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My detailer got a letter of reprimand for being a piece of poo poo. Made me smile when I found out.
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Gecnan posted:Special duty. Apply to WHCA. I have a buddy doing that now. He gets around to a lot of places which is cool. I don't think he gets a TON of time to see the sites, but he does a little...
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Jun 10, 2014 00:51
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KetTarma posted:My detailer got a letter of reprimand for being a piece of poo poo. Made me smile when I found out. What did he do?
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Jun 10, 2014 07:46
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Analogical posted:Our detailer came to the command and specifically told us not to call him and ask for any orders but shore. They're getting rid of our air and surface billets (CTI) over the next three years and unless you drew the right straw leaving A-School getting into anything but shore takes nothing short of an act of God. He held a 45 minute all-call giving us examples of times we've called and how stupid we were for ever thinking we'd leave our one duty station. We have a chief who's been at my command for 16 years without ever leaving. 16 Years at one command... Would that chief happen to be a 9HEB?
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Jun 10, 2014 13:58
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As an E5 how bad of an idea is it to irresponsibly buy a new truck. My PRD is March and I could go to Hawaii so I won't buy a truck if that's the case, but if I end up at some place like Texas then I will NEED a truck to fit in. BTW, the new truck would be a Raptor b/c I am a military stereotype.
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Jun 10, 2014 20:48
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Sir Lucius posted:As an E5 how bad of an idea is it to irresponsibility buy a new truck. My PRD is March and I could go to Hawaii so I won't buy a truck if that's the case, but if I end up at some place like Texas then I will NEED a truck to fit in. finance at 18% or higher if possible
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Jun 10, 2014 20:49
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When I get half pay for a DUI will they cut the monthly payments in half as well?
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Jun 10, 2014 20:52
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Sir Lucius posted:As an E5 how bad of an idea is it to irresponsibly buy a new truck. My PRD is March and I could go to Hawaii so I won't buy a truck if that's the case, but if I end up at some place like Texas then I will NEED a truck to fit in. It'll be totally cheaper if you just got the payments off with a credit card. Free money!
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Jun 10, 2014 20:57
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Sir Lucius posted:When I get half pay for a DUI will they cut the monthly payments in half as well? Actually if you get a DUI, you can stop making payments if you want.
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Jun 10, 2014 21:03
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Found out today I'm "facing mast" when I get back to my command for the lofty criminal act of charging meals to my government travel card while on TDY orders. 4200 per diem after lodging and I dared use 1200 of it for meals over 90 days. "EXCESSIVE" The best part was the email exchange. "come in please R/ CTR1" "I'm still in Virginia, but I can call you." I should try going awol, apparently nobody notices when you're gone for four months even though they're calling to reprimand you for being TDY. Hobo de los Muertos posted:16 Years at one command... Would that chief happen to be a 9HEB? This guy knows a person or two.
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Jun 10, 2014 21:13
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I don't know how anyone making any level of enlisted pay can afford a raptor
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Jun 10, 2014 21:16
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Christoff posted:I don't know how anyone making any level of enlisted pay can afford a raptor A friend of mine in STA-21 got a raptor. I never asked how he managed to even afford the down payment on it. Needless to say he had a subaru five months later. I calculated the payments once and they were a whole mid-month paycheck.
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Jun 10, 2014 21:19
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Christoff posted:I don't know how anyone making any level of enlisted pay can afford a raptor It's pre-approved! Special Military Financing! Even Admirals are approved! There was a guy now that I remember. E-3 with a Raptor and a Harley. When one of the Chiefs caught wind of it, he got all excited about putting the kid up for Mast for poo poo, turns out he comes from a rich family and his parents pay for everything cash. Analogical, that's hilarious. Make sure you show them a copy of the orders the office gave you before you left authorizing every dime. Pandasmores fucked around with this message at 21:24 on Jun 10, 2014 |
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Jun 10, 2014 21:21
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Pandasmores posted:It's pre-approved! Special Military Financing! Even Admirals are approved! E1 OKAY! Yeah I've got the reg all printed out and highlighted already, I know what the YN is mixing up so it should be an easy thing to fix but until then it's always interesting to watch navy admin break down at such monumental tasks as managing someone's TDY. Pandasmores posted:There was a guy now that I remember. E-3 with a Raptor and a Harley. When one of the Chiefs caught wind of it, he got all excited about putting the kid up for Mast for poo poo, turns out he comes from a rich family and his parents pay for everything cash. That happened at my last command. One of the fresh E3s was driving around in a Lotus Exige and the command came down on him like a sledgehammer about losing his clearance for financial misconduct and they were making him out to be this dumbass. Turned out his parents owned a lot of lumber yards in like Montana and he had like a couple million in his bank account to show the YNs. Everyone looked stupid but the guy driving the lotus for once Analogical fucked around with this message at 21:29 on Jun 10, 2014 |
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Jun 10, 2014 21:26
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Analogical posted:Found out today I'm "facing mast" when I get back to my command for the lofty criminal act of charging meals to my government travel card while on TDY orders. 4200 per diem after lodging and I dared use 1200 of it for meals over 90 days. "EXCESSIVE" Go through/have the instructions ready so you can tell them to blow it out their rear end. http://www.gsa.gov/portal/ext/public/site/FTR/file/Chapter301p051.html/category/21868/ quote:§301-51.2 What official travel expenses and/or classes of employees are exempt from the mandatory use of the Government contractor-issued travel charge card? The only time you aren't supposed to use the card for meals is if they don't accept card or it's a group meal.
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Jun 10, 2014 21:31
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LordNad posted:
I sent them that exact line of the reg. These same clowns forgot to activate my card until a week into my TDY too. You ever drive a thousand miles in an F150? It isn't cheap. Thanks for the link though, may as well print that out at home here.
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Jun 10, 2014 21:39
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Analogical posted:Turned out his parents owned a lot of lumber yards in like Montana and he had like a couple million in his bank account to show the YNs. Everyone looked stupid but the guy driving the lotus for once
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Jun 10, 2014 21:39
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Mad Dragon posted:He has millionaire parents, and he's enlisted? Who, exactly, is the stupid one here? He was basically trying to be Charlie Sheen from Platoon.
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Jun 10, 2014 21:48
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Analogical posted:I sent them that exact line of the reg. These same clowns forgot to activate my card until a week into my TDY too. You ever drive a thousand miles in an F150? It isn't cheap. Thanks for the link though, may as well print that out at home here. I hope you made a quip about being better at their job than them. Don't actually do this, dealing with admin is sort of like dealing with the cable company. You hate them and they're going to gently caress you regardless, it's just a question of how hard and how long.
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Jun 10, 2014 21:53
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Christoff posted:I don't know how anyone making any level of enlisted pay can afford a raptor It's a $50,000, so it's not impossible. But really it's also good motivation to get the gently caress out and get a real job so I can buy things I want.
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Jun 10, 2014 21:54
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I guess I just don't understand why people buy cars that = 3 years of pay
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Jun 10, 2014 22:22
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Sir Lucius posted:It's a $50,000, so it's not impossible. But really it's also good motivation to get the gently caress out and get a real job so I can buy things I want. I rode in it a few times and my own F150 is just a disappointment in comparison. It's not impossible but it really fucks your funds. Maybe if you didn't mind living in it and putting all of your BAH into a car payment.
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Jun 10, 2014 22:22
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Christoff posted:I guess I just don't understand why people buy cars that = 3 years of pay Mid-life crisis probably. Analogical posted:I rode in it a few times and my own F150 is just a disappointment in comparison. It's not impossible but it really fucks your funds. Maybe if you didn't mind living in it and putting all of your BAH into a car payment. Yea, it'd probably be a better "I'm finally out of the military!" vehicle.
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Jun 10, 2014 22:36
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Just get a GSX-R 1000 like everyone else
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Jun 10, 2014 22:37
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Motorcycles are dangerous
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Jun 10, 2014 22:41
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I've paid cash for every vehicle. Debt is a hassle... My first car loan was at 6% from Ford's financing dept. I paid it off after getting the cash back incentives on a vehicle already negotiated $540 below invoice. This is the only way to do it in the Navy so that it isn't terrible when your dependapotamus tries to take it in divorce court.
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Jun 11, 2014 00:01
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USAA regularly offers some fantastic rates on auto loans FYI. Also, debt may be a hassle, but you should always carry a manageable amount of it.
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Jun 11, 2014 00:10
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Angry Fish posted:I've paid cash for every vehicle. Debt is a hassle... 20 year old car club 
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Jun 11, 2014 00:17
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Boon posted:USAA regularly offers some fantastic rates on auto loans FYI. Gotta get dem cash back rewards hell yeah.
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Jun 11, 2014 00:23
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Spending $50k on a car isn't a "good idea" but it's completely doable on a military salary if that's the thing you choose to spend your money on. If you're spending 100 bucks a week at the bar, that's $50k after 10 years. If you have a roommate, the BAH you're banking instead of spending on rent is $50k after ~6 years. You've probably spent $50k over the last 14 years on your smartphone, cable, and internet bills. Having a baby costs $50k in under 5 years. Granted most military people with nice cars are walking stereotypes that are upside down in debt for them, and most people that are responsible enough to afford a nice car on a military salary are also budget-savvy enough to not spend that kind of money on a car, but affording it is completely possible. Especially for guys that reenlist for $90k.
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Jun 11, 2014 00:32
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When I joined, my E3 mistake was a 70 mustang, but I only spent six grand on it. Paid it off, held onto it for a few years then sold it for 12. For two years though I had the number for every tow truck in town. My defining tow moment was breaking down in the busiest intersection in town during rush hour and having a high school football team materialize from the truck behind me with their coach and push me into an alley. I made pretty good on the money I put in though even including repairs and some interior restoration.
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Jun 11, 2014 00:41
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Cerekk posted:Spending $50k on a car isn't a "good idea" but it's completely doable on a military salary if that's the thing you choose to spend your money on. If you're spending 100 bucks a week at the bar, that's $50k after 10 years. If you have a roommate, the BAH you're banking instead of spending on rent is $50k after ~6 years. You've probably spent $50k over the last 14 years on your smartphone, cable, and internet bills. Having a baby costs $50k in under 5 years. Are you even remotely being serious with this math, I honestly can't tell
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Jun 11, 2014 00:50
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Yea, I'm lucky enough that my car is currently paid off, so I've pretty much just been saving everything since I got in. I guess part of me just wants a truck, and part of me is just tired of driving on Maryland's poo poo roads. Anyways, I was reading up on it and in 2016 they might release a Raptor with supercharged V-8, so maybe I'll just hold off until then to blow all of my money on material goods.
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Jun 11, 2014 00:50
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Analogical posted:I sent them that exact line of the reg. These same clowns forgot to activate my card until a week into my TDY too. You ever drive a thousand miles in an F150? It isn't cheap. Thanks for the link though, may as well print that out at home here. Just remember to keep track of the money you spent on meals so when you do your travel claim on DTS you can use split disbursement in order to allow DTS to pay it off by subtracting from your per diem. Then again, if BOA still holds the contract from citibank, you can see who your GTC coordinator is and have them just look up your account to see what the bottom-line is. Depending on your PERSUPP, you may need to itemize the receipts, but most don't need anything that isn't being claimed, and you're not claiming for food.
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Jun 11, 2014 19:21
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Seqenenra posted:What did he do? Constantly misrepresenting everything to everyone. Lying about his numbers to his bosses and lying about billets to sailors.
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Jun 11, 2014 21:50
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KetTarma posted:Constantly misrepresenting everything to everyone. Lying about his numbers to his bosses and lying about billets to sailors. Sounds like he thought he was a recruiter.
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Jun 11, 2014 22:22
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This has been bugging the poo poo out of me. What coat is this?  I've googled everything but I've never seen it before. Then again I'm also a shore sailor. Is that some coverall-approved coat/parka?
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Jun 12, 2014 00:58
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Analogical posted:This has been bugging the poo poo out of me. What coat is this? Those are no longer authorized. It was a coat for the utilities uniform.
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Jun 12, 2014 01:02
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I swear I saw people wearing those on ship maybe only with coveralls?
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Christoff posted:I swear I saw people wearing those on ship maybe only with coveralls? I've been on shore for the past 3 years so it may be possible that they allow people to wear them with coveralls... 
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