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Tell your recruiter your concerns, It probably won't be a big deal to push your date back to August.

I've actually been considering this. I get another free consultation through student legal services and I'll ask the guy about doing this. Mostly I wanted to know what I should do about the warrant. I figure the best thing is to go ahead and turn myself in and post bond ($500), but if there's...

I had a reserve flight doc tell me the standard was 20/20...I think that is simply what it USED to be. All the NOMI documents I've read say the same thing: 20/40 with refractive error no worse than -1.5 diopters for myopia and -1.0 diopters for astigmatism. BTW I was born in Albuquerque, great...

I agree I dropped the ball on the court date. I was calling the court periodically to ask them if I had been slated yet...unfortunately not periodically enough. Couple of notes 1) the driver's license beraeu sent all suspension notices to my parents because that is still the address on my...

O.K. I need to vent a little, so I'm going to post this as a cautionary tale about legal mishaps. The moral is: even if you haven't done anything wrong, and you think you are doing everything right, life sucks and the state of Florida doesn't care about you (too specific?). Act I Back when I...

Yes. Others may disagree, but my advice is do not make life harder than it needs to be by trying to major in something you hate studying just because the Navy says it likes technical degrees.

Don't worry too much, you've still got an opportunity to distinguish yourself. The most important thing you can do right now is choose a major you will want to make good grades in. You are in better shape than you think because you don't have that many hours, so bringing your GPA up shouldn't...

Also sound advice. I put down NFO as second choice fully prepared to take an NFO slot if it was offered to me. In addition, because my eyesight is somewhat borderline (20/30 and astigmatism flirting with the refractive limits), I am prepared to show up to OCS and get sent home and have to...

Well...this is a tricky subject. The problem is that you applied for the NFO position even if you put it down as your second choice. What that suggests is that you either didn't realize you didn't want to be an NFO in the first place, or you put it down knowing you wouldn't accept it. The...

Sounds like good advice. If I were in your shoes, I would not make my decision based on the idea of transferring to pilot. Take the NFO slot if you think you could be happy being an NFO. If you don't think you could be happy as an NFO, then don't take it. The possibilities for a transfer to...

Excellent advice!

Congrats Godspeed!

Hmmmm...I am tempted to make the drive to go see that.

I kind of remember that episode. I think what ended up happening was they showed it was plausible for the cell phone to interfere with, say, the VOR needle, but that was when the cable wasn't shielded. When they went to a private jet, where the avionics cabling had been properly shielded /...

Age limit is 27 for Student Naval Aviator (SNA)

Nice, suggest adding to a sticky?!?!?:eek:

holy cake, that's frosting hilarious!

There is a part of that article that says they may be awarded the DFC or AM only if they are physically located on the aircraft. Does that mean manning the controls, or is there a way to...man...a UAV?

My GPA was similar to yours and I got picked up with no prior service and LoRs from employers and a professor. My ASTB scores were 8/7/8 69, but I think you have a competitive package. If you don't get picked up you can always retake it.

And for those of us who have been in college for even MORE than 4 years...well we're even more justified in demanding respect from WOs and senior enlisted, since we have even more college experience than the average JO. Working over 12 hours a day in the fleet for longer than I've been in...

Flight physicals are where they do required testing to see if you are PQd except for a few critical things like determine your refractive error and dilate your pupils. They will check for visual acuity / depth perception / color vision / intra-ocular pressure / EKG / etc. and make you see a...

Right now I'm focusing on graduating, I'm sure I'll start to get scared sh!tless soon enough, though. I'm more worried about passing the eye exams than the DIs, but that is mostly because I am ignorant. I've been reading Grossman's book On Killing where he talks about how one of the biggest...

Hi Maria and welcome to the forum! There is an NFO sub-forum that's got a lot of great info: here are some of the best threads: Primary Strike/Strike Fighter intermediate / advanced As far as chances of getting a jet slot, I'll let some NFOs comment on that...generally it's a crapshoot and...

NOMI = The good news is Hawking recently conceded that information is not lost forever when it falls into a black hole, so hopefully you'll hear something...eventually :confused:

Can't....roll...eyes....hard...enough...:rolleyes:

There was recently a thread on this, this is my advice:

If you default (i.e. fail to commission by either DORing from OCS or failing your flight physical etc.) the interest rate can go as high as 18%. Think carefully before you decide to get the USAA loan, they'll tell you that if you think there is a chance you could default, it would be best to...

Ever see Pulp Fiction? Remember the Gimp? It was like that...

So you are probably somewhere between 22 and 24 years old, right? If this is the case, then you should definately commit at least 2 or 3 attempts at getting in to OCS before you think about enlisting. My advice: Either apply with what you have or retake the ASTB and try to do better. If you...

According to the description, this falling leaf maneuver was entered into inadvertently. Whether that's true or not...he sounds pretty upset about the whole ordeal. Sorry if this is a repost, did a search and couldn't find anything.

This is starting to get annoying. Now they are saying Brittan's words and actions are causing delays in releasing the sailors, and they've apparently forged another letter from the woman sailor to Parliament asking Brattain to pull its troops from Iraq.

Yes, he will veto it. What will be interesting is when it gets passed again / vetod again / passed again / vetod again, etc. White House blames Congress for not funding the troops, Congress blames White House for not funding the troops, meanwhile the troops have no money. While that probably...

Iranian TV Broadcasts images of captives: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/28/iran.uk.sailors/index.html Apparently they are also claiming the woman who was captured wrote a letter to her parents apologizing for being in Iranian waters, although it sounds pretty fake if you ask me. As...

I had read this essay before, I like it for the most part...especially the bit about how there's really degrees of sheep/sheepdog in everyone. I think that essay may be best suited for people who don't really understand the "sheepdog" mentality (and I partially include myself;)) I also ordered...

Stats seem good to me, I say go for it. Whoa...Deja vu ;) The best advice anyone can give you is Apply early, Apply often, Apply until you are accepted. So go get started on your paperwork! Apply!!! If you're worried about passing up a civillian job and not getting accepted...well, you can...

Listening to the local Cessna traffic in thick Boston accents is pretty entertaining.

/threadjack Stats seem good to me, I say go for it.

RE: 25k loan / OCS track. I called them up today to check this out, here is what they told me: 1. Payments are taken from a usaa checking account where your paycheck is direct-deposited 2. 2% rate is FIXED 3. You are eligible for the loan up to a year after you commission 4. You can pay the...

No, no chastisement, as far as I can tell. It's just that it seems like you are looking for people to validate your opinions. That may or may not be the case, but to the casual cowbell-wanting observer (what is with the cowbell theme today?), it seems like you've already made your mind up...

This thread needs something...

Blair makes some comments: "It is simply not true that they went into Iranian territorial waters," "I want to get it resolved in as easy and diplomatic a way as possible," he said, but added he hoped the Iranians "understood how fundamental an issue this is for the British government."

Read this thread, if you haven't. Also, I was selected with a 2.9 GPA...but a 4.0 in physics, so maybe that's not a great example. Anyway, the point is, you can definately contact a recruiter and take the ASTB. The worst that can happen is they say, let's wait one more semester for your GPA...

I'm graduating in April, and you can apply for non-BDCP OCS as long as you are a certain number of months out from graduation.

more plot thickening: a semi-official news agency reports the british troops 'confessed' to illegal entry. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/24/iran.uk.sailors/index.html

I started working on my application in late November, submitted late december / early January, received word on the pro-rec late February, and am set to swear in early April. I can't go to OCS until I graduate, though

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/23/iraq.funding/index.html Well they went ahead and did it. IMO no matter what your opinion on the war, this is probably in the realm of micromanagement, and a poor showing by the dems, especially since the pres will obviously veto it. Seems to me like...

Seems like it's just a misunderstanding of sorts...no fighting occurred according to CNN; http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/23/iran.uk/index.html

you've got two unknowns: The basic equation would be 9w + 3r = 1, where w and r are the walking and running speeds in units of miles/minute. So, time yourself walking a mile at the same pace, use that as your w and solve for r: r = 1/3*(1-9w). Then, use that to figure out the 3 mile time...

58 OAR is pretty good, and that's the main thing they'll look at for intel (I think they might look at AQR as well). SNA is student Naval Aviator.

Congrats Loadtoad, and way to stick with it. I got really worried when I saw they didn't pick you up in November haha.