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    The Gunsmith Thread

    @ $0.53/rnd online....would be fun to try out!
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    How much does having a varsity letter matter for application?

    WHOA!! CC...nice to see you!!! Been too long!
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    LOA/LOI's disapperaing

    Yooper?! OMG...followed that band's bus one time when visiting CinC House at her base in Marquette...love the band. (Yes folks, there's a band called Da Yoopers: if you've spent time in the UP you'll understand the humor of their music)
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    The Filipino Mafia

    In Korea, Soju.
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    Just For Fun: How Did You Pick Your Avatar?

    Kannst Sie Deutsch? Flieger - German for Pilot (I think in school I was told it means aviator but my German friends said "pilot.") 83 - Should be obvious Yeah, it's a smarty pilot thing.
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    Just For Fun: How Did You Pick Your Avatar?

    OldRetSWO stole my thunder but he's on-point. My class crest...I was Co-President of the Ring Committee...and was honored to have a major impact in it's design. Each item has meaning...
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    Reapplying

    They gave you a GREAT bit of feedback!! Kudos to them! NOW..if you wish to reapply (I did, many years ago after I got the TWEs...), go ahead and start it...maybe wait until next month or so... Now...what can YOU do to make your package more attractive given you're in a very competitive state...
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    Humor for my Navy and Marine friends

    NOW I see why the recruiting service for the Naval Forces might be having issues...not sure where to put this but I have it on good authority that the Brit here was on exchange in the USA for school...
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    Why are academically qualified candidates receiving Falcon Foundation Scholarships?

    Okay, this ALO is going to say something about his colleague: If an ALO told a candidate "You're my strongest mentee, this is an insult, I wouldn't take it." Sir/Ma'm...you need to cease being an ALO because you're not properly advising your mentee, you're interjecting yourself into this...
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    55 Coast Guard Academy Cadets Disciplined

    <<sigh>> And then I think of past classmates who made ONE honor mistake...and were shown the gate as that was the normal punishment for honor violations.
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    Your Son/Daughter is Going Where?? Round 2

    Or...you could do like I do now...just adjust for your DS/DD.... My answer to "Oh, you were in the military? Uh, well...did you go to college?" <<Bow head a touch, look down, slightly mumble>> "Uh, well...I didn't go to college on campus, but I was in a federal institution and after four...
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    Your Son/Daughter is Going Where?? Round 2

    THE classic response!!
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    Iran Begins Attack on Israel

    "Iran" has spoken: "Iran said earlier Sunday that its attack "can be deemed concluded" but warned it would respond decisively to any nation that let Israel use its airspace to attack Iran." That's a message to both Jordan and Iraq. This is where Israel needs some cruise missiles...low...
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    Is double majoring a possibility in the AFA?

    If you're shooting for the moon, I.E. you're thinking about test pilot school and the space program, there are a lot of dudes and dudettes that made it without double majoring at USAFA. Every member of my class that graduated from TPS...none were double majors.
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