Recent content by zachogden

CGC Sea Dragon, apparently. Don't mean to stray too off topic but what's the typical path to 87 skipper? Is it as "simple" as going to a boat and doing really well or is there more to it?

there's a bit of a culture difference between even and odd year classes, perceived or real. since even and odd year classes train one another (2008 was cadre for 2010, cadre for 2012, who will be 2014 cadre, etc) there's a very subtle divide between how each group handles things.

no doubt about that!

haha that's funny! he's a great teacher, funny to see him as a 1/c though

to save me the time of watching the entire episode, what firstie/LCDR?

LITS, what is his billet/job in Afghanistan?

CGAS = Prep school

Person-to-person, enjoy your senior year. Do not waste your last days of high school with your nose buried in the running light. Your cadre will notice if you already know all your indoc on day one, and that's not the kind of attention I would want if I were you. Just sayin'.

The way I understand it is that the UAV platform will be treated like any other...aka you go to flight school at NAS Pensacola like every other pilot and then instead of going to specialized training at ATC Mobile for the HH-65, HH-60, or whatever, you go for specialized UAV training. tl;dr...

enjoy high school while you can, because as soon as it's over...we'll be waiting for you. in all seriousness, do make the most of the time you have left. CGA has been as challenging as it has been fun (though most cadets won't admit the latter part) these last 18 months or so but you will have...

when I went through the nomination process as I was applying for USAFA, it become quickly apparent that nominations are little more than another political tool congressmen like to have in their back pocket. I have a friend (now an AFA cadet) who worked for his representative as a summer job in...

You're going to have to be a little more specific than that, that's a pretty broad question!

I have my own opinions on the subject at large, but i'll merely say that I think it's odd that I had 3 interviews for USAFA on top of going to their summer program before I received my appointment -- one with a group of local leaders selected by my congressional representative, two with my...

Yep.

I heard the football game was insane (I was at the men's rugby match vs. URI)... double overtime! Much closer than last year's game.