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This guy was proof that you needed to lock your seabag.

We had a dude who almost broke -200. Emphasis on had, but the dude made it through in another class.

I know guys who have gone to different recruiter districts other then their "local". I'm pretty sure it was a similar situation too. Put it some different zip codes till you find a different recruiter here and ask them if they can help.

^^What he said, except I cheesed out on cable and didn't need a phone so I just paid $45. That first link is a nice one.

I think it's a different J******. The one I was talking about was not in P'cola. If it is, that's f**king awesome he's a First Sergeant, but I think we're talking about two different guys. I saw a few guys' minds go critical mass. One was a classic DI mind f*** (coincidentally Gunny J's...

It isn't gone, but it has changed. From what the Indoc'ing Ensigns told us afterwards the Newport Outpost is pretty similar. The Rose Garden and the SUYA made the trip north and as soon as the new chow hall is constructed (which will be forever but is badly needed), ballistics will be back in...

Sort of. She was ready to pass out so she had to stop. They'll scream and yell at her, but really it was for her own safety. Since everyone else was fine they knew it was just her. All the DI's (especially Gunny C.) up there had safety first on their minds.

They should of shown what happened after their inspection. 'Twas epic. :D

My record is ten hours, never got shanked but a few times had me worried. I'm pretty sure there's no train station in Knoxville, at least not when I looked a few years ago. I hope you have some really good noise canceling headphones for an ipod and plan your sleep so you can (try to) spend the...

Just have to be creative. You can't expect an answer and ruin all the fun now, do you?

^^Just want to clarify, that you do not have to make payments on your uniforms while you're up there. They go on an account at the NEX but it isn't the credit card. You can sign up for the credit card, which is highly recommended since the first purchase is 10% off and you can pay your account...

By "having access" to $2000 means just have your checkbook, debit or credit card in your POV. DO NOT show up with that much cash. $200 is good enough to have on you since you won't get to go to an ATM for a while. $200 lasted me a good 6 weeks IIRC.

It's critical to get the right pair of shoes too. If you have anything wrong with them, you'll get blisters wicked fast. Get the right pair and get a few pairs. I had like two grains of sand in mine for one morning pt and that gave me two blisters that almost sent me to h. I love New Balence...

Just don't hang on to the yoke when you do that. I'm pretty sure Cessna stopped selling single engines after some dope's chair stop failed on short final and he had a death grip on it. The family sued and Cessna bagged the market for a few years.

Right here. Came right up for me.

$75/hr is phenomenal. I shopped around and I felt pretty good paying $115 for a 2003 SP. Older (and I mean OLDER) trainers were $90 wet. I couldn't find a place that was cheaper then that in NJ.

There was talk around Newport a few months back about making the Forrestal a museum. Maybe that was the Sara or maybe the idea just got canned.

It is a lot, but what good is money if you can't enjoy spending it. Getting your PPL is a blast, go for it. There are some student loans for flight training (not sure of the interest rate) if you need a lump sum to pay for some accelerated training to fit within your schedule.

Actually I believe they have as I know a few people who have soloed who need to take IFS, but as Xmid said, that could change tomorrow.

That's par for the course for Fox. I haven't seen exactly where the "bomb" was placed, but since it was Times Square it should have been on about 1500 other cameras, and since when are there hookers and drug dealers in Times Square anyway? It's been Disneyworld-northeast for more then a decade.

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Depends on if you need IFS. If not you'll be in API almost immediately. You'll have 4 or 5 days to report to Pensacola from Newport. From commissioning to classing up in API, it took me exactly two weeks. If you do need IFS there are a million threads about the wait time, because I'm such a...

The real deal... complete with awful music bed. Not to completely go off on a tangent but this came up on the same search...nothing to do with AC-130s but fun enough.

Is an Airbus A330, licensed out to Northrop Grumman. As a complete outsider I'd have to say I'm surprised due to Boeing's history of tankers and the almost deal of the KC-767, but I'd love to hear the opinions of those in the know here.

I wasn't trying to smash you JT, but just impress the importance of being in awesome shape when you report, and never, ever let anyone think you're a sh*tbagger. It could very well be a death sentence if the wrong person thinks you're doing just enough to get by and is not willing to put in...

But, if you're IFS complete, it is not required to start API (unless things have changed in the past 8 weeks.)

Don't ever do the minimum. This isn't a question of "knowing everything", it's a question of desire. Do you want to be a naval officer, or do you just want to do the minimum. The fact that this needs to be explained to you doesn't bode well for your future in Newport.

Two years is plenty of time. You're only about 10 pounds over your height/weight max so if you bust your ass you won't have anything to worry about. Live in the gym and you'll get where you need to be. Physically that is.... mentally is a different matter. It'll push you more then you...

He's doing it because of the high number of In-PRT failures. Candidates were failing them, when recruiters had no business sending them on their way. My recruiter told me that I needed to complete a PRT to a Good-high IIRC within three or four weeks of my class date. Even with this, you'll...

God I remember that dope. That a few other morons effectively put the nails in Bader's coffin. The first thing authorities saw when they opened up the cockpit was the pilot's approach chart with a giant bold and underlined "jet operations forbidden" warning all over it.

The article says the GW is taking her place and I've seen that written in a few other spots.

Negative. PPL = no IFS, at least that was current as of January.

Depends on who wants to mess with you that day. Usually you can just grab the food with your pointer and you can grab the spoon with your other fingers. If you're deft with the warspoon there won't be much you can't eat. IIRC the ribs were one of the best meals there, that and pizza. I will...

Anything is possible, it's just a matter of Microsoft swallowing their pride, which isn't likely to happen anytime soon. I've heard that Microsoft will just be pushing their content download (not sure if they're allowing the 360 to be pushed out of the High Def movie segment). I'm sure that...

...That's called, Saturday.

First off, recruiters don't always give the best information. Not bashing them, lord knows I wouldn't be here without mine, but he didn't have all the answers since he was a SWO. I know guys who got hit with IAs and were in Iraq for 13 months for one guy, granted he was single without kids, but...

Well, yeah, it's the Navy afterall. You'll be together for training and shore duty, but our job is not in the US, it's overseas. I know very little first hand, but in the Navy, you will be deployed... a lot. Different communities will vary for duration and frequency, but different specialties...

Totally varies from class to class and weekend to weekend. Theoretically it's possible after week 4, but don't count on that and if you somehow do, it probably won't be the whole weekend. Week 7 and 8 it gets more and more likely, but I do know of classes that didn't receive liberty till...

Most schools don't. Mine did, but I remember how they were very proud that they had full arresting powers but most of the time they just handed out speeding tickets.

I was about that for guys in my class. Bad gouge, my bad.

Stick your hand up when they ask for volunteers, get your classmates to vote for you and then don't give your class team reason to hate you and veto the class' vote. It won't happen till week 2 so you'll have time to make an impression.

Wow. Thats awesome. At API graduation the XO talked about how much they are trying to speed things up, but I didn't realize that the wait was so short.

Depends on medical stuff, but it'll be more than 6 weeks.

Yeah, you find out later that the staff has a very, very good sense of humor and some of the more painful/demeaning activities are the ones that are remembered as the most "fun" later on. [inside joke] [/inside joke]

I used the Kings' Cessna course for my PPL. They are aggravating with all the corny jokes but overall, they get the point across fairly well. I have heard that the Sporty's courses are equally good, but a little dryer. Like I said the Kings' "comedic" efforts get on your nerves but it didn't...

Nope, you still can ask. However the spots have been pretty limited in a few of the current classes so there isn't much wiggle room.

+1 I had a few jobs before joining the Navy where I didn't feel half as free as I feel now. There are civilian jobs that do let you set your own schedule and take 4 weeks of vacation etc, but I never saw them. I had two jobs that I was on call 24 hours a day at times, was called in on my...

Slow down tiger, first off, SNA or SNFO? Married or Single? Prior or not? Big difference in how those are answered. Second off, due to PSD being the helpful folks that they are I have collected $-35.13 in BAH in my stay here in Pensacola. That's right, I've paid back. I'll have that all...

There isn't a book or anything out there that will tell you what your life will be like in four years. Up to now (22 y/o in your case) your life was predictable (step 1 high school, step 2 college etc.). That's over. Welcome to real life, aka unpredictability. I have NO IDEA where I'll be at...

Whats wrong with starting at 26? By the way, if you want to fly for an airline, fly for an airline.