I spent four years in the AF program and alot of us used to post on here. Just wondering if this is getting dated or if it's still in use.

I'm in the army program now and haven't heard it mentioned a single time.

4/4/2007 8:37:54 PM

i was in jrotc if that counts for anything

4/4/2007 8:51:34 PM

hey man, whats up. 4 years afrotc here

4/4/2007 10:33:58 PM

i am in AROTC, but not at state

4/4/2007 10:54:24 PM

<--- Navy Midshipman

4/4/2007 10:57:07 PM

i do

4/4/2007 10:57:13 PM

omg its lucas!!!

4/4/2007 11:07:21 PM

Wolf2Ranger: you and I lived in Tucker hall the same year 2001-2002.
you enlist and go ranger?

Wolfpack0122: you and I both left Air Force the same semester. Difference is you walked away clean and they held a loophole in the contract over my head all semester.

4/4/2007 11:57:18 PM

I was in Army ROTC for 2 years 03-05, when the last cadre group were here. Holiday, Waz, Truax, Medley, and the guy that resembled Medley but was usually only there for helping on training. Those were some fun times. Only class I looked forward to, but I've heard the new cadre is more formal and strict.

4/5/2007 12:12:29 AM

Lucass is a homo.

Sorry, this is the Lounge. I don't have anything to add to this thread.

4/5/2007 12:16:52 AM

^^who are you i think i know

I remember when GrumpyGOP was in Army ROTC and I had to grade his PT tests...

[Edited on April 5, 2007 at 9:25 AM. Reason : .]

4/5/2007 9:25:14 AM

^

^^^Ahahahaha, Sergeant Holliday may be my favorite person ever to call me a "waste of government resources."

In fairness, it was in the context of saying, "You're all a waste of government resources."

[Edited on April 5, 2007 at 9:29 AM. Reason : ]

4/5/2007 9:28:26 AM

how do you grade PT tests? You mean you were his spotter?

4/5/2007 9:28:40 AM

Yeah, he counted my situps and pushups and no doubt got extremely bored timing my two-mile.

And he contsantly gave advice on how to get in the sack with random women, if I recall correctly.

Chief, you and I were in for exactly the same period, who the hell are you?

[Edited on April 5, 2007 at 9:31 AM. Reason : ]

4/5/2007 9:29:59 AM

LOL, i forgot about that

^you improved a helluva lot though from the time you started till you got out... HIGH FIVE!

[Edited on April 5, 2007 at 9:33 AM. Reason : .]

4/5/2007 9:31:38 AM

I seem to recall, "My last name means 'an adulterous act.'"

Good times, good times.

4/5/2007 9:32:18 AM

^^^ Ok, just making sure you guys didn't do anything gay like, "that sit-up sucked, I'm giving you a C. Oh man, that was a beauty, sit-up #37 gets an A+"

[Edited on April 5, 2007 at 9:34 AM. Reason : carrots]

4/5/2007 9:33:04 AM

Ahahaha, no, not at all. But obviously they want the upperclassmen doing the counting or people might cheat like motherfuckers to help each other.

I have spent two years of heavy drinking trying to forget PT tests.

4/5/2007 9:34:16 AM

Does anybody remember SFC Giron? Now that fucker made you work your ass off

4/5/2007 9:35:42 AM

^^ I know the feeling. I recently started working out again in the mornings and it has brought back so many painful memories of PT

4/5/2007 9:37:20 AM

No, that was before my time. I don't know if my mind has just blown up the myth, but I'll swear up and down I saw Holliday jogging alongside the fast group with a cup of coffee and/or a cigarette dangling out of his mouth.

And Truax, hahahaha, that Star Wars nerd...

Major Truax: "I can quote the entirity of Episode IV. Every single line. I used to practice on bus rides. And what is the lesson here? That you can be a killer of men, and still enjoy the finer things in life."

[Edited on April 5, 2007 at 9:39 AM. Reason : he had a Millenium Falcon model on his desk]

4/5/2007 9:38:54 AM

yea, Capt......(Maj. Truax now) was a nerd if i ever saw one....

I remember the captain in Vet school who was jewish. We went down to Fort Jackson for RC and he started getting calls from a guy from California claiming to be part of Hezbollah. This "Hezbollah" fucker called the cell phone like every 5 minutes...

Finally, we traced the call and notified FBI and I never heard anything else about it

4/5/2007 9:42:39 AM

pfft hahaha pwnt

FBI doesn't fuck around

Heh, I remember doing a lab out in Schenk, and that big guy who was ethnic Indian but from the Carribean ran up and started freaking out because he'd run into a goose in the woods. You'd think it was an al Qaeda cell.

"You don't understand, man, they're mean! They can break your arm!"

[Edited on April 5, 2007 at 9:47 AM. Reason : ]

4/5/2007 9:44:20 AM

Persad? lol

I think you're talking about Rajish Persad

[Edited on April 5, 2007 at 9:51 AM. Reason : .]

4/5/2007 9:50:36 AM

Yeah, that's him! Dude was terrified of some fucking geese. I don't know how big or mean they get in the islands, but it was a little disheartening to see a U.S. soldier 'bout shit himself over poultry.

4/5/2007 9:51:19 AM

haha, he was kinda weird like that...i never understood him

4/5/2007 9:54:00 AM

Well it didn't help that he had an indian accent crossed with an island accent. He was a cool guy, though.

Of course, I saw an MS I jump about eight feet in the air because a butterfly crossed his path, which is even worse.

4/5/2007 10:16:29 AM

Hah, I'm Kidd, the asian guy without the spiked hair. Yeah me and you were in the same classes grumpy. I heard Sgt Holliday works at Home Depot somewhere around here, they supposedly give some good benefits to retired personnel.

4/5/2007 11:23:09 PM

Big difference between cadet and soldier. stupid shit still happens on active but haven't heard of vengeful geese lately.

4/6/2007 11:34:17 AM

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"Does anybody remember SFC Giron?"

he's the reason i left the program.

4/6/2007 11:57:53 AM

^Giron was kicked out by LTC Waz...

by the way, i had a class with LTC. Waz's daughter ....i tried to hook up with her and then learned her name....BIG mistake

4/6/2007 10:30:57 PM

Hah, LTC Waz is actually a member of MacGregor Downs CC, I didnt know that until about a year ago when I was serving on him.

4/6/2007 11:38:23 PM

i got active duty ordnance. station's fort lewis

4/9/2007 5:52:58 PM

finally commissioned. working at Duke University til August

5/17/2007 10:46:51 PM

so wait, you were in AF for 4 years, and are now in AROTC? wow...

5/17/2007 11:36:46 PM

yeah I am in AROTC, MS 2 in the fall

5/18/2007 2:19:26 PM

NROTC '03 here.

Spent two years on USS FLORIDA (SSGN 728), am now on USS NORTH CAROLINA (SSN 777). That's right.

Promotion to LT June 1.

5/18/2007 9:30:38 PM

NROTC '05

I'm flying P-3's with VP-30

I make Ltjg at the end of this month... woot woot for two years w/o a DUI

5/18/2007 11:20:25 PM

fuck rotc, i got fucked out of marine, army n air force rotc over some bullshit medical nonsense......need people my ass

5/19/2007 6:14:12 AM

The army blocks TWW.

5/19/2007 8:18:42 AM

^^ God fucking forbid a military with medical standards.

5/19/2007 8:38:00 AM

^ you dont know shit, take my case for example

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"fuck rotc, i got fucked out of marine, army n air force rotc over some bullshit medical nonsense......need people my ass"

Im in the same boat man. I was pretty much 95% assured an Army Rotc scholarship for 4-years. I got a medical disqual because I had "taken anti-depressants at one point in my life", I appealed and they said it was a "non-waiverable condition".

I seriously could not believe that when I read it. They straight up would not let me in because I had taken prozac when I was 17. You would think if anything they would want people who know to take care of themselves. Its not like Im crazy or constantly depressed or anything either, so I really dont understand.

[Edited on May 19, 2007 at 1:06 PM. Reason : fuck DoD]

5/19/2007 1:04:35 PM

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"The army blocks TWW."

no they don't.

5/19/2007 2:29:41 PM

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"you dont know shit, take my case for example"

Not even sure where to begin with comments like this. I know more about the Army than you know about your tiny dick.

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"They straight up would not let me in because I had taken prozac when I was 17. You would think if anything they would want people who know to take care of themselves. Its not like Im crazy or constantly depressed or anything either, so I really dont understand."

I know I wouldn't have wanted you covering my ass. MAYBE they should loosen the standards for CSS, but I would never want to see you in a combat MOS.

5/19/2007 2:59:28 PM

^thats exactly what Im talking about, you act like you know a bunch of shit about someone when you don't, youre completely ignorant on the subject. I took anti-depressants when I was 17, big fucking deal. I can promise you I would have no problem being in combat or covering someone in combat, etc; I could shoot people in combat with zero remorse, trust me.

would you rather have me (who took anti depressants IN THE FUCKING PAST), or someone who is currently depressed or going through post traumatic stress disorder and not being treated for it?

I rest my case. So the DoD medical board can eat a fat dick for all I care, because they dont know shit.



[Edited on May 19, 2007 at 4:05 PM. Reason : e]

5/19/2007 4:00:02 PM

Dude, I'm sure you're fine now. But I bet there are a lot of people who took anti-depressants in the past and they are NOT ok. And you can bet that if someone in the military in a combat MOS is currently going through post traumatic stress that they have been pulled out of that position and are being watched very closely.

And I know the Army needs people, but the AF sure doesn't. They are booting people out because they have too many. So if anything on your record is even somewhat questionable, you're gone.

5/19/2007 4:07:11 PM

^I understand that some people are not alright that have taken them in the past. So what they should do then, is check people on an individual, case-by-case basis, and not give you a DQ just because you have taken them in the past. If they would have checked me out on my own and not just said "you took prozac so you're out" they would have seen that I was ok, and I would have gotten my scholarship.

5/19/2007 4:09:39 PM

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"thats exactly what Im talking about, you act like you know a bunch of shit about someone when you don't, youre completely ignorant on the subject."

I don't know shit about you, nor do I really care to. I do know more than a little about stress in the military.

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"I can promise you I would have no problem being in combat or covering someone in combat"

Now that is complete bullshit. Unfortunately, there is no test to see how men will react in combat. Even the best screening and training the Army has to offer has failed on numerous occasions.

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"I could shoot people in combat with zero remorse, trust me."

You might want to get back on some meds there buddy.

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"would you rather have me (who took anti depressants IN THE FUCKING PAST), or someone who is currently depressed or going through post traumatic stress disorder and not being treated for it"

Neither

5/19/2007 4:40:32 PM

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"God fucking forbid a military with medical standards"

dude you dont even know my situation, it was sooo fucking retarded and had nothing to do with any valid reason for anything, just red tape bullshit

5/19/2007 5:40:59 PM

^ Maybe that is the case....maybe not. I know an organization as large as the military cannot cater to the few exceptions. Qualified people are turned away but many of the regulations were put in place for a reason. People with slight asthma and a history of ADD/ADHD are frequently turned down.

5/19/2007 6:29:30 PM