Recent content by em3nuketype

So true. I applied to all available nomination sources. All of my MOC's (or at least their offices) looked at my package, and said "Your package is strong, but you're eligible for the VP and SECNAV nominations, and I couldn't in good conscience let you compete and take a potential nomination...

Question for anyone who may know from experience. If i'm going to be underway for the better part of the next three months, will USNA send a message to the boat, or do I just have to hope that the mailroom is open on the one day we pull in for the O-Div's Dining-in?

We get e-mail, in the form of Sailor Mail, but it depends mostly on how much time we send at PD, and how much time we spend transmitting at PD. Based on what limited information I have about our next underway, we won't be spending much time at PD. Even when you are transmitting, the heirarchy of...

Still waiting... I'm scheduled to go underway here very soon for the better part of two and a half months. I think I might go insane if I have to wait that long for news, and then worry about getting everything in on time.

I strongly recommend taking the time and doing some research on the physical requirements on your own. Its called initiative, and its something that will be expected of you in the future. The Marine Corps official websites have all the requirements spelled out in an outline form for you. You...

Another question for those of you who have received your blue folders... If selected, what is the latest you can have your signed letter and all that returned to the Academy? I ask because we're coming out of upkeep and we'll be underway for the better part of the next three months getting ready...

Just remember, America hasn't won a major conflict since the Air Force became its own force... Just Sayin'... :p I would figure out exactly what you want to do, if you had to pick right now and then decide. The forces are vastly different in their roles and missions, with the two big things...

Enlisted personnel are capable of obtaining a Nomination to the Naval Academy via The Secretary of the Navy. There are 170 some odd nominations available every year. These 170 Nominations are available to any Sailor or Marine either on Active duty or in the reserves, that meets eligibility...

I don't have a member of congress. I have an Honorable Ray Mabus. My Nomination request was submitted on time, but remember that me applying from the enlisted ranks with a (potential) SECNAV Nomination, things work a little differently. Which is why I was asking.

So, since I don't have a MOC to get a happy/sad phone call from, I have to rely on either a letter, or a chance in CIS regarding my nomination. How quickly is CIS updated, and which one should I be expecting to see first? I'm hoping its CIS, because that's a whole lot easier to check on PAC than...

Without going into great detail... 1) VLS 2) SSGN 3) SDV 4) Any hull number >773 So the answer? A heck of a lot more than what anyone without high side access could even dream about reading about.

Does anyone out there have any good workouts that can be performed on a submarine? I've made great strides in the way of my physique, and I'd hate to lose it underway (being and old geezer like myself, don't know if I'd ever get it back :p). Basic requirements are that it can't take up a lot...

Thanks everyone. BTW, he's a Rice grad, who's favorite two questions are, 1) Why not just go STA-21 and get paid and have fun? 2)What can you do as an officer on my boat that you wouldn't be able to do as a member of the Goat Locker? The second question is the question that I screw myself...

In trying to be optimistic about my coming CO's interview, and getting myself in the right mindset... So if I earn an appointment, I'd be entering the Academy 8 days before turning 23, which would make me quite likely the oldest person in my class. Are older mids singled out for their age...

You didn't list them here, but sit-ups are also scored. Make sure you read the directions on what constitutes a rep of each exercise fully and understand it. You have no idea how many fleet sailors I've seen that end up cheating themselves on the push-ups and sit-ups in their PFA's by assuming a...