Thanks guys. Just trying to help the future NAPSters out.
Oh biggest chunk of advice: DON'T GIVE UP. Seriously, there will be days, Note: Not just one, but several where YOU WILL want to sign your DOR papers and turn them into your SEL. I had one of those yesterday. My platoon is super lazy and I just got sick of it. But my Chief, who is the best Chief, asked me if I wanted to let other people crush my dream?
Ask yourself this before you sign those papers? It's a good question.
Are you really going to let somone's lack of motivation kill your dream of becoming that Naval Aviator? Or someone calling you stupid, just because you shine your boots and arrive on time to mandatory events is going to make you quit trying to be a Marine Corps Infantry Officer? Or if no one listens to you as a Striper because they don't want to follow your orders to clean the ladderwell, you're just going to stop trying to be a Navy SEAL?
Your answer should be "NO". NO, NO, and fully, NO. If you really want to accomplish your dreams in the Navy and/or the Marine Corps, nothing and nobody should stop you. Yes, there will be haters and nay sayers even with you at NAPS and the USNA, but don't let them bring you down. Just think, one day it will work out so one of two things happen:
1.) They work for you while you're at the same rank
OR
2.)You'll out rank them and then, they'll have to call you "Mam"/"Sir" at the end of every sentence. (LOL)