Recent content by Envy01

nope! there is a swimming class sophomore year, but it is nothing to worry about.

I had a desire to come starting around 8th grade, but I really decided it's what I wanted during my freshman year. Whenever you decide, as long as you have been working hard you have a shot! Do ABSOLUTELY everything you can. Admission is getting more and more difficult, with next year's...

I believe that every cadet should have their own printer, they are relatively inexpensive, and can last your entire time here. I had a different situation, as my roommate decided to be rather.. well... and not let ANYONE use his printer. We have been in class for less than a month and the...

BCT in all reality isn't that bad. Obviously getting yelled at sucks, and always being wrong can be miserable at times. The trick is to get your stuff memorized, make your room as good as possible and just put out, 100% ALL the time. If you constantly are motivated, constantly helping out your...

I used this site a lot when preparing for my journey here, and I wanted to be able to give back to the community. I'm here to answer all of the questions anyone has about life here as a doolie, BEAST, etc. Ask away!

oh ok, so we get haircuts anyways? The packet is kind of misleading!

Should the new appointees get a haircut before arriving at basic training?

You are correct, I can't speak for the entire state. I meant to say where I'm from I get terrible reception.

I hope AT&T has good service, because here in Texas AT&T is absolutely awful.

And I believe Nvidia makes some laptop chips that you could replace if you wanted to have better graphics.

On this note, I thought I read somewhere everyone has to take self defense classes. What are they like? (I do jiu jitsu myself, so I'm super excited about these)

I think that's the point.

alrighty, will do!

did you need your SS card too, even with a passport?

I'm a track and cross country runner, so my viewpoint on times is they can always be faster. That is the key to getting better! But your 3 mile time is excellent, keep up the good work!