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  1. Casey

    Ultimate CBT Packing List and Some Tips

    It’s worth it. As the comment above says, I’d take them out of the packaging and pack into ziplocks you can pack down. You’ll end up doing the same if/when you deploy or go to the field for extended periods of times so think of it practice for the first of many times trying to manage this. Your...
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    Ultimate CBT Packing List and Some Tips

    Second the comment on bringing black spandex without logos. Absolute life saver from chafing. Additionally, bring enough feminine hygiene products to get through the summer if you didn’t have a chance to get to the C store because of training and/or you have a specific brand preference in case...
  3. Casey

    Navy promotion idea

    Army Aviation WOs historically were a way to increase the number of Army pilots without violating commissioned officer quotas imposed after the Army and Air Force split. Now, they’re just as much about cost saving for the service as what a CW3 with commensurate time in service and flight...
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    Changes to GG Rotary Flight Training

    Not necessarily accurate. There are plenty of airlines that are hiring from military rotary hour experience only currently and have designed specific programs that will get helo pilots through their fixed wing add ons to the commercial ratings. The FAA mandatory retirement age and commercial...
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    USMA strict on waivers?

    It’s all dependent on what you need a waiver for. The different services look at certain waivers differently because the requirements within the branches are different depending on what job you’ll end up doing. I wouldn’t draw correlations among them and focus on what you can control. Good luck...
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    Platoon leader without a PSG

    As a brand new LT, I had to fire my PSG and felt head under water trying to figure things out two months out of flight school by myself. Not a fun situation, but I grew a lot as a leader for the experience. I relied on my 1SG a lot (like a lot a lot) for the interim senior NCO guidance I was...
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    Which academy has the best overall environment for physical training?

    USMA - Arvin is a world class facility. Hills for days to run. Trails to run and bike off road. Plenty of hiking in the area. And a very infantry, run fast, lift big centric culture at its core
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    Opportunities while at USNA, USAFA, USMA

    Something to consider - Army SOF units don’t have entry level jobs for Os. You have to do a tour in whatever your base branch is, proving general competence as an officer/leader and potential for service in a SOF, before you will be able to apply to assess for whatever community you are...
  9. Casey

    VMI vs USMA?

    You get a mix of military and civilian instructors at USMA. The military instructors are a mix between senior company grade/junior field grade instructors that have very relevant, fresh field and command experience they bring to the classroom, and senior military professors who are permanent...
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    Traveling abroad at the Academy

    I spent a month between a couple countries in SE Asia as a cadet on an AIAD not related to my department or studies. It was a great broadening opportunity
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    Why USMA?

    1. Guaranteed active duty slot and job after graduating 2. Best chance to go combat arms, specifically aviation - I wanted to fly helicopters and had narrowed down between USMA and USAFA. Helicopter mission sets differ drastically between the two and I was more interested in the Army’s helo...
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    Multi-tool reccomendatation?

    Leatherman skeletool
  13. Casey

    Super Bowl Flyover - All Women Navy Team

    As a female pilot, I’ve never flown in an all female crew. Just hasn’t worked out that way in my career. Would I go looking for it to make it happen? No, but it also would be a cool moment because it is still not close to the norm in my profession. It it did happen, it would definitely get a...
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    First Assignments from West Point

    I don’t know if it’s an overall drop of interest in combined arms within the current population. There’s no definition of what forced branching really means and it could mean something different to different people. Does it mean the cadet received anything but their top pick or something that...
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    First Assignments from West Point

    USMA has a congressional requirement that at least 70% of the class branches combat arms. Getting force branched into combat arms is not new as a result. FA in particular comes to mind as a branch that gets folks that way regularly. This would be the first that I’ve heard infantry taking female...
  16. Casey

    To stay, or transfer?

    More than half college graduates leave their first job after graduation within a year according to the bureau of labor statistics. It takes time for young people, not just in the military, to find a job that is a good fit for their life goals, and those goals change as people age and their...
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    Preparing for STEM academic courses at USMA

    The Academy will place you into the right level of math for your current skill set, give you professors who will bend over backwards to give you additional instruction if necessary, and 1000 classmates, of whom, many will be much better at math and a variety of other things than you that you can...
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    Base Access w/ CAC Card

    UHBlackhawk is referring to USMA’s decision to put in card readers on the barracks in the last decade after an ABC reporter made an unauthorized trip about the academic buildings and Central Area. The academic areas and barracks were always restricted to cadets and staff prior but there weren’t...
  19. Casey

    Found ring need alumnus assistance please

    USMA’s AOG has a lost ring program. I would imagine USAFA’s would have the same if you reach out to them
  20. Casey

    Airborne School or CTLT

    Jump school if you don’t need CTLT for a grad requirement, are interested in the school, and already have a good idea of what branch you’re interested in. It can be hard to get a slot in the big Army for Airborne depending on where you’re at. That said, if you don’t know what you want to do in...
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