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No. The only way that would happen is if the CC is a huge piece of shit and possibly really hates that engineering kid, so he rates him way lower than he actually should be just to "screw him" out of a pilot slot. Conceivable I guess, but I would hope there's no Det CCs out there who are that big of fags. You have nothing to worry about by being an engineer and competing for a slot. I know several EE types who are flying.

No self-respecting American, let alone a "pilot" would spell posers that way. This guy even types like an idiot (in reference to the rest of his rambling). And what do you know, he spouted off "credibility" that can be found by anyone in a .69 sec Google search. Good job asshat.

FUSE does bring up a good point. Usually the best approach is to NOT lie or stretch the truth if directly asked, but there's no reason to offer up info that can potentially screw you (i.e. you weren't asked). However, a surgery is kind of a big deal. But if you don't have any hardware and there's nothing affecting movement, playing sports, etc. than I guess I would consider not saying anything unless directly asked. However, I would be prepared w/ all the physician/surgeon reports, x-rays, etc. when you go to Brooks. B/c the question might come up and I would definitely not lie then.

Probably not. From what I've seen, the AF doesn't give a shit what God says about your situation, they ONLY care about what their doctor said. Rage or F16PilotMD can back me up on that, but as far as I know, they could really give two shits about what anyone w/o rank on their shoulder says (i.e. civilian docs).

Tertle, that's honestly not a bad idea. I've heard of the 9AM DUIs. Though I don't have any experience w/ these things...but sounds like they're pretty fvckin expensive. Maybe just take it easy the next morning and don't drive unless you're feeling 100% (minus the pounding headache of course). Good idea, but 500 bucks just isn't worth it to me.

There will be plenty of people down there w/ cars. Bum rides off one of them. Personally I think you'd be an idiot to fork over a grand so you could have a car at ASBC. Guaranteed you'll know at least 3 people there w/ cars...either from school or in your flight.

It's absolutely nothing more than that and everyone on the vette forums and airwarriors should stop fueling the troll...unless of course it's to call him out and get him to post some stupid shit for everyone's enjoyment.

Law school takes 3 years. UPT/RTU takes at minimum 2 yrs (and VERY unlikely to take only that long from commissioning to RTU grad). So there's two major things that CANNOT be done concurrently. So, say he graduated college at 21 (we'll put him on the young side). There's 26 yrs old right there having JUST finished law school and gone straight to UPT/RTU. Not to mention throw in AT LEAST another 3 yrs of solid flying to get the 750 hrs (of which zero time could be given to the lawyer side). There you have it...it is ABSOLUTELY NOT mathematically possible to be 26 yrs old, have a law degree, been to UPT/RTU and have accrued 750 hrs. Also, at 26, you'd have been a Capt for 3 yrs (assuming he commissioned as a 2Lt exactly on his 21st birthday). It is also IMPOSSIBLE to be a Maj select as a Capt w/ 3 yrs time in grade. Then the very last thing...viper guys are not going to the 22 anymore, it's only C-model dudes or the few recent drops/FAIPs. Down the road that'll change, but for now that's how it is. Bam, just cut and paste this shit onto the forum and watch him backpedal w/ the dumbest excuses and lies someone could ever hope to come up with. It should be some good entertainment. Maybe give us the link so we can read his replies. I can't wait.

Great pics...that would have been an awesome job to fly all those Migs.

I've only heard the Eagle guys use that name widely. But damn it's funny to see the look on their face when a 16 guy says, "you're right, you do have a mission...someone's gotta be red air for the Raptor."

I guarantee the people you'll be around in either ROTC are NOT going to give you a good sampling of which service is best for you. The best thing you can do is find out info about each service, their programs, etc...and not from some ROTC kid. Then make a decision. Secondly, I would highly doubt you'd even be able to do both. Not only do they probably do their lead lab BS on the same days, but even if they didn't, there's no way you could have time to mix both and do decently at them. One ROTC is enough bullshit to deal w/, don't even think about doing two (even if it was possible). If you're after flying (which I sort of assume since you're on here), either service is great for that in their own ways. My biggest thing against the Navy is I didn't want to sit on a boat for 6-9 months out of my year. But honestly their flying is pretty awesome and in a lot of ways way cooler than the AF...as far as rules/regs go. However, the AF offers many more aircraft to "choose" from and is still a shitload of fun to fly in (from my limited experience), just the AF has a different viewpoint on flying ops. The Navy has a lot of helos, so if you are dead set against helos than the AF is probably a better choice. Just some quick things...hopefully you can find a flyer from each service to talk to personally who can give you some good face-to-face insight on each branch.

I'll admit I still have a bit of gray here and there...usually due to fatigue/dehydration, which generally leads to a weak strain. The whole point of the GX is to show you what your limits are. Some days you'll feel like a champ and can take 69 Gs, other days you wish you could just do 3G wing work and call it good. It's not unusual to have a little gray on the outside when you just didn't get on your strain quick enough or strong enough. You have no reason to worry and just need to acclimate to the high G environment. I can't speak for dudes w/ a lot of experience, but maybe Toro, Rainmain, etc can chime in to share their experiences. I'm willing to bet they've had the slight gray happen a ton of times over their career. There's a big difference b/w a little graying where you just strain harder and it goes away and the no shit you can't see anything b/c the tunnel just closed up. If you're not the latter, you really shouldn't worry.

The fuge aero phys dude said your calves actually don't really do much at all, but you squeeze them b/c it's a natural way to lead the rest of your lower body into the g-strain. So if you're only squeezing w/ calves and just a bit of leg, that's definitely a big part of the problem. Don't forget your ass...that's actually a pretty big muscle and the only big muscle that's not covered by your g-suit, so if anything, squeeze that shit like you're sharing a room with

Just another quick tip...my biggest problem I had to overcome was you need to relax your upper body while straining (besides your abs). Your shoulders, neck, arms, etc. should be relaxed just like when you're flying 1G. It was really hard for me to overcome this b/c it's just natural to tense up your whole body, but in reality you need to squeeze the shit out of your legs, ass and abs. Close off the airway and breath properly and that's it. Let your shoulders, arms, neck relax and that'll help you...it definitely helped me.

With a bad strain, you can actually screw yourself and you'd be better off just sitting there and not straining at all, seriously. It wouldn't be a bad idea to go ask the Aero Phys dudes for some tips on your G-strain. I honestly didn't know shit until I went to the fuge and really found out how much is actually involved in a G-strain. Most people have a resting G-tolerance of around 4-4.5. Yours may very well be down around 3.5...but that's not really a huge issue. If you have a proper strain, get on the strain before you're playing "catch up" you'll be fine. Drink a shitload of water. Fatigue and dehydration massively lowers your G-tolerance. I was tired as shit and definitely pissing yellow today before my 2nd flight...5.5 felt like 9. Some days you're just not as good b/c of those two factors mostly. So, you just have to strain harder than usual at a certain G to compensate. Biggest tips are work on your G-strain, don't just blow it off like 99% of us do/did in Phase II. Get as much rest as you can (probably the least in your control) and drink a lot of water all the time, especially in the summer when it's hot as shit...like now. You'll get more tolerance naturally as you go on, so don't worry too much...but definitely don't start telling people you're graying out all the time...at least unless it becomes a serious safety factor down the road.

Sounds like a good idea scooter, I'll get that started...because I just know those assclowns are going to tell me I owe them $$$ in 6-9 years.

So after reading this, it sounds like it'd be a good idea to save all claimed receipts for every TDY in a file cabinet. Guess I'm a TDY behind, but better safe than sorry. Is there any reason to get copies of the travel voucher or are the receipts good enough?

I didn't say they were gay like TIB...that would be overboard. But, being the honor guard commander is still something I would not want to do. I'm not questioning the patriotism of it all, the need for their services, etc...but when it comes down to it, it's about marching around. I do admit the stuff those guys can do is impressive, but seriously, it's still just marching/throwing rifles around. I'm glad someone likes to do it, but I sure as hell don't want to. Thanks for the enlightenment.

The guy who did the check at vance a while ago was in a King Air. But, sounds like they're also using other stuff...just wondering. That's not what I said LJ. Don't put words in my mouth. It would be incredibly gay to march around for Generals and blah blah. I have nothing against the funeral/presenting flag side of the job and think it's a great thing. But that's only a part, all the other stuff is gay; that's the part I was commenting on and that's my opinion.

Alright, fair enough. Obviously I'm biased towards my side of the fence. Seriously though, I'm sure being in OSI is a hell of a lot better than being a standard shoe in any other job. I just sure as hell wouldn't want to deal w/ the sick crap those guys have to deal with. Just me though. Good luck on the board, I hope it works out for you.

It seems that 98% of OSI is queep and spending the other hours dealing w/ some fvcked up cases...again, from your desk. The other 2% is freaking out when I tell them some dude has more than one beer in a sitting. Holy shit, say it ain't so! I don't see how people think that job is so awesome.

They're nice people, it's just they're horrible at their job...or at least they're horrible w/ my stuff, but I'm sure there are many more here w/ similar problems as I. It's frustrating when perfection is expected out of the Ops side of the house (as it should be), but mediocrity seems to be the goal on the support side (as far as Finance and MPF go). It's good to know level-headed people who don't suck at their job exist in the Finance world, just apparently not at Vance.

I'm always very polite to them. I've never been irate and it's true I only bash them on here or in the SQ. I firmly believe being nice gets you a lot farther than blowing up at people, even if it's completely warranted. However, it just makes my blood boil that EVERY time I deal w/ them, they lose something, completely screw it up, things magically change (for the worse of course), they never have a good reason for why somethings screwed up, etc. Yes, they're using DTS, but for some reason we had to do the old school way this time (I heard it was b/c Holloman wasn't in DTS, which is where we went TDY...but I don't know for sure). At least w/ DTS the screw-ups are minimized.

Just a friendly update...Finance is still batting a 1000. Went in the other day to ask why the fvck I hadn't been paid for my TDY over a month ago. Their answer: "uh, we lost your paperwork." And of course they didn't think to tell me about this...apparently standard procedure is to just wait till I go in and ask. Finance Guy...you know anyone who can get these fvckheads at Vance to get their shit together? Man I hate these guys.

I would report it. That's a pretty big surgery. Like you said, everything's fine, so it shouldn't be too big of a deal. They'll probably test your range of motion and that's about it. Have all the reports/x-rays from the civilian doc ready and then tell the AF. I wouldn't skip out on saying something about a surgery.