Conaway
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I've been watching news clips lately talking about the president presenting the idea of increasing the size of the Marine Corps by 20,000 and the Army also by a considerable amount. They are saying Bush wants to send in 30,000 more troops to help stabalize and control Iraq better in exchange for a larger force 4-5 years down the road.
After hearing this, I was thinking, how is this going to affect those of us who are trying to get into OCS and earn our commission? For instance, I'm in a bind where my OSA has told me there are no pilot slots for 195 in ATL and only two available for 196 in Oct. I want a pilot slot for 195 because I am graduating in May. Can I expect for this to turn around if they decide to increase the size of the Marine Corps? Would it increase my chances of coming across a pilot slot for 195 knowing there are none right now for my location? Would it lessen the competitiveness of getting a pilot contract because the Corps is in more need or should I expect it to stay basically the same?
I have a few articles to help, I'll see if I can find specifically what I saw. It's kind of late so I'm going to bed right now, I'll post the other info later.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,237097,00.html?sPage=fnc.politics/pentagon
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,230702,00.html?sPage=fnc.politics/pentagon
After hearing this, I was thinking, how is this going to affect those of us who are trying to get into OCS and earn our commission? For instance, I'm in a bind where my OSA has told me there are no pilot slots for 195 in ATL and only two available for 196 in Oct. I want a pilot slot for 195 because I am graduating in May. Can I expect for this to turn around if they decide to increase the size of the Marine Corps? Would it increase my chances of coming across a pilot slot for 195 knowing there are none right now for my location? Would it lessen the competitiveness of getting a pilot contract because the Corps is in more need or should I expect it to stay basically the same?
I have a few articles to help, I'll see if I can find specifically what I saw. It's kind of late so I'm going to bed right now, I'll post the other info later.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,237097,00.html?sPage=fnc.politics/pentagon
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,230702,00.html?sPage=fnc.politics/pentagon