Kind of fun to hear all the change that has occurred. I was prior service when I went to Flt school, so was most of my class. I was a SSG (E-6) Infantry Combat vet of Vietnam. My class number was 78-1. Maroon flight, as each class wore a different color hat. Now retired with 40 years of flying helicopters. 13 different models from TH-55, Bell-205, Bell206, Bell 212, Bell-222, As-350, As-355, BO-105, BK-117, Hughes 500, Sk-76A++, Agusta 119, and SK-61N (Type rated). That took a while (Lol) But no accidents or incidents in 23,446 hours total flight time. I can say this, the U.S. Army turns out the best helicopter Pilots in the world. Bar none! When you graduate US Army Flight school, be proud, but be aware you are just starting to learn.
Wow, what a remarkable career! Thank you for your service in both the infantry and as a helicopter pilot. It takes true dedication, skill, and discipline to fly over 23,000 hours without any accidents or incidents. Your hard work and commitment to excellence are truly inspiring. Your experience and achievements are a testament to the high standards of the US Army Flight school. Thank you for sharing your story with us, and for your continued contributions to the aviation industry. And thank you for your interest in my channel.
Thanks for the video sir. I am going through the process to submit my packet. I will be taking my SIFT in March. Currently finishing my flight physical and working on finding a senior warrant for LOR once I get my score in March.
That sounds great! I'm glad to hear that you have a plan for submitting packet. Good luck on the SIFT. Keep me posted on your progress, and don't hesitate to reach out for any assistance you may need. Good luck!
@@scud-runner Good to know sir! I was meaning to ask @TheBeze88 though, was going to offer to link him up with the SW I’ve been working with if he was here as well
Thanks, I did it in 1982 coming from the Marines! No info on what to expect but I made it! Graduated in 83, returned in 85 for IP duty, taught contact/combat skills/NVG. Went maintenance test pilot after that but was pulled back to Rucker in 91 as a NVG IP for the gulf war build up. Departed again in 94 for Korea and stayed until retirement. (1998, CW4)
@@scud-runner Thanks, I did another 22.9 years as a defense contractor doing fixed wing logistics, finally had to hang it up due to covid deployment age restrictions at age 63 with JSOC in Africa. I wish you well! Regards, Owen, CW4 Ret, IP/SP/MP/ME
@@scud-runner Thx! I had no plans to stop, but COVID wrecked it. I guess 44+ years in aviation was a good ride! FYI, I flew medevac at Ft. Benning for 18 months, 84-85, it was not fun! Rarely flew, but on duty/call 7 days a week. Constant TDY's to the Ranger camps and we were covering Ft. Bragg with the UH-60 grounding. I had to pull a sneaky escape to Rucker, but I pulled it off before the unit could stop it!
Is "Hooper Stagefield" still used ? It was called "Hollywood Stagefield" because it was right next to the main road out of Ft. Rucker heading to Ozark. "Wings" was our "Hangar Store" just outside the Daleville gate. I remember many fast food joints in Daleville. I hope to go back one day for visit to see how things changed. We didn't even have a guarded gate when I was there for class 89-01.
Yes Hooper is still used by the Apaches. Daleville is still the same it sounds like from your description. That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing and thank you for your service.
@@hw534 outstanding bro! Congratulations that’s a big deal. I’m super excited for you. Reach out if you have any other questions. I’m always here for you guys.
Evening great video! I’m a newly commissioned medical service officer. I have a 67j packet. You said it right I wanna try to help prepare myself the best I can before I arrive. Do you have any study recommendations other then the one you address to help prepare before I arrive in Dec?
Congratulations, and great question. You still have a little while before flight school, so make sure you focus on learning things taught in BOLC and enjoy San Antonio. For SERE school, I would read the books I mention in my SERE video along with Mike Durant’s book (In Company of Heroes. I don’t think I mentioned that one in the video). Also, run and walk a lot with a load on your back. In preparation for Common Core I would focus on basic stuff like understanding what a traffic pattern is-understanding how to read airport signs on taxiways and runways. After this, you can start looking into basic helicopter fundamentals in the TC 3-04.4. Don’t read the whole thing but look over chapter one. Understand airfoil terminology, Transverse flow effect, effective translational lift (ETL), translating tendency, in-ground effect, and out-of-ground effect. These are great topics that will make understanding the helicopter come easier later on. Once you grasp this, you can start studying EPs and limits…. I hope this helps, and good luck!
They stay on hold until the next course but they typically get priority over active duty for the next course just to speed up their time on active duty orders.
This was awesome information thank you. Random question.. is there a high rate of student pilots who suffer from air sickness? Was there a protocol for that?
I wouldn’t say a high rate. But it’s not unheard of.. When I went through flight school, I had one of my classmates suffer from airsickness. She went to the clinic on base, and they proscribed her with these patches that helped her, and she would wear them when she flew. I know if it continues to happen after the patches, they send you to testing at in Pensacola and if they can’t help you, then they have to reclass you to a different job.
Hello fellow Daedalian, I was class 90-3, what Captain's Career Course will you attend? Aviation Center at Mother Rucker or Medical at FSH? Nice video, thanks for the updated information.
@@scud-runner Young Sir, did you see my Aviation class #? I went to CCC when it was called the Aviation Officer Advanced Course back after my tour in the ROK . Attended AOC 1992 Mother Rucker. Enjoyed planning, rehearsing, then flying Co. and Bn. size operations in the Sym net. Those training simulators were wonderful at discovering areas to improve during planning/rehearsing the mission. Learned tons. Now just ole gray retired guy. Be safe and fly safe young stud.
Haha now that you point that out I can see you’ve been soaring the sky for awhile. Well thank you for your service. I look forward to Stewarding the profession.
I've heard rumors of guys who were enlisted that dropped packets who failed flight school and were reclassed to an Army needs MOS instead of their original. Any truth to that or was that person just mistaken and was talking about the "street to seat" guys getting reclassed.
That’s normally what happens to street to seat guys that don’t make it. They will reclass to a different ground warrant job based on needs of the Army. But as a disclosure I’m not the best person to ask. That’s more of an HRC question. Hope this helps.
My daughter got selected through the street to seat program and is currently in week 7 of bootcamp. We are taking her to Fort Rucker after graduation for WOCS. I am excited to see her go through this program. My question is will she find it harder not having any prior service before entering this program?
Jeniffer, congratulations that is awesome. The simple answer is no. She will be just fine. As long as she is determined and works hard, she will perform great. I’ve seen many street-to-seat students do well in flight school. In fact, one finished number one in our common core class on the warrant side. I will say that coming in with experience does offer some advantages as far as understanding military language and just day-to-day procedures. Still, most people can adjust to this just fine. You have nothing to worry about. Please reach out for anything else and tell your daughter about my channel to assist her through flight school. Thank you. -Deven
By any chance did your daughter have any college experience when she submitted her packet with street to seat? currently contemplating if I should finish my AA before submitting mine.
@@jacobz2708 last I checked you need at least 30 college credits. But good luck, I had a bad experience with two recruiters who had ZERO interest in pursuing a warrant officer contract. One said Army doesn’t offer it anymore (lie) and another said it too much work and he recommended enlisting instead. I have my AS and 93 college credits currents. I’ll have my BS in a year. So I already qualify for an officer slot (according to Army website) but they weren’t interested in helping. I’m gonna finish my degree and try again but I was willing to get the process going now but no luck.
How realistic would it be to take dogs with you to Fort Rucker? Will I ever be gone for multiple days at a time where I wouldn't be able to feed them and walk them? (During actual flight school - not SERE)
For officers SERE school is the only school during flight training where you will be away from your home for multiple days. If you are a warrant officer WOCs will be an overnight school as well. During Common Core and advance air frame your days will be long but most days you should be able to go home for lunch and let your dogs out and feed them in the morning time and in the evening time. Our dog went with us to Fort Rucker but this was easy for me because my wife was home with her during the day. However, I had plenty of friends who were single and had a dog while at Fort Rucker. It’s challenging but doable. I hope this answers your question.
@Scud-Runner thank you for your video, this was very helpful! I have a question, if a person is reporting to Fort Rucker for WOCS, do they do the Flight Physical prior to starting WOCS or would it be before Flight School? Also, after WOCS do they possibly grant any leave to the graduates? My son is currently at BCT but will be reporting to Fort Rucker in June and I am trying to figure out how to get his car to him from the West Coast. Was hoping we could do a roadtrip😊.
I am pretty sure they do the flight physical before any training. However, I am commissioned and I didn’t go through WOCS but when I got to Fort Rucker the flight physical was the first thing I had to do.. so it could be different on the warrant side. It’s probably the same but your son can reach out to the B co cadre and ask them. They should be able to answer this question. As far as leave he should be able to take leave after WOCS. This is up to the command but taking leave after WOCS is definitely be doable. Hope this helps.
OMG I’m so glad I found this video. Been interested in joining for 153A since I was 19 out of high school… since then, I’ve been a Deputy Sheriff in S. FL and an OTR truck driver driving the entirety of North America. I’m 30 - just turned 30 I should say - what exactly are going to be the obstacles I’ll face when speaking with a recruiter apart from age applying to WOCS and seeing about the packet? I’m married and have a baby on the way, due in December. Where would they be until more gets completed by me in the service? Been flying off and on since I was 16 in Cessnas. Would love to fly a 60! Stay safe.
Well from the information you have provided I don’t see any obstacles you will face. Being 30 years old is fine, many guys in my class were in their 30s when they started. I don’t think you need an age waiver until you are 32. Which age waivers for 32 and 33 aren’t hard to get from what I’ve heard. Your wife and kids will not be an issue at all. I am married with a little one and they were with me through everything. They will be able to move to Fort Rucker with you. When you speak with a recruiter let them know you want the “street to seat” option. And if the recruiter acts like its an issue move on to a different recruiter. Good luck man and if you need anything I’m always here.
@@scud-runner suspicion is that the individual that process the pile of packets simply did not submit mine and the paperwork is left hanging in the bureaucratic maze
@@pulseprofit-p2p I hate to hear that. Reach out to the board POC and let them know and maybe they can help you out. There is always next time if worst comes to worst, no big deal.
Kind of fun to hear all the change that has occurred. I was prior service when I went to Flt school, so was most of my class. I was a SSG (E-6) Infantry Combat vet of Vietnam.
My class number was 78-1. Maroon flight, as each class wore a different color hat.
Now retired with 40 years of flying helicopters. 13 different models from TH-55, Bell-205, Bell206, Bell 212, Bell-222, As-350, As-355, BO-105, BK-117, Hughes 500, Sk-76A++, Agusta 119, and SK-61N (Type rated).
That took a while (Lol) But no accidents or incidents in 23,446 hours total flight time.
I can say this, the U.S. Army turns out the best helicopter Pilots in the world. Bar none!
When you graduate US Army Flight school, be proud, but be aware you are just starting to learn.
Wow, what a remarkable career! Thank you for your service in both the infantry and as a helicopter pilot. It takes true dedication, skill, and discipline to fly over 23,000 hours without any accidents or incidents. Your hard work and commitment to excellence are truly inspiring. Your experience and achievements are a testament to the high standards of the US Army Flight school. Thank you for sharing your story with us, and for your continued contributions to the aviation industry. And thank you for your interest in my channel.
Great videos!
Thanks for the video sir. I am going through the process to submit my packet. I will be taking my SIFT in March. Currently finishing my flight physical and working on finding a senior warrant for LOR once I get my score in March.
That sounds great! I'm glad to hear that you have a plan for submitting packet. Good luck on the SIFT. Keep me posted on your progress, and don't hesitate to reach out for any assistance you may need. Good luck!
Do you happen to be at bragg currently?
@@critzu199 no I’m stationed at Riley.
@@scud-runner Good to know sir! I was meaning to ask @TheBeze88 though, was going to offer to link him up with the SW I’ve been working with if he was here as well
@@critzu199 oh gotcha. That’s awesome man. Good on you for offering help.
Thanks, I did it in 1982 coming from the Marines! No info on what to expect but I made it! Graduated in 83, returned in 85 for IP duty, taught contact/combat skills/NVG. Went maintenance test pilot after that but was pulled back to Rucker in 91 as a NVG IP for the gulf war build up. Departed again in 94 for Korea and stayed until retirement. (1998, CW4)
Man that’s an impressive career. Thank you for your service and thanks for the comment and the support.
@@scud-runner Thanks, I did another 22.9 years as a defense contractor doing fixed wing logistics, finally had to hang it up due to covid deployment age restrictions at age 63 with JSOC in Africa. I wish you well! Regards, Owen, CW4 Ret, IP/SP/MP/ME
Damn that’s impressive. I hope to have a career as long as that. I share the same passion for aviation.
@@scud-runner Thx! I had no plans to stop, but COVID wrecked it. I guess 44+ years in aviation was a good ride! FYI, I flew medevac at Ft. Benning for 18 months, 84-85, it was not fun! Rarely flew, but on duty/call 7 days a week. Constant TDY's to the Ranger camps and we were covering Ft. Bragg with the UH-60 grounding. I had to pull a sneaky escape to Rucker, but I pulled it off before the unit could stop it!
Is "Hooper Stagefield" still used ? It was called "Hollywood Stagefield" because it was right next to the main road out of Ft. Rucker heading to Ozark. "Wings" was our "Hangar Store" just outside the Daleville gate. I remember many fast food joints in Daleville. I hope to go back one day for visit to see how things changed. We didn't even have a guarded gate when I was there for class 89-01.
Yes Hooper is still used by the Apaches. Daleville is still the same it sounds like from your description. That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing and thank you for your service.
Great Video! Waiting to get picked up this July board 18th-22nd!
I'm binging all these rucker flight school videos. Thanks for making this
Great to hear bro. Good luck and please reach out for anything.
@@scud-runner
Im grateful for that support! I will likely need it! Flight school sounds as rigorous as university was.
@@hw534 Yeah, man, it definitely is. But study hard, and you will be just fine.
@@scud-runner
I got selected! Awesome feeling🙂
I got a new level of appreciation for your vids now! Thank you
@@hw534 outstanding bro! Congratulations that’s a big deal. I’m super excited for you. Reach out if you have any other questions. I’m always here for you guys.
180 psi max. = rotary blades
Evening great video! I’m a newly commissioned medical service officer. I have a 67j packet. You said it right I wanna try to help prepare myself the best I can before I arrive. Do you have any study recommendations other then the one you address to help prepare before I arrive in Dec?
Congratulations, and great question. You still have a little while before flight school, so make sure you focus on learning things taught in BOLC and enjoy San Antonio. For SERE school, I would read the books I mention in my SERE video along with Mike Durant’s book (In Company of Heroes. I don’t think I mentioned that one in the video). Also, run and walk a lot with a load on your back.
In preparation for Common Core I would focus on basic stuff like understanding what a traffic pattern is-understanding how to read airport signs on taxiways and runways. After this, you can start looking into basic helicopter fundamentals in the TC 3-04.4. Don’t read the whole thing but look over chapter one. Understand airfoil terminology, Transverse flow effect, effective translational lift (ETL), translating tendency, in-ground effect, and out-of-ground effect. These are great topics that will make understanding the helicopter come easier later on.
Once you grasp this, you can start studying EPs and limits…. I hope this helps, and good luck!
@@scud-runner thank you for the load of information! I really appreciate it. I definitely will begin studying while I’m CST .
Goofy question: Did the guard guys have to stay during the hold time between courses, or did they get to go home in-between cycles?
They stay on hold until the next course but they typically get priority over active duty for the next course just to speed up their time on active duty orders.
This was awesome information thank you. Random question.. is there a high rate of student pilots who suffer from air sickness? Was there a protocol for that?
I wouldn’t say a high rate. But it’s not unheard of.. When I went through flight school, I had one of my classmates suffer from airsickness. She went to the clinic on base, and they proscribed her with these patches that helped her, and she would wear them when she flew. I know if it continues to happen after the patches, they send you to testing at in Pensacola and if they can’t help you, then they have to reclass you to a different job.
Hello fellow Daedalian, I was class 90-3, what Captain's Career Course will you attend? Aviation Center at Mother Rucker or Medical at FSH? Nice video, thanks for the updated information.
Hey thanks for the comment. I’m glad you enjoyed the content. I attended CCC at FSH, enroute. It was pretty informative. How about you?
@@scud-runner Young Sir, did you see my Aviation class #? I went to CCC when it was called the Aviation Officer Advanced Course back after my tour in the ROK . Attended AOC 1992 Mother Rucker. Enjoyed planning, rehearsing, then flying Co. and Bn. size operations in the Sym net. Those training simulators were wonderful at discovering areas to improve during planning/rehearsing the mission. Learned tons. Now just ole gray retired guy. Be safe and fly safe young stud.
Haha now that you point that out I can see you’ve been soaring the sky for awhile. Well thank you for your service. I look forward to Stewarding the profession.
I've heard rumors of guys who were enlisted that dropped packets who failed flight school and were reclassed to an Army needs MOS instead of their original. Any truth to that or was that person just mistaken and was talking about the "street to seat" guys getting reclassed.
That’s normally what happens to street to seat guys that don’t make it. They will reclass to a different ground warrant job based on needs of the Army. But as a disclosure I’m not the best person to ask. That’s more of an HRC question. Hope this helps.
My daughter got selected through the street to seat program and is currently in week 7 of bootcamp. We are taking her to Fort Rucker after graduation for WOCS. I am excited to see her go through this program. My question is will she find it harder not having any prior service before entering this program?
Jeniffer, congratulations that is awesome. The simple answer is no. She will be just fine. As long as she is determined and works hard, she will perform great. I’ve seen many street-to-seat students do well in flight school. In fact, one finished number one in our common core class on the warrant side. I will say that coming in with experience does offer some advantages as far as understanding military language and just day-to-day procedures. Still, most people can adjust to this just fine. You have nothing to worry about. Please reach out for anything else and tell your daughter about my channel to assist her through flight school. Thank you.
-Deven
By any chance did your daughter have any college experience when she submitted her packet with street to seat? currently contemplating if I should finish my AA before submitting mine.
@@jacobz2708 last I checked you need at least 30 college credits. But good luck, I had a bad experience with two recruiters who had ZERO interest in pursuing a warrant officer contract. One said Army doesn’t offer it anymore (lie) and another said it too much work and he recommended enlisting instead. I have my AS and 93 college credits currents. I’ll have my BS in a year. So I already qualify for an officer slot (according to Army website) but they weren’t interested in helping. I’m gonna finish my degree and try again but I was willing to get the process going now but no luck.
MSC Officers love to screw over warrant officers on OERs.
@@ExtremeRecluse do you have experience with this?
How realistic would it be to take dogs with you to Fort Rucker? Will I ever be gone for multiple days at a time where I wouldn't be able to feed them and walk them? (During actual flight school - not SERE)
For officers SERE school is the only school during flight training where you will be away from your home for multiple days. If you are a warrant officer WOCs will be an overnight school as well. During Common Core and advance air frame your days will be long but most days you should be able to go home for lunch and let your dogs out and feed them in the morning time and in the evening time.
Our dog went with us to Fort Rucker but this was easy for me because my wife was home with her during the day. However, I had plenty of friends who were single and had a dog while at Fort Rucker. It’s challenging but doable. I hope this answers your question.
@Scud-Runner thank you for your video, this was very helpful! I have a question, if a person is reporting to Fort Rucker for WOCS, do they do the Flight Physical prior to starting WOCS or would it be before Flight School? Also, after WOCS do they possibly grant any leave to the graduates? My son is currently at BCT but will be reporting to Fort Rucker in June and I am trying to figure out how to get his car to him from the West Coast. Was hoping we could do a roadtrip😊.
I am pretty sure they do the flight physical before any training. However, I am commissioned and I didn’t go through WOCS but when I got to Fort Rucker the flight physical was the first thing I had to do.. so it could be different on the warrant side. It’s probably the same but your son can reach out to the B co cadre and ask them. They should be able to answer this question.
As far as leave he should be able to take leave after WOCS. This is up to the command but taking leave after WOCS is definitely be doable. Hope this helps.
@@scud-runner Thank you!😊
Can’t wait to be off hold
I served as a Crash and Rescue man in 1962-64.
Thank you for your service
Is PT on your own or is it unit PT in the morning? Thanks!
While I was there, on hold you did unit PT. While in common core or aircraft qualification no PT just because you are pretty busy.
OMG I’m so glad I found this video. Been interested in joining for 153A since I was 19 out of high school… since then, I’ve been a Deputy Sheriff in S. FL and an OTR truck driver driving the entirety of North America. I’m 30 - just turned 30 I should say - what exactly are going to be the obstacles I’ll face when speaking with a recruiter apart from age applying to WOCS and seeing about the packet? I’m married and have a baby on the way, due in December. Where would they be until more gets completed by me in the service? Been flying off and on since I was 16 in Cessnas. Would love to fly a 60!
Stay safe.
Well from the information you have provided I don’t see any obstacles you will face. Being 30 years old is fine, many guys in my class were in their 30s when they started. I don’t think you need an age waiver until you are 32. Which age waivers for 32 and 33 aren’t hard to get from what I’ve heard. Your wife and kids will not be an issue at all. I am married with a little one and they were with me through everything. They will be able to move to Fort Rucker with you.
When you speak with a recruiter let them know you want the “street to seat” option. And if the recruiter acts like its an issue move on to a different recruiter. Good luck man and if you need anything I’m always here.
Is the RUclips algo trying to tell me something 🤨🤨 I’m still waiting on the response from the board
Haha maybe so. Good luck. I hope you get selected.
@@scud-runner they didn’t even review my packet!
@@pulseprofit-p2p hate to hear that. Do you know why?
@@scud-runner suspicion is that the individual that process the pile of packets simply did not submit mine and the paperwork is left hanging in the bureaucratic maze
@@pulseprofit-p2p I hate to hear that. Reach out to the board POC and let them know and maybe they can help you out. There is always next time if worst comes to worst, no big deal.
180 psi max. = rotary blades