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the acceptance rate is 35%

Academy admission isn't just based on SAT's, though a high score is desirable. In addition to academic achievement, sports, recommendations, and specifically a recommendation or appointment to the Academy by a member of Congress is required. Freshman spots are few in number compared to the thousands who annually apply for entrance.

Yes, once they have completed their duty in the Army. They can then sign an enlistment contract with the Navy. While they probably won't keep their army rank, they do have the benefit of years in service and the experience, which will likely get them promoted faster.

CS is for Culinary Specialist. The primary job of a CS is to prepare meals for the crew. As with any rate in the military, there are advantages and disadvantages to each. For the CS rate, a few advantages are that it does not require a high ASVAB test score, so it's easy to get if you want it. The hours a CS works are much less than the hours of other rates, such as Machinist Mate or any wire rate. On the downside, it's harder to advance to the next rank as a CS.

MOS 2142 is the designation for a Marine Corps Amphibious Assault Tracked Vehicle Repairer.

There were several Navy jets used in Vietnam, however, the primary fighter aircraft was the F-4 Phantom and the retiring F-8 Crusader. The Navy also used many of their Korean era aircraft in an attack role, one in particular was the A-1 Skyraider. The US Navy also used the A-4 Skyhawk, the A-6 Intruder, and the A-7 Corsair II. The Navy used quite a few specialty aircraft for spotting, surveillance, and refuelling. This was a big period of experimental aircraft for the Navy, but many of these aircraft were not built as the conflict was quickly being brought to a halt.

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It means you have no talent... stop now

An attic is a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building. Attics have existed since roofs have been pitched. In Victorian times, the servants would have rooms in the attic. In 19th century Paris, artists of the day had their studios in attic spaces. Attics can be traced back to Ancient Greece where it was a low story above the main floor.

The way I was explained the condition of this Discharge, is that it is UNCHARACTERIZED, and most times "UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS", as to say Honorable and does not bar you from reentry into the Military after a due course of time. Supposedly, it can become honorable under certain conditions, mayhaps after 6 months of service with the Military. In some cases, as when a commendable soldier cannot pass a specific training, he/she can become eligible for the General "Under Honorable" Discharge, upon exiting the Military. After 6 Months of Military Service, one can become eligible for Veteran Status, gaining government due Veteran Benefits.

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Nothing really - STG (Sonar Technician Guns, or Surface Sonarman) is the same rate for both; AEF stands for Advanced Electrical Field, or a specific training pipeline in the Navy.

Essentially, one implies an enlistment with a 4-year training path; the other, AEF, a 6 year path with advanced training. The old Navy program was the Advanced Electronics Program (AEP), which is what I joined under as an STS.

All Sonar Techs, be it STG or STS, go through Basic Sonar A school, which includes basic Sonar theory, systems operation, maintenance. The difference with the "Advanced" part is that you've signed up for C school, or advanced training, in more complex systems. That extra training usually means you'll be in training/school for the first 18-24 months in the Navy, and as a result, you're required to give them minimum of a 6 year commitment when you enlist.

Advanced training means you'll literally be maintaining the more complex parts of the Sonar systems, from the main stacks in Sonar all the way to the transducers on the various Sonar arrays, both mounted and towed.

From a career standpoint, giving that extra 2 years is worth it if you really want to get anything out of a technical career in the Navy. You don't really learn anything in 4 years, and that's a waste of time if you've joined to get a return on your time in service.

Strictly speaking for the Sonar rating though, if you want to learn your rate and cutting edge technology, then an STS on a fast-attack submarine is the way to go. Surface ship Sonar is limited significantly by the environment and moving through the water; the ambient noise after a ship passes 10 or 12 knots essentially renders the main sonar useless, and for towed systems/dipping sonars/sonobuoys from aircraft, the submarine still has the tactical advantage, being able to use the ocean environment to hide in. As a result, most of the latest military technology in the field goes to submarines; people today think of micro-electronics as relatively new, but the Navy was using multipurpose micro-electronics boards on submarines in the 70's.

Surface ships also look at Sonar as an afterthought, leaving most ASW operations to aircraft (helos, P3's, etc.). With submarines, Sonar is the way submarines find their way through the water; it is arguably the most important area of the boat while underway.

Of course, Nukes will try and tell you that if it wasn't for them, the boat couldn't get underway. But the fact is that without STS's and Submarine Sonar, they wouldn't have a reason to get underway.

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Always with u pal. Slang word that is yelled when a member of a unit/team dies. Awup!

Staff welfare refers to a wide variety of facilities that are important for the well being of employees. The basics of staff welfare are bathrooms, wash stations and clean drinking water.

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Rooney was in the Army for 21 months during 1944-1945. He was a member of a Special Services Battalion that provided entertainment for troops on the frontlines in Europe. He was also a broadcaster on the American Forces Network. His rank went to PFC.

Navy Colors On 27 August 1802 the Secretary of the Navy signed an instruction, which set a pattern for the dress of the U.S. Navy in Blue and Gold.

It was Theodore Roosevelt, who resigned that post to join the war effort when the Spanish-American War began. He formed a cavalry group that became know as "The Rough Riders."

Gideon Welles.

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A sextant would be a type of astrolabe. It has a sighting mechanism that is a small telescope. It does not have a compass in it.

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You be a good wife and support him. What else can you do?

By end of 1941; when the US got involved; they had 3 out of it's 4 carriers which were all aircraft ones. Those ships were USS Lexington, USS Enterprise and USS Saratoga. The fourth carrier, USS Yorktown, had been detached from the Pacific Fleet for convoy service in the Atlantic Ocean.

John Paul Jones was the captain of the American ship Bonhomme Richard and commodore of a supporting flotilla that fought the British ship HMS Serapis off the coast of England during the American Revolutionary War when it became engaged with the HMS Serapis in an attempt to take the convoy the Serapis was protecting.

Though HMS Serapis was taken, the convoy escaped.

The battle is well known for the premature demand to surrender issued by the British captain to which Jones issued the response, "I have not yet begun to fight."

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