COT 10-04 nurse to 10-05

There's also an Air Force Officer's handbook and an Air Force Wives handbook, which you can find on Amazon as well. Some of these books are also available for Kindle.

Wanted to add: Billy Mitchell was no saint, but it's interesting to read about the picture he painted of the need for air supremacy (even if he was a bit egotistical and a bit of a drama boy about the whole thing) eighty-five years ago. It's almost creepy, in a way - because he was very nearly dead-on.

Thank you. I have We Band of Angels and Beyond the Wild Blue. The second is a really heavy read, whew. I appreciate every thing related to military customs. I am starting from ground zero. I love to learn and I'm excited. I'll look into your recommendations. You are so helpful. I hope I get to help you someday!!!

Thank you. I have We Band of Angels and Beyond the Wild Blue. The second is a really heavy read, whew. I appreciate every thing related to military customs. I am starting from ground zero. I love to learn and I'm excited. I'll look into your recommendations. You are so helpful. I hope I get to help you someday!!!

Thanks! If you're a military newbie get your paws on that AF Officer's Handbook. It's a bit more concrete than the OIs they want you to read in COT and it's very well written.

Oh, yeah - and I forgot about THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO, about the Doolittle raid - the part where they show how they worked out (and attempted and re-attempted MULTIPLE times) how to get B25s (called Mitchells - for old Billy! - the only US aircraft named for a person) to land and take off from the aircraft carriers of the 1940s is amazing.

Especially with some quick research on B25s and what they WEREN'T capable of!

(Also worth noting is, while some Hollywood license was taken, the movie was made in 1944, so the slang of the era, the way of speaking, and the fact that everyone had a cigarette in their mouths is more accurate than today's PEARL HARBOR - though I do love that movie.)

Sorry - I'm running off at the mouth now - too much of a history nut!

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question:

for graduation, is there a max number of people that you're allowed to have come?

It depends on if it's inside or outside and how big your class is.

The BOT classes are pretty big, and when one of them graduated while I was there we had torrential rains for three days before. They got stuck in the auditorium and were told only two people per grad could come. Our class was tiny - only 106 people - and it was gorgeous the day we graduated (we actually got sunburned on the field and it was November). So we were outside on the parade grounds in bleacher-type seating.

I don't know about summer surge classes - they're often over three hundred people - but my guess is if you're on the parade grounds space isn't an issue. There's a lot of seating.

It's a bit dark (I took this with my iPhone) but this is what the parade grounds look like at COT.

Pooh,

I'm the commander of airman at our graduation parade on Friday. I am the one front and center yelling the commands! I've always been in the back or the formation and never been a part of the parade, so it's really an honor. BUT.... I have 5 pages of lines to learn!! lol.

We have AEF this week then I'm out of here on Friday. So excited!

You'll be fine. You'll have it down by graduation. Wear plenty of sunscreen since you'll be on the parade field for a couple of hours at a clip (we got fried down there in November so it will be even worse now).

Congrats Mid! Wow! That flew by. Have fun at graduation!

Congrats on graduation!! A huge accomplishment and well deserved. I can not wait to be come part of the club...soon. Carolina the pix looks just like the same for BMT's in Lackland. Just talked to my recruiter and he is putting the paperwork in for a bump to the October calss, won't hold my breath but we'll see. Its only a bump of one class but at my age (lol) anything helps!! Oh Carolina bought a Timex watch with a stop watch at the Exchange yesterday...cheap and functional.