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Another good one!

We all knew what to use it for, I think it was about a month before someone in my platoon figured what the hell SNC actually stood for.

Yeah I know what you're talking about. I cant find that up there anymore.

https://www.tbs.usmc.mil/Pages/Officer_Courses/default.htm This what you're looknig for? It has each company and what they're doing.

http://www.pbs.org/previews/marines/ I think its just called "the Marines"

I had a filled cavity during my dental portion. Had no problems.

It was dark in the room for me at MEPS. For the flight physical in Pensacola, the room was well lit. I didnt have a problem with it at MEPS, but now that I think about it, I flew through the testing the second time around. Good point.

Not so much that the other services "wont", but I've seen a lot of stuff on the Marines being the "only". After a quick search I found a few school-related websites which say this type of thing. A few examples are: http://www.tc.umn.edu/~marines/faqs.html#flight1...

That sounds about right for the Marine program. My question - what is the deal with the Marines saying they are the only branch which can guarantee you a flight contract? Is that just a marketing thing or do the programs differ slightly between say a Navy candidate selected to go to OCS...

I only know of one guy who tried and did not succeed. But he got NPQ'd from flight for some medical reason. Edit: I guess that really doesnt help you then as far as the success stories. But from what I understand, it "would have" been done if it hadn't been for the medical problem

I heard some people saying stuff about this. What is the big thing that gets people out of the prowler? Sitting height?

This Candidate? MH - you said you were going to go down today (to the office). Any news?

I received an email from my OSO about this and thought that some of you may be interested.

Good luck. Let us know how things work out. I have to root for you because I'm from Cleveland :D

Side note - dont overextend yourself and actually get hurt. Just train while fatigued every now and then just so your body can feel it. If you get hurt then it will defeat the purpose.

Thanks for clearing that up.

You'll definately have to do a Navy application and have to pass the Navy PRT standards. You'd be going up in front of a different board so you have to meet all of their requirements. The stuff like MEPS, PRK waiver, ASTB...that stuff should carry over. The litte stuff like PFT-PRT and...

Something else that will help out in the upper-body development is to find a high pull up bar or something similar. You can practice the method of jumping up to grab it, pull yourself up, throw the chicken wing over(loosen the grip with say your right hand a bit, and roll it forward to throw...

I started my application process with the Navy and then switched over to the Marine Corps - so kind of backwards from you. The only thing that I really did with the Navy though was do an interview and then take the ASTB. I went in a third time and sat down with him and he explained how the...

You could do it at home if you want and email the .zdb file or bring it on a disk or flash drive. If you do it at the office, make sure that you have all the info that you need so that way you dont waste a trip.

Why cuz the grammer was worser? I seen that.

I was supposed to go this summer. But when I went to P'cola for my flight physical last december and they told me that they yanked my SCL waiver, I have to get PRK next month. I'll have to wait 6 months after that, so I'll probably go at the end of the year or early next year. I'm trying to...

or perhaps 'cheerful'

You do not need an engineering degree

I heard that it was moved back to the day that you actually start TBS. Anyone have info on that?

I sure did! And their name evolved from Go Slowers, to shower shoes, fag feet, Jeesus slippers, and then finally Jeruselum Cruisers.

Forgot about that. Good point!! THe only "trick" that I know of on the crunches is to keep your head tilted back even when you come up. If you keep your head down it flexes your abs more and does more work. Rock your head back when you come up.

You dont get paid until you start TBS. You can do PTAD for 2 months prior to leaving for TBS (if you can get it). In between, you wait and do whatever you gotta do. Get a job or have fun if you can afford to. The time depends on when you go. You can put in for a first available date or I...

I agree. I brought a pair of Bates lites. Got them roughly around April of last year and went to OCs in june. So I had a little time to break them in. I think thats all that I wore for about the first 3-4 weeks there, unless they were soaked or they made us wear a certain kind. Right when...

you will sit on this chair with your back straight against the wall. You will extend your arm out completely straight. they will measure the distance from your shoulder (against the wall) to the tip of your thumb. They had me pinch my thumb and first finger together. FR = functional reach...

Jess - rappeling is fun and pretty simple to learn. You wont be doing it at OCS, but its a good skill to learn, also a confidence booster. If you get used to dangling over heights and trusting the equipment and your technique, that will be good preparation.

The flight physical is a bunch of tests. They did a regular eye test and then put the drops in and did the other test. There were 11 of who went down. They called us up for the different tests in different orders. I happened to do my eyes last. Some did it first. When I was trying to...

Its funny how while at OCS you dotn even think twice about it. Then the thought of how gay it is hits you

No one really did at first. Everyone was into their own thing. We were thrown into alphabetical order so after lights i went up to the space that I needed to be in. Luckily, my name is near the end of the alphabet so only about 8 or so guys needed to move down one rack. About 6 of the 8 were...

Good deal. I can tell you all the stuff you need to do and make sure of before, but I am having the procedure next month. so I will wait until after I actually go through it to give out any more info. Good luck.

It sounds kind of lame. Plus, where would the candidates stick their shoe-polished 1/2" athletic tape name tapes?

Everyone always wants to know about the big, bad unknown. But it usually doesnt matter because you end up behind the curve regardless of how much you know. Especially for the non-priors. Example - I got screwed out of a rack during pickup. During the whole 3 hour process of setting up...

They gave you an air contract versus a ground or law contract. Air contract means either pilot or NFO. You probably did an NFO contract. Did you actually sign all your paperwork and everything yet? It should have said something about pilot/nfo on there. As far as going the PRK route, make...

There...I uploaded my stupid picture for the week

Yeah and thats after like 2 minutes of being out waking up on the floor. Imagine that crap up at 30,000 feet in ice

OSO said that it only affects your PEBD and not your promotions. It certainly cant hurt you.

Great for training. After OCS you'll wish you never did as it would be just a few more minutes of life without hearing that shit. Dont run with them though. Learn them and run with them in your head. You will get too used to running with music and will underperform when you dont have it anymore

Get ready to put the scuzz brush against the bulkhead again

yeah how horrible....just wait until the Gran Canaria Civil Liberties Union gets involved

Yeah thats what I was talking about. Thanks!! My platoon actually MADE us mark the damn huge company letter with the shoe polish. That was only for our PT shirts though. My buddy's company had to mark all their shirts that way (Kilo maybe?). Every morning during the PT table stretching and...

That would make a sweet "dont fvck with us" commercial for the airlines.

Its real easy running up that hill at the end of the E-course. Just grab your leg before you step down. Your 100 pound legs will now be significantly less!

I wonder what future weapons man thinks of it

23.593 then i gave up...they started getting faster. Damn internet....

And for those of you who dont believe wiki... http://www.eyecaresource.com/procedures/photorefractive-keratectomy/ photorefractive keratectomy - if you're just asking what it stands for. Corrective eye surgery if you're asking what it is.