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I'm gonna do a write-in vote: "Pre-Appointee"

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I would apply again if you really want to fly. I noticed you omitted your ASTB scores from your stats, maybe scoring higher would give you a better package. Taking the money now is a steep price to pay to do something you might not enjoy (it looks like supply is your 3rd choice).

BDCP is a scholarship program that gives you money and binds you to an OCS contract (i.e., if you DOR at OCS, you're going to boot camp). BDCP is not a different commissioning source, both roads lead to OCS.

Of those others, you'll only need to know Anchors Aweigh and the Marine Hymn. And you only need to know those well enough to sing in a group, when I was there, no one was gouged, "recite the Marine Corps. Hymn" The other stuff never came up, and I can only imagine how old and un-updated that...

If they do that at your school, you're lucky. And I would be skeptical to believe that "most" institutions do that.

Patmack, Don't sweat the new users giving out negative points, because though the comment will show up, it won't subtract any points, thus rendering the "alter-ego" to give neg points useless.

In that case, I'm pretty sure you can go Marine ground without having uncorrected 20/20 vision, though be careful, you can't apply for infantry, you can only apply for ground, and your specialty will be decided after The Basic School (TBS). The Navy does have a program where you can get PRK...

No, the Navy won't pay for your PRK just for you to apply. A diopter is your prescription for your glasses. It's not the same as astigmatism. See if you can find a prescription from your last eye exam. That should answer it for you. I don't know what a Marine Gropo is, but I'm pretty...

For pilots its 20/40 correctable to 20/20, PRK waiver available (up to diopters of -8.00). For NFO its correctable to 20/20 as long as your diopters are -8.00 or lower. I know this because my diopters were -9.00 when I originally applied (needless to say, I ain't an NFO), and if you are...

500 yds in 11:00 is more than enough. In fact, that's quite ambitious. Really, you just need to get comfortble in the pool. The 3rd class swim test (which is given at OCS) is pretty easy. You need to drop off a platform (I forget how high it is), surface, then swim the distance of the pool...

Let's put it this way: It's better to drop a class, than to get a D or an F, damage your GPA, and then have to retake the class.

Pushing it won't help, there is no waiver for Lasik, period. Concealing won't help either, because any doc can take a look at your eye and see the flap. If you still want to join the navy, there are other designators.

If you hate cubicles, I couldn't really recommend Intel. When we're inport, our squadron Intel O basically sits at his desk all day. As for CEC, if you haven't checked out www.cec.navy.mil, do so. Just because they don't serve at sea, doesn't mean they don't deploy. As for what...

Lasik is only waiverable for designators other than Pilot, NFO, and SEAL

Maybe you guys can humor me for a bit. At what point are you notified of being pro-rec'd, and does it really mean anything? I mean, I don't remember ever getting a phone call sayinig I was pro-recced, just a call saying "Good news, come down and fill out the rest of the paperwork" Good...

The odd statistic, is that in the past 16 election years, If the redskins win their last home game before the election, the incumbent (party) wins, if they lose their last home game before the election, the incumbent loses. Strange but true.

Look on the bright side, the Patriots lost yesterday! GO STEELERS!!!

Here's a suggestion: Have you and your parents read the book Keeping Faith by Frank and John Schaeffer, then discuss. Your parents may realize that thier anxiety is somewhat normal, but no reason to prevent someone from joining the military.

Corrputed, kiss-ass, dumb-ass people? Sounds like corporate america to me. I'm in the Navy, and I didn't do ROTC, USNA, or BDCP. After doing a couple of co-ops, I decided that corporate America just wasn't for me. Laying off people so the stock goes up? That's just wrong. People balk at...

That's very odd that you only have 2-3 weeks off in the summer. I had friends that went to schools on tri-mester, and a typical tri-mester is 10 weeks. Such as September - November (then they get december completely off), January - Mid March (Spring break serves as the tri-mester break) End of...

Also, since you're not going for SNA/SNFO, don't even sweat the 6/6/6

Fair enough, but that's still a better turnover than I got.

Same way you apply for BDCP. See your recruiter and tell him what designtors you're interested in, or you can ask what designtors you're qualified for. Since you've got another year, more than likely your recruiter is going mention BDCP.

Honestly, it depends on your recruiter. The main reason I say this, is that if passing the PRT is a requirement to be accepted, why do people fail when they get to OCS? I never took the PRT from my recruiter. Once you're in BDCP, you're supposed to take it every 6 months, but I seriously...

You're not done if you don't get BDCP. You can apply straight up for OCS. You have to be "available" in a certain time frame to start OCS, but yeah, you don't need BDCP. BDCP is basically a bonus for you ($$) and a good planning tool for the navy because they can start filling slots one or...

That's a very good point, and it isn't just a problem with SWO, but some of the smaller restricted line communities as well. Speaking from personal experience, AMDO has a 10-week school, which is by and large a joke. It's not really training. When I checked in on cruise, the person I was...

ea6bflyr, I don't have any leads, but where are you going to be stationed? NASNI?

No diff in pay and all that stuff. You're right that augmenting is going to USNR to USN...there isn't a whole lot of difference. The application process is basically submitting a package in letter format in accordance with some MILPERSMAN and then the board convenes. I haven't heard of anyone...

Guys in my OCS class got to choose their ship, but keep in mind, it's all about what's available. It's tougher to go to a ship with less officers, because you'll probably be relieving one of them, so if no one's leaving in a window around you're commissioning, that billet won't be available...

Officer Hometown Area Recruiting Program: Basically, you'll get intermediate orders to a recruiting district at no cost to the government i.e. no BAH. That's why it's hometown, so you can live with your parents or whatever. If you had intermediate orders like I did for 3 weeks, I drove up...

Losing your garrison isn't a good excuse to wear that ridiculous looking khaki combo. It doesn't take much effort to go to the exchange and get a new one. That brings me to another point. Any of you guys in the fleet see people with ridiculously nasty garrison caps? There's an LT in our...

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CommodoreMid, You're OK. The limit is -8.00, which is really friggin' blind. With your eyesight, you can go down the NFO pipeline and get PRK later.

Not trying to be a d!ck, but just so any new CEC guys don't get alarmed, CECOS is still in Port Hueneme, CA. Though they do have NMCBs down in Gulport, MS.

Hey Road Program, you can't escape SWO completely. Every squadron has a SWO (senior watch officer) which is the senior LT. Seeing how you're going to flight school as a JG, it looks like you'll get to be a SWO in more ways than one ;)

What's the unofficial prize? (I'll admit the only reason I got that was because I'm trying to lat xfer to the CEC...) :)

The first thing that jumped out at me is that he's got a Seabee pin without a CEC collar device in place of his left eagle collar device. However, he coulda gotten that pin as a JO then lat transferred to a community w/o a warfare device, so yeah...I can't pick anything else out.

It's possible. I'm 5'11" and have a wingspan of 6'2", so I know how bad it sucks to have longer arms (I can do 16). There's no shortcuts though, so get in the gym and start cranking them out. I'm in the Navy though, so I just do pullups for fun :)

Just beating a dead horse... I had Geico before I got USAA, I was able to get better coverage for less with USAA. Also, I use them for Renter's insurance, checking acct, Roth IRA, etc. Plus, the APR on the credit card is like 8.9%, way lower than most others, and I took advantage of a balance...

ET1, not calling you out. That was just a general disclaimer because there's so much "well, my friend's cousin's sister's husband's brother-in-law went through OCS..." Again, if anyone else has spent X-mas break at OCS, I'd like to know what the heck you did with yourself. I graduated a...

Here's the thing, even if you wanted to not take leave, I don't think you have that option. You will come out even if you're in a class that doesn't have tha break. You get paid for 2 extra weeks, and before you leave, you pay that back. 14 weeks of pay - 2 weeks = 12 weeks. The reason...

Because the odds are good but the goods are odd. Anyway, at Penn State, NucE was offering people scholarship money to switch to Nuc. Needless to say, the 3 grand a year wasn't enough for me to change my major.

Pray you don't get this room on the Vinson Here is the worst stateroom on the Vinson handsdown. They took a 4-man, and turned it into a 2 2-man rooms. This one got the short end of the stick and was about 1/4 the size of the 4 man. This is not normal for a stateroom, most are nicer, but I...

Same here, I was just wondering how they arrived at that number.

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Wink, Do you have any insight as to how communities come up with quotas for lat transfers? Thanks.

Don't worry guys, SDO get's better when you get to the boat...Pbbbbbbbttttt!

It's all about timing. You can't go somewhere unless someone is leaving (usually), this isn't as big as a problem for say, the URL communities. You'll only get the option of what's available. Some communities, such as supply, give you PCS orders to school, so you're performance will effect...

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