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I didn't do IFS at Quantico, but I do fly there... They fly the IFS guys in Cessna 172s (M, N, and H) and Piper warriors (they might even have started flying them in 152s, but I am not sure on that). From my understanding of it, They will decide what a/c you will be trained in based on availability. The ground school comment seems to be right on from what ive seen. Weather changes rapidly and so do plans, so they do call on short notice sometimes.
How long does IFS typically last? Do you attend it prior to attending TBS?
Marines (with very few exceptions) all do IFS while in the Quantico area.
You can do it either before or after; my advice is to get orders to do it before TBS. I had my MOI get me orders to Echo Co (the rest of my graduating class went to Delta), but I reported to Quantico ASAP after graduation, checked into Mike Co, and started IFS. Wouldn't you know it - IFS ended for me the day Echo Co picked up, so no working parties for me...funny how that worked out
They also gave me "priority" on flights, since I was on a timetable to start TBS. I then completed TBS and got on the road to Pepsicola right afterwards. It is good, because a good portion of the folks I am going through API with were TBS classmates. Plus, I live an hour away (Milton) from P'Cola. With six months of waking up at 0400 or so to make the 0500 on-deck times, even with the hour commute, the 0700 start of API seems like sleeping in :icon_smil (In other words, I haven't had time to get used to sleeping past, oh, 0500...)
Those who did IFS after TBS had to stay attached to Mike Co (live at Camp Barrett if they are single :icon_rage ) and hang around the area they have grown to hate so very, very much. Plus, when they get down to P'Cola, they won't know as many people.
You can do it either before or after; my advice is to get orders to do it before TBS. I had my MOI get me orders to Echo Co (the rest of my graduating class went to Delta), but I reported to Quantico ASAP after graduation, checked into Mike Co, and started IFS. Wouldn't you know it - IFS ended for me the day Echo Co picked up, so no working parties for me...funny how that worked out
They also gave me "priority" on flights, since I was on a timetable to start TBS. I then completed TBS and got on the road to Pepsicola right afterwards. It is good, because a good portion of the folks I am going through API with were TBS classmates. Plus, I live an hour away (Milton) from P'Cola. With six months of waking up at 0400 or so to make the 0500 on-deck times, even with the hour commute, the 0700 start of API seems like sleeping in :icon_smil (In other words, I haven't had time to get used to sleeping past, oh, 0500...)Those who did IFS after TBS had to stay attached to Mike Co (live at Camp Barrett if they are single :icon_rage ) and hang around the area they have grown to hate so very, very much. Plus, when they get down to P'Cola, they won't know as many people.
jmwSemperFi said:
Painful, very very painful. I think the guys that I am living with and I had to have called over 2 dozen apartment places down there before we found what we were looking for (2, 2 bedrooms in the same complex). I think of all the places we called, we could only find 3 with any sort of room, and pretty much the only way to really make sure you get one is to get them the money for the place before anyone else does.
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For PLC guys, are they still doing the FIP? It's the same thing as IFS except you do it at your hometown. You have to be complete with Srs or Combined. Ask your OSO about it (if you're PLC), if I remember correctly, you have to be OCS complete (done with Srs or Combined) but you don't have to be commissioned yet. I used this program the last semester of college and finished up right after I commissioned. It was nice flying around my home town, plus I knew the folks at the airport.
If you know you are going to be waiting around for TBS after you commission, then this might be a good idea. Like I said, the only difference between the FIP and IFS is location.
If you know you are going to be waiting around for TBS after you commission, then this might be a good idea. Like I said, the only difference between the FIP and IFS is location.
KBayDog said:
back in my day
we all did IFS after TBS. it wasn't all bad. being the salty, extremely jaded lt's that we were, we managed to accomplish some ridiculous feats of drinking, halo-ing, and pissing off the ood (all directly related to our disgust with graves hall and tbs in general). we also felt rebellious running around in blue jeans and t-shirts much to the disdain of the other lt's simply b/c we didn't care enough anymore (before they eased that reg) .granted, had we been flying, most of that would have been avoided had it not been snowing record amounts. of course we were the last company to do it after the 'suck, so we were spread out through API and the pipeline and mixed in with a lot of the guys who were in companies behind us. most of the guys i know these days are fox and alpha guys (we were echo)./sf
//get off my lawn!
Isn't one of the purposes of IFS to help weed out air candidates who find out that "flying isn't for them?"
With that in mind, if a Lieutenant went to IFS after TBS and found out that they didn't like flying as much as watching flying movies, wouldn't they be penalized in the form of not having as wide a selection of ground-side MOS's available to choose from?
With that in mind, if a Lieutenant went to IFS after TBS and found out that they didn't like flying as much as watching flying movies, wouldn't they be penalized in the form of not having as wide a selection of ground-side MOS's available to choose from?
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So what happens if for some reason you fail the medical at Pensacola...Do you have a choice on what MOS you want based on how well you did at TBS?
Depends on the situation. I was a "onesy or twosey" - I showed up by myself, so I pretty much had a choice. When you talk to Ralph Stark, the IFS coordinator, let him know your preference. He's pretty flexible, but again, it's needs of service.
Parking at TBS? HAHA! Hope your hiking boots are worn in... The parking rules change hourly, and by the time I left there, if you were a brown-bagger, you parked at the very end of the parade deck lot.
Parking at TBS? HAHA! Hope your hiking boots are worn in... The parking rules change hourly, and by the time I left there, if you were a brown-bagger, you parked at the very end of the parade deck lot.
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