carolinapooh BSN, RN

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    Graduated cot on friday!!!

    carolinapooh replied to carolinapooh's topic in Government, Military

    I'm at an AETC base (nearly the mother of all of them, actually), and there's no shiny rank here on ABUs. Neither was there at Maxwell. Ninety percent of Maxwell had sewn on rank on ABU hats, the...
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    Doubts about age...

    carolinapooh replied to jennifer7010's topic in Government, Military

    Age? I just completed COT at
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    Air Force Board Results

    carolinapooh replied to SeekirRN's topic in Government, Military

    Whoever ends up at Lackland, let me know - I'm here on the oncology floor in adult
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    COT class 10-02

    carolinapooh replied to jentrump29's topic in Government, Military

    Your loans will be paid out in a lump sum, but not until you reach your first duty station. It takes about sixty days for your service to be verified by Air Force Personnel Command (you'll hear...
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    Moving

    carolinapooh replied to jmaverick101's topic in Government, Military

    You should drive. You will only be given travel days from Montgomery to Seattle (should you get McChord) and you may not/probably will not have time to fly back home and drive in that length of time...
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    Will I have to pay for COT?

    carolinapooh replied to SunshineAnytime's topic in Government, Military

    If the Grog on the back of mine (please don't ask! LOL) doesn't come out, I'll definitely be trolling that
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    Just Got Word!

    carolinapooh replied to rghbsn's topic in Government, Military

    This is great news;
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    Civilian nurses taking AF jobs?

    carolinapooh replied to Spencer2002's topic in Government, Military

    My guess is this is much like the so-called "rent-a-cops" at installation gates. The number of civilians in military type jobs seems to be directly proportional to the number of military members...
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    Air Force November Board Results

    carolinapooh replied to SeekirRN's topic in Government, Military

    The waiting sucks. I waited so long I nearly forgot I applied. Seriously. I went out to breakfast with a coworker the morning I was called and we were looking at grad school on my laptop. I know how...
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    Graduated cot on friday!!!

    carolinapooh replied to carolinapooh's topic in Government, Military

    Oh, yeah - get your rank SEWN on your ABU cap. (Officers had to use the pin on stuff when I was enlisted; I'd never heard of sewn on rank on caps until COT. The studs on the pin on stuff dug into...
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    Graduated cot on friday!!!

    carolinapooh replied to carolinapooh's topic in Government, Military

    Awesome. Sorry about the uniform thing; I misread your post and you never know what people might have been told. A TI busted one of the people in my flight for not having Coraframs. His shoes did...
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    Graduated cot on friday!!!

    carolinapooh replied to carolinapooh's topic in Government, Military

    OK - see if this pic works. This is me as Madame Vice - it's a good shot of the back of my
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    Graduated cot on friday!!!

    carolinapooh replied to carolinapooh's topic in Government, Military

    You can't buy AF uniforms at a Marine Corps base. They're completely different. Shoes for the blues are what's called Corafram - they're essentially patent leather. I had five uniforms, so I never...
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    Will I have to pay for COT?

    carolinapooh replied to SunshineAnytime's topic in Government, Military

    Exactly. It nearly makes them hypocritical. They all but scream "financial responsibility!!!" and want me to bust troops for not paying their bills, yet they're underpaying an OFFICER from the...
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    Will I have to pay for COT?

    carolinapooh replied to SunshineAnytime's topic in Government, Military

    Exactly. They're expecting people to work for free - and NO ONE does that. Even CONGRESS shuts down when they run out of money.... Know what it sounds like? It sounds as though these problems...
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    Will I have to pay for COT?

    carolinapooh replied to SunshineAnytime's topic in Government, Military

    The reason I struggle with all of this is Lackland AFB and ALL BOT trainees - to include nonpriors - do NOT experience the same pay issues. I was at Lackland for six weeks in BMT and never had a pay...
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    Graduated cot on friday!!!

    carolinapooh replied to carolinapooh's topic in Government, Military

    Still no luck with
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    Graduated cot on friday!!!

    carolinapooh replied to carolinapooh's topic in Government, Military

    Help - I can't post a
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    Graduated cot on friday!!!

    carolinapooh replied to carolinapooh's topic in Government, Military

    I got my husband's ID at SJAFB, but they screwed up and didn't save any changes. It's a reservist dependent ID anyway, so he'll be getting a new one tomorrow. The nice thing about that card was if he...
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    Graduated cot on friday!!!

    carolinapooh replied to carolinapooh's topic in Government, Military

    You can apply for the military STAR card, but your application isn't guaranteed an acceptance. Also, you don't go to finance for TWO WEEKS after you get there, so getting advance pay is difficult....
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    Graduated cot on friday!!!

    carolinapooh replied to carolinapooh's topic in Government, Military

    Things you should take: Baby wipes. They're cheap and extremely handy in a pinch. GOOD bobby pins if you have long hair - I mean the ones from Sally Beauty Supply, not the Goody ones from Walmart....
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    Graduated cot on friday!!!

    carolinapooh replied to carolinapooh's topic in Government, Military

    Yes - you can take OTC meds, and do so. About the Immodium - the water bothered me for a couple of days (and I know it was the water and not the food; the food was fine, though boring and monotonous)...
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    Graduated cot on friday!!!

    carolinapooh replied to carolinapooh's topic in Government, Military

    I put Lackland as either my first or second choice. I'm sure it means nothing, but it did seem as though the prior service folks were getting more of what was on their dream sheet than the...
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    Will I have to pay for COT?

    carolinapooh replied to SunshineAnytime's topic in Government, Military

    NO ONE is paid correctly - prior, nonprior, it didn't matter - if you were active duty, your pay was completely screwed up. There were five people in my class who, as of three days prior to...
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    Graduated cot on friday!!!

    carolinapooh replied to carolinapooh's topic in Government, Military

    Uniforms. Get all the stuff you can get before you get there. Beg your recruiter to take you to a base if you have to...trust me, it will be the best decision you make. Get ALL alterations done that...