Army Aviation

dustoff17 said:
Be careful John, generally speaking, your average military recruiter is not authorized to sign up an Officer Candidate or Cadet. They may tell you to sign and then you'll get to WOFT later. DON'T DO IT!!

If WOFT is what you want, ask specifically for an Officer recuiter.
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I was talking to a recruiter back a couple months ago, I told him I knew how the process worked and he gave me the no-bull process. I interviewed and such, but ended up not continuing with the process to continue working civilian. So I wasn't talking to a WO recruiter but a regular recruiter.

Now, Guard on the other hand will not allow you to go directly to WOFT from civilian. They tend to promote from within and will want you to sign before trying to get WOFT.
 
kiloalpha said:
Now, Guard on the other hand will not allow you to go directly to WOFT from civilian. They tend to promote from within and will want you to sign before trying to get WOFT.
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When I signed up it was a min of 3 yrs with the Guard before you could go to Flight School. The reason is the Guard "pays" for each slot they get wether or not you finish. Plus they could be stuck with you for potentially 20 + years, so it is thier Organizational best interest to pre qualify your Character, Work Ethic and Personality ensuring selection of the best candidates. The Guard has typically higher number of Distinquished and Honor Graduates.

Now that being said times are different and the time requirment may have changed as well and/or may be different in other states, the bottom line is you don't know till you ask specifically at your own state.
 
Congrats!
Something I contemplate off and on but always back out of.I would love to fly the huey/cobra.

Keep everyone informed and good luck.

Oh yeah :rotfl:at skywestseths picture.

Heavy lift(USMC terminology) is crazy.
 
kiloalpha said:
I was talking to a recruiter back a couple months ago, I told him I knew how the process worked and he gave me the no-bull process. I interviewed and such, but ended up not continuing with the process to continue working civilian. So I wasn't talking to a WO recruiter but a regular recruiter.
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I didn't say you shouldn't or couldn't talk to a regular recruiter. I said there are restrictions that don't (or didn't - times might have changed) allow them to sign up a Candidate or Cadet. I just said to be careful and don't sign up with the promise to attend. They do a fine job and have a lot of useful information. But they also have a quota and someone going to WOFT doesn't help them.
 
Good Luck have fun in the Army... I know I did. I got 4 months left on my contract. Im not a pilot or anything but i know pilots in the army are treated really well and they have alot of fun. Ive seen those guys make some crazy landings in tight spaces in Iraq, im sure the training you'll go through is some of the best.
 
dustoff17 said:
Be careful John, generally speaking, your average military recruiter is not authorized to sign up an Officer Candidate or Cadet. They may tell you to sign and then you'll get to WOFT later. DON'T DO IT!!

If WOFT is what you want, ask specifically for an Officer recuiter.
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Hey thanks dustoff, yeah the recruiter really didn't have much to say about the WOFT program. I only talked to him for about 10 min. Kinda made me mad because I went into work early so I could get off early to meet him at my place, and all he gave me was a pamphlet and an officer pay chart. I will go and see if I can talk to an officer recruiter as it sounds like thats what I need to do.
 
Ian J said:
Welcome to Army aviation! When you headed down to Rucker?
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I will find out on Monday when I'm scheduled to go to basic, Rucker is still a long ways down the road.


In reference to the recruiter thing, I originally went to a guard recruiter and found out I wasn't able to go in as an aviator in the guard so I got in touch with an enlisted recruiter. I was the first officer and aviator he ever put through, was a learning experience for the both of us but he stuck with me and helped me out. As long as you do your research on the process beforehand, you can avoid any recruiter trying to enlist you.
 
To the OP, congrats.

I mean......I know its merely Army flying.....but congrats nonetheless.






j/k :D

Good work!
 
Flying Bison said:
After a long year of putting together my packet, I was finally notified on Monday that I was accepted into warrant officer flight training in the Army to fly rotary wing aircraft!

I'm honored to be able to join the ranks of all the other soldiers here in serving our country, and I look forward to the long and challenging road ahead of me.
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Congratulations!

A few things to remember:

1) Skids are for kids.
2) 'Hawks Rock. Blackhawks or bust.
3) Always, always, ALWAYS be good to your Crewchief.... aka Crewdogs.

You'll learn the real benefit of that last bit later.

Inside tip: There is no such thing as a "BOO/YAH engine harmonics check" during preflight. Just in case somebody tries that.

Er.. and while there is no such thing as a cleaning agent called "Rotor Wash". That's a joke that fooled a lieutenant of mine once. If somebody gets a Warrant- even a 'Spot'... you'll never live it down.

Cheers! :beer:
 
deadstick said:
Skids might be for kids, but toddlers need training wheels.

Don't forget the chocks. :rolleyes: That's REALLY embarrassing.
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Don't forget that last 'Red X' that shows up right before your training flight.

There goes your flight time. Now that's inconvenient. :p
Any you forgot the most important part, anyhow:

3) Always, always, ALWAYS be good to your Crewchief.... aka Crewdogs.

You know why they put crewdogs on Army helicopters? Because without them the pilots would forget the chocks. Then break things.
:p
 
Congrats! I have just shy of 8 years in Active service, none in aviation. Here in Iraq, its the way we get around to the different FOB's, COB's and such. The chinook is a beast, but the hawk is a blast!
 
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