Well Im in!!

[hardr0ck68]

If you all remember i posted a thread a while back asking for advice about military career paths. And yeah; thanks in part to advice i got here im all set and will be shipping March 8th. 23 weeks of training, first basic, then OCS, then OCB, and then on top of those 23 weeks i would very much like to go to Airborn and Ranger schools (i have been told most infantry officers take these, its a kind of unspoken requirement). So yeah im gonna be busy for the next year!

[Automaggot68]

I wish the best of luck to you!
Stay safe!

[bentothejam1n]

good lcuk and god bless
i kind of want to enlist in the navy still thinking about it tho
good luck in the army

[fire1811]

Good luck and thank you

[SniperSmurf]

Keep us posted on how it's going (when you get a chance), and welcome to the DoD club!


i kind of want to enlist in the navy still thinking about it tho
Feel free to shoot me an e-mail if you've got any questions about the Navy.

[bentothejam1n]

Feel free to shoot me an e-mail if you've got any questions about the Navy.
K thanks a lot

[hardr0ck68]

Right now im excited and terrified at the same time. Im jumping into a whole new world, and i have no idea what to expect.

The real bummer is besides boot graduation, im not sure if i will get to see my woman at all. Im really worried that this decision is going to ruin our relationship, i really do love that chick, we have been togeather for 3 years now.

Sigh, well the upside is if we make it through OCS as a couple im gonna go and put a ring on her!! But 6months is a long time. I guess deployments will be even worse huh?


THanks for all the good wishes guys!!

[Eagle]

Want an idea of boot? Watch Full Metal Jacket. It's an exageration of today, but it's the closest you'll find. I know the moment I stepped off the base at Great Mistakes, er, I mean, Lakes, I started looking around for Lee Ermey. :D

[REDRT]

Well at least in the Marine Corps nothing is sugar coated. They recommend to stay single as long as possible or at least E4/O-2. At that time your base pay is better and your more settled. Pretty rough going the first year or two with training and all. Then there is deployments. You can be moving around quit abit and spend along time away. Not to be the bearer of bad news, but relationships do get a real strain and a high % often don't last. But I've seen many that did so maybe. I wish you my best, God speed and good luck!

[kosmo]

Whatever happens, just remember this:
Its all your fault. Everything :ninja:

Really though, best of luck to you.

Edit: oh yeah I almost forgot, screw the marines :cool:

[Tunaman]

Whatever happens, just remember this:
Its all your fault. Everything :ninja:

Really though, best of luck to you.

Edit: oh yeah I almost forgot, screw the marines :cool:"Screw the Marines"? That is the most un-patrotic statement I have ever heard! :cuss: Go wrap a towel around your head, and a nice pack around your waist and take the next plane overseas...so the Marines have more to shoot at! :cuss: :cuss:

[Kai]

Does nobody pay attention enough to know that Kosmo is in the armed forces? Hello?

[Beemer]

you guys miss read that one. You missed the smilie. :eek:

GodSpeed and Thank You Hardrock and Kosmo

Go U.S.A. Armed Forces. :hail: Thank You

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[kosmo]

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Boo ya?

[Beemer]

LOL........ RedRT did the :ninja: move on his last post. :rofl: :spit_take

Its ok Red nobody else knows :cheers:

[kosmo]

Its ok, he PM'ed me "the rest of the story" as he put it. Im still trying to decode his grammar to figure out what the heck it means though.

[neppo1345]

God Bless, Keep your head down man...

[Recon by Fire]

Holy cow, when did they start letting 16 year olds in!? LOL :rofl:

[REDRT]

LOL........ RedRT did the :ninja: move on his last post. :rofl: :spit_take

Its ok Red nobody else knows :cheers:

Well I thought if I removed the post it would sort of police the thread and reduce need for moderation.

Without going into details, "Kosmo and I went round and round till we discovered we each got hot headed and jumped the gun sort of speak". Turns out we have a few things in common. There were valid issues mistaken by myself and I didn't make them very clear in the beginning only to worsen the situation. I think however that we reached a level of understanding of them issues why the misunderstanding took place. So with that being said, "I'm sorry for loosing my head, going off with out all the facts and being lousy at times with my writing". I just wanted to make that public so there might not be any mistake about the whole situation. Because I hate to say, "I'm wrong and I'm sorry in a single day". I'm hitting the hay. Peace.

[hardr0ck68]

hurm it seems i missed something....

As for letting 16 year olds in; there was a 16 year old at the MEPS station with me yesterday! He is delaying entry until he graduates, but he signed a contract and all yesterday.

Any last minute advice?

BTW Tuna, i agree with you, its very wrong to pick on the Marines. They are probably my favorite branch of the Navy! :D

[Eagle]

Only good Marine is a Submarine :D

[REDRT]

Being Ft Bragg, New River, and Lejeune were so close It was common to get into a brawl with Navy,Army and Marine personal on or off base. Although little jabs back in the day with a little JD would have set me off, but it doesn't anymore. Part of growing up. What erked me before was something else.


Only good Marine is a Submarine

Submarine ah? Well you know what they say, "130 sailors go down 65 couples come up". :rofl:

[SniperSmurf]

Submarine ah? Well you know what they say, "130 sailors go down 65 couples come up". :rofl:
"Cumming" from someone who's been on a submarine, all I can say is "Har de Har har." :rolleyes: ;)

[Eagle]

Submarine ah? Well you know what they say, "130 sailors go down 65 couples come up". :rofl:


Actually it's more like 140 guys these days :D

[SniperSmurf]

How many couples come up depends on whether you're talking about a Boomer or a Fast Boat... ;)

[Glickman]

Actually it's more like 140 guys these days :D


140 guys...


65 couples...

140/65=2.15...





WHAT IS HAPPENING DOWN THERE?



:rolleyes:

[SniperSmurf]

WHAT IS HAPPENING DOWN THERE?
That's classified information... :ninja:

[mobsterboy]

That's classified information... :ninja:

or just cannibalism at its best. You dont really think they have enough food for their voyages packed away, do you? :ninja:

[IronCore]

Any last minute advice?

..dont ever give up unless you physically cant, like a compound fracture. It will be over before you know it.

Have fun and good luck

[Eagle]

or just cannibalism at its best. You dont really think they have enough food for their voyages packed away, do you? :ninja:

Enough food? On our way to the Gulf for OIF we had about 4 months worth of food on board. Almost half the decks of the ship were covered with #10 cans of food. You had to walk most everywhere stooped over to keep from smacking your head. We ate our way to the deck.

[REDRT]

Actually it's more like 140 guys these days :D

Really? standard crew compliment of a Los Angeles class if I remember.... Was 13 officers and around 116 enlisted. Times change.

[hardr0ck68]

I thought long and hard about becomming a sailor, I know a guy who got to play tag with the Russians in a sub durring the late 70's early 80's. He doesnt say much execpt it was gobs of fun, and a wonderious experiance in "how stuff works."

He also told me that the navy likes to put 50% more bolts/screws into stuff than it takes to mount/seal the part. He said its because when you have been working on a unit 6 or 7 times you end up losing half of the bolts/screws anyways :rofl: I dont know the truth of that, but it always amused me.