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I can't think of a single exercise at OCS that had a better efficiency of giving you an overall body strength workout than bear-crawls. It's not just pain for pain's sake -- they worked.

Bear crawl = get in a pushup position. Inch your hands toward your feet and arch your back up. Now move forward. Keep doing so as DI yells crawl and you yell aye sir. It's actually a really good strength workout for shoulders/arms/legs that I'd keep doing if it didn't look absolutely ridiculous...

Bad gouge. You go to SWOS after OCS. It is 3 weeks long. Then you go to the ship. EDIT: Looks like the guy above me got it. It was 3 weeks long for SWOS as of late June, did not know of the change. I guess it's good that they're changing post OOD SWOS since every SWO I've encountered says that...

I concur w/ single seat. "Ship, Shipmate, Self" sure is a great ethos for those of us who work on boats...

While this is correct, I would recommend that the person do whichever activity he dislikes most first. I used to blow off running a lot when I was lifting simply because I didn't like it at the time, so the fact that I felt that I was already working out for 45 min to an hour made me just say...

I most definitely have less body fat % now than I did going into OCS. My workout consisted of solely anaerobic activity; the kind that you claim will keep you lean.

I'll be honest here: I was 170-175 going into OCS as a weight lifter at 5'9", which was too heavy for my height. I definitely could've afforded to lose some pounds, and I dropped 25 lbs in 2.5 months doing the aerobic-heavy workouts at OCS paired with their no-dairy, no fatty condiments and no...

Agree with Zissou. There really is no magic shortcut for this. Calories in < calories out = weight loss. I will say, though, that 45 minutes of cardio can easily be knocked down to 20 if you are willing to give 110% for the duration, but most people don't have the mental discipline to do that.

When one applies via OCS, aren't the communities selected independent of each other? In other words, the OP didn't get pilot because he listed NFO and SWO, but because the boards deemed him unqualified for pilot, regardless of his other two listings? I get the impression that the OP thinks that...

To answer your question more directly: No. One of the advantages of OCS is that you know what your designator is going to be before you make the commitment. If you sign the contract for pilot, then you will be a pilot unless you become not-physically qualified (NPQ), you drop on request, or you...

Something that was striking to me was McCain's response to one of the first questions in the debate the other night regarding social security. Rather than address the issues with social security, healthcare, etc., he went immediately into the financial and energy mess. You would think that a...

It's easy to say that military members should contribute to retirement with an officer's salary. Your enlisted guys make about half your salary with similar time in service (not including bonuses). Supporting a family and then putting a significant amount away for retirement to actually make a...

I hadn't really thought about it before, but I agree with the issues regarding retirement starting at 20 years. However, I don't like the idea of making retired military wait until 60s to collect on their pensions. This line of work is generally more dangerous than other professions, so I don't...

You are aware that if you go to USNA, you can be ordered back into the nuke pipeline?

So far, Obama's got this nailed. McCain sounds like a Democrat half the time, and the difference between the two of them is so nuanced that the average voter isn't going to care. Obama is also deflecting McCain's attacks very well.

Soooo the solution to social security and medicare issues is to create a new energy plan (both candidates have linked the two). Learn something new everyday.

Also, if your student loans are all federal loans (hooray state colleges), it's likely that the starter loan would actually increase your monthly payments substantially.

Apparently so has every other Congressman, if you believe what they're saying now that people are pissed at them.

Exactly how detailed and thorough do you expect someone to be in 90 seconds?

You should read the stickies on this forum, which will detail the various (or singular) commissioning sources available to you depending on where you are in your education. NUPOC is a form of a Bacchelorate Degree Completion Program. They will not pay off your loans for you, but you will be...

Don't you understand? He's too busy to study between school and posting on internet forums!

Biden didn't "lay out McCain's voting history." A bill in the Senate is rarely focused on just one issue. To accuse a Senator of voting for/against something out of context of what the bill fully does is useless, but it sure makes for good soundbyte politics.

Honestly, I just watched the debate to watch the equivelent of two retards competing in the special olympics. Neither one delivered, so I'm disappointed. Raptor posted articles that took me 20 minutes to read detailing the foreign policy issues that the next President would have to face...

My impressions thus far: 1) The time allotted for answers does not allow either candidate to provide a fully detailed response to, well, anything. They just go back and forth quoting the same sound bites that you might hear on a commercial. As such, this is hardly useful for gaining any sort...

One guy I interviewed with tried to impress ADM Donald by pointing out that he was president of his fraternity. The ADM's response was "That's not leadership, that's being a glorified secretary." I don't think being treasurer of the aviation club is going to earn cgoetz too many points. If...

Like I suggested before when you disclosed your mediocre ASTB scores: stop being lazy, study, and take the test again.

I have found the advice a retired friend of the family gave me to be quite useful thus far: In this business, never let anyone piss you off, and never let anyone make you happy. Seriously, it sounds like you're being petty. Do what you need to do to graduate, and stop worrying about whether or...

Ask someone who their Congressman is, and they'll usually look at you with a blank stare.

She's angry/upset because she wants to keep you around, and is worried that you'll be killed or something. Your best bet is to let her initiate the next contact with you -- she'll call/email/whatever when she's ready to talk peacefully. At that point, try to explain why you want to join and how...

They just gave the sticker to me, too, but it came with a picture that clearly indicated how to place everything on the windshield.

As an unpinned submariner, yes I have to pay for contacts. No one ever indicated that the Navy would eventually pay for them, even after getting dolphins.

How are you going to feel when the guy off the street is leading you, though? If you really want to be a SEAL officer, then apply for it and bust your ass in the interim getting in shape. The worst that can happen is they say no, and then you either re-apply or decide that being a SEAL is more...

Haven't, yet, and haven't really got around to looking.

Yes, but SWOS isn't that long, and I don't think the Navy will pay for the move until you get PCS orders to your permanent duty station. It is rare for a conventional SWO to be assigned to a carrier, period. Also, it behooves you to qualify on the Aegis system, so your first sea tour is likely...

I had a CMC tell me that "see, chiefs are leaders...officers are warfighters" not too long ago.

Bear in mind that interest on student loans is also tax-deductible.

Your recruiter should have them or get them in the near future. You will need your orders to get onto the base in Newport. Give your recruiter a call.

What gets me is that people automatically associate "diversity" with skin color, and then go on to extrapolate how "cultural differences due to different backgrounds" add strength to the military. A white person and a [insert minority] person growing up as neighbors in the same town usually...

I live in a single bedroom apt and spend like 98% after electric/cable/internet/phone.

And even then, you're usually better off finding the instruction instead of relying on someone's word.

I was just kidding. Sorry if I offended anyone or acted out of line.

Farts are certainly hilarious, as are "foop!" jokes.

Did a pilot just accuse someone else of being 'full of themselves?' :p

As a newly commissioned O-1, I make ~$48,000 a year. That includes sub pay. ~$34,000 of that is taxable. That total annual taxable income does seem low -- O-1 salary < 2 years is ~$30k.

PRT is just a checkmark for Navy OCS.

One of the things that helped me bring my 75 PU to 95 PU at OCS was the ability to stay in the PU position for a long period of time and not get tired. In other words, "resting" in the up position actually became rest. Prior to OCS, I would just bang out as many pushups as possible and then just...

The ENS with his hands in his pockets went to the Academy. The fat ENS with his hands in his pockets leaning against the bulkhead did NROTC :p. I kid :)

I stopped being afraid of the DI around week 6-7, and waking up early is a pretty commonplace thing in the workforce.

Sure, as soon as you guys stop wearing V-neck skivvies to show off a forest of chest hair thinking it's "cool" :icon_tong.

OCSers tend to be older, so that probably has something to do with it. Average age of my class was 25. When I was 22, I would occassionally go out on Thurs. and show up to work half-drunk on Fri, too.