/Meg/- leaving on a jet plane(hopefully not on a bus) edition
Didn't see one in the catalog
>Leaving for OSUT in 7 days, >just got dumped by my girlfriend...perfect timing :/
>>28341543
son, don't fall in love with that stripper.
How old, /Killer?
>>28341551
Lol nah, no stripper, not THAT dumb lol
>>28341598
25
Take it from an old hand- do NOT NOT NOT get married. Do your job the best you can. Don't worry about anything else. All the bullshit you deal with on a daily basis has nothing to do with your long term life. Was .milfag then .contractorfag- don't think that anything you care about now is going to matter to you in 5 years. It won't.
In the hotel at MEPS now. Leave for basic in the morning. Anyone else shipping?
>>28341854
Where you shipping from?
>>28341707
Advice taken. No reason to get married at all now. From what I've heard it is much easier being single in BCT anyways.
>>28341942
Nashville to benning
>>28342082
MOS? I'm heading to benning as well.
>>28342135
Nice try staff sergeant. Jk 11x
>>28341543
Whats the best 35 series MOS to enlist in to get a private contracting job as an analyst afterwards?
where's the tripfag navydepper?
I go to nukeschool as well, and I think i remember him saying that he was going there, he left sometime in September IIRC.
How do you become a line medic as a 68w? Is there anything you can shoot for to strengthen your odds?
>>28342190
difficult to say as that time is about 5 years from today, minimum.
>>28342197
can anyone else confirm if he said he was going to nuke school?
There's a possibility he was part of the MASSIVE indoc of like 200 people.
>>28342190
>Whats the best 35 series MOS to enlist in to get a private contracting job as an analyst afterwards?
Any of the analyst positions.
Though there is a significant difference in what you will do if you become an All Source analyst and what you'll do as a SIGINT or GEOINT analyst.
Also you'll need a degree. Hiring rules were changed while I was in, and people I knew who were contracting at CENTCOM were told to get their degree (at least 2 year degree) or they were going to be fired.
Also encountered that problem when I got out and got a job offer to go to Afghanistan as a contractor.
>>28341543
It might be my degenerancy talking, but the hippo head makes it fuckable
I'm doing asvab/meps tomorrow. Any advice, or is it basically "if you screw this up your a moron?"
>>28341543
lol you done fucked up.
Better to be angry redneck with a gun and be at home, getting pussy (or at least so much more of a chance), than an expeditionary lackey redneck giving dutch rudders to your battle buddy.
>>28342190
Depends on where you want to work. Q is probably the most in-demand if you get some experience/certs.
>>28341854
Welp not leaving for basic today. Too fat. Recruiter's not even texting me back, can I try to join the marines after I've signed my contract with the army?
>>28344273
You can back out and start over, but Marine fatbody standards are tougher than the Army ones so...
>>28341543
It really is perfect timing OP. All the kids I see go UA or come in plastered the night before because their GF fucked another dude. It's not worth the hassle
>>28343626
Just lie about everything when it comes to medical crap, and don't stand around with your hands in your pockets.
I'm going to be 25 in April, /meg/. Is it worth trying to get into the military if I have no idea what I'm doing? Should add that I don't have a degree, or anything really.
>>28344383
Can you really get away with lying about medical? What if you flopped on a medical bill and it's on your credit report? Speaking of credit reports, what can get you dq'd from enlistment in that area?
Bunch of fags in this thread with their fancy acronyms n shit
>>28344273
Nobody's going to want to talk to you, because they'll see in the system that you fucked your recruiter over.
Your recruiter is currently being hazed for trying to ship a fat piece of shit.
I just wanted to let you guys know that I intend to be 11b and there is nothing you can do to stop me from inflicting this pain and suffering on myself.
I don't want the POG experience, nor the elite high-speed special operator experience, just a normal goddamn infantry experience.
>>28344617
That's nice anon.
>>28344617
Too bad. Everybody who's infantry gets to call themselves elite now. It's either that, or you're some kind of mechanised unit; they're isn't a need for "normal" foot infantry who aren't some kind of specialist.
>>28341543
>Stealthily Shitting on Servicemembers and Their Families General
>>28344673
The most I'd go is Airborne, since everyone already seems to be that
>>28344383
Thanks for the advice. Recruiter was pretty skeptical when I kept answering no to all the medical questions, but it's not my fault I've never been hospitalized or anything. She basically said "well, as long as you stick with this at meps, your in good shape. "
>>28341707
Joke's on you, I'm getting married in Februrary to a girl who loves me as much as I love her.
>It's called putting out effort guys.
>>28344721
>ha ha it'll never happen to me!
Said every guy ever.
>>28344729
>Identical beliefs
>Identical morals
>Gets wet when she smells my guns
>Excellent cook
>Ass upon ass upon oh lawdy dat ass
>Prefers her hair short so I don't get it in my nose during spooning
Feels good man. I bagged my other half. I'm sorry you've been hurt too much to reach out anymore, I really am.
>>28344499
Your mom is currently being hazed for raising a faggot.
>>28344697
Boy you sure sound like the kind of person the army needs. Not going to try anything hard just wanting to do the bare minimum.
>>28344383
>don't stand around with your hands in your pockets.
Why is this such a problem? Does the military not like keeping their hands warm?
>>28344617
>the peacetime polish the dirt and gravel experience
Lol
>>28344466
For the most part. It's not like they put you on the lie detector. They just try to intimidate you and confuse you into telling the truth, to weed people out.
Most recruiters tell joes to LIE LIE LIE about EVERYTHING, because they know its easy to get in and they want their money.
This brings up another point, the "I almost joined the army but i didnt make it past meps" fags. More like, "im a pussy and was afraid because you can literally join the army with severe clinical depression or very recently contracted AIDS"
>>28345016
Also, im a SSG and getting out in 9 months. Feel bad for you new boots, hope you enjoy online training.
>>28344853
Hey, somebody has to do the 99% of normal unsexy jobs.
>>28345023
Thanks for your service pog
>>28344744
>You're assuming I'm not happily married now.
>A guy going into the military needs a lot of time to focus on his own shit, and set himself up for a career if that's the road he wants to take. He will not come out the same person he was when he went in, and it takes awhile even after you separate to decide what you choose take away from your time in.
>>28345336
>convoy security every other day for a year in Al Anbar province
>labelled pog
>>28345436
If you're not infantry, you're POG. Sorry, POG.
>tfw leave is over
>flying at 6AM tomorrow morning
I am very angry and sad right now
>>28345436
So convoys every other day?
Stationed at a big comfy fob?
Every other day?
oh my what crazy op tempo you had buddy
>>28345499
I searched for two whole minutes, but I can't find the subscribe button, what's happening?
>>28345480
>>28345552
>being proud of being stupid grunts
I bet you motard fucks also sport high and tights and shave while out on libo getting your moto tattoos too.
A week before my ship date, my medical records were being QC'd and it turns out I have a condition I need a waiver for. I'm no longer in the Army Reserves as a DEP now since my original oath was invalidated since my medical examination is retroactively considered invalid. Now that I'm a free man again, I want to look over my options once more. I was in line to be a 35F in the Army and my line scores on the ASVAB were at least 130s across the board, but my issue is that I don't have a diploma or college credits, just a GED.
I'm looking for something intelligence or computer related that looks good on a resume for the FBI. I want to be active duty while I take college classes online. Does anywhere other than the Army or the Airforce (they require a GED or 10 credits) have an option that lines up with my goals?
>>28345620
Meant to say the Airforce requires a diploma.
My ship date would have been today, which is a bummer.
>>28345620
Navy CTN.
>>28345585
I didn't post any videos man
>>28345653
Thanks, that sounds promising.
>>28344744
Enjoy getting cucked for real
>>28343626
take the asvab, if you don't do so hot, study and take it in a month.
your score will determine the next 4+ years of your life at the least, and possibly job opportunities after if you don't get a good MOS/rate. I got an 82 and I'm pissed I didn't wait a month and try again
My recruiter is a nice dude and he's answering every question I can think to ask him, but it's been eight months and they still haven't cleared my medical file. He says it's just procedure, but I feel like someone's dragging their feet.
At what point should I just start pestering him, or just find a new sergeant to work with?
>>28345620
Just go do some community college and go back to the Army. Best branch for cyber.
>>28345903
my recruiter said about 3 months for a PERFECT person with NO medical
Mine personally has taken about 4, and i'm going at a medium pace
(im going to meps next week hopefully)
what branch are you?
>>28345930
Army. It took them two months to get me an ASVAB time on a day I could take it as well.
I guess I was just expecting to get sucked in and thrown into the military gears faster than I could think, like in the movies. Times have changed, if they were ever really that way.
>>28345613
You sound like such a bitch for being an E-6. I bet you're proud of being in whatever leg division you're apart of.
>>28345958
My marine sgt has done everything as soon as I could give it to him, literally the same day or the next he has put it in.... might want to start pestering your recruiter and ask him.
that said, he has no control of what MEPS does, and I know that sometimes med paper work takes longer.
>>28345998
If you ain't AMMO...
>>28345930
4 months of just sitting around? That's crazy.
Is that an American thing?
The French Foreign Legion is much easier in this regard. Knock on the door and hand them your passport. Recruiting process begins immediately.
>>28341543
Sorry to hear that man, better now then while in basic. Only 6 days till OSUT for me as well.
>>28346070
It also doesn't take long to do pic related either does it?
>>28345998
>grunts vs. pogues
O, how times have changed.
I enlisted in the Army in 1997. Back then, if you had an infantry MOS, it meant you were too dumb to fog a mirror. No one wanted to be a grunt. Now, suddenly, everyone wants to be in the infantry.
>>28346110
I wouldn't know. Legionnaires weren't issued white flags. :(
>>28346112
More movies and video games
unfortunately they won't find much glory in it
>joining the military to do anything other than fight
Literally why? Are you people just too dumb and/or poor to make it in university or trade school?
>>28345998
I'm not even the NCO you were talking to. At least us "POGs" don't have to lie to ourselves by creating some bullshit spiritual moto high ground about being stuck in the worst job there is, when you do absolutely nothing in-garrison.
Don't you have a parking lot to police call?
Is shaved head the master race hairdo for military life?
>>28346137
Money
Skills
Fun
Travel
Service
Experience
Automatic weapons
Grenades
Grenade launchers
To dumb to think of those things?
>>28346151
If you wanna get promoted, yeah. SNCOs HATE hair.
>>28346143
>pogs get paid the same as some retard who polishes gravel and plays xbox all day
You can't fabricate these truths
>>28346112
Only idiots want to be grunts now too.
>>28346201
>not getting flight pay and per diem
Get on my level. grunt scum
>>28346137
Military paid for my bachelors, grad school, and had me working for an intelligence agency >>28346143
while most of my High School buddies were fucking around after college with no idea how to pay their loans off.
Tell me again how this was a bad choice?
>>28341543
Get ready to be treated like shit when you get to your first duty station. However your age might help you unless your a dipshit.
I've purchased firearms for a relative who is a convicted felon. Obviously it's not something that the government could easily discover unless myself or my relative ratted us out, but because of it I'm concerned about ever having to take a polygraph test while in the military. Is it likely that it would ever come back to haunt me if I joined?
>>28343095
Was thinking the same thing desu
>>28346260
Why do you say that?
>>28346530
no, but you are a fucking retrd with questionable morals. dont join.
>>28346530
it may haunt you if he commits crime
>>28346530
You know that they will track that down to you if he commits a crime right?
You're pretty stupid
>>28346143
>referring to self as nco
>calling me moto
I was gonna put my brother's (red) penlight in a care package but I can't remember, can you have that shit in basic? I know we had the big, dumb T cell lights, and a few kids had some red keychain lights from the px, but isn't there a restriction on what kinda batteries you can have?
I can't find anything on any packing list online so I'm just about to mail it. Will he even get it?
>>28341543
>>28346070
The French Foreign Legion is the exception, then.
Both in the British and Dutch Army it takes AT LEAST 3 months from when you put in the application to when you start basic.
>>28347550
Christ you're retarded. Where did I say I was an NCO? I only said that I wasn't the SSG who you called a POG.
DEFINITELY grunt material with your amazing reading comprehension.
Is this the right place to ask about jumping in as an officer? Got a BS degree and nothing to do with it.
>>28345023
>getting out as a SSG
What did you fuck up?
>>28345749
Cry harder permavirgin.
>>28347945
what branch?
>>28348135
I'll take anything at this point but I like Naval history so they would be number one on my list.
>>28347986
I got out as a SSG after 5 years and change. Didn't fuck anything up, civilian prospects were just better.
>>28346112
It's just retards making the distinction. Nobody sane cares either way what someone else likes, so long as they don't go braying in other people's faces about it; and the other jobs are all necessary to keep the machine going.
>1 Corinthians 12:21: The eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
>>28345930
>my recruiter said about 3 months for a PERFECT person with NO medical
How does the Medical file process work for Immigrants? I'm Swiss and therefore my medical report would be in Germansky.
>>28341707
>Take it from an old hand do NOT get married.
You have no credibility. All you've told us is that you're old. There's no reason for us to blindly accept what you say.
Your sob story won't be relevant to us, either, because despite having the military in common, we have different lives, relationships and all the rest of it, to you.
>Do your job the best you can.
No fucking shit. Thanks for your wisdom, old geezer. Now, crawl back into your grave.
>>28348224
cool have you checked out the different officer programs in the navy?
>>28342198
Bump
>>28342198
>How do you become a line medic as a 68w?
Get lucky.
>Is there anything you can shoot for to strengthen your odds?
If you do well in AIT, when you fill in your posting wishlist, fill in those locations where you know there are openings for a line medic. Even then, though, you can be sent to your posting and it's a support company or a hospital job.
That's as much as you can tip the odds in your favor without resorting to bribery. It's a bummer, but you're there to serve the Army. The Army is not here to serve you.
>>28346154
>fun
>>28348627
Had a bad day?
Almost at my 2yr mark. I can't wait to get the fuck out of deck!!
There's plenty of bright minds here, fuck away from deck.
Leave in less than 2 weeks for BMQ then onto Infantry training.
Been trying to prepare but of course it seems like nothing can get me ready physically or mentally.
>>28348904
Tbh lad somehow I look back on fuckfuck games with fondness. Like a lot of stuff sucks at the time but then in hindsight it's cool, you know?
Might not be the same for everyone though
>>28346201
Damn, never looked at it in that light.
They literally have steady jobs sweeping and playing vidya with their friends, all day, everyday.
>>28348681
I've done only a little bit of legwork in that department. Looking mostly at supply/medical for the transferable skills in my bio degree field but surface warfare just sounds cooler.
>>28348997
Yeah Im really fond of being undermined
>>28349382
http://www.cnrc.navy.mil/Program-Authorizations.htm
for medical iirc what the med recruiter told me you need to have the acceptance letter from the medical school and then theyll pay for it if you get accepted in the program
i might be wrong of course, wasnt really paying attention. i applied to surface warfare, we'll see what they say. supply i think you need an interview or something like that
should i try into SEALs or nah? my original choice was CTN but ever since a kid i wanted to do some type of special forces type deal
Ran 13 minutes for only 1.3 miles, my ship date is 30 days from now. How fucked am I?
>>28349950
I heard the same but from an Army recruiter for the med program. I imagine they have a similar requirement.
Speaking of requirements, how much do you think that GPA minimum comes into play for the SWO program?
>>28350371
CTN is top-tier cushy for a military job and has some of the best post-service prospects. Think about what you really want.
Getting my bachelors in may, what's it like commissioning as an officer? I guess id want to be practical and go for intelligence or something similar, as I'd really like to get my masters after serving then trying for fbi/cia...But then again like every other guy the idea of going sf in any capacity makes my dick hard...any advice guys? I'm 26 and prolly 5/10 fitness wise.
>>28350569
If you wanted to commission you should have started ROTC years ago. What's your GPA?
18X contract isn't hard to land if you want to enlist for SF, but you actually have to get through the pipeline.
>>28350484
depends on your ASTB score, degree.
there is an adjusted gpa too that they do, like see how you did in your core classes.
whats your gpa/degree?
>>28350648
Gotcha, glad I asked. So unlikely to commission.
My GPA is like 2.4, did well in classes related to my major but fucked my first semester up and some subsequent language classes, which I have since rectified. Regardless, its left my GPA in shambles. Also ironic considering if I wanted an 18 contract I would HAVE to become language proficient, which I'm OK with...
I guess it's worth noting also that I definitely have some undiagnosed knee issues...jumpers knee is guess. Would serving in a basic capacity fuck me...because I'm sure my body would be rough as fuck after serving sf.
Thoughts? Thanks also for answering.
>>28350678
I got a 2.7 thanks to a bad run through OChem during a BS in Biology. If it weren't for that, I'd probably be going to med school directly.
>>28350759
If your knees are already fucked then attempting SF is going to be a rough time.
Maybe take a look at enlisted intel/computer jobs and ride a desk into the sunset.
>>28350759
Officer is not going to happen for you.
You could enlist as intel assuming you can score high enough. You'll never make it as 18 or 11 anything.
>>28350783
Are you me?
Im not done with school yet, but that's my GPA, degree plan, and the exact reason Im joining the military after college
>>28350783
shit dude did you fail them? I got a B and a C and aced the labs and frankly i just didnt study for the classes fuck ochem. anyway your degree since its stem might help but the biggest focuses are the gpa/degree and OAR scores for surface warfare. i'd talk to a recruiter and just do your best on the ASTB dude you have to destroy it. they take in a lot of NFOs and pilots but SWO selection is kinda low from what i read in the airwarriors site (bunch of fags)
but fuck how did just doing shitty in 2 classes fuck up your gpa so bad?
>>28350783
>>28350886
Also the same branch intention...
>>28342264
The indocalypse? seeing so many people wear their seatbelts was fucking hilarious
>>28350783
You don't meet the minimums.
>>28349382
Don't take my word for it but I hear that SWO is pretty much as hard as being a nuke.
>>28350759
If you have knee issues, any kind of infantry or SOF job is going to be absolutely hell and you're going to put yourself in a wheelchair. With a 2.4 GPA I don't think you qualify for OCS and if you were already in ROTC you miiiight be able to hang on long enough to get a bottom of the barrel job. Sorry mate. As another anon said try checking out intel/computer desk jobs.
>>28350886
Its kinda sad in a way.
Get into college thinking about med school, then reality happens. But I'm still sort of glad I stuck it through instead of switching into something softer like psych.
>>28350896
I really don't get my GPA either, all the courses I had a passion in (major classes) I got A's and B's but I guess riding the B-C line on everything else is what caused the tanking down into the 2s.
Being a pilot doesn't sound too bad. I've got the vision for it.
I don't know yet what branch I want to do, probably AF or Navy, but I'm pretty sure I want to be an officer since I will have my degree. How much better is ROTC than OCS? Or is that just a meme? I'm a sophomore now and I know that joining before junior year is pretty much the ROTC deadline, and I don't know if I'll come to a decision before the end of the spring semester.
Took the ASVAB today and got a 99. Thinking about going with the Navy Nuke program or SEALs. I'm in pretty good shape but heard if you fail out of BUD/S you get sent to the fleet as an undesignated sailor and have to peel paint and do menial work.
The recruiter also mentioned Special Boat Crew which sounds kind of cool. Anyone here ever been to school for that?
>>28351090
its fucking easier dude just do it
>>28351076
you can try but if anything you can enlist and rock some crypto job, work on a masters then apply for ocs if you want to be an officer.
or try for pilot its like 10 years commitment though
>>28351090
rotc is a guaranteed commission (reserve commission if you are low in you class) whereas ocs is much more difficult because you are competing with guys with years in service
if you want to join the military join ROTC now
>>28346084
what units wear these shirts? I know its not regular army is it ranger/sf? my battle from osut posted a picture of him on fb wearing that shit with a small plate carrier and an m9 on the carrier itself. I dont remember him going through pipeline or anything and i thought he went to schofield so i have no idea what kind of secret squirrel shit he is
>>28350410
Branch?
Run more, slowfuck.
>>28351154
Army, and yeah, I'm finally running again since I hurt my calves. I've mostly just been cycling.
>>28350826
Maybe fucked isn't the right word...both crack a shitload and I get strange discomfort/irritation in the left one. Strangely hiking will make them feel good the day after. Would seeing a doctor fuck me as far as enlisting because they can see whether or not I investigated the issue officially?
Also had a minor back injury when I was 14, nothing with vertebra but I was hurt for a year plus. I had a doctor suggest a brace but it never happened. Nothing sinse then with my back.
>>28350874
Just for clarity, is it my body holding me back or something else from what you've read?
Thanks to you both.
>>28351145
that's just a combat shirt, they are issued when you deploy, lots of air force guys have them with abu pattern who work on the flightline in theater. not anything real special or reserved for high speed ops. you can actually special order them from the clothing sales if you ask the clerk (source I worked at one before joining)
>>28351169
>Just for clarity, is it my body holding me back or something else from what you've read?
you're GPA is shit, most people have 3.5, I've read people with 3.2 and no waivers that got turned down
>>28351192
Gotcha
>>28351183
no i know hes stateside and im fairly certain he hasn't deployed yet but ive yet to see any soldiers wearing a combat shirt cut like that with the velcro nor in the new acu pat shit. its the shirt and the sidearm that are throwing me off
>>28351169
>Just for clarity, is it my body holding me back or something else from what you've read?
Both.
>>28351209
his unit could have just ordered them, its one of those items that is only authorized in the field like the boonie/sunhat so you won't see guys wearing them out and about
he could just have the regular multicam pattern and not that new scorpion stuff, it's been out since like 2010 so it's not that far fetched he would have one
>>28345613
but ssgt...dont the high and tights make me more motivated?
>>28350536
yeah CTN would probably be the best choice career wise/future wise
>>28344744
drop and give me 25 for every time jodie fucks her this month
>>28351313
That's right Private! You don't love MY Corps if you don't have highest of high and tights!
When you actually start looking like a Marine you'll start feeling like a Marine, and pretty soon, goddammit, you'll start acting like a MARINE.
>>28351139
I wouldn't mind doing crypto work, and it probably would be smarter to get a feel for the service before jumping in as an officer. From what others have mentioned, it sounds like CTN would be the slot to aim for.
>>28351741
CTN is okay.
ETR is a pretty good rate if you're interested in Crypto. That and surface IT. Personally I'm not very fond of that part of my job.
>mfw monthly EKMS destructs
I just wanted to do radio things with my friends.
>>28351740
sounds great! now if youll excuse me, I'm off to buy some TapOut gear and get a massive EGA on my back
>>28342190
Former 35M here. The job is fun as fuck downrange but boring as shit here in the states
>>28351741
>it probably would be smarter to get a feel for the service before jumping in as an officer.
This is a meme.
>>28351691
>>28351741
i wouldnt necessarily say that but whatever i think it might be your best bet if you want to join as an officer eventually
you can try but your chances are bretty slim, maybe a little better for pilot/NFO
>>28345620
>my medical records were being QC'd
Wait, wait happened? They pulled your records or something?
>>28345903
>they still haven't cleared my medical file.
What exactly does this entail?
Just curious, as I may have some things questionable in my medical history. But the only thing you could see on my body is eyesight(I have contacts that correct to 20/20) and a scar from when I have a in-grown hair infection removed 10+ years ago. ADHD diagnosis like 4 years ago
>>28345620
Why the fuck did they pull your records? They only do this if you give them reason to suspect something or they don't like you.
>>28352601
The first things are nothing but the ADHD is a DQ without a waiver. Are you Tricare Young Adult? If not then just say you don't have insurance. They can only find your shit if you tell them you have insurance or were a military brat.
>>28353401
On my parents insurance. I never even took the ADHD meds.
>>28353401
>>28353630
And I have no idea what Tricare Young Adult is... so I guess that means I'm not.
>>28353630
Your fine then, just never mention it and if they ever ask you about it just say it was a routine check up and the doc suggested it and you forgot it even happened
So I'm hopefully talking to an Army Recruiter soon.
Anyone have a glimmer of an idea of availability of option 40?
>>28353693
I think I specifically saw a psych, unfortunately...
Can I just say I don't even remember? It was like 4-5 years ago.
>>28343626
I did MEPS Dec. 16 and I was so goddamn nervous. The Marine liaison at Miami MEPS was intimidating as hell because I was trying not to fuck up my enlistment.
I took the ASVAB the same day and got a 92.
>>28344617
That's what I'm going for. I want an infantry mos (Marines) and I eventually want to be Recon with my ultimate goal being making it to MARSOC.
That's my goal, and I'll stay in until I make it.
>>28345620
>>28345647
I know your pain bros.
I took the ASTB-E to be a Pilot in the Navy last March. Due to a small but otherwise innocuous complication that occurred while I was in the hospital for gallstones in August, MEPS has not yet accepted me (Ironically, they did after about 3 letters and all my medical records saying I haven't had asthma for 8 years, but I was hospitalized that same day. The irony is astounding.)
OAR = 56, then I got 6,5,5 for the actual pilot portion of the test.
I still have not heard anything about an acceptance since that complication (guidewire perforation in my small intestine, but nothing came of it).
I have begun looking at other branches (the Air Force) and private/public schooling for pilots.
Anyone have any advice on the matter.
Who /FollowinginfootstepsofaVCrecipient/ here?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Roberts-Smith
>>28353838
I don't know how it is for the Marines, but set your goals and work towards them, and don't expect the Marines to get you there you're going to have to work for everything. If you get stuck being a grunt I pitty your soul. Paritcularly for a peacetime military.
At least in the Army you can be a Green Beret from the start of your contract almost, as your BCT/AIT/Airborne etc all fall in line and you go straight to SF selection. Unless you fuck up and get stuck being an 11 Bullet sponge for 3-4 years.
>>28344617
Not everyone who isn't an 11b is a desk jockie, there are a lot of jobs outside of it. Call me retarded for not understanding why you would want to be grouped in with the largest group of egotistical liars, criminals, and general meat heads known to man, but its your future, not mine. You're not going to miss much by selecting a real job.
>>28344705
Just remember MEPs doesn't really have a way of looking into shit anyway, they don't have the time to do that with the hundreds of people they process at a time. Also medical documents aren't free for accessing for just anyone.
>>28345016
Not to mention the only real thing holding anyone back is criminal records and thats pretty much it, the bulk of everyone else is fine.
>>28345480
>>28345336
3edgy5me
>>28345613
If you were a SSG with a CIB/CAB/CMB regardless of MOS you're retarded for getting offended at the word POG. Pog isn't even an insult, its just a label.
>>28346228
>Tell me again how this was a bad choice?
Because you just could have been financially responsible from the start.
>>28354240
>could have been financially responsible from the start
>implying having the military pay for a complete education into a solid career is not financially responsible
>>28345336
>>28345480
Knuckle draggers are mad they don't have as cool of a job as me. Mad that I have a future outside of the Army.
While you room temperature IQ'ed slackers paint rocks and manicure the SGM's lawn with safety scissors all day in the peace time army, I'll be having fun over-head.
>>28346201
>Dat flight pay
>Get Separate rations cause flying odd hours
I get paid extra to be a POG, feels good
Grunts mad that we stylin' on U
>>28353769
If you were here back in October/November I could tell you there would be some available due to the new fiscal year (when all the jobs open back up). But I'm not so sure now, there isn't really a way of telling until you look at that list with the recruiter.
Which is the easiest branch to get into if you have multiple medical issues?
>>28354323
>is not financially responsible
'Everyone look at me, I became a huge welfare queen and got my free ride into college because of uncle sam"
Cool good for you, you still wasted around 3+ years of your life. The military doesn't give a fuck about you, that time you burned you're not going to get it back. Time has no cost to it. In the time you served you could have just gone to college, and already be paying back your loans. And if you're not retarded or have rich parents you can get in for less money then your retarded friends anyway.
>>28354548
I don't even understand why you're in this thread? do you not believe in military service?
You said
>>joining the military to do anything other than fight
>Literally why
But then you say
>that time you burned you're not going to get it back
Which is it? join to fight? Or all military service is worthless?
Why no carry allowed on base?
>>28354590
>do you not believe in military service?
I am enlisted myself.
>Which is it? join to fight? Or all military service is worthless?
>Missing the point entirely
If you joined exclusively for the college incentive you're a moron. That was the only point i am driving home right now. Also anyone who says the GI Bill makes college free, is an idiot. Life is about more than just finances.
>>28354548
>still wasted around 3+ years of your life
Considering military service rewards you with a golden resume, connection, and an appreciable opportunity to save money and see the world, I can hardly see how that time is wasted.
Is working at McBurgerking to pay off loans a better use of time? I have no idea what you're getting at.
>>28354599
Pentagon said no.
>>28354619
>rewards you with a golden resume
Thats generally wrong. And you're behind the reason for it. A lot of service members go into the normal job market ready to tackle their new job, not to learn from it. A certain percentage of employers will hire someone out of highschool over a vet. The reasoning is much larger but I will refrain from TLDR. Also a lot of "we hire vets!" campaigns ussually end up scamming them.
>connection
Really like what?
>appreciable opportunity to save money and see the world
I am in Korea right now. Of the OPSEC number of people in my company only a small percentage actually look at it that way. Nothing you said can't be done in the civilian world. Its time burned still.
> how that time is wasted.
Again, by accomplishing literally all the same things in the civilian world, and by being an adult, the tradeoffs are in your favor for being a civilian.
>Is working at McBurgerking
Why are you working at burgerking in the first place? We are talking about ways things can be better, not worse.
> I have no idea what you're getting at.
Most service members don't, most servicemembers also got done sucking their moms tits at the age of 17, and joined the military the next day. The number of "competent adults" I have seriously met in the army is alarmingly low. Greater than half, but the rest are kids.
>>28354701
>I am in Korea right now. Of the OPSEC number of people in my company only a small percentage actually look at it that way. Nothing you said can't be done in the civilian world. Its time burned still.
>tfw koreaboo
>>28354627
Fucking liberals.
>>28354701
Wew there, Salty Sam. Here's what I'm getting from you.
>I picked up a dead end MOS with few transferable skills and I'm still pissed that I'm not rolling in job offers
>I'm such an irritable, antisocial fuckstick that I didn't get in close with any officers or enlisted senior to me and I'm effectively up shitcreek once I get out
>I blew all my money on deployment and am too busy regretting my decisions to enjoy anything half fun local to my duty station.
What a waste of an enlistment you were.
>>28354778
>attacking the poster
>not attacking the argument
Confirmed for retarded. Also points for E5 were 45 in my MOS.
>>28354723
Cause I am here out of choice.
>MFW my BDE was green lighted for a Korea rotation.
>>28354803
Man, it's always Army guys that are salty as fuck over their enlistment.
Maybe the Navy is just more fun or something.
>>28354834
Also applicable to this whole thread, particularly anons who want to go Infantry.
So I've got a question for anyone that has taken their oath of office..how did you guys feel during? I'm curious if my reaction was common, or if most just repeat it because they have to..
For me it was one of the most moving experiences of my life thus far.
>>28354548
Kek. I was a more than full time student for my entire military career thanks to getting credits for training. I finished my undergrad *before* my HS buddies who went to college and I pulled a solid salary along the way. The fact that my resume now also has 5 years of relevant work experience is just gravy.
>>28354613
The GI Bill doesn't make college free, it makes college profitable. Getting paid to go to college is some good shit.
>>28351145
SOF guys are getting the crye shirts.
This looks more like a promotional pic by a gear mfg (I think it's for B.E. meyers). It looks like it's supposed to be representative of SF.
What's the best branch/job to meet women?
>>28341707
I wonder if it's a good advice in other jobs.
I mean: I live abroad, my staying in one place depends on where they send me. I struggle to build relationships everywhere I go, and I am glad I manage, but if I were to settle I had to renounce everything else... Moreover, in 5 years I don't know where I'll be and who'll be there with me.
Is that what you mean, anon?
>>28354879
Sorry, I'm no American.
A question: are your considerations related to Army enlistment only or the Military in general?
Would the same apply to Marines, for example?
Just askin...
>>28352601
The stuff they're clearing is only the stuff I told them about, which is an open Propecia prescription, a scar on my back from a bike accident, and an old sleepwalking diagnosis that got nullified. At no point to they personally dig around your medical files unless they have a reasonable claim that you deliberately concealed something (which I have as well, but I'll be fucked if they know that).
>>28355228
Air Force
Air Force all the way
The ones in-house can be real lookers, and TDYs will get you crazy opportunities to get some pussy.
>>28352601
>>28353382
They just said it was standard procedure to recheck all my documents before my ship date in DEP.
I need to lose 3 inches off my stomach, in 1-2 weeks. Is this possible? Trying to enter the Navy.
>>28355228
This is a terrible idea. You think that you're going to get some E-nothing pussy as an E-nothing yourself? You will have nothing to offer.
>>28341543
Op fuck her man I left for OSUT 12 weeks ago and I'm on HBL right now, trust me you don't need her man, my girl dumped me over facebook and I found It on Thanksgiving bitches will be bitches
>>28355228
The one called College. If you can't get laid in college you're not going to get laid in the service.
>Thread full of DEPers and mostly slick sleeve E3s who joined the infantry too late to deploy calling combat air crew POGs
These threads were good in the beginning, now they're shit.
>>28356815
They were never good.
>>28355944
What happened after, you didn't get in trouble for withholding information?
>>28356996
I hate trips.
Be that as it may, they were an excellent source of no shit assessment and info in these threads. I never see Ricky, Beard, Drew, Guy, or Paths anymore. When they left these things went down the shitter
>>28356815
You sound triggered.
>>28357029
Tell me I'm wrong.
>>28357013
It was mostly depfags and nasty girls even from the start.
my recruiter stopped responding to me out of the blue, it's been 2 weeks since i heard from her. i've called once and texted twice since then.
should i just show up to the armed forces career center and say give me the damn asvab now, and a new fucking sgt while you're at it, or will this look bad?
i wasn't too worried about it until i read in here about it taking several months to do meps then bct after taking asvab.
should i start exploring other branches since the army is dropping the ball already?
>>28357116
The military is a long drawn out Bureaucracy friend. It took me three months to sworn in as a dead perfect applicant applying 11B with no options in 2005.
They don't need you right now so don't expect them to jump through flaming hoops, just be patient and mildly persistent.
>>28357116
>Army
>Dropping the ball
Theyre just preparing you for every day Army life
>>28357135
thanks for the advice, just super frustrating
>>28357149
seems that way. how's navy recruitment?
>>28356346
You could try the old saren wrap & preparation-H trick the night before you're measured.
It's not healthy, but it'll cut an inch or so.
>>28356795
>If you can't get laid in college
>>28356815
>slick sleeve
This has an entirely different meaning in the AF.
We have any 19Ks?
How do I best approach the subject of previous medication usage to an AF recruiter, especially if I want a TS/SCI AFSC? What should I and should not reveal to a recruiter initially?
>Put on medication in support of GAD/Mod. Depression diagnosis
>Finish up school, symptoms cease.
>Discover that medication was part of a 2 to 5 year program that was not communicated to me at the beginning of the program.
>Cease treatment.
>Been absolutely fine for last 1.2 years
And I'd naturally be starting with the recruiter farthest away.
>>28357291
From the ones I have known, enjoy maintenance, maintenance, maintenance and maintenance.
>>28341543
Anyone here aircrewman in the navy? I am having trouble finding out how long it would take to get in
>>28357941
You don't.
Air Force has been fat as fuck with recruits for over a decade now. It's not worth the hassle to them.
>>28354522
The standards at meps are the same iirc
>>28354548
>making the military pay for everything is financially irresponsible
>but paying for college with loans isn't
>>28354599
Because the military doesn't want you walking around chilling and accidentally shooting yourself. You don't get to keep your gun, either, you don't even get to use the same one across operations. The only people on base with guns are guards. Get the movie shit out of your head before you think about joining.
>>28354834
probably because the Army is full of guys who thought the whole Army was infantry and they would be a "real" operator who was operating all the time and not wasting time on training. And then they get badly disappointed.
>>28359211
>Received absurdly expensive private undergrad education
>Total cost to me at the end; exactly $6,392.89 which I just wrote off on my taxes every year anyway
>Total debt from Undergrad education = $0.00
>Total benefits received from post 9/11 and yellow ribbon >$200,000
>Universities, Graduate and professional programs throat my cock because lawl veteran = diversity they can't find in just minorities and women
Yeah, he's bitter about it.
>>28359340
>Universities, Graduate and professional programs throat my cock because lawl veteran = diversity they can't find in just minorities and women
Looking forward to that for my second masters in two years. That will be the third degree that the military will have paid for.
Okay, chilling at the meps hotel. Got 99s on my asvab, but I'm just here for air national guard, so even best-case I probably won't be doing anything too cool.
>>28359579
Boo guard. Go active.
>>28359265
You may be on to something
>Hurr, I wanna be grunt, grunt lyfe, Oper8er's gonna oper8!!!1!!!!!one!
>RAMIREZ! Buff that pebble!
>IwannaOper8ButSSGwon'tLetMe.TIFF
>>28348872
So pretty much the only guarantee to be a line medic is to go regiment and pass rasp and socm? How hard is it to get either an airborne slot or volunteer for rasp at 68w ait? I don't qualify for an option 4/40 contract due to waivers but I can volunteer at AIT or at a permduty station.
>>28348948
No, my day was going good until I read that old fart's post that amounted to nothing but a handful "pearls" of wisdom.
>Don't NOT NOT get married because I don't think it's a good idea!
>Make sure to do your job to the best of your ability!
>Time moves!
That sort of empty discourse belongs in leddit, or really bad politics. He could have given some work pertinent advice, but instead he decided to hit the thread with his /r9k/ shit.
>>28350410
It's doable.
Drink lots of water, do an hour of interval training instead of timed distance.
>not gay marrying your buddy for more pay
hmm
What are the pros and cons of joining as an 11B, also what is the probability of me getting a 3 year active duty contract?
>>28342198
Get Airborne in your contract and be a beast at your PT scores. being fit and being airborne will help.
>>28343632
>implying giving Dutch rudders to your battle buddy isn't the best part about the military.
I'm on VBL from Basic. Ft. Jackson.
>>28357116
>Recruiter
>Her
Nope not even once.
How often do people join as an 18x and make it through selection and training first try?
So shipping to basic in a month.
My sit ups and running are spot on, but I can barely meet the required push upa to get in, how fucked am I?
>>28361462
Kinda often, theyll find any excuse to make you go away and come back though.
>>28361572
Not him, but I assume they do that in order to weed the people out who "don't want it bad enough?"
Try and try and try again and such?
>>28361572
Do people usually wash out more for not being physically fit or is it mostly mental?
>>28361447
gets better, she's hood as shit.
"you gots any kiyds bayby?"
"oh that ain't no thang, shieet"
"ok boo I'll call you back tamarrah"
>>28361724
fuck that shit call an Air Force or Marine Recruiter
>>28348872
Yea you're there to serve the army, but with that mindset why not make everyone open contract
>>28361788
i was thinking air force or navy. i called her again around 4pm and it went to voicemail, sheeeeeit
>>28361540
You'll get smoked more than enough to get that pushup count up. You'll be fine.
>>28361908
I'm active duty Air Force and my recruiter was pretty helpful when I joined. though it didn't hurt that I had no medical issues, no drugs and told him "I want to leave yesterday"
>>28361947
that's what i want, leave asap. this army bitch was all hot in the biscuit for a couple days then died. i need helpful and ready, not ebonics
Lads I need some help.
I want to be an 18D so very bad. But at the same time I want to go to school and be a PA(Physician's Assistant).
Do you think it would be wise for me to get my bachelors, probably Biochem, before joining or just join now and get all my schooling after?
I'm 20 now, and I know my youth is pretty valuable here.
>>28362014
the Air Force is going to have a couple months wait time most likely but you'll be treated a lot better.
>>28362021
How far along are you on your bachelors? I'm in a very similar spot, regarding 18D and biochem. Eerily similar, in fact. I'm a 3rd year, so I'm gonna finish mine up and and join when I finish. Plus it gives me lots of time to get more than fit.
I'll be 23 at that point but I don't think that'll hold me back.
