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narfmasta

New Member
Just thought I'd drop in and introduce myself now that I have a reason to be here.

I'm a 22 yr. old senior (graduate in Dec. 07) hoping to be a pilot for the Marine Corps. I just got accepted to attend the 10 week OCS (PLC) this summer. Hope to see and meet some of you out there!
 
Slammer2

Slammer2

SNFO Advanced, VT-86 T-39G/N
Contributor
Congrats on the selection and welcome to the forums. If you cant find something on here, then ask away. I did your same program last summer in -192.
 
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narfmasta

New Member
Slammer2 said:
Congrats on the selection and welcome to the forums. If you cant find something on here, then ask away. I did your same program last summer in -192.
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Thanks! I am pumped that I made it in! I've worked pretty hard to get myself in shape to get in! Ha, funny story actually. (long read, cliffnotes at bottom)

I have always wanted to fly for the Air Force since my father and both grandparents were in the AF. (Dad was a T38 IP, one grandpa was a lawyer and the other worked as a civilian for them?? not sure.) So I started looking into getting a pilot slot in the AF this past summer. Got in touch with several reserve units and found out that they only accepted sponsored applicants so I was kind of screwed there. Checked into going active duty and figured out my chances were slim since I wasn't from the Academy or in AFROTC out here. Saw an ad for "Guaranteed Aviation" with the Marine Corps so I went and talked to the OSO here in Lubbock. He explained everything and it seemed too good to be true so I decided to go for it (after my dad and grandpa persuaded me that EVERY Marine they had ever met loved everything about the Corps and how it is the one thing in life they would never regret!). So I had 2 weeks to get myself in shape for a PFT my OSO scheduled so that I could contract. The first day I couldn't run 2 miles without stopping several times... After working hard every day I ended up contracting with a score of 230! However I knew it probably wouldn't be good enough to get into OCS. I continued to push myself and on my latest PFT, I scored a 274! My run is my weak point, I only ran it in 21:34...

Cliffnotes: Wanted to join AF but decided "guaranteed aviation" is a better deal. I was out of shape but contracted with a 230. After working hard for a month I recently scored a 274 and got accepted to OCS.
 
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MasterHaynes86

Registered User
OORAH, CANDIDATE!

keep the pft score up there, but dont break yourself. about 3-4 weeks before shipping (after you do your pre ship pft) maintain physical standards instead of tryin to improve a whole lot. You will get plenty of oppurtunity to do that at OCS. If you get 270 preship, dont break yourself and shoot for 300 is what im basically saying.

I went to OCS with a far less score than what you have, i didn't bother tryin to improve alot after the preship pft, but maintained instead, and i improved vastly at OCS. I went farther than my mind ever thought I'd be able to.

OCS initial pft 226
OCS final PFT 270 (i got jipped 5 pts on the pullups and had a rough time on situps cuz a staff sgt insisted i was doing them wrong... im pretty sure ur neck/head area is farther up on the body than the shoulders)

OORAH, GO GET SOME... KILL
 
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Rasczak

Marine
It's a Marine thing. A buddy of mine just got back from bootcamp and he's the same way. Especially with "KILL".
 
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joboy_2.0

professional undergraduate
Contributor
Rasczak said:
It's a Marine thing. A buddy of mine just got back from bootcamp and he's the same way. Especially with "KILL".
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Ya I figured. I can put 2 and 3 together and get 0. (that's a linear algebra joke)

P.S. Almost forgot! Congrats narfmasta! See you on the ramp...
 
fc2spyguy

fc2spyguy

loving my warm and comfy 214 blanket
pilot
Contributor
Brett327 said:
It's not a Marine thing, it's a Marines who happen to be ridiculous idiots thing.

Brett
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Yeah, of all the Marines I know, only one does it, and he can be found in the garage with the rest of the tools.
 
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MasterHaynes86

Registered User
Brett327 said:
It's not a Marine thing, it's a Marines who happen to be ridiculous idiots thing.

Brett
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such wisdom. psh... You dont understand it, but my enthusiastic welcoming to the new guy is very similar to what he will see on a daily basis at Marine Corps OCS. Actually the whole last line can probably bring back fond/sucky memories of any Commissioned or soon to be commissioned USMC Officer.

I didn't expect you to get it, so ill just ignore your facetious insults :) It's all in good fun either way.

For the record, the only time I yell a phrase like kill was at OCS. "Get Some" has been yelled several times to encourage friends into stupid tasks, and I get a faithful oorah from the Gunny at the office...

Once again, welcome to, what i've found to be, the one of the finest organizations known to man. Second to none :)

Hope to see you on libo sometime this summer. I wont know who u are, but ill assume you are on libo and enjoying it like the rest of us... unless you pull duty...

and ew, please no linear algebra :) My comp sci buddy tried to explain that to me and i could feel brain cells killing themselves
 
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MasterHaynes86

Registered User
Think about being the grad student that gets to teach the class while the professor sits back on his arse and smiles contently like he is doing something?

Or if the professor teachers, think about the TA that gets to attempt to clear all his jargon up...
 
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