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http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10229 And on that note.......locked.

I think it depends on the school how things work. For us, OCs and Mids were almost considered equal. It depended on performance who got more respect and got treated better. Obviously more was expected of the OCs but there were some good Mids out there too. Some OCs look at college as a...

I wouldn't recommend it. I tried to get a mortgage in 2002 through PHH (the company USAA is in cahoots with). They approved me for a whopping $102k. So I paid off some bills and called them a month later and they still said $102k. The next day I called Wachovia and got approved for over...

Surely I'm not the only one thinking that talking to your instructor(s) is a more viable option. Did you try that and it didn't work out?

Black boots became obsolete in October 2004. Just so ya know...

Im pretty sure OCS stop letting people use the black boots once they (said black boots) became obsolete.

By "old" boots do you mean "black" boots? ALICE packs with a light load. Slightly faster than most people might be used to but very doable.

Yeah, I don't even have cable here so I have to go without for now. And by the way, what are you doing up so early?

She used to be on one of the soaps, now she's on Desperate Housewives. I generally don't watch TV but for her I can make an exception.

Long time, no see, Frumby. NROTC/MECEP graduates are getting issued Palm Pilots. At least in some places they are.... Besides, I do remember (not here though) waiting in long ass lines at the phone center because we didn't have phones in our rooms. Of course, that was about the same time I...

You have to take a PFT at a minimum every six months. One between 1 January and 30 June, another between 1 July and 31 December. Usually it's more often than that, for various reasons.

MLO? Never heard of one. And upon further examination of your original post, in the future, it's probably best if you learn a little about MECEP before trying to speak intelligently about it.

Not true. I'm a MECEP grad with a SNFO guarantee. Didn't have to wait until halfway either. And what in the world is an MLO?

You'll get a breakdown when you get to TBS. Don't sweat it too much until then. Just know that the 2 most highly weighted events are your first and second command evaluations, at 14% and 22% respectively. Most of the tests are about 2-4% each.

Your PFT score makes up 2% of your overall GPA. Endurance course is 2%. Double O course is 1%.

For MECEP you stay on active duty, so your time in college counts towards pay, promotions, retirement, etc.... Also, like handjive said, don't count on getting credits for your MOS school. Sure, recruiters use that as a selling point because there are some diploma mills out there that will...

If you want stamina from lifting, you may want to try a high rep workout such as 3 sets of 12 or if you're a real masochist, 4 sets of 15. If you want size and strength, try something like 5 sets of 5 or 10 sets of 4. I do all four of the workouts I just described and alternate between them...

Easy there, professor. Enlisted recruiters serve a different purpose than OSOs, obviously. Most of the recruiters I've talked to didn't know anything about officer programs. Nothing against them, but since finding new officers isn't necessarily their job, they often don't know as much about...

Here is the page 11 entry I (and everybody else) had to sign at OCS regarding tattoos: IAW MCO P1020.34G, I have been counseled this date concering the Marine Corps Policy on tatoos, brands, and body mutilation. I fully understand that any tatoos, brands, and body mutilation that have not...

That's why it's best to thrash yourself mercilessly before you get there. Prepare for the worst and expect......you know the rest. I always hear people say "I'll do fine on the PFT unless I have a bad day". Your best bet is to make sure your "rainy day PFT fund" still has at least 250 points...

MCO 1020.34G Start at paragraph 3032, page 3-30. What you're actually looking for will probably be on the next couple of pages after that. Hope this helps.

Freshman Orientation is an intro to the program. It (in theory) gives you the basics of what you will need to know to succeed in the NROTC program.

If you start in the fall, I would highly recommend you do the Freshman Orientation program at your new school. Freshman or not, it's very beneficial if you are new to the program and not prior service. And fun. Heh heh.

Lots of things say that, they don't all get posted here.

Thanks, but I assume you meant gold, not cold? Yeah, college/NROTC is one of the least enjoyable things I've had to do. But it's over. TBS coming in three weeks.....

Glen, Thanks, I get commissioned tomorrow! Good luck getting into OCS. Hopefully people will see my point, the quality of applicants varies on each board, and nobody can predict what will get you selected/passed over for any given board. That being said, getting in is the easy part. OCS...

Speak for yourself. And believe me, I know what I'm talking about here. I've monitored more than three selection boards. Be safe.

Show's cancelled. This one's only going downhill from here....

He doesn't mean flying experience, he means experience in general. To become a WO in the Marine Corps, the MINIMUM time in service is 8 years. Usually it's more like 10-12 years. Sure you will have some prior service Lt's, but you will also have some that are barely 21 or 22 years old. You...

Oh, I see the difference. No, wait. I don't. What you said about commissioning programs is true but I don't see how it applies here. Nobody's talking about how much it costs for each program or how many slots are available. Besides, a former board member will have some good insight on the...

Sure it'll run its course. Right about the same time the flame wars and repulsively stupid posts run theirs. My prediction.....no time soon.

Hate me if you want, but you really have nothing to base this on. Have you ever sat on a selection board? Do you know how widely the selection criteria varies from board to board? I'm not talking about the minimum requirements. One board have see an overload of turds while the next may have...

No, it's definitely not that. All the mods have had the power to lock threads since the site went to its new format. But like squeeze said,

Check your PM's.

It's possible you didn't get a confirmation because the email you registered your old name with is different from the email your new name is registered with (they are different). Did you put in your old or new address when you tried the password retrieval?

Wait wait wait. Your user name has "Midshipman" in the title. But you're asking about PLC-if you get commissioned after OCS or after college graduation. Then you go on to say that you have 8 classes left? Left from what? Between now and OCS or between OCS and college graduation? Besides...

You know it.

Other mods may give differing opinions but here's why I would do it. 1) It wasn't even aviation/military related to begin with 2) It has run its course

Whoever posted the names and phone numbers, use PM's to handle that kind of information. I deleted it but the system didn't leave any information/reason when I did it. ~moderator

I think the CRT max run time was 28 minutes and the E Course max time was ~42 minutes (not sure about that one). If you run 18 minutes or close to it, start working on your boots/utes time. Our PTI told us we started at 8 minute miles the first week. Those were the fastest 8 minute miles...

I'm thinking you just didn't exploit their talents. Remember, these priors who "aren't good for much else" are coming from the ranks of the NCO's and Staff NCO's you'll be relying on your whole career. ~from a 10 yr prior

Unless you want to go to Evergreen, most schools will work with you if you tell them your situation. I got out of the "required" 3 day orientation here by telling them I was a Marine and wouldn't be allowed to leave San Diego until the week before classes started. A STA-21 who started college...

Right outta the drill manual........ 5016. FORMING AN ARCH OF SWORDS FOR WEDDINGS 1. The arch of swords for weddings is authorized for commissioned, warrant andstaff noncommissioned officers only. The arch of swords ceremony is an old English and American custom, which gives a symbolic...

Right, right, all the channels, X & Y, 63 channels apart for air to air. 500 watts minimum transmit power, +/-3 degrees accuracy, ID tone check.......guess I did retain something from all those years of working on them. Of course, those are ARN-118 specs. The old ARN-52's and -105's would...

Aren't VOR's in the 108-118 MHz range? Cause Tacans (it's been a while) are right around 1 GHz, give/take a couple hundred Meg. Edit: 960-1215 MHz Source: www.sierracom.com/products/tacaniff.pdf

Next time you're thinking about being in candidate purgatory, remember that some MECEP students don't get commissioned until THREE YEARS after they finish OCS. That's a healthy little wait to crush your spirit. Anyway, I agree that OCS didn't have all the pomp and circumstance surrounding it...

This was beaten to death a while back and I don't remember anybody thinking the course was anything other than 3.0 miles. Nobody I went to OCS with (either time) thought the course was anything other than 3.0 miles. Lots of people see their run time on the initial PFT drop a little and want...

Unless you do OCC, you get commissioned when you graduate from college, not OCS.

I know some of you are having fun with this thread but I feel like I'm watching some after school special where the bullies are harassing the little kid. I think we all get the point-nobody recommends buying the book. LOCKED

Do you have a source and date for that?