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Question - Is the annual flight physical identical to the initial one? Or is there any more/less to it. Thanks!

can the pilot even see in front of him angled up like that?

I'm at about 6 months after mine. The inside of my shin bone still hurts every now and then. The best way to describe the pain is like you banged your shin into a piece of furniture in the dark. It doesnt really bother me that much when running. At 4 months is when I was able to run again...

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Dang that spruce goose is a friggin monster. Heres a cool picture comparing it size-wise to the Antonov An-225 Mriya, the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental, and the Airbus A380-800. Amazing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Giant_planes_comparison.svg

Second that. It was like a bunch of litle kids in a toy store when they had us come up for mail call. Ever notice how that guy who got 4 letters in one night was still up there waiting for another and was almost dissapointed when his name didnt get called out again? Personally I think that...

The "gonna run all day til the runnings done" cadence has to suck for this guy.

eh, he'd still get shin splints at OCS and have to write an essay for it. Thats freaking fast though.

Care to elaborate in 300 4-letter words? :-)

Didnt they screw with you all when you went outside and each platoon had different stuff? The company GySgt chewed us out because one of the platoons had their rifles slung differently.

I think its just a nifty name given to a score. Nothing to worry about.

this is pretty much the only reason that I'm glad i didnt go to TBS directly after graduating OCS

Does nobody qualify yet? In that case, I vote for A4s.

They probably wouldnt have cleared you to begin/continue on with training on the disposition they give you if it was a problem. If it didnt get any worse you're probably fine.

Good deal. Same thing happened to me. I ended up making it through but it took a good four months for that $hit to heal. Good luck.

Dont know anything about the age issue, but you're previous OCS experience won't be held against you unless you were a DOR or if you really didnt do so hot and they reccommended you didnt come back. If you were just NPQ then it shouldnt matter. It would probably be good to see that you went...

Topgun for nintendo. you had to land on the boat at the end of each mission...it sucked

i think i managed to land that once out of about 2,000 times. Damn nintendo.

damn...we had our 3 on 3 engagement after a 3 mile hike during black flag. I believe i lost 7 pounds of sweat that day.

Have fun. Be ready to catch up on 14,462 posts when you get back after 10 weeks. I was behind for hours.

crazy

It was kind of wierd for me. I didnt get nervous at all in the days before. I felt odd that I wasnt nervous. It finally happened on day 3 right before the Colonel's speech right before pick up. Just try to relax to the best of your ability and give it 100% once you get there. Stay motivated...

Best of luck for a speedy recovery

a calculator is really not needed. theres a few formulas that were needed for some questions and they even gave them to yo uat the top of the sheet before the questions. Very simple math. Some trig and algebra but thats really it.

Try to relax because you'll kill yourself with stress down there. Just run a lot (but dont get hurt) before you go to stay topped off in shape. Good luck down there.

It was a Captain from the TBS side who came over to talk to us in the classroom about TBS and give us an idea of what its going to be like. It was around week 8 or so. He told us that it was a video from a recent class. All I remember was enjoying the hell out of it because it was the longest...

He's still doing -194 from what I've heard.

I'm gonna say give the ASTB a shot and see if they start talking to you more once you pass it. Something that I've noticed is that the more boxes you check off in the process the more they are willing to spend time on you. It is possible that they just want to see if you're serious before...

"WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT NOISE?" "Don't worry ma'am, theres still one more engine left" Thats always another good one. You azzhole :)

Nice videos. Cant wait! When I was down there for my flight physical they took us over to the pool area to watch for a bit while we were waiting. We got to see the big bad mighty thunderstorm get hoisted out or the water drill. The pool was a lot smaller than I pictured. Any relation to...

That looked insanely fun. I felt like I was watching CHiPs with that music but very enjoyable vid though. Good post.

Thats all good until you turn your head back and see the fat chick in fury boots and spandex. I second the duty free shop comment.

I hear that if you poke the hole in the paper while holding it up to your eye, you get better results.

You mean thats not SOP? ****!!!! :p

Pretty basic stuff. They will give you shots unless you have records to prove that yo ujust got them. sorry I cannot remember exactly which ones they were. I received 7 shots. they draw a couple vials of blood. Theres this physical therepist that watches you walk and the way you stand and...

Aint that the truth :icon_tong How you healing up by the way? I can run full speed again but it still hurts every now and then. I had a tiny cut about half an inch long on the top of my hand that i got from that low crawl through the razor wire on the E-course. That thing took about a...

I'd try to push it back if you can, but get used to running sick. Pretty much everyone in the squad bay at OCS was sick. I think half of our platoon had an upper respiratory infection at some point. But if you're seriously not feeling well, theres no need to force yourself to run and do...

i had my stuff sent in for OCC-192 and i found out that I got selected roughly 2 weeks after.

The minimum for the college GPA is a 2.0. I dont think that having 0.1 points higher than someone else will make you more competitive or anything like that, but I would say that the higher the GPA the better. My GPA wasnt all that great and I still got selected. At first, I wanted to get into...

take it from the man himself...haha hope you're healing well zilch

Know what you mean about the top rack. I was pissed when we dropped someone after the 5 week boards and ever since i was shifted to the bottom. As far as the strong legs, its true. They told us something like 80% of all injuries are below the waist. Not sure if that number is exact but you...

Sorry to hear Zilch. Thats a biotch. I almost got sent home too because of stress fractures. I'm sure you feel like crap but stay motivated while you're at home. Heal up and then get back at it. Do you think you can make it into -194 or would you have to wait until next summer?

PLC obligation begins after you graduate and accept your commissioning (if you do) and pin on the bars.

there is a difference. I remember seeing it listed out on several different forms. It definately be on your orders though. It will either state Pilot or NFO. Make sure you ask. You wont sound like a suspicious jackass. I'm sure your OSO would be glad to point it out if you ask specifically.

I read that they wear the gold flight suit this year on certains shows because of an anniversary. They wore the gold suit on sunday at the airshow in cleveland and blue the other days.

if you are keepin stuff in the back then I would reccommend covering it up. It will most likely rain like a mother down there

Its all up to you. The only thing is that its not going to be as bad as yo uthink during pick up as far as losing your stuff goes. You're gonna lose pens and crap like that. Boots will be easy. If you keep them in your car then you wont be able to have them until the 4th week at the...

I would binge drink water during class. It was the most relaxation you'll get. The room feels really cold when you first walk in because its like 100 degrees out there and 85 in the classroom. Then after 300 some people are sitting packed in shoulder to shoulder in the little auditorium, it...

the best part of the hot chow was watching all of the tools who still didnt know what to do during colors during week 6

i can imagine. You should have seen the fun they had with one candidate who came back from medical and told the staff that he was put on a gatorade diet. I guess the med staff told him to drink as much of the crap as possible and he relayed that message by saying he was on a "gatorade diet"...