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I went to Mobile and really enjoyed it. It's also nice because it is a tower-controlled field, so you'll get plenty of com-work in and a little bit of exposure to approach / departure on cross countries.

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brought the glasses to class in my briefcase in case I needed them, but I think I only used them like once. Also, yes, you'll have to do a flight physical in Newport and another one in Pcola, unless something has changed since last August.

No one cares if you wear glasses or not. What's more, you will be known as "Portholes" for several weeks if you choose to wear glasses (as opposed to "thing" if you do without). My vision is around 20/40 so they gave me BCGs. After our first run, which was around 30 minutes and it was kind of...

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T-6 final approach speed is 105 kts with T/O flaps. As far as I know we are not authorized to land on runways less than 4,000 ft. unless an emergency, and can never land on runways less than 3,000 ft. And yeah, I also hear that the AF wanted it to fly 'like a jet' hence the no beta and the...

Wow...that's a bad day.

Nope. There is a seat pin, but that (supposedly) just keeps the handle from being pulled. And if BOTH is selected a pinned seat can still eject.

No, but out-of-standards (chubby?) AF instructor (I think) punched out trying to unpin (or maybe pin...can't really remember the story) the seat (couldn't see the pin). 3 swings before he hit, no injuries. And yeah, forgot about the no beta...another big gripe.

SNFO to the rescue(?) w/T-6 gouge! Here are the numbers and gripes / praise I hear from instructors: 2900 ft-lbs of torque @ 100% Tq(131% is our listed transient max) 1100 flat-rated shaft horsepower 3400 lbs thrust, sea level, 0 airspeed GPS VOR/ILS NO TACAN No survival vest seat survival kit...

Adm. Mullen is apparently thinking along lines of sending some of the Iraq forces to Afghanistan: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/16/pentagon.troops/index.html But the real news is: Dress Khakis?!?!?!?

http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/15/news/economy/airlines/index.htm?postversion=2008071518 Seems serious.

Since this thread has been resurrected: 1) You don't need more than arithmetic to fly, really 2) Every little bit helps 3) Just because you aren't great at algebra doesn't mean you can't be good at math. 4) Math is great but it's not for everybody. EDIT....pro, or con? You decide:

the pictures on the myspace page are hilarious.

Did you write this?

Concurr. I went to about 70% of my classes but I studied my @ss off in my own time. I almost always turned in my homework and was always prepared for exams. If I started to get stressed out / fall behind, I would take the day and go to starbucks and sit down with my books and study/do...

I may be a "newbie"...but I believe this is called a below average in headwork, yes?

To be honest it doesn't matter. You can't really prepare for it...it's kind of one of those things where you just have to shut your brain off and go. It VERY quickly stops being about how long is this session going to last and starts being about how long is this particular exercise going to...

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What about Horizon?

1) There's actually an easier way to do a problem like that called undetermined coefficients, but integration by parts works just as well. (Actually you'd need to know what n is to use U.C., but you have to do it recursively anyway to get the answer for any value of n). 2) it goes OCS(for you)...

Don't enlist if you want to fly. You will be making it harder to get wings if you enlist, not easier. Now, there's absolutely nothing wrong with enlisting, but if your goal is to get wings in the Navy...then it's the wrong path. End of discussion. Don't worry about not knowing a lot about...

So what does the MV-22 do? Faster or slower than a coke machine?

Great job, dude. Let me know when you get down here, I can give you the awesome FO gouge. My favorite Gunny J. moment, besides the snowman in the pway, was probably when we first became candios and he was in the room with us, when someone who had been at OCS since May of 2007 (it was Dec of...

Sounds good. Just do your homework and don't forget how to do those integrals from calc 2 because you will need them in E&M, quantum, ODEs, PDEs, and mechanics. In fact, I think I had to do \int_{0}^{\infty}x^{n}e^{-kx} dx by hand on a quantum exam... I mean, what? physics? That's nerdy...

In case you are not a troll, check out these threads from the required reading section: http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=141586 This one is also applicable.

I saw a dude puke once during PT while I was in H. Master guns immediately made him sit down, proceeded to wrap him with the blanket from the ice cooler and shove ice in his armpits and groin. They take heat stress pretty seriously there.

The End? P.S. I thought the original post was pretty funny, +1 :)

Actually, I've only referred to them as beatings with other OCS grads...and we didn't call them beatings because it made us sound tough, we did it because we thought it was kind of funny and it just fit from a mental standpoint as well. I always thought referring to them as beatings made the...

Plus, they are closer to beatings than they are to workouts. Don't get me wrong...you do get a fair amount of "workouts" at OCS. The term "beatings" is talking about when you really piss off your DI and he says something like, "You wanna play? Let's play. I've got more games than Milton...

We asked our gunny while we were candios how he knew about one exercise he made us do. We held our rifles over our heads, put one foot about shoulder width in front of the other and put the back leg's knee 1 inch from the deck and held it for as long as we could. My hands and arms were numb...

bear crawls, monkey f*ckers, star jumps, low crawls, hold-your-rifle-out-in-front-of-you-and-squat-while-tapping-your-toes... The list is endless. These guys think of new ways to cause you pain in their free time. Focus on situps pushups and running.

I *think* this is part of NASC, so you should probably check in at the building 633 quarterdeck? When in doubt, you can call the quarterdeck between 1500 and 2300 on a weekday to talk to a petty officer standing ACDO who might know. If you call any other time you'll get an ENS.

This seems to be accurate, although I got an upchit upon arriving at NASC and didn't have to go to NAMI. We got our refraction etc. measured in Newport, though...so if you are PQd at OCS you'll most likely be PQd in Pensacola unless too much goose poo gets in your eyes from your stay in RI.

The problem with that is you're getting tax payer money to sit around and be med down without going through any training. When I got NPQd I didn't ask about getting PRK, so I don't know for sure, but my guess is that it won't happen. UNLESS you don't try to redes and get admin sep'd as an E5...

Also take a look at your prescription. You can be NPQd even if your vision is 20/40 or better if your prescription is out of limits.

Fry 'em.

First, grammar (these are suggestions, I'm not a grammar wizard by any means). Weird or unclear sentences are underlined. As for content, it seems pretty good, looks like you've put some thought into what you want to say. I might replace a word like quick-witted with intelligent / informed /...

Concurr. Speed-rep to 105 and take a knee is the fastest way to end the mayhem...until pushups. Of course, taking 2 good breaths or so in the down position when you are at 85 and have been going steady probably won't bring the wrath. Also, if a DI walks up behind you and puts their boot near...

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/26/iran.nuclear/index.html Meaningless rhetoric, or something else. I mean if Iran basically sticks to their party line on this issue, what can really be done about it by the IAEA / UN?

Congrats Ensign Ken :) Don't wear your jacket butter bars on your collar when you check in :D.

Someone needs to brush up on their Eastwood films ;)

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Excellent. Carry on. Nothing to see here :D

In theory your attitude is good, but honestly any study time would be better spent memorizing gouge like the code of conduct, chain of command, general orders of a sentry, etc. And start getting into the mindset that you CAN PT 24 hours a day (obviously you won't) :) Sometimes it will feel...

If you think of a "grungy black person" when you think of a scumbag social worker, you should really keep that to yourself, as it does come off racist. And the "it's ok I have black friends" argument doesn't work, either. I understand your point that it's more of the "grungy person" than the...

Make sure you are doing your push ups correctly. And yeah...at the end of the first week your muscles will be so full of lactic acid that you'll be a little weaker than you were when you got there. It's the whole "break your body down and then rebuild it the way I want it" thing. Be prepared...

Yeah, my API class were required to go to that one...it was pretty neat. I think my favorite exchange was when some dude came up when people were asking questions (looked like maybe a former hippie????), and asks, "did your commitment to the cause waiver when you were forced to bomb targets...

Saw this on CNN and it pissed me off for some reason.

IFS is a little weird. Most people I know made it through fine. However, I know a guy (SNFO) who got sent to a PRB and attrited because his IFS IP wouldn't endorse him to solo because he was having problems with landings. He only had somewhere around 23 dual landings when his checkride came...