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yeah thank you everything you guys has said is really helpful

i took the spanish placement test and even though we speak spanish sometimes at home i havent had a formal class in a while and i am not the best at grammar in english, let alone spanish so i had some trouble i hope i dont have to start in a lower class or in a class other than spanish

That's true, and the days get very long and one week will seem like months, i havent done anything quite as long as bct but thats how it was when i did a mini bootcamp (Devilpups) and a leadership training seminar for JROTC the best advice i was given was to take things one meal at a time...

i just got contacted by my B&B Family its a Lt Col that works at the cadet clinic

I moved high schools half way through my sophomore year as long as the transcript shows what classes you took and that they were out of district grades it will register that those grades were from the more challenging school because as part of the paperwork i believe you fill out every high...

y do you say lucky that just means you get three more days of vacation than us im not saying it is bad that we are going, but i have only 2 weeks of vacation so i wouldnt mind a couple of extra days

sorry i repeated my self, i was distracted guess i cant do two things at once :biggrin:

the only reason i said it could be a problem is that i was talking to someone that said that some squadrons do not allow phone usage for 4 digs during the week for a little while and to ensure this they might take the phone's battery and return it on week ends however the iphone does not have a...

i got a phone call yesterday giving me my bed and breakfast family information it might take them a couple of days to call everyone

I was wondering the same thing, but since i know that you cant have your phone during the week for a while and they take the battery out of it (which doesnt work with the iphone) i thought they might take the whole thing and i didnt want to risk it getting lost or something so i just got a new...

what about hair ties that are black and not our hair color, arent those still in regulation

ok cool i want to use a laptop but i wasnt sure if we could

would we be using our computers in class to take notes and stuff or do we use pen and paper like in hs i know its kinda early to ask but if we arent my parents are going to buy me som supplies to send to me

When it says tuck in and blouse your trousers, is that like what they do in the Marine Corps?

I am an appointee to USAFA and have a Flip HD Video Camera and it is awesome. not only can I take video but I can get freeze frames for pictures from the camera. and it plays crystal clear on the tv. the only problem is that the video is a little shaky if you are used to other cameras