Q about Navy/Marines Flight School

[XeroCool]

Alright, so i have my ASTB scheduled for this friday(22nd) and I was just wondering that are the differences between the Marines and the Navy? I mean in references to career options and the like. People seem to be telling me that the Navy is better if your planning a career in the service....is that true?

XeroCool~Rob

 

[Fly Navy]

This will be fun to watch.

 

[gaijin6423]

It all depends on what you're looking for. Though there's a tradition of naval heritage shared between the two services, they're two different worlds. I suggest that you snoop around the site here and talk to a few senior people to get a perspective of where they came from, what their careers have been like, and where they're going. Take the Chinese intelligence service (whatever it's actually called) perspective: Talk to as many different peole as you can to gather data, and then build your picture from it. Perhaps it would help other people to respond intelligently if you gave a little information as to what you hope to get out of the military.

R/, crashOveride <---HA! Couldn't resist...

 

[Slammer2]

I think its important to have set goals and plans, but keep in mind that while you are in the military things may (I would write "will", but have no experience) change which just might throw a wrench into your plans.

I personally took the ASTB at a Navy recruiting office, and then ended up switching into a Marine program, so whatever you end up deciding, you're still ok to take the ASTB where ever you planned on (just in case you felt you had to decide by then)

 

[XeroCool]

Also, is there a way to check on the ASVAB scores? I took it like 7 or 8 years ago and I was just wondering if I could get my score again.

XeroCool~RoB

 

[Slammer2]

I would ask your recruiter, maybe he/she can give you some insight to old scores. But keep in mind the ASTB score is whats needed to be selected, not the ASVAB score. But if you were asking just for the sake of finding out what it was, then I'd go with asking the recruiter.

 

[stevo01]

Also, is there a way to check on the ASVAB scores? I took it like 7 or 8 years ago and I was just wondering if I could get my score again.

XeroCool~RoB

ASVAB is no good after 2 years

 

[ip568]

When I joined...

At South Weymouth the Navy and Marines had different techniques.

If you wanted to fly Navy, they took you up in a base T-34 and showed you some maneuvers, some navigation, some radio chat. After you landed, if you were still interested, you went to the first step in applying for AOCS.

If you wanted to fly Marines, you first had to stop at the galley for an official First Flight Lunch of taccos with hot sauce and a grape soda. Then you wwnt up with a Marine in a T-34 who did about 30 minutes of Extreme Maneuvers, during which you puked your guts out. After landing, you were required to clean-out the interior of the aircraft while everyone laughed at you. If you were still interested after that, they'd talk to you about it.

Different styles for different services. I had some Marine pilots during NFO training and they were generally not in good moods, having just left flying F-$s in the fleet to fiund themselves flying students in a UC-45J "Bamboo Bomber." On one flight the Marine screamed at me the entire time and kept hitting me in the face with his clipboard. When we landed my face was all red and swollen-up and one eye was partially swollen shut. I staggered back to the Q for a "quick nap." Twelve hours later I woke up, still face down on the bed and still in my uniform and 20 minutes late for that morning's flight briefing. I raced down to the flight line and had to endure the instructor's extreme displeasure with my appearance and tardiness.

You picks your service and you takes your chances.

 

[Slammer2]

If you wanted to fly Marines, you first had to stop at the galley for an official First Flight Lunch of taccos with hot sauce and a grape soda. Then you wwnt up with a Marine in a T-34 who did about 30 minutes of Extreme Maneuvers, during which you puked your guts out. After landing, you were required to clean-out the interior of the aircraft while everyone laughed at you. If you were still interested after that, they'd talk to you about it.

thats great