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01-02-2011, 11:20 AM
#11
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Position: FAA 'Flight Check'
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I`ve been following this thread, and quite frankly, I`m surprised that you didn`t get a lot of "rah rah, be an officer first, serve your country first" b.s.. Granted, you probably are a good American, etc., but you (like me) want to fly military aircraft and be associated with those who do. So, number one on your list is to go somewhere and get a through physical including a through eye exam. This will tell you that you won`t be shuttled off in some kind of crappy job as garbage officer in Podunk Iowa if you accept commissioning and can`t fly. Good luck to you. I hope you make it. It was the best (and worse) 8 years of my life.
Maybe this was the cause of those times being some of the "worse") 8 years of your life.
USMCFLYR
01-02-2011, 03:50 PM
#12
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Position: Retired 767 Captain
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Of course not. Get real...the guy, like all of us wanted to fly...that was priority #1. The worse times....Living in a friggin` tent in Chu Li, then doing the same in Danang, then again at Phu Bi....next worse...living under the port catapult, next door to the friggin` steam generator while crusing the South China Sea aboard a 27 Charlie. For the uninformed..that`s a small (by today`s standards) air craft carrier...yeah, yeah, I know, the desert was hot...
01-02-2011, 04:29 PM
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Position: Legacy FO
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I don't think it is crap to tell the person that they must have a desire to serve the country and to serve in the military. If you don't have any small bit of that in you, your time in the military, no matter how short, is going to be very very long.
Is going through ROTC a bad thing? ROTC demands high morals, high physical fitness, leadership, public speaking, and good grades. What employer wouldn't want that in everyone it hires?
Even if you don't get a pilot slot and you have to do 4-years in Podunk, IA, you can still get a leg up and select a career field which is going to pay once you get out. And once you become a Captain, you'll start getting emails from the head hunters looking for people looking for new careers.
Goodluck!
Is going through ROTC a bad thing? ROTC demands high morals, high physical fitness, leadership, public speaking, and good grades. What employer wouldn't want that in everyone it hires?
Even if you don't get a pilot slot and you have to do 4-years in Podunk, IA, you can still get a leg up and select a career field which is going to pay once you get out. And once you become a Captain, you'll start getting emails from the head hunters looking for people looking for new careers.
Goodluck!
01-02-2011, 04:41 PM
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Of course not. Get real...the guy, like all of us wanted to fly...that was priority #1. The worse times....Living in a friggin` tent in Chu Li, then doing the same in Danang, then again at Phu Bi....next worse...living under the port catapult, next door to the friggin` steam generator while crusing the South China Sea aboard a 27 Charlie. For the uninformed..that`s a small (by today`s standards) air craft carrier...yeah, yeah, I know, the desert was hot...
Flying was my number one priority AFTER I got out of the military (or Federal Law Enforcement if that didn't work out).
I was doing my minimum time regardless of what I wanted to do or was assigned to do in the military.
I don't think that those who put service first need to be called BS slingers.
USMCFLYR
01-02-2011, 04:50 PM
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Let's try and stay on topic.
Obviously I would be honored to serve my country. I am just trying to get a feel as to what it entails.
To associate myself with the few proud Americans that can say they have flown for the military, is a dream. Like I said, just trying to figure out what I would be getting myself into (I'm fine with getting down n' dirty if need be) and what the risks are...
Obviously I would be honored to serve my country. I am just trying to get a feel as to what it entails.
To associate myself with the few proud Americans that can say they have flown for the military, is a dream. Like I said, just trying to figure out what I would be getting myself into (I'm fine with getting down n' dirty if need be) and what the risks are...
01-02-2011, 07:32 PM
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Let's try and stay on topic.
Obviously I would be honored to serve my country. I am just trying to get a feel as to what it entails.
To associate myself with the few proud Americans that can say they have flown for the military, is a dream. Like I said, just trying to figure out what I would be getting myself into (I'm fine with getting down n' dirty if need be) and what the risks are...
Obviously I would be honored to serve my country. I am just trying to get a feel as to what it entails.
To associate myself with the few proud Americans that can say they have flown for the military, is a dream. Like I said, just trying to figure out what I would be getting myself into (I'm fine with getting down n' dirty if need be) and what the risks are...
01-02-2011, 07:40 PM
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One might say that I would be ill informed if I didn't ask questions...
I have scheduled an interview with the wing commander when I get back.
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