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I wanted to clarify this (I was on my phone at work) - I mean no disrespect by calling him lost - it's a term my OR has used to pretty much say that they're just as out of the loop as we are. They get the at board list and the pro-rec list and nothing imbetween. It is quite the cluster and...

Adam - if a surprise visit doesn't work I'd call the number to find an OR and ask for one out of state to just ask Qs. Julian - they've already announced feb isn't meeting and released a Jan at-board list... I think you're OR is lost

Overdrive ratios are the ratios of a working gear to a gear being worked on. Example: In your car just driving around town, you'll notice your tach is higher (angle) than the speedometer. However when you jump onto the interstate and get into your top gear the RPMs will be lower than the...

Well I guess I'll call my OR during lunch tomorrow - hopefully he'll have good news. Tron - do they have an OR you can call or did you call TN directly? Kinda surprised you got the news after hours

Have you not been to MEPS or have they not cleared you yet?

You'll be fine - most places do it on a Thursday, so you'll miss thurs afternoon and Friday only. You might be wearing glasses in class on Monday but you won't have any trouble. Unless you're having to write on the overhead (look directly into the bulb) you'll be fine.

Dang. I could really care less about owing beer, it's not knowing that's starting to get at me - really hating the interim job and don't even want to think about having to reapply. Hopefully we all get to OCS together - makes my beer debt easier to pay off. I thought Supply boards were...

A bag of peas can go a long way for a cold compress. And reusable too. FYI, I found it best to keep one of the rewetting canisters near my bed, where I could get it by feel - you'll wake up sometimes with your eyelids like sandpaper and a drop in the corner of the closed eye can get in...

The wait for a FS letter is tons easier than waiting for the PR. You already know you're in at that point. Historically he's right (board numbers are about the same, however Jan is heavy due to Dec), but they're not capping boards anymore so I wouldn't worry about not being seen.

Piggybacking on what was said earlier, I wouldn't doubt ~175 sna applications for this board - considering that it's the culmination of 2 boards, we're in a crappy economy and there's no denying that this has got to be the best job in the world, there would understandably be a lot of folks...

342* lbs. Sheesh. http://www.navy-prt.com/maleweight.html That link also has what speed you need to run your prt etc.

Dang slow phone Internet beat me to it. Academy and ROTC folks don't go to ocs so were not compeqting with them. For a 2 month board I would have guessed more than 175 total

That's actually what I wanted to hear - researching for an ensignmobile but I don't want to get a car payment till I know I'm med-up. Thanks.

Pulling info from old threads, will freshly minted ensigns get their flight physicals shortly after reporting to Pensacola or do they have to wait till their IFS/API time?

Thats what I thought - here's what he was wearing Looking at it again makes me think it was a post production photoshop - looks like there's a blob over the other wing and the text is unbalanced

Stupid question that goes well here I think: Did they screw up the "Prince's" nametag? It had baloonist's wings ( I think, it was kinda grainy ) Related stupid question: Do stud's nametags have wings on them at all?

I know chrome is still largely considered "beta" and not fully supported but when searching while not logged in I'm not shown the image verification image, text box or associated stuff with that however it does say that the image verification doesn't match. I know the solution is to log in, but...

The last board I was at met on Wed 15 and I got the good news Wed 22 - 1 regular week. However we should have almost double the applicants as any regular month, so who knows. Here's hoping for the under - A) I really want to know B) No beer tastes better than free beer

Assuming they don't cancel/postpone boards then you have plenty of time (assuming you retake and do better). I could see a timeline like this: Pro-rec July, FS Letter early Sept, Start OCS early Oct2010, Commission mid Jan2011. Very little wiggle room, however. So apply soon and get in now...

Ha, yeah I know the feeling. Unfortunately the board probably only started looking at the kits this morning

Dunno how we're gonna make this work, but I'm all in for the under - either this coming friday or monday

Trying to find out how long the PRT and MEPS are valid for wrt applicants. Mine are ~14 months old - still good or will I have to go in again after another pro-rec?

x2 on the don't retake it. Yet. Apply ASAP with what you have (which isn't bad, btw). If you're a non-select, you can retake it the next day and assuming you improve it, can reapply to the boards for the following month. However, if you retake it first and then get a non-select then you have to...

January's meeting

Man, I'm hopeful to be selected this month but it would suck to have to wait till +/- June to get to OCS... they're still filling the 02/14/10 class so here's hoping for fast FS letters and getting into that class, if it is the last one. I get the feeling that the info being handed down is the...

E-6 (not mine, found via flickr) Follow link for full res.

Confirmed at board list is out (SNA), hopefully we should know if we're selected in about 2 weeks

Yeah, this thread is like a ghost town - the thread I was in before my PRK was some 34 pages long... Waiting does suck. As of lunch yesterday my OR said that the at board list wasn't out yet, but also said that they come back from the break slowly.

Link Inevitable, I guess, but still sad. 4 year college degree in UAV's. Potential for a grad school. Note the story tagline [referencing similarity to TOPGUN: Does that mean they're always playing volleyball?

Surprising that they let the form slide. Thanks though, thats good new for me.

Idle curiosity - if the AF ever gets the KC-X would the Navy get some also for E-6 replacements or are we in better shape than them?

Stupid PT question: For proper pushup form are your elbows supposed to be parallel to the torso or perpendicular (when in the down position)? I thought the navy-prt website had videos but I can't seem to find them.

Out of curiosity, how do you know this? My OR said that the at board list hasn't come out yet (not surprisingly though) and that it can be postponed at any time until they say there is a board. Happened to SWO not too long ago.

Hey, been a long time since I've been on this thread. Just as a PRK update: It's been over a year, I'm seeing about 20/20 both eyes with no real problems. PRK = Awesome. The depth test at meps is like looking at a row of 5 cheerios and you have to say which one is standing up. Utter crap...

heyjoe, is there a website that I can get these press release photos from as a civilian?

Different communities have to take more of the test than others. Welcome aboard but be sure to search a lot before posting a new thread

I'm glad I'm not the only one completely lost by webmaster's post. Not that I trust any post on here with the number 42 in it anyway though.

You can fail depth at MEPS as they only have one of the 3 approved depth tests there (the MEPS dots test, Randot, stereo fly) so you have to get outside testing done as an applicant. Much like if you fail the isihara plate tests at MEPS you can take the flant. Check the waiver guide for full...

If you had your kit in October, why weren't you looked at in Nov?

When using the treadmill be sure to set the incline to at least 1

While we're talking about manning issues, will sna's be able to select P-8's or will those slots be going to current P-3ers that are transitioning over?

You going SWO? SNA/SNFO/SWO boards generally meet on or about the 15th. The way my OR told me was that they had hit their fiscal limit of selections, but not their total need yet. He said that it was an option for them to delay the board (like they did recently) but that if your kit is already...

Stupid CQ question: Do they only have a helo squadron aboard (other than the -45s)?

Stupid CQ question: Do they only have a helo squadron aboard (other than the -45s)?

To answer your original question, you can do both meps and prt after the pro-rec. They don't really help your application, they're actually just a check in the box. Its good to know you're not a fatass but your OR should have screened that before he sent you to the boards.

With regards to some of the posts about getting into the Jan board, my OR told me thatt the kits had to be in by 25NOV09 (due to no Dec boards) and pretty much everyone at NRC shut down for Dec. Anyone hear otherwise?

Well, here we go again. My OR said I should have made it to this board, so assuming they still have it, I hope to be on that at board list in a few weeks. Me: 23/M SNA only Prior select bdcp sna, PRK caused it to timeout 7/7/8 56 3.25 MEng ECE Everything else is +/- the same as everyone else...

Yup. I don't think you can get PRK after you have your FS in BDCP (they denied my request, said it was standard to do so). No offense, but I wouldn't classify a doc that hasn't familiarized himself with his patient before walking in the door a "good doctor". If he screws the pooch, you're...

26, you have either a scary good memory or you're a stalker. lol. To add on to the pm I sent you arian, I got selected in Oct and got my undergrad in Dec. I don't know about the rule regarding degree-in-hand when applying to bdcp. Sorry. And unfortunately its so uncommon for folks to apply for...