Transfer to Photographer... Update

First post in a while... well you get that sometimes!

Well things are going great in my mission to become a Navy Photographer.

I've attended a Psychological interview which determines whether you're smart enough and have the right motivation to transfer branch. Apparently I passed both criteria which is good.

When I got to the office there were 2 men arguing, I think they were just pulling the piss out of each other, but, I didn't know who they were. They were swearing and yelling and carrying on. One was Russian I think and he was getting fairly animated. The other was American and he was doing a great job of winding up the Russian bloke. Later I found out the American is one of the base psychiatrists and the Russian is a base Chaplain!! OMG! these guys help people sort out their lives!!!

Anyway...

I had to do a heap of tests on different subjects. What do you think would be suitable tests for someone who was considering a job in the Photographic industry?

WRONG!!!!!

First test was on intelligence. Don't laugh... I nailed that one. This test made sense.

Second test was Maths. Example question: If the sine of 60 degrees is 0.566 , what is the cosine of 30 degrees?? Who gives a rats ass? If it can't say cheese when I point the camera in it's direction why do I care???

Third test was electronics. Again, why do I care how many cells are in a car battery, or the formula for working out how many amps something uses. And what's a farad?

Fourth test was radio frequency. This one wasn't so bad because I had covered a bit of this in my role with Combat Systems, though I couldn't see the link to photography.

Fifth test... yes the bloody 5th written test was on mechanics... need I say more.

After a brief interview it was all over. 3 hours of testing and only about 15 minutes dedicated to photography.

After that I went to the medical centre and conducted a colour vision test. The nurse said my colour vision is A1. I thought that was great.

I later found out there are only 2 scores for colour vision... A1 and fail. HAHA.

So that's another tick in the box, on with the battle.