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AR 95-1 Ch 5
AR-40-8 Exogenous Factors
FM 3-04.203 Fundamentals of Flight
FM 3-04.240 Instrument Flight for Army Aviators
TC 3-04.93 Aeromedical Training
FM 3-04.126 Attack Reconnaissance Helicopter Operations
FAR AIM
VFR Sectionals
IFR Sectionals
This is really more of a joke than anything! Congrats on your selection. Spend time with your family and come with motivation and Rucker will give you everything you need to succeed.
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WOCS SOP
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WO1 Rotary Wing Aviator (Aircraft Nonspecific)
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Now this was worth a good laugh.
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lol
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Destin, Atlanta, Panama City and other locations. You're about to be flooded with information and will have plenty of time to study later on. Unless you have an aviation background or a hobbyist, all of the information you could study on aviation would be for rote memorization. Without context or correlation you could be wasting your time on anything but learning how to and why to log flight time.
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SSG Platoon Sergeant
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Thanks Chief. I see what your saying. I found a mentor who is having me read some regs and familiarizing me with some aviation maps, just to get a small idea of what to expect.
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I was selected for 153A on this last board. What materials or subject matter would you recommend studying while I wait for a class date?
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I would focus on your PRT and land navigation. WOCS is not a gimme and many candidates take it for granted and end up recycling or getting kicked out. You will have plenty of time to study aviation.
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SSG Platoon Sergeant
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Thank you for the help. I'm good on PT, will definitely brush up on land nav. I don't for a minute consider it a gimme.
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CW3 Construction Engineer Technician
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SSG (Join to see) - Good luck!
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PRT, land navigation, and be prepared to shutup and color. May not make sense now but it will. Good luck to you!
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Rotary flight concepts. Dysymetry of lift, retreating blade stall.
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SSG Platoon Sergeant
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Thank you.
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Goddam you. Currently waiting for my board to come to a decision for me. Naval aviation though.

Not a pilot but I've been studying like a mad man for over a year now. Basic physics (i'm sure by now you're familiar with bernoulli's principle, Newton's laws, venturi flow), math, mechanics...Just think of what was tested on in the SIFT and expand on that.

I read a few different books but if you want a great one stop shop book i'd suggest "fundamentals of flight" US Army aka FM 3-04.203. Touches on a little bit of everything.

I'm jealous as hell but best of luck. Any idea what airframe you'd want to fly?
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LTC Stephen Conway
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Don't be jealous! I am an OC-T who meets Majors,LT. Colonels and Captains who are aviation fixed and rotary wing who are also Commercial Pilots. I meet Ranger and SF tabbed enlisted and Officers. Respect their accomplishments and they seem down to earth with me. Learn from those who earned these hard to get tabs or branches like Aviation.
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LTJG Student Naval Aviator (Sna)
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Oh I'm always happy for people and their accomplishments. If I was salty I would've seen this post, closed it out and cried in a corner lol instead of giving advice. IMO accomplishing your goals is a dream come true. I'd help anyone trying to achieve that regardless of the goal.

I'm just getting hungry. I've been pursuing aviation for more than a year now and can't wait til my number is called.
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SSG Platoon Sergeant
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Thank you for the tips! I will definitely look into these.

I wish you luck man, I wasn't selected my first look. Just keep your head up and resubmit if you don't make it on the first try!
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LTJG Student Naval Aviator (Sna)
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That's been my plan. Keep annoying them til they let me in lol Any idea what you want to fly?
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WO1 Charles Anderson
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Push-ups, 6 mile run, get up...get downs, burpies...etc...
They will teach everything you need to know about aviation.
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Like others have said, land nav (make sure you can plot a point on a map, pace count and terrain associate ). A bunch of people got set back for land nav failures. Read through the woc sop once or twice but don't go crazy on it just yet. Take leave.. assuming you're on your way to WOCS soon, you could be on a school time line that's very quick with few breaks in between. Minus the holidays season you might be working hard at school for close to 2 years without an oppertunity to take leave when you'd like to. I'd recommend taking a week and doing something non Army related close to when you're about to go to WOCS. It might help you stay a little more sane in the long run. Just my .02 .
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Brush up on PRT, DNC and Land Nav. Go in with a positive attude and try to just focus on school when you are there. Once you check in, and over the next few weeks of school you will meet and get in close with the fellow candidates who are aviators as well. Five weeks goes by fast.
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