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DO NOT ENLIST IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN COLLEGE AND YOU WANT TO BE AN OFFICER. Find an officer recruiter, STA-21 is a commissioning program for active duty sailors. If you're currently in college, find an Officer Programs Officer to talk about BDCP/OCS. One of my buddies who is an S-3 pilot...

The only Marine Aircraft I've seen on a carrier is the F-18C (single seat). The Prowlers are land based, and I believe harriers (single seat) go on Amphibs (could be wrong on the last one)

Tell your recruiter, and try to go back and explain the situation. This may or may not DQ you because from what I (think I) remember, pot is pretty much the only drug you could have done. Ecstasy and Crack are off limits.

No, they use the term "engineer" liberally. The reason the CEC requires an engineering degree is because only 15-20% of the officer billets are with the Seabees. The other two major areas are pulic works and contract management. CEC JOs only get one seabee tour, and more often than not start...

I'll settle this debate. Sparty looks a little gayer than Purdue Pete...ever see Spartacus?

Next fall would be a good start. Since you're a frosh, I'm assuming your 2.8 is from one semester. It sounds simple, but get your grades up, that can never hurt.

congrats...and death to Sparty!!!!

The main point of advising you to look for summer internships/CO-OPs in the summer is because BDCP gives you the best of both worlds: a commission without the Navy crap in college. USNA guys lose touch with the civilian world when they ship off for plebe summer. I had an NFO from the boat...

I concur with eddie that it fills spots a fiscal year or two in advance so they're not scrambling to fill quotas late in the FY. This is especially important to SC/RL designators because OCS is the primary commissioning source.

All right, reading that thread about guys chomping at the bit for their first paycheck, I thought I'd just throw this out there. I've met some quality people who did BDCP, and some real douchebags. So if you've recently been picked up for BDCP (congrats, by the way) or if you've been in BDCP...

Not a shore tour, a 3 year sea tour

I used to be. Thank God I left that behind. It's "aviation related" but it's a lot of paperwork and administrative BS. It's also an unkind place if you're not prior enlisted, and you can't select it out of ROTC unless you're NPQ for unrestricted line, or you get a DUI and wreck your car and...

The guy wasn't BDCP, he was NUPOC. NUPOC is basically BDCP on steriods, it's only Nukes, and you get the money even if you're out of college. Basically, the Navy need nukes, and it may seem like a lot to sink E-7 pay into a college kid, the Navy takes it out of his ass after he does a three...

Get those kneepads ready.

That's the problem with BDCP...going to OCS is a step down in your lifestyle. You get E-3/E-4 pay for doing nothing during BDCP, then at OCS they take away your BAH (if you're single), bump you up to E-5 and make you jump through a bunch of hoops. There was a NUPOC in my class who was in the...

First of all, I'd say having a 3.7 gives you a warm fuzzy, but the Navy doesn't have GPA cutoffs and what not, especially when some majors are harder than others. The Navy and Marines will both let you know that you'll have a flight slot prior to heading to OCS...I would assume that the Air...

Yes and Yes.

Looking for porn.

Keep in mind, college is your chance to wipe the slate clean. No one will give a sh!t what your grades were like in HS if you do well in college.

Something to note from that list is how many (large) public schools offer good engineering programs. A lot of people think you have to go to an XIT or XPI school for a good program, which simply isn't the case.

Possibly, but I've upped my chances to getting laid on prom night here...if I don't mind going to jail.

Exactly. When I was 16, I was worried about SATs and if I was gonna get laid after the prom (I didn't), not what I was gonna do for 10 years after college.

I don't know how it works at your high school, but at mine, only our final grade at the end of the year counted into our GPA (avg of 4 qtrs and final exam)...so if you got C's for the first two qtrs, finishing with 2 B's and a B on the final should get you a B-, or a B if your school doesn't do...

I'd talk to both recruiters. You might have a better chance with the Navy, because they have OCS classes start every 2-3 weeks, whereas the Marines are smaller, and literally have 3 OCC classes a year.

When your husband gets to the fleet and goes on deployment, get him a good tube sock. He'll thank you later.

That applies mainly to enlisted recruiters struggling to meet quotas. Officer recruiters are dealing with college grads or those pursuing a degree. They know you have other options besides the military to pursue, so they're not going to try to sell you as much. My recruiter would ask me after...

Man, this thread has "lock" written all over it. Aim High! (so good I had to use it again)

Actually, I don't think it does...

Look into a ROTC scholarship. Plus, you may get to do a middie cruise with a squadron and see what life is like on the boat.

S-3 chicks aren't much better. At least the FOs...the one's I've seen were inflicted with what I affectionately call "S-3 Ass"

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So if VX-9 is composed of fleet guys, is VX-31 the TPS component?

Thanks guys, that helps explain things. Good talk.

I understand that everyone has to take the calc, physics etc, and wasn't trying to cut on english and poli sci. My question from the previous post was asking if general science was taking say Bio I, Chem I, Ocean I, etc, instead of majoring in Chemistry by taking Chem I, II, O Chem, etc.

I'm done being bitter about getting orders to China Lake...OK, that's a blatant lie, but anyway, in my mind the main reason this base exists is for the two VX squadrons here. I've been told that they're test squadrons, but I don't know much more than that. Are the aviators who take orders...

My cousin graduated USNA with a degree in Oceanography, and he said the Gen Sci guys would only show up in his basic courses, and not the later sequential courses. He described it as "taking classes until you graduate" Are the General degrees accredited?

Can any Academy guys fill me in on what "General" degrees are? I've noticed some boat schoolers with General Engineering degrees, and it seems odd to me because USNA doesn't list that as a department, and I don't know of any other college that offers that type of degree.

Talk to your career counselor. He or she should have some info on that.

I didn't see anybody wear wash khakis for SDO last cruise. They usually go with a different color flight suit. We used khaki, another squadron used black, and some just used the green with a red SDO badge.

I was on an incentive program: Everytime I ran, my girlfriend let me watch a porno. Naw, just kidding.

If you get a license plate frame like this...you can't post here anymore. (For the record, this car didn't have DOD stickers)

I don't think that should be an issue. STA-21 doesn't restrict what you can select based on your enlisted rate. The only exception to this is that if you want to go CEC through STA-21 you have to be a seabee, but obviously, that doesn't apply to you.

I think it's non-taxed income. I've never gotten a W-2 for it, nor have I worried about it :)

It's definitely possible. Check out www.marineofficer.com

Try this http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13019&highlight=Blue+program

Yep, and that opportunity is gone for new FOs. Would the NFO ever get a chance to recover on the carrier? No. Would the NFO get some stick time so the pilot could walk to the back of the jet and take a piss in his piddle pack? Yes.

I work with alot of civilians here in the ROICC office. If you're a project engineer or contract specialist you can work for the government on practically any base. Stripping is a popular field as well.

Just to stay off topic with you, I knew a girl who was on an athletic scholarship for track, then picked up BDCP, and a guy who was prior going to school on the GI Bill, then picked up BDCP. Good deals for all my friends.

You're right. On the Navy side, I'd ask for the OPO - Officer Programs Officer

OSO - Officer Selection Officer How to get started - see above mentioned OSO