Sit On Acorns
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Per the HIANG instagram account: UPT board is happening. Start the application process by contacting TSgt Sharon Pasion at 808-216-3322. Joint board with all three squadrons - 199, 203, & 204. No other details and I have no insight to offer, unfortunately.
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How does this forum keep falling for this same troll? JC! It's the same dude trolling you all with a new account each week.
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Confirming that I got the extra Verizon discount to work...total of $45 off per month.
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I highly recommend kahnacademy for math. Start at lower levels they have on there and it has an algorithm that determines your level of competency and will move you forward faster/slower as needed to make sure you understand the concepts. I used it with good results, plus it's free.
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On 10/25/2018 at 1:22 PM, Soccer2 said:
Does anyone have any recommendations on what to do about your civilian job when you're scheduled to start the UFT pipeline?
100% keep it. You lose nothing by keeping it...I can't think of any downsides at all since USERRA protects you.
I kept mine and I'm back from OTS with a job and income while off orders until UPT starts in February. Holidays would be interesting had I not done that.
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Active Duty
- Aug 2016 selected
- Oct 2016 FC1
- Feb 2017 FC1 stamped approved
- Mar 2017 security clearance interview
- Mar 2017 received OTS class date of Jun 2017
ANG
- May 2017 interviewed
- Jun 2017 selected
- Jun 2017 DEP discharge from AD
- Oct 2017 swear in
- Feb 2018 MFS
- Apr 2018 packet sent to NGB
- Apr 2018 packet returned to unit for corrections
- May 2018 packet resent to NGB
- July 2018 NGB approved (70 total days from resubmit)
- 1 Aug 2018 dates received:
- 12 Sep 2018 OTS
- 28 Feb 2019 ENJJPT
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myflightbook is free and does the trick.
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ANG has their own slots to give out separate from AD slots.
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Anyone seeing this in your Verizon "My Offers"? If it really is $30 off on top of the current military discount, that's a total $45 off. I keep getting an error page when I click continue, so I can't confirm if it works.
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9 minutes ago, UPT_Hopeful said:
I was trying to tell him to wait a year and boost his score to make sure he'd get a pilot slot over one of the others.
Is there a limited amount of times you can apply? Why wouldn't one just keep applying each year while improving their application year to year?
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Twenty PCSM?
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4 hours ago, Kenny Powers said:
Has anyone used any recruiters/head hunters for transitioning to something other than flying?
The vast majority of recruiters I've worked with on the civilian side have been colossal wastes of time. However, if you find a good one they are worth the pain & time you put in to finding them. The good ones have strong relationships with hiring managers within companies and can easily put you on top of the piles of resumes. That's how I got my current position. The flip side is that they make money by putting you in a position, so sometimes they're pushing for the easiest/quickest way to do that. I've seen recruiters try to pressure people into lateral moves for less money or into bad companies/positions.
In my experience, finding a good recruiter is almost as much work as landing a good job but can be worth it.
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1 hour ago, Engineer2Pilot said:
Is the 187th FW 3.0 gpa requirement a throw your app in the trash if you apply with a 2.52? Even with 90 pilot and pcsm?
Only one way to find out!
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Just as an explanation, however I caveat it with this is via my experience and word of mouth NOT actual regulations, you "swear in" twice on the AD path. The first one is where you swear into Inactive Ready Reserve and into the Delayed Entry Program. Declining from this status is completely painless and will cause near zero repercussions in your life for anything, except for if you try to go AD again. The second swear in is approximately a week before OTS which is the more permanent swear in that will make things much more tricky if you try to back out or switch to something else (I don't know much more details about this one since I didn't get that far).
I was in IRR/DEP status when I made the switch, it was relatively painless. For the paperwork, I'm probably not the best test case. MEPS lost my physical and it took 3 months to recover it; it was a comedy of errors. Everything else had been completed by then. I think all the other paperwork was done and transferred within a month.
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10 minutes ago, GDAL said:
Sounds like my advice was incorrect as I assume you had already sworn in and done your FCI to get that far.
I don't see anything in your post that is incorrect.
Yes, I had everything complete except for the MFS. Just had to transfer everything over after declining. It was a pain.
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14 minutes ago, TotableMink said:
Thanks for the quick response, just to clarify, if i accepted an active slot, and then later accepted a reserve\ guard spot, that is when the notice of declination and AD bridge burning would come into play?
Correct.
BTW...I was one month away from my AD OTS date when I got picked up by my unit, so you can definitely do what you are asking about.
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38 minutes ago, Prayforwaves321 said:
Having some poor weather down here in the south. Ive been looking for any excuse just to go burn some gas. I literally ran out of friends to show everything that Ive learned and my mom is not quite ready to go up yet lol.
Tell me about it. I've scrubbed two long XCs in the past month and this weekend isn't looking better.
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1 hour ago, WannaBePilot said:
Maybe your post was generally good natured I however read it as “you’re being a bitch & here’s why” style of response.
You must be new here.😀
The advice you've received wasn't wrong. You're 33. Shit or get off the pot. Especially if you've got a unit saying they'd hire you if you apply. Also, if you truly enjoy aviation enough to consider it as a 12+ year career, go get your PPL - AF or not. It's awesome and a reward in itself. The ability to just go mess around for an hour in the sky (like I did yesterday) is a blast.
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1 hour ago, PilotPitts said:
“Officer appointment packages do not include the FC1!!! PLEASE DO NOT hold up the package waiting for the FC1.”
Sure, officers don't need an FC1. But how would they schedule IFT & UPT without the FC1 & MFS?
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21 minutes ago, PilotPitts said:
Also... because we spoke about it earlier. Don’t need an FC1 to get processed for training dates. Confirmed that directly with NGB.
That is so painful to hear.
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On 5/15/2018 at 8:41 AM, Sonofabone said:
(forms out of date, recruiter failure) resubmit March 2018
(improperly completed form, partly me/partly recruiter) resubmit April 2018
13 hours ago, HoverHold said:Package to HQ: Feb 2018
Kicked back for missing initials and resubmit: Mar 2018
Kicked back again for one missing set of initials (interestingly enough, it was to acknowledge that I'm not a line officer. Not sure what that means.) - and resubmit - Mid May 2018
Ok...multiple accounts of things being kicked back twice. Does NGB not review the entire packet before kicking it back? It seems like the moment they find an error they stop the review and send it back to the unit rather than going through everything and noting all fixes required.
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14 minutes ago, WannaBePilot said:
Your response is spot on and I’m coming to terms with the fact it may not be the best decision for me despite the high likelihood I would be hired by my unit. My internal turmoil of this decision is ultimately caused by my failure to act sooner.
Is the cart is before the horse here? You don't have a decision to make until you're actually hired by your unit. If it's something you want to do, take the AFOQT & TBAS, get hired by your unit, then start working out the details of your training. Even on the best of timelines you're 1-2 years away from starting UPT.
I personally wouldn't do the ~2 years of training apart from my family.
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35 minutes ago, Guardian said:
Wow. Is that real? I thought people were the mission. With attitudes like that....well I feel even less motivated to care about the military. Especially with fingers goldfien in charge.https://www.duffelblog.com/about/
QuoteDuffel Blog is a parody of a news organization, and all content it publishes is satirical in nature. No content should be regarded as truthful
Would declining UFT in AD affect ANG chance?
in What Are My Chances?
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I technically did this and I don’t think there was a single waiver. Only difference is that I was selected AD pilot, then interviewed with and was selected by a unit, then declined the AD spot. Not sure if that’s enough of a difference from your situation, but there weren’t any hang ups for me.