No mate. To be fair most of my gear there is not regular issue and I'd bought myself.
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I have an ASS in Liberal Arts and a B.S in Comp Info Systems
I have no criminal history
I had 3 or 4 recommendation letters from Local Politicians, Habitats for Humanity, Former Specialist Et. Al.
I scored an 86/120 on whatever the test, or higher maybe
By the time the board was getting ready to convene I weighed 185 LBS I'm 5'10 and spare change,
could do 80 push ups in one go and was running 16-18 minute 2 miles (not that impressive I know)
I'd memorized all the major creeds, ranks, some Army History, all the basic shit they make you learn so I'd be ahead of the game. (Admittedly I did kind of suck at doing drills in formation)
My Sgt. did virtually everything within his power to STOP me from going through OCS.
Eventually with virtually no backers and running out of money (I was on unemployment at the time) I quit trying,
and just found a public sector job, because my degree is practical and valuable.
I had lost 26 lbs training with them for about 5 months. So I dunno about OCS man, in fact I'm like 100% your record has to be clean for OCS. I wanted to do Air Force in the end anyway, shame though, I'd have made a good Officer.
Edit: I should mention that I make significantly more than I'd be making as an Officer, I attempted to join knowing this, because I wanted to develop into the best leader I could be.
So tl;dr you were too lazy to get into the Army
actually nevermind, after reading that in its entirety your just full of shit
actually nevermind, after reading that in its entirety your just full of shit
RobXIII
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They needed a profile pic to do my employee marks (USCG 18 years here!), so I did the Bond villain look as a joke. I swear to god this is not photoshopped. The lighting looks too perfect, and the cat looks stuffed. It's my wifes cat, that white fur gets everywhere. Bonus points if you can guess where this is.
Hint:
Hint:
There's an awesome show on the weather channel just for my state
Faltigoth
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Is that Mt. Rainier? Would put you in Seattle I reckon, though I know shit about Coast Guard postings and bases that aren't Cape May.
As for officer pay and such, it starts out blah as an O1, but by the time you are an O3, it really isn't bad when you add in BAH, BAS, the other shit they lump into it. For being that young, with the level of education/experience required, it's pretty decent compared against most fields. An O3 at 4 years (normally when you would get promoted to O3) is pulling in 5.1k per month in base salary, plus 242 in BAS, plus 1-2k per month in BAH depending on where you are. Adding it up, that's like 75-90k per year, pretty damn competitive for 4 years out of college in most fields that require only a 4 year degree.
It is not a bad life to get into, if you can hack the responsibility and the possibility you will be shot and killed on a battlefield somewhere.
Compare that to, say, an E-5 (Sergeant) at 4 years in. 340ish bucks for BAS, 600-1200 BAH, 2.5k base salary. Pretty much half of what an officer with that time served makes. It's goddamn criminal, the pay disparity, but that's the way it is. (*edit - and that's only if you have a family; if not, you may be living in the barracks, which means you will not be getting BAH)
So yeah, if you are joining the military with a 4 year college degree, and not going in as an officer, you are losing out pretty big financially, to the point where it may not be worth it.
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Fadaar
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Enlisted pay is pretty shit as it is, but enlisted pay without BAH should be fucking illegal. Before I moved off base (25 year old E-3 with no dependents) I was only pulling in about $750 every two weeks. Yeah my 'food' and housing is paid for, but when your paycheck literally doubles when you move off base, something is fundamentally wrong there.
Big Phoenix
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And the military wonders why it has a beyond terrible divorce rate and a shitload of E-1s and E-2s with credit problems. Nothing rustled my jimmies more than seeing some brand new boot show up then a week later get married and get out of the barracks along with making twice as much as I was then.
RobXIII
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Close! Kodiak, AK. It does remind me of Maine sometimes though.
It's weird seeing people I work with all the time on TV, and we give a particularly hard time to a certain rescue swimmer.
http://www.weather.com/tv/tvshows/coast-guard-alaska
It's weird seeing people I work with all the time on TV, and we give a particularly hard time to a certain rescue swimmer.
http://www.weather.com/tv/tvshows/coast-guard-alaska
Yup. I've seen that before too. I wonder, with DOMA gone, and eventually all marriage perks apply to everyone, if there'll be a rise in,say, 2 dudes in the barracks getting married just to draw double housing allowance while just being roomates. With sequestration and other cutbacks hitting all the military branches, I'm actually shocked they still give out double housing allowances when 2 military folks marry.
I stayed at shaw 12 years ago for jrotc training. Was only there for a week but jesus the barracks was nice. For some reason I thought all barracks would be that nice, one person to a furnished room with a comfortable full size bed, ceiling fan, tv, ect, ect. Only sharing a bathroom with one person who's room is joined on the other end of the head. Got into the Marine Corps and lol no, not so much
Been back through a couple times on road trips but never stayed more then overnight again. I would assume that it will be a comfortable stay with fuckall to do
Been back through a couple times on road trips but never stayed more then overnight again. I would assume that it will be a comfortable stay with fuckall to do
Friday
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Nice golf course on Shaw AFB.
With close access to lakes, rivers, streams and a state park.
Located just outside of the state capital, Columbia.
Stateside. Near a major airport.
UVerse internet plans available.
E-5 BAH Raties: $948.00 $1104.00
15 local schools if you have kids
Your friend has obviously never been someplace bad.
With close access to lakes, rivers, streams and a state park.
Located just outside of the state capital, Columbia.
Stateside. Near a major airport.
UVerse internet plans available.
E-5 BAH Raties: $948.00 $1104.00
15 local schools if you have kids
Your friend has obviously never been someplace bad.
