"What's the Class Drop?"
09-10-2014 | 06:41 PM
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"What's the Class Drop?"
Where does this term come from? It's asked probably 10 times a day on here and it's pretty obvious what it means.... But I've never heard it on the civilian side of hiring/training. Is this a military remnant?
09-10-2014 | 06:45 PM
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Yep. As in what choices "dropped" down from higher up for each class to choose from.
UPT students rank their choices and find out at the "drop party" which plane they get.
UPT students rank their choices and find out at the "drop party" which plane they get.
09-10-2014 | 07:14 PM
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09-10-2014 | 10:17 PM
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I can't speak for the bizarro chuckleheads at TW-5.
IMO, we never had any sort of "event" when assigning a pipeline out of Primary because 60% of the studs went helos and half those guys were ****ed. I don't know if Master got drafted but seeing someone's face after an E-2/C-2 draft could be very traumatic
****ed= mad, upset, etc
09-11-2014 | 05:03 AM
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Thirty years ago it was also called the assignment drop.
Assignment night was a huge party afterwards. Typically the last time the class (2 sections) had a blow out party. Two sets of drunks "OMG I got it!" and "OMG what happened?!" Some of the best stories in UPT came from that night.
Assignment night was a huge party afterwards. Typically the last time the class (2 sections) had a blow out party. Two sets of drunks "OMG I got it!" and "OMG what happened?!" Some of the best stories in UPT came from that night.
09-11-2014 | 05:10 AM
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Thirty years ago it was also called the assignment drop.
Assignment night was a huge party afterwards. Typically the last time the class (2 sections) had a blow out party. Two sets of drunks "OMG I got it!" and "OMG what happened?!" Some of the best stories in UPT came from that night.
Assignment night was a huge party afterwards. Typically the last time the class (2 sections) had a blow out party. Two sets of drunks "OMG I got it!" and "OMG what happened?!" Some of the best stories in UPT came from that night.
I haven't been to a drop lately but I imagine now the big party is get your assignment and leave ASAP before you get accused of DUI, conduct unbecoming, unprofessional relationships, cheating, or sexual assault.
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