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As Tertle said, don't give up and try every avenue/work your ass off to get a slot. But, this is a huge roadblock. I'm not certain of this, but I think previous suicide attempts, being hospitalized for near suicidal attempts, etc. is a show stopper. You have to understand, the AF is not very willing to let someone fly one of their multi-million dollar aircraft if they think the dude has a high risk of just planting it in the ground b/c his girlfriend broke up with him or something like that. One of the flight docs here can give you an accurate answers based on the medical perspective, but I have a feeling it's not going to be in your favor. Good luck w/ trying to get the slot, but just realize there's a lot going against you.

VN as best I can remember...I'm sure I'm leaving a few out C-17x6 (5 to Dover, 1 to Charleston I think) RC-135 KC-135x2 (Kadena and Mildenhall) KC-10 Travis

I know at Vance anyways the OSS/CC's wife had a spouse get together the 2nd week of UPT or something to give the wives info on UPT, etc, etc. Definitely a good idea. Gives everyone a good time to hang out and meet outside of the endless hours of boring briefings, CAIs, etc. Plus it's a good way for all the wives to meet I guess.

This is what I've been told and have done several times: If you work a half day on Thu, then take off (regardless of flying/driving), you don't have to take leave for that day. My Flt/CC's through UPT have been cool about just writing us passes for such an event and we didn't take any leave. If that doesn't happen to you, you still will only take leave Fri-Mon. Plus, unless your boss his a huge douche and actually determines what "half day" is, you could really just peace out late morning to give yourself enough time to get to the airport, etc. It shouldn't be a big deal.

Hahaha, awesome. Even better would be some high school kid getting an algebra test back or something w/ a huge red F- at the top..."Finance: we've been waiting for you."

I think the dinner is 20-30 bucks a person, depending on drink/food choice. So, it doesn't matter if you have 2 coming or 15 coming, either way you pay per plate. I don't know if there's a max you can bring, but I've heard of some studs having like 20 people come. There's the "red carpet" sims on Thu afternoon/Fri morning/early afternoon so family/friends can fly around a bit and people usually show their families the squadron, the jet they flew, etc. I'm pretty sure all of this is alloted during Thu/Fri, w/ most of the sim times on Fri (I think). That's about as much as I can tell you at this point for Vance.

Geez, CH has no mercy.

Griffin...you mean 700/semester? It was 500/semester when I was in ROTC, so I'm sure it's 700/semester and not per year.

That's what I thought too, but that was what I heard. So, don't take it for 100% truth...I can't validate it, just heard it.

Haha, very well then. I still motion for the AD beer fund. I heard books went up to $900 from $500. If that's the case, either the AF is just that dumb or kids are that dumb and actually buying WAY too many books. Unbelievable that someone would really need $900 for books while getting a bachelors.

Agreed, but it is possible that a Det CC may take into account major when he does the class rankings. Regardless, that's still not a good reason to do engineering over basket weaving. It honestly is NOT a smart idea to major in engineering unless you WANT to be an engineer or plan on using the engineering degree after retirement/getting out of the AF. If you're dream is to fly, why the hell would you do all that extra bs for no reason?

It didn't even take .69 sec for Dave Brog and Red River to come up in google. When will posers learn that spouting names, squadrons, etc. that take a tenth of a second to find on Google will not gain them any kind of credibility and only prove further they're not who they say they are. Not only are people like this ginormous losers, they're also about as smart as Miss South Carolina.

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