March Reserve Board

[airgator]

I just got word that my I- FC1 has finally been approved and is in the mail to my recruiter as we speak. My recruiter was under the impression that we are now to send my completed packet to the unit that is sponsoring me, however I thought my recruiter is supposed to send off everything to the board along with the letter of rec from my unit. Anyone, anyone.. Bueller?? I dont wan this to get screwed up at the last minute.

 

[skyward80]

airgator:

What's an I-FC1? I'm going down the final stretch myself to get all the paperwork stuff outta the way so I can play in Uncle Sam's KC-10s. Let me know what you find out in regards to your question.

Skyward80

 

[Vandal]

The way I did it was my Unit did everything, not some recruiter with his head up his ass...If the unit wants you they should be all over this!

 

[skyward80]

Vandal:

Good to hear from ya again, man! When are you off? My recruiter and I have been working as a team with McGuire to get stuff taken care of. Basically, he has a list of forms, we send that to McGuire for their signatures, etc. We collect all of it to prep a package to send off. I guess airgator and I are wondering if it should be sent directly to the board people or via our respective units. BTW, do you know what an I-FC1 is?

skyward80

 

[airgator]

I have got it all taken care of now. My unit is taking care of everything and they will be submitting it for me. There is one lady at the base that takes care of all UPT packets to the reserve board so she knows exactly what to do and what protocol to follow. BTW by I-FC1 I meant Initial Flying Class phyisical.

 

[talondriver]

Remember..recruiters (reserve and active) handle mostly enlisted recruiting. The reserve recruiter responsible for our area had little (if any) clue on the officer process. We had to get a recruiter in another AOR to help with guys trying to get into our unit.
We're a fairly new reserve unit and we've finally got to where we have the process down on getting guys in. But, we're a unique unit and do not deal with SUPT candidates.
Congrats on getting through the EKG on your flight physical
and good luck!

 

[Vandal]

heya skyward...Starting OCS in may. Meanwhile just been slumming pumpin gas at the local fbo.

 

[AlbieF15]

Halfway through UPT you will realize all the BS you've put up with up to now was worth it...keep the faith...

You need to run 2-4 miles every other day and do lots of push ups and sit ups, too. Don't show up not ready to rock. Now is not the time to get fat and/or slow.

 

[airgator]

On my physical, the stamp says "Medically qualified for FC1 (Contingent upon passing MFS prior to UPT)" - Is that the standard stamp or do you think they will retest my eye accomodation again at Brooks. (I failed the accomodation test the first time but was retested). I know accomodation is usually not tested at Brooks.

 

[skyward80]

Vandal:

I have yet to receive a training date, but I expect to get one in April. I'm hoping it will be soon. Been getting in the routine by doing push-ups, sit-ups, and running about 3 miles every morning at 5am. Now all I need is some dude yelling at me to do it all faster and screaming about how much better his grandma is than me. j/k Are you going to the 12 week program for OCS? Good luck, dude. I hear ya on the slummin thing. I'm getting sick of this CFI gig.

Airgator:

Thanks for the clarification on I-FC1. I'd never seen it written out like that. I don't know much about the medical process. All I know is mine is complete with no problems. I guess it would be best to ask your POC (that's Point of Contact) at your unit. Are you trying to get stuff in for the very next board? What's your equipment and component assignment?

Lata!

Skyward80

 

[airgator]

skyward80-
Yes, I'm trying for the march board. I'll be flying C-5's @ Dover with the 709 AS....one day.

 

[skyward80]

airgator:

Well, I'll be pumpin' gas for ya in a KC-10 at FL350 with the 76th ARS... one day. See ya up there!

Skyward80

 

[skyward80]

MFS

airgator:

I was on base this morning to work on a few things with my recruiter. I have the same stamp on my I-FC1. The MFS (Medical Flight Screening, I think) thing just indicates that they are gonna check ya out one more time before you start UPT. I guess if you lose an eye or an ear or something they wanna know about it. It shouldn't be as in-depth as the first medical screening... just a once over to make sure nothing happened to you between the time you got your medical and the time you start UPT.

Lata!

Skyward80

 

[Sonic Cruzer]

Hi Guys

My first time back on here since I started OTS. Even though, the PC we do is NOT demanding, do your best to be in shape when you get here.

What's tough for our class is that they keep cancelling PC because of the record cold weather. Unlike most other classes, our PC is at 1600. I'm sure they will go back to 0500 when the weather warms up.

If the weather was nice for an entire week we'd run M, W and F and do Muscle Strengthing Exercise on T and Th.

We start out with about 10 different stretching exercises. If we're running then we go to the (very cushy, easy to run on) track and run 1.5 - 2 miles as a class.

If we're doing MSE then the PC instructor guides us through a dozen or so sets of pushups (regular, narrow grip, wide grip and diamond), squats, crunches, sit-ups, etc before stretching.

There's no one on you making comparisons with their grandma if you can't keep up.

During PC you will do sit-ups alone, but on the PFT you will have someone to hold your ankles (which makes them easier to bang out).

I did all of my pre-OTS running on a treadmill and made sure I could do the PFT run in my age bracket before I got here.

All in all, I would not say OTS is tough. It's just busy. Take everything 1-day at a time, study hard, work with your flight and the time will really fly by. When the going gets rough just remind yourselves that as Reserve Pilots we have THE BEST jobs in the AF when we're done.

PM me if you're going to be in OTS 03-05 and I'll look you up when you get here.

OT Sonic Cruzer

 

[skyward80]

Airgator:

Here's a link for MFS with more info.

www.brooks.af.mil/web/fec/master.html

Skyward80

 

[airgator]

SONIC-
Do you think your unit will be sending you to C-141 school after SUPT, or will they just send you off to C-5's? Any idea when Wright-Patt is getting them?

Skyward-yea I checked that site out. BTW I found this guys OTS website yesterday, it's the most in depth journal I've seen on the web.

http://www.stormpages.com/charliepride/index2.html

 

[Medivacer]

I've been reading this guys site. It does have alot of tips on what to expect at OTS. But this guy is a dork (putting it nicely). Take half the things he says with a huge grain of salt.


Best of luck to you.

 

[airgator]

Yea I agree that guy's about as cool as cancer but there are some good powerpoint slides and some other stuff that you can study a little before you go and give yourself a head start.

 

[Vandal]

Did no one mention this guy also QUIT after the first week...give me a break how could you go through so much BS to get there then bail in a week. Read his excuses for quitting, they are hilarious.

 

[skyward80]

The only thing worse than a quitter is a quitter who blames everybody else except himself for quitting. This guy makes me wanna puke, but he does have some valuable info on his site. Just my $0.02.

Lata!
Skyward80

 

[contrail777]

Good luck guys with the Mar Board, I am applying as well. Hopefully (fingers crossed!) will be selected for the Unit sponsering me flying KC-135s one day.

I had a little trouble with my package being sent out, but eventually my recruiter took care of everything after being sent the information the Unit had to provide.

 

[Sonic Cruzer]

Airgator:

Ditch anything asociated with that website. It' VERBOTEN material here. Possession of any material from that site is considered an Honor Code Violation and could get you thrown out.

As for my training, I really don't know exactly. My squadron told me they're going to have to eventually make a decision as to when people will start traininf for the C-5, versus the 141. I am poised to finish UPT around that time. If they send me to C-5 training, then I would likely be loaned to another C-5 units such as Kelly, Dover or Travis until my unit got rid of their 141s.

Andrew