Recent content by BDHuff09

USNA did (or used to, obviously covid changes things) bring dogs to mitscher hall every day around lunch time during finals week for the mids to come and pet as a stress release. Other than that you aren't likely to interact with any dogs unless your sponsor has one. There are no dog...

Well, as I said above, what an NFO does varies dramatically based on what platform they are on. An E-2 NFO is going to be doing something entirely different than an F-18 NFO for example. A rough summary: F-18 WSO: handles comms/navigation for the aircraft. Does necessary...

With respect to the other posters, a lot of the responses to this thread include rather dated information. I am a recently winged Naval Flight Officer and would be happy to answer some general questions about my designator. Pilots and NFOs begin their training together at Introductory Flight...

The Naval Academy commissions ~260 Marine Corps officers a year vice the 60 asserted by the article. Not that that particularly matters, just thought I would clarify for the young ones on the forum.

What you said about Rota is surprising, typically it is very desirable. When I was at USNA(14-18) the Rota spots were gone by the 10th or so pick every year.

Definitely true. One of my instructors (Marine F18 pilot) spent 5 & 1/2 years in flight school! While getting delayed is definitely more common than getting sped up, the opposite can still happen. I am going to wing about 2 months earlier than predicted.

Validating IFS will help to an extent, although it will not expedite the process as much as it will for Navy students. My Marine friends that validated said that they had to wait for everybody in the TBS class ahead of theirs to class up for API before they could, even if those people had to...

My friend finished TBS in December '18, got to pensacola that January, and did not class up for IFS until May. The Marines have always moved slowly through the program, and I would fully expect to be waiting 6+ months to start. Schools Command will be even more backed up that usual considering...

As stated earlier, USNA can only grant waivers for admission to USNA itself. In other words, just because you get a waiver from USNA, does not mean that you will get one from West Point, or even NROTC for that matter. Additionally, as A6E pointed out, a waiver for admission is not the same as...

Potentially most of the service assignments, depending on the condition, as some of my classmates found out.

Eczema, seasonal pollen, and LASIK( funny enough, the Navy will give you eye surgery to fly, but technically eye surgery is disqualifying to fly, they just give you a waiver if the surgery turns out okay). I'm not trying to scare you, but there are a number of things that you might not be aware...