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tacopie posted:Just trying to make it to 20.. about 4.5 years to go. Every day is a day where I wake up and tell myself "just a little over four to go lil buddy!". 23 months. Enough to count by PRT cycles remaining. 
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vulturesrow posted:23 months. Enough to count by PRT cycles remaining. Been out for a month, 
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Jul 15, 2016 23:29
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Holy poo poo, who buys a house when you're eligible for orders?
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Godholio posted:Holy poo poo, who buys a house when you're eligible for orders? Someone dumb enough to enlist.
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Fart Sandwiches posted:Someone dumb enough to enlist. Dumb enough to join the Navy
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DustyNuts posted:Wow did this thread fuckin die or what. I'm still in the Navy. Still in the Reserves and regretting it one weekend a month. Disability rating finally came back, good poo poo. I wouldn't say I regret the ten years I did active, they set me up for what I view as a pretty easy civ life. BTW everyone should try to get a government job when they get out, they're the best.
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PneumonicBook posted:Still in the Reserves and regretting it one weekend a month. Disability rating finally came back, good poo poo. I wouldn't say I regret the ten years I did active, they set me up for what I view as a pretty easy civ life. Does state government count? My dad did that (and if all goes well, 1.5 months left in the navy. Oh god where did the time go)
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Ryand-Smith posted:Does state government count? My dad did that (and if all goes well, 1.5 months left in the navy. Oh god where did the time go) Probably? Just have to make it passed your probation period and you're mostly golden.
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PneumonicBook posted:BTW everyone should try to get a government job when they get out, they're the best. This has always been my plan. I hear the process takes forever though.
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If you're trying to get a government job that is where the reserves are mad useful because you will likely have good connections from your fellow weekend warriors for a job. But besides that the reserves is the shittiest thing in the universe oh my god
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Ryand-Smith posted:Does state government count? My dad did that (and if all goes well, 1.5 months left in the navy. Oh god where did the time go) Depends. Are you in one of the few states that still offers jobs with real paychecks and benefits or are you in one of the many ones that destroyed public sector employment out of jealousy and "MY TAX DOLLARS"?
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Nwabudike Morgan posted:If you're trying to get a government job that is where the reserves are mad useful because you will likely have good connections from your fellow weekend warriors for a job. But besides that the reserves is the shittiest thing in the universe oh my god 
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Gray Matter posted:Surely it can't be shittier than being active duty while boatposting this? The biggest problem I have with it is I'm more or less dreading it all month, than I go and it's super easy but also a little annoying. Also you've got the typical super moto dudes, and so much training, it's kind of absurd. It's not like it's actually hard, just first world complaining.
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How is urinalysis handled in the reserves? Asking for a friend
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Jul 16, 2016 15:23
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25% of reservists each day every weekend. You can get nabbed for both days.
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Gray Matter posted:How is urinalysis handled in the reserves? Asking for a friend Random each weekend, occasional command sweep.
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Gray Matter posted:How is urinalysis handled in the reserves? Asking for a friend Some guy looked at my dick today, ask me anything.
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PneumonicBook posted:Some guy looked at my dick today, ask me anything. Did you take a poo poo during the urinalysis? That was my favorite way to do them.
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Mr. Nice! posted:Did you take a poo poo during the urinalysis? That was my favorite way to do them. I didn't realize there was any other way to do them.
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Stultus Maximus posted:Depends. Are you in one of the few states that still offers jobs with real paychecks and benefits or are you in one of the many ones that destroyed public sector employment out of jealousy and "MY TAX DOLLARS"? my dad works in NYC for a reason (because the fatass loving killed Jersey i hope chris christie gets a loving heart attack the fat gently caress is the worse if he dies it would be too soon, gently caress him, gently caress his couch gently caress his fat rear end if the state senate had balls they would impeach his dumb rear end gently caress him.
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Mr. Nice! posted:Did you take a poo poo during the urinalysis? That was my favorite way to do them. I used to drop trow all the way to my ankles like a 5 year old kid and then talk the pee out for max awkwardness. (I wasn't a shy pisser or anything but if you're gonna meatgaze I'm gonna make it awkward as gently caress)
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I've only ever run into one guy who really really insisted on seeing the urine leave the body. He was a huge sperg so no matter how awkward i tried to make it, he didn't pick up on it.
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I once stood by the most bashful officer for 90 minutes before he could get a weak tinkle. Was getting so bored I was about to offer to suck start it just so we could be done.
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lol if you didn't just get out after your initial obligation and use the sweet sweet GI Bill
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Hobolicious posted:This has always been my plan. I hear the process takes forever though. Getting back on the Gov't tit. We've had two openings for a job that requires no prior experience for over a year now. We did one round of hiring and everyone who was offered the job passed presumably because you get the bottom of the pay-band and its in the Bay Area which is very expensive. What my boss was telling me was that with the current laws and system you basically have no option but to hire Veteran's with disabilities (which is fine, guy I work with has sleep apnea and I got a bad back) so basically if we get 500 applicants and only 30 have the points they are the only ones interviewed. And when that list of people is whittled down to 10 and they all decline we can't go back into the pile, we have to start again. So yeah we are doing another round, so either way I'm looking at 6 more months of overtime? Gov't Job tip: Bring your own pillow to work, the ones they provide are almost certainly petri dishes.
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Blackchamber posted:Getting back on the Gov't tit. We've had two openings for a job that requires no prior experience for over a year now. We did one round of hiring and everyone who was offered the job passed presumably because you get the bottom of the pay-band and its in the Bay Area which is very expensive. What my boss was telling me was that with the current laws and system you basically have no option but to hire Veteran's with disabilities (which is fine, guy I work with has sleep apnea and I got a bad back) so basically if we get 500 applicants and only 30 have the points they are the only ones interviewed. And when that list of people is whittled down to 10 and they all decline we can't go back into the pile, we have to start again. Something to keep in mind, I've sat on a bunch of hiring boards and while the points will get your resume in the door, remember that it will probably be a bunch of random GS types (maybe one or 2 that do the job that you are applying for) that score your resume. Some of the people looking over your resume might not know anything about the job that you're applying for, so leave out acronyms that they might not know, or spell it out for them. Don't write it like you have been writing your evals since forever. Nobody gives a gently caress how many sailors that you led, trained or whatever. Write your resume, especially the most recent job period, to contain the stuff that you want to do. You don't want the people that are scanning your resume to have to try and filter out what you have experience in. If you make it hard to read, or if you bury the relevant job experience, they'll throw it into the garbage pile. There is a USAJOBS thread somewhere in SA, I'll try to find and link it later. tl;dr Write your resume for the job you're applying for.
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Seqenenra posted:Something to keep in mind, I've sat on a bunch of hiring boards and while the points will get your resume in the door, remember that it will probably be a bunch of random GS types (maybe one or 2 that do the job that you are applying for) that score your resume. Some of the people looking over your resume might not know anything about the job that you're applying for, so leave out acronyms that they might not know, or spell it out for them. Don't write it like you have been writing your evals since forever. Nobody gives a gently caress how many sailors that you led, trained or whatever. Write your resume, especially the most recent job period, to contain the stuff that you want to do. You don't want the people that are scanning your resume to have to try and filter out what you have experience in. If you make it hard to read, or if you bury the relevant job experience, they'll throw it into the garbage pile. There is a USAJOBS thread somewhere in SA, I'll try to find and link it later. Alternatively, nepotism. I kid. Kind of.
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Seqenenra posted:There is a USAJOBS thread somewhere in SA, I'll try to find and link it later. Saved you the trouble. It's under BFC. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3324421
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I didn't even know that subforum existed.
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Godholio posted:I didn't even know that subforum existed. There is a lot of good info, but they need to add a section on nepotism.
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Our former Chief of Information works for the state department now after a tiny tenure at the navy position. The latest one is retiring after just a few months. I guess no more All Hands magazine.. E.added position. 🎉
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PneumonicBook posted:Alternatively, nepotism. On a somewhat serious note, I've seen this happen and it generated a fair amount of hate.
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So? That's hate below. That's normal. Only hate from above matters.
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My goal is to get a master's at a decent school (looking at Georgetown, Columbia, George Washington, and American U) and network through the faculty to get an upward mobility job in DOD, DOS, or (shivers) Homeland. I'm still interested in pol-mil policy. Spending most of my time on deployment reading all I can on SIPR about us military on a large scale to prepare for this. I feel like once you hit the that revolving door of Beltway bandits once and make a decent name for yourself you're golden.
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Howard Phillips posted:I'm still interested in pol-mil policy. Spending most of my time on deployment reading all I can on SIPR about us military on a large scale to prepare for this. Sir, can you give an explanation of why you believe my teachings to be wrong on every level? I've been teaching this for 20 years! It's classified....
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See my only desire is to get as far away as possible from government work when I retire. I've been dealing with that poo poo for 20 years, why would I do more? 
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You get snow days as a government employee, and you can wear sweat pants to work if you really wanted.
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On a plane about to head to Poland on the govt dime, occasionally dark clouds have a silver lining.
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4 more years. Then getting out and smoking weed everyday doing pen testing or something as a dirty civilian. 4. More. Years. Hopefully i can avoid chief during this time frame.
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Laranzu posted:4 more years. Then getting out and smoking weed everyday doing pen testing or something as a dirty civilian. Pen testing as a civ is super awesome btw. Been on a few contracts around the country and I love it.
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