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This thread is getting ridiculous. If a gay guy was eying me, I would not like it, much like I wouldn't like it if some unattractive woman was eying me. But, being an adult, I would handle it maturely. I was trained by a gay guy for my job prior to joining the Navy. I thought nothing of it...

Won't need to with the new PT gear You normally run while wearing the old OCS PT shirt inside-out?

Yep, hurricanes in RI. They occur year 'round, too. EDIT: I also should've included the fact that your skivvies are going to be so rank and nasty by the end of OCS, you'll be buying more anyway.

Hold the down position of a pushup for 30 seconds, then up for 3 seconds for about 5 minutes straight. Lay on your back with legs extended and hold your feet 6 inches off the ground for 30 seconds, then up to 90 degrees for 30 seconds for about 5 minutes straight. That should get you started...

This has been discussed in numerous threads on the site, and I found a few with under armour in the thread title by just typing it into the search. Short answer: I recommend against bringing expensive underwear/undershirts to OCS, particularly gear that is marked with brand labels like under...

Usually a girl will ask you what you do for a living sooner or later, so eventually your occupation is going to factor into the equation.

Using your occupation is ok. Going out to happy hour after work in uniform is ok. Lying about your occupation/rank/rate indicates a douchebag. Wearing your dress uniform "just to pickup girls" for a night out at the club indicates a douchebag.

My old class officer at OCS (Supply, of course) must be weeping.

They surely did, but the main reason for the land-owners exclusion was that Jefforson et. al believed that giving a largely uneducated populace the power to vote would lead to disaster. The land-ownership requirement was a way to establish a pseudo-meritocracy, since land-owners were likely to...

The Supreme Court cannot make laws; it can only rule on whether or not existing laws conflict with the Constitution. This applies on the state level as well. A lot of right-wing pundits like to use "legislating from the bench" as a political phrase, but it's a misinterpretation of what is really...

It's a relatively new policy. I think Bogey (aka Otto) got it while he was at OCS in late '07, and I know people who got it while I was there. But, these things are always subject to change. Oh, and you get BAH based on your Home of Record, not on Newport. My BAH was $2,550 + $200 COLA, so it...

I love that gun. For CCW I'd recommend the Glock 19. When shopping for pistols, I'd recommend looking at function first and price second. It's not the kind of thing you want to go wrong at a critical moment.

Well, it's direct deposit, so all the money will make it into your bank account. The question is how much you will have to pay back out. You get a uniform allowance of ~$1700 that gets deposited around your 2nd or 3rd paycheck. Uniforms will cost $2200-2500, depending on how much stuff you have...

False. Technical degrees are preferred for nuke, but they are not required. The only requirement is one year of calculus and one year of calculus based physics. If you did not go to DC to interview with ADM Donald, you did not get assigned to nuke.

Then your best bet is to talk to your recruiter. He/she would know better than anyone on this forum what your application timeline would be and whether you will go to ODS or OCS.

What does it matter? Your husband will have graduated OCS by then.

I don't have huge hands, and I find the Baretta to have a crappy feel to it. I also hate the way the trigger behaves.

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Uniform regs make no mention of a specific designator for brown shoes. I have no dog in this fight, but for people who think they will be "presumpuous,": I have yet to see a winged aviator on this forum say that an SNA should not wear brown shoes. Random question: Is the dip in the cover an...

These were just getting installed when I was there...do the DIs see the videos now? Btw, did you also have to eat with teaspoons before you rolled?

There is no interview with ADM Donald in the trip to Bangor, WA or King's Bay, GA. The trip is the first step to everyone applying nuke so they can actually tour a sub and make sure they know what they are getting into. The interview takes place in DC. If you don't want nuke, don't go. Politely...

I think gender/ethnicity/whatever is notable when something is more difficult to accomplish because of it, eg if a woman breaks the men's world record for 1-mile run. As for flying? Well, you guys know much better than I on that one, but it seems like the story is trying to paint Capt Jamieson...

Ah ok. Strange that NROTC would consider Bio technical, but not the nuke program.

I don't believe Biology is considered technical. When I interviewed in DC, my technical classes listed on the paper the ADM saw were Physics 1/2, Calc 1/2, Chem 1/2, Comp Sci (random elective from freshman yr) and Biochem.

Throw it in the washer (warm, medium agitation), then toss it in the drier (perm press). No bleach. The 01 tag you cut off actually says these washing instructions.

We weren't allowed to take any dairy from the salad bar.

I think he meant 8 ranks between E-5 and E-9, in which case he'd be correct.

I didn't have to take leave to go beyond the 400 mi radius over Thanksgiving, and other people have travelled outside it for a weekend. Just had to put in an out-of-bounds chit. They only require leave here if it's either on a working day or more than 96. Might depend on the command? Anyway, I...

Nah, it's definitely worse now...I'm not just talking about people in the stix wearing camoflauge all the time.

Despite all this unhappiness with new uniforms, there apparently is a huge proliferation of "military inspired" apparel that is now in style...multiple pockets on jackets, epaulets and elbow pads on sweaters, and peacoats that you couldn't tell weren't bought at the NEX unless you look at the...

We were never required to learn/know appendix c (aircraft, ships, weaponry, etc). Only appendix A and B...everything is listed on the OCS website.

Just put your head down and be ready to do everything you're told with speed, volume, and intensity, and you'll have no problems. Mentally, just always keep in mind that everything at OCS is scripted and regulated. The crap you're getting is the same crap that the class before you got, and the...

This is a good question. Drug laws were originally ruled un-Constitutional on the basis that there must be a victim in order for a crime to have been committed. The SCOTUS later changed their mind.

In that case, I fully agree with you. JO retention is an issue in a few communities, and the current solution is to just hire an overload of Ensigns and throw a ton of bonuses at them. At the end of the day, that's not really fixing the issue. Most of the LTs getting out at nuke school have...

A few things to address here: 1. A technical degree is not required for nuke officer, but 1 year of calculus and 1 year of calculus-based physics is. These are not "advanced" courses by any means, and you'll find that most Naval officer positions prefer that you have these courses (but they are...

The vast majority of eligible voters are completely clueless regarding political issues.

You totally missed the context. My statement was in reply to the post above mine which implied that marijuana use and underage drinking does not already occur together, but would once marijuana is legalized for a certain age group.

I'm glad you can "see it already," because it's been happening for decades. According to the link I posted a while back, over 50% of the current population in their early 20s has tried marijuana.

Why do you keep bringing up purchasing things in foreign countries, as if that's relevant to what happens in the U.S.? How do you know what you're getting? I suppose one never knows what they're really getting in a product. Do you really know everything that was put into your chicken breast...

Bullshit. It'll only last days if you're the world's biggest pothead, in which case you'd have to be high at work to accomplish that. The effects of marijuana wear off way before the effects of alcohol if used with similar frequency. If it stays banned in the military, a simple drug test will...

Absolutely nothing, unless the stuff you buy in the store is superior in quality. I would say there's nothing wrong with this, either. Free markets work wonders. Who cares? Does the FDA come knocking on your door if you decide to brew beer at home? But if you did actually care about FDA...

Well, posting your dilemma on a public internet forum certainly doesn't help your chances of keeping it a secret.

Yes, we have precision guided missiles, but it's still not going to win wars by themselves.

No, they're mosty spot on about this. The fact is, though, you can't halt production and then one day say "ok, let's make more subs now" if it ever becomes needed. The role of the submarine in the post-Cold War era has been scrutinized a lot, particularly once we found out that the ruskies...

Not true at all. As a matter of fact, they have happy sock time scheduled from 2030-2045 every evening.

Yea, CND continued after you, skim. I was 15-08 and we had CND the entire way through. I guess these things just go in waves. As for what to ask for from Santa: Happy sock.

You realize that BAH isn't taxed, right?

Why is weed illegal when alcohol is not? I believe it has more to do with perceived social stigma than anything else, as alcohol is far more dangerous in almost every aspect. I will produce more concrete references later, since I'm only on lunch now, unless you want to look it up yourself...

The impairment to driving felt by smoking a joint is less than having 2-3 beers. Additionally, the two drugs aren't even in the same category; alcohol is a depressant which slows motor skills, while marijuana is a very mild halucinagenic. I'll say it again: weed is a very mild drug. Smoking a...

I blame nuke school on my poor spelling; there are too many sentence fragments and double arrows involved. Yes, I think breaking the law is ok sometimes. I don't think someone is a horrible person if they speed on the road to keep up with traffic. I don't think someone is a bad person because...