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Bedrock, That's a pretty good plan. Even though everything on your transcript will be fair game, I don't anticipate the interviewer asking you anything from a senior elective course or anything, but keep in mind the interviewer has your transcript in front of him. I would say study the...

People with non-technical majors at the interviews actually have somewhat of an advantage in my opinion. A poli sci major from the Academy can really only be asked physics and calc questions, and then maybe questions like "derive the formula of a circle" or "derive the spring constant." Not...

Here's the thing that's a little unfair about being an ME: You've got way more that you can be tested on, than say, a biology major. For starters, you're going to be interviewed by a mechanical engineer. Second, since you've already graduated, they can ask you anything on your transcript...

Poopies and Officer Candidates have the same procedures. You won't get to stop eating like that until you're a candidate officer. Oh yeah, practice eating fast before you go to OCS.

You can keep wearing it after you get winged on your khaki and dress uniforms as your secondary pin under your ribbons. Like you said, you worked for it, why not wear iit?

Yeah, it's getting a bit nippy here in San Diego :p

Since Supply is one of the larger SC/RL communities, I know there is at least one 3-star

The OCS page is correct. I memorized the flip book all summer, which was better than not memorizing at all, but had to adjust a word here or there in my memory. That's huge, because you'll be expected to know the big 3 verbatim by week nine, no stuttering or corrections allowed.

Don't fret and be patient. I applied to Wisconsin back in 1997. Keep in mind, Wisconsin is a much bigger school than UW-milwaukee. Also, how long has Minn. had your app? It looks like Wisconsin has only had your application for about 2 or 3 weeks. Even though they're on rolling admissions...

The CEC tours are typically 2 years each. As a JO, you'll be expected to do a tour in each area, in no particular order, as well as a grad school tour (which incurs a 3 year extra obligation). As for combat training, that's probably taken care of after you report to your construction...

Yeah, sounds like there's some sour grapes. She's good looking, a naval aviator, and pursuing a Masters...three things I'm not.

Ah...the magic of airbrushing/makeup

If Intel wants you, it's up to that community to push you through (I think)

100% A retainer/mouthguard (I'm guessing you grind your teeth at night?) isn't contraband. It might suck for INDOC week, but after that, it shouldn't even be an issue.

Our class size was 16 I think. (6 Navy, 5 Marines, 5 Navair civilians). To answer your question about delay between commissioning and AMO school, it shouldn't be longer than 2 months. The community puts you in the appropriate OCS class, so that when you're commissioned, you will be in line...

www.amdo.org Classes up 4 times a year, Jan, March, May, Aug (I think). AMDO school is in NAS Whiting Field, Milton Fl Moderator(s) feel free to move this to ths AMDO forum

I would guess no, because you don't need that second degree to be an officer. The only program I know of that'll pay you as a college grad before OCS is NUPOC.

Our squadron CCC just got it, though I don't know how long the wait is. He also had the choice between PRK and Lasik. So it is possible to get if you're not aircrew/SEAL/Bad Mo'fo

We had some guys in my class who were prior on BDCP, but they weren't straight from the fleet. They were people who enlisted, got out, went to school, and decided to come back in. They went to an officer recruiter just like anyone else.

Well, the average won't tell you much, because the ages seem to be clustered. You'll have your BDCP and college grads who have their age clustered in the 21-23 age range, then you'll have your prior that are around 28-30 range, then the minority is probably civilians making a career change in...

Just a thought: You've also gotta be a little more proactive to make it through college. Most professors won't accept homework late, unless you have a valid excuse beforehand. In high school, you could usually get away with handing in something late and lose a letter grade instead of eating...

SEAL candidates can get PRK to bring their vision within standards http://www.seal.navy.mil/seal/req_vision.asp

Now that you can do. The requirements for NFO are correctable to 20/20 as long as your diopters are less than 8.00 (that's REALLY blind), so you'll be fine going for NFO with contacts/glasses, then get your self on the list at a later date.

Haven't gone, and don't know, but here's a decent article http://usmilitary.about.com/library/milinfo/milarticles/bljumpschool.htm

once you're selected for OCS, that spot is yours to lose. You don't go to OCS then figure out your designator. Is your vision 20/40 or better without glasses? If not, you won't be eligible for Pilot w/o PRK prior to applying. Hope this helps.

I don't know what's up with that article, but I'm pretty sure you have to be 20/40 uncorrected for pilot. You can get PRK before you apply, but then you need to get a waiver, and PRK ain't cheap. To answer your question, they won't accept you with the contigency of getting PRK so your eyes...

Just to echo Wink: Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps Student Program (SP) fact sheet July 2004 1. General. The Navy Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps Student Program (SP) permits law students to commission in the inactive Naval Reserve while attending law school. Upon graduation and...

I heard they used to be called Direct Issue Limited Duty Officer, until someone figured out that was a bad acronym, even for the navy.

That's a good point. I think the reason ROTC and USNA require the physics and calc is to make you qualified for all the URL options. I've heard of English/Poli sci guys getting nuke out of the academy, but rest assured, if you're a non-technical major with the required calc and physics...

FYI- The guys on the Stennis without dependants were asked to produce a lease before their cruise. Take it for what it's worth.

Sabre, If you're hard up for some cadences, you could always drop a few bucks on a Marine Corps. cadence CD and import it to your computer

This isn't just for the Marines either. We were told within the first few days of Navy OCS that if we DOR'd, it'd would certainly hurt our chances for any branch in the future.

If you've got the coin, I recommend the ipod mini. You can by the armstrap accessory and it holds 4 GB, so you can dump all your songs on there, and then create a bunch of playlists...I've been using a 128 MB mp3 player and the songs repeat every other week or so

Hey Zoltan, I agree, but you're gonna run into a bunch of greedy SOBs in your classes if you haven't already. A lot of engineers don't really like it, but they know they'll be able to get a good job after graduation. I was an ME at PSU (not ROTC), and I heard so many times people asking...

Offspring's "Hit that" is a pretty good one. Too bad it's under 3 minutes though. Sometime's I listen to Bonnie Tyler's "I Need a Hero" and pretend that I'm Shrek when I'm running, but that's a whole 'nother can of worms...

Ha ha...you know what I mean

Yeah, the big difference is that you're commissioned first, then get sent to OIS. Another easy way to look at it: all line officers (restricted and unrestricted) go to OCS, along with Supply and CEC. I guess the only guys that go to OIS that aren't in a staff corps are Nuclear Power...

I second that. I have a low arch, and it's annoying going to a footlocker asking if they have a shoe for underpronating. They don't have any idea what you're talking about. Here's a good site: www.roadrunnersports.com

Here's the stupid thing, it isn't a live even like Janet or Bono. It's advertised before hand that they'll show Saving Private Ryan uncut. If that kind of thing isn't your cup of tea, don't F---ing watching watch ABC tonight. Besides, all their shows suck anyway, and the only reason I watch...

(This is to continue post 6) ...from a monkey...

And if anyone else wonders what kind of services USAA has, I have their platinum Mastercard and my APR is 6.50%. More viking/barbarian/ghost slaying power than Capital One.

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Roger that, I was referring to the earlier posts saying that EE and such were 5 years...got in late on the thread P.S. I went to Niskayuna High School, how do you like the capitol region? ;)

I don't want to piss in anybody's cheerios, but as far as I know, most engineering degrees are 4 year programs. The only one I know of is Arch. Engr that is prescribed as five years. At my school, ME required 138 credits, which meant averaging 17.25 credits a semester to graduate in four...

Thanks for the info, I edited my post above (I already passed the EIT), I'm just trying to gauge how many people hold an EIT cert, and thus, eligible to apply. All right, I'll come right out and say it, I'm trying to see who my competition is :D

I was just curious how common it was for ROTC guys to take the FE/EIT? I know the academy engineers are forced to take this 8-hour pain in the A$$. I talked to a couple of guys in my squadron that were ROTC and they were like "No, F--- that, I figured I was going to be in the Navy so I didn't...

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Big 4 (in no particular order): General Orders of a sentry Code of Conduct Chain of command Officer/Enlisted Rank Structure and insignia for the USN and USMC Honestly, PT like hell, and know your knowledge (big 4). Everything else will fall into place after you're there.

I don't know about switching after your first sea tour, but your JO shore tour has several attractive jobs such as ROTC instructor. However, I noticed some guys with sub dolphins on our carrier, so I'm not sure if they switched, or if that's a sub billet. Anyone who has info on this, feel...

The reason your recruiter was pushing sub, is because they always need people, as SWO nuke fills up alot faster than sub ever will, and SWO is the default designator for (physically qualifed) NROTC and USNA midshipmen. Do you want SWO because you'll be on the surface, see the sun everyday...