% a month into TSP, maxing a Roth IRA, and sending about 6k a year into a taxable investment account. So I'm broke...

You're correct. The lower grade carries forward regardless of whether it occurs on the first or second event. Had this happen when my sim event got cut short due to a firm alarm - some of the 5's I got on the first attempt were erased by the second, and some of the 5's that I got on the second...

This holds true with one exception - the lower grade will count for any maneuver that had been graded multiple times. For example, if you incomplete a flight and had been graded 5's on every maneuver, and then received straight 4's on the repeat for those same maneuvers, the 4's would count...

Best API advice I can give is to type out an outline of every page of the book. This will make sure you’ve got every important idea and number covered. Print that out and then go through each line of your outline with a different colored pencil. And then just keep skimming your outline over and...

Don't worry too much about eyesight stuff at OCS. The water training is jumping off the tower and swimming to the side, treading water, showing them you can do different strokes, etc. We did a "lights-out" simulation of a ship sinking which was just treading water in dim light. If that happens...

I'll look for that PBS series. Malantes kept my attention when I watched him on a few YouTube speeches.

It was an SSR during PAs. Introducing it for the maneuvers and landing pattern. Showed up a couple times as a discussion item too. Seemed like this wasn't the case before.

Primary students recently switched over to the "B" syllabus - BIs are now before the FAM block, a couple additional RI sims, and some more focus on the HUD being the big changes. So far it's been a positive reception. I'm in the second or third class on the new syllabus and was curious about...

Matterhorn by Karl Malantes was a great read. Long and intense, but really showed the challenges that young JOs faced in Vietnam.

Makes sense. Divide and conquer.

Definitely thought provoking. A trend I've found interesting is NKs intense focus on the US, which also happens to be a lack of focus on SK. It makes sense with the threats going both ways, but like today when NK again says the US, "will pay due price," it's like they are skipping over the...

Agreed. Cold War 2.0. Our long game is about stability and NKs eventual internal collapse. The internet has to make it there someday and allow the population to see what's being done to them.

Thanks!

CNATRA talked to us last week and basically said the sign of late summer fatigue will be over speeding the gear. My roommate overspeed the gear the next day.

Now would be a perfect time for that Manchurian Candidate that we've been sitting on.

I didn't pay much attention to the VX assassination at the time. Reading back on it made me realize that it was KJU's older brother, who was the heir apparent before KJU, and who had advocated for reform in NK. Yikes

Yeah I don't want to be the guy that says nothings going to happen, and then WWIII breaks out, but I feel like we're indefinitely locked in a stalemate. Hopefully China will step up since they are objecting to our THAAD radars on their front steps. "Strange game, the only winning move is not...