Your First Day! (6)

Welcome to Yukon, OK!


Now that you are settled in, get some sleep because tomorrow is an early day.


Be prepared to get up at about 5am to do the three S's, S**t Shower and Shave.  Eat a good breakfast.  Dress nice (to separate yourself from OTS bums) and get ready to get your picture taken.  Look nice and refreshed because that picture will be with you for the next several years.


Once to arrive to the academy you will be at the West gate.  Be in the left lane and turn left BEFORE you get to the security guards.  Park in the parking lot and walk into the student service building for your first day packet, parking pass, and temp ID badge.  The temp id badge is a brilliant shade of florescent yellow so that everyone will know that you...are a noob.


Once you get your badge they will tell you where your first classroom is on campus.  Ours was in the Stafford building and we have remained there since day 1.  Sometimes they will assign a temp classroom until one opens up at Stafford.


Rule of the Academy in regards to driving: Follow the speed limit.  All it takes is one violation to revoke your parking pass.  And with the possibility of being fired for any small infraction, the last thing you want to do is speed ON CAMPUS.  DERRR should be common sense, but as I am sure you know, common sense died a few years ago.


With yellow badge in hand, you get to your class and they should have name tags on a seat for you.  Find your seat, get to know the person next to you and other classmates.  Our class had 12, but I think they are increasing the size to 18.


With your heart pounding, butterflies fluttering, and anxiety at all time high, be prepared to be bored to death by Federal Bureaucrat Paperwork.  While the insurance is to an extent fun to look through especially if you have never had medical before, the overall 8 hours of people coming in and talking blah blah blah gets old.


In regards to the online paperwork they ask you to fill out, as I said before in a previous post, fill out what you can, however, if it asks for a wet signature, you cannot e-file it and you must fill it out that first day.  No worries, you will have ample time to make a decision in regards to insurance and TSP contributions (*Note-Choose 5%, its the max you can have with the FAA matching.  Any higher and you are just losing money that you could have now*) and other things of that nature.


Lunch time!!  The cafe in middle of campus has a good selection of food and healthy food for a somewhat decent price.


330pm!!! Time to go home and get ready for tomorrow!