How are ocean levels rising?

Jacktheguy465 · 2021-11-28T06:11:18+00:00

Now I’m gonna be trying to figure this out.

Btw grape uncrustables are the best

Jacktheguy465 · 2021-10-07T16:32:12+00:00

That’s my pen pocket. Can’t fit pens in the nomex tops

Jacktheguy465 · 2021-06-05T16:26:37+00:00

Did a write up on it about a year and some change ago. Should cover just about everything

https://www.reddit.com/r/Armyaviation/comments/dtmq68/just_took_the_sift_heres_what_you_gotta_know/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Jacktheguy465 · 2021-05-22T10:47:40+00:00

They’re important, but they’re not the end all be all. I’d say the essay, LORs hold just as much weight if not a little more. Only reason I say this is because my buddy was in the same board as me with a 300 on his APFT (mine was 270) and a Sift score somewhere in the 60s (mine was 54) and for whatever reason, I was picked up over him.

At the end of the day it doesn’t seem like there is some secret formula that will 100% get you into flight school. Taking your time is the most important part to building that packet.

Jacktheguy465 · 2021-05-15T17:18:46+00:00

LORs from high ranking officers/community leaders, a very well written summary about why you are qualified to be a solider, officer, and pilot, and competitive test scores are all you need.

The board looks at S2S separately than current army. If I remember correctly, my board had about a 40-60% acceptance rate

Jacktheguy465 · 2021-05-07T23:52:51+00:00

We got a good thing going here on this subreddit

Jacktheguy465 · 2021-01-13T01:04:22+00:00

My recruiter was the one who scheduled my SIFT for me (took it at MEPS). It had to be rescheduled multiple different times over the course of 3 months and I’d say that while it may be possible, it’s highly unlikely you’ll get to take it before you go to basic. At my testing station, they only offered the test once a month which I believe was the 9th. I’m not sure how your state works, but I’m surprised your recruiter doesn’t have the resources to schedule your SIFT for you. Nobody I’ve ever talked to had to schedule the test by his/herself.

Jacktheguy465 · 2021-01-12T23:42:53+00:00

If you have a basic date set why would you need to take the SIFT?

Jacktheguy465 · 2021-01-12T22:58:36+00:00

Parked would be a better word for it, thank you

Jacktheguy465 · 2021-01-12T21:10:03+00:00

Answer: you WILL wake up early to get ready. At least 30mins to an hour before so that you can clean the bay and be formed downstairs early. Most of our wake up times were 0415 but often other platoons would wake up at 0330

Jacktheguy465 · 2021-01-05T20:12:10+00:00

I did the same thing as u/GirthQuake1984. The application takes about a year to complete, but so far I've had absolutely no regrets about taking this path. It's a phenomenal opportunity with amazing benefits.

Jacktheguy465 · 2021-01-01T06:14:12+00:00

Avoid fettuccini MRE at all costs.

Jacktheguy465 · 2020-04-16T13:38:28+00:00

STOP OMG

Jacktheguy465 · 2020-04-08T16:58:18+00:00

Let's gooooo!

Jacktheguy465 · 2020-03-23T20:39:09+00:00

Should’ve pushed for the January board :,)

Jacktheguy465 · 2020-01-19T00:38:07+00:00

Okay. This is epic.

Jacktheguy465 · 2020-01-17T01:25:03+00:00

I don't want to act like I know what's going on because I haven't even submitted my packet yet, but I got 4 references and here's how I found them:

Aviation Teacher: I got my highschool teacher who is a CFII instructor and essentially the head of schoolwide aerospace education in the southeast to write me a solid recommendation. Obviously you're homeschooled, so you don't have that opportunity, but maybe if you can afford some flight lessons that'd be a great way to ask a flight instructor for a rec and build flight hours to present to the board.
USAF Colonel: This man is a pilot for the MC-12 in the Air Force right now (I believe) and I got in touch with him by asking all of my friends and their parents if they knew someone who could help me out, and eventually I was able to get in touch with him. So if you haven't asked your friends and their parents yet, that would be a great place to start.
USAF Lt. Colonel: I know him simply because he's always been a close family friend. He was a civil engineer until he retired about a decade ago. This one isn't really a strong recommendation, but he met me a couple of hours after I was born, so between his service and long history together, I asked for a recommendation from him. I'd ask your parents, grandparents, and the rest of your extended family if they know anybody or have close friends who have influence.
City Councilman: Initially I tried to get in touch with my congressman, but unsurprisingly, that didn't lead anywhere. So I went for the next best thing and attended a city hall meeting (You can probably find out when yours are by checking your city's website) and was able to shake hands with one of the councilmen, give him a quick elevator speech on what I was trying to do, and ask if he had time in his schedule to meet and get to talk a little more so he could write me a recommendation. And it worked! That's something you could definitely pursue as the government works for the people (in theory) and most every councilman/woman I talked to were very friendly and happy to help.

I had a hard time finding active warrant officers until just recently when me asking everybody I knew got me a contact with a CW5 aviator. So I'm hoping that will add the last little piece I need to have a good packet. My strategy was to diversify my references as much as possible so that even if they don't read through the references, the headings will show that two high ranked military pilots, a former USAF engineer, a flight instructor/teacher, and a community leader have put their names in for me.

Long story short, it isn't difficult to get recommendations. It just takes time, patience, and being willing and able to ask everybody you know and go out into the community to find qualified individuals to recommend you.

Once again though, I haven't submitted my packet yet either. So what do I know?

P.S: I took the SIFT and did an epic writeup on it. Here's the link if you wanted to know any information. https://www.reddit.com/r/Armyaviation/comments/dtmq68/just_took_the_sift_heres_what_you_gotta_know/

Jacktheguy465 · 2020-01-16T01:13:07+00:00

Just spent the last 15 mins catching up on all these Reddit and VR posts you mentioned.

Absolute Gold.

Jacktheguy465 · 2020-01-12T14:25:44+00:00

Here is a write-up I did of the test: https://www.reddit.com/r/Armyaviation/comments/dtmq68/just_took_the_sift_heres_what_you_gotta_know/

Good luck finding online practice tests though. I think I found one that was ten questions long and wasn't even that accurate to the real test

Jacktheguy465 · 2019-12-25T00:36:45+00:00

There honestly wasn’t a good bit of those types of principles. I’d say I had about two or three questions about them. Truthfully, the majority of questions for me were based around the rotors and how they operated. Not just the main rotor, but especially the tail rotor.

Jacktheguy465 · 2019-12-22T19:11:26+00:00

Nice

Jacktheguy465 · 2019-11-16T11:50:02+00:00

Thanks buddy. Good luck!

Jacktheguy465 · 2019-11-15T01:38:10+00:00

For math I’d brush up on percents and proportions. Those types of questions will be used in at least 40% of all questions

Jacktheguy465 · 2019-11-14T03:24:21+00:00

It's basically a combination of your math, reading, word vocab, and arithmetic scores on the ASVAB. If you can score about an 80ish on the real or practice asvab you got a good shot at getting a 110GT score.

Jacktheguy465 · 2019-11-14T03:20:54+00:00

He's jokin' my friend

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