oh honestly... Navy aside, since this is a public forum- AS HUMAN BEINGS you must demonstrate behavior deserving of respect to be granted respect. This back and forth, schoolyard, pointing fingers, ganging up on the new guy CRAP is disgusting. All parties involved need to grow the hell up. I'm upset, as a STA-21 applicant, that the ranks i am attempting to join apparently think it common practice to bicker like children- and relish it! With a complete lack of tact or effort to guide in the right direction, no less! This is absolutely absurd, and quite frankly, WERE i a civilian going OCS, rather than a sailor trying for STA-21, I would have a very bad impression of Naval officers from this thread alone. Lets hope not many of them have wandered in here to see what the prior enlisted Navy is all about.
at this point i can't say i would blame the moderators for locking the thread.
that's my 5 cents. Let the trash talking ensue, by all means.