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42%. In before lock. PS: OP, try searching the forums a bit. You might be surprised at what you can find.

Your laundry will get done (by you) as Otto says, but you want 12-14 days worth of gear in case you can't do laundry exactly 7 days apart, you want to go through an extra T-shirt and undies after getting hosed down in the SUYA, etc. Since the shift to NWU, you'll only need one pack of white T's...

It's not that easy. Clearly, the majority of women would not give the answer you say. Let's say that 70% will give the 'wrong' answer. That leaves 30% of women to spread among 100% of the men. Well that doesn't work very well...

As you can see, you need to decide what features are important to you besides price. One thing I will say is that if you go the compact PND route, get one that is reasonably fast and performs well in automatic. I bought a 'high end' PNS with a lot of manual controls, but the small lens and small...

Otto, the test wasn't meant to be given every 6 months, but rather once a year. "Foreign stations" in TR's time were essentially South America, so giving it once a year between Dec and Feb allowed the test to be conducted in warm weather.

30 days is the law, and it's written on every lease agreement I've signed. A Navy JAG can try to intimidate the landlord, but at the end of the day they are on the right side of the law, and landlords who have experience with Sailors will know it. However, you don't need orders to enact the...

I'm so glad the world has given permission for people to exercise military power, as if they needed it anyway. That warms my heart, and makes me happy we spend so much money keeping the UN around.

My thoughts on this: 1) The Navy PRT is a poor assessment of physical fitness. Someone who passes with anything less than an excellent-low average is not in physical shape. The standards are set laughably low, particularly if you are female. I won't even go into the culture of magic counting...

The OCS website gives you a list of what to bring. Laptops were a no go a little over two years ago, and it's probably the same now. There is a computer lab that you'll have access to to do NKO and write an occasional email.

I agree that today's Navy is too quick to pull the trigger, but using examples of a CO making officers wear bags on their heads (and thus humiliating them in front of subordinates) isn't exactly the best example of people who shouldn't be fired.

The video is more than just masturbation jokes...it's someone in the front office letting 6,000 Sailors know that it's OK to have fun once in a while and getting laughs while doing it. You can't be all business 100% of the time, or else you'll go crazy. Yea, I don't expect the non-military...

My non-military friends were shocked to learn that DADT was a work-around for the fact that it is illegal for gays to serve in the military, and that DADT just made the whole gay/straight thing a non-issue in the course of day to day work. You do your job, and no one cares what you do on liberty...

Just to clear something up: Most DI's will allow you to eat as much as you want, with restrictions on WHAT you can eat, not how much. Not being able to eat cheese, mayonnaise, bacon, etc. in lieu of carrots and beans isn't going to kill you. Eating a baked potato without any sour cream and...

^^ What he said. What makes you think that other jobs are going to want to hire a failure? Because when you don't get your SWO pin, that's what you're telling everyone you are.

Proof yet again that one should not talk to an enlisted recruiter about commissioning.

Sorry, I really don't buy this line. You got mediocre grades in college for the sole reason that you didn't know you wanted to join the Navy? If you didn't know what you wanted to do, you still should've applied yourself to the maximum extent possible in order to keep all doors open to you...

The part that has me skeptical is this: if you were to apply for, say, Pilot/NFO/SWO, you'd have 3 copies of your app going to 3 different boards. On the other hand, your recruiter is saying that if you apply to NUPOC, "they" (whoever that is) will have to forward your application after you have...

NR can't "snatch you up;" you can always decline the position, even if you get a yes at the interview. Your application would be going to two separate entities if you applied for pilot and nuke, and I'm fairly sure that they don't call each other to say "don't take this guy he's ours!"

NUPOC is a bit of a different app process, but you can apply to other designators simultaneously. It typically takes a few months to get to the interviews, particularly because they have to schedule a tour of a SSBN for you. On top of that, you have 30 days to give your final answer after the...

+1. Your OP sounds like your mind is made up -- you want to be a pilot. To increase your chances, browse the 'net for ASTB gouge. Study and improve your scores. You're still a junior, so you have plenty of time before graduation. Do NOT apply for NUPOC because you think it's a safety net into...

It typically costs more money to execute someone than to throw them in prison for life. Besides, since when does money factor into what the most just punishment is? I would agree that life in prison would be worse if he spent it in solitary confinement and/or on a reduced diet, but in a civvy...

Being ATO sure is a fun job...the E-dog's recite the definition of deadly force verbatim everyday, but when you ask them to apply it in a practical situation you get a deer-in-headlights look like 80% of the time... and it's not exclusive to E-3 and below. Clearly we need more wrote...

Since the SAT's are now on a 2400 point scale, a 1400+ shouldn't be too difficult to get ;)

The Arabic Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan are perfectly content on killing each other; why would they suddenly be friendly toward the Persians?

That DCPO badge is friggin huge lol

Most good senior officers have no qualms about explaining the logic of their policies or orders, given that it's the right time/place and done tactfully. It's when the explanation turns into an argument that it turns into shut your cakehole and do it.

So what you're saying is that we just need a large-sized E-8 in every division/platoon who kicks the shit out of the E-3's who think they can refuse to carry out orders. Actually sounds like a good plan.

Military discounts are part of your pay and benefits, so if they are offered then you should use them. I've noticed that most of the people who are timid about it in this thread are BDCP people. Once you work a few 100 hour work weeks in port or spend holidays out to sea with no extra money to...

From the way the instance reads, it sounds like he was posting an officially released list publicly at the time that everyone was free to notify their applicants. If he is wrong about a selectee, that means the official list was wrong. He wasn't trying to use inside information or be deceitful...

True, but blogger claims that he was not breaking any regs with his posts. WRT selection boards, what confidentiality is in danger of being broken?

They could just reinsert it into boot camp and commissioning programs. I have heard nothing but the exact opposite. Perhaps different bases do things differently, but from the way the course is described here (sitting in a classroom for several hours while someone explains why you might want to...

Legally, yes, but it's worth noting that the Supreme Court justices release majority and minority opinions, and they have wavered on past decisions, so quoting them as an end-all, be-all authority of Truth is a bit...well, off. But this has been covered ad naseum in other threads. It is when...

It's unconstitutional according to strict constructionists, "original intent"-ists, and quite a few former and current(?) Supreme Court justice opinions. However, since the majority of the Supreme Court members have set the precedent of upholding social welfare programs after being bullied by...

You really think lapbelts are remotely "safe" in the event of a crash?

You are incorrect; this protection is specifically spelled out in Article 4 Section 4: "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive...

First lesson of JO-ship: people like to make up stupid shit based on what they think you should do. If another JO tells you you can't wear/do something, particularly if it's issued, just ask them for the reference. Or shrug and carry-on.

Yep. The worst part is that the majority of the American public isn't worried about the war in Afghanistan; they're worried about job security. If the next Presidential nominee runs on a platform of expanding the war, even if it is the right answer, he is going to lose. So while it's nice to...

About 2 years.

That's an easy one...the bad chiefs really don't want to see anything from a DIVO. They want the DIVO to stay out of their way or not bother them with silly things like doing their job. After all, it's usually not them standing in front of the DH or XO explaining why XYZ, which you may or may...

The minimum requirement for most officer programs is in the 2.5 range. A competitive GPA is typically above the 3.0 mark, but that fluctuates depending on how many people are applying at the time and how many/few officers the Navy needs at the time. The Navy uses the "whole person" concept, so...

Nukes were actually fat for DH tours this year, so in that case lat xferring would be a possibility. This isn't the norm, though. However, if aviation is also fat then you won't be able to do it. Anything in the Navy is possible as long as you obtain the right paperwork. EDIT: oops, didn't...

Not at all. I just don't think the entire decision-making process is solely based on economics, that's all. Yes.

I respectfully disagree. Sure, they could say the goal was to make a cheaper version of the VA, but after R&D costs and the like, the VA is shaping up to be more expensive than just building more Seawolves. As of the end of FY 2009, the VA and Seawolf class have equal build costs. But EB wasn't...

He's a little off in that the VA is neither cheap nor unsophisticated. However, the VA's are neither cheaper nor more combat capable than the Seawolf class. Wrong again. We didn't produce more Seawolves because Congress mandated a two-shipyard submarine class, and EB didn't want to share the...

To echo what flash said: If you plead guilty and take the course, your insurance still may go up. It all depends on the company, your age, and driving history, but it's something to consider. Why can't you do a combination of B and C? Show up in court hoping for a plea bargain and then take...

The plea bargaining process, if offered, happens automatically when you show up to your court date. They will have everyone wait in a big room and the DA (or DA's working that day) will call people up 1 by 1 to offer them deals. You can take the deal or request a trial. Since your chances of...

Always go to court for your traffic tickets. The worst that happens is you pay an extra $30 in court fees. The best that can happen is that you get the ticket thrown out because the officer decides not to show up or screwed up some other law in the process. Additionally, the court may plea...

There's nothing wrong with it, but it's not going to prepare you for OCS as well as other weight lifting routines.

+1 to lifting being not a waste of time. Lifting like most people do is a waste of time. By that I mean doing one set every 2-3 minutes, doing low rep sets, and doing lots of isolation exercises. Might work for making you look big, but it's generally not good for overall fitness and won't...

Navy: O-2 and O-3 is an automatic promotion by law. The only way to not get it is to screw up royally, as you pointed out. USMC: Only O-2 is an automatic promotion, but O-3 selection rates are extremely high.