Aviation
Flight School Life: Living Arrangements
When you're moving every year, how do you figure out where and who to live with?
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Aviation
How to Succeed in Flight School
Whether you dream of becoming Top Stick at the Navy Fighter Weapons School or an international long-haul pilot for Delta Airlines, everyone starts somewhere. And that “somewhere” for most people is in flight school, being reminded by your instructor that you forgot the base leg radio call for the fifth
Books
Military Books: The Like Switch
⭐️4.8 out of 5 ⭐️ How can we get people to like us and accelerate relationship development?
OCS
10 Things You’ll Love About Navy OCS
What if I told you that there are some things you'll actually miss about Navy OCS?
Aviation
Navy Primary Flight Training: Contacts
Contacts Phase is the first phase of Navy Primary Flight Training. It’s where you learn the basics of flying the Navy way and where you can start your grades off on the right foot. Although under the Charlie syllabus Contacts is only worth 25%, it still provides a great
Aviation
Navy Primary Flight Training: Preparation
If you’re even vaguely familiar with the current state of Navy Flight School, you’re probably well aware of the various bottlenecks currently plaguing NIFE and Primary. While waiting to start training there’s definitely some ways you can spend your time to maximize your performance once the inaugural
Aviation
Navy Flight School: NIFE Phase 3
Phase 3: Flight Side In case you missed my write up of Phases 1 and 2, you can access them here and here. What NIFE is doing (and really well—I might add) is providing a great example of what the rest of Navy Primary and Advanced flight training will
Books
Military Books: Moonwalking With Einstein
⭐️4.5 out of 5⭐️ Why is it so damn hard to remember some things and so easy to recall others? The key, it turns out, is the Memory Palace.
Fitness
The MAF Method: Maxing Out the Navy PRT
Running has never been something I’ve excelled at, which probably explains why I never do great on that portion of the Navy PRT. I’ve always thought of myself as a below-average runner and on a scale from things I love to things I hate, I would put my
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Military Finances: Navy OCS and Beyond
My experience with military finances so far has been a lot like when that one neighbor asks you to dog-sit for the week while they’re on vacation: you are happy to do it, not sure how much exactly you’ll get paid, and worry they’ve completely forgotten to
Aviation
Navy Flight School: NIFE Phase 2
In case you missed it from my first post covering Phase I, the US Navy moved from the old program known as API and is now using NIFE (Naval Introductory Flight Evaluation) as the first stop in the journey to becoming a Naval Aviator / Flight Officer. This post will cover
OCS
Navy OCS CandiO Box Q&A (Updated 2026)
Everything families need to know about what to send (and what not to) — from two people who've been there