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What is your fitness goal/purpose for leg lifts? If it's to become a better/faster runner, you can do some lunges or squats with light weights on your run days right after the runs. The key, as has been pointed out, is not to overdo it. You need your legs to be functional two days from now...

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The NUPOC is a BDCP program, but it does have different requirements and benefits. For starters, it has a $15,000 bonus, and you get E-6 pay until you commission. This is in contrast to other BDCP programs that have no bonus and E-3 pay until you commission. Of course, the extra...

It's likely that the NWU is here to stay for a while. Big Navy seems to be promoting the uniform as the best thing since sliced bread. However, if you don't find yourself wearing wash khakis on any sort of normal basis, you can probably get away with not having the NWU. As far as comfort...

Faster processor than what? Longer battery life than what? I didn't know what your point was because, after re-reading my prior post about 3 more times, I couldn't find anywhere that I detailed exact battery life numbers corresponding to hardware specs. I simply stated a fact that higher...

Screen brightness is not the end-all, be-all of battery life, and itunes takes very little processing power. What was your point, exactly?

Thirded about ASUS. Bought one last year off of www.newegg.com and love it. Buying a PC is not just a matter of picking a brand. Not all ASUS laptops are created equal, and the same goes for every other brand as well. You have to take note of what hardware is inside the PC/laptop, and that does...

You don't need officers to give you an LOR to get accepted. In fact, many people are accepted into OCS without any military references at all. The important thing is to get letters from people who know you well and can write well. On top of that, you'd need a letter from a senior officer for it...

It's not so much an economic issue as it is a cultural issue. To the Russians, we are all part of a giant "rat race" scrambling to get a piece of the big cheese. To Americans, the Russian general Russian attitude seems like a lazy, fatalistic approach to life. However, our individualism and...

No, it's not. It depends on where the previous class is in the training cycle. If they are in the middle of, say, moboards, then you will have to roll at least 2 weeks back to begin the class from day 1, even if there is a class that is 1 week behind. Same thing will happen if you fail two...

To add to the above: If you need to get basic over-the-counter medication, you can talk to your class's med body and arrange to go pick up a 'cold pack w/ motrin.' In it comes generic Tylenol, prescription strength generic Advil, some generic cough medicine, and generic sport's rub. If you go...

To answer the question: the DIs don't search your underwear. As long as it's not visible through PT shorts or summer whites, you are fine. You will buy briefs from the NEX in week one which you will never wear and display for RLP.

Bronchitis is common.

Tarantino has always had a sense of dark, dry humor. Looking forward to seeing this soon.

Love this one...

This thread should be renamed to "The American Dream."

When I was there, there were designated phone times for unsecured (what you will be early on)/secured candidates when they could use the payphones. There are something like 16 pay phones though with many, many more people wanting to use them.

After indoc week, you will have time to hygiene everyday sometime between 2030-2200. If that's not good enough, you can always shower between taps and reveille. Some people did this voluntarily just so they didn't have to deal with the rush. If you're referring to that "special" day, then...

Yes, there are stalls at Newport. It was a pleasant surprise when I got there, since I was expecting what Otto described.

You will be issued a hygiene kit with all the essentials. However, since you'll be displaying all that stuff for RLP, and all of it needs to look brand new, you should bring your own hygiene kit to use for the first month or so.

Just get them from people who know you well and can write specific examples about your good traits. When it comes to military officers, no one's opinion below LCDR really counts for much, anyway. I had 0 recommendation letters from anyone associated with the military.

The DI's never went through anything that was locked. They typically don't go into desk drawers, either, although they are fair game for hurricanes.

I agree with you there. By "no one" I meant "no one on the international scale," ie, the world isn't going to think we're a gigantic bearded clam and start WWIII with us anytime soon. I agree that peacefully negotiating the release of two American journalists is a huge victory for the...

Huh? Yes, when another country has Americans captive, it's probably a good idea to find a way to free them. Negotiating hostage release is as old as warfare, and has been done by many of the U.S.'s most esteemed Generals and Admirals. Making nice with a country's leader is a small price to pay...

OCS has since moved to Newport and has changed significantly since 2007. I highly suggest finding a more recent thread. For example, headlamps will not be necessary, and you can obtain extra blankets from your class's linen body.

I was arrested for assault when I was 19 and got in. A fellow Ensign was arrested for public intoxiacation and got in. It won't help your cause, but it's not a show-stopper.

They are literally pissing money down the toilet. But hey, if people swearing by them gets you motivated, then go for it.

The second time he just got tired of the freakshow, stopped the 20 min timer, and gave us 30 seconds to cut up the steak with a knife and fork. Was kinda fun eating it with a spoon, though...just pick the whole thing up and take a bite out of it like a caveman.

It's not just that...I have a friend who worked in a pharmacy for a couple years. He would routinely get some old person come up with a prescription where brand X cost a $10 co-pay and name brand Y had a $35 copay. The customers routinely would REQUEST the more expensive drug, despite the fact...

Most docs order unnecessary procedures as CYA measures due to malpractice as well. When I interned at an ER, the vast majority of patients got chest X-rays "just in case." That's highly abnormal. Look, your original statement was "why would anyone want to consume healthcare without...

Strictly speaking from a monetary sense, the risk: reward for buying insurance makes no logical sense. As I pointed out, if most people cashed out more than they put in for insurance, insurance companies would be broke. You can crunch the numbers if you wish, or you can just believe me that it...

Because insurance is a gamble. You're electing to pay someone an affordable amount of money in the off chance that you need a service for an unaffordable amount of money. Insurance companies make profits because most people pay more into insurance than they use. This gamble is typically worth it...

The DIs do give a damn, even if they try to pretend not to. But I do agree that the class CPO is the one who typically handles these matters. When people say not to stand out, it means not to stand out in a bad way. Wanting to make sure that your wife is properly taken care of will not make...

This is an important distinction. As I've said earlier in this thread, too many people equate no health insurance to no health care, when that is not the case.

Again, you missed the point. When I move from town A that provides garbage disposal, a large parks dept, and a large public transportation network to town B that does not have those things, my taxes are going to be lower. In effect, I have chosen not to pay the taxes that town A is charging me...

You're right, you do pay an extra fee to use public transportation. We won't mention that few, if any, transportation agencies so much as break even. There is a big difference because it's very easy to move to the next town. I grew up in a neighborhood where property taxes went toward garbage...

Ummm... You're failing to distinguish between federal and local government agencies, with the exception of mail. Mail doesn't even fit here, since you pay a fee to use it -- a fee that is more expensive than privatized options. If the city of whereversville wants to institute public...

Actually, I had to laugh at his stupidity. The pediatrician recommending a tonsillectomy is not going to be the doctor performing it, so there is really no profit motive in this decision at all. Obama has continuously reassured that this would not happen. However, I do believe that the...

Because, ultimately, taking a 40% paycut isn't worth the $500-750/month payment.

Well, I posed it because it's an issue with most rural areas. When you run a capitalist healthcare system, doctors are going to practice where they can make the most money. This usually means big cities or populated suburban areas.

Haha... He also pulled out the cancer victim with insurance line that I said democrats always use.

Fun fact: U.S. medical schools have not accepted significantly more students for decades, nor have more schools been created despite the rising demand for healthcare in the U.S. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/30270.php Aside from this, the entire medical training program should be...

No, I'm saying that they DO offer that NOW to patients who disclose that they don't have insurance. Yes, the ER is more expensive than a family practitioner; this is why you go to see the latter. Also, you don't have to go to a walk-in clinic. You could have gone to your family practitioner...

Everyone is vulnerable to this. My point is that it is very rare for this to occur. Rare enough where we don't need to alter national government policy to address this. This is my argument: You know that you don't have insurance. You know that there is a possibility that you might get sick. Now...

The majority of uninsured 20-30 year olds also don't really need insurance. The picture that the democrats and national healthcare advocates try to paint is the working person who suddenly becomes afflicted with some terminal illness at a young age (or their children do) and they can't afford...

When I was there, DIs called cadence for the warmup lap. The actual runs were at full speed, so if you can call cadence you're not running fast enough. As for drill bodies, yes they existed, but it went like this: "Drill body, in the morning I drive the bus. You can have them the rest of the day."

You're not the only one to make the complaint about the boots, but Big Navy gave a big "fu, your boots must not fit right."

USN, no. USMC, yes.

Would upper-classmen even know how to do these themselves?

Well, the answer is simple: Do you want to be an officer? If yes, then take the PRT again like they ask. It isn't the end of the world, and you should've been trying to get into better shape anyway.