Recent content by GrilledCheese94

Wait 'til the first time you go to the field with the JGSDF. Their entire log train was built around creature comforts...beer, sake, shochu, and cigarettes.

Spent plebe summer overlooking Goat Court on 4-4...fortunately, our mattresses survived the summer without incident...IYKYK :cool:

Son will be flying for the first time ever when he wings his way to Chicago solo! He's following in the footsteps of his grandfather and me; both of us began our Naval service at RTC Great Lakes. We're both headed out there for NSI graduation and are looking forward to strolling down memory...

One step closer... Son got an email today from his assigned NROTC unit to arrange NSI transportation. He's assigned to NSI Iteration 2 (6/27 - 7/15).

Overseas as a single 2ndLt & 1stLt, I lived in the BOQ with about a dozen other company grade officers. We had a blast; it was like adapting "Friends" to a military base focused sitcom. Of course, this was in the lull between the Gulf Wars and well before 9/11 happened & GWOT began - a true...

Medical records are largely electronic now. DoD utilizes MHS Genesis which accesses existing electronic health records - both civilian and military - in order to safeguard against non-disclosure of medical conditions which may disqualify an applicant from either enlisting or commissioning. The...

DoD wouldn't have resident N/ROTC programs at the SMCs if they didn't consistently produce quality graduates. I've served with officers from every commissioning source imaginable and the SMC N/ROTC programs are all top notch. SMCs have all of the same quirks that each of the SAs have which...

Akin to the ATM Machine (Automated Teller Machine Machine). Brought to you by the Department of Redundancy Department :cool:

Following, but our son is extremely excited about the plans for this fall that he’s already set in motion. We hesitate to call it “Plan B” because he’s very excited about what he’s chosen.

Same here, it’s the only form my son hasn’t completed yet. He’ll be in NSI Iteration 2 so we’re not sweating it.

Each commissioning program has independent waiver granting authority. One program may request information that another doesn't based upon their interest in pursuing a waiver. The nice thing is that once you provide AMI or complete an outside consultation, that information is shared between the...

I have a friend who's DD did a year at Mass Maritime as a volleyball player self-prepping for USCGA. She's currently finishing Swab Year and did extremely well at USCGA.

Norwich is phenomenal with additional ROTC aid for room and board as well as traditional academic merit scholarships. Their NROTC Unit is top notch, too. Company mate of mine from USNA retired last summer, his last assignment was PNS. One of the few NROTC Units where the PNS is a USMC Colonel...

Son had a same day decision on his request to transfer NROTC Scholarship schools. He emailed it and sent it overnight as well just to be on the safe side.

My USNA class was tarnished by the EE (electrical engineering) cheating scandal. I think about it every single time I read another SA cheating episode. We will never have that monkey off of our collective backs.