Accepted to Officer Training School.

[Cali]

Hope they don't stick you in a box flying UAV's, or worse, have you flying B-52's. Good luck and it is a long process.

[AtaliaA1]

While you wait you could take a look at the book "When Thunder Rolled" insperational stuff. for a future cizzo.

[Graves0922]

Got my class date! I'll be reporting in on April 9th.

 

@Sierra99 - Nope, not enlisted. I thought about it after 4 years of JROTC in high school but went to go college instead.

 

The mudhens are high on my list but anything can happen.

[MudRat02]

CSO is better, pilot will have to listen to you :) Pilot is just a bomber driver, you're the brain there.

 

Not even remotely true... Not to bring down the mood, but the pilot is the captain and at the end of the day the aircraft is under their command and responsibility, not the back seater. I won't comment on the rest, its just silly.

 

That aside, congrats to the OP and enjoy! Should be fun, enjoy and take pride in your specialisation, you don't need to compare it to pilot.

[Graves0922]

Currently on training day 11 (TD11). 55 days left to go. Lots of screaming, being told to run around, pushups, sleepy lectures, yada yada. In my flight of 14, we have a USAF TACP and CCT. (google em). These guys are hardcore. Honored to be working along side them for our commissions.

[Ranger79]

Congrats man, welcome!

[Cali]

Currently on training day 11 (TD11). 55 days left to go. Lots of screaming, being told to run around, pushups, sleepy lectures, yada yada. In my flight of 14, we have a USAF TACP and CCT. (google em). These guys are hardcore. Honored to be working along side them for our commissions.

 

I went to ALS with a 2 guys that were TACP, cool guys. Felt bad for them for having to work with the Army, but at least they weren't Army. A guy I work with tried to x-train into CCT, but his eyes were bad.

[TimeKilla]

Nothing wrong with the Army you should hear what we say about the raf..

 

At the end of the day one would be useless without the other. :thumbup:

 

gl 2 OP

[Grim_Smiles]

Good luck and congrats!

[Cali]

Nothing wrong with the Army you should hear what we say about the raf..

 

At the end of the day one would be useless without the other. :thumbup:

 

gl 2 OP

 

 

Nothing wrong with any of the other forces, we all depend on each other at different times. We also give each other crap....because that's what brothers and sisters do.

[-Hammer-]

Congrats Graves0922 :thumbup:

Dont quit, whatever they throw at you and live your dream! :pilotfly:

 

and keep us informed ;)

[Jona33]

Nothing wrong with the Army you should hear what we say about the raf..

 

At the end of the day one would be useless without the other. :thumbup:

 

gl 2 OP

 

I believe at the end of the day everyone should club together and insult the navy. :D

[Total]

That's all fine and dandy until you guys need a ride.

[Graves0922]

TD-17 (upperclassmen graduated today and were commissioned, we now run the place)

We were promoted to "Phase 2" on monday after a 6 mile formation run to all the historical markers on base. At the end of the run, the upper class were lined on the side of the roads in front of the last marker cheering us on. We had a little ceremony and were awarded our "Prop & Wings". Phase 2 means we don't have to brace walls for upperclassmen or commissioned staff in hallways. We are now referred to as sir/mam instead of OT (officer trainee). We now access to the rest of the base by walking unless we have special approval to use our cars. We can also skip saturday night dinner and all sunday meals to eat somewhere else on base. Days are long, weeks are fast. Only 45 days left...or 47 days? I've lost count. 4 hours of sleep a night is really taking its toll.

[Graves0922]

The upperclass graduated on the 2nd. Here is their class video.

 

 

Shows a little of what we do here

[r3m]

The upperclass graduated on the 2nd. Here is their class video.

 

 

Shows a little of what we do here

 

Cool little glimpse into OTS, glad to hear you're almost through!

[Graves0922]

Some pictures of the high ropes course and our last community service project.

[badger66]

Im not climbing up that !!!

[Graves0922]

TD 46. 24 days left until graduation. 4 days until the lower class arrives. We've reached phase 3 status which means we can now go off base on the weekends and drink (woohoo!). But for this weekend, we have temporary phase 4 which lets us wear civilian clothes anywhere but on the campus. Freedom.

 

Anywho, we've got advo briefs coming up and I'm briefing on keeping the A-10 warthog past 2028. I don't have access to my sim computer 1000 miles away so I'm asking the community to provide me screenshots of cockpit differences between the A-10a and A-10c.

[SimFreak]

Screenshots? Why not use actual photos?

[Graves0922]

More specifically, each page the MFD's can display.

[scottt]

There is nothing wrong with spotted dick, but you must have decent custard.

 

Grats OP!, a nice thread this one..

[DieHard]

Got the flight physical completed today. Almost passed out from 7 vials of blood being drawn. I don't think it would have been so bad if they didn't make me fast 12 hours prior. But I passed with flying colors! :thumbup:

 

Now I just wait to get my class date for OTS.

 

LOL! Yeah, enlisted Navy basic was two or three days of medical. It was just a blur as to remembering it. I got so many injections for who knows what; my arms were like pin cushions. I saw guys bigger than me freak out and drop because of an injection.

 

The military knows what they want, knows how to find what a guy is good at, and how to train a guy fairly fast pace and no nonsense wasted moves like high school and college.

 

Your post is a bit dated, but good luck anyway. I loved the Navy Seabees. I was in 8 years 1974 to 1982. Asthma ended it for me.

 

I would think you would have to do basic somewhere along the way and S.E.R.E school.

 

My weapons training was with the Bees, Keesler AFB 'Nam course out in the woods in Mississippi, with the Marines to Camp Geiger at Camp LeJeune and the Army's winter mountaineering course to then Camp Drum in February. Quite a bit of our trades training films were Army Combat Engineers.

Edited May 31, 2013 by DieHard

[Avilator]

More specifically, each page the MFD's can display.

 

Don't know if it's still relevant, but you can look in the game manual at the MFCD section.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gqj7ccguqdd0q2a/DCS%20A-10C%20Flight%20Manual.pdf

 

And I also happen to have the A model manual too:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vp3jbfiy7r7wzcn/473774.pdf

 

Best of luck and thank you for your service!

[ScottishMartialArts]

Some pictures of the high ropes course and our last community service project.

 

Ropes and harness on a Confidence Course? What is this bullshit? :P

 

In Army pre-commision officer training, our Confidence Course was completely unprotected: if you fell, you broke your leg, or worse. None of it was technically difficult, so a fall wasn't a major risk so long as you paid attention to what you were doing, but the possibility of serious injury was very real.

 

As an aside on inter-service rivalry: the Army and Airforce, and likewise the Navy and Marines, depend upon each other to such a degree that neither could accomplish their mission without the other's help. That said, if you visit the Air Force Academy, the monuments and objects on display are almost entirely of the aircraft flown by academy graduates. If you visit West Point, the monuments and statuary are all of the academy graduates themselves who led soldiers in battle with distinction and honor. I think that difference in emphasis (the impact of a machine versus the impact of a man), and what that implies about the values of the respective branches, speaks for itself.