Air force nursing cot august 2014

Bayern · Jul 19, 2014

I am assuming all the orders are in by now? It's now a T-a month? I am planning how I can wisely spend these remaining days. I do not know if it is wise of me to try to work until 12th? A part of me thinks I should stop sooner but then again I have always worked out after work and I get some down time at work where I can read some of the COT requirements. What are you guys doing? I went to a cycling class today and how I wish I had been doing this in the last...1 year? 6 months? 3 months? Hopefully I will not regret this too. My luggage bag is coming on Monday and I have decided I will use that with the duffel bag for my stuff-and my black back pack. One of these weekends I will raid Walmart for the big shopping. Any ideas of what not to forget while we still have a month or so?

Bayern · Jul 23, 2014

I went to Maxwell yesterday to do my last shopping trip and alterations. I saw some people buying stuff too for our class. The alteration lady told me they are still working on mess dresses for the present class and asked me if I want to wait bc I wont wear the thing for like 3 months and worried I might lose significant weight. I had time to tour the base and really got more impatient now.

jfratian, DNP, RN, CRNA · Jul 24, 2014

You're not going to lose much weight at COT. The physically demanding portion of your day is an hour max. I came back in worse shape. I think the lady is thinking of the more rigourous BOT or AMS (the other 2 programs on the campus).

Bayern · Jul 24, 2014

How can someone maintain their PT level? If Light-Outs is at 0000 and you wake up at 0430Am...when do you go to the gym? What is the worse case scenario on the baseline PT test? I will try to pass it but I dont want to break my bones trying to do a personal best and then fail to reach that level on my real PT test....does that make sense?

jfratian, DNP, RN, CRNA · Jul 25, 2014

It's not very easy to do, and I came out in worse shape. That's why I say it's important to go into COT in much better shape than you need to be in.

On the plus side, you actually won't do an official Air Force PT test at COT. The COT tests only matter if you care about getting 'top graduate' or 'distinguished graduate' (top 10%), which can help your resume. However, the prior enlisted have a sizable advantage here; the COT curriculum is very similar to the airman leadership school (ALS) that senior airmen take. You won't test for real until you've been at your first base for at least a month.

Bayern · Aug 1, 2014

J...thanks. Do we need the kiwi shoes polish?

jfratian, DNP, RN, CRNA · Aug 2, 2014

If you bought the air force official dress shoes, then you really don't need it. Those shoes have that permanent shine to them. You only wear them roughly 4 or 5 times total at COT. Unless they've changed the course since I was there in March, you won't be spit shinning your shoes like the movies.

Camo-angel · Aug 2, 2014

I'm sure someone else answered the GPA question but yes it's now required to have a 3.4 GPA

Bayern · Aug 3, 2014

Has anyone registered on the ADLS? I am having a hard time making it work on my computer. If someone has done it, I might need some help.

jfratian, DNP, RN, CRNA · Aug 4, 2014

I never got ADLS to work for me either before COT. Even now, I can't get it to work from a civilian computer. You don't really need it at COT anyways, because you will be using personal laptops or un-networked government laptops they provide. You'll be given at least a week of office days when you get to your first base to complete the information assurance training (along with many other computer modules).

Bayern · Aug 4, 2014

Thank so much for that info. I think the only thing that worries me now is the first week yellings that I hear is plenty there! How big was your class?

jfratian, DNP, RN, CRNA · Aug 4, 2014

Yeah, they try to make you miserable for the first week. Mentally, it's very full metal jacket esq. It gets significantly better after that. It was roughly 110 I think.