CBP officer

[BanditLAPD]

That might be good for now, but I hope you are working hard because the standards will not be relaxed at your pft2 and especially at the academy. Depending on your height, the block will be thinner forcing you to go deeper for the pushup to count. I highly recommend you don't cheat yourself and practice nose to the floor pushups. I'm not trying to stir up anything just trying to give you a heads up before it is too late.

A good thing to do is get one of the 10lb weights and place that under your chest and do push ups to it, that is about the size of a fist.

[TP3]

anyone on here have a color defiency like myself? I am pretty sure i failed the color vision portion but they only offered ishihara eye test and I know i could pass the farnsworth hue test which they dont offer

[Drifting]

So, I finally got and answered the call. I was given two locations. Columbus, NM and Presidio, Tx. Does anyone out there have any information regarding these two places?

I have Google'd both of them, they are small and far from any sort of densely populated area. Any thoughts?

Presidio is a whole lot farther out than Columbus. Presidio is pretty much the hottest place in Texas. Texas does not collect income tax. Presidio will likely give you the option of living in G housing for cheap or free. A lot of the CBPOs at Presidio POE live in Marfa, an hour away or in Alpine, an hour and a half away. The sun sets super late in West Texas and super early in central New Mexico.

[seanhrho]

What is G housing?

Presidio is a whole lot farther out than Columbus. Presidio is pretty much the hottest place in Texas. Texas does not collect income tax. Presidio will likely give you the option of living in G housing for cheap or free. A lot of the CBPOs at Presidio POE live in Marfa, an hour away or in Alpine, an hour and a half away. The sun sets super late in West Texas and super early in central New Mexico.

What is G Housing? I assume it is government housing? it there any other location offer G housing beside Presidio?

[Firebug]

anyone on here have a color defiency like myself? I am pretty sure i failed the color vision portion but they only offered ishihara eye test and I know i could pass the farnsworth hue test which they dont offer

You have to wait to be notified. If you fail the color defiency test you may be able to take the Farnsworth test. However, the expense of taking the Farnsworth test will be on you.

FB

[LIcoastie]

NOOOOO!!!!!

So I got THE CALL this morning, but..... I missed it. FML! I have tried calling back a few times, no response yet. I am finding it hard to celebrate and be happy when I haven't actually talked to anyone yet.

The waiting continues.

Best of luck to everyone in this forum, both current CBPOs and future CBPOs. Hope to see you all out there soon!

LOL nice job my friend. It looks like we may be at the academy together.

[Drifting]

What is G Housing? I assume it is government housing? it there any other location offer G housing beside Presidio?

It is government housing for CBP employees. I do not know what other locations have it. Generally, those places are not awesome places to live in.

[LIcoastie]

Got the call today. I start at JFK December 5th, and FLETC the following month!

[cbpo kid]

Got the call today. I start at JFK December 5th, and FLETC the following month!

Awesome you got the same EOD date as me.

[yoda]

Got the call today. I start at JFK December 5th, and FLETC the following month!

Congrats!... Glad to see that you're heading out of the "Belly Over Pants" brigade!... :-)
Now take a deep breath and get ready for 19 more weeks at FLETC.

[dghai62]

Got the call today. I start at JFK December 5th, and FLETC the following month!

congrats! i told you you would get that EOD soon and you did, best wishes at the academy and in your life as a CBPO!

[LIcoastie]

Awesome you got the same EOD date as me.

same academy date too

[LIcoastie]

congrats! i told you you would get that EOD soon and you did, best wishes at the academy and in your life as a CBPO!

thanks man though I definitely didn't expect the call today

[LIcoastie]

Congrats!... Glad to see that you're heading out of the "Belly Over Pants" brigade!... :-)
Now take a deep breath and get ready for 19 more weeks at FLETC.

Yeah me too.

Is there a nickname thing for CBP there as well?

I got bored of being there after 2 weeks! 19 weeks oh well, at least Ill be home in time for summer 2012

[yoda]

Yeah me too.

Is there a nickname thing for CBP there as well?

I got bored of being there after 2 weeks! 19 weeks oh well, at least Ill be home in time for summer 2012

I think it used to be "Can't Button Pants" but all that has changed with the new standards, and the future outlook for the agency.
Best of Luck! You'll be in the class coming in after mine graduates.