guineapigfury

I can speak to OAKN. I'm glad I came (giggedy), but maybe that's just the tax free. You can smell the Poo Pond on most days, and the Poo Pond is exactly what it sounds like. Reasonable variety of chow halls, nice gym. The flying is boring, but there's plenty of it. The wing has gone full retard on patch enforcement though, which is unfortunate.

50 cals sound sweet, but everyone who's entered UPT since about summer of 07 already knows how to fly the T-6. Whiting and ENJJPT dudes and dudettes excepted. Something that makes sense to think about as tie-breaker, so we probably won't. The real question is: which one carries napalm? I can't smell victory in the morning here where I'm at, unless victory smells disturbingly like human feces.

I'd recommend the OTS route if you can make it work. I walked off the street into a pilot slot, so it can be done. My class was full of pilots, but that ebbs and flows. If you want to be an Air Force Pilot or not in the Air Force at all, OTS is the road to take. You know that you've got a pilot slot before you show up. Plus, it's only 12 weeks, and only the first 2 are hard. Or you could go through 4 years at a military college in Colorado then drop out of UPT after your dollar ride. It was always Academy dudes who pulled this stunt, I still can't figure out why.

ThreeHoler's right. But since you don't have a primary duty right now, I'd look into knocking out a class or three. I'm still kicking myself for not grinding out a Master's during my 9 months of casual. Look into whether or not you're eligible for tuition assistance in your current situation.

No, if it was the Jerry Springer show, I'd be living in a trailer, which would be an improvement on my current conditions. Why can't we ever invade somewhere nice?

The horror, The horror is that this stuff is real. I can't speak to the navy or army article, but I'm out here somewhere sandy with 2 of those 157 great Americans who just got pink-slipped. It's not propaganda if it's true. Yeah it's embarassing; but maybe if we start airing the dirty laundry, some will make more of an effort to not crap the bed.