[Joseph]

I am just going to echo the whole “be weary of recruiters” theme here. When I started this whole process I was almost talked into enlisting because a recruiter told me that would be the easiest way to get a pilot slot and I wouldn’t even go to basic before I was picked up for UPT. Needless to say I caught him with his pants around his ankles in multiple lies…

[Joseph]

I would be straight forward with a unit about that when you apply and they should be able to tell you. Depending on the injury, if it’s old enough it may not even need a waiver.

[Joseph]

I had Smax review mine and he did a really good job. I also did a couple interview prep sessions with Snip that weren’t exactly application reviews, but based on the way he critiqued my interview answers I would bet he is another awesome coach for packet review. I honestly can’t imagine you go wrong with any coach though.

[Joseph]

It seems to be the most common to refer to the squadron as opposed to the wing. Granted I can’t imagine referring to the wing will upset anyone, but squadrons tend to be a bit more specific versus a wing which is a bit more broad.

[Joseph]

I stay active in the weight room, but wasn’t super on top of the running so my way of getting into that was to sign up for a half marathon. I knew if I was signed up, I would be forced to train and start running… Within a couple weeks running 3 miles from the worst thing in the world to just kind of a warm up. Having that go to work for is definitely helpful to me as opposed to just an opening at a goal of “getting better.”