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They probably wouldn't accept you early, because they want to see what kind of grades your getting. You need to meet eligibility requirements to apply. Does Rutgers have career fairs? They'll probably have guys hangin' out there. Also, remember that BDCP is a bonus. If whatever reason you...

...or you could do the BDCP program and go to OCS after college and earn a commission that way. Going in as an E-3 after four years of college isn't that good a deal.

Both. Depending on what uniform you're being inspected in, you'll either be wearing your white shoes and your black ones on display or vice versa. Keep an extra pair of running shoes to make your life easy. During inspection, your old shoes can go in your seabag that gets put in the hallway...

Well, looks like I'm headed off to this place in Nov/Dec. Anybody know anything about the area, or be able to recommend apts, etc? Appreciate the help.

I'd say go for it. What's the worst that could happen? I mean now that I think of it, SPECWAR has to have it's own board, because the semi-annual board is so dry. If you haven't seen one of those packages, it's just things like your latest fit-rep, college transcripts, and some basic...

That's a good point. I think because I remember hearing guys go from URL to URL without going through the semi-annual redesignation board. The bulk of people on lat xfer boards are going URL to RL/SC. Granted, all the pilots and NFOs picked up this past board were SWOs, but there's gotta be...

I'm in that S-3 squadron. 3 O-4s took a 4-man, for a little extra room, but beware this "good deal" because the ship knows that bunk is open, and you'll get a ship rider every now and then.

Yeah, it's a good time. Coffee and doughnuts.

Anyone else going?

I don't know how many people applied for pilot or nfo, but there were only 3 slots each navy-wide on the june 2005 board, so it's gonna be competitive. On a side note, all six selected in June 2005 were warfare-qualifed SWOs (1115). As for SpecWar, I haven't seen anbody get selected on the...

If I could do it all over again, I wouldn't go AMDO, mainly because I'm not prior enlisted. I mean, I got to OCS as a 23 year-old, and people kept asking me if I was prior enlisted...I started thinking, should I be? I've since fixed the situation by getting picked up for lat transfer to the...

In reply to the original post, I'm an AMDO, and uh, to be somewhat politically correct, I'm not a big fan. I'm not prior enlisted, so on a social level, most other AMDOs are older than me, and quite frankly, if it weren't for the aviator JOs in my squadron, I'd have gone insane by now. Alot of...

In order to rest in the up position, you must keep your body in a straight line. At OCS, you'll be done if you stick your butt in the air, or if your midsection sags. Doesn't even have to touch the ground, they'll stop you. Try doing some lower back exercises, that really helps. People...

I would think they hold your feet, because that's how it's done at OCS (and the fleet for that matter). My best advice is to practice the format, do situps, then pushups, then do the run. Get used to it, because your scores will obviously higher if you do everything separtately.

As far as I'm concerned, Navy OCS contracts are "guaranteed". I think the reason the Marines stress that, is because it's pretty much the only designator/MOS where you know you'll be an NFO/Pilot prior to TBS. Except for law, every one else is lumped in "ground" and their performance at TBS...

To summarize...your choice of ship is based on what's available at the time your class selects...some classes get more of a choice (i.e. 06-03 had picked their ships, then our SWOs in 07-03 basically got what was remaining on that list). In other words, there isn't a list of orders for every...

My bad...thanks for the correction

Cropped the pic The track in the cropped pic is the morning PT track, and the bldg in the lower left hand corner is batt I/batt II/Chowhall (it's all connected). Enjoy.

Problem with the playoff is that it makes the regular season a lot less exciting. (See: NCAA Basketball)

Another thing S-3 guys like about it, is that you can fly on/fly off more aircrew than other squadrons (not as much anymore as we're down to six birds), and that thing is a X-country machine. Four seats and room for luggage.

The big question I guess is how long a procedure like this takes. The dental checkup at OCS is sorta half-assed, but if they see a cracked molar, it may not NPQ you from flight, but honestly, it wouldn't shock me if they rolled you for that (I doubt they'd do the procedure the same day they...

Concur. Alot of threads just have new people repeating the same arguments because they're too lazy to read previous posts in the thread. I'm gonna lock this one too...just kidding.

bedrock, Another thing not to overlook is PT. Since you're nuke, you'll probably be going to OCS literally a month after your interview. I know a lot of people b!tch and moan on this forum about waiting to go to OCS, but since you'll get your 10K check and E-6 pay before you go to OCS, the...

Just to toss my hat in the pool and answer the first question: As a commissioned officer, you can do a max of 30 years if you make captain. If you don't make admiral, you retire. As far as spyguy with 12 yrs prior, you'll only need 18 years as an officer to make the full 30, but since 12 of...

Bedrock, don't ask me how I remember this, but here are some of the questions I got asked. If you had a heater and a refrigerator running at the same efficiency and put one in each room, what would happen to the temeperatures in the room? You've got a screw going through an assumed...

Actually, we are currently in FY05. FY05 runs from Oct 04 to Sept 05. Those FY05 slots mean that those people will be commissioned between the above dates. So as you can see, there's plenty of FY05 left.

Keep in mind that it's pretty close to OCS number, because ROTC and USNA guys can only go supply if they're NPQ from URL

I think this thread has run it's course...closed for business.

Without a doubt. Keep in mind though, the point of OHARP is really to keep you from having to burn leave if you don't want to, rather than actually being productive.

I've seen that before, so that's at least 2 years old. Needless to say, you're gonna have to do way better than a 2.2. I would even think that a 3.0 isn't going to be competitive these days.

Right, if there's no day, then it means you have to check in by the end of the month. Obviously, if it's orders to a school, it's going to have a NET and NLT date on it. Orders to your command tend to be more flexible, and it's up to you how much leave you want to take.

Heh...yeah, I think you're right

Yeah, you can go into the hole. However, depending on where your next port is, keep in mind that you'll have some "move days" which will not count as leave (though no "proceed" days, which blows), and that if you complete OCS without rolling, you'll have 7.5 days of leave in the books, so...

I've never heard of anything like that. I would think if you want to go to the coast guard, you should apply to coast guard OCS. The reasoning is that you don't just apply for OCS, but you pick a specific designator. Once selected, you take up a slot, I don't think the Navy is going to hand...

Which class was his last? It says a lot about a Drill Instructor when he can whoop your ass for 10 or 11 weeks, and then people have nothing but good things to say about him.

Why did the air force guys in the Kadena airport wear (green) cammies when they were checking my bags? Why do MAs wear green cammies on a ship? Why did my class drill instructor at OCS wear cammies? He wasn't trying to hide from us. You see a trend in my examples, the cammies aren't always...

If you're not too crazy about a desk job, you might not be too crazy about Intel or crypto. Remember, a desk job on a boat is still a desk job.

navsup, you'll have to pick and choose your spots. Commands usually have two 2-week periods where they let people take leave around the holidays. Otherwise, you'll have to work vacations into your work schedule, not the other way around. For instance, we were at sea for 3 weeks this past...

the ship is your workplace, so yes, when it's inport you go on the ship. Duty means you sleep on the ship. Sweet dreams. 3 weeks off? Good luck with taking that much time off in a row even if the ship isn't at sea. If it is, it's highly unlikely your command will approve leave during an...

I doubt it. Accepting BDCP is sorta like getting into college early decision. Both are used to lock people in. If you swear into supply, they've already got you taking up a slot in FYXX. I wouldn't swear into one thing banking on a lat transfer either. Especially to sub/swo nuke(which to...

I think the reason the USMC guarantees flight contracts, is because they don't guarantee any ground contracts other than law. If you go ground, you won't know what you're doing until after TBS. With the Navy, you apply for a specific designator, and contigent on finishing the training, that's...

Yes. What was funny was that we were made to wear our T-shirts when coming out of the locker room because there were females present, then of course, we took off our shirts when it was time to swim. Go figure.

Straight up gansta. Nothing but those snazzy navy issued PT shorts.

Speaking of head calls, if you don't have a bowel movement the first couple of days, don't worry it's normal. And during indoc week, you probably won't have time to drop a deuce during the head calls, so you'll have to resort to what I did, waiting till after taps so I could relax. :)...

If you show up an hour before your NLT orders say, you'll be yelled at. That said, if you show up at 0800, you will get yelled at for that much longer. Enjoy your last days of freedom before checking in. When we were Canidos, two guys showed up at 0730, and we gave them the option of making...

Although this school may meet the requirement by granting you a BS, it doesn't mean you'll be competitive. Part of a competitive package these days is a good GPA. Not to mention I'd hate to see what a transcript from that school would look like.

Paying bills online is sooooo clutch on cruise

Actually, you'll be in the USNR until you augment. All Officers (minus Limited Duty) are commissioned into the USNR. Also, you might read that your obligations is 8 years. 4 active duty, 4 reserves (which can be spent drilling in the active, or doing nothing in inactive). Nothing to be...

You can do it inter-service. One of our Pilots is trying to go from Navy to Marines. Here's a little bit of info...not sure how much help it is. http://www.bupers.navy.mil/pers8/pers-80/pers-801/pers-801g/pers-801g%20TRANS.htm (scroll to the bottom)

That won't work for SNA. If you don't have 20/40 uncorrected vision correctable to 20/20 at the time of application, you aren't qualified. That may work for NFO, but I'm not sure.