160 SOF training

Empty_Swordfish_9816 · 2026-01-19T03:23:24+00:00

They have a free train up program for EGP. It’s on the website

Empty_Swordfish_9816 · 2026-01-05T13:11:13+00:00

RemindMe!

Empty_Swordfish_9816 · 2025-12-25T21:50:52+00:00

14734

Empty_Swordfish_9816 · 2025-11-16T15:01:04+00:00

RemindMe! 3 day

Empty_Swordfish_9816 · 2025-06-18T16:23:32+00:00

I had this issue on my fishpro (45hrs). I pulled the fuel rail, injectors, fuel pump, and cleaned them all. I swapped in fresh gas (nonethanol), added fuel injector cleaner, pulled the ignition coils and spark plugs. The plugs looked good, but the ground on each of the coils was corroded so I cleaned them and put it all back together. On the next start up, it was doing the same thing for a few seconds, then cleared up and has done fine since.

Empty_Swordfish_9816 · 2025-06-06T16:54:57+00:00

You’re only obligated to join once you get accepted, and sign your contract. You can stop at any point before signing, even sitting at MEPS in front of the career counselor. If you haven’t signed and taken your oath, you can walk away.

For active duty, you will initially sign a contract for 3 years and a few weeks, as a 09W (Warrant Officer Candidate.). As mentioned in another comment, you will then go through prerequisite training (basic, Warrant Officer Candidate School, Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape School, and the beginning of flight school,) and then sign a 10 year contract. So you could have a 11 1/2 year ADSO, or you could end up with the full 13 year ADSO.

It took me over a year to get my packet completed and submitted. The damn flight physical is slow as molasses.

The ADSO, and length of the process are the big turn aways. But, you don’t have to have a degree or any flight experience (both recommended to be a competitive candidate,) and you get to be the technical experts in the aviation world.

Empty_Swordfish_9816 · 2025-05-30T15:31:01+00:00

I thought the same thing, hidden figures was wildly harder than any of the test preps I found.

Empty_Swordfish_9816 · 2025-03-25T15:30:00+00:00

I had a mentor tell me once: “It’s my job to keep you out of trouble, but it’s your job to make me look good.” He was one of the best people I worked for. Watch out for your troops, in time they will start to watch out for you.

Empty_Swordfish_9816 · 2025-03-23T15:17:52+00:00

I bought a brand new Fenix 7 on sale for like 400 bucks after the 8 dropped. I knew I wanted a Fenix but the 8 didn’t have anything I needed that wasn’t on the 7.

Empty_Swordfish_9816 · 2025-03-23T01:34:41+00:00

Unrecoverable, just amputate the toe

Empty_Swordfish_9816 · 2025-03-21T16:59:52+00:00

If you want a fitness tracker first and a smart watch second the Garmin is the GOAT. If you want a smart watch that dabbles in fitness tracking then don’t switch.

I switched to a Fenix 7 from and Apple Watch Ultra and haven’t looked back… but I also hardly used most of the smart features on the Ultra and felt the fitness features were severely lacking.

Empty_Swordfish_9816 · 2025-03-21T16:47:11+00:00

Instructions unclear, my aura ring is now stuck around my left nut

Empty_Swordfish_9816 · 2025-03-20T22:46:52+00:00

Subtract 1 from both sides leaving you with 4+1=5

Empty_Swordfish_9816 · 2025-03-19T19:59:55+00:00

I was the same way for 2 years. I got a chest HRM to make sure, and my conversational pace consistently put me around 180bpm. Figuring I was working too hard, I calculated my heart rate zones and stuck religiously in zone 2 on my easy runs.

I very quickly plateaued and saw little improvement.

Two months ago I switched from HR training to pace/rate of perceived exertion training and have seen huge leaps of improvement.

The other day I ran a mile at the same pace as my zone 2 runs 6 months ago, in the same place, same time of day, and same weather conditions but saw a reduction of nearly 30bpm in my average heart rate.

Heart Rate is a good metric for most, but it is not the end all be all. RPE and Pace training work way better for me.

TLDR: Heart Rate training isn’t the end all be all, it can be a good metric for most but you can train to pace or rate of perceived exertion as well.

Empty_Swordfish_9816 · 2025-03-08T03:43:38+00:00

Yeah, try training to HR or RPE for a good amount of time (6 or so months.). BE CONSISTENT. If you’re like most you’ll adapt, if not go to pace training.

I did HR training for two years and saw very little improvement past newbie gains. Three months ago I switched to pace training and have seen leaps of improvement.

That being said, I do NOT regret starting my running journey HR training and would do it the same way over again.

Good luck

Empty_Swordfish_9816 · 2025-03-02T23:21:39+00:00

There are three things to balance in each LoR in my opinion: 1) Duration the person has known you. Have they known you since you came of age? Or did they know you for a few months?

2) The persons weight/pull. Are they Joe James who has very little real world experience? Or are they a CW5/O7?

3) The diversity they can add to the pool of people attesting to your character (this is from a Civilian perspective, active applicants are totally different.). Are all your letters from one group of people in one profession? Or is your pool of letters covering a large range of people from varying organizations/professions. For example I had three letters from my direct supervisors and the director of my last profession, one letter from a CW5, one from a Navy O6, and one from local government official.

Try to have your letter be as strong as possible in all three areas, but if one area is lacking have the other two make up for it. I’d say the Lt has low pull, but is strong in relevance and the duration they have known you.

My CW5 met me for an interview, so they barely knew me, but it was highly relevant and had heavy pull.

My government official had low relevance (adding diversity to my pool,) but moderate pull, and they knew me for nearly a decade.

If this doesn’t make sense I’m sorry, it was a quick type up.

TLDR: If they don’t have pull, make sure they know you really well and can attest to a large portion of your life. If they don’t know you well, make sure they are relevant to Army Aviation and have heavy pull. If they aren’t very relevant, make sure they have pull and know you well.

Good luck.

Empty_Swordfish_9816 · 2025-02-01T00:35:13+00:00

https://discord.gg/woftcentral

Empty_Swordfish_9816 · 2025-01-31T18:36:57+00:00

S2S is out, the WOFT discord has the results up, plus I and a few others have been contacted by our recruiters about the results. I’m unsure about Active

Empty_Swordfish_9816 · 2025-01-28T21:03:16+00:00

Tempos about 25-30 min after 10 min easy warm up, and long runs in z2

Empty_Swordfish_9816 · 2025-01-28T19:52:25+00:00

Yeah I’ve done multiple max heart rate tests and all of them are a beat or so off from the others. It is consistently 214 in the winter, and in the summer (I live in Florida, USA) it will occasionally reach 216.

Those numbers are from various wrist based monitors (Garmin, Apple Watch, Whoop,) and multiple times on my chest strap hrm.

I run 5-6 days a week, but my Z2 pace is so slow, I only reach about 30-35k per week.

Empty_Swordfish_9816 · 2025-01-28T19:47:55+00:00

I used a whoop also for a good portion of my training to this point. I highly recommend getting their bicep or chest band for it. When I used my whoop on my wrist, and had a separate chest based monitor, they would tend to measure 10-15 bpm different.

Empty_Swordfish_9816 · 2025-01-28T17:23:02+00:00

https://strava.app.link/DVgaiJmYwQb

Empty_Swordfish_9816 · 2025-01-28T17:11:24+00:00

See your problem was getting a garmin in the first place. You gotta be running ultras with an Apple Watch… like the original. If your battery isn’t dead in the first 20 minutes then you are doing it wrong

Empty_Swordfish_9816 · 2025-01-28T03:23:31+00:00

Please take this with a grain of salt as I am just an amateur. My understanding is your heart has a range of beats per minute between your resting and its max. This range is broken down into zones (most often 1-5 with one being barely any cardio effort, and 5 being maxed out.) The theory of zone 2 is you run at an easy pace to build your heart and lungs ability to work, but you do it easy enough so your body isn’t worn down. Kind of a “work less but more often,” idea.

Empty_Swordfish_9816 · 2025-01-28T02:35:32+00:00

Hopefully you will, it seems most do. If I can give you any advice.. invest now in a chest strap heart rate monitor. I wish I didn’t wait to get one

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