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What kind of airplanes are you talking about? Sure you can spend your own time doing something you like to do. Plenty of guys fly other airplanes on their time off. However, officers aren't allowed to have a second job. Plus, you won't want to work for the man on your own time- that stuff is...

It's 100% legit. Which is why military competency exams exist.

You get more than just an instrument ticket. You get a commerical rating as well as a complex endorsement, and if you fly something with more than one engine you will get your multi rating as well (centerline thrust restricted for VFA types). All for 35 bucks for the Sheppard Air test prep, $150...

Reminds me of the gradesheet roundup everyone in my class had to do before we could technically be complete and receive our wings. Inevitably we all had MIA gradesheets from IPs who had been long gone. The scramble was then on to find an IP to give you a gradesheet. I'm pretty sure it became a...

You aren't joking. AW is about the only website that I can view with any stability, to include .mil and .gov sites.

Go with an HD/Digital Antenna and a Roku instead of cable TV. Once you make the jump you won't miss cable TV.

Also allows for you to log the time if you "intend" to go flying. All that time sitting at the hold short waiting for the weather to clear only to have to taxi back is technically allowed.

Congrats on being a Charlie Bro!

Now you're just being mean. Don't listen to him, everyone knows that it's a voodoo enchantress that decides the future.

Paraphrased conversation from my T-45 instrument check a few years ago- IP: "so overall great flight! I'm giving you an above on 4 things, and a below on 1. So that's a net 3 above, I'll sign that instrument paperwork and get it on the skipper's desk this afternoon." Me: "Uh, sir... I'm not...

I use them in the Hornet and love em. Just make sure to turn the volume down when you climb in, as the last guy probably used foamies. It gets really loud.

An FFPB is a FNAEB for Marines. I'm going through one now because I've DQ'd twice at the boat during the FRS syllabus (don't ever let anyone tell you that this shit is easy. It is not.) Basically it's how winged aviators are attrited.

There is a dude here at -106 who voluntarily resigned his flight status in lieu of getting an adverse fitrep from an FFPB. He was told by the monitor that UAVs are likely to be in his future.

The experimental rating simply means that you can modify it as you see fit without having to deal with the FAA.

TSS out of Garner field. Good club- tons of experience. Members include international contest pilots, a bunch of retired military pilots, a plethora of AD AF, Navy and Marine guys of all ranks, and a lot of civilians. There are NASA rocket scientists who are members as well.

You don't have to go if you are selected. I was in the process with the Navy, Marine Corps and Air National Guard. The Marine Corps gave me the first opportunity so I went with them.

That question has been asked and answered ad nauseam. Yes you can.

Clara lineup?!

... You're a bit late to the party. The standard hasn't changed from a flexed arm hang. It was going to be changed to three pullups but that has been pushed back another year.

Holy effing IFE bro. That had to hurt.

I have a degree in theater and I'm a Hornet pilot. Study what you want to and what you will do well with.

I'm pretty sure studs have to live in I'm pretty sure Krock studs have to live in Krock. We were told that it was because they don't want students driving an hour to get to work when they have a 6am brief. I think it's to help boost the economy in Kingsville.

No open containers allowed. Live on the north side of Va Beach blvd on the ocean front. Or up on Shore drive.

If you can make your ball call last for the entire pass you get an _OK_ right? Imagine Matthew McConaughey calling the ball. "three zero one Hornet Ball, four point one ott-t00-mattt-tticc" TRAP.

Low levels. 1355 is called the Million Dollar Route for good reason. I'm just a new guy but if I can't think of a better final flight.

Yes, but you have to understand that you are the exception.

It always perplexes me when people ask what they should and shouldn't report. The instructions couldn't be any clearer. If a dude can get shot by a gun in the face and still become a pilot then you shouldn't have to worry about that broken wrist you had when you fell off of your bike while...

20 seconds and a Google search will probably give you the answer.

...Why did you not get an air contract coming? You aren't very smart if you are going to bitch about not being an aviator if you signed a ground contract. You had to have known coming in that this was not a possibility but what was most likely going to happen.

Go to MarineOCS.com and ask there. The audience at that forum can give you better answers than we can here.

We don't have Av-B8s in the inventory. AV-8Bs are a different story. Don't be overweight (that's more a a USMC wide thing). There are taller dudes than you flying jets.

Head over to MarineOCS.com and check out that forum. You'll see how competitive the selection process is and where you stand over there.

A certain east coast Hornet RAG class got to go to Key West during Fantasy Fest for their Fighter Det. Surprisingly everyone came back home and no one disgraced Big Navy or Marine Corps. JOs can have a (crazy) good time and still be professional when it matters? No way....

...This sounds eerily familiar to an incident involving an airplane I've flown in the past. The difference is that no one was killed. We were lucky and the paraloft guys were good at their job.

You should consider submitting that pic to Soaring Magazine. It's a great photo. It's a good bet that it would be published!

Is that the JS-1 with the jet engine sustainer? Sweet sailplane!

Some classes do. Some don't. There is a quality spread.

You tell your class advisor after strike where you want to go- then at the start of the fighter phase you find out. That's pretty much it.

To go along with this, the ASTB for Marines is a pass/fail event. Your scores only matter that you achieve the mins or not. GPAs for Marines sub 3.0 haven't been getting selected lately. Head over to Marineocs.com for more info.

I didn't have any issues. I was up front about what I was doing and told each of them that I was going to take the first pilot slot offered to me. It worked out that I became a Marine.

I applied to Navy, Marine and the ANG at the same time. You can do it.

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I stopped reading after this. You have no clue what are you talking about wrt any service's OCS.

You're trying to get into a business where everything matters. Your peers will scrutinize everything you do, give you a high five when you deserve one, and then mercilessly mock you for doing something else in the same breath. Sound dumb on the radio? You're going to hear about it. Have a stupid...

ORs are busy people. If you go to another recruiter, your new recruiter is going to call your old recruiter and ask about you. There are a lot of people who don't need waivers who want in. The Navy can afford to be picky right now. Be ready with the stuff that she asks for. Don't be too much...

If you have had an IEP then you have been diagnosed by an MD with some type of a learning disability. You even said he prescribed/recommended Ritalin. Whether you elected to take drugs to treat it or not is another thing, but you have been diagnosed. Look up the waiver guide, and figure out if...

My mother teaches at performing arts magnet school and yet she has to deal with this. Some kids are admitted under "diversity" and don't have to audition to earn their spot. My mother tried to fail one kid whose basic sentence structure was on the elementary school level at best. She was told...

My degree in theatre required a fairly extensive amount of writing. I'll make the argument that those "crummy" liberal arts degrees are indeed worth something; and that they do teach one to write and speak eloquently when required. After all, we do judge one's intelligence by how well they speak...

Does the guy who is posting not understand that he is describing how it is? You have to show some leadership/managerial potential before you can get an appointment to a Service Academy or to OCS, ROTC, etc... Then you go there and prove that you have what is takes. I'm not saying the system...

http://www.stripes.com/news/us/marines-shoot-down-internet-story-on-obama-s-alleged-push-for-girly-hats-1.248963 Another link, but dispelling the rumor that Obama is mandating the change...