Search results

Very true, hell it definitely worked on me. Interesting, thanks for the insight. It's been a couple of years since I've seen the demo, but from what I remember the only intense maneuvering happens during the minimum radius turn and the opposing minimum radius turns, so I presume the actual...

Yeah I figured the the performances would be pretty similar, I just thought I remember reading something something about the Super being better in high alpha but the baby having a slightly better turning radius. Then again that is just my armchair knowledge.

Apparently the Navy awarded Boeing a contract to examine modifying Supers for service for the Blue Angels. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/usn-moves-to-modify-super-hornet-for-blue-angels-rol-419812/ Seems like they are between the proverbial rock and a hard place. Stick with -A and...

What about something in June if I wouldn't be shipping out until August or September? My friends are planning a 2-3 week trip through Argentina and Chile post-graduation, but if I get picked up I wouldn't want it to cause issues with my clearance.

What about Zapper? Personally I think Pig is more appropriate :D

"Live by the gouge, die by the gouge" The books I used are decent, but yes they definitely leave a lot of stuff out. My best advice is to read through this thread from page ~70+ (Dec. 2013, when they switched to the ASTB-E), and read through the ASTB-E impressions thread. You'll get a lot of...

1. You are presented with a map (facing north) with an arrow drawn in the direction you are flying. Then the second screen shows the "camera view" (i.e. what the UAV sees) and it asks you to target a specific lot. For example, if the map has the arrow pointing to the right, you know you are...

Not hard to see why...

I believe that you already put that date in your APSR, which would have been submitted to the board.

Dude I would call your recruiter and see what's going on. Maybe there was some mixup with your paperwork or something was missing but I can't imagine with your scores and GPA/major you would get a N short of something being wrong with your package or you being a convicted serial killer.

From what people said on here and what my recently commissioned friend told me, if you show up physically fit and knowing the Appendix B you will be in better shape than most of your class.

Found this on the interwebs and figured I'd post it for people trying to improve their scores. Academic Qualifications Rating (AQR): This score is affected by performance on all subtests, but the strongest influence is made by the Math Skills Test. Pilot Flight Aptitude Rating (PFAR): This...

That sucks dude, I'm sorry. I would definitely retake the ASTB. The AQR is primarily determined by Math, and I'm guessing your OAR and AQR are the reason you got a N. But you did really well on the pilot related stuff so if you study for Math and the other OAR subtests I think you have a good...

Hopefully checking in on this one, just waiting to get my MEPS date.

Yes, UAV gives you instant feedback on each question before moving on to the next one. OAR is solely Math, Reading, and Mechanics.

Had a good chuckle out of that one, thanks zippy. :D Still waiting to hear back, I don't get my preliminary schedule for next semester until Saturday.

There are a plethora of people on here who have paid for LASIK as civilians and gotten picked up for SNA, so yes it is definitely possible.

Haha if only. Unfortunately the explanation is much more benign: the thread title is incorrect and the Board is actually meeting on 1 Dec.

Yeah I believe there are some in there where none of the answers are a 100% fit, but you're supposed to choose the most correct one.

Good luck to everyone at the Board today!!

That's pretty amazing, you don't even have to do it when changing regimes? (e.g. getting trimmed on speed for the Boat)

DCS is amazing. I have the Hog and the Flaming Cliffs package (F-15, Su-27, MiG-29, etc.) The A-10 is basically fully modeled and it's sick. It's so high fidelity you can even change your lase codes to deconflict with other flights and tweak details on the release profiles of the weapons (burst...

Submit with those scores first. OAR is good, ASTB scores are average, but boards have been picking up people with 6s and even 5s lately. Worst case you get a PRO-N and retake it later.

Awesome, thanks guys!

Yeah that's what I thought, I was just trying to figure out what to put in the different fields on the form. Does this look correct?

(Apologies, have a meeting with my Dean tomorrow and don't want to nag my recruiter about it since she's already working on some stuff for me.) I just have a quick dumb question, how do you fill out the Degree Completion Plan? If I'm taking ACCT-390 Business, Accounting, and Finance, do I do...

I believe more than 3 isn't really necessary as the Board only takes a cursory glance at them. You can turn in more but they aren't likely to have much impact.

The last time the 10-year treasury was at 7% was 2002, we'll be lucky to see anything close to 5% in the next decade.

Yeah my acne was never bad at all (only had ever taken amoxicillin and never accutane or anything else). I last went to the dermatologist about 3 years ago and they basically told me I was all cleared up but just keep the amoxicillin around to take when I break out (which I did, rarely). The...

Went in to meet with my Recruiter today to continue chipping away at stuff for my package. On my medical form I disclosed that I take amoxicillin occasionally (<1 time per week) for acne. It's been proscribed to me for years but I've essentially tapered it off since I rarely break out anymore...

No he means for the one happening next week. It takes a couple of weeks to go through all the quality checks in the NRD so your package would have needed to be submitted in mid-November at the latest to make this board.

No, but Old Testament God had no qualms ordering stonings, genocide, death by insects, etc. Just goes to show you the dangers of interpreting ANY religious book literally or taking it as fact.

If you search the Navy put out Youtube videos demonstrating the proper form. Also for OHARP, I have a friend that graduated in mid-October (SNA) and got 7 weeks. I believe it varies a lot depending on the time of year as well as well: in the Summer/early fall you're more likely to get it as...

I'm curious about that as well. My Grandfather served in WWII, but I'm guessing I would have to have my parents look up the records if they actually are intact?

If you can get your kit in for this board might as well try. Scores are on the bubble but the selection rates have been 90%+ the past couple of years.

I don't remember fractions being that difficult, just know how to simplify/rewrite them and you should be ok.

Make sure to know fractional exponents, negative exponents, and logs (i.e. how to write them as an exponent) as well.

I guess my question is this: sure the USN demonstrated that it can sail in these waters, and it's doubtful that in the future the Chinese will do anything other than their standard media pronouncements and shadowing of ships. But what's to stop the Chinese from continuing to build these bases...

Liking the Speedmaster with the Nato strap as well mad dog :cool:

I thought the greater problem behind these "islands" though was the potential for China to forward-deploy aircraft and other area-denial weaponry there to create exclusion zones in the Sea? Sure the islands themselves don't really matter strategically if everyone ignores the exclusion claims...

Yeah it would definitely give the other claimants (and the US) a better leg to stand on, but short of landing a battalion of AAVs and raising the stars and stripes I don't really see how FON alter the status quo for the islands (and what China plans to do with them).

If the UNCLOS rules against China, China will respect that ruling about as much as the US would if it was indicted in the Hague for War Crimes from the bombing of the MSF hospital in Afghanistan.

Just don't mention that to your MEPS doctors ;)

Yes they are. The parking lots are oriented at the four cardinal directions, they don't move. The way to approach it is to use the overhead view on the left, with the direction arrow indicating your direction of flight, to orient yourself with what direction you're heading. Then, use the camera...

Honestly I don't know a whole bunch about the AF side. After I realized how much of a hindrance my lack of flight hours would be, and even if I did get a UPT slot there is an overwhelming chance of flying something non-tactical (i.e. tanker, transports, recon, UAVs), it became Navy or bust for me.

To copy @NavyOffRec the USAF also changed how they calculate your "Pilot Score" which is a composite grade of your package that is one of the biggest determiners for the Board. It used to be heavily weighted on the TBAS and your GPA, similar to the Navy, now however it places a much higher...

It's concerning that I keep asking myself "How stupid can people be" and yet I'm continually surprised.

No it's still unlimited, you just have to click "Back" to go back through the practice problems. The gouge about using the paper compass is very good though, I did that as well and it helped a lot.