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    New Cadet Advice

    in ROTC & OTS Lounge

    Posted

    Originally posted by Riddller:

    One of the sophmores called up his flight the Friday night before to see if they wanted to go 'brush up' on their 'Urban Combat Tactics' before playing Lazer Tag the next week.

    Yeah, there's ALOT of that going around our Det.

    ROTC Class/Commander Ranking

    in ROTC & OTS Lounge

    Posted

    I think this is a trick question, from what I've seen in ROTC.

    If you want a good CC rating (at your Det, FT, wherever)...you don't want to be LOOKING for it. Kind of tricky. If you're really trying to look good for someone else, it shows, and people can pick up on it. Your rating could suffer, because no one likes a kiss-ass. However, if you work hard, volunteer for things that don't have rewards, and hold a friendly disposition, it should work itself out naturally.

    Of course, having opportunities to talk to your APAS is always helpful, so they know who you are.

    Indvidual Drill Evaluation (IDE)

    in ROTC & OTS Lounge

    Posted

    Originally posted by brabus:

    what's there to memorize? You're going to get a card with 10-15 movements on it...just do those. There's nothing you need to memorize except how to call those commands. Also, the year I went you could legally (according to the FTM) stand still the entire time while giving commands. That's a hell of a lot easier than trying to march with the IDE flight while giving them commands...way easier to think and execute just standing and watching their movement. Don't know if that's how it is now, but if so, I would highly recommend doing that.

    ^^ Shack!

    Slugging?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    It would have to be a cracked-out DC resident to even try, I'd imagine. I'm assuming this is just a program for the Pentagon guys, so it would be assumed that a large portion have military experience. I personally wouldn't be hijacking cars of armed forces members. There are plenty of other street corners in southeast to jack cars from.

    Come to think of it, the SE residents are probably packin' heat more than the military guys!

    Top Aero Schools

    in ROTC & OTS Lounge

    Posted

    ECU, you're taking wild guesses and you're inaccurate in your assumption.

    We had about 380 cadets in the wing last year, but that doesn't mean 380 applied! Our numbers for pilot/nav slots last year was somewhere in the neighborhood of 53 pilots and 14 navs, or something close to that. Out of those 53 pilots, NINE were selected for ENJJPT (I think that's a record). I'm not exactly sure on our numbers of who competed for slots, but I believe our selection rate was about 75%. Typically we categorize 70-80% of all who apply from here.

    So saying the "vast majority" didn't get slots would be a very, VERY inaccurate statement. But you are right in saying that the competition is high.

    We're starting to get off topic. ShortThrow, pretty much all of your questions can be answered by searching.

    Top Aero Schools

    in ROTC & OTS Lounge

    Posted

    Ditto ^

    The biggest problem with ERAU pilots is known to be the cocky attitudes most of them have. BUT- don't blame this on the school. You gotta figure, who goes to ERAU? Typically its guys from rich families who were given opportunities to do things alot of kids didn't have. Personally, I think that the attitudes are brought IN to our school, not created. And to justify my background, I'm an Aero major at ERAU who flew on campus. The attitude you come out with is TOTALLY dependent upon you.

    Now, as far as the school goes, I would say the Aero degree program is EXCELLENT. The flying isn't terribly hard, but the checkrides/orals usually are. You'll get to use state of the art ADSB screens and the latest GPS. You'll get to fly in the most intense flight training area in the United States (ERAU hasn't had an accident in over 5 years too).

    But flying is flying. You can learn that from anyone, anywhere. Where you really earn your money's worth is in the classes you take. The classes are geared towards airline flying, but I think they've done wonders for my longevity as a pilot. The Flight Safety and Flight Technique Analysis classes alone are outstanding examples of this.

    The Professors in the Aero department are great. They're all pilots, of course, and they all have ways to tie the material into actual situations that they have been in. Sometimes there are interesting crossflows between classes as well. Last semester we studied airborne radar in one of my meteorology classes, and talked about radar shadows and the pitfalls of it. In my very next class, Flight Safety, my Professor talked about being caught in a Category 5 thunderstorm in an MD80 because of radar shadows.

    Does the social life suck? It COULD be a hell of alot better. You don't want to touch the locals with a stick. The girls on campus aren't that great. There aren't a whole lot of them. But again, it depends on you- most of us get along just fine.

    And traditionally we've had one of the best ROTC programs in the nation.

    We also offer a couple different meteorology majors if that's what you're interested in.

    That's my speel. I don't know enough about UND to make a good comparison, so I won't just guess and throw out heresay like most people.

    Good luck!

    Oh ****!!!

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I've done alot flying around Deland, its a nuthouse when the jump plane is up there. I've seen the jump plane drop out of the sky right in front of me through the pattern just to get to his opposing runway faster. Sure, he'll do the hold short of active, but its the entry that scares us. I've also seen jumpers cross my path on final.

    People die there VERY regularly. There's no way I'd jump from there.

    Drinking Songs

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hair of the Dog, I'm not sure of the title...I think its "I used to work in Chicago".

    I used to work in Chicago

    at a department store

    Thought I did a pretty good job

    but I can't go back there anymore

    A man and his wife

    came in for a cake

    "what kind of cake?" said I

    "Layer" he said

    "LAY HER I DID" <- crowd

    and I can't go back there anymore

    Its got about 8 other verses too..

    [ 10. January 2006, 01:01: Message edited by: toastychicken ]

    Navigator to pilot

    in Pilot Selection Process

    Posted

    I'm a nav-select in ROTC. From what I hear it has been VERY common in the past for many nav's to bump up to pilot before commissioning, however at my det we haven't seen anyone upgrade yet for FY06. Once on AD I believe its a 2.5 year wait before you can begin UPT, so you can apply a little earlier, and I think you can get waivers to start sooner too. From what I hear, it doesn't seem like too big of a deal to the USAF to switch if you qualify and get your CC to sign for it.

    But again, all of this is second hand knowledge. Someone with more accurate info may chime in.

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