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The Unholy Ghost posted:That is all terrible stuff, so I'd hope that a high enough ASFAB score would give me a position away from the front-lines. Regardless, I have to go to graduate school, and pretty much the only way I can pay and go is with a big scholarship. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ... ... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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The Unholy Ghost posted:That is all terrible stuff, so I'd hope that a high enough ASFAB score would give me a position away from the front-lines. Regardless, I have to go to graduate school, and pretty much the only way I can pay and go is with a big scholarship. uhhh do well in school and get a scholarship instead of sacrificing your body/mental health/faith in society by relying on your hopes and the needs of the army. Jesus pay for grad school with straight up Fed loans. You'll still most likely end up ahead of the game with regards to earning potential and the like, and with any luck you'll avoid the crippling substance abuse issues and loveless marriage.
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Kawasaki Nun posted:uhhh do well in school and get a scholarship instead of sacrificing your body/mental health/faith in society by relying on your hopes and the needs of the army. He's a goner dude.
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 The Unholy Ghost posted:That is all terrible stuff, so I'd hope that a high enough ASFAB score would give me a position away from the front-lines. Regardless, I have to go to graduate school, and pretty much the only way I can pay and go is with a big scholarship. quote:OP: "Help! HELP! I'm stuck in a well!!!" McNally posted:HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH This times infinity cubed
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gently caress it dude don't listen to me, go loving open contract needs of the army
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The trend never loving fails and it's just... ...gently caress it's just really funny.
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when you come back here in a while after you've been in for a bit and you're like "you were right guys" i'm just gonna tell you to go gently caress yourself and suck my dick from the back
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Mike-o posted:when you come back here in a while after you've been in for a bit and you're like "you were right guys" i'm just gonna tell you to go gently caress yourself and suck my dick from the back This as well as telling you you've gotten exactly what you deserve
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MonkeyWash posted:Hello, I mostly lurk here, but here goes. I was a guard at Camp Bucca in 2004 when the Abu Gharib story broke. I was serving with the Pennsylvania National Guard and was assigned to a Field Artillery unit that was retrained as ‘MPs.’ I also spent some time at Abu Gharib. I don't want this post to get lost in the shuffle. I don't know how to help you dude but I hope someone here does.
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So, to summarize— it'd be better to go into debt for life than spend three years in the military. Is there no benefit to the skills the military teaches in information technology? With my current degree (international relations) my job options are largely poo poo without a graduate degree or special experience.
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The Unholy Ghost posted:So, to summarize— it'd be better to go into debt for life than spend three years in the military. The military uses computers that run Windows 98. What can you learn about IT from that?
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If you want special experience get an internship. It will get you the special experience and will cost you a fraction of time and probably none of your sanity. I got an internship at a music studio last summer, learning the technical side of how to produce music. You know what I'm going to school for? Accounting. You have tunnel vision and you're making it an either/or situation. Stop being so limited in what you *think* you can do and what you *think* the military will do for you. E: a lot of companies you get hired by offer things like tuition repayment programs. Several businesses in my local area offer something like that if you have a degree in a field they need. The local school board has a tuition repayment program for people with teaching degrees. Seriously, stop limiting yourself. By saying you will be in debt for your entire life you're doing one of two things 1) placing an artificial ceiling on your future prospects and 2) predicting the future, which I wish I had the power to do seven years ago when I decided to sign up. boop the snoot fucked around with this message at 04:17 on Jan 15, 2017 |
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Hey Monkeywash, are you going to the Denver hospital or one of the community health centers? I've been using the Golden center for a while and always see the same people who are familiar with my case, treatment, etc. My experience here in CO has actually been a huge improvement compared to the treatment I got in New Orleans. What part of colorado are you in? Might be worth it to try and shift treatment to a different community treatment facility if possible. With many things it seems like the quality of treatment varies from one installation to another.
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The Unholy Ghost posted:So, to summarize— it'd be better to go into debt for life than spend three years in the military. You don't spend three years in, you spend 4-8 depending on your job. If less than 8, you spend the remainder in the IRR subject to callup for when the Annoying Orange pushes the "INVADE CHINA" button.
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The Unholy Ghost posted:So, to summarize— it'd be better to go into debt for life than spend three years in the military. Let me tell you something. I did IT in the Navy as a sysadmin and was paid the equivalent of $4 an hour for a few years. Then I got out and got a job as a sysadmin making a little over $40 an hour, with no degree or certifications. What I'm saying is, yeah, the Navy helped a lot on the resume, but you can ABSOLUTELY skip both the military and college and get a high paying IT job. Go get some entry level hell desk job closing tickets and replacing toner and spend that time learning poo poo and not being retarded and you can do it buddy. Sky is the limit!
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Godholio posted:You don't spend three years in, you spend 4-8 depending on your job. If less than 8, you spend the remainder in the IRR subject to callup for when the Annoying Orange pushes the "INVADE CHINA" button. I was signed up for four years and got out in three! All it cost was having my co-workers read through my emails to figure out I was gay, and my chief to threaten my life for being a human being. But that doesn't even work anymore!
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Kawasaki Nun posted:Hey Monkeywash, are you going to the Denver hospital or one of the community health centers? I've been using the Golden center for a while and always see the same people who are familiar with my case, treatment, etc. My experience here in CO has actually been a huge improvement compared to the treatment I got in New Orleans. Thanks, I'm in Colorado Springs. I moved here in 2015 and it took the usual four months to be seen for the first time. I saw a primary care doc who got me to see a neurologist in Golden. I saw her once and never could get scheduled again. After my annual exam in December 2016 with a different primary care I am scheduled to see a different neuro in April. I have migraines and cluster headaches (look up cluster headache if you're unfamiliar). Its a different neuro, so it would be like starting over again. I think I'm going to use my Medicare to see a headache specialist in Aurora. I have had to use Veterans choice to see a gastroenterologist and pain management doctor. My experience in Colorado has been, being sent to the wrong clinic a few times. Having a doctor talk to me for 5 minutes and want to completely change all my meds. Having absolutely no contact from the caregiver support program. Seeing a different doctor every time go in. It's frustrating, I realize I'm my best advocate, but it's hard to do everything by ourselves without any support. Would a Veterans service officer do any good? I have no current claims, but perhaps they would know how to better navigate the system. I used the American Legion in the past, but have no preference.
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MonkeyWash posted:Thanks, I'm in Colorado Springs. I moved here in 2015 and it took the usual four months to be seen for the first time. I saw a primary care doc who got me to see a neurologist in Golden. I saw her once and never could get scheduled again. After my annual exam in December 2016 with a different primary care I am scheduled to see a different neuro in April. AFAIK the medical side of the VA is separate from everything else, so I'm not entirely sure what a VSO could do, but it couldn't hurt. At worst I imagine they might be able to point you in the direction of another organization that might exist to help out veterans in your situation. They also might have some references for good medical specialists in the area who understand / work well with VA healthcare and the particularities of that institution. It sounds more or less like you're making the moves that you need to, though I'm wondering if you were receiving any treatment through the VA prior to your move for these headaches? Like they should have your previous therapies, if they were effective, on file and it doesn't seem like it would be much of a stretch for them to continue those treatments until you get a full workup by someone local. If that's not the case then the only other thing I have to offer is that the squaky wheel gets the grease. Despite how frustrating it is the only way to derive any benefit from VA healthcare is to keep plugging away until you get the result you need. It might be worthwhile to plan a couple day trip to the hospital, after working out the dates with your primary care physician, and just working your way through the system to get a complete regimen and treatment plan worked out in a single trip.
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The Unholy Ghost posted:That is all terrible stuff, so I'd hope that a high enough ASFAB score would give me a position away from the front-lines. Regardless, I have to go to graduate school, and pretty much the only way I can pay and go is with a big scholarship. a high asvab score isn't going to prevent you from making a stupid decision in the first place.
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My recruiter wasn't in a strip mall... the recruiting station was in the same building as the DMV. 
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Strip mall next to a hobby store, salon, and a ice cream store.
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Strip mall next to an Olive Garden
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Strip mall next to publix, subway, and Chinese food.
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Used to be a strip mall next to Target but now it's a standalone building next to a Walgreen's.
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I went to the air force one inside a mall but they were out to lunch, so the navy one was 20 feet down the hall.
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I'm, if you count "Sanwiched between Krystal's and Subway" a stipmall then yes, I too had a recruiter strip mall. Who I saw often, I went to meow 6 loving times
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Soulex posted:I'm, if you count "Sanwiched between Krystal's and Subway" a stipmall then yes, I too had a recruiter strip mall. Who I saw often, I went to meow 6 loving times My recruiter got sent to the brig because he was getting underage pooles drunk and raping them.
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My original recruiter got drunk and plowed into a family, killing a grandmother. He wasn't my recruiter after that. I think he was in one of the GSA cars too.
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Anybody know about getting grants through FAFSA for graduate school? I was kinda dumb and didn't do any FAFSA/Pell grants for my undergrad, because I had the post 9-11 Gi bill and I had saved up a shitton of money while I was in. Now I'm in like the 3rd year of my PhD and my savings are dry. I am fully funded for tuition and get a salary, but some money would be nice. I filled out the FAFSA and it says I have a score of 3900 and I am eligible for a stafford loan, but I don't wanna borrow any money.
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I'm sure this has been answered before like 1000000 times but here goes. I got a friend who has a lot of issues. He filed his claim a while ago (like years ago) but whoever was in charge of it got fired or left or whatever, so somehow or another he had to start it over. He said they were on step 7 or 8 of the process but for some reason kicked it back several steps to gather more information. And they keep putting things off. This is a copy/paste about the things he's trying to get claimed quote:Ptsd \ anxiety disorder (New), Chronic back pain (New), Bilateral numbness in my legs (New), Chronic right wrist pain (New), chronic right ankle pain (New), chest pain (New). Being that we are in Trump's America now, he is curious about what he needs to do or who he needs to call to get some type of ball rolling. Any progress is better than what he's going through now. If it makes any difference, he is in Williamsport, PA. E: lol never mind. They delivered his claims letter today because that's how the VA works. boop the snoot fucked around with this message at 17:06 on Jan 27, 2017 |
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I have a question about post-separation healthcare coverage if anyone has some ideas. I haven't been able to find any good information about it. Here's the situation: I'm separating on the 22nd and starting my new job on the 27th. Sounds great, except that health insurance from my new job doesn't kick in until 30 days of work, and I just so happen to have an eight month old daughter that I'd like to make sure has continuous pediatric coverage. I looked into CHCBP but it seems outrageously overpriced. Basically I just need 30 days of coverage. Any pro-tips out there?
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Xalidur posted:I have a question about post-separation healthcare coverage if anyone has some ideas. I haven't been able to find any good information about it. I thought Tri-Care was made explicitly for that? Have you started the separation process? I feel like they'd walk you through the Tri-Care thingy.
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Zero VGS posted:I thought Tri-Care was made explicitly for that? Have you started the separation process? I feel like they'd walk you through the Tri-Care thingy. We've tried calling Tricare directly and asking PSD and no one seems to know anything. Bureaucracy at its finest!
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Mr. Nice! posted:I think this is what TAMP is for: http://www.tricare.mil/tamp Only if you're being involuntarily separated or jumping to guard/reserves.
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