PJOC

[Brownie]

I was in class 32 over the summer. Just want to know if anyone else has gone, or is planning on going?

[yeahididthat]

I am going to apply this year; I hear if you don't pass PT they send you home.

[Stonewall]

That is a fact. I had a cadet sent home after failing the PJOC PT test.

[SarDragon]

That is a fact. I had a cadet sent home after failing the PJOC PT test.

Which means that you need to make sure you can exceed, and not just meet, the requirements, before you get on the airplane.

[PHall]

The PT test is one of the first things you do in the course. It's a PASS/FAIL test. You have to pass all areas of the test.
And if you FAIL you go home, that day, no exceptions.

[GroundHawg]

The PT test is one of the first things you do in the course. It's a PASS/FAIL test. You have to pass all areas of the test.
And if you FAIL you go home, that day, no exceptions.

I went almost 20 years ago and it was the same then. Every special activity should be like this. Every course except one I took in the military was the same way.

[PHall]

The PT test is one of the first things you do in the course. It's a PASS/FAIL test. You have to pass all areas of the test.
And if you FAIL you go home, that day, no exceptions.

I went almost 20 years ago and it was the same then. Every special activity should be like this. Every course except one I took in the military was the same way.

Every PME course I attended started the same way. Everybody up on the scale. If you were over the weight limit you got sent home and your Commander got a nasty-gram.

[Perez]

Hey Brownie. I plan on applying this year, and I'm really psyched for this activity! How's everyone else doing with their preparation?

[Brownie]

@Perez
Good for you! But make sure you as really prepared, because the place you go to is at like 7,500ft elevation. I ran a 4:50 at my home state; but then ran a 6:00 mile there. You can never be too physically fit.

[Civais]

I have planned to get into PJOC but how will this benefit me?

[lordmonar]

I have planned to get into PJOC but how will this benefit me?

It's fun?!

No one can answer that question for you unless/until you give us more personal information.

The stated goals of the Fam Courses is to give cadets and overview of what the USAF is like and possible career opprotunities.  Beyond that they are supposed to be fun.

[GTCommando]

I'm applying for it this year. I want to be a Combat Rescue Officer, so I consider PJOC the first big step in my training.

[GroundHawg]

I'm applying for it this year. I want to be a Combat Rescue Officer, so I consider PJOC the first big step in my training.

A fine and honorable goal.

[Flying Pig]

I'm applying for it this year. I want to be a Combat Rescue Officer, so I consider PJOC the first big step in my training.

......And then your next step should be joining your high school swim and water polo teams if your not on them already.

[GroundHawg]

I'm applying for it this year. I want to be a Combat Rescue Officer, so I consider PJOC the first big step in my training.

......And then your next step should be joining your high school swim and water polo teams if your not on them already.

+1

Failing the swim test killed my PJ dreams

[Spaceman3750]

Those with Netflix can look up "Surviving the Cut" - the PJ episode spends a lot of time on drownproofing.

[GTCommando]

^I saw that episode. Pretty intense stuff.  And to think, if they survive they still have two years of training before they become full-blown PJ's.

[PHall]

I have planned to get into PJOC but how will this benefit me?

If you're asking this question then do yourself a favor, don't apply.

It takes a lot of self motovation to get to and to graduate from PJOC.

And if you're asking the "What's in it for me" question then you probably don't have the motovation.

It's gotta come from inside...

[SarDragon]

From an outsider POV, I see it as an exercise in goals - setting, meeting, and, hopefully, exceeding them.

[Brownie]

It's true; if you go in thinking "What can I get out of it?" you won't make it. You have to go in trying to push yourself farther then ever before.