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There you go. You only ever tie it once... You just always leave the knot in.... why we were issued 2+ ties :)

Yep, wore ties all the time before that hurricane. Plus we had to have a half windsor for blues and a full for SDBs. Although most teaches would let students loosen ties and roll up sleaves in the class. Then comes Hurricane, no ties except for formations and noon meal and only full windsors on...

They were making a philosophy minor when I was leaving. In my ethics class we covered hobbes, locke, mills, neitche, and more stuff I forgot. But that was just the core class. Several others are being taught as electives as seen here. http://www.usna.edu/acdean/courses/courses.html

Actually they did. Rear Admiral Ronald F. Marryott, USN (Ret.) created the major system at the academy. Before everyone received the same courses except they chose a language. They added a wide variety of classes including humanties but we still have lots of the same core classes. It is to the...

That's an interesting point. Whats the retention of ROTC and OCS? My class was roughly 1200 starting, 1000 graduated so 80% retention. So we arent a sure thing... but a good rate.

Agreed, I wasn't implying they leading experts in the country. I just know it is nice having people with different backgrounds. I think a cadre with diverse background of majors is important and would be more desireable for the Navy then all one thing. The Navy obviously pulls officers from a...

Glad you asked :icon_tong I think baltimore sun like writing articles that show the Academy in a negative light and like to make mountains out of mole hills. There is a little bias. But yes there was always discussions about this. An accepted fallacy is that humanities are easier at the...

The more things change the more they stay the same.

Well I think it is vague. It says he has worked with Navy Seals. I "worked" with Navy Seals. Sure it was a silly 2 day midshipman thing but I still worked with them. To me it just seems like an odd way of saying it

Now to be fair, that fan makes a buzzing noise until it shatters falling off during your first rack race.

Im a USNA grad at Corpus in Primary. I simply dont care cause no one else really does either. If you ask me where Im from I say my home town. Ask me my school its the academy.The only other way to tell is that I have a water bottle with the seal on it that is always in my bag or from my ATJ...

Protein Shake mixed with mop and glow works well too... When I left they no longer used mop and glow on floors but an industrial strength wax and stripper... which will make short work of that classic. However, if you do that in lockers or on desks, it will probably stay forever.

Most people find out in A-Pool. Thats how I found out September and thats how my friends found out in December. I was able to request where I wanted to go. Plus they were kind enough to give it to me. So go ahead and try worst they do is say NO. Also, one of my buddies didnt want to go to...

Thanks for the clarification.

Gratz

For whatever it is worth 2 sim instructers in Corpus told me to stop using them because it hurts student's basic airwork. I stopped training on them and my grades improved. Other people love them. But whatever works.

There is a video of some guy reviewing and cussing at the game for 10 minutes. If you want to see some of the game play from the first and second one here you go. I suggest watching it on mute.

Good Luck!

Unless you go to college and get good grades demonstrating that the SAT is a poor indicator. You have just proved it with a 3.9 GPA. My bet is they would take you but im not on the admissions board. Also if your bright you could validate some courses. Just not 2 years worth. This was already...

Being at Corpus. I left on Friday, drove to Corpus and signed lease on Saturday. Ground School started Monday. I barely had time to get movers around at a decent time to get my stuff. Ground School was during all the times that they delivered (Not on Weekends) You will not get leave. You...

good luck!

Warrior Final Approach speed flaps at 40 degrees - 63 kias Flaps can be lowered at speeds up to 103 kias Piper Warrior Information Manual Page 4-14

My parents asked me if I wanted a sword for my commissioning gift. I politely said no and asked if they could get me a Garmin GPS instead. Never have to use map quest again. If you need a sword plenty of people have them

Nice pun:)

People might be confusing the Enlistment and Officer Oaths http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/faq/oaths.htm He thinks what he is doing is right and willing to serve time for that. Fine by me. America is never short of leaders im sure the Army can replace him soon enough.

The three best tips 1. Be very forward and do not try to hide anything in your past. Demonstrate you have learned from your mistakes. 2. Really ask yourself WHY you want to be in the Navy. Everyone will ask you this. So have a good answer. Of course if you can not come up with a good...

Yep that was exactly what I was told to do during mine. 50 mids showed up everyday, they just laughed and shooed us out the door.

Another reason to go out drinking tonight. Hooray!

I had to do it the low tech way and the pic sucks but here it is. Enjoy :)

The biggest hurdles are not going to be from technology but from the political standpoint and cash. I good example is the cruise missile. Technology has increased, accuracy increased, the ability to disperse firepower, cost is going down and so it now is a staple in strike missions. When the...

I think Joe is used when someone acts with the goal to please the USNA overlords. Too often I see people get a position of power and think that they HAD to use it or pass it up or blow it into a bigger porportions then it needs to be. Why? They look good to the higher ups because it looks like...

You sound like a Joe if you use the word... Joe :D Im relieved though, for a split second there, I thought your training staff gave up on the whole plebe year thing.

That is true. All I know it that out of the factors that go into selection AOM, MOM, OOM, ECAs, Conduct etc. Conduct is the easiest to control. Back to trying to help the guy out with choosing where to go to school. The plebe apparently is having fun and you might too. I just want to remind...

You can draft people for subs? Ooops failed the nuke interview back to NFO or SWO for me.

... just dont jump it. Fastest way to knock yourself out of being competitive for Aviation at the Academy is conduct.

Come on he gets to stare at this!!! Enjoy!

If the vision is worse than 20/40 and meet other special standards set forth by the docs. Its all on a volunteer basis.

e6bflyer has it pretty much right on. Being an Academy guy. Ill give you some pros and cons right off the bat. Pro: You know a lot more people going through flight school. Right now I have at least 30 people from my class at various stages of primary. 50 or so in api right now. Then I have...

Ok, that is the Air Superiority. That is what the original poster referred to. Now the question was The consensus seems to be no. We probably will not make a platform purely for Air Supremacy for several reasons discussed by people more experienced than I on this thread, but to summarize. Our...

I really think NKO could be a tad bit more user friendly. Try using the search function for the identifier code or full course titled as described above. Finding the program takes 5 times longer than doing it. Good Luck!

I have the game on video... let me see what i can do Edit: Oh yeah, I see it. Its kinda small though.

raptor10 pointed out my mistype so I posted Hooters girls. It is my little way of encouraging spell checking.

Not true, behold the new Navy E-3 and its pilots.

Not an interesting story but Naval Academy Grad. So I qualify my training as goofy. My only summer training with aviation was having a marine flying me around in a T-34 for an hour doing aerobatics (AWESOME) and Jet guys showing us how hard it is to land in their pretty F-14 Sim video...

With all the goofy training I have had over the years I havent talked with an E-2 or C-2 guy. Are any lurking around to give their experience on this platform? All I ever hear is bad things.