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Ahhh fair enough. Anyway, you could screw yourself out of your GI Bill
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Remulak posted:How the hell do you decline GI Bill in boot camp?? Does this mean no education money? 17 when I did the asvab and early entry. Had to wait for my 18th bday to ship off to boot. Pretty sure the early entry counted against inactive time. The pre-9/11 GI bill at the time was a flat $25k for 12 months at $100 a month, with the option to decline. I would bet 1/4 of my boot company declined it. (we were mostly Nuke
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You know you automatically qualify for the Post-9/11, right?
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Diarrhea Elemental posted:You know you automatically qualify for the Post-9/11, right? Some of these fuckers are old
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Diarrhea Elemental posted:You know you automatically qualify for the Post-9/11, right? Yeah, depends on their years of service.
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Diarrhea Elemental posted:You know you automatically qualify for the Post-9/11, right? I went back to vo-tech school in 99, so still pre 9/11. It was only about 4k out of pocket for 2 years anyways. Doing fine now. Milked the poo poo out of VA loans though.
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I had the Montgomery and some kind of poo poo investment thing for GI Bill which completely sucked. At least I was in college when it didn't require the sale of body parts or taking out student loans to attend.
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The military is a trade off. The end result is based on what kind of person you were before, what you make of it, plus a significant amount of chance. My non-combat role got me free college, a great civilian job, no debt, cheap healthcare, etc. There's still plenty of stuff to be pissed off about but those are some pretty big pluses towards my general wellbeing so I can handle them.
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Melthir posted:Ladies and gentlemen....the winner. "winner"
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Casimir Radon posted:The military is a trade off. The end result is based on what kind of person you were before, what you make of it, plus a significant amount of chance. My non-combat role got me free college, a great civilian job, no debt, cheap healthcare, etc. There's still plenty of stuff to be pissed off about but those are some pretty big pluses towards my general wellbeing so I can handle them. People really underplay the amount of chance that goes in to things. There's a lot of "what you make of it" that gets said but like sometimes it doesn't matter how hard you try to get your mos-required training you chain of command might just flat out refuse to let you go to anything because what if you need to come in and fix another section's work again, better just stay at your desk and hope we come up with work for you this month. Even though I was at a unit with more than enough of a training budget and in a section that needed somebody of my MOS (of which we had multiples) for maybe 3 weeks at a time three times a year. Also you might (and/or will almost certainly) get injured in some way at some point.
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Don’t rush your poop kids. Having butt problems in your permanent record is embarrassing. So I’ve heard.
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Lemniscate Blue posted:"winner" Better them than me, the only contract artilleryman when I hit the fleet.
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drat. Didn’t computers or intel stuff sound interesting enough for you guys?
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DoktorLoken posted:drat. Didn’t computers or intel stuff sound interesting enough for you guys? Not enough poo poo exploding because I wanted it to. Had some poo poo to work out.
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Meydey posted:I was so gung ho I enlisted early, in 11th grade, and turned down the GI bill in boot. Making nuke decisions even before nuke school. I just want to make sure this post makes the following page because I love it so much. I need to figure out how I want to burn my last 24 months of Post 9/11 and milk my MGIB.
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Godholio posted:I just want to make sure this post makes the following page because I love it so much. Art history degree
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Meydey posted:17 when I did the asvab and early entry. Had to wait for my 18th bday to ship off to boot. Pretty sure the early entry counted against inactive time. This was me in the mid 2000's. 7 months reservist before the finally shipped me to boot 4 months after my 18th birthday. Only was IRR for just over a year once I got done.
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I should also add I was JROTC my Sophomore year of high school. Did the whole forest cammies every Friday thing (which is NOT a good way to meet girls). I didnt turn 18 till 3 months after graduation so I moved from Seattle to Tampa to live with my dad since I was going to Orlando RTC. Then I got homesick, flew back to Seattle, did MEPs, and flew back to Orlando. Also bought a new Isuzu pickup after boot before Nuke A school (and getting dropped from said A school 2 months later) And..lost a stripe in Dam Neck being stupid again, so hit the fleet as an e2. Pretty sure all this qualifies me for this thread.
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DoktorLoken posted:drat. Didn’t computers or intel stuff sound interesting enough for you guys? I was in before computers were really a thing, and I mainly wanted to jump out of airplanes.
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What I got out of the military was a lot of fun stories, a lot of dumb stories, scars, and no correctly functioning joints in my body. I also got college, a pension, and the ability to piss off all my friends by telling them I have a rough day of getting up at the crack of noon tomorrow.
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https://twitter.com/MarlaReynoldsC3/status/1048660122485084160 Edit: adding a screenshot for when the guy finds out his mom posted this. 
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Oct 8, 2018 22:51
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Ah, yes, the Navy. Bastion of sexual awareness and a culture of respect for consent.
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That outfit makes him look like he should be tap dancing on Broadway with Bing Crosby. Do USN sailors seriously wear that poo poo?
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Someone should tell her that the Blue Star is for the family of people serving in the military, not extras in a production of South Pacific.
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That can't be a real navy uniform, if that guy went over the side someone might see him.
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Who doesn’t love the Navy dress whites
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navy dress whites are legit how much do they suck to wear though
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I thought they were pretty comfortable tbh, just never dare to eat while wearing em
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They look goofy as poo poo and they are borderline transparent in any amount of light. And yeah, don't wear them if you plan on eating or doing anything that could get them dirty. Seriously, the Navy comes up with a new uniform every other week. How are those things still around? And nobody say "tradition" because they consider the trucker caps with NAVY written on them traditional.
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Head of US marine force in Darwin stood down for drink-driving on nightclub strip Apparently he blew 0.10 on the breathalyser. Keeping up the proud tradition of overseas-based marines since the dawn of the Corps. And in the proudest traditions of Australian courts dealing with old white guys drink driving, no conviction was recorded as it "...would affect any assignments or promotions he could hope to get in future". 
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Bunch of jealous rear end bitches itt hating on the Navy's wizard regalia That said anyone who wins awards for boot camp is probably completely loving useless Kawasaki Nun fucked around with this message at 00:38 on Oct 9, 2018 |
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Memento posted:Head of US marine force in Darwin stood down for drink-driving on nightclub strip quote:He had been at Shenanigans Restaurant and Bar in the CBD and was driving home to Larrakeyah, a suburb about 3.4 kilometres away. Holy poo poo, Shenanigans were had.
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Kawasaki Nun posted:Bunch of jealous rear end bitches itt hating on the Navy's wizard regalia No jealousy here, I just thought it was stupid. Of course, the Navy was the second mistake I made, so I'm stupid too. Right thread I guess. At least I got a good duty station out of it, which is not something I could say about my time in the corps.
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:That outfit makes him look like he should be tap dancing on Broadway with Bing Crosby. Do USN sailors seriously wear that poo poo? Yes, though not everyone pulls it off as fabulously as he does. Dress whites being worn to any event where food is served should be considered disposable items. Doubly so if there's also alcohol.
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He didn’t win top anything in boot camp because he’d have the dumb pin from it and he only has his normal two as a E4. Poor mom in denial about her sons sexuality. Keeping it clean after 4 days in NYC Fleetweek with rain, subways, food and drink is probably my single most impressive feat. Got a little dingy and changed to my second one for the rest of the trip.
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https://twitter.com/DancinJonHanson/status/1049455719471296512 https://twitter.com/DancinJonHanson/status/1049476000789274624
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Lol if that mom put it up to gently caress with him She sure as hell succeeded
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Nah he’s rolling with it pretty well.
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Ixian posted:Cold War Army was weird.  It cracks me up that every era is shown in combat gear except the 80s where he’s got a mop
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