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The T-34 EP's look pretty crazy in the beginning, but trust me, they will come in time. I remember that at my check ride, every ep came out like verbal vomit. Just hop into the cpt's and get that muscle memory thing working for you. I can still remember the Engine Failure and Airstart because...

I was a VT-10 guy in 04. When I went through, it was generally considered that VT-10 wasn't harder just had more jerk instructors. I can testify to that. Also, morale seemed to be higher in VT-4. Guys generally had fun flying while the guys in VT-10 were doing a rain dance outside to get the...

Stay on Chick's Beach. There are a bunch of hotels right on the water. If anyone knows specifics, holler back. That will be sure to keep you off of the highways.

Dude, API DOESN'T matter. Just get through any way you can. Everyone has their holy crap moment in API (for me FRR) when they dipped a little close to the 80 mark. Just pass and press. No one gives a crap about API once you get to primary. Seriously, treat API like a hurdle. Get over it any way...

(Overheard on one of my last sims) IP: SPIKE 270!! Controller: (awkward silence) IP:SPIKE 270!!! Controller: Spike Range......17.......uh.....15 thousand.....uh.....lead group IP: Whatever, Fox 3! Definitely got some laughs all around.

At least you're not stuck in a dark tube smelling of fuel and god knows what else if your CICO had taco bell for lunch. Add to that the fact that if pilot's AC is fine, they will say that they are freezing while you are in a no sh!t dutch oven in the back. It's pretty awesome.

Yeah, tech major nothing. I was a fine arts major and took absolutely no calculus what so ever (college programmer). I made it through. Just major in what you want. They baseline everyone in flight school. They treat it like you have never seen any math before. Will a technical major help...

Joe, as a fellow Illini, I can tell you that Pcola definitely isn't a bad place. Yes, it gets a bit repetitive, but once you have been to a few mullet tosses or have spent one too many nights at the Keg, you will know the meaning of fun. And, girls you say? Dude, you are in a NAVY town. You...

IP568 isn't lieing on the turns boys.

Well dude, it honestly depends on what platform you go to. As a Hummer FO, the sky is really the limit. You are quite knowledgeable on Airborne Battlefield Command and Control. You are in contact with important info + people. I can't really speak to other communities, but the guys that I know...

I usually save the leather for khakis (if I am wearing them, life is not good) or if it's rediculously cold. I never wear it in the plane though. It's tight enough getting through the front of the plane without snagging something on a hydraulic line or something. But yeah, if you're lucky...

They probably shut it down to minimize FOD damage from the prop.

Someone's in VT-10....

It's kind of a trade off. Either you live about 30 minutes away from the base and live in a decent all be it cookie cutter place or you can live close and have a potential disaster. My suggestion would be to wait until you get down there. There will be dudes looking to find roomates and you guys...

To All who are reading this post: Quick heads up: Statistically, you are going to down something in flight school. Yes, there are a few all stars out there who never saw the dreaded pink sheet. But for the most part, everyone has their pink sheet story...Let me tell you something, the fleet...

Hawkeye RAG

Dude, I wouldn't worry about it. It's basically what's the difference between port and starboard...What a commodore is...stuff like that. I wouldn't worry about it too much. The naval knowledge section isn't really graded that heavily. If you knock out the math and physics plus the spatial, you...

Unofficial RAG report...Interesting. Is this just basically gouge on a dude letting the squadron know if he's a quality player? If you could elaborate, that would be great.

Gotta go with Brett too on this one. Of course, Hummers are NFO centered. I have never felt like a second class citizen. Nerd, oh hell yeah. But second class citizen, never.

They made me take the AFOQT three times while I was waiting for API. IMO, it seems like it's harder solely because the lower half of your body goes numb from sitting in a chair for 4 hours. That, and oh by the way, both tests have nothing to do with your aptitude as an aviator. I have met dudes...

Hey dude, I know pinks are never good but look at it this way. You have your pink sheet story. When I got mine, I think I almost died. It was on a low level. I had been good up until the check and then got stupid. Oh well. The guys are right. Expect your next 5 flights or so to be pretty crazy...

OK, you will probably catch a lot of grief for it but they will let you take leave. You won't get a week or anything but you would probably get the Friday before off. My suggestion would be to have the wedding either before you class up in API...(That will be a while from when you check in, or...

OK, everyone just needs to simmer down. Venom, if you don't feel like you should be an NFO...first, talk to a NFO...Not of the forum but IRL. Find someone cool in API or wing six to talk to. Now, I am a FO so obviously I am biased. But, all in all, I think the adversarial relationship is BS. I...

Dude, if you want Hummers out of Pcola, it shouldn't be a problem as long as you have the minimum NSS. Most guys who pass over P-3's after primary want to go to jets. However, the Hawkeye has some pretty serious @*#$ going on in it. It's crazy. Good luck. PM me if you have any questions.

I hear that if you go to Japan, you get a silver bullet to your next job. Is that true?

Rule of thumb my friend....Don't EVER ask that question once you get down to Pcola. Yes, you can if you are in the top 10% of API but the best way to shoot yourself in the foot is to walk into primary saying, "well, I really wanted to be a pilot". It won't go over well. So, the short answer is...

Anyone know where one can get the Star Wars movie DVDs? The ones that don't have all those crappy extras. Let me know.

Yeah, definitely get the surgery done BEFORE you come down to Pcola. I am trying to get it done now and I will have to wait until I am pretty much done with my first fleet squadron to get it.

hell yeah the boots. I always lace them up all the way instead of leaving the loops out.

Dude, you're going to puke. That's the way it goes in fams. I puked every time for the first 10 flights I had. It sucked. But I was able to function. If you know your stuff and it is still a problem, they will send you to spin and puke. I only know of one guy who was attrited because of puking...

I have a few things.... First off. No matter when your flight is...Double Meat Whataburger with Cheese for checkrides. So what if your brief is at 5 a.m. DO IT. Obviously, if you've had the whataburger, you know what comes next....The deuce to end all deuces. Gotta flush out the system...

Dude, your major doesn't matter at all. I was a fine arts major and I graduated in the top third of my class. Just get in the books and you'll be fine. Also, don't worry about studying "ahead". As for the whiz wheel, if you are an NFO, you'll use it mainly during primary and then junk it after...

The reason why you have to have good grades when you are forward deployed is because you basically do not have a work up period...Oh, and by the way, being forward deployed isn't looked at as much of a hard-fill anymore because everyone is deploying out the you know what. All I know is, you want...

Anyone (Wink) or anyone else have advice for PRK for fleet bubbas? I am sick of the contacts and am thinking about FO to pilot transition. Any thoughts would be great.

Any ideas on how to politely tell your skipper/dept. head that you want to change jobs?

Dude, medical will be a tough sell for an aviation billet. Just remember, you will be in the aviation community for as long as eight years! That could mean you would start med school at 30! I don't know how long everything is with that, but you would probably be beginning to see bank at 40 or...

OK dude, you are asking for quite a lot. I would go to navy.mil and look up pay tables to get earnings information because pay differs on your rank. As for column II, the NFO is needed in different platforms for different reasons. One of our main jobs is navigation and pilot backup. A lot of...

OK, I will give you some advice...NFO is a great job. I am in the RAG for E-2's. When I was in Pcola, I was drafted to come here. I thought that it would be the end of the world. I mean, no one WANTS E-2's. You know what, it's pretty cool. It's not dropping iron on bad guys but it's interesting...

If you got 18's, it will take you about a year and a half for wings. For Prowlers about a year and 4 months. That's from the start of API.

Basically, NFO differs from Pilot training in that you only will have the stick in your fam phase which is about 6 flights if I remember correctly. After that, you focus on instrument nav. You hop in the back seat and navigate. After that, you go on to visual navigation. After that, you move to...

Anybody know of a Wings and Things type store in Norfolk/Va Beach. I need to get a patch made. Thanks.

OK, devil's advocate...I took not one semester of calc and not one semester of physics in college. I was a college programmer. That doesn't really matter. The important stuff is that in the end, how well you do is directly related to how hard you work. Trust me, if you can get the job done...

That is awesome! The flip flops...so true it hurts. I still wear the flip flops...Oh well. Now if only they could include the browned/torn sorority baseball cap half the guys in my house wore...Those were just nasty...

No, I am talking about moving from say strike fighter to P-3...Basically switching platforms. Hope that's more specific.

Can someone please chime in. Wink, you seem to know a lot. Any help would be appreciated.

My advice for learning to prep before API and flight school: Drink heavily, have as much fun as you can, and take as much time off from your school work as possible. You won't be able to do that once you get here. As for figuring out how NSS works. Good luck. I am at the RAG and I STILL don't...

Can anyone speak to warfare transitions? How common are they and what does one have to do to get it? Let me know.

To answer your question: Yes, there are NFO's on E-6's. As far as the mission, hopefully you never have to do it for real. They basically do command and control in the event of a war where ground control might be compromised. It's a big thing. In order to get there you need to select maritime...

Keep applying!! I was a theatre major with minimum ASTB scores but I applied every year for four years and finally picked it up. It can happen dude, you just gotta want it. When I got down here, I realized that it's hard work, not technical smarts that gets you through. I graduated second in my...

I would be careful on the comment that if your scores don't suck you will probably get your choice. Don't forget about the lovely draft that can happen. Right now, there is an E-2 draft on...In the past three classes only two guys have gotten into VT-86 and the guys who are headed to Norfolk had...