Picked Up The Uniforms
Today we picked up our flight suits and other flight gear! The whole process didn't take too long, but I'm glad I was at the front of the pack that arrived a little before 0900 when they started handing stuff out. The important thing was that we tried on our flight suits and boots to make sure everything fit just right because once we left it would basically take an act of Congress to exchange them...don't ask me why. We picked up three flight suits, two flight jackets (winter and summer weight) and a bunch of other smaller things I don't feel like trying to remember. =) Overall I guess everything costs about $1000, and we get it all for free! That's a huge deal because I don't have a grand to drop on more uniforms. Anyway, from there we bought five sets of 2nd Lt rank and headed to the sewing shop to have the rank and velcro for our patches and nametage sewn on. Later in the afternoon I picked up my stuff from the shop and got started on making everything look presentable. The flight suits were VERY wrinkled and had strings hanging off of them all over. So, I threw them in the washer and then proceeded to clip for the next 1.5 hours...fun times.
Dude, the day is almost here!! I've been here in the great state of Mississippi (cough...cough) waiting to start pilot training for the past six months and it's finally here. I was thinking the other day on the flight back from home how awesome it is that I have the chance to fly for the best military in the world, and that ROCKS!! I'm ready for the hardest, funnest and most rewarding year of my life to begin!! I thank God for that opportunity!!
Today we picked up our flight suits and other flight gear! The whole process didn't take too long, but I'm glad I was at the front of the pack that arrived a little before 0900 when they started handing stuff out. The important thing was that we tried on our flight suits and boots to make sure everything fit just right because once we left it would basically take an act of Congress to exchange them...don't ask me why. We picked up three flight suits, two flight jackets (winter and summer weight) and a bunch of other smaller things I don't feel like trying to remember. =) Overall I guess everything costs about $1000, and we get it all for free! That's a huge deal because I don't have a grand to drop on more uniforms. Anyway, from there we bought five sets of 2nd Lt rank and headed to the sewing shop to have the rank and velcro for our patches and nametage sewn on. Later in the afternoon I picked up my stuff from the shop and got started on making everything look presentable. The flight suits were VERY wrinkled and had strings hanging off of them all over. So, I threw them in the washer and then proceeded to clip for the next 1.5 hours...fun times.
Dude, the day is almost here!! I've been here in the great state of Mississippi (cough...cough) waiting to start pilot training for the past six months and it's finally here. I was thinking the other day on the flight back from home how awesome it is that I have the chance to fly for the best military in the world, and that ROCKS!! I'm ready for the hardest, funnest and most rewarding year of my life to begin!! I thank God for that opportunity!!
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