Air force nursing cot august 2014

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Not sure if someone has started a thread for this Class. If there is one already, please send me a link for it. I thought we should have a threat to prepare people who made it to this class. Any input from the other guys that we started this long journey with would be appreciated. Thank you.

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http://www.au.af.mil/au/holmcenter/OTS/documents/COTUniformChecklist.pdf

From 2012. Found via Google.

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Pixie...that is why u got 6,228 likes and I dont! Thank u :)

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Pixie...that is why u got 6,228 likes and I dont! Thank u :)

hahahahahahahaha!!! I almost spit my coffee out. ;) You are too funny!

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Went to Maxwell today to be sworn in. The ceremony went well but will have to go back to buy stuff. Talked to an enlisted soldier that I know, I asked him what he thinks about officers that become one like me...he said he thinks most of us are F.o.S! hahaha He is a friend, so he meant that on friendly terms. Said I would be respected if I know how to treat them with respect. I really do hope that the 5 wks are enough!

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I just found this thread... I'm also going to COT in Aug. After COT I will be stationed in Landstuhl, Germany. It's pretty exciting.

I'm waiting for the last of my background check to come back so I can schedule my swearing in. It almost doesn't seem real.

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Congratulations!

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I found this link that has really good prep for P.T for pre AF Boot Camp. This is for those that might need a plan/layout of how to workout. You might alter some of the steps.

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August seems like forever!

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If I could add my 2 cents here. Make sure you come to COT ready to pass the PT test. For the Air Force, COT is maybe 90% academic and 10% physical. You are compressing the academics of a 12 week basic officer training course into a 5 week course; you even take the same tests as the 12 week course. In my experience (just finishing COT this week), you get maybe 30-45 min of physical activity a day; the rest is marching (20%) and death by powerpoint (70%). COT really isn't designed to push you physically, and therefore you will be way behind the 8 ball when you get to your base to take the official PT test if you weren't already fit.

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jfratian,

Thanks for the advice. I'm really glad you shared that because I was wondering how much conditioning we will be doing at COT. I'm currently working on improving my PT Test score being someone who has never been a runner per se. I currently run 2-3 miles 5 days a week at a 9 min pace. I do notice regression when I had previously taken a week or two off. Did you find yourself (or any others) working out extra on the weekend just to maintain? Or did that not seem to be a concern?

Again, thanks for the insight and congratulations on making it through!

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I personally feel that I'm about where I was prior to coming to COT. I did additionally work out Saturdays at COT. I scored in the mid 90s out of 100 for each of the 3 PT tests.

It's enough physical activity to keep you healthy, but don't expect to improve much. You do PT every weekday, except during the 1st week (which has a bunch mind-numbing in-processing briefs).

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