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some bases have Navy Flying Clubs where you can rent small planes for discount prices. You might have to take a course rules test and a test for the airplane you're about to fly. You'll also need anywhere from 2 to 5 hours of prior flight time in the type of plane. Finally, you will need a...

once you get your wings... you can take an equivalency test for $160 and get your Commercial License along with single engine land, multi-engine land (if you go maritime), and instrument airplane/helo. 10 hours of flight training might cost you over $1000... if you REALLY want an PPL before...

astigmatism seems to change every day... have it checked again by a civilian doc before your NAMI physical and see if you can't get some pointers on improving it... i.e. excessive tv/computer use. there are eye exercises out there claiming to improve it too. good luck.

having lived in both corpus and pensacola... i would recommend whiting.. but live in pensacola. though now that the beach is closed due to the hurricane... hmm..

Going to Hawaii!!! Just got my verbal orders to go to vp-47 in Hawaii!!! :icon_smil :icon_smil

you gotta ask yourself is it worth it.. basically if you got in the 3rd attempt you'd have invested 6 years in college for a bachelors degree (though not too unsual for some)... by the time you graduated the academy and got your commission you could have finished flight school and maybe even...

a big file... but worth the download. http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~choem

yes... it affects the curvature of your cornea.. NAMI definitely screens for it.

i'm not very superstitious but during the winging ceremony they suggested you take a set of wings and put "starter holes" into your uniform to make it easier on your parents/spouse when they pin it on... i couldn't do this for some reason... just seemed wrong to put wings on your uniform before...

look into BDCP/OCS as well...

might help if you in Flight Rules and Regulations... but that's about it... API is very dry academics.

SERE school IS really THAT BAD... still trying to get my appetite back.

'Beach Club Apt.' on the island... address is 14721 whitecap blvd. Great management.. they even got me out of paying a month's rent by finding another renter for me. Practically right on the beach and only 10-15 mins from base. They have studio apartments too for real cheap if you dont' have...

in my OCS experience i was generally more afraid of marine DI's than Chiefs... they had better jokes too.

you also learn some things you'll never do in navy flight training... i.e. short field/soft field take-offs and landings, turns around a point, horizontal S patterns, using an E6B vice a CR2, and filling out your own log book. overall a good time.. but you have to solo by 15 hours and some...

out of my original OCS class, a third of the pilots and half of the FO's washed out (DOR/NPQ/Attrite) thus far.

if you really want to get ready for OCS lifestyle... 1. every random moment drop everything you're doing and start doing PT. 2. march everywhere you go 3. practice your thousand yard stare on your dog 4. drink 4 glasses of water at every meal 5. only go to the bathroom when you've just...

i remember the week of selection (after i already submitted my choices) we had a brief on C-130's and jets. The Jet people didn't really impress me.. all they said was like "blah blah blah pointy end of the spear blah blah" but the c-130 people had cool videos and actually talked a lot about...

does anyone have the # to the gun range at NAS Pensacola? or maybe the # to a class chief at Navy OCS? I've been practicing on my own and would like to get a shot at that marksman ribbon.

no mention of P-3's in this thread? where's the love?

there's one called "prop gun"... parody on top gun using real life 3P's. should be a clip floating around somewhere...

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hmm.. knew a guy at OCS who got a good conduct medal for being med down too long... go figure. do Training squadrons rate the new medal? i.e. SNA/SNFO

to become a naval officer.. 1. might help to be a US citizen.. kinda helps with the security clearance.. 2. having been an officer of a foreign military will probably not help. 3. lasik is not authorized by the Navy 4. english will probably have to improve slightly 5. good luck with your...

www.cs.rpi.edu/~choem/FltJacket.ppt

try raising your gpa this last year.. doesn't hurt to try... also try all available options.. i.e. air force, marines, coast guard, and national guard if you really want to be a pilot. Both marines and coast guard earn navy wings of gold btw.

it's based on an old syllabus... but if you can't find the info for a brief item anywhere else you might find it on navygouge.com

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lots of sea stories. i thought they were interesting i guess. oh yeah.. had a "counseling" skit with a real life petty officer... funny thing is the petty officer turned the table around on the ensign "counseling" him and made him look like an idiot.

I thought a 50 NSS meant you were "average" I've heard of studs getting 80 NSS too... btw.. i got a 50 NSS in API with an 89 or 90 test average. either tests are easier now or things are more competetive.

Yes, People do get kicked out of ROTC and lose their scholarship because they don't know their priorities. Having been in a fraternity I know I have done things people not in fraternities have not... squadron life included. I highly recommend waiting a semester or two before pledging... this...

I was in a social fraternity... lifestyle not condusive to military/academics that's for sure. If you're going to join one make sure you put your academics and rotc as your priorities before any frat stuff. sometimes initiation activities can keep you up all night long before tests or <gasp>...

THIS IS THE WORST MOVIE EVER! 3 HOURS long including previews. About 5 total minutes of flying footage... the rest is Leonardo di Crapio acting like an idiot. Everyone in the theatre was disappointed from what I could tell.

just a thought.. but gear has nothing but drag... flaps provide both lift AND drag. if you're low and slow the last thing you want to eliminate is lift. Max power, get to that Vy/Vx pitch attitude and eliminate drag.

i had my Natops Instrument Checkride yesterday and we were all talking about how we all suck at math. I guess at some point pilots were good at math but by far most people I know aren't. That's why there is so much GOUGE... i.e. for a 3 degree glideslope just take half your groundspeed to...

yeah i think so... part of OCS is attention to detail and uniformity... even down to the way you lace your shoes. Also gives you an idea of how detailed RLP inspections are.

my favorite hanson quote... "hey candidate... what's with your haircut? you look like a skunk on crack"

Some Review Stage Questions: 1. What are the items located in the baggage compartment in the nose? 2. What are the items located in the aft avionics rack. 3. If starting the left engine and you exceed ITT switching RH Gen on, abort the start and advance N1 to 85% on the first engine prior...

i remember sitting in the GTX classroom about to hear some brief on something useless and I had to go sooo bad. i requested the "emergency head call" in the above stated fashion and the class chief made me get up and walk out making siren noises twirling my arms because it was an "emergency"...

protocol you will learn... part of the fun is in the learning. hardest part for me was not the protocol but the massive amount of water i'd have to drink in a day. 4 glasses at each meal + 3 canteens throughout the day. if you ever told me before that i would be pissing simultaneously with 2...

if you're a marine/navy jet or e2/c2 stud you'll learn to fly jets in T-45s and as part of the syllabus learn how to do carrier landings.

i remember in primary i would go throught the pocket checklist daily so i wouldn't forget my EP's... haven't done that here. t-44 EP's are very straightforward... chip light? oil pressure out of limits? jammed power lever? leaking fuel? flameout? fire? all have the same/similar...

one of the things i hate most about flight school is the disparity of grading. what one instructor would give a 5 for another would give you a 3 or 2. that's why NSS is a bunch of bull crap because if one stud gets lucky and doesn't have a crappy instructor like some other stud did his grades...

if you're in the whiting/pensacola area.... burritos in florala... monroeville is good too.

chennault in louisiana i believe has great cajun food. etoufee is great.

unless you're a SEAL i don't see when a naval officer would need hand to hand combat skills. even if you're shot down as a pilot the object would be to evade your enemy not kick his ass and attract more attention ala RAMBO. I went to OCS... no hand to hand combat was taught.. however.. we did...

hmm i dunno if it's the same lady but the people there are nice now. food is heart-stoppingly good. nothing like a sausage egg and cheese taquito to start the day. prices are decent too.. $1 for a giant blueberry muffin.

if you grew up wanting to change the world then the military is the place to do it. whether it's defending democracy with weapons or handing out tons of humanitarian relief, no other organization has affected more lives in history. i had the 9-5 office job right after graduation and hated it...

well you gotta move your arms and legs when taking a breath. with the flight gear on i would sink too... so my float was actually a sink... i would have to swim to the top to take a breath and sink back down.