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  1. pleber16

    What’s the best choice?

    IF he wants to go to USNA for what USNA is intended, and getting to play hockey is a bonus, spend the time trying to improve the package as the above posters described. However, if his main goal is competitive college hockey and he has potential to play for a good hockey school, USNA isn't the...
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    Considering voluntarily separating

    Agree with everything above. Definitely try to stick it through the end of the summer. Protramid will shine some light on the "beyond the academy" aspect of what you are doing. Realize too that each year gets slightly better at USNA. Youngster year is tough in its own regard because even though...
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    Castle Bay

    There’s Castle Bay and Galway Bay, both in downtown. Galway >>>>> Castle Bay if you’re looking for a good meal and atmosphere. Castle Bay is definitely more of a bar than an Irish pub.
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    Any Osprey Pilots That Could Share Their Experience?

    My designation letter was enough for the helo side of things, I had to bring in my paperwork from my inst checkride in primary for the fixed wing side of things.
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    What are some of the typical majors for aviators?

    "Poly sci and fly" is a saying for a reason.
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    Any Osprey Pilots That Could Share Their Experience?

    An actual tilt pilot would have to weigh in on that, I could definitely be wrong. According to that they can get the rotary license too, I was under the impression they did not because they don't actually do any checkrides in the helo syllabus.
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    Any Osprey Pilots That Could Share Their Experience?

    Sort of, but not really. An osprey doesn't really function like a helicopter in most regards. The osprey guys do a VERY limited rotary syllabus (I think it's like 13 weeks). They never solo the helo. Conversely, when you finish the helo syllabus and get designated an aviator, you can take the...
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    Any Osprey Pilots That Could Share Their Experience?

    I selected a little over a year ago, and just went through the helo advance syllabus last year. There were a handful of my peers who had Ospreys at the top of their lists, but most did not.
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    Prep for plebe summer running

    Hal Higdon has good training programs. Anything from a mile to a marathon. You have plenty of time, you could easily start off with one of his lower distance programs and work up to his 5 or 10k program. You’ll be on your feet a lot during the summer and moving expeditiously from place to...
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    Navy Weight Requirements

    They just have to meet standards by graduation. Many of the football players start on crazy diets after their firstie season is over and are expected to drop it by May.
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    Is flight school part of your five years?

    For Navy Pilots that’s true. I know some Marine Pilots only owe 6.
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    Brigade, Regiment, Battalion, Company, and so on.

    It became a Brigade thing during my firstie year I believe, which coincides with Zeus coming in as Dant. I have a very faint recollection of sitting at a Dant's call and him announcing implementing it.
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    Service Assignment Odds

    Basically, yes. The fleet is short on pilots, but the pipeline from IFS to wings is very backed up. The OBOGS issue in the T-45 affected more than just the jet pipeline, because everyone heading to Kingsville or Meridian had to stay current. That meant SNAs for E2/C2 were taking flight hours in...
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    Not applying to other SA's--Frowned upon come nomination time?

    The first time I applied to USNA, USAFA, and USMA. Didn't get in, but got a NROTC scholarship and did that for a year. The second time I only applied to USNA because I knew I wanted Navy all the way. I had to do a phone interview for the congressional nom the second time around and my ALO...
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    Service Assignment Odds

    You're not going to get nuke with a 2.7. There's enough competition for people who want it and the people they're going to sub draft have much higher grades. You're likely to get pilot, HOWEVER there's a pretty serious downsizing happening in CNATRA right now, so the slots available for your...
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    Just Announced - Navy v Notre Dame, Dublin, Ireland 29 Aug 2020

    Plebes also won't be able to go if it's anything like the 2012 game. All the paperwork had to be done by the previous spring so class of 2016 couldn't go when we were plebes.
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    Do USNA midshipmen have to parachute out of airplanes

    And if you go helos you get oxygen when you requal. Makes it markedly easier.
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    Do USNA midshipmen have to parachute out of airplanes

    Yeah we don't do anything in the bay anymore. All of the water stuff is done in the pool with the hoists, helo dunker, etc. The most dynamic PLF we do is on a zip line from a platform and we got dragged through the dirt by our classmates sled dog style.
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    USNA Course Rigor/Depth

    Getting into a grad school, true. Whether or not the Navy lets you actually go right out of USNA is another story. A 4.0 won’t guarantee that, so if you’re dead set on grad school right after undergrad that’s something to keep in mind.
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    USNA Course Rigor/Depth

    It depends on what you're talking about. For example, everyone has to take Electrical Engineering, but there are different levels of it. The group 3 majors (English, History, Poly Sci, etc) take a much more watered down version, probably what you've heard about in terms of "bare-boned" classes...
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