I had a question regarding the police background check. I have graduated HS and attended one year of college in a different city. For some reason, our local sheriff's office in my hometown wouldn't mail in the police background check so I did it myself. This turned out to be fine, but I reread...
Sitting pretty!:thumb: Like some others have said, excelling at the CFA by being in awesome shape and having some great letters of rec do not hurt.
If it is a competitive congressional district, it seems like the key to getting a nomination is having the drive to do all of the extra little...
That was hilarious-- just thinking about the poor appointee sitting there with his/her head in their hands thinking, "mom, please sit down, please sit down."
Little off-topic, but is an exchange program a really popular thing to do? Is it competitely given to those with higher standing or can anyone do it? Also, does it boost your class standing in any way?
I guess I was just wondering why someone would want to exchange for a year to another...
Just curious: Has anyone tried to get on the NA running plan? When I first saw it I laughed because I didn't think anyone could go from a 9 min mile to 3 miles under 20 min. But, I was also slightly worried because maybe they expected everyone to come in July with the ability to run 6:30 minute...
Slightly off-topic question, but do any of you cadets know anything about Squadron 2 (Deuce)? I stayed with a couple cadets in that squadron during orientation this week and they said that every squadron is a little bit different. I was just wondering how other squadrons in the wing were...
Cadets:
1.raimius
2. Downfall75 (2)(me too)
3. CranoOrden (ride please?)
4. USAFA10s (probably, but I might have tennis)
5. Starvinmarvin_09 (another in need of a lift)
6. JustCallMeDan7 ( I need a lift!!!!)
7. Packerfan735 (needs ride)
8. buffalo (ride por favor)
9. btown...
I was also in this situation this year. I would say that before you even think about spreading the word that you are leaving next year for a service academy, you must seriously contemplate the notion that you may not get an appointment or you may want to stay in ROTC. With that, (you might...
I'm a second-timer and I think it is totally worth it! I went to a small private school with a great ROTC program and learned a whole bunch about the military and leadership as well as all the knowledge from those Engineering curriculum classes :thumb: I think one of the greatest parts about it...