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No. It goes on a credit account at the NEX. The bill is due the second to last week of OCS. You will also have the option to open up a star card account which takes off 10%. Having access to a couple thousand dollars is a safeguard in case there are any pay issues.

Huh? Our DI wasn't nice to us until the day before drill comp.

Again, you are implying that meeting the standards for a scholarship requires hard work. If I'm understanding your argument correctly, you're arguing that the 'benefit' of having to pay one's own way through college is not necessary because the person is proving themselves to be a hard worker...

Again, false assumptions. Not everyone who gets good grades or is an athletic superstar in high school needs to work hard for it. Conversely, I've seen people work themselves a ton for only mediocre scores that would not be good enough for a scholarship. Don't even get me started on scholarships...

The uniform regs at OCS are pretty much the same as the regular ones. Uniform of the day for the first 10 weeks will be wash khakis. If you have a johnny cash uniform that has not been crowed, you can use that for RLP. If you are a chief, you can use your khakis. Otherwise, you won't be using...

You can also save a lot on wardrobe costs:

Not really. Anyone who gets accepted to a competitive college would have to had worked for it, too. On the flip side, anyone who isn't paying for college is not pulling money out of their own pocket, which you deem necessary for someone to appreciate it. It doesn't matter where that money comes...

I guess I could say I had the "true college experience," whatever that means, since I went to a civvy college and commissioned through OCS. I can't speak on what you'll experience at VMI or the Academy; what I can say is that my time in college was a huge growing experience that I would not...

Nope. If you are already a qualified applicant (which you are), then enlisting will not increase your chances. If you had a mediocre/poor GPA through college, then enlisting MIGHT help, provided that you performed well in the fleet.

You shouldn't rush into something just because you don't have a job. Moreover, you shouldn't look to the Navy just because you don't have a job -- you will have a miserable 4 years. To answer your questions: It's better to apply for an officer program now if that's what you desire and you are...

Which is what actually makes OCS more difficult than the DIs ever could on their own accord.

Not when the guy handling the gift detail liked the DI. It was more of "we're getting him this, cough up $X"

Starting at week 5, I saw my DI for 1 hour a day, 2 on a 'good' day. He took leave during week 8 (for good reason). From week 9 on, I only saw him during all-hands grad practice. Oh, and he trashed the Navy at every waking opportunity, which gave us all the impression that he was training us...

Old gouge from the Pensacola days. You don't need to bring an extra blanket. Btw, breaking the rules is not an integrity violation; LYING about breaking the rules is.

The min is good medium, but if you're not scoring in the excellent med-high range at the very least, you did something wrong. Your run time might go up for the in-pfa, but will improve by the out-pfa.

IIRC, all future aviators and NFOs got flight physicals in the first week of OCS at Newport anyway.

Considering the latest debacles with DDX, JSF, etc., I don't see why asking the Pentagon to find ways to cut costs on weapons programs is unwarranted or a surprise.

I worked before OCS. I gave two weeks notice. It's not antiquated.

If being a pilot/FO is OP's only goal, and he can't stand the thought of being a SWO or bubblehead, he might want to consider going to a regular college and applying to BDCP/OCS. It's the only way to be guarunteed a designator upon entering the Navy.

There is a distinct difference between someone who is in shape, within standards but doesn't max out the PFA....and someone who cannot get sat-medium in all 3 categories, particularly coming straight from a commissioning source. I'm sorry, but when you can't do 50 situps, 42 pushups, and run 1.5...

No one I know from OCS got BAH for OHARP except for BDCP/nuke guys. An intel guy who graduated 2 classes ahead of me was fighting for BAH at my station, considering that I got it as a nuke and the guy from the Academy was getting 50%. No one seemed to know a thing about the rules surrounding...

Transferring power from federal to state level of government is usually more conservative than liberal. Your beef is with the CA state gov't setting impossible standards, not with Obama.

I agree. However, that doesn't mean the proper course is to retaliate by bashing him at every opportunity, mostly for things that seem petty and speculative. Perhaps instead of bashing him until he actually does something, you should refrain from bashing him until he actually does something? My...

The man hasn't even been in office a week and Congress is on vacation. What do you expect him to accomplish in this time? Do you have even higher expectations of him than the left, who make him out to be the messiah and savior of America? Did you actually believe his whole "change" campaign...

Is this forum going to turn into a dumping ground for Fox News's whining, err I mean... talking points re: President Obama? There have been about 4-5 threads created in the past few days to bash on Obama, and he's barely been in office a week.

Has something changed since last July? All OCS grads were staying in Newport for 12 weeks of SWOS before heading to their ships.

Of course I have the ike, but it's not going to cut it when I head to New England in the dead of winter.

Cuz those of us who don't get nifty flight jackets and didn't go to the boat school are stuck without something to wear in 20 degree weather.

The uniform regs made it sound like the Navy blue rain coat could only be worn if it was...well, raining. Is that not the case?

It's easy to tell him to suck it up (and I agree that he should); however, he might not even be given the option to do so. It is better to get better now than sit in H because the docs at OCS think he needs to be SIQ.

Yes, the first step is to take the ASTB. Unfortunately, there isn't a one-stop source or book for good gouge on it; you'll have to complile information and questions from multiple sources to study for the test. FYI, the PRT is pass/fail for the Navy. You should continue your goal of trying to...

You will roll to H if you have bronchitis or any sort of upper respiratory infection that requires antibiotics because you will be SIQ for 2+ consecutive days. They will probably find such a thing in indoc week when you have your physical. My suggestion is to see a doc now and try to get over...

I can assure you that I have nothing personal to gain from repealing DADT, but any forward progress the military can make regarding equal treatment for all subsets of people... be it blacks, women, gays, or whoever... is a good thing.

Will be? It already is; DADT is pretty common knowledge, but it also means that you accept the fact that the guy bunking with you or showering next to you might be gay. I honestly don't get this head in the sand kind of thinking that as long as the guy who's obviously gay doesn't admit to it...

And you probably knew that you were going to live in the barracks before you signed up. If it bothered you that much, you could've abstained from joining, just like I knew that dorms at the college I was attending was co-ed. I suppose I don't see the difference because ultimately joining the...

Walking into your first semester, living on campus, and you get a gay guy out of the random pool of students...that was grounds for getting a room change at your school? I actually got placed in a suite on the girls floor my freshman year in college, because there wasn't enough room for the...

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They can't? I lived in a co-ed dorm in college. While more spacious than your average ship, people were still co-habitating. I suppose I had the option to not go to college, but you also have the option not to join the military.

Think disposal. So why don't we integrate changing rooms at the gym? Why not integrate bathrooms at every public venue? I mean, gay guys can use those facilities, so where's the logic? I don't see what being out to sea has to do with being able to see that a woman surrounded by a bunch of...

Men don't get periods. Aside from that, it's unlikely that the straight majority is going to sexually harass/molest the gay minority while in the bathroom. However, it becomes much more likely that the male majority would take advantage of the female minority in such a situation. There's also...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't women deal with the same very attitude once they were allowed to serve? Don't they still do to some extent? One of the female JGs in my class flips shit at any sort of hint of a female sexist joke.

Stupid nub ensign question: what's a hinge?

bet you got real good at 8 count bodybuilders :)

No, and I suppose I didn't say what I was trying to say. Point was, the fact that someone is openly or silently gay makes no difference to me. It's very easy to recognize when someone is staring at you in that way, regardless of whether or not they have disclosed their sexual orientation, and...

Yea, except they changed the shirt so you most likely won't have that issue.

So because you can stick your head in the sand like an ostrich it's ok? I don't buy it, and I personally feel more paranoid wondering who/if anyone is gay than flat out knowing.

I have worn the new PT gear multiple times -- once for a 5k in 90 degree weather to test it out, and twice for PFAs. I actually find the shirt quite comfortable -- much better than the old one. Very light and keeps you cool. The recurring issue I hear with it is that females don't like the fact...

The OCS website suggests that you have a couple Gs in your bank account. This is mostly in case there is some issue with your pay that they cannot resolve in a timely manner. The day you arrive at OCS, you will fork over $20. The uniforms and other gear go on a credit bill that is due near the...

With DADT, people are doing this right now. The only difference if DADT is repealed is that these people can openly admit to being gay without violating the UCMJ.

I think the garrison cap looks better with wash or service khaki, but that's just me.