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07-15-2012, 10:16 PM | #1 | |
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Aircrew Breakdown
I've been scouring the internet for as much information as I could find on the ATF/AIRC Naval Aircrew Program, and wanted to cross-post this very helpful write-up from another forum for all the members here who are going Aircrew (Which, at the moment, is myself and Debo15, LOL). This was dated 20110214:
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05-19-2013, 06:47 PM | #2 |
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How bad was your hell week haasino?
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05-19-2013, 07:11 PM | #3 |
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It was hard, but not impossible...
Thursday was "Shock & Awe" day - we did 2 stress-sets, followed by a 3mi formation run, followed by a 3rd stress-set... all the while there were about 15 instructors ranging from PO2s to Marine SSgts and Senior Chiefs screaming at you and telling you you're a piece of shit, that you should just DOR, that they're not gonna let you graduate anyway, etc. They're just trying to weed out the weak ones, and it worked on 2 candidates. This is also the day they make their judgments on whether or not they want to see you graduate in 3 weeks... if they don't like you, you'll become their Pvt. Pyle and they'll do what they can to make sure you don't make it to graduation. The key is to show determination... watch the instructor leading the PT and, when one walks past you, look at them and sound off loud and proud... they seemed to swarm the ones who were quiet, struggling, or afraid to make eye-contact. Friday was a 5mi formation run at about an 8min/mi pace... then, after lunch, we went to the pool and did our WS-3 and WS-4, which was 2min tread/7min float in swimsuit, then again in flightsuit and boots. After that we did a 15min endurance swim in flightsuit and boots. Monday we went down to the seawall and did the equivalent of 3 stress-sets, with 200m sprints between... then the WS-5 after lunch, which was 2min tread/8min float in flightsuit, boots, gloves, and vest. After that we did a 20min endurance swim in flightsuit and boots. Tuesday we went to the Aircrew track and did 3 stress-sets, with 2 laps in-between which were timed... then the WS-6 after lunch, which was 2min tread/9min float in flightsuit, boots, gloves, vest, and helmet. After that we did a 25min endurance swim in flightsuit and boots. Wednesday we did another 2 stress-sets, followed by a slightly slower 4mi formation run... then the WS-7 after lunch, which was jumping off the tower in flightsuit and boots, and swimming submerged for ~15m without any part of your body breaking the surface. Then we did some synchronized swimming where they taught us how to flail our arms and swim through burning surface oil/debris. Thursday we watched a few episodes of "The Pacific" with the graduating class, while everyone shock & awed the new class outside... then the WS-8 after lunch, which was a 75m swim in flightsuit, boots, gloves, vest, and helmet... followed by demonstration of the 4 ways to use your clothes as a flotation device. Friday wrapped-up Hell Week with the 1mi confidence swim in the morning, followed by liberty at 1100... easy day. Mast annoying part of the mile swim was fighting boredom, and getting kicked by other people in your lane. The easiest way to get through Hell Week is to only do it once! Remember that when you're struggling on your Water Survival evolutions and want to grab the wall.
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05-20-2013, 12:18 AM | #4 |
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Great info Haasino!
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05-20-2013, 12:39 PM | #5 |
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Going to hijack this for a second but I am interested in the inflight aspect for CTIs... I know you mentioned something about it vaguely in another post. About how many have you seen go through in your time down there? Mostly males or are there more then just a few females? And I am assuming they have to go through all the training you've listed above, correct? There is little enough info on CTIs on the web let alone anything about inflight or sub! Since I can't do sub as of now I figured I'd explore this aspect! Am I completely off basis with what little info I have or no? ha just wondering!
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05-20-2013, 02:27 PM | #6 |
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The vast majority of fleet returnees at NACCS were some form of CT rating... my class alone had a CTT1 and CTR2... I personally knew two CTIs from other classes as well; one was a CTI1, and the other was a CTI3 fresh out of DLI. You would pick up orders to go to NACCS from DLI I believe, and would be assigned to a VQ or VPU squadron... VQ-1 is based out of NAS Whidbey Island in northern Washington... VPU squadrons are in a few locations... I'll leave it at that. As a CT, you would not re-class to an AW rating... you'd stay a CTI and just o though the Aircrew Candidate School portion of the pipeline before moving on to your squadron/command.
As far as what exactly you'd do as an Aircrew CTI... what little info I know, I can't discuss. I'd highly recommend it though if you're fit and determined enough for the NACCS curriculum. Let your instructor know when you get to Monterey that you're interested.
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05-20-2013, 07:49 PM | #7 |
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sweet! thanks! thats actually all I need to know!
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07-01-2015, 02:32 PM | #8 |
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AWV
Just an input on the AWV rating. you don't just fix electronics. There are different jobs you can do in the AWV rating. Although you may not be able to choose your job, you can also be an operator of the equipment aboard the various aircraft. You get a brief knowledge of fixing the electronics but it is not your main job to do that.
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07-01-2015, 05:15 PM | #11 |
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Haasino you were a depper once?! *Gasp* Was the turtle still in use then? ;)
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07-01-2015, 05:47 PM | #12 | |
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07-01-2015, 05:59 PM | #13 | |
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I thought the the hair cut thing was just a myth. They actually don't have to cut anymore? What a shame. Same for males? The hair cuts are one of those memorable things you don't forget. Ever. lol
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07-02-2015, 10:36 AM | #14 |
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Graduated RTC last Friday. Males still get their haircut but females have the option not to. I did get the "go-fasters" and boot rotation for the first few weeks. I was never once given nor did I see an iPad at RTC lol. My RDC did say something about RTC testing the idea on future divisions though.
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07-02-2015, 07:45 PM | #16 |
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Gotcha. Lol that would definitely not have fit in my AB drawer.
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I don't think they kept them in there since it's sort of a issued item, but I don't know. I heard about them through a person on here that recently graduated. I went through basic before all these changes :P
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07-02-2015, 10:40 PM | #19 |
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Hey now Mr. Flyer... I'm not too salty just yet! Give it time lol enough TACAMO bs and I'll be there soon enough
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