how did it go? I'd love to get your experience on it, I'm currently researching for a project thanks

How did it work out? I graduate in a month and plan to fly in the Navy or Marine Corp. How is the marine pilot life treating you?

Leiðulfr Link aviation is also waiverable. Talk to the OSO

You don’t need 2020 vision. Just 2020 corrected even then you could get a pass

Talk to your OSO. In my son's case, he had vision correction surgery first, waited 6 months before getting his NAMI physical at NAS Pensacola, then attended OCS and TBS. He's now in flight school at NAS Pensacola.

He would have to get a bachelors degree and go to OCS at some point. An Avionics degree does not give him an advantage or disadvantage to become a Marine pilot.

I’m interested in intel, too- it’s fun to see people online with common interests

Silly Saman yep I like intell but I still want a infantry life also

From what I've heard, flight experience really helps your application. I didn't have any but did well enough on the ASTB to get selected.

CFT at OCS. Expect annual qualification tests for both the PFT and CFT (CFT every 6 months)

If I’m not mistaken, Marine aviation squadrons are typically assigned to amphibious assault ships, not carriers. And that in normally in a MEU capacity. They also deploy to land as well, (I.E. Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, that sort of thing). Their whole point is to provide support to boots on the ground, so they will follow wherever the infantry goes. Once you are already in, it would be pretty much impossible to switch to a pilot route, but if you haven’t gone through any formal training yet, you should be able to switch your contract if you’re good enough to make the cut.

Barnes and Nobles has study guides for the ASTB-E

No.. You get your specific aircraft at flight school based upon the needs of the Marine Corps and class standing.

@@warriorspath9511 oh ok so it is based on how good I do in flight school and what the Corps needs. Do I still choose between rotaries, fixed and heavy?

I'll bite. If you just want to fly, go to another branch. If you want to be a Marine Officer, go ask for an air contract and take it from there.

You can get a waiver for the glasses

@william nguyen because i want to do both i want 2 join 2 branches

Once your in the fleet, you can expect to change duty stations every three years, this is not including deployments.

I’m not him but I can answer no you don’t but you put in order of what you want to fly. Ultimately it’s what they need but if you score high in flight school you have a better chance getting a aircraft you would like. Also no gaurtee that you would get helicopter

@@nolanpianalto4733 thanks

They do not

@@warriorspath9511 lucky

Sure can

Bobby Liu they are

Thank you sir, I graduated college already and decided to enlist in the reserves before going Officer.

Captain Rocko13 you’ll need a 74 on your asvab or take the SAT/ACT to qualify.

Warriors Path Am I still able to take the ASVAB during my career in the marines if I really wanted to become an officer? Also don’t you have to take both asvab and sat/act to qualify?

Well are there still ways or a chance for me to become an officer throughout my career while I enlist?

Captain Rocko13 yes you can still become an officer. You need to obtain a college degree from an accredited university or college and improve your ASVAB score those are the two big things. But yes You still have plenty of time to pursue that goal too. And thank you for your service!

DarkwingDumb 1 thank you so much! I already chose my MOS.

Officer recruiter? It's still a guarantee.

@@warriorspath9511 no, maybe that's why. He was going to put me in touch with the officer recruiter on Monday.

@@warriorspath9511 what are the height requirements for fighter pilots and pilots in general? I'm 6'3 so I've been worried about this

@@buckleuputile2395 Email Magic but I'm pretty confident that 6'3 is fine. I've put in pilots taller than 6'3. I've had one person denied but it was because they were too short. 4'11.

Your chosen aviation platform is based on your performance during flight training.

@@warriorspath9511 did you attend? I'm working on a script for a production company on this and would love to get insider stories.

@@Dreammovieofficial I still lurk around. Feel free to reach out 6193689965

During college you can apply for the PLC program. Google your local OSO (Officer Selection Officer) and give them a call. I did PLC 10 week because I had one semester left. If you’re a sophomore/jr, you’ll end up doing 2 six week sessions for a total of 12 weeks. (6 weeks one summer then 6 weeks another summer). You don’t need to enlist first.

@@GotPoopWeScoop Thanks, I actually found this out a few days ago, but thanks for taking time to respond

@@Retro-mr8dc yup let me know if you got any questions, I’m an air contract at tbs rn

did you attend? I'm working on a script for a production company on this and would love to get insider stories.

@gotpoopwescoop1000

Certainly will give you an edge on academics and study habits.

If you don't mind having a retired Air Force officer (we in the AF have V-22 Osprey's serving with our AFSOC units btw) helping to answer your question. Your assumption is correct, however it is based on very old (nowadays) (and maybe somewhat biased published info in the main media, as you already have said). It is very true that the Osprey program did have a lot of teething issues as the aircraft was being developed from a clean - sheet design. So much so in-fact that the development program was halted for a number of years due to major safety concerns, if I remember correctly, with the wing gearbox design, which required substantial re-design. And yes, most certainly, there were a number of fatal Osprey crashes during the aircrafts research & development, flight testing, and initial fielding years. This aircraft did kill a (inordinate ??) number of people. But again those crashes all occurred during it's very early years during the R&D and flt. testing phases of development. Sadly, that is why someone has to flight test new aircraft, esp. with ones coming from clean sheet designs----though truth be told, the Osprey was not entirely a clean sheet as the AF and US Army had been kicking around the vertical to horizontal flight thing since the mid 1950's I believe. The technology just was not mature enough back then to do a lot with it except for govt. contractors producing prototype demonstration aircraft of various configurations. I served in suburban Wash DC in the later 90's and lived in Southern Maryland, which gave me the occasion every once and awhile to skip on down to nearby NAS PAX River and watch the test pilots work with this aircraft. However, by then, most of the previous Osprey "bugs" had already been worked out. Moving forward since at least the early 2000's when this aircraft was now at full-rate production and was beginning to be fully fielded and subsequently deployed to the Iraqi conflict, the Osprey has proved it self to be a very good, stable, efficient, and well performing aircraft. It has speed capabilities that no heavy-lift helicopter can match. The Osprey has performed very well in desert conditions, and it continues to do so. The Osprey is performing all over the world now very well. Japan is flying the Osprey now. The USN will be fielding a version of the Osprey to replace their ageing Greyhound COD aircraft fleet in the years to come Now that the Osprey is fully fielded, like with any other operational aircraft, there have been other more recent Osprey aircraft incidents/accidents that have come along with the passage of time. However these mishaps are not occurring at any greater rate than any other mishap military aircraft that is in the inventory. Overall today, the Osprey has proven itself to be a very good & capable aircraft for the USAF and USMC. It just had terrible teething problems. That all being said, I'll stick with my old, reliable, and trusty C-130 thank you very much. I prefer having 4 engines, and the whole concept of having to rely on just 2 gearbox's to transfer the aircraft (one that I do not believe can autorotate in an emergency ??) from controlled vertical to mid-air horizontal flight is still something I am not ready for yet.

As a LCpl somewhere getting slayed. lol

You give it a try.

What are you flying?