Advice for AC

maverick · Post by **maverick** » Fri May 03, 2002 11:38 am

Space Nerd-

Make sure you bring sweatshirts and sweatpants, its going to be cold in those rooms. I mean, its literally SIBERIA inside those rooms at night! There is nothing you could do about it!

Also DO NOT RUN while in E&E- the thorns are three inches long. Use the crawl to move yourself.

Bring ski gloves or gloves of a similar toughness for E&E
training- that way while crawling you will be able to feel for the thorns.

Use your ears in E&E- these are your eyes in the darkness.

During E&E - when in doubt, do not move. If a counselor is so close to you, do not move a single bit.

I also know for a fact that Mach II's E&E is not the same as the one for Mach III - this was a point emphasized by our counselors.

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Fri May 03, 2002 12:35 pm

I have a couple more pieces of advice for you. One before you go you might want to check some military surplus stores or if you can get on a military base go their and get some camoulflage face paint. They do provide it to you at AC but when i went they didnt give you a whole lot to work with when you have a team of 12 people. Some members of my team actually went over to the dining hall where you eat lunch over at the AC area and got charcoal out of the grills they use and used it to darken their face and hands. I wish i had done that the people who did all made it through escape and evasion. It might be gritty and a bit uncomfortable but it seemed to work. And the people who say bring sweat pants and sweat shirt is right it gets verry cold in those rooms at night and they dont give you alot in the way of a blanket. I was lucky i got the aviation challenge clothing package that had a sweat shirt and sweat pants in it so i was warm. Oh and the one piece of advice i havent seen anyone give yet is watch out for the skunks their are alot in the area. The first night i was at AC one f them either sprayed the air conditioning unit or got into the air ducts because they stank up alot of the dorms. Luckily my room wasnt affected and the smell was gone by morning.

monkeynautt · Post by **monkeynautt** » Tue May 07, 2002 7:23 pm

Are you supplied with the camoflage clothes for the E&E?

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Tue May 07, 2002 8:04 pm

For escape and evasion your issued an old pair of tank drivers overalls. They resemble pilot flight suits. Their just a regular green color just like the flight suits but no patches. And of course at mach 3 you'll be issued a flight suit to wear during the week as well.

Space Nerd · Post by **Space Nerd** » Tue May 07, 2002 9:14 pm

First of all thanx Maverick i appreciate you looking out for me lol. And thanx to every body else who helped out i can use any advice you give me cause i want to be the best out of the group

lol. I am a control freak and i cant stand guys that think that girls cant pull the weight cause we can. lol anywas thanx again i cant wait to go it sounds like so much fun and i cant wait to do something new in alabama cause i usually do close to the same thing at camp (not that i dont enjoy it).

monkeynautt · Post by **monkeynautt** » Tue May 07, 2002 9:16 pm

Space Nerd are you doing both ASA and AC?

maverick · Post by **maverick** » Tue May 07, 2002 9:22 pm

When I was there you I was issued BDUs for E&E (I saw that some of them had holes from constant use).

Also bring insect repellant (like REPEL) and spray yourself thoroughly (even your hair- just close your eyes while doing it).

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Tue May 07, 2002 9:22 pm

Well some of the girls at AC were the best pilots on the team and then some were also the worse.

Space Nerd · Post by **Space Nerd** » Tue May 07, 2002 9:38 pm

Well i dont know if it has any correlation at all but im really good at flight video games. LOL

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Tue May 07, 2002 9:40 pm

I dont know if flight video games helped me at AC but AC helped me with the flight video games.

maverick · Post by **maverick** » Tue May 07, 2002 9:59 pm

Before E&E this kid who had a Marine Corps friend (who showed him how to do it right) applied the paint to my face, and I think that he said that the counselors did not do much of a thorough job.

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Tue May 07, 2002 10:10 pm

We had to apply our own fase paint when i went.

maverick · Post by **maverick** » Tue May 07, 2002 10:21 pm

Space Nerd-

if you want a good tutorial on military flying techniques, buy Israeli Air Force by Janes (part of EA - Electronic Arts). The manual of the game itself is quite good.

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Tue May 07, 2002 10:25 pm

Janes F-15 strike eagle is also good.

maverick · Post by **maverick** » Tue May 07, 2002 10:29 pm

Jason-

Does it have a tutorial teaching you the manuevers?

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Tue May 07, 2002 10:32 pm

I believe it does. I havent played it in a while.

orion8 · Post by **orion8** » Wed May 08, 2002 2:27 pm

Janes f/A 18 is a good one. i am biased because my dad wrote all the navy manuals on this plane so it's my favorite.

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Wed May 08, 2002 5:21 pm

Well as far as planes for i have 2 favortes. The F-14 for the navy and the A-10 for the airforce. I have games for both but i dont think either of the games are produced anymore. Theirt both several years old.

monkeynautt · Post by **monkeynautt** » Wed May 08, 2002 7:48 pm

I want to go on the zip line. We didn't get to do it at ASA.

Boomerang · Post by **Boomerang** » Wed May 08, 2002 7:51 pm

The zip line is alot of fun but the harness is kind of uncomfortable for guys.