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psydude posted:

And this makes me wonder why more people don't consider UMD's distance learning program. It's popular among military and civilian students and gives you the exact same degree as if you were to sit in class at College Park.

e: From reading this forum and talking with professors, a good rule of thumb is to avoid any college that has a campus on a military base. They are, more or less, diploma mills. If you are interested in becoming a highschool teacher, you will eventually have to pursue a master's degree. Very few worthwhile master's programs will accept a certificate from a diploma mill.

Yup, I go through UMD online. It's been great for me. I picked it because I could transfer my Montgomery College (lol) credits there easily, but it's turned out to be the best possible online school I could think of.

# ¿ Jun 5, 2010 22:23

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 18:20

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I have 6 months left in til I ETS. I do not want to be promoted, as I don't think I would be a good NCO. My command thinks I would be, and they are stating that I have to be promoted. I know that under AR 600-8-19 I can decline consideration for the promotion board, however my 1SG has stated that if I decline promotion, she will have me demoted. Is this possible? I've read the AR, and all it states is that if the soldier declines promotion, he must be immediately counseled to find out the reason for the declination. Should I file an IG complaint, or just suck it up and deal with it?

# ¿ Nov 19, 2010 23:30

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Rrail posted:

New company isn't going to deploy me for a couple weeks it's looking like (2-3 weeks) and I want to spend those 2-3 weeks in Colombia. What are my security clearance implications and must I report this international travel to my SSO?

You should be fine traveling there, I know plenty of people with TS/SCI that do it regularly. But yes, definitely report it in advance, get your country briefing, etc.

# ¿ Apr 26, 2011 05:36

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Speaking of which, if for some crazy almost impossibly unlikely reason the draft was reinstated, would those who already did a certain amount of time be exempt? I wonder...never going to happen though.

# ¿ May 4, 2011 20:02

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yeah that's kinda lovely, I got an ARCOM for my ETS award and I'm a shitbag Specialist who did 4 years and got out

# ¿ May 14, 2011 00:01

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FooGoo posted:

Is there such thing as a citation for CABs?

I switched over to the AF and would like to get my CAB converted to the AF version. All I have is the order and the NCO said they'll want the order with a citation/unclassified AAR. Problem is I've never seen one if one was ever written. Who would be able to find it? My old commander? My old unit? Thanks.

You should have orders for it in your OMPF.

# ¿ May 23, 2011 06:20

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FooGoo posted:

I have the orders, but they want a descriptive citation like how they have for the MOH, which I'm not even sure exists for a CAB.

I don't think that exists for skill badges, which the CAB counts as. Just orders.

# ¿ May 24, 2011 04:34

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UMUC has a BS in cybersecurity, that's what I'm doing. It's not too bad, and there's a ton of opportunities once you finish.

# ¿ Jun 3, 2011 03:52

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What's the best way to clean an IBA? I've already put it through the washing machine (after removing everything inside) and it's still pretty dirty.

# ¿ Jun 8, 2011 00:24

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I'll try the OxyClean thing. Someone told me Selsun Blue anti-dandruff shampoo works well too. The only thing I need to clean is the IBA from Fort Bliss range dirt and sand. No idea how it even got dirty, we don't do a prone firing position for the M9. Everything else is still in the original plastic bags.

# ¿ Jun 8, 2011 00:33

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Most cell phone service providers have 30 days where you can just return it and cancel service, no questions asked. I know Verizon does. Just do that.

But my AT&T account has been frozen for 2 years, no one has ever bothered me about it.

# ¿ Jul 13, 2011 04:16

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And also salary doesn't mean poo poo to the military, each service member is expensive as gently caress because of all the absurd benefits.

# ¿ Jul 21, 2011 23:49

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TheUnhorse posted:

Is it true that you can only accept a job 6 months prior to your ETS date? Or is that a myth?

Here's what's up: applying to a few government jobs and I want to know if they call me and give me a conditional offer of employment, if I can accept that. I asked someone and they said it needs to be within 6 months otherwise you can't accept.

It's not true, but most companies won't really give you the time of day before that. Maybe government is different, I don't know.

# ¿ Jul 22, 2011 00:45

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SA-6, I think.

# ¿ Jul 25, 2011 12:40

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GD_American posted:

Because much like a famous Texan, it never saw combat?

he's not even a Texan, he's from Connecticut :ssh:

# ¿ Aug 6, 2011 03:50

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You can get a passport pretty quickly. I needed one on short notice a couple weeks ago, went down to the Passport Agency in DC at 9am and walked out with it at 3pm. Most larger cities have a Passport Agency. It's not like it was terribly expensive either, just $60 on top of the standard fees, so it came out to be $195. The web expediting services are just going to the Passport Agency for you and charging you an extra $200+

# ¿ Aug 26, 2011 13:21

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gleep glop posted:

I have two years stabilization from being prior active. My big problem is I can't get the MOS I want if I do this deployment.

I think you said you were going to Kuwait. As a 35G, that's a waste of time. So yeah, get out of it. Find a unit that's deploying to Afghanistan. It'll pay off.

# ¿ Sep 9, 2011 07:30

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Since it's bootchat ITT, are Asolos really as good as everyone says? Looking at the Fugitive GTX.

# ¿ Jan 1, 2012 20:53

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Rrail posted:

Are you in Afghanistan yet?

Couple weeks. Headed out to the middle of nowhere. I changed companies.

# ¿ Jan 1, 2012 21:17

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Well, I'm a civilian, and my company is paying for it. Might as well get the best, right?

# ¿ Jan 2, 2012 21:04

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AB posted:

The best part of riding in a tank is taking an old pair of earbuds and cutting off the buds. Then you can wrap the exposed wire leads into your charlie box input and pipe your mp3 player through the intercom into everybody's helmets.

We used to do this on the plane by rubber banding the earbud to the mic on our headsets.

# ¿ Apr 18, 2012 22:11

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Hey GreenMeat, does the new 35Q MOS exist yet? Do they take reclasses?

# ¿ Apr 25, 2012 11:52

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Awesome, thanks. No recruiters seem to know anything about it, as of yet. Hopefully there will be reserve slots available as well.

# ¿ Apr 25, 2012 17:16

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psydude posted:

What are you doing. Stop it.

Moving over to cybersecurity after the end of this deployment, already have my Sec+, and the MOS would increase my pay that much more (they are already matching my current base salary). 35Q is the new cybersecurity MOS. If I can get one of those slots, I'd take it. I'm already in the IRR til 2015 anyway.

# ¿ Apr 25, 2012 17:23

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Ah, I see. Well so much for that idea then. Thanks for the info!

# ¿ Apr 25, 2012 18:05

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i have personally seen a porn sharedrive on JIANT

# ¿ Nov 22, 2012 18:26

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did a MOPP gear run. don't loving ask me why.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2013 16:35

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a can is a CHU. a conex that you live in. also idk why but im laughing so hard at the idea of some stevie wonder motherfucker just jammin on a keyboard in the back corner of a tent while everyone else just goes about their normal business

# ¿ Apr 17, 2013 17:20

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gleep for official gip historian

# ¿ Jun 9, 2013 05:46

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I got a job offer from BAH to work in a network security job at an agency with just a clearance and Security+. No actual experience beyond home networking and playing with Wireshark. They can't find people, at all, to fill these slots.

# ¿ Jun 12, 2013 05:58

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The reputation SEALs have for being kind of arrogant and obnoxious is somewhat true, from working with them. The Army T1 guys I worked with were a little creepy and crazy, but really, really, really loving good at their job. Rangers own and they're my favorite people to work with.

# ¿ Jun 29, 2013 17:24

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ballgameover.mp3 posted:

That was the really shocking part. It's been a hangout of ours for a couple years now. The bartenders know us, we know them, they know what we drink. It really has been a cool spot. I would never have expected this from this bar.

You know, I get that most of you think that instigating a fight was a bad idea. I get that, but the direction that I'm coming from is that I simply don't agree. I mean, I knew that posting here, I'd likely get some opinions that don't reinforce mine. That's fine. I'm sayin, I understand where you're coming from, and I get that most people would not necessarily feel compelled to instigate a fight. I get that. It's simply a different approach to the situation than mine. I think that there are some situations in which a response like this is appropriate. I assume that you folks also have boundaries that, if crossed, would necessitate a physical response. So, we're just looking at different situations or different thresholds for different folks. This really wasn't what I had intended to debate. Not that I mind, but I really just wanted to know whether there was something in the UCMJ regarding presenting a decent and honorable image even when out of uniform. I'll still be talking to someone at the base to see if something can be done. At the very least, letting people know that this guy is in their unit. When I was in, people hated racists like that.

Basically what you're saying is that you want to beat someone for having the audacity to wear clothing and/or patches that you don't like. There's no boundary being crossed. The dude hasn't done poo poo to you. It's not a different approach, it's the fact that you want to inflict physical violence on someone based solely upon their viewpoint. Really, it sounds like you have far more in common with the Nazi party than this guy.

# ¿ Aug 19, 2013 12:41

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Yes, there will be regulations regarding briefcases/bags/literally everything else worn or carried in the military, and the navy is the worst about uniforms. You also probably won't take paperwork etc home with you very often, because it's probably not the kind of stuff you take home. And finally, other than lawyers, who needs a briefcase? Why do you want one?

# ¿ Aug 20, 2013 22:05

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I highly doubt you'll be carrying your laptop to or from work.

# ¿ Aug 21, 2013 03:37

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The most common enlisted->officer degree track in the Army is people that got online degrees while they were enlisted, then commissioned while still active. I saw that happen many times. They can be good or bad; it varies. As far as I know, the Army has no LDOs the way the Navy does. I think warrant officers fulfill that role.

# ¿ Aug 31, 2013 03:04

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KittyEmpress posted:

^^ that is possible? Do you have to be at the end of your enlistment period to do so, or do they basically just go, "oh you got a degree and want a commission? We'll see about it" or something?

No, you don't have to be at the end of your contract. All you have to do is get the right paperwork together, submit it, and if you get selected for OCS, you'll get a new (longer) contract which takes precedence over your old one.

# ¿ Sep 1, 2013 09:05

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Godholio posted:

What nobody's mentioning is that it's insanely competitive. Dozens, maybe a couple hundred applicants per slot.

In the Air Force it probably is competitive. In the Army, everyone I knew who tried got selected for OCS, including the E-5 who did not at all understand how to use an apostrophe at all and just randomly peppered them into everything she wrote, and the E-6 who always wrote paragraph long run-on sentences. A friend of mine saved a counseling statement the E-6 wrote for him that was one sentence, literally half a page long. Army Strong.

# ¿ Sep 1, 2013 21:20

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hangers are like 99 cents how loving cheap are you

# ¿ Sep 3, 2013 05:17

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iyaayas01 posted:

Also pretty much all the King Airs the Army uses for ISR are contractor maintained and operated.

Although they're supposed to get part of the MC-12 fleet when the USAF divests them next year, so maybe those will be green-suit operated.

The Guard were supposed to get C-27s to replace their Sherpas but lol at how that turned out.

The Army has all sorts of different fixed wing ISR platforms. All are contractor maintained, the Army doesn't have any fixed wing mechanics, but quite a few are green suit operated. I personally flew on the ARL, which is a heavily modified Dash 7. The Army has a whole bunch of those.

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 18:20

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Victor Vermis posted:

Assuming you are still on IRR, give the nearest reserve unit's recruiter a call. You should be able to attend drill without any commitments up front.

Stand in *one* formation and then re-evaluate your situation.

this is completely true. I was thinking about commissioning in the reserves after finishing my degree, simply cause civilians think LT on the resume looks good. I went to drill once just to see what it was like and threw away that idea real quick.

# ¿ Aug 7, 2014 15:47

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