New to the board, I just got word from my CO yesterday saying I had been selected. After a couple of seconds of WTF I sobered up and realized what I was in for now. Just saying hi. I'm 1/c Austin, from Maine Maritime Academy.
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Another Middy Bound for API
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Congratulations and welcome. The best way to make use of AW is to have a look around, read up on some of the threads for the topics you're interested in, then try to ask specific questions that haven't been asked and answered before. I'm sure that some of the worries and concerns you have (or will have) are common to those who have gone before you, so reading about their experiences can go far in helping you sort things out. Bottom line, if you can't find the answers, ask lots of questions - we're here to help.
Brett
Its alright, I got razzed on plenty this summer when I was out at VFA 125 in Lemoore. I know its part of paying ones dues, kinda looking forward to it.
skydiveraj22
SNFO
Congrats. I found out I got selected for the aviation pipeline as well. Hope to see you there next year.
Same here.. selection came as a surprise, but a pleasant one nonetheless. Can't wait to get down there!
...on Airwarriors? Surely you jest.
For the new guys headed to Pensacola: congrats, it's going to be a fun time. The wisest piece of advice I can give you is to take everything you hear with a grain of salt. Your're going to have lots of questions about what things are like in API, Primary, Advanced, etc and your going to have as many different oppinions as people giving them. Take it all with a grain of salt. You're not going to be able to determine what's hard or easy, what you like or dislike until you actually go through it.
When I was in your position I was told that alot of things were going to be really difficult that turned out to be not so bad, like API.
Again, congratulations and welcome to naval aviation.
When I was in your position I was told that alot of things were going to be really difficult that turned out to be not so bad, like API.
Again, congratulations and welcome to naval aviation.
So well said. Some people find API extremely difficult, others find it easy. I studied like a crazy man and, looking back, think it was pretty easy. Was it because I studied so much or would it have been easy regardless? That's anyone's guess. Work hard guys and have fun.
And if you are going to worry about it anyway, shut your pie whole so everyone else doesn't have to listen to you b!tch about it.
Thin skin = short career
Congrats. The "been-there's" on this forum will give you great advice. I'm sure they will all agree that the worse possible feeling is to get to the winging or, worse, not get to the winging, and realize you didn't get your first choice because you didn't give 100%. The best feeling is to work your butt off and get rewarded for it.
Enjoy P-Cola. I was there recently and it is as if nothing has changed in the 28 years since I first reported. Trader John's is gone, but McGuire's Irish Pub was around, as was Joe Patti's Seafood, and several other night spots (Chan's, Seville Quarter) and, of course, the world famous Flora-Bama and their annual mullet toss. It's a great place to spend one's youth.
Congrats. The "been-there's" on this forum will give you great advice. I'm sure they will all agree that the worse possible feeling is to get to the winging or, worse, not get to the winging, and realize you didn't get your first choice because you didn't give 100%. The best feeling is to work your butt off and get rewarded for it.
Enjoy P-Cola. I was there recently and it is as if nothing has changed in the 28 years since I first reported. Trader John's is gone, but McGuire's Irish Pub was around, as was Joe Patti's Seafood, and several other night spots (Chan's, Seville Quarter) and, of course, the world famous Flora-Bama and their annual mullet toss. It's a great place to spend one's youth.
How I miss the steaks at McGuire's and the fresh seafood at Joe Patti's. Good stuff.