just talked to a guy about getting a warrant officer slot in the VA national guard

[andrew.brandon]

VA is in such supply of WO's that they ran an ad campaign during summer AT lol. I talked to the guy and the only obstacle I can see is passing the run on my PT test(I can't run for ****). Other that that I already have one up on most other people as I already have a security clearance. There are about 35-40 slots that need to be filled. The worst of those two are pilots(5) and network guys(9). The guy found out I was interested in aviation and he practically offered me a chance at flight school. I can't believe this. This is awesome.
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And for anyone who cares I am an E-4 and my current job is calling in artillery rounds.( fire support specialist ) ;)

BTW anyone have suggestions of how to drop my run time? any help would be most appreciated.

[3.4 [deployed]]

drop your run time??? run more. leg workout at the gym for endurance. then run some more. the more you prep the better you'll do. Oh yeah, watch "Behind Enemy Lines" & "Black Hawk Down" to get psyched. ;)

[Christian]

Think about how much better the position will be, let it motivate you

[Dan M]

Ok... I'm gonna move. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[Everglades W68]

LOL. I'm just envisioning that andrew.brandon running must be like that guy in mustangeater8251's old avatar.

[andrew.brandon]

no not that bad I only weigh 180 at 5' 11"

[majeskyb]

what do you guys have to do for the run? We have to run a mile and a half- to get the max points for the running portion, we need to run it in like a 9:30

[john rocco]

cpl. just run more, i am lazy myself and hate running like i hate ford and toyota, but i can make it when i need to on the pft, i always envision an new camaro waiting for me at the end of the run
AE3 Stencler, john rocco

[Ian]

warrant officer should be great! i do bench warrants for the Delaware County Sheriffs Dept., and thats lots of fun.

[andrew.brandon]

Originally posted by majeskyb:
what do you guys have to do for the run? We have to run a mile and a half- to get the max points for the running portion, we need to run it in like a 9:30

15:52 2 mile for 60% standard

[andrew.brandon]

Originally posted by john rocco:
cpl. just run more, i am lazy myself and hate running like i hate ford and toyota, but i can make it when i need to on the pft, i always envision an new camaro waiting for me at the end of the run
AE3 Stencler, john rocco

yeah laziness will kill you. I don't think I have ran at all since last summer. I guess that makes my 20 min 2 mile not too bad for not running for an entire year. only need to cut 4 1/2 minuets. sounds very doable in say, 6 weeks at the most?

[john rocco]

pft in september for our command, not looking forward to it.
who all do we have here,army navy marines, coasties, nat. grd.?

[andrew.brandon]

Originally posted by john rocco:
pft in september for our command, not looking forward to it.
who all do we have here,army navy marines, coasties, nat. grd.?

Good question. I'll make a poll to see.