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 Registered: 20 June 2006
Posts: 70
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Hey,
I am a prior-enlisted guy who is in the process of going to the dark side. If anyone has any questions about the Academy or applying than direct them to me and I can do my best to help them out |
 Location: Southwestern Colorado
Registered: 24 November 2005
Posts: 1823
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Commie just what is the dark side.
''DAMM the Torpedoes Full Speed Ahead'' |
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Registered: 20 June 2006
Posts: 70
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I got kidded on by all the guys I worked with for going from a hard working honest airman to an officer, they said I was going to the dark side.
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 Registered: 24 January 2005
Posts: 3885
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its only dark when yer eyes are closed....
SEMPER FI The Gunny PROUD TO BE AN INFIDEL America is not at war. The Marines are at war, America is at the mall. |
 Registered: 15 October 2007
Posts: 5
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Or when the lights are out..... "Semper Fidelis is more than a fancy slogan. It is truly a way of life." |
"Curmudgeon" Location: Washtenaw County, Michigan
Registered: 21 January 2005
Posts: 2269
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Officers are all right as long as they know their place. Enjoy the academy!
"It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it" DOUGLAS MacARTHUR, 1952 |
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Registered: 24 January 2005
Posts: 3885
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and they wonder why we call them zero's
 SEMPER FI The Gunny PROUD TO BE AN INFIDEL America is not at war. The Marines are at war, America is at the mall. |
 Registered: 05 December 2007
Posts: 6
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acadamy sucks. ROTC is where its at
 C/COL Collins |
"'Cadet Airman Hundley'" Location: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Registered: 30 December 2007
Posts: 30
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I'm wanting to fly, and I talked to an airmen just yesterday while I was flying home from Virginia who said the Academy was the way to go for flight training. True/false? I went into the gas station today and asked for five dollars worth of gas.... The clerk farted and gave me a receipt. |
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Registered: 05 December 2007
Posts: 6
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There both good. It really depends on your interests. The Acadamy is awsome, and a very prestigous school. But i prefer AFROTC becasuse you get the campus setting of almost any school you want to go to. C/COL Collins |
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"'Cadet Airman Hundley'" Location: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Registered: 30 December 2007
Posts: 30
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So if I went with AFROTC, I should just look for a college that has a decent aviational sciences major to offer? I'm working on aviation mechanics next year at Tulsa Technology Center as a senior in high school so I can get free tuition from TTC once I graduate, and finish the course. But TTC doesn't offer AFROTC, so I'll need to find a school that does??? I'm such a Noob with this crap.
I went into the gas station today and asked for five dollars worth of gas.... The clerk farted and gave me a receipt. |
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Registered: 24 January 2005
Posts: 3885
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Looks like you already have a good plan in place in terms of working in aviation, so I'd recommend sticking with it. Get your degree before joining the military.
SEMPER FI The Gunny PROUD TO BE AN INFIDEL America is not at war. The Marines are at war, America is at the mall. |
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"'Cadet Airman Hundley'" Location: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Registered: 30 December 2007
Posts: 30
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Ha, I've learned that already. My grandpa graduated from high school and joined straight up into the Navy. He ended up a petty officer rather than the rear admiral his dad became after taking his degree to Annapolis.
I went into the gas station today and asked for five dollars worth of gas.... The clerk farted and gave me a receipt. |
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Registered: 20 June 2006
Posts: 70
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As far as USAFA goes, I think we get several hundred flying slots per year, which is a lot. There is usually a great chance of getting a pilots slot out of the Academy.
Since you already have a plan, I would just keep with it. Good Luck! |
"There is no "overkill." There is only "Open fire" and "Time to reload."" Registered: 31 July 2006
Posts: 122
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something else you might want to check is if the university you want to attend has a cross-town agreement w/ a university with an AFROTC program. This type of arrangement is more common w/ junior colleges and major universities, but I think I've heard of this arrangement being made between two major universities in the same town.
Just a thought. ---------------------------------------- "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." - John Stuart Mill |
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"'Cadet Airman Hundley'" Location: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Registered: 30 December 2007
Posts: 30
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I'm not sure what I should do. I have a retired Lt. Col. from WWII who's willing to write two state congressmen to consider letters of recommendation for me for the Academy. But, at the same time, I have Oklahoma State University interested in me and they have one of the top civilian flight schools/AFROTC programs in the US. Plus, OSU is close to my hometown, so it's a shorter drive back.
Opinions are appreciated. I went into the gas station today and asked for five dollars worth of gas.... The clerk farted and gave me a receipt. |
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"There is no "overkill." There is only "Open fire" and "Time to reload."" Registered: 31 July 2006
Posts: 122
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RaptorClaw,
Best recommendation I can make is to get a hold of someone at the ROTC unit at OSU, and find out how many cadets they're looking at commissioning each year, and how many of those get flight slots. Also ask them about your chances on getting a flight slot from the Academy. They may or may not get you all the info you need, but your best source of information will be people who are actively involved in training new LT's. good luck. ---------------------------------------- "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." - John Stuart Mill |
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Registered: 19 February 2006
Posts: 1299
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I have talked to people who went to the academy and its like 4 years of basic training.
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"'Cadet Airman Hundley'" Location: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Registered: 30 December 2007
Posts: 30
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Well I got a hold of him and he sounded very interested in me, but all he said was basically the only difference in the two is that in ROTC, 90% of your 4 years are spent as a college student rather than a cadet. In that case, the Academy sounds better.
I went into the gas station today and asked for five dollars worth of gas.... The clerk farted and gave me a receipt. |
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Registered: 20 June 2006
Posts: 70
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I am AT the Academy and I can tell you that the person you talked to is an idiot and a liar. |
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