NationStates Jolt Archive

Let's discuss this series, which is my favorite book series ever.

same here and being a on a us sub i had to go with hfro

I thought EO was real good. They way his team outsmarted Kealty was cool. And seeing Clarke and Chavez doing those dirty little things we don't want to know about is always a special treat.

I like them all, but Clear and Present Danger is my favorite book. The ending part where: Cutter kills himself shocked me and was amazing. The whole book was rivetting like all of Clancy's work.

I also loved Without Remorse and Rainbow Six. WR is good when you see the history of John Kelly/CLark

Cardinal of the Kremlin was the ultimate spy novel. Hunt for Red October was amazing. Good start by Clancy and a good read. The movie was pretty close to the book with some more minor changes and only 1 major change.

Patriot Games was good too. Nice read and it gave an idea of how terrorist groups work.

Sum of all Fears was amazing and somewhat scary. The movie sucked and did no honor to the book.

DoH was good, but the ending is scary considering it was written in 1994 and only 7 years later what the reviewer of Publisher's Weekly said was, "A shocker climax so plausible you'll wonder why it hasn't happened yet," actually occured.

EO was good and I liked seeing more of Ryan in a new position and the battle was amazing.

Bear and the Dragon ranks among the best, the ones ranked under others sucked big though.

Red Storm Rising, while not Ryanverse was good.

same here and being a on a us sub i had to go with hfro
You serve on subs? I've applied for an NROTC scholarship and am hoping to go into the "silent service."

I thought EO was real good. They way his team outsmarted Kealty was cool. And seeing Clarke and Chavez doing those dirty little things we don't want to know about is always a special treat.

I especially like what they do with the light weapon to the Japanese E-767s!!!!

You serve on subs? I've applied for an NROTC scholarship and am hoping to go into the "silent service."
how are your grades?
do you know all the stuff you have to go through to be a nuke officer?

Without Remorse all the way. It is defineatly Clancy's darkest novel but is his best IMHO. You see how John Kelly (John Clark) thinks & the whole planning process & you really feel his anger. I think it would be an excellent, excellent film in its raw form. It would probably be controversial but thats where the empathy comes in you not only know JK's reasons for vengeance YOU feel them. Think of the ending with James Earl Jones as James Greer awarding Zachiarias much like the throne room scene in SW IV. ;)

btw i had just started reading eo on 9-11-01 about 25min after i started the principal came over the 1mc(pa) and told us a plane had struck the wtc
it freaked the sh*t out of me

how are your grades?
do you know all the stuff you have to go through to be a nuke officer?
Senior in HS, 3.85 overall GPA, Sophomore and Junior years alone are over a 4.0. I'm getting an A- in AB Calculus right now and got A's in Physics, Pre-cal, and Chemistry.

I went to my interview and the Lieutenant who conducted the interview complemented me on my grades. I've been acceted to Purdue and Michigan engineering schools. I know much of what you have to go through, 4 years NROTC at college, 6 months at nuke school, and then there is some other unique training.

I especially like what they do with the light weapon to the Japanese E-767s!!!!

Dude, the end of EO when they put the laser pointer and the camera on the house of they guy they went for. Awesome.

Senior in HS, 3.85 overall GPA, Sophomore and Junior years alone are over a 4.0. I'm getting an A- in AB Calculus right now and got A's in Physics, Pre-cal, and Chemistry.

I went to my interview and the Lieutenant who conducted the interview complemented me on my grades. I've been acceted to Purdue and Michigan engineering schools. I know much of what you have to go through, 4 years NROTC at college, 6 months at nuke school, and then there is some other unique training.
i think any rotc works(dont quote me, tough if you do i think the recruiter will laugh... well right thinking whites said)
6 months power school
6 months nptu
i think 3 months sub school(not sure us enlisted nuke's dont go :p )
ships quals for your fish not to mention your watch stations
not to mention the interviews with the admirles and c.o.'s and what not
you basicly learn all 4 enlisted rates plus your own stuff
its a hell of a comitment and i hope you take it we need more nukes thats why the srb is like 60 grand

i think any rotc works(dont quote me, tough if you do i think the recruiter will laugh... well right thinking whites said)
6 months power school
6 months nptu
i think 3 months sub school(not sure us enlisted nuke's dont go :p )
ships quals for your fish not to mention your watch stations
not to mention the interviews with the admirles and c.o.'s and what not
you basicly learn all 4 enlisted rates plus your own stuff
its a hell of a comitment and i hope you take it we need more nukes thats why the srb is like 60 grand
I know all the work it takes. It has been my dream for years and I know it takes years after getting out of NROTC before you get on a boat. I've read about the ship quals and that it can easily take almost a year to get the dolphins. I've been taking a shitload of difficult classes in high school to prepare for it and will continue to do so in college.

As for NROTC, I'm still waiting for Northwestern and Illinois Institute of Technology to get back to me. The CO at Northwestern already sent me a letter and had me call him so he could try and beg me to choose Northwestern. I haven't been accepted to NROTC, but a member of my temple is a 20 year vet of Boomers and went through the NROTC at IIT. I showed him my online app and he said I was a good candidate.

I know all the work it takes. It has been my dream for years and I know it takes years after getting out of NROTC before you get on a boat. I've read about the ship quals and that it can easily take almost a year to get the dolphins. I've been taking a shitload of difficult classes in high school to prepare for it and will continue to do so in college.
well i tell you a little secret not much of what i learned in hs help except calc.
for officers ships quals can take up to 2 years, 1 for us blue shirts
i never did college so i dont know what could help there, but i plan to go when i rotate back to shore duty

well i tell you a little secret not much of what i learned in hs help except calc.
for officers ships quals can take up to 2 years, 1 for us blue shirts
i never did college so i dont know what could help there, but i plan to go when i rotate back to shore duty
I know all the physics is calculus based so my calculus class is by far my most important class I have. Ship quals will probably be a bitch, but there is a nice reward at the end of the tunnel. I work hard every day in calculus class so that one day I will be able to put on my dolphins and be serve on a submarine.

Good luck with college. I'm sure that won't be a problem since the physics and calculus would be easy for you. I'm curious, are you planning on making a career out of the military and getting up to chief or even work to get a commission or are you going to get out in a few years?

Good luck with college. I'm sure that won't be a problem since the physics and calculus would be easy for you. I'm curious, are you planning on making a career out of the military and getting up to chief or even work to get a commission or are you going to get out in a few years?
well right now i dont know what i'm doing i know that the higher ups are working to transfer me to the target (surface) fleet (for medical resons) wether they let me re-enlist or not i want to
and if i have to become a target i want tho go to the gw or the vinsint

well right now i dont know what i'm doing i know that the higher ups are working to transfer me to the target (surface) fleet (for medical resons) wether they let me re-enlist or not i want to
and if i have to become a target i want tho go to the gw or the vinsint
carriers eh? Why only those 2? Do you have to stay in the same fleet?

carriers eh? Why only those 2? Do you have to stay in the same fleet?
no just thier upcoming scheduals should the world stay somewhat stable

I love WIthout Remorse. Nothing beats Clark on a rampage. I hope that book becomes a movie.

They're all decent books. Sum of All Fears was probably my favourite.

Rainbow Six because I love the first half where the teams are running around the world.

But Without Remorse had an awesome story, and was nice for the real possiblity of it happening, as opposed to the presidential happenings of a large number of the books.

Hunt for Red October is a classic, and rightly so. Good plot, and satisfactorily action-packed.

Executive Orders: This book is freakin' awesome! I'm still scared of the Ebola virus, a year after reading it! And an excellent storyline. This book is way too real. It scared the crap out of me (Figuratively, of course.)

I like Red Storm Rising.