Countdown to SERVICE ASSIGNMENT
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I remember a few years ago B-ball players at a prominent basketball program were getting credit for a basketball course in which the test questions were: 1) What is the length of the basketball court? 2) How many goals are on the basketball court?, and similar questions.
Many of the players missed the one about the length of the court.
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LOL...as I used to tell my Dad, and still tell all of my older friends, there comes a point in life where being older is no longer and advantage !
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Speaking of Miss Teen/Junior Miss, etc. I grew up on the same side of town and went to school with Lavelda Fann who married Robert Conrad when he was a judge at the Miss Teen USA pageant.
LaVelda Fann - Biography - IMDb
LaVelda Fann. Actress: High Sierra Search and Rescue. LaVelda Fann was born on 16 August 1960 in the USA. She is an actress, known for High Sierra Search and Rescue (1995), Search and Rescue (1994) and Sworn to Vengeance (1993). She was previously married to Robert Conrad.
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DD said the firsties are doing close to nothing as Service Assignment Day approaches. Hard to focus on schoolwork and billets and sports teams and other obligations. The conversation revolves around “What was your first pick?” and “What about your second pick?”
So while moms and dads are on pins and needles, I can only imagine what ‘22 is feeling. But I can’t help but think: Wow, that went by fast. Really fast!
So while moms and dads are on pins and needles, I can only imagine what ‘22 is feeling. But I can’t help but think: Wow, that went by fast. Really fast!
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Hopefully instructors are expecting close to nothing
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Figures he would marry someone 25 years younger than himself.
Instructors know. They feel the energy. The wait is hard, but the best part is the wait is with all your buddies. You even get closer with your classmates through this all. It makes all that work worth it. There will be heart ache, which is so hard to see. I watched my best friend get his #2. Many many years later… he had one of the coolest careers of all of us in our class.Hopefully instructors are expecting close to nothing
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If only TOP GUN were a halftime marching band show…That scene is supposedly one of the most viewed and most downloaded videos on YouTube. Wonder why….
I still marvel at how well the filmmakers made Maverick play volleyball “above his height.” Funny how the good Mr. Cruise (all 5-foot-7 of him, in lifts, on a good day) sails well above the net to slam a resounding spike straight into the sand!
Oh WAIT! It IS!! Compete with that volleyball scene…
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I have goose bumps. That was spectacularIf only TOP GUN were a halftime marching band show…
Oh WAIT! It IS!! Compete with that volleyball scene…
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My at the low end of the totem pole 3/C has heard no sub draft chat to date amongst the firsties in his circle.
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Tomorrow, after lunch!
Traditionally, they assemble in their wardrooms on deck and it looks something like this:
Class of 2021 numbers were:
So about 75% of the class went Navy and 25% Marine Corps.
Traditionally, they assemble in their wardrooms on deck and it looks something like this:
Class of 2021 numbers were:
| SWO (Surface Warfare Officer) | 279 |
| Navy Pilot | 240 |
| Submarines | 145 |
| Navy NFO (Naval Flight Officer) | 54 |
| SEAL (Sea, Air, Land) | 30 |
| EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) | 17 |
| CW (Cryptologic Warfare) | 16 |
| Medical Corps | 12 |
| Intel | 9 |
| CEC (Civil Engineering Corps) | 4 |
| IP (Information Professional) | 6 |
| Supply Corps | 2 |
| Oceanography | 2 |
| CWE (Cyber Warfare Engineer) | 3 |
| Navy Total | 819 |
| USMC Ground | 173 |
| USMC Pilot | 102 |
| USMC Cyber | 4 |
| USMC Total | 279 |
| TOTAL | 1098 |
So about 75% of the class went Navy and 25% Marine Corps.
My 2/C said there is definitely a sub draft - the target sweet spot were mids with a 2.9-3.3 gpa (or whatever they call it). Of course, this may be ephemeral truth.