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Re: Looks Like I struck a Nerve with the HM3 FTS community..”GOOD”

fireflysyl — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:43:49 -0000

I'm just a measly HN, been in 1 year and some change, but after seeing those last few comments it brings a question up with everyone talking about the "same cutting score". It seems to me like what the Navy does is come up with a percentage they need advanced FIRST, review all the tests, then make the "cutting score" whatever the lowest score was of the top whatever percentage to be advanced. IE, say its 25 percent, and the very bottom of that 25 percent was a score of 100. That'd be the cutting score, that way they get the percentage they need, and everyone knows what score they'd need to be in that top 25. So if they were to throw in the FTS with the active duty determining that score, that'd be less AD USN advanced, cause now we are actually competing with FTS. Wouldn't it? Unless of course everyone is assuming that the FTS would all score lower than the AD USN. So if that's the case, its better this way...more FTS advanced, and more AD USN advanced, cause we're treated in two separate catagories, sinc the quotas would pretty much NEED to be different for AD USN and FTS

Re: Looks Like I struck a Nerve with the HM3 FTS community..”GOOD”

SarDoc46 — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:10:37 -0000

Well I really don't know a whole lot about the FTS community, but I do know one thing I have a bunch of them in the school that I am currently attending. 2 words not impressed. I have a HM1 more senior to me and she is a FTS, just the other day she came to me a senior HM2 asked how to fill out a leave chit, and a special request chit. I mean if you are going to wear the HM Rate then you need to be held to the same standards that the AD Folks are.

Re: Looks Like I struck a Nerve with the HM3 FTS community..”GOOD”

8404 — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:33:57 -0000

Excellent post and I concur, the same cutting score should be applied across the board for AD, Reserve, FTS or otherwise.

Re: Looks Like I struck a Nerve with the HM3 FTS community..”GOOD”

oldavt — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:28:09 -0000

I agree on the unified cutoff. I remember taking my E6 exam the first time. I scored just under the advancement score so was PNA, while my best friend, a TAR FTS HM2, scored 16 points below me and was advanced. The anger still catches me when I think about it. We worked side by side, doing the exact same job in the aviation exam section. One Navy, one advancement.